Mad World
Pulp Fiction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePWBNcugf8
Devils Advocate
Full Metal Jacket
Pineapple Express
Pirates of the Carribean
Weddign Crashers
300
Nov
23
2009
Category : Typography
A really cool collection of mostly typographic posters. You can download the 11×17″ pdfs for free and the idea is that you would then post them in highly visible places. (Suggest legal places, or get the owners permission otherwise they tend to come down disappointingly fast for the cost of printing.)
My favorite from the gallery:
More found at:
http://www.powertotheposter.org/gallery.php
Mar
05
2009
Category : Great Tutorials, Photoshop, Typography
In what is sure to be a hugely trafficked and bookmarked post, 50 Stunning Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials. I’m delighted that Smashing Magazine took the time to explain basic typography FIRST. While not a complete history or explanation of everything type this might be the most complete, yet concise, summary of what you need to know before you go gallivanting off with an army of text effects.
This post is not just a heaping pile of knowledge. This is SEM success on an SEO goldmine. Better yet, Smashing Magazine will shine for this and in the process we can only hope that their younger readers this will pause and learn something from the first half (the typography section) before stampeding towards the tutorials.
Yes, the effects are cool, but using an interesting effect on poorly is still an utter failure while good type can stand on its own without any effects what so ever. I also hope that readers understand that you should never use an effect gratuitously. Use the right effect to further your message; not to use an effect.
Aug
11
2008
Category : Technology, Typography
Here is a good top ten list. Everyone and their brother has one of these. This one is by Steven D. of smashingmagazine.
Number 1 and 2 are the em dash ( — )and ellipsis ( … ). I also found particular interest in number 5:
Not only is it ugly and lazy, a copyright symbol hacked together out of a capital C and parenthesis might not even cut the mustard in court. Use the real McCoy (©), and bill your clients extra for the legal advice.
I don’t know of too many web developers that follow all these rules. I’m sure now that CSS has made things a bit more standard we’ll be able to worry about smaller things, like small quotes.
