Wednesday, October 31, 2012


This font is called Mrs Eaves. Mrs Eaves is named after Sarah Eaves, the woman who became John Baskerville's wife. I absolutely love the typeface Baskerville, so obviously when Stacy showed me this serif font, I loved the femininity of it. It has the same classic, clean cut style of Baskerville, with a little bit of sweetness to it. The letters of this font each have a flowing swashlike tail. It is very elegant and I could see it being used for poems and fashion columns in the future. 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012



These cute pieces of jewelry are made my Brainbow and have many wooden pieces including camcorders, record players, cameras, that  all serve as pieces from the past. These adorable little nick nacks actually remind me of the wood type that was created during the Industrial Revolution and this type is classified as a San Serif font. Rather than using metal, this designer put a spin on jewelry and used wood to change it up. I really love the creativity. Build on!




Monday, October 15, 2012

Pizza has now become even more enticing..thanks to Dominos new packaging.


Dominos Pizza has just released a new item on their menu as well as new packaging to put the pan pizza into, that obviously surpasses the mundane pizza box that says Dominos in small red font. When I ordered this pizza, I was less than enthused about trying the new "pan pizza" that has resulted in so much hype in my friend group. After the pizza was eaten, I noticed the packing on the box, and it made me wish I did have a piece of that new menu item. There is just something significant and eye catching on the box that transcends the importance of the content. The font with the white outline is appealing and puts emphasis on what you're eating, as if you didn't already know. In addition to the prominent font used for pan in the center, the content circinling the center is also very interesting and has certain typefaces to emphasize its importance( such as never frozen is in a bigger font size than the rest, because Domino's probably wants that information to be read first.I also found the bottom of the box to be a bit comical and the fat faced font that reads " Hey"is very casual as if the pizza box has a voice. It was an interesting pizza experience that deemed to be entertaining.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Sorry I'm not sorry.






This instillation can be found in a french design studio Vegetable Identity, along with many other letter sculptures with vegetation in the positive space of these art pieces. The plants dont require water or light, because they are preserved with a sugar like product. I love the font used. The fluidity of the letters, as well as the spacing, radiates a mellow, yet foreign energy. The curvature of each letter is distinct and surprisingly does not cause the art piece to be cluttered or smashed together. The font looks a little like park avenue font, except for that this font is in cursive. Those who say "Pardon my french" are actually just alluding to the fact that they just said one or many curse words, and they will continue, since those words are obviously pertinent to their story! HAHA. At least that's my take on it, when I say " Pardon my french" im actually not sorry that im cursing. Should I be sorry? I definitely think that this typeface epitomizes this phrase and those who use it.



Let's be friends.



I found this on tumblr and loved it instantly. Not only does the word weird contain back words letters, but the each word is a different font. Talk about a PLETHORA OF FONTS in this picture! The negative space being blue is perfect to contrast the clean white and purple( positive space), which makes the typefaces stand out even more so. I also feel as though the typefaces are speaking to the viewer. YOU'RE is bold and denotes new and bold( as if meeting someone for the first time). The WEIRD symbolizes someone who is weird and breaks the norms, so it makes sense why the words are not all facing one way. Should be friends is in a typeface that is almost comfortable enough to look at and definitely gives off a more vibrant feel than the words above. Last, but not least the friends portion of this picture has a wonderful and bubbly typeface in addition to the index of friendship( which is the handshake). I can't help but smile when I see this picture, maybe because it's relatable? I am beginning to notice how pivotal typography is in all that we see; advertisements, commercials,websites, news papers, books, magazines,etc...
Type can change your feelings towards whatever it is written on and representing. This typeface is not crowded or too bold, it's simply cute. Now I have got to run, to go partake in some weird activities of course.