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HandpaintedType.com

by R27 CREATIVELAB on Sunday, 2 September 2012

Painter Kureshi from hanif kureshi on Vimeo.

HandpaintedType is a project that is dedicated to preserving the typographic practice of street painters around India. These painters, with the advent of local DTP (Desktop Publishers) shops, are rapidly going out of business with many of them switching to the quicker, cheaper but uglier vinyls. Many painters have given up their practice altogether.
The project involves documenting the typefaces of road side painters across India and digitizing it so that it serves as a resource for present and future generations.
HandpaintedType is a collaborative project.

If you’d like to contribute or collaborate, please get in touch via their site....

Index Book/Basic Sign

by R27 CREATIVELAB on Monday, 23 April 2012

Basic is a series about the basic disciplines of graphic design with many examples in each area. The first instalment in the series was about Logos. The earlier books were about Packaging, Corporate Identity, Brochures and Promotions. This new book, Basic Sign, explores the importance of signage and its application in various settings. The book is divided into different categories, including urban, healthcare, corporate, cultural, event and commercial. Within each category, you will find projects that show innovative and creative use of signage.

Basic Sign: Basic is a series about the basic disciplines of graphic design

by R27 CREATIVELAB

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Basic is a series about the basic disciplines of graphic design with many examples in each area. The first instalment in the series was about Logos. The earlier books were about Packaging, Corporate Identity, Brochures and Promotions. This new book, Basic Sign, explores the importance of signage and its application in various settings. The book is divided into different categories, including urban, healthcare, corporate, cultural, event and commercial. Within each category, you will find projects that show innovative and creative use of signage.

The development of the signage typeface Wayfinding Sans Pro by Ralf Herrmann

by R27 CREATIVELAB on Thursday, 19 April 2012

A typeface on a sign that is read from 300 yards has different requirements than a typeface read in a magazine, from your armchair. And even if the typefaces are designed specifically for signage, they are often a local solution that just doesn’t work everywhere. For example, the Transport typeface used in the U.K. is a very good and legible design, but it is designed for English words and names and is far too wide for the generally longer names of German cities. Another example is the Clearview typeface with its extreme x-height, which works on American road signs, but not so well for languages using numerous diacritical marks. So in the end, for every typeface I checked and tested, I discovered both advantages and disadvantages. There was not a single typeface that I could recommend for signage in every situation.

Source: ilovetypography.com

London Designer Has A New Take On Cycle Wayfinding

by R27 CREATIVELAB on Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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A London graphic designer has created a new take on cycling route signage that could change the way we find our way or get lost in the capital.