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Star Wars Typography Quotes Classic Lines

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Remember those awesome typographic Star Wars posters? While these ones may not be as visually dynamic as those, Jerod Gibson had the brilliant idea of using actual quotes from Star Wars …to create his version. These great posters are available for purchase as well, so that they can adorn your

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March 20th, 2011 by: Range

Super Mario Typography: a Very Wordy Hero

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After being around for 25 years, it’s no surprise that a lot of things come to mind when a gamer thinks of Mario. Josh Mirman brilliantly captures the hero’s rich history with his drawing, “A Very Wordy Hero”…:

What’s Luigi got to do to be remembered?!
Luigi or no

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December 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Boba Font: the One Star Wars Font Print to Rule Them All

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After those great Star Wars font posters, Fabian Gonzalez came up with his own version with one of the coolest characters in Star Wars…, Boba Fett. The poster is complete with his blaster and jet pack, created entirely out of typography.

The above image is available in a variety

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November 25th, 2010 by: Range

May the Fonts be With You

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I love these simple posters of epic Star Wars …characters that were simply made by through the clever use of typography.

They were created by the H-57 advertising agency in Milan, Italy. If you look at the bigger versions of these posters, you can see that there is a small

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November 18th, 2010 by: Range

Carwriting: Designers Track Car’S Movements to Make Iq Font

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Graphic designers Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta, known collectively as pleaseletmedesign,  teamed up with professional race car driver Stef van Campenhoudt to…create a font. But hey, if you were given the choice between sitting in front of a computer all day and watching a pro racer trace Qs and Zs…

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July 22nd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Kern: the Game for Typography Nerds

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If you prefer to call capital letters “majuscules,” you probably aren’t the type to shy away from words like kerning and ligature, either. And that’s okay, because there are games that cater even to you typography nerds, or at least game, singular: KERN…, available now from the Apple

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February 17th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Typographic Synthesizer Makes Fonts Like Music

Meek FM Typographic Synthesizer

This unconventional design tool provides a unique way to create new typefaces. Working somewhat like an analog music synthesizer, knobs and button pushes influence the shape of your font characters.

Designed by Rob Meek and Frank Müller, the Meek FM Typographic Synthesizer uses a custom controller device along with special…

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February 22nd, 2008 by: Technabob

Typography + Google Maps = Geogreeting

Geogreeting Google Maps Typography

In a world full of Google Maps mash-ups, it’s always fun to stumble across one that is truly different. The guys over at geogreeting.com have done just that.

Geogreeting takes carefully selected Google satellite images of buildings and landmarks that happen to look like letters of the alphabet, and creates…

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November 15th, 2006 by: Technabob

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