An excellent article on the Beauty of Typography through Writing Systems & Calligraphy from around the world.
Part One
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?
…this close to booking a ticket to Switzerland
Okay. So I’ve been looking at this site some more and crying because I haven’t done this stuff yet.
RIT needs a type design seminar/program/something so that design students can take the time to examine typography beyond its basic anatomy and approach it in refreshing ways.
