Today in pulp I look back at the simple idea that launched a thousand fanzines: Letraset!
Launched in 1959 by Dai Davies and Fred Mackenzie it heralded a graphic design revolution that brought funky fonts and trendy typefaces to the masses... #fontsunday #booksky
Launched in 1959 by Dai Davies and Fred Mackenzie it heralded a graphic design revolution that brought funky fonts and trendy typefaces to the masses... #fontsunday #booksky
December 1, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Today in pulp I look back at the simple idea that launched a thousand fanzines: Letraset!
Launched in 1959 by Dai Davies and Fred Mackenzie it heralded a graphic design revolution that brought funky fonts and trendy typefaces to the masses... #fontsunday #booksky
Launched in 1959 by Dai Davies and Fred Mackenzie it heralded a graphic design revolution that brought funky fonts and trendy typefaces to the masses... #fontsunday #booksky
That's it for my look at the fonts of 1975. More typography another time... #fontsunday #booksky
December 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM
That's it for my look at the fonts of 1975. More typography another time... #fontsunday #booksky
Out now from @wwnorton.bsky.social , collect 'em all. #FontSunday.
December 1, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Out now from @wwnorton.bsky.social , collect 'em all. #FontSunday.
Letraset encouraged many people to start a career in design, and even those who didn’t still learnt a lot about #typefaces and layout. From professional designers to DIY publishers it helped fuel a creative boom time. Letraset - Bluesky salutes you!
More stories another time… #fontsunday
More stories another time… #fontsunday
December 1, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Letraset encouraged many people to start a career in design, and even those who didn’t still learnt a lot about #typefaces and layout. From professional designers to DIY publishers it helped fuel a creative boom time. Letraset - Bluesky salutes you!
More stories another time… #fontsunday
More stories another time… #fontsunday
Your publisher may think otherwise but trust me: less isn't more, less is a bore! Your typeface should be as shameless and brazen as your story, so whatever you choose keep it pulpy!
More stories another time... #fontsunday
More stories another time... #fontsunday
November 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Your publisher may think otherwise but trust me: less isn't more, less is a bore! Your typeface should be as shameless and brazen as your story, so whatever you choose keep it pulpy!
More stories another time... #fontsunday
More stories another time... #fontsunday
I loved the constraint of a limited number of characters. Before this was extended and threads were introduced it took considerable ingenuity to create intelligible posts.
I loved lining up hashtags in order of length.
I loved #FontSunday
#ScholarSunday and the kindness of strangers.
I loved lining up hashtags in order of length.
I loved #FontSunday
#ScholarSunday and the kindness of strangers.
December 8, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I loved the constraint of a limited number of characters. Before this was extended and threads were introduced it took considerable ingenuity to create intelligible posts.
I loved lining up hashtags in order of length.
I loved #FontSunday
#ScholarSunday and the kindness of strangers.
I loved lining up hashtags in order of length.
I loved #FontSunday
#ScholarSunday and the kindness of strangers.
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#fontsunday #FontSunday A selection of labels from tinned foods, courtesy @MSUMuseum.
November 14, 2024 at 2:46 AM
#fontsunday #FontSunday A selection of labels from tinned foods, courtesy @MSUMuseum.
.@DesignMuseum #cheeseloversday #fontsunday
November 6, 2024 at 9:33 AM
.@DesignMuseum #cheeseloversday #fontsunday
Liquid Courage. #BottleCaps #FontSunday @DesignMuseum
November 6, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Liquid Courage. #BottleCaps #FontSunday @DesignMuseum
Spicy / Industria Uruguaya #fontsunday #helvetica @DesignMuseum
November 22, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Spicy / Industria Uruguaya #fontsunday #helvetica @DesignMuseum
#FontSunday worked so well precisely because it was a Sunday and we all had some time to think about it without the work distractions of a Friday. Or at least that’s how it worked for me.
November 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM
#FontSunday worked so well precisely because it was a Sunday and we all had some time to think about it without the work distractions of a Friday. Or at least that’s how it worked for me.
Keith Moon wearing #TheWho logo tshirt, Kurt Cobain wearing a #Frightwig logo tshirt, and Joan Jett wearing a #Runaways logo shirt. #FontSunday @DesignMuseum @01TWST
November 18, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Keith Moon wearing #TheWho logo tshirt, Kurt Cobain wearing a #Frightwig logo tshirt, and Joan Jett wearing a #Runaways logo shirt. #FontSunday @DesignMuseum @01TWST
No fonts here…yet. Buuut someone should 100% make an icon font out of the symbols found in Bert’s bottle cap collection. #BottleCaps #FontSunday @DesignMuseum
November 6, 2024 at 9:27 AM
No fonts here…yet. Buuut someone should 100% make an icon font out of the symbols found in Bert’s bottle cap collection. #BottleCaps #FontSunday @DesignMuseum
Design Theory of Relatively Mundane #businesscards #Fontsunday
November 25, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Design Theory of Relatively Mundane #businesscards #Fontsunday
Los Chicos del Preu / 1967 España #@DesignMuseum #FontSunday
November 25, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Los Chicos del Preu / 1967 España #@DesignMuseum #FontSunday
Like signs*? Then head for #Ljubljana. A selection from this week’s visit. #SignsOnSunday / son of #FontSunday
*Plus traffic free/bike friendly city centres, nice food & drink, friendly people & beautiful mountains
*Plus traffic free/bike friendly city centres, nice food & drink, friendly people & beautiful mountains
June 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Like signs*? Then head for #Ljubljana. A selection from this week’s visit. #SignsOnSunday / son of #FontSunday
*Plus traffic free/bike friendly city centres, nice food & drink, friendly people & beautiful mountains
*Plus traffic free/bike friendly city centres, nice food & drink, friendly people & beautiful mountains
For #FontSunday... I went to a Double A baseball game this week with my sons, and the hand-lettered, hand-painted signs enthralled me as much as the game. I wrote about it here. #Photography #Art #Design #baseball
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Dispatches: Classic Signage at First Energy Stadium
One of the things I really enjoy is learning about graphic design, fonts, typeface, hand-lettering…or anything that involves all that. Earlier this week, my sons and I took a trip to Reading,…
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August 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
For #FontSunday... I went to a Double A baseball game this week with my sons, and the hand-lettered, hand-painted signs enthralled me as much as the game. I wrote about it here. #Photography #Art #Design #baseball
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Poster for ITC Garamond, Jack Summerford, 1979 #fontsunday #helvetica @DesignMuseum
November 22, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Poster for ITC Garamond, Jack Summerford, 1979 #fontsunday #helvetica @DesignMuseum
November 24, 2024 at 11:19 AM
November 26, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Abolish ICE, American Friends Service Comittee posters 2018 #FontSunday @DesignMuseum #frostyfonts
November 22, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Abolish ICE, American Friends Service Comittee posters 2018 #FontSunday @DesignMuseum #frostyfonts
#FontSunday was fun on Twitter. Let's make it fun here. Here's a tailor-made font for today. I love hand-painted window art. #FontSky #Fonts
August 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#FontSunday was fun on Twitter. Let's make it fun here. Here's a tailor-made font for today. I love hand-painted window art. #FontSky #Fonts
💙❤️ “Light Blue Movers,” Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1987. cc: @DesignMuseum #fontSunday #scribble
November 6, 2024 at 7:44 AM
💙❤️ “Light Blue Movers,” Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1987. cc: @DesignMuseum #fontSunday #scribble