I love words, letters and numbers. I love books. I love typewriters, type, and typography. And so does pretty much everyone else in the world. I know I am totally not unique in this regard. But the upside of being one of the unwashed masses is that there's a market for what I like, so people with talent keep creating it!
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When M for Amazing was little his dad would play an old radio play for him about a shipwreck loaded with rats that crashed onto a lone lighthouse in a storm. The rats are cunning and surround the lighthouse gnawing and exploring, trying to find the way in. The Lighthouse Keeper goes mad and in one scene throws his body against the glass window then falls back to view all the rats pressed against the glass in an effort to get to him. "Look!" he screams, "My portrait in RATS!"
This is Stacy Benson's self-portrait not in rats, but in words. So cool.
I think the following piece, besides being such a perfect visual representation of this type of conversation, also absolutely rings true in content. We've all been there, done this.
I think these next two are excellent examples of consumer friendly typography in ads - Madison Avenue Smart. The Titanic poster isn't done justice unless you click on it and look at it full size.
{Why Did The Titanic Sink? via}
And this bit is called Point of View, for obvious reasons. . . Leave it to the Brits.
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When M for Amazing was little his dad would play an old radio play for him about a shipwreck loaded with rats that crashed onto a lone lighthouse in a storm. The rats are cunning and surround the lighthouse gnawing and exploring, trying to find the way in. The Lighthouse Keeper goes mad and in one scene throws his body against the glass window then falls back to view all the rats pressed against the glass in an effort to get to him. "Look!" he screams, "My portrait in RATS!"
This is Stacy Benson's self-portrait not in rats, but in words. So cool.
I think the following piece, besides being such a perfect visual representation of this type of conversation, also absolutely rings true in content. We've all been there, done this.
I think these next two are excellent examples of consumer friendly typography in ads - Madison Avenue Smart. The Titanic poster isn't done justice unless you click on it and look at it full size.
{Why Did The Titanic Sink? via}
And this bit is called Point of View, for obvious reasons. . . Leave it to the Brits.
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