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Artisan wine label designs by Fen Acey craft a narrative through collage and typography

Creative Boom

This side project by Fen Acey combines her love of food and drink packaging with collage and elegant typography to create beautiful and original artisan wine label designs. Typography played a crucial role in the creation process, bridging the handmade collage elements and the necessary textual information.

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BlockFace: an open-source stamp kit to explore typography by graphic artist Will Mower

Creative Boom

We spend so much time working in digital nowadays it's hard to remember that for hundreds of years, typography was a purely physical medium. BlockFace is a stamp kit designed to help you explore typography and more. Designed by graphic artist Will Mower, it's essentially a modular typography printing kit that's very easy to use.

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Alan Kitching: London's Building Blocks brings letterpress mastery to Madrid

Creative Boom

Alan Kitching, one of the most celebrated letterpress printers of our time, is bringing his work to Madrid for a new exhibition that explores heritage, craftsmanship, and the evolving role of print in a digital world. A legacy built in letterpress Few designers have made the impact that Kitching has on contemporary printmaking.

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Prints & Propa­ganda

I Love Typography

By the sixteenth century, printmaking — or art prints — had become a burgeoning industry. Millions were printed and many thousands have survived until the present day. Their significance goes well beyond their value as art prints or artifacts, revealing a great deal more than artists' talents and virtuosity.

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Inventing Posters

I Love Typography

The modern poster first appeared in France in the 19th century, but its antecedents can be found in Renaissance printmaking. The post Inventing Posters appeared first on I Love Typography.

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The best new typefaces for June from leading foundries and designers

Creative Boom

And FT Scenik harnessed that feeling by taking its inspiration from the modernist typography of Margate, a coastal town in southeast England. It was inspired by eight-bit video games, the prints of Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens, and the cover of his book Printed Matter. FT Scenik Who doesn't love a day out at the seaside?

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Penny Dreadfuls & Murder Broadsides

I Love Typography

The Industrial Revolution mechanized printing and reduced costs, leading to explosive growth in publishing. The post Penny Dreadfuls & Murder Broadsides appeared first on I Love Typography. At the same time, an unprecedented increase in literacy produced millions of new readers and sparked a reading revolution.