Although I have only used a small Craftsmen table-top letterpress once before, the charm of the letterpress is absolutely irresistible. Repeat Press from Somerville, MA has posted this fantastic little video documenting the production of their custom coasters for the holiday season. Anyone else want a Scotch?
I’ve been really excited about type this year. As my fiance and I move closer towards designing our wedding stationery, I’ve got my peepers open for any and all inspiring type. I’m happy to report that Jessica Hische has posted the initial for our soon-to-be-shared new last name, the letter T! If you haven’t visited Daily Drop Cap, where “each day (or at least each WORK day), a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere”, then you should do so immediately. While you’re at it, check out Woodtyper for more type-goodness.
We will be here one more day, but in case we forget, here’s one more in-house quote we thought you’d enjoy. Happy Holidays!
We’re switching things up a bit for this edition of Typographic Tuesdays. This quote is from one of our clients, and we tend to agree with him.
Pretty much everything we say is an exaggeration.
It doesn’t take much to change a powerful ad for healthier living into an aimless yet amusing philosophy on life. 
Some neat print samples on Melbourne-based A Friend Of Mine’s site.
Studio On Fire’s blog is chock full of letterpress eye candy. They designed this poster for the Sweet Hair Show that features 37 Minneapolis-based designers.
This is for all of you Helvetica lovers out there. You can now purchase your own royalty-free vector icons, glyphs and symbols that are based on the Helvetica Bold typeface right here.
Neat design experiment by Cardon Copy following his mother’s advice: “Leave it better than the way you found it.” He finds homemade fliers that disappear into the clutter and gives them a makeover, experimenting with the power of design and what it can do to a message - strengthen or destroy. Check out the debate here.
