Type the Old Fashioned Way: by Hand

In the spirit of education and preservation, take a look at the trailer for Typeface. I haven’t seen the documentary yet (I just found out about it this morning!), but from what I’ve seen so far, I already love it. I’ll get my hands on a copy and give you a post-viewing follow-up. (For those [...]
Handwriting and You

Last night one of my co-workers came up to me with a handwritten list of orders and asked if I meant to throw it in the recycling. He said he thought it looked like my handwriting. As we both took a closer look, at the same time, we said, “It’s Mari’s.” Then we had a [...]
Interesting and Inspiring 78 Labels

Though 78 rpm records are a rare sighting these days, they do still occasionally show up in my world. The records themselves are usually trashed, having been stored with no sleeve for several decades, but the labels still provide a great deal of design and type inspiration with their classic and creative style. If you [...]

