Category Archives: Typography

Experiments, logos, T-shirts, and more typographic goodness…

Typography of an Ashtray Souvenir

The owner of a local antique store insisted that I have this tiny ashtray when he heard that I was from Wyoming. He hunted his cluttered store for a good 20 minutes reassuring me that it was an ashtray with the iconic horse-and-rider that Wyoming is known for. We even talked a bit about Frontier [...]

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Verve

A quick creation made of leftovers. These letters were created during a logo design process this week, but since they won’t be used I thought they would look good here.

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Dross: Typographic Trainwreck

Some people  might find the humor in this.

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The Typography of the Supermarket

I love the produce section of the supermarket more than I love the produce itself.  I enjoy seeing the moist bunches of parsley, and the bins of avocados. The different colored bell peppers all lined up for display. And if you look closely, you see little messages printed on tiny stickers, and rubber bands. For [...]

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Typographic Movie Posters

My wife and I decided to rent a documentary the other night, and instead of going to the rental store with no ideas, I decided to make a list from some quick online research. I think I Googled “Best Documentary” or something. Typical. I came across a friendly forum where folks were discussing their favorites, [...]

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Interludes of Melancholy

My wife has a solo show this month in Raleigh at Morning Times. The work came out great, and I highly suggest you stop by to give it a peek if you are in the area. We were’nt able to make it to the opening, because we were in Kansas City to see her ailing [...]

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Typographic Photograms

My first time working in a darkroom was 1993 when I signed up to be on the journalism staff in 9th grade. It was in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and I can’t recall my teacher’s name. The darkroom experience is amazing; I’m not sure if watching your images appear before you could ever get old. I’ve been [...]

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Two Exit Signs in Durham

These beauties are on the side of a parking garage. Quite lovely, don’t you think?

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Corn Typography

Tonight we pulled out all the stops. We had some friends over for dinner before my wife gave a lesson in book binding, and I played DJ. I spun records from Tiny Tim to Burl Ives Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. We had some homemade black bean soup, and corn bread. Below is the amazing [...]

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Old School: Elvis and Pacman

I love old computer graphics. In fact, I’d like to do a project, for a band maybe, where I do Atari-inspired graphics. I know there are a lot of people already doing such work, but it’d be fun to delve into that world for a while. Anyway, here are a few pictures of old graphics [...]

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