Thanks to Claus Eggers Sørensen (clauses on Typophile), I was informed of a type designer on American Idol and actually being quite good. She’ll be one to watch…
Megan Corkrey, Type Designer, on American Idol Salt Lake City Audition Video
Happy Birthday to Me
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Today marks one full year in which this blog had its first post. Thank you very much for following this blog. I hope it’s been as good for you as it has for me.
Marian Bantjes at Pop!Casts
I am ever so thankful for the brilliant and wonderful Marian Bantjes. Her insights on her work provide such an awareness of the world that I am inexhaustibly intrigued by. The symbiosis of poetry, visually and thoughtfully, and design filled with love provides me with endless inspiration. I hope you enjoy this wonderful video as much as I do.
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Type Battles #33: Futura Holiday Dingbats
Every once in a while Typophile hosts a new battle for fellow members to compete in a type nerd’s version of a street battle. The current battle is to create 5 Futura dingbats
“As with any street battle, there is no panel of judges and no prize — only the ability to call yourself the best on the block.”
Here’s my entry. I’m one of the few to try to do it for Futura Bold. Also, since the limit of the space when dealing with such heavy strokes, I decided to make them very simpler and more iconic. There haven’t been many other entries yet. Any challengers up for the task?
"Clean Type is Godly Type"
I would like to introduce to you, Max Kerning. Extensis’ little creation that reminds us to keep everything neat. From taking the time to perfect letterspacing to keeping ourselves lint-free.
They’ve done a great job at getting Max out there into the social realm. You can find him on facebook and twitter and get the occasional tip on how to keep things neat.
Yulia Brodskaya
Yulia Brodskaya makes typographic illustrations and designs including what she calls Papergraphic illustrations. These are quite interesting and impressive. Have a looksee at these gorgeous examples of her fine work. 
Halo Letterforms
Armin Vit, the internet blogging guru and birthday boy, pointed this link out on the most recent post of the SpeakUp forums.
It’s pretty self explanatory, so I’ll just let you enjoy these great attempts at creating letterforms with Halo players.
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