Typography Thursday: 9/17
September 17th, 2009 | typography
Tags: links, typography thursday
Video: Heroine – a new font with it’s own movie trailer! This typeface designed by Göran Söderström was just released this week. It was inspired by the the turn of the century face Windsor by Eleisha Pechey and the typeface used in the titles of many Woody Allen movies. Perhaps that was where the idea to promote Heroine with a trailer came from? In any event, it’s a brilliant idea. (via CreativePro.com)
Funny-cuz-it’s-true: Overused Typeface Gains Foothold in U.S. Churches – Shocking exposé about the latest challenge to organized religion — bad fonts. “According to Barna’s polling data acquired by a random sampling of churches around the country: 57% of American churches continue to use the traditional Times Roman typeface, while 23% have succumbed to Papyrus, 15% have abandoned written language altogether and only communicate with YouTube videos, and the remaining 5% use Old English font because ‘that’s what King James used.’” (thanks to Kevin Hendricks for this gem!)News: Verdana and Georgia Grow Up – These two web-safe standbys are getting a makeover fit for print in 2010. (via idsgn)
Tutorial: How to Create Inset Typography in Photoshop (via Six Revisions)


Hi there. I'm Mykl Roventine. I design things like web sites, Wordpress blogs and social media strategies. This is my personal blog (not affiliated with any employer or client) where I write about design, the social web, typography and coffee.





