Alice’s Adventure’s: Funstuff and Pretty Things

this blog not only has stellar articles using type in the most innovative ways, featuring new and free fonts, but the blog itself is so beautiful!
i love typography!

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Yo! Bike Mike! Poster, originally uploaded by Network Osaka.
Bike are cool

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are you registered to vote???

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1960s Advertising - Poster - DNI 1967 (Poland), originally uploaded by Pink Ponk.
interesting flickr set, 1950s - 1960s advertising.

i love how italian design can look so modern and fresh

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I think I have decided that “N” is my favorite letter right now. Although g and K are a close second. I am obsessed with analyzing the points of the character. Futura, a lovely but coldy precise font always has a beautiful N.

Speaking of Futura, I came across a lovely reinterpretation of Futura that warms up its […]

A capital FI lig is rarely a good idea:

via i love typography

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libraryshelf, originally uploaded by unionpearl.

my amiga is contemplating a new blog and has enlisted me as the header designer i am so honored, she is an amazing artist. you can see her professional and art work at www.laurenemcclure.com/
so there will be an ampersand…. i am so pumped! more details to come.

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from Smashing Magazine,

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amusing blog
the ampersand.
devoted to the lovely character itself.

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so true. visit stencil revolution.

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reminds me of when i went to the farmer’s market last weekend, and bought some of the “peaches n cream” sweet corn. “sweetest corn in texas” the vendors claimed.
poster from reference library

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ah yes for us typophiles. test your mettle.

and… since this is a screenshot you can see my poor score!! booo… but it was my first try.

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nice font over at myfonts.com

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