studio.wan-ker.com http://studio.wan-ker.com Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:02:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 An Oscar Typeface http://studio.wan-ker.com/2010/04/an-oscar-typeface http://studio.wan-ker.com/2010/04/an-oscar-typeface#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:17:05 +0000 Dave http://studio.wan-ker.com/?p=990

If you are a typofile, you might be interested in the this article at linotype. Not a lot of surprises this year, but the Hurt Locker is set in Linotype Univers® 940 Extended Extra Black.

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]]> http://studio.wan-ker.com/2010/03/ask-the-portfolio/feed 0 And the Oscar goes to… http://studio.wan-ker.com/2010/03/and-the-oscar-goes-to%e2%80%a6 http://studio.wan-ker.com/2010/03/and-the-oscar-goes-to%e2%80%a6#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:17:29 +0000 Adrienne http://studio.wan-ker.com/?p=982 Adrian Shaughnessy (one of my favorite design writers) wrote an article for Design Observer detailing the Oscar-winning short animation Logorama by H5. It’s really amazing to see graphic design genre work coming into mainstream, first with Helvetica, the movie and now a short featuring the idea of branding. I love it. I can’t wait to see the entire animation. For a preview click here.

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I came across an entertaining link at pentagram that helped me determine that if I was a typeface, I would be Universal (developed by Herbert Bayer in 1925 for the Bauhaus). Try it for yourself.

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