Because type is at the center of all great design. // Tweets: @benson

San Francisco, CA
When was the last time you saw pixelated blackletter?
I had the honor of collaborating with electric banjo-shredding @tecateacher on this logo and album cover for Duncan & the Dragonslayer's first EP, "Slay." Did I just corner the market on pixelated blackletter with medieval tile patterns? #pixelart #typography #albumcover
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What’s your favorite pangram?
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Typophile is back! Well, almost. We have a team currently working to rebuild the 20-year archive. The team: @benson @simoncozens @davelab6 and @adamtwar. What would you be excited to see again?
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Congratulations to Ben and Jesse at @xyz_type for adding their names next to rock-design legends Rick Griffin and Jim Parkinson! Read about their approach to modernizing this classic logo while preserving its heritage. 👉🏽 xyztype.com/custom/project/r…
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We mourn today the passing of Gerrit Noordzij. His teachings shaped and inspired a generation.
I’m sad to hear of Gerrit Noordzij’s passing. It’d be hard to overstate his influence on how people teach, design, and produce type today. This is a certificate I wrote, designed, letterpress-printed, and presented with his @TypeDirectors Medal in 2013. flickr.com/photos/nicksherma…
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Are you attending typewknd, the free type conference starting today and running through Sept 27? Live talks on #typography at typewknd.com/live/
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Raise your hand if you’ve disrupted a good relationship with quality fonts
Husband: Miriam, I think you got scammed! It says here you paid $300 for a font?? Me: Erm...
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Congratulations to our friends at fontwerk.com on their launch! If you need fresh fonts or custom type services, go check them out.
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We owe so much to Milton Glaser.
Milton Glaser, the legendary graphic designer who co-founded New York Magazine and created the "I❤NY" logo, has died at the age of 91 nym.ag/3fXH2oY
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These pages of the 1912 Schelter & Giesecke specimen catalogue book always blow my mind like y'all did this out of metal and it is so metal
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Say goodbye to “The quick brown fox” and other pangrams when evaluating your next typeface design. typography.com/blog/text-for…
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Who’s up for a new type battle next week? And what should the challenge be?
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Last day to enter the #typebattle! All it takes is one hour, and who doesn’t have a free hour on a Friday?
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Gold star for your bravery @skirwingle! Nice work!
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How many letters can you draw during lunch today? #typebattle #design #typography #fonts
This week’s Type Battle: Set a timer for one hour and design a font - as many letters from scratch as you can within the time limit. Post your work in progress with #typebattle (1200x675, landscape) Deadline: Fri 4/10 #typography #design #fonts
One hour, one font - or at least as many letters as you can create.
This week’s Type Battle: Set a timer for one hour and design a font - as many letters from scratch as you can within the time limit. Post your work in progress with #typebattle (1200x675, landscape) Deadline: Fri 4/10 #typography #design #fonts
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Leading by example. It can be done! One hour, one font. Your turn. (Designer's note: Goal was to create something I'd see in a @NeillBlomkamp film, on concrete.)
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This is what social distancing looks like. ¡Cuidense! Stay safe!
Prints of Uruguay is online. A project that pursues to build an archive especially dedicated to ephemeral prints from the 19th and 20th centuries through visits to the National Library of Uruguay. impresosdeluruguay.com
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