Typography ipod / iphone game

There is a lovely game for those of you with iPod touches and iPhone’s. It is a typography type of game that tests your perception of types kerning, here are some screenshots.

The game plays like tetris, you gues where to place the missing character.

Download Kern: Kern for ipod touch, iphone

http://www.formationalliance.com/

 

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Free fonts! get your free fonts!

Since we are on this course together, i can only assume that we are all bound by the same love of fonts! Some more than others, some fanatic some with a slight interest. As designers however, we all love to use and look out for nice looking fonts. In addition, as students we all like to look out for things that are free! Hence the reason why free is typed not once but TWICE in this posts’ title.

Here are a selection of free to use fonts that you can download now. You might even use it in your journal project due in pretty soon! by the way how is that coming along everyone? leave a comment and tell us about your progress.

Here is a list of free fonts from fontfont.com

Reminga OT Bold Italic

Types & Characters: Xavier Dupré and Martin Majoor

FF Mt

be aware that Though they offer these downloads free of charge, the fonts themselves are copyrighted by FSI FontShop International and their respective designers. These fonts are NOT shareware. You may not post them in newsgroups, include them in ftp sites, or distribute them on CD-ROM, floppy disk or any other media. By downloading any or all of the fonts on this page you agree to these conditions.

Thanks to the levi designs blog for the find.

Also check out some mega websites that list thousands of free fonts.
http://www.dafont.com

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ABCD 3D

ABC 3D is an innovative book that exhibits the alphabet in a pop up style 3Dimensional fashion and with some letters actually moving. A great looking book by Marion Bataille. MARION BATAILLE is a graphic and book designer who has never before been published in this country. She lives in Paris, France

The washington Post describes it as “Easily the most innovative alphabet book of the year, if not the decade.”

check out this video.

If like me, you want to own it now, like right this second then you can! well not exactly right this second, royal mail arent that good.
You can buy it from Amazon here for only £12!

or search for it on the library catalogue here

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