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November 19, 2010 7:12 AM Subscribe
If you are a fan of the quirky type fonts of a pre-digital era, you may enjoy "the" project, a whimsical little romp through the graphic yesteryear brought to you by the hound of lettering. (via Mira y Calla)
Very cool.
I've done a lot of "decorative" typography and find the way you treat "The" to be a real make-or-break decision in the design. It's like the overture to the rest of the performance.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:53 AM on November 19, 2010
I've done a lot of "decorative" typography and find the way you treat "The" to be a real make-or-break decision in the design. It's like the overture to the rest of the performance.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:53 AM on November 19, 2010
For a website about typography, the text sure does render in a very ugly way in Firefox.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:32 AM on November 19, 2010
posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:32 AM on November 19, 2010
It's amazing how the links are only apparent when you mouseover them. How usable.
posted by kenko at 10:19 AM on November 19, 2010
posted by kenko at 10:19 AM on November 19, 2010
Loved the isolated the, and then the the in context.
posted by thinkpiece at 11:13 AM on November 19, 2010
posted by thinkpiece at 11:13 AM on November 19, 2010
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