Typographic Dogs

Honestly what's not to love?

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Book type

I love great typography. And these book cover designs by David Pearson are top notch.

They have a real letterpress feel about them. Don't you think?

Best of all they really capture the "maleness" of Cormac McCarthy's work.

Click here to check out the full set.

For info on the upcoming film of McCarthy's The Road click here.

Spot the difference

A film about Heroine

Never thought I'd see the day where the launch of a typeface necessitated a promotional film. Kinda cool though. Don't you think?

More info on Heroine here.

Keeping printing alive

I showed this video to my 12 year old son and he was blown away by the technology of yesteryear.

It was filmed at Firely Press in Massachusetts.

You can get a look at some fantastic old school typesetting and letterpress work at an exhibition this Sunday at the Melbourne Museum of Printing.

Entrance is free. And legendary Melbourne post punk band the Primitive Calculators will be performing on the day.

Click here for more info. Hopefully I'll see you there!

Typographic subversion

Most days I make my way through the Centreway Arcade to pick up lunch from one of the many little cafes.

It's a strange arcade to be honest. Very much a product of the 80's.

If you look up as you walk through you'll see an interesting piece of decoration using random letters.

At least that's what I thought.

Today's Age newspaper has an interview with Stephen Banham from the typographic studio Letterbox.

In it he mentions the Centreway type decoration and reveals the hidden message with the jumble of letters.

Acccording to Banham if you put the letters together you get the following:

We live in a society that sets an inordinate value on consumer goods and services.

Pretty cheeky huh?

Take a look next time you're in the City.