A lovely type-related article from Atlas Obscura, chroniclers of the strange and wonderful.
Forgotten Font Friday
‘F is for Fox’ Font Friday
This lovely animal alphabet was created by Marcus Reed, a UK-based illustrator and designer. You can buy prints of the alphabet here.
Each letter is represented by a drawing of an animal whose name begins with that letter, in the shape of the letter.
Forgotten Font Friday
A lovely type-related article from Atlas Obscura, chroniclers of the strange and wonderful.
The Lost Typefaces of W.A. Dwiggins
The pioneering designer created dozens of fonts, only a few of which are still around today.
Film Font Friday, Wes Anderson Edition
See also Film Fonts Friday 1; (Bond) Film Fonts Friday; Font Film Font Friday; and (Oscar) Film Font Friday.
Sara Enríquez from Madrid, Spain created these whimsical typographic illustrations as an homage to film director Wes Anderson. See if you can figure out which film each letter goes with, then scroll down to check your guesses (there may be more than one letter per film). There are also links to other projects of Ms. Enríquez.
High-Res Scan of Poe’s “Raven,” Illustrated by Doré
By Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing.com:
The Library of Congress’s website hosts a high-resolution scan of a rare edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” illustrated by Gustave Doré. The title-page is at page 11, the list of illustrations is on page 14.
The illustrations are amazing, like no other illustrated Poe I’ve seen. I’ve collected my favorites below, and there are a lot of them — honestly, it was impossible to choose.
The Raven / by Edgar Allan Poe ; illustrated by Gustave Doré ; with comment by Edmund C. Stedman. (via Reddit)
Secret Fore-Edge Paintings Revealed in Early 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa
From thisiscolossal.com:
Autumn by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
A few days ago Colleen Theisen, who helps with outreach and instruction at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the edge of a 1837 book called Autumn by Robert Mudie. Fore-edge painting, which is believed to date back as early as the 1650s, is a way of hiding a painting on the edge of a book so that it can only be seen when the pages are fanned out. There are even books that have double fore-edge paintings, where a different image can be seen by flipping the book over and fanning the pages in the opposite direction.
When I realized the book Theisen shared was only one of a series about the seasons, I got in touch and she agreed to photograph the other three so we could share them with you here. Below are photos of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter which were donated to the University of Iowa by Charlotte Smith. How much fun are these? Keep an eye on the University of Iowa’s special collections Tumblr as they unearth more artifacts from the archives.
Scroll all the way down for videos of other books in motion.
Autumn by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
Winter by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
Winter by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
Spring by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
Spring by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
Summer by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
Summer by Robert Mudie / Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNjFlGKIYVg
Super Simple Negative Space Animal Illustrations
By EDW Lynch from LaughingSquid.com:
Designer George Bokhua cleverly takes advantage of negative space in these delightfully simple animal illustrations. For more of his work, check out his Behance portfolio.
via Twisted Sifter