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// Pinterest

I have finally, finally taken the plunge and signed up for a Pinterest account almost a year after my cousin first invited me! In only a few hours of use, the extent of my “pins” is an assortment of ampersands (somewhat predicatable) and a selection of pink hair (slightly less predictable). The only thing I … Continue reading

// Ampersand heart

I don’t buy into any of the sappy, money making side of things, but I don’t think it escaped anyone’s attention that today is not just any old Tuesday, it’s The Day of Love, and so what better day to share ‘Love Ampersand’ by Graham Smith? The ampersand is easily my favourite letterform, and here … Continue reading

// Freelance: MF Surveying

This wouldn’t be the first time I’ve realised the void of my own personal design work on this blog, so I thought I would go through my portfolio and select some of my favourite projects so I can show off my more recent work! Today you get to see the logo I produced for MF … Continue reading

// Sharing: A Visual Guide to the Ampersand

I can only assume by this point that it’s pretty clear I have a bit of a soft spot for the ampersand. I’ve posted about the ampersand as a letterform, shared some beautiful ampersand accessories, and created a logo based around this beautiful character. With this in mind, it should be no surprise that I … Continue reading

// Designer Geek

No, that’s not designer clothing, but rather than profession of being a designer, and all things designer-geek that go with the territory… As you’ll have no doubt gathered by now, I do have a bit of a ~thing~ for ampersands (and other pretty design related things), so these are yet more beautiful pieces to add … Continue reading

// Fonts: ligatures

I’ll keep this brief, but I’ve been baffled recently when working on a logo development project (freelance) as to just how many typefaces don’t include a simple ‘fi’ ligature. I’ve mentioned in the past just how enamoured I am with typographic ligatures, but these are mostly the discretionary ones such as the c/k and s/t … Continue reading

// Numbers

I get weekly emails from both Typography Served & Photography Served. This week, rather than the typography, it was actually some of the showcased photography which caught my eye – in particular the series below. When they’re reduced to small scale as below, they aren’t instantly recognisable for what they are; the naked human form … Continue reading

// Top 10 fonts of 2009

Those who know me will be aware that Calluna is way up there in my [proverbial] list of ‘favourite fonts ever’. Now, I don’t actually have a list, but if I did I think that Calluna would be sitting proudly in either 1st or 2nd. I’m obviously not the only one who noticed it; it … Continue reading

// Ampersand accessories

As I was saying yesterday about constantly getting caught up in the cycle of clicking into things and getting distracted, well it’s happened again today. Who knew you could lose hours of your life just by browsing the internet? There’s a whole host of ampersand objects available, and I just can’t stop looking at those … Continue reading

// The Ampersand

The ampersand is a ligature, which combines e and t to form the Latin et, which means and. The array of typographic designs for the ampersand are wildly varied, but in most of them, you can still make out the ‘e’ and the ‘t’ characters. I’ve just spent the last couple of hours trawling the … Continue reading

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