creative use of typography
http://www.paletteindustries.com/
These are just a few pictures i found on creative use of typography.
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Tags: Typography
typographic city posters
The folks over at Ork Design has created typographic city posters of various cities such as Los Angeles, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. They actually look very cool and affordable.
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amaztype visual search engine
Amaztype. This has to be one of the coolest visual search engine designed for Amazon Marketplace. You can search for books, musics, and videos on Amazon. The search results are populate on the screen and rearrange to fit the word that you search for. You can then zoom in to a particular item to find out more about it. It also provide link for you to buy it through Amazon. This is a really creative way to show products on Amazon.
here is an example of a search for “typography” in the books category
and here is a detail look at a selected item.
here is another example of a search for “Music’
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understanding web typography
Web typography has come a long way due to much improved browsers and text rendering. Web designers who fully understand typography will reap the benefits and will get the most out of it. Here are some resources out there to learn web typography. feel free to add more of your favorite type site by commenting.
this is a great resource website designed to inspire people to be more aware of the typography around them. Its a community dedicated to everything typography.
Another great typographic discussion board, type design critique forum.
Here are a few articles about web typography:
also check out
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