Type Spiral Tutorial Final Example

Creating Type Spirals

I was help­ing some­one under­stand type on a path and how to arch, warp, & bend text when I thought of this real­ly cool idea. The fol­low­ing tuto­r­i­al will show you how to build inter­est­ing spi­ral shapes with a sim­ple string of let­ters using Adobe Illustrator and the Warp Effect Arc.

Appetite Typeface - Upright Script by Denis Serebryakov

Headline Heads Up — No. 8

This mon­th’s headline-grabbing dis­play fonts include a free set of pixel fonts and two upright scripts that are on oppo­site ends of the weight spec­trum. Oh, and one of them is by Laura Worthington so you know it’s going to be good.

Ampersand Love Wallpaper Preview

Wallpaper Wednesday — No. 10

It’s amaz­ing how much per­son­al­i­ty Gill Sans has in the Ultra Bold. There’s some of that in this wall­pa­per along with a inter­est­ing amper­sand with an even more inter­est­ing story behind it. *Hint: There be pirates in these waters!*

Sugar Pie Typeface - Brush Script Type used to set "Amazing Apples"

Headline Heads Up — No. 7

This mon­th’s show­case of dis­play fonts has Victorian drop caps, Art Deco crazi­ness, and both a brush script and a for­mal script. The for­mal script is quite a piece with five styles for build­ing up head­lines by lay­er­ing and off­set­ting lines of type.

Wallpaper Wednesday — No. 9

Some peo­ple at work sug­gest­ed zom­bies the other day when I asked for more ideas about the next round of but­tons I was mak­ing. After dig­ging into it a bit, I put togeth­er a post of 10 killer design resources for the horror/zombie atmos­phere. Now to bring the zom­bie apoc­a­lypse to your desk­top wallpaper!

10 Killer Zombie Resources

Whether you are cur­rently a mem­ber of the liv­ing dead or just a fan of grue­some, bloody brain mat­ter, the zom­bie look def­i­nitely has some awe­some design ele­ments for any hor­ror project inspi­ra­tion. Below you’ll find ten great pieces for that next gory, splattered-filled project.

Headline Heads Up — No. 6

One Tues­day every month, I’m going to round up a cou­ple (maybe a few) awe­some dis­play type­faces to show­case. This month — a heavy weight mono­lith called Codswallop, a gravure of a ques­tion, and a deal to good to pass up.

Wallpaper Wednesday — No. 8

I’ve been play­ing Angry Birds like crazy recent­ly and when it came time to sit down and make a wall­pa­per for this mon­th’s post I imme­di­ate­ly thought of doing some­thing birdy.