November 30, 2007

Friday Typography: Killer belt buckles & more

• Swash, meet buckle: Veer offers a kickass belt fastener.  If that’s up your alley, see also their type-spattered umbrella.
• Terri Stone of CreativePro.com has uncovered a number of fun, time-wasting type tools:
  • TYPEflake* lets you create snowflakes using letters, then email the results.
  • The Cake Writing Generator lays down your words in icing.
  • DanceWriter spells things out using bodies in motion.
• Speaking of bodies-as-type, peep Hijack Your Life’s Hand typography. [Via]
• Interested in cool hand-drawn type?  Check out WMMNA’s Hand Job review, with samples.
• Dig the old-school broadsheet sensibility of this White Mischief poster, and the hacked-up negative space on the Howl cover.
• Creative Techs talk about dealing with issues related to Helvetica in OS X Leopard.  [Via Lynn Grillo]
• The Type Directors Club has put out a call for entries for new goodness.
• The latest edition of Type Talk covers proofreaders’ marks and other tweaky but potentially interesting bits.
• Mentioned earlier in the week, the Adobe Design Center featuers an article on typographic design with Photoshop