Oct 14
We love typography at Gizmodo, so it’s no surprise that we’re rather taken by Type:Ride—a mobile game that let’s you solve riddles and puzzles while learning about fonts along the way.
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Oct 10
Do you like type? Did you go see the movie Helvetica and break out in tears of joyful satisfaction at the end credits? Do you have a graphic designer cousin who taught you what sans serif meant, and did you think it was fascinating? You’re going love Type:Rider.
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Sep 11
This Font Was Created By a Robot
Posted in: Today's Chili
This typeface may not look incredibly sophisticated, but give it a chance: it was, after all, created by a robot.
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Sep 04
This font, called Phone Streak, might not be the most practical typeface in the world, but it was probably the most fun to create—because it was put together by capturing long exposures of an iPhone being swept through the air.
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Aug 20
Whether you’re an old pro or just beginning to take an interest in type, Fontspotting—a downloadable font flashcard game—is so jam-packed with typographical details that you’re pretty much destined to learn something new. And the best part? It’s totally free.
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Jul 11
Typography is something most of us see almost everyday but only few of us really pay attention to the details. It’s all around us that it’s sometime easy to gloss over. This lovely little animation describes its importance and how we’ve had our fun with it, first by showing the basic rules of typesetting and then transitioning to how typography has evolved in movies.
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Jun 22
If people are snooping on your textual communications and you don’t like it, there are a couple of things you can do. You can try to block the prying eyes, you can stop saying things you don’t want to be seen, or you can make your messages make no sense to the outside. The anti-authoritarian typeface ZXX is shooting for that last one.
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Jun 20
Illustrator Josh Mirman takes his word-shaping talents to the Galactic Federation. As he did with Mario and other classic videogame characters, Mirman drew the heroine Samus Aran in his Very Wordy style – her body parts are made of words related to her.
As with his previous creations – including these awesome Mega Man posters – you can buy Code of a Bounty Hunter printed on paper or on a T-shirt.
You can order a Code of a Bounty Hunter poster or t-shirt from Zen Monkey Studios for $10-$20 (USD) depending on the size of the poster. The t-shirt sells for $17 to $19 depending on size as well.
[via Gamefreaks]
Apr 20
Taking the subway can be a nightmare, a confusing, smelly, litter-ridden nightmare. But it’s not always that way. Berlin’s subway, as it turns out, has some beautiful sights, and you can catch them all in an awesome tumblr devoted to the tubes. More »
Mar 12
Chairs come in all shapes and sizes—but you probably never expected it would be possible to create an entire alphabet out of them. More »
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