Yearly Archives: 2010

  • Brought to You by the Number

    Gruppo_6

    Brought to You by the Number: 6
    Gruppo, light, 6

    Gruppo is wide, display sans serif available in the Google Font Directory. Its unusually short descenders and overly horizontal bowls make this typeface appear out of proportion, but each letter adheres to the disproportion unifying the design.

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    Posted December 27, 2010 in Brought to You by the Letter No Comments

  • Brought To You By the Letter

    champignon-p

    Brought to You by the Letter: P
    Champignon, regular, lowercase p

    What I like about Champignon’s regular, lowercase ‘p’ is how it’s not so much a letter as a mark. The open bowl makes it barely distinguishable as a ‘p.’

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    Posted December 18, 2010 in Brought to You by the Letter No Comments

  • Brought to You by the Letter

    treb

    Brought to You by the Letter:
    Definition Edition

    First, apologies for the hiatus. I’ve been an alumni blogger over at UB Pub Design. And between that and my work blog, I got a little overwhelmed. Thanks to a new schedule, I should be around the Gray Suite much more often.

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    Posted December 12, 2010 in Brought to You by the Letter No Comments

  • My Ode to Marian Bantjes

    I Wonder cover from DesignObserver.com

    I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Marian Bantjes talk about her career and recent work – I Wonder. The book is not only fabulously designed, but also compellingly written, I suggest you buy it. I will.

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    Posted November 2, 2010 in Design, Lectures No Comments

  • Jotting It Down #1

    I’ve decided I need a place to collect all those fascinating links online. Here seems like a good place. You might even be interested in some of them. Bored at work? These have the Heather seal of approval. Although, I don’t take any blame for what these links become (broken or somehow less fantastic) in [...]

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    Posted October 4, 2010 in Jotting It Down, Photography, Web No Comments

  • Brought to You by the Letter

    prestige-elite_i

    Brought to You by the Letter: I
    Prestige Elite, bold, lowercase, i

    Hey there, little stick figure man, are you trying to grab something or shake someone’s hand? What are you standing on, a hoverboard? Are you from the future stick figure man?

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    Posted September 29, 2010 in Brought to You by the Letter No Comments