Shape Type, the letter shaping game
Followup game from the gentleman behind the excellent Kern Type game. Be still, my heart.
Your mission is simple: achieve pleasant and readable text by distributing the space between letters. Typographers call this activity kerning. Your solution will be compared to typographer’s solution, and you will be given a score depending on how close you nailed it. Good luck!
My new favorite game, even though the score for my first attempt was lower than I’d hoped. (Update: I scored 85/100 on my second attempt—still disappointing.)
Why do I always find out about these things after they’re already sold out?
Google in Helvetica
I laughed until I cried.
Edit: You guys, I found another one: Helvetica in Arial!
34 Typographical Sins (by Jim Godfrey for FPO: For Print Only via sc.ripted)
Beautifully letterpressed poster listing 34 unforgivable typographical sins. At $65.00, I might just get it for myself as a birthday present.
Russian Bear Vodka – “Real Men Don’t Drink and Drive”
As a social responsibility initiative, Russian Bear Vodka “propaganda” posters were placed on walls facing mirrors in the bathrooms of clubs and pubs. At first glance, the posters seemed to be in Russian. But when patrons looked into the mirror, the Cyrillic letters were reversed to read in plain English “Real Men Don’t Drink and Drive”.
Are you watching closely, motherfucker? (via thefilmwatcher » heyyosean » sameolddance » lisztomania)
