July 15th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Tooting my own horn: Creating an Open Source Font (Video) I have to admit it was an honor to make this video for my font designer hero, Chank Diesel. It chronicles his session on creating an open source font at FontConf last month. The [...]
July 8th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Behind the font: Biome — The making of a typeface Carl Crossgrove gives us the inside scoop on the inspiration and development of his new typeface family, Biome.
July 1st, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Video: Letterpress An introduction to the principles of typography through letterpress (and music). This appeals to both the typophile and the former theater major in me. I think I have to go download the West Side Story soundtrack now. (via Abduzeedo)
June 24th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Events: FontConf Wrap-up FontConf, the first web font and @font-face unconference happened last weekend in Saint Paul. Kudos to Garrick Van Buren, the man behind the gathering. The lineup of sessions was top notch and I was really impressed with the turnout (and the [...]
June 17th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. This week has turned into the Comic Sans edition. LOL: I’m Comic Sans, Asshole. It’s time you heard the other side of the story. Comic Sans speaks up and finally lets us have it. This is probably the funniest thing I’ve read on McSweeney’s [...]
June 10th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Video: TypePong Pong. With type. There’s an app for that.
June 3rd, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Video: Typeface (the film) Trailer Justine Nagan’s feature-length documentary Typeface tells the story of the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in rural Wisconsin. Created on a $100,000 budget, the film focuses on the Midwestern museum’s struggle to stay relevant in today’s digital age. Great write up on [...]
May 27th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Sweet shirt: Lowercase This is the tip of the iceberg of striking, minimalist typographic tees you’ll find at Ugmonk. Check out the whole collection.
May 20th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Newsworthy: Google jumps on the web fonts bandwagon Google launched a font directory and a font API this week taking advantage of the @font-face standard. Much like Kernest and Typekit before them, the offering makes it easier for developers and designers to expand beyond [...]
May 13th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. Video: Abstract Typography Mesmerizing short by type and motion design student Ummi Shaharun. (via abduzeedo)
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 →
