creative typographic layouts for posters, brochures etc.
A blog with many tutorials for creative typography, Illustrator, Photoshop etc.
blog on branding, print, advertising and logos created with creative typography
list of websites that offer free font downloads
I chose this blog from John Boardley. He has created a very aesthetically pleasing blog on anything typography which was born on August 7, 2007. He is a British-born writer who has a passion for typography, type design, and lettering. He is a writer, publisher, and graphic designer living in Japan and he updates his blog very often with high quality articles and examples of designs.
Forums for anything typography
"Typography is one of the most useful and important tools in the graphic design
toolbox. It is even more interesting when it is applied to the very source of
words,"
"Can the art of typography, mixed in with illustration be regarded as
typography?". For us, its a match made in heaven. The combination of the two design styles creates something unique, it demonstrates that art has no boundaries, and ultimately will create something beautiful.
Article on how to use typography to support main theme of project.
Using black and white typography to create figures
I chose this site for my additional site since it has hundreds of categories and images that depicts creative art and illusions from A to Z. There is a page on creative 3-D Typography but also inspiration for anyone who is interested in art. There were images of tables with legs that were bent and furniture made for giants. A tree filled with umbrellas and amazing paper cut-outs, just to name a few.
Design gallery of artwork made from typography
Examples of amazing typography as an art form
Served is a collection of sites that showcase category-specific content from the Behance Network, the world's leading platform for creative professionals across all industries. Projects featured on the served sites are selected by their curatorial team. You can have your work considered by Behance Network by signing up for the Behance Network and creating a portfolio. Membership is free, by invitation only. Typography Served features top work in categories such as typeface design, lettering, illustrated typography, or any piece with a strong typographic treatment.
This is an article written by John Boardley on how to create your own font. He describes the different font editing software programs you can choose from which you will need to translate your work to a computer friendly format. He also has a list of tools you need, to create your font, like good quality pen and paper and or a wacom tablet to draw on directly into a vektor program like Illustrator.