Coming Soon: Natalya Monoline

Twitteroundup!

Inspiration

Photos of stuff slipping into nothingness. Photography by Michel Rajkovic. Would love prints of these. Via @behance



Ralph McQuarrie. Love this guy.

Gorgeous Examples of Floral Typography Via @Linotype_com.


Living Tree Art. Pooktre trees and furniture.

Design

How well do you know Famous Logos? Via @Linotype_com.

Cory Godbey updated Terrible Yellow Eyes. Check out the great illustrations. Cory's Blue Goblet series is on sale at Myfonts.com



Prezi. Amazing presentations made easy.



'The Hut', new branding for Pizza Hut restaurants. via @idsgn

Concept prototyping. Shirts, billboards, etc. See how it will appear in real life.

Type

The early days and work of @H_FJ. Funny story.

NYT sends cease and desist for use of use of a black letter font similar to "the NYT's trademark "world-famous Gothic font"

Neat info about the history of Times New Roman along with Font Bureau's new Starling.

Humour

Some humor over at Dark Roasted Blend.



LOL. Mega Shark VS. Giant Octopus. Great acting! Sorry I missed this one.

Technology

New Google Street View. Myst meets reality.

Hypercolor is back! In a lifesaving baby's onesie? This will not fit...

Holy Cow! Augmented reality is reality!

Interesting
Interviews with random folks all across the USA. Via @brannonmc

Thoughts
If you have $5 and Chuck Norris has $5, Chuck Norris has more money than you.

"Your silence is golden, and, like gold, people will happily kill you to obtain it." via @cookies_of_doom


New from insigne: Kidela Sketch. Available at MyFonts for 15% off for a limited time.

Natalya Monoline, work in progress

Twitteroundup!

♪The trending topic song continued: Iran, Le Mans. Ahmadinejad, AT&T is a fraud. Iphone, Red Wings go home.♫

Inspiration

Amazing pic from Singapore.


Love the above. Unfortunately I can't find the source link. It was via @typegirl

Peter deSeve added his tribute to Maurice Sendak over @CoryGodbey's Terrible Yellow Eyes. Then grab Cory's Blue Goblet.

Some great handlettering.


Love these. Great use of color.



Designer Guns and Gas Masks. via @behance

Awesome hood ornaments.


Flying Ferrari from the Future!

Zoological typeface, via @swissmiss and @designworklife

Geektastic

Sneak peek into the Photo-Lettering beta via @houseindustries and @typegirl.

Dell Does $3 Million In Sales Through Twitter.

Humour


Traffic Barrel monster creator arrested.

Personal

Did the taxes, caught a five foot long snake in backyard. I think he was with the IRS. Let him go to hang with his little snake friends, eat tasty woodland creatures. Also grabbed three gallon jugs of Tobasco. (Original, Habanero and Jalapeno) It will be gone in a year.

New from insigne: Kidela Sketch

Kidela Sketch is an energetic and eccentric serif typeface rendered in a sketchy style. The typeface includes 64 auto-replacing discretionary ligatures to extend the natural sketched look, oldstyle figures and small caps.

Please see the sample brochure to see these features in action. More…

Kidela Sketch is an excellent choice when you need a fun and interesting serif.

Kidela Sketch is available at MyFonts.com for 15% off for a limited time.

Coming Soon: Kidela Sketch

Just a taste...

Twitteroundup!

This week on the interwebs, Jay-Z, Palm Pre, playing lots of Sims 3. Air France, Normandie, playing tetris, SAT.

Design & Inspiration

Cityscapes

More on the Bing logotype.

insigne fonts are packed with OpenType features. Here's a how-to on discretionary ligatures via Fonts.com

Nice stop-motion film with those cool magnetic letters.


Disney's UP Art Deco era posters.



Typefunkography 3D stroke logotype based on Bello. via @fontbureau


Cory Godbey's Terrible Yellow Eyes was updated on Friday. Includes a post by Justin Gerard. You can grab Justin's Biscuit Boodle series and Cory Godbey's Blue Goblet series of fonts and ornaments.

Coolness


CodeX Yachts

Inside the $485-Million Airbus A380 Flying Palace

Mentos frozen in ice cubes and Diet Coke.


I love Ekranoplanes: (Ground Effect Vehicles)

XBox full body motion controller. Bring it.

Humour


Funny Wolfram Alpha Responses.

YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter will combine to form YouTwitFace. -Conan via MarcoSuarez

"Boxer M. Tyson packs his bags with Jay-Z DVDs, Quik, Holyfield’s ear." via typophile and typographica.

The Pixar and Dreamworks story process compared and contrasted. via CoryGodbey

Observations

Google Wave = Skype's missed opportunity

Saw UP. Favorite characters were Dug and that big goofy bird.

A UPS is money well spent.

New from insigne: Mittwoch

Mittwoch is an extended modern serif and a new companion to insigne’s Montag and Dienstag extended sans serifs. Mittwoch conveys a graceful air with its high-contrast letterforms and its ball terminals, but also includes some unique touches that are unexpected for modern faces. Mittwoch includes four different weights and 50 alternate characters, including swashes, more traditional modern letterforms and simplified characters for titling or when a more unique look is needed. For complementary companions, be sure to check out Montag and Dienstag, also available from insigne.

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Happenings on Da’ Web

*Bing* Bing is live. Logotype is still ugly. Tried it out. Think I will keep Google as my default for now.

Wanna know what Google Wave is but don't want to sit through a 1.5 hr vid?

Since fonts on the web are the big craze of the moment, here is one of the lesser known players: FontJazz. Apparently works by creating a .gif with all characters and a .js file to do client side replace.

Yay, Office 2010 will finally support OpenType features! Kerning in word was just a bridge too far for MSFT apparently.

Art Links


Forest house, organic curves. Amazing.

MIT's outbound calls during Obama's inauguration data visualization.

Ultimate List of 32 Font And Typography Tools. Really useful list. via @sthursby

Abandoned structures around the globe, great photography.

Some Outstanding Typography Projects. via @sthursby

Concept artwork for Star Trek and some other blockbuster films.

Beautiful art, made entirely out of masking tape. This is a must-see. via @printmag

Random


Bacon sushi, the next breakfast craze. You saw it here first...

Check these fattening culinary creations. Wait several hours until after you eat. Via @jonkopp


For Laughs

Mittwoch Complete

Mittwoch is complete and off to MyFonts.com. Here's a taste. Available next week.

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Fun

Kern in Space! Fun little game, reminds me of jetpack. via @duschwartz2

A tractor as a drummer in a country band. Country as in Denmark, not Tennessee, but there seems to be some overlap in style.

Design

Oil and Water mix in high shutter speed photography. Via http://www.evasion.cc

More ink meets water. via @behance

Humourous office doodles with some great textures from common office supplies. via @ behance.

E-Class Coupe. Design Awesomeness.


Love this identity. Great use of color, type, icons.

Interesting bridges via darkroastedblend.

Terrible Yellow Eyes, Cory Godbey's tribute to Maurice Sendak.

Insigne News

Posted some teasers for Mittwoch, an addition to my Montag/Dienstag line. It is an extended modern face. Cory Godbey's Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes are available at MyFonts, along with Le Havre Rounded.

Got some deals on a Looj, Scooba and a Dirtdog. I love my robot slave army.

A reminder: speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you. - Jeremy Clarkson.

Work in Progress: Mittwoch Black

Work in Progress: Mittwoch

Mittwoch work in progress. Modern font with ball terminals and some fun twists (see the e?). Part of my extended Montag and Dienstag line.

New offerings from insigne: Le Havre Rounded and Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes

The Le Havre series is a series of geometric sans serifs inspired by the dignified era of the passenger ship, when getting to your destination was a delight in and of itself.

Le Havre Rounded is a fun and new interpretation of geometric sans serifs. Le Havre Rounded features its sister family's compressed capitals, low x-height and geometric construction, and its rounded forms lend it to be used in contemporary and technology settings. More…

Le Havre OpenType features include twenty five alternate characters, ligatures and old style figures. The Le Havre family includes a spectrum of weights for many design options.

The designer-favorite Blue Goblet series has been extended once again with Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes. More…

These animated and lively frames and vignettes can be resized easily without any loss of quality, and can easily be converted to outlines and modified. Combining them to form unique compositions or inserting them into chapter headings are just a few ideas for these versatile ornaments. Please see the sample .pdf to see all 96 Frames and Vignettes in action, and be sure to check out the original Blue Goblet brush script and Blue Goblet Ornaments.

Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes is a collaboration between insigne Design and Portland Studios.

Coming Soon: Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes

Just a taste of Cory Godbey's Frames and Vignettes. Be sure to check out his tribute to Maurice Sendak over at Terrible Yellow Eyes, including some new guest illustrator posts.

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Misc. Stuff

Went to North Carolina. Took some pictures.

Watched the LOST finale. Darkside Locke = Awesome. Can’t wait for the Aliens to show up next season. I’m only half joking. Most (everyone I've talked to!) say if this happens the show has jumped the shark. I disagree. See the cast of Lost before they got lost.

Lost badly to a girl playing Puerto Rico...twice...her first time playing the game.

Design
Two insigne fonts were featured in Dieline's Top 15 fonts for Package Design.

Mercedes ad, typography meets the matrix.

Slab serifs are the new black.

Autometrics. An often overlooked useful feature of inDesign.

Interesting automobile design touches.

CCTV birdhouse

Check out Blue Goblet author Cory Godbey's latest project: Terrible Yellow Eyes

Economy
Good news. Fear subsides. But with unemployment at 25% in some parts of the country, will this last? Time will tell.

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Coming Attraction: Le Havre Rounded

Just a little teaser for my latest, Le Havre Rounded. A follow up to the original geometric sans, Le Havre. Available from MyFonts next week.

Justin Gerard

Justin Gerard is the man. We played soccer together in college, or I should say he played soccer and I watched from the bench. One time, he said I was his favorite freshman, so I got all kinds of warm fuzzies. I was just a graphic designer, but Justin was a real artist and used real pencils and stuff instead of pixels and vectors. And he's still pretty good with those pencils even though he is working digitally now.



Justin's gallery and main website.

Justin is an owner over at Portland Studios, and I commissioned Justin to do two fonts for insigne, Biscuit Boodle and the new Biscuit Boodle Ornaments. You can grab both for 20% off their regular price at MyFonts for a limited time.

Be sure to check Justin's blog for some interesting information about his illustration process.

Twitteroundup

Time for our first ever Twitteroundup here at insigne. What I twittered about:

Found some great movie trailer music to listen to, via Cory Godbey, who also is the author of Blue Goblet, Blue Goblet Ornaments and the upcoming Blue Goblet Vignettes and Frames. Also expressed my mild concern that Giacchino score for the upcoming Star Trek movie may be more Lost than Lost in Space. (And nothing in comparison to the awesomeness that is Goldsmith.)

To the trailer music:
Mighty Rivers Run
Sons Of War
Freedom Fighters

Careful, this stuff might make your head explode or cause you to renact slow motion explosions in your office. Trust me, that's more painful than you think and I have the bruises to prove it. For something more sedate, I listened to some Copland and Bizet.

Some Design Sthuff...

20 corporate brands evolve.


See APPL with MSFT typography, Toyota w/Ford's, etc.

Interesting story about the extended latin alphabet in action.


A collection of old car and truck ads

White House created communications design awareness award finalist: Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Shocking, considering how Obama seems to love @H_FJ. Congrats!

And, for bonus points, a stand by me collaboration by street artists that have never met.

You can follow our twitter feed here. Don't forget, you can get Olidia for 15% off for a short time.

New Releases: Olidia and Biscuit Boodle Ornaments!

I wasn't originally planning to release these simultaneously, but there was a backup in the queue at MyFonts.com. Olidia should be available shortly for 15% off and Biscuit Boodle Ornaments and Biscuit Boodle are available for 20% off. Enjoy!

Olidia Gold

Olidia has been submitted to MyFonts. Be sure to check this blog or our twitter feed for the release announcement.

Olida Work in Progress Shots

Putting some final touches on a new script. Haven't shared any work in progress shots in awhile, so here is a little taste of what's to come. Enjoy!

Aviano Sans Updated!

The popular Aviano Sans family has been updated with two new weights. Check it out at MyFonts.com.

Be sure to subscribe to our Twitter feed. I plan to use it for some short term promotions. Blink and you'll miss 'em!

insigne Twitters

Twittering away. Check it for some information about our update for Aviano Sans.

Although this blog has been used primarily for announcing new products, I am planning to take it back towards its original vision, a blog that includes at least one weekly entry about something design related. For now, check out our twittering, which should be related to information about new products currently in the pipeline.

Natalya Swashes

Natalya Swashes provides a diverse set of flowing swashes and ornaments originally designed to complement the popular insigne script Natalya. The basis point for Natalya’s ornate swirls is the golden ratio, and this makes for especially harmonious swashes with timeless appeal. These poised and graceful flourishes can be easily adapted to many design situations, even in situations that don’t call for Natalya Swashes’ script companion. Natalya swashes can be resized and rotated easily without any loss of quality and converted to outlines and modified. Combine them to form unique compositions or insert them into your copy to create interest. Please see the sample .pdf to see all 56 ornaments in action. The Natalya Swash package comes with an inDesign sample file to quickly reference ornaments and copy and paste them into your layouts.

New from insigne: Enzia

Enzia is a friendly and flowing sans serif. Enzia exists somewhere between a slab serif and a semi-sans, and features flared vertical stems and rounded terminals. Its bulbous terminals and open counters inject a flavor of ease and excitement. Enzia provides plenty of impact and is best used with short to medium length texts. Six different weights provide plenty of versatility and contrast for poster designs, logotypes and headlines, while still retaining excellent legibility for extended copy.

New from insigne: 44th President

"44th President" is based on the handwriting of President Barack Obama. Barack Obama is the 8th left-handed American president, and his left-handed stroke is quite obvious. The script flows swiftly with a clear and fluid motion, and includes a complete standard character set and Central European, Baltic, Romanian and Western European character sets. "44th President" is available for immediate download for $15.95, and 20% of all profits will be given to charity. More information on 44th President can be found here.

New from insigne: Kasuga Brush

Kasuga Brush is a contemporary script with eastern influence and authentic brush drawn character. The script offers two variants. One is slightly distressed along the character’s edges while the other is painted with a dry brush for interesting texture. Sixty-four optional ligatures add a realistic, hand drawn effect and ensure that no two letters in a word repeat.

New from insigne: insigne Fleurons

Insigne Fleurons offers a wide range of diverse text ornaments to enhance your designs. These 52 ornaments can be used as components of a logo, background patterns or elements, border patterns or to add flourishes and refinement to your designs. Insigne Fleurons can be resized and rotated easily without any loss of quality and can easily be converted to outlines and modified. Combine them to form unique compositions or insert them into text to draw attention. Please see the sample .pdf to see all 52 ornaments in action.

New from insigne: Le Havre

Le Havre is a geometric sans serif inspired by the golden era of the passenger ship, when getting to your destination was a delight in and of itself. Compressed capitals, a low x-height and geometric construction give this art deco inspired sans a unique look that looks to the past for inspiration, but is a new contemporary design usable in a wide range of graphic settings. Le Havre features eighteen art deco titling alternates, ligatures and old style figures. Le Havre is named for the port where many a famous luxury cruise liner was launched in the 1930’s. One of the best examples of art deco luxury cruise liner advertising can seen in the famous poster advertising the SS Normandie by the French designer Adolphe Mouron Cassandre.

New from insigne: Youngblood

Youngblood is a non-connected formal script with tall, sweeping ascenders and two alternates. These alternate forms can be mixed and matched for a custom look, and Youngblood is stronger in weight and is better suited for display work than most script fonts. Although Youngblood looks back to traditional copperplate scripts for inspiration, there is a new and exciting spirit to the design. More… Youngblood includes OpenType ending swashes, ornaments, ligatures, discretionary ligatures for most common ascender pairs and old style figures.

New from insigne: Biscuit Boodle

Biscuit Boodle is a fun and uplifting script from Portland Studios Illustrator Justin Gerard. The characters are brush drawn with a slight texture. The font comes packed with OpenType alternates and ligatures. Included are small caps, old style figures, titling alternates and ending swashes. Sixty-four optional ligatures add a slapdash quality to your copy and make sure that no two letters in a word are alike, and auto replacing word ligatures add to the fun.

The Biscuit Boodle family also includes an even more spontaneous alternate for even more creative options.

Aviano Updated

The popular Aviano family has been updated to include two new weights, and the entire family has been completely overhauled with letterform tweaks, new kerning and new OpenType features.

Aviano is an extended titling face with influence from the power and timeless beauty of classical letterforms. Aviano features extended characters for a formal feel, sharp, powerful looking serifs and geometric and consistent letterforms. Use Aviano as an alternative to Trajan. Aviano includes a number of advanced OpenType features including alternates, 40 unique ligatures and old style figures. The Aviano family was updated in 2008 to include a light and black weight. Be sure to check out the rest of the Aviano series, including Aviano Serif, Aviano Sans and Aviano Slab. Aviano is named for a small town at the base of the Alps in northern Italy

New from insigne: Blue Goblet Ornaments

Blue Goblet Ornaments are the ornament complement to Blue Goblet, a fun and whimsical brush script. These lively and cheerful ornaments can be resized and rotated easily without any loss of quality, and can easily be converted to outlines and modified. Combine them to form unique compositions or insert them into text to add some excitement to your designs. Please see the sample .pdf to see all 48 ornaments in action. Blue Goblet Ornaments is a collaboration between insigne Design and Portland Studios.

New from insigne: Sommet Rounded

The Sommet series has been updated with a rounded variant. Sommet Rounded retains its predecessor's high-tech web 2.0 character but features blunted terminators, making for a much warmer and friendlier impression. Sommet Rounded features a tall x-height, and its letterforms are compressed, perfect for when layout space is at a premium. Sommet Rounded can be easily mixed and matched with its non-rounded relative. Sommet Rounded includes four weights and italics for plenty of design options and is suitable for body copy and display text.