November 02, 2009

(rt) Type: E.Coli as font, El Vetica, & more

• Handmade:
  • Jessica Hische has posted an alphabet’s worth of gorgeous “hand-crafted decorative initial caps” on Daily Drop Cap. Her portfolio site is pretty bitchin’, too.
  • I dig the hand-drawn swoops of Si Scott’s typography.
• Type + Luchadores = Radness. Check out El Vetica. [Via] (Gratuitous personal tangent: You cannot handle the cute.)
• A typographical infographic: Popular Names in Popular Music, 1891-now.
• Perfect for a new Jack in the Box logo design? Dutch Designer Wins €10,000 for a Font Grown From E-Coli. [Via Marc Pawliger]