Over on Felt and Wire, Alyson Kuhn’s post on ampersands says “what a nice device the ampersand is. An ampersand can be crisp or curvy or curly…” She includes the graphic above, with many of my favorite ampersands, as well as many more examples. She’s asking people to “send us stuff (photographed) or stories (pithy) about ampersands you have known & loved.” Check it out here.
Left, map cuff links (found here). Middle, a piece from Elizabeth LeCourt‘s line of art in the form of clothing made from detailed maps of the world. Right, Katharine Harmon has a new book, The Map as Art, a compilation of artists who use maps as inspiration for their works as well as maps of their own interpretations. I wrote about her previous book about maps: You Are Here.
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Haäfe & Haph’s selection of custom ampersands are available here.
Most free fonts are for headlines, and frankly aren’t to my taste. The League of Moveable Type is trying to remedy that. At their website, they say “you’ll find only the most well-made, free & open-source.” Go here to decide for yourself. Below is an example: Goudy Bookletter 1911
Mindy Belloff of Intima Press in New York City has produced an re-creation of the 1777 Goddard Declaration of Independence with the techniques of its day: set one letter at a time, printed letterpress on period-style paper. (Mary Katherine Goddard — 1738 – 1816 — was an early American publisher and the first American postmistress. She was also the first to print the Declaration of Independence with the names of the signatories.) There’s a interview with Belloff about printing the recreation and setting the type on Felt & Wired.
Mary Huang’s computer applicaiton Typeface is a “typographic photobooth”, custom software that generates type design from facial dimensions. It uses a camera as an input device, scanning the user’s face and translating the image into a typeface. There are 2 videos showing how the program works here.
