Friday, 8 March 2013

The Iron Man

Imagined book cover entirely inspired by/ lifted from Captain Geoffrey Spaulding via Mudwerks.

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Deutsche Grotesk

Another typeface inspired by Pen Lettering published by The Blandford Press for The Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co., 1930.

Sunday, 30 December 2012

Display Gothic


An interpretation of this Display Gothic typeface from the Speedball Textbook for Pen and Brush Lettering, 18th ed., 1960.Via Vintage Scans.



Friday, 28 December 2012

Blob Lettering


Alphabet based on the type below, from Pen Lettering published by The Blandford Press for The Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co., 1930. Via Vintage Scans.


Monday, 29 October 2012

A Message from Jimmy

This Halloween check there isn’t a Jimmy under your bed (click image to enlarge if you dare).

Monday, 23 July 2012

Morse Code



Dichotomic Morse code diagram.

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Combinatory Letters


A recent trip to the Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican prompted me to draw what I think is an accurate interpretation of Josef Albers’s Combinatory Letters from 1928.
The letters are formed using only the ten shapes at the top of the image and a space which is one fifth (I’m guessing) of the width of the upright sections. There are anomalies, which are more obvious when viewed on a grid, on the f, k and x due to the single space between the vertical sections. These could be ironed out by shortening the sections, which would defeat the object of the typeface, or closing the gap, which would be unsightly.

Monday, 18 June 2012

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing pictogram rejected by the Noun Project for not making any sense. Have you looked at the Noun Project recently? Jesus, this must be bad.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

WDI Badge

Badge and graphic designed by PkG.