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Remember When You Were a Kid

conigs — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:38:38 +0000

I’m really growing tired of this typography treatment, but this video is done very well and I love the message.

Arial vs Helvetica

conigs — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:53:41 +0000

I ran across this quiz today on Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Several logos using Helvetica were altered to use Arial. Pretty ingenious test.

I scored 20/20, but Mattell & Toyota were difficult as they are all caps and don’t use the tell-tale characters. Of course, it helps that this chart showed up the other day as well.

[via Daring Fireball & swissmiss]

KERN – Typography Nerds Can Have Fun Too

conigs — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:57:56 +0000

Think Tetris, but upside-down, with letters. That’s the best way I can think to describe KERN (App Store), a new game for the iPhone. From the site:

KERN is a minimalist typography experience challenging you to precisely place a missing letter into a falling word while avoiding any unnecessary ligatures! Practice and prove your typographical acumen with a score that gives new meaning to point-size!

The design is beautifully minimal and well thought out. It’s also easy to pick up and well worth the $0.99, even if your not into typography. I think this might be my new go-to game.

Video of the game play available after the break.

[via @rohdesign]

O}-< Meets Q

conigs — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:08:27 +0000

Slam poet Rives tells a short tale through typography. While I’m usually one to denounce what IM and text messages have done to writing skills, this is a creative use.

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Ampers&

conigs — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:44:01 +0000

When my nerd side meets my design side: Typographunnies.

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