> HELVETICA MOVIE

Information about the film
Helvetica Film

"Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives."

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> TYPE FOUNDRIES

Portuguese type foundries & type Designers
Dstype - Dino dos Santos
FelicianoTypeFoundry - Mário Feliciano
Vanarchiv - Ricardo Santos

Non portuguese type foundries
Ductype - Canada Type - Emigre - Lineto - MADType - T.26 - Typedifferent - Typetrust - Youworkforthem - village

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> BLOCK TYPE

I've always felt a huge interest in block, square typefaces. Usually based on square forms with geometric cuts that make it possible to recognize and read each different character, these typefaces offer great layout possibilities.

Respectively, two block and square typefaces featured on the picture.
Novum, designed by Mike Cina and available at youworkforthem store.

Mandrax, a portuguese typeface designed by Mário Feliciano and used recently on the MusaBook, a showcase of portuguese illustration. This typeface is available on FelicianoTypeFoundry

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> CINEMA PORTUGAL 2006

This's a "cinema portugal 2006" free postcard concerning the different cinema festivals happening all around Portugal in 2006. I don't know who the designer was, but thats awesome work going on there. The concept upon which the type was built on is basically using (supposed to be) old theaters as letterforms. Fantastic.

May the type be with you
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> ORNAMENTS & TYPE

These guys are clearly shaping new and fresh type approaches. Mixing ornamental, sometimes hand drawn fluid and organic shapes on top of conventional typefaces makes up for one of the most exciting styles on type compositions nowadays.

I just found out that all the of these were done by the same guy, Si Scott.
Anyway, take a look at his work on these websites.
By order, www.siscottdesign.com / www.non-format.com / www.vault49.com

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> BLACKLETTER STENCIL

An attempt on doing a BlackLetter based stencil. The idea was born from a mix between old BlackLetter forms with a geometric / cut / rounded feel.

There are some typefaces with this same concept, Blackhaus is a good example.

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> HELLO EVERYONE

ENGLISH

Typography is an Art, Good Typography is Art.
Paul Rand / 1960

Of course we can learn much from the previous century of a huge typographic experimentation, a century still so close we can use, handle and breathe its energy. However this blog will focus it's attention not on the use of old typefaces, but rather on re-finding type as an Art on our daily journeys.


PORTUGUESE

A Tipografia é uma Arte, a Boa Tipografia é Arte
Paul Rand / 1960

Claramente podemos aprender muito do século anterior, de grande experimentalismo tipográfico. Um século ainda tão próximo que podemos usá-lo, manejá-lo e sentir a sua energia. Contudo, este blog não irá focar o uso de tipografias antigas, mas sim no reencontrar do tipo como Arte nas nossas jornadas diárias.

Cheers,
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