Apr 26Member-onlyOnce more, with feelingAfter a decade of blandification logo fonts are getting emotional againBranding10 min readBranding10 min read
Feb 17Member-onlySpin the cheese wheel for a taste of type. Cheesy font pairing reveals your favourite cheese styles.Can you tell your brie from your blue just by looking at a font? Your typographic taste buds will be tingling as you become a cheesy font connoisseur. The Spin the Wheel of Cheese game is a cheese tasting for your eyes and imagination. The Spin the Wheel of Cheese…Fonts5 min readFonts5 min read
Feb 17Member-onlyThe ultimate font face-off: Serif vs sans serif in the psychological battle of font personalitiesTimes New Roman or Calibri? Does changing your font make a difference? Dive into the ultimate showdown in the world of fonts: serif vs sans serif. This is a psychological battle of typeface personalities. I asked you to pit Times New Roman and Calibri against each other. Which came out on top? Letters are squiggles on a page or a screen. You’re…Fonts11 min readFonts11 min read
Jan 20Member-onlyWill skinnylicious fonts leave you feeling hungry?What fonts would you pair with words like “light”, “wholesome”, “skinnylicious”, “sensible” and “mild”? These are the adjectives that often accompany low-fat, low-carb options according to science writer David Robson. …Typography3 min readTypography3 min read
Jan 6Member-onlyCan a font motivate you to exercise or to pay more for a meal?Fonts are just squiggles on a page or screen that spell out words, right? That’s their job and there’s nothing more going on behind the scenes, or is there? I started exploring the psychology of typography back in 2013. Some of the research I came across was surprising. Researchers had…Fonts4 min readFonts4 min read
Published inThe Startup·May 19, 2019Member-onlyHidden stories in London’s signsHidden in London street signs are stories waiting to be told. Their letterforms tell us these stories, which we often read on a subconscious level. Taking a closer look at the city streets reveals how the new and preserved signs narrate three centuries of letterforms. These tell the social and cultural stories of an area with ‘secret’ clues hidden in their shapes. The signs change as businesses come and go, areas transform, or fashions and…Typography4 min readTypography4 min read
May 6, 2019Member-onlyHow typography impacts your moodPhysically, we use our voice, facial expressions. gestures and posture to convey a wide range of emotional cues from the subtle to the dramatic. Typefaces and the way they are used provide a similarly extensive emotional range typographically.Typography3 min readTypography3 min read
Apr 12, 2019Be more Punk. A call to action.Imagine living in a time of ongoing economic hardship, with social fragmentation, an economy struggling to recover from a stock market crash, housing problems and increasing unemployment. Imagine the clash of expectations as both the economy and society struggle to cope with the dramatic pace of change. There is a…Punk3 min readPunk3 min read
Apr 11, 2019Member-onlyHow Punk changed Graphic DesignWhen radical typography articulated the frustrations of a dissatisfied generation calling for change. Punk emerged as a reaction to the rigid restrictions of Modernism and its style ripped up the rules of Swiss minimalism and neutral sans serif typography. As traditional attitudes came to be considered outdated, society rebelled…Typography4 min readTypography4 min read
Apr 6, 2019Member-onlyEat Your WordsFood as a system of communication and its role in a post-culinary society. Masters Thesis by Sarah Hyndman, 2001 (distinction). — MA Typo/graphic Studies, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, February 2001. Abstract Introduction 1. The signifier is eaten 2. Tribe 3. Intimacy 4. Formality 5. Seduction ConclusionFood4 min readFood4 min read