May 19th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
Another round of typographic goodness from around the web. Jewelry: TypeRings TypeRings lets you create striking engraved designs on the outside and inside of a ring. You can choose typefaces from the Underware font foundry or upload your own custom design. Their slick 3D ring designer lets you preview the result before you buy. (via [...]
May 12th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
Another round of typographic goodness from around the web. Photo: Ligature Clip I love this clever piece by David Schwen. Check out the whole series of experiments. (via abduzeedo.com)
May 5th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
Another round of typographic goodness from around the web. Magazine: Codex Codex is a new quarterly print magazine for people seriously in love with type. It’s packed with feature articles, book and type reviews, interviews, tips, type history, new and notable faces, essays, type design, from top typography experts. Issue 1 (144 full-color pages, limited-run, [...]
April 28th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
Aaaaand we’re back, with another round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Invaluable Tool: FFFFALLBACK Fallback fonts are the foundation of a good CSS font stack. The trouble is they are tricky to preview and tweak without disabling your primary web fonts. At least that was the case until FFFFALLBACK came along. You [...]
April 14th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
TypoTh is back, after a brief hiatus, with another round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Video: MN Original – Chank Diesel MN Original is tpt’s weekly celebration of Minnesota artists, working in all disciplines, across all cultures. This segment aired as part of show #228 and features none other than font designer [...]
April 11th, 2011 | by mykl | published in communication, design, typography
I was asked to fill in at the last minute for an ailing presenter at today’s MinneWebCon. It’s one of my favorite local conferences, so the decision was easy. I even got to talk about one of my favorite subjects — web typography. Thanks to my session participants for making the experience so enjoyable. Congrats [...]
March 24th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Presentation: “Cure for the Common Font” — A Web Designer’s Introduction to Typeface Selection Here’s one more reason I wish I was at SXSW this year. This panel made up of Stephen Coles, Frank Chimero, Tiffany Wardle, and Jason Santa Maria lays a solid [...]
March 17th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Video: Typogami Typogami is an animated typeface created in Adobe After Effects by Jeroen Krielaars. The characters are inspired by origami and kirigami, Japanese artforms of folding paper. It’s also for sale with the proceeds benefiting relief efforts in Japan.
March 10th, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Article: Through Thick and Thin Fascinating piece by designer David Jonathan Ross over at I Love Typography. He deconstructs how some of his fonts carry their weight and gives some historical perspective of how letterform weights evolved in the first place.
March 3rd, 2011 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Letterpress Poster: Typography Deconstructed Designed by Drew Binkley, this striking poster is “the result of several months of research both on the subjects of the Anatomy of Type and Type Glossary. Inspired by the craft of letterpress printing and a love for typography, Typography [...]
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 the social web, typography and coffee. More →
