SURVEY OF TYPOGRAPHERS

Great reference, A-Z style. Via Design Reviver.

THIS JUST IN FROM THE "BUT IS IT ART?" DEPARTMENT…

"One & Other" project by Antony Gormley through 14 Oct., London. 2,400 members of the general public — chosen randomly from 18,000 applicants, will do whatever they want for one hour each, around the clock for 100 days on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.

SATIRICAL MAPS

An Incomplete Evolution

MONEY WORTH LESS THAN PAPER

A use for Zimbabwe’s useless trillions.

JOHN K'S FAVORITE BATMAN

Hey, imagine if superheroes weren't already established and you had to pitch this idea to a Cartoon Executive...

BEFORE LONG, SHORTLY, SOMEDAY…

Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary will be published this year after 44 years of painstaking work by scholars at the University of Glasgow. Press.

SAY IT WITH A CARD

Hilarious courtesy cards from Gramkin Paper Studio.

A LESSON ON KERNING

With power tools.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MUSINGS

Stefan Chinof, Bulgarian artist/illustrator (and apparent fan of breakfast.)

LAUSANNE CONCERT POSTER(S)

Jean-Benoit Levy on why "Design is not called a 'process' without reason."

"THE COMPLETE REMBRANDT"

Life Size. Through 6 Sept., Amsterdam. Press.

SKULL-A-DAY

Noah Scalin acted on a casual idea that became an obsession, a blog, a book and now an exhibit. "I think that inevitably when you make a skull every day, it's a daily reflection on death and a reminder of it."

WAR OF WORDS

Inlingua: Business English. By Kolle Rebbe Werbeagentur.

CODEX SINAITICUS, REDUX

The Book of Sinai is finally online. "The oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity "

TYPO TEES

Four by Tomek Koszyk.

THE GUTENBERG BIBLE

Online from the Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

BANG!!!

Crackerpacks. An online gallery of firework labels.

ON SUMMER AND FIREWORKS

Dick Cavett remembers.

PERIOD POST

The Saturday Evening Post is trying to make a go of it's "brand aura." Don't miss the cover gallery!

CARL WEDLUND, COLLECTOR

Carl's salmon labels, spanning over 100 years, will eventually end up at the Anacortes History Museum. (Lets hope they put them online!) Watch out Label Man.