Released in August of 2009, Bonesana is the creation of Matthieu Cortat of Gestalten. And I love it. Worth a moment to download a 7 page sample PDF.
I especially love his response to the question why he didn’t create a bold version:
One Giant Headline for Mankind
I found a stash of moon landing newspapers crammed in a photo album in a box of stuff I cleared out of my dad’s basement. I caught the space bug as a kid and always imagined one day I’d be sitting on the roof of an RV in a lawn chair sipping whatever retired guys in black socks and brown sandals sip. Sounds like September is the last shuttle launch so I thought this would be a good time to get these back on display. Now off to find the perfect pair of brown sandals.
If you’re like me, first of all sorry, secondly, that means one of your greatest fears is proclaiming your love for a non-western typographic work only to be informed that it’s a particular culture’s version of comic sans. Eeek!
I did a post a while back on the book Arabesque Graphics which dealt a little bit with this phobia. Unfortunately it meant buying a book.
But now there’s CreativeRoots. An intrepid daily blog that pulls design inspiration from across the globe, much of it featuring type. Give it a go.
An open letter to James Cameron from Papyrus
If you, like me, were appalled by the use of Papyrus in Avatar, you must read this it will make you laugh enough to almost make up for the fact that you probably gagged a bit when you saw the posters for Avatar.
another great resource: typedia
check out typedia for a sort of wikipedia meets imdb of typography. seriously deep information and expanding everyday. truly excellent.
jessica hische's daily drop cap
for all type lovers out there, check out jessica hische’s daily drop cap, which features a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap everyday for us to admire and use. just beautiful! i’m sure you will see some of them in future posts.
(via orange beautiful’s the scoop).
why, mr. eaves! i do declare, you are the most charming sans!
the brilliant folks at emigre have released mr. eaves sans and modern and i am deeply smitten. such a lovely companion for dear mrs. eaves. it definitely echos mrs. eaves, but creator zuzana licko clearly made adjustments so that mr. eaves has his own personality while retaining her note-worthy characteristics (like the low x-height, the loose spacing). check out a nice little comparison fearurette here.
but seriously. swoon.