We recently came across an old postcard from the mid-sixties featuring Beaconsfield New Town and Milestone’s offices. Just for fun Peter decided to take a photo from the same angle and created this animated gif. The buildings haven’t changed, but the occupants and number of coffee shops certainly have.
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This morning, I received my regular e-shot from Design Taxi. The first article lead me to Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film – a short film by Danny Cooke documenting the dying art of letterpress. It really struck a chord with me, as I am currently reading Simon Garfield’s book about fonts called ‘Just My Type’. The book is a fascinating journey through the history of type, full of wonderful insights and stories about fonts and their designers.
Both the book and the film have served to remind me of my love of type. In the days when I used to be ‘hands on’ with the design and artwork process, type was my thing. I would be the font of all knowledge when it came to typefaces (excuse the pun).
I still love type, of course, after all my chickens are named after fonts. My current flock are Helvetica, Futura, Perpetua and Verdana – all classics in their own way. And now, thanks to ‘Just My Type’ I know a bit more about them, and their designers, than I did before.
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