Letterforms
Handwritten Typographers
06/July/09 09:07 AM Filed in: Typography
Cameron Adams asks:
And answers with handwriting examples from leading type designers. This post is for the hardcore lover of typography so sorry in advance...Do typographers exert some extraordinary control of the pen that laypersons don’t? Does a typographer’s handwriting influence the typefaces they produce?
A is for Antelope
09/July/09 09:29 AM Filed in: Book Design
Can you tell I’ve just become a father? There’s a pattern emerging.
Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich’s Bembo’s Zoo: An Animal ABC Book, is a clever and beautiful children’s book that is illustrated using only letterforms and punctuation from the Bembo family of typefaces.
Check out the online edition here or feel free to buy it here from Amazon.
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
01/July/09 08:07 AM Filed in: Typography
While visiting web designer Mark Boulton’s blog over the weekend, I found a link to this video by Job & Roel Wouters.
It’s a wonderfully simple piece. Watching Job draw the letterforms is mesmeric enough, but when his son (?) joins in, I found myself laughing as he tries to imitate his fathers work. This leads to some funny-looking characters (c and d are particular favourites of mine).
I’m particularly jealous of the beautiful free-hand script of Job. It really is a joy to watch.
A video by Job & Roel Wouters recorded in Amsterdam at studio Xelor early 2008
Hand 1: Gradus W. Wouters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2003 Hand 2: Job Wouters, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1980 Director: Roel Wouters Director of photography: Sal Kroonenberg Music: Rik Elstgeest & Bo Koek Production asst: Ton de Munck
On a bizarre side note, I also see Mark fathered a baby girl named ‘Alys’ on the exact same day my daughter was born. What are the chances of that happening?
It’s a wonderfully simple piece. Watching Job draw the letterforms is mesmeric enough, but when his son (?) joins in, I found myself laughing as he tries to imitate his fathers work. This leads to some funny-looking characters (c and d are particular favourites of mine).
I’m particularly jealous of the beautiful free-hand script of Job. It really is a joy to watch.
A video by Job & Roel Wouters recorded in Amsterdam at studio Xelor early 2008
Hand 1: Gradus W. Wouters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2003 Hand 2: Job Wouters, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1980 Director: Roel Wouters Director of photography: Sal Kroonenberg Music: Rik Elstgeest & Bo Koek Production asst: Ton de Munck
On a bizarre side note, I also see Mark fathered a baby girl named ‘Alys’ on the exact same day my daughter was born. What are the chances of that happening?