"Bored and this is what I got"

Was sitting at home trying to find a good type related post for my blog and couldn't think of anything. In an act of desperation I finally decided to post something about famous type designers.

http://mokokoma.co.za/the-faces-behind-20-famous-typefaces/

I had this stored around for a later use and realized this is the later use.  Its interesting to look at the typefaces and the faces behind 20 of the famous typefaces used today.


Enjoy!

"A Little A.M. in the pm"

Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (24 January 1901 – 17 June 1968), is probably on of the most influenential and most copied Graphic Designers of the 20th Century. He is most famously known for his poster designs during the 20's and 30's (before entering WWII).  As a designer,Cassandre developed the following typefaces  Bifur in 1929, the sans serif Acier Noir  in 1935, and in 1937 an all-purpose font called Peignot. He also designed the Yves Saint Laurent logo.  Tragically, Cassandre suffered from despression in his later years and committed suicide.

Samples of his work:

"Animal Type"

While researching great examples of Typography I came across these advertisments for the US Preventive Medicine/ The Prevention Plan as was really impressed by what they were able to make with just the type and the words:

Very creative use of negative medical text create killer animals.

" A Phenomenal Graphic Designer- Leslie Cabarga"

way back in my second post I spoke about a book that I loved the typeface of the cover.  The book was by Leslie Cabarga and since we are discussing type editing software i thnink its a good time to feature his work. He has developed fonts for use and has written a book on using type editing software called, Learn FontLab Fast,

The book shows you have to use fontographer and Typetool as well.  Overall it is a very good book and makes a whole lot more sense after taking Typography 110.
His site, http://www.lesliecabarga.com/ , provides a great example of what a Graphic Designer can do.