I was looking through recent blogs and a number of people posted magazine covers they found that they liked. I found this website which provided a number of magazine covers that had already been posted along with many more. I looked through all 40 as well as watched the powerpoint and all the covers scream SIMPLICITY. Professor Harper always reminds us that when we are designing our wordmarks and resumes to always think of making it clear and simple. This website only reassured me that that IS the way to go!
http://www.magazine.org/asme/13730.aspx”>
We play this song in Sour Sitrus – the basketball pep band – and seeing this video makes it so much better!
This website has a couple of tips on how to take your resume to the next level. I think it is really useful after you have finished your first draft and are trying to make that next step to a great final!
Check out all the superbowl logos here, even next years! Talk about coming a long way…
And when it’s time for the big “game” anyone who has a twitter can use the tag #superads09 so see what everyone else is feeling…see?
Thought this was pretty neat… shows the thought process. Reminds me of the evolution of my wordmark
Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for The text you write on your computer.
It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use
in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica.
If you are having trouble creating a wordmark, this website has some good tips to get you started
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=676596&seqNum=4
The book for our class, Thinking with Type, is a great resource. But for quick references and those days that you forget to bring the book, you can access the book’s website here.. It gives quick definitions on things like kearning and tracking, gives examples of good fonts/how to spot fonts that aren’t family, and even let’s you play a dating game based on fonts (holla).
