I’ll be conducting a pair of weekend lettering workshops during the next few weeks at The Cooper Union. Though the seminars are part of the school’s typeface design certificate program, seats are also available to the public. Swing by if you’re in town.
October 23–24
9 am – 4 pm
November 6–7
9 am – 4 pm
Posted by Ken Barber on October 15, 2010
David Pearson customized Blaktur for this cover design from Penguin Books soon to be released Great Ideas series. Thanks to Jeremy Mickel for the heads-up.
Posted by Ken Barber on July 22, 2010
Kutztown University AIGA hosts House Industries
Friday, April 9 at 7:30 PM
Sharadin Building, Room 120
Play a round or two of putt-putt at Crystal Cave then head on over for some cup cheese and Lebanon bologna hors d’oeuvres before the presentation begins!
Posted by Ken Barber on March 30, 2010
Martijn Rijven over at BOLT Graphics in Amsterdam is another one of our PLINC beta testers. He recently featured Hasler Circus —for the “Jarvis Cocker” header— on a recent poster project. Dank je wel!
Posted by Ken Barber on July 15, 2009
If you’re in the autonomous province of Valencia, Spain this weekend, swing by Alicante for some type talk and a lettering workshop.
Posted by Ken Barber on May 4, 2009
Plenty of typobabble, fontspeak and letterese in this interview to satisfy even the most ardent type geeks among our esteemed readership.
Posted by Ken Barber on April 30, 2009
Kaisa Leka, half of the Finnish contingent of the House Factory Team, was recently pictured, along with fellow rider Christoffer Leka, in an issue of MeidänSuomi sporting a prototype House jersey. The pair have the thankless task of rigorously testing House gear, in often unforgiving conditions, during their frequent trans-European tours. Get your House Factory Team gear here.
Posted by Ken Barber on April 12, 2009
I had originally posted this image thinking that it was from a Photo-Lettering competitor. However, I came across the original the other day and noticed that it is indeed from a specimen book published by Typographic Service, a division of Electrographic Corporation (the parent company who owned PLINC). In fact, it was Amos Bethke and C.E. Ruckstuhl of Typographic Service who were instrumental in Electrographic opening the company’s new subsidiary, aptly called Photo-Lettering, Inc. While the TS monogram remains reminiscent of Benguiat’s work, you can take a gander at some certified Ed goodness here.
Posted by Ken Barber on April 6, 2009
