By Onlab. The whole book looks cool, but I love the 3D type on the cover.   And love that they put a little “making of” gallery on their site.

Been waiting for Mark Caneso to release this typeface for awhile. I’ve been laboriously altering Neuzeit Grotesk for something recently, so I’m thrilled to see this come out!

Beautiful. I actually gasped out loud when he finished the “y” toward the end. Love it. (via booooooom)

I’m always looking for strong, contemporary serifs. This is a great one from Stereotypes. And get the Thin weight for free!

Admittedly, this is a bit of an oddball collection, even for me. Nonetheless, I still find the variety of design—and impression—pretty interesting. I shot all these a few years ago, when I still lived in Oakland, CA. They’re all taken from within a half mile radius of my house, which was on 41st and Shafter.

I’m very excited that NPR.org just did a little feature on Chicagotype! It’s for their photoblog “The Picture Show.” The little article and slideshow that accompany it are great, but I thought I’d use the occasion to do my own little “Greatest Hits” collection, with a few highlights they didn’t include.

Whaddya get when the guy who started Chicagotype.com has a couple hours to kill in a new town? You get this:

Another new typeface I’m liking. By Corey Holms. Available at YWFT.

I like this font. Squarish and just a little funky. And not too expensive. From Typodermic. Via MyFonts.

Just stumbled across this little set of photos from back when I was at Dwell Magazine. For some reason they sent three guys, of dubious reliability—only one of which was a writer—to cover the Concours d’ Elegance car show at Pebble Beach. I shot a ton of pictures and actually part of this little series [...]