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Hi-lighter doodle. This is the 2nd in an unintentional an office supply series.
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Today’s 22 is a small chunk of a larger piece I’ll be working on this week; inspired by the Chuck Close exhibit I viewed today at SMoCA.
New 22 design. This is the 8th. Restarting the daily “Make something cool everyday” challenge.
Will have to add this version of Catcher in the Rye to my collection, if it ever sees the light of day.
Type designer Seb Lester was commissioned by JD Salinger’s publisher to work on a set of new book covers for the reclusive author’s collection. All of his finished designs were approved by the author before he passed away last month…
It turns out that JD Salinger had some very basic (and strict) rules about how he wanted his book covers to look. He was adamant that the only copy that should appear on his books was his name and the title of the book. No quotes or plot summary, no author biography. And definitely no images. Just the title and his name.
Awesome books about BEASTS
Found this book today perusing the graphic art section at B&N. Pretty fricken sweet.
BEASTS Book One
BEASTS Book Two
The Layout and typography of book two is especially nice.
Both books feature a slew of artists and were put together by Jacob Covey. More info here http://beastsbook.blogspot.com/
A new old alternative for Arial?
It seems that lately more and more people are pointing out that Arial is everywhere. Beyond it popping up frequently in print it’s basically omnipresent on the web. At small sizes it is not as big of an annoyance, it is those large headlines that really stick out.
With the install base of Arial larger than most, if not all, nicer typefaces I began wondering about its ubiquity and what alternatives could be found. Looking through the font list on my PC and the font-survey results at Code Style I came across Microsoft Sans Serif.
According to Code Style it is the most common font on Windows based machines, clocking in at 99.59%. San Serif is very similar to Arial with a few major differences. The infamous capital R while similar is tamed down a bit with a taller, wider bowl and the slope of the stem is steeper. As far as the capitals go, Microsoft Sans Serif looks like a cross between Arial and Helvetica though has a slightly lighter weight than the two. The lowercase forms are more Humanist. Similar to Syntax or Lucida but with less contrast.
With all the Arial bashing and not many solutions to attend to the masses rather than we designers, I am curious what the community thinks about Microsoft Sans Serif… I’ve created a page to show case the 3 in a live environment.
