Fontfabric gives you loads of free fonts. Go have a blast!

(via Playmedesign)

Found this sweet type experiment on Youtube.

From the makers:

“The results of an extensive exploration with shadows, the One Day Poem Pavilion demonstrates the poetic, transitory, site-sensitive and time-based nature of light and shadow.
Using a complex array of perforations, the pavilion’s surface allows light to pass through creating shifting patterns, which–during specific times of the year–transform into the legible text of a poem. The specific arrangements of the perforations reveal different shadow-poems according to the solar calendar: a theme of new-life during the summer solstice, a reflection on the passing of time at the period of the winter solstice. The time-based nature of the poem–and the visitor’s time-based encounters with it–allow viewers to have different experiences either seeing a stanza of the poem or getting the whole poem. All of these possible experiences are equally valuable and have meanings unique to the individual. This technique has the potential for producing particular effects and meanings within an architectural environment. Without the use of a source of power other than the sun, this project uses light and shadow to push the boundaries of communication and experiential delight.”

via Ffffound

Graffiti is preserved and improved with a new open-source software project and iPhone app :-) via CoolHunting

Found this sweet thing on Design You Trust. ”Vai com Deus” is a Typographic instalation on “Ermida Nossa Senhora da Conceição” façade, a chapel which is now an art gallery. Created by R2 Design.

TypePong is a new font game for iPhone. Based on the old TV-game called Tennis. I am hooked. :-)

Jared Benson, founder of the typographic community  Typophile (who just last week celebrated it´s 10 year anniversary) tweeted that Matthew Butterick, former Font Bureau type designer (Herald Gothic, Hermes FB, etc) launches Typography For Lawyers. Butterick now has his own law office, and as a former type designer he saw that “legal typography is often poor”. That is why he made Typography for lawyers. I love it! Hope to see more sites like that. Anybody out there who has spare time on their hands, feel free to do something with these ideas: “Typography for truck drivers” or “Typography for phd students” or perhaps “Typography for plumbers”.

Anyhow. The coolest thing with Typography for lawyers, is that it´s a bunch of good reading there for anyone that want their papers to look good, or just learn about typography. In other words, you don´t need to be a lawyer to learn from this site. So typography rookies and others, read through the site, and take notes.  Bonus: If you are a twitter addict like me, follow Typography For Lawyers here, and Font Bureau here.

Fonud this nice image on We heart it. Not much to say, it just fitted nicely in to our blog. Hello.

Got a tip from Marte to check out Rachel Thomas. Nice experimental type made with found objects or as the cupcake pillows whom I think she has made herself, I hope!

I first saw this lovely poster on Norwegian designer Tuva Thorsø private blog. I instantly fell in love with the poster. I had to Google a bit before I found a bigger picture and the source. The poster was made by graphic designer Nicole Lavelle From San Francisco. My hat goes of to her. Nice work indeed.

Found this sweet site via ILT. Typenuts is a site with a bunch of free iPhone and Desktop wallpapers for you to download. And if you are a designer with the love of type, you can send your design to the makers, and perhaps your design will be among the sweetness.

©Tobias- Battenberg

Ah, what a sweet site. A site dedicated to old Citroen 2cv brochures. I wish it was summer and the year was 1963, and everyone was buzzing around in a 2cv. That would be groovy. Right Magnus?

If you liked these pictures, be smart and use your time getting inspired and happy on this site.

(via Twitter or perhaps Facebook, or Stubleupon or somewhere else.)

This is a bit old, but came across Marin Van Uhm on the wide web, and this nice hand crafted face. So easy and still full of character.

Sometimes I wonder if other people are as passionate about typography as we at HelloTypo™ are. The answer is always: YES. Just a little trip around on the Google roller coster, and you can find all kind of screwed up type nerds with all sorts of weird ideas. I like it.

These people for is one example:

Do you see what font it is? (if not, shut down your computer and smack yourself in the head with it)

Stubled upon this letter mystery on Booooooooom today. If anyone of our readers is a up and comming Hercule Poirot, this is your chance. Solve this one and get eternal high fives from Shannon McCubbin (the artist) and us here at HelloTypo™.

Funny idea from fffffound and about.

A clever gentleman from Milan named Matteo Gualandris have made a magazine called “Science Fiction Typography”. It contains an analytical story of typographic used in America’s most popular science fiction magazines published between 1930 and 1970. The main focus is on cover headlines. To make the magazine look old and used Matteo had it stuffed down in his back pocket for days.

More pics of this marvelous (pun intended) magazine here.

Found this funny thing laying around on the internet. Unknown source.

Nice sign. Nice building.

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A playful font by Byggstudio from Sweden.

via Junkculture + SwissMiss

Found these marvelous Letraset type samples from circa 1980, by Christof Gassner, on one of my favourite blogs Burlesque. I´ve nicked three of the pics, but to see all click your way to the source.

This is a huge typewriter, and if anyone gets me one of these for my Bday, I´ll be a happy camper forever and ever ever for ever ever forever ever etc. And a half naked woman (preferably Sonya Henie) should always type my letters for me. I should smoke Marlboro Light and wear a hat. A big hat. I would send letters to every prime minister, in every country, asking for more ink and paper for my huge typewriter.

On second thoughts, I´m happy with just the typewriter, and actually, I don´t smoke, or like ice skating. A typewriter and a hat and I´m in!

Kreativ Forum Trondheim arranges their regular happaning Fredagspils tonight. We (HelloTypo™) are going to talk about type, show some sweetness and get the beer drinking people to play with markers. So If you are in T-town, be smart and pop by Blæst at 16.00.

Found this image, made by Sebastian Cremers. Hope people are ready for some listening tonight.

Hagilda make traditional hebrew type the funky super nice way. Gotta love that fancy jabberwocky look of type you just don’t understand at all. Content doesn’t get in your way. direct link to the sample PDF.

Oslo based Ole Fredrik Ekern is a design student at Westerdals School of Communication . He have made a super sweet font (Gami) by folding paper. It works both in 3D and as vector. Nicely done.

More pictures here

Just had to post this. I will look at it every time I´m stressed out. This makes me go; Ahh. Bigger picture

Sweetest job hiring ad I´ve seen in a while (ever?). All the temp agencies (Manpower etc.) have something to learn.

Luke Lucas have made a typographic title treatment  for an article in the latest edition of Lifelounge Magazine – The Dirty Edition on swingers in America’s bible belt.

Slippery and hot. Lifelounge Magazine has not only cool typo inside their mag, oh no, their covers are also sweet bites for your eyes. I recommend that you check check check them out and bookmark the site or subscribe to the magazine.. Here is some samples:

Evbjorn tweeted about this amazing project; The Apphabet. A font composed out of existing iPhone App icons. Freaking lovely! The concept is by Ine Reijnen, and the design is by the different app-makers. You can even download it and have some geeky fun. I did.

(btw: check out the number “2″ in the apphabet… seen it before? :) )

Wenche from OnionMag guided us, via Twitter, to this site. 15 great examples of artworks based on typography. Here is some of my favorites:

This one by Sick System from Moscow:

And mos def this one (I don´t know who made it):

This one is quite funny. And I might ad it´s a t-shirt. Source.

And this poster would fit nicely on my wall… It´s made by Happycentro.

BTW: Happycentro deserves their own blog post. Amazing work at their site!

Something cool to look at  whilst eating lunch:

La vie des marques from Materialiste Paris on Vimeo.

I was out on a bookmark-walk just now, and on Swiss Miss I found this blog. A blog all about the &.

& I love it.

Nicely painted signs.

Photo ©Walker Evans. Buy it here.

I was out strolling on the internet, when I suddenly came across this sweet sweet site; Friends of Type. I tell you, no I urge you to bookmark it ASAP. Friends of Type was made like this. I love the simplicity. DIY. Here´s a taste:

©Friends of Type

Via MyFonts Twitter stream I stumbled upon this blogpost about a super sized sign on a blimp hangar. And yes, of course, it´s Helvetica (120.000 pt (sic!) ). Now I know where to park my blimp.

Read the story over at Woodtyper.

Eh. I don´t know what to say.

Apparently Peta sucks…

via fffound

A new year. A new blog post. A bunch of fun & found stuff. Ståles famous “Stumbled upon on a Saturday”.

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Amazing type in the streets. All about this project here.

via Wooster

I´m loving this piece by Alexandre Farto aka Vhils.

via Wooster

Came across this interesting project by Tania Alvarez called Fabric type. Her homepage and the Behance-gallery contains more typographic goodness and other experimental projects well worth checking out!

I popped by the design blog Playmedesign (just so you know, I´ve played with the link… but you will enjoy it. Promise) today. They have posted some typographical treats…

I´m just ⌘c + ⌘v . Enjoy.

“Perfect Christmas gift for the dessert and/or typography lover.”

I´ll stab you with my P…

Typeface aka “Captain A-Face”, is a Marvel vigilante. Typeface is a army veteran, and a former sign painter, with bad mental health. Even though he has no powers, he have won over Spider Man once, and, I might ad, he has weapons: A variety of letters-based weaponry adorning his costume (including a razor-sharp letter “P”). He is my, hands down, favorite Marvel, even though he was killed in 2007. R.I.P.

I saw this sweet, sweet tee on a twitter-link. I just bought it right away. I can´t wait till summer. Woho! Anyone up for some wrestling?

The tee is made by Mule design studio. Lovely.

BTW: El Vética is also known as El Kernudo…. hihi.

Non-Format have released a new font available for purchase! Super cool. The fonts name is OTTO. Nice. If anyone wants to buy me a present, buy me this font. Thanks.  Read more and/or buy the font here…

Back in the good old days I had a t-shirt brand named :pøbel (:pøbel means bully, hooligan, rascal etc). And just now, when I was researching type on the intergalactic internet, I stumbled upon this book; Body Type.

The book made me remember that I actually got people to tattoo my brand name and/or logo… Super fun. I thought I should share it with you, so her goes:

Three people got a :pøbel-tattoo before I stopped paying for the tattoos… This is over three years ago, but still I get people comming up to me at parties and such asking me for a tattoo…

BTW: I don´t buy people tattoos anymore…

For their bachelor thesis, Michael Flückiger and Nicolas Kunz made this exciting piece of work. They explored a system where a font is not displayed static, but dynamic and interactive. Very cool!

Test it for yourselves here.

Nice idea. Tape on fence. (via: fffffffffffffffff)

Stumbled upon this sweet thing on Behance. Eibatova Karina ( Eika ) have used pencil and drawn out the alphabet. her project idea was: To represent a letter in a natural form and appearance.  Nice! Check out more (details+video+story behind) here.  And while I`m at it, sharpen your pencils and draw me a picture. Thanks.

Clever idea. A dude makes type posters of the shopping lists he finds in the streets… Very fun indeed. Check it out: Shoppinglosts.

(via someone on twitter, can´t remember who)