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XENOMORPH

by Abigail J Harding

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Typography Tuesday

TIPPLER

Tippler, "Dusk to Dawn in the life of a Man-about-town, as shown by twenty-six different scenes, each decorating a letter of this tippler alphabet," was created by an anonymous designer sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The set is reproduced in ABZ, edited by Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding, and published in San Francisco by Chronicle Books in 2003 (an earlier edition was published by Shambhala in 1993 as Alphabets & Other Signs).

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Played psycholonials. 10/10

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Book 334

ABZ: More Alphabets and Other Signs

Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding

Chronicle Books 2003

Though issued by different publishers, this book feels very much like a sequel to Alphabets & Other Signs. Though perhaps more focused on 20th-century modernist design, this book has the same kind of random presentation. It, too, is completely unpredictable from page-to-page and makes for a completely idiosyncratic experience. With hundreds of alphabets, applied typographical sources, and emblems and logos, this is a beautiful and incredibly valuable resource.

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Abz J Harding

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her!

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if i was in charge i would make it illegal to draw dante devil may cry with a six pack

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DON'T BE AFRAID

by Abigail J Harding

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Typography Tuesday

KAREL TEIGE

Presented here are the typographic photomontage designs by Czech avant-garde artist, writer, and designer Karel Teige (1900-1951) for the 24-poem sequence Abeceda (Prague, 1926) by his friend Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958), featuring dancer Milča Mayerová (1901-1977). All were members of the Czech avant-garde group Devětsil (1926-1930). These images are reproduced in ABZ, edited by Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding, and published in San Francisco by Chronicle Books in 2003 (an earlier edition was published by Shambhala in 1993 as Alphabets & Other Signs).

Teige's designs are a demonstration of his Constructivist aim to create a new "optical language, a system of signs capable of embodying words in graphic figures." They are a manifestation of what László Moholy-Nagy had called for in his influential 1925 Bauhaus book Painting, Photography, Film -- the dynamic combination of photographic image and lettering he termed "typofoto."

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PROPAGANDA

Jon Knight (New Kids on the Block)

He's an absolute beauty, he's all slender, he's got a great nose and a fantastic facial bone structure!

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Abz J Harding

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AWFULEST lee mood in a while

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‘Parliament of Rooks’ takes flight from Comixology next week

‘Ask for Mercy’ artist Abigail Jill Harding writes and draws the five-issue gothic love story.

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What are her favorite singers then??

She is a pretty basic girl. Beyonce, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, maroon 5, artic monkeys.. stuff like that. But she is always open to try new stuff!

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🃏🌻 My gendrere ies sunflower jester

ur first and last recent emojis are ur gender now. mine is 🅱👨‍❤‍💋‍👨

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GLOWS LIKE MOONLIGHT

by Abigail J Harding