iQ font - When driving becomes writing

This was sitting in our inbox this morning. Two typographers and a pro race pilot collaborated to design a font with a car. The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary Lieberman.

Download the font here »

Jake Haugen

Jake Haugen sent us this image of an 11×17 self-promotional typographic poster inspired by ITC American Typewriter. He’s thinking of getting it printed at the end of May and offering it for sale on his site. We’d definitely like to see this happen.

Helvetica to be legislated against

In a sketchy press release that we got this morning, it appears that certain weights of Helvetica are to be legislated against by the bureaucrats at the EU. Citing that light and ultra-light weights of the font can appear un-readable in certain circumstances, they have set out a new directive that states that all public places must refrain from using Helvetica 25-35-45 (and associated faces) in anything that is deemed ‘public-facing’. This could see anything from restaurant menus being hastily redesigned to the creation of new identities for companies such as Orange and Vision Express. Expect an appeal to be lodged, but failing that expect design agencies to be very busy!

Ned Wright

Ned Wright is a designer, residing in the midwest.

Ecofont

“After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.” What looks at first glance to be an april fool, Ecofont is in fact an ingenious idea from SPRANQ to create a font that uses 20% less ink than a standard font. It’s free to download and free to use from here » Thanks to Vic for the link.