Typography is the technique of taking type (letters, numbers) and giving it an artful appearance, most commonly referred to as typography design and in some cases uses ligature to change it’s appearance. Typeverything takes typography and letter design and compiles on their Tumblr blog many inspirational pieces if you are into typography. Here are just a few of my favorites.
If you’re looking for a great way to enhance the fonts on your website, animated typography may be a great option for you. Typically in the past, animations have been accomplished through Flash, but as Flash is slowly dying off, and alternatives to achieve similar results are coming up. Animated typography is one of them.
The Penrose triangle is an impossible object, which an optical illusion that has a two-dimensional figure which is interpreted as a projection of a three-dimensional object, although it is not geometrically possible for such an object to exist; whew. Martzi Hegedus took this illusion as inspiration, and created a typeface based around it called Frustro that it out of this world.
Vintage typography art isn’t limited to the printed page: it’s also woven through artisan rugs. That is the tag line for LinusDean, a graphic designer and artist who takes vintage typography and applies it to high quality handmade wool rugs for a fashionable statement. The most main stream and popular typeface in recent history has been Helvetica which has spawned movies, awards, jokes and Internet memes.
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