Topic: Typography
The Transport font is the principal font used on British road signs. Available for download on www.allan-online.co.uk.
UPDATE: New URL www.cbrd.co.uk
NIBLOG - the letterer's blog
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The Transport font is the principal font used on British road signs. Available for download on www.allan-online.co.uk.
Art by Scott Stewart, Jack Kirby pages and Comic Book Creator Links
Quill Skill - Calligraphy by Denis Brown. Don't miss the Calligraphy Movie (Requires Flash player, version 6 or later)
Tysk kursiv i riksdagsprotokoll från 1600- och 1700-talen. German cursive used in documents from Riksdagen - The Swedish Parliament
Gebrüder HAFF was founded in 1835 for the manufacture of mathematical instruments. Today their drawing and mathematical instruments and planimeter are distributed worldwide. Check out the Ruling Pens
In 1917 Olson Manufacturing was established with the sole purpose of supplying the drafting industry with its patented Ames Lettering Guide, invented by OA Olson in Ames, Iowa. Learn how to use it on www.olsonmfg.com (pdf).
Graphos Display Cabinet with 150 nib boxes (about 1400 nibs) sold on German eBay. Auction ended 5. December 2004. Winning bid was EUR 79.00 (approx. US $106.00) (I did not buy it and I don't know the seller.) eBay item #4945135316
Snog Blog, Karen Huang's collection of links related to typography, design, writing, etc..., is always interesting. Here is an old post about calligraphy and lettering from September 2003.
Jan van den Velde (1568-1623) - one of the most important writing-masters in our history, because of his Spieghel der Schrijfkonste (Rotterdam, 1605). This is number 42 in the exhibition "A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek" National Library of the Netherlands
Ralf Zeigermann's blog is great. New links all the time and cool stuff like the Corgi Toys 1969 catalog
Brush Lettering "During the early '20s to late '40s, books on showcard writing and hand lettering were fairly common. Unfortunately, the demand for hand lettering has lessened and finding good basic tutorials is difficult. The images in this section are from a 1942 book by C.R. Havighorst called Simplified Show Card Writing."
The Chocolate Wrappers Museum is a collection of scanned chocolate packaging from all over the world. For example this Swedish Marabou Chocolate bar from the 1970:s.
Erik Spiekermann scanned 23 Berthold brochures from the 1980's and put them into one low-res pdf document (2.2 MB). "While you cannot appreciate typographic details at that resolution, you'll still discover some faces you've probably never heard of".
ECOBRA GmbH - Top quality rulingpens can be hard to find in the stores. ECOBRA in Nürnberg, Germany still makes them.
Logotypes and lettering by calligrapher and type designer Jill Bell. Jill Bell Design and Lettering is located in Los Angeles, USA.
Mr. Lindon Leader of Leader Creative created the FedEx logo in 1994. (At that time he was a Senior Design Director at Landor Associates, San Francisco.) Read an interview in The Sneeze
Tom Carnase type designer born in New York in 1939. In addition to typeface design, he has designed graphics for packaging, exhibitions, corporate identities and logos for numerous clients. Go to Carnase Inc.
Today one single steel pen nib was sold on eBay auctions for #66.00 GBP (approx.$ 125.00 USD). Read more on my page about top prices on vintage nibs
...my weblog about steel pen nibs, writing and drafting equipment, art, design, lettering, comics, fonts, calligraphy and some cool links.
