Wednesday, February 27, 2008

nice old page

another nice example of old type.. I think I like the bottom style the best

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

world scripts goldmine


phew!! This scripture site has loads of hundred-year-old bible pages in native languages from all over the world. It's so great to see actual old printed specimens of these languages! I think I saved about 60 pictures from that site. Check it out, for real. (above are Nepali, Bengali, and Tamil)

Monday, February 25, 2008

digital age!



after struggling to read the tiny, unsuitable-for-screen devanagari type in the lessons at livemocha, this design is quite refreshing! From Soft Fonts. I might have to buy this!

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Ajooba poster

there's a great site that has a bunch of bollywood/lollywood posters, many of which I'll probably re-post here!

Friday, February 22, 2008

fluid, effortless painting

Pretty sure this is from the Indic Scripts photo pool - but I'm not sure. d'oh.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

languages!

Marathi | Gujarati
Kannada | Tamil
Telugu | Malayam
Urdu | Bengali

from peta-india posters

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

looooopy

Found this on Flickr - Books photographed by a student who went to the University of Reading for type design! (Probably the same class as my type teacher Nicole Dotin!) I totally want to go there someday! If I win the lottery.

Thursday, February 7, 2008