Alexander Charchar reviews Paul Felton's guide, and mis-guide, to all matters typography, "The Ten Commandments of Typography/Type Heresy". As the title suggests, this is a book of ten rules and why they should be obeyed and why they should be broken. For most, it'll serve as a reminder of school days past, something Felton seems to have kept in mind. More than a guide book on typographic basics, Felton ... Read full entry

An awesome selection of lettering produced entirely by hand.

Type designer Erik Spiekermann in a recent interview talks about the challenge of designing numbers... as if letters would be much easier. "Anybody can design letters, but numbers are hard. Tech was an interesting challenge that I gave myself: to create a typeface that has no diagonals. When you design numbers, you have to do ABC at least. It's interesting because I realized that what worked for ... Read full entry