I saw this somewhere the other day. I was very impressed. Remember how I keep saying I’m a little type-challenged? Well, some artists are so good at it they can create an art piece like the one above using nothing BUT type! Apparently this tribute (?) to Steve Jobs was done using only the font-types that have been historically used in Apple...
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As I mentioned before, I’m not that IN to typography. But I DO find it interesting despite the fact I don’t often think enough about things like “ascenders”, “terminals”, “bowls”, etc. So I wandered onto this really rich resource of font information on this site called “I Love Typography” which I...
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People in my field of design can get really into Typography. And that’s not a bad thing necessarily. But we’re talking REALLY into it – as in, if you use this font you’re “boring” and “amateur”, another font you’re too trendy, too conservative, too ugly…”yadda yadda….I mentioned the...
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I’m still here. Surviving my week babysitting my 8-week old. He’s still got all his toes and fingers so I didn’t do half bad. I did have an awkward leaking poopy diaper incident once but let’s not get into the details of that shall we? I found the site above recently while surfing around looking at artist portfolios. Apparently...
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Stumbled across this designer’s work recently, David Foster. Here he used typography to communicate a different demographic. I admire guys who can just primarily use type alone and yet get the message across so creatively. I’m working on the skill myself all the time but I see stuff all the time where I’m telling myself, “Damn I...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.