The top 15 out of a 56-quip week.
A = Authors | C = Community
A / No. 81 / Armin / Complete Logo Design Guide: More logo-related links than you can shake your logo at.
A / No. 79 / Armin / Subway systems with their own custom fonts, as opposed to that other ubiquitous typeface. [Via Typophile]
A / No. 71 / Armin / Visualizing the effects of smoking. Fashionably. [Via elektro^plankton]
A / No. 77 / Armin / They are all around us: Passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers. I love when people underline, bold and otherwise call to attention things in handwritten ways. Or in Comic Sans. [Via Boing Boing]
A / No. 85 / Armin / Clever: Arranging book spines to make simple thoughts and observations, Sorted Books. [Via NOTCOT]
A / No. 78 / Armin / First the Euro symbol, now… The Ruble! [Via Typophile]
A / No. 82 / debbie millman / When your only alternative is to tell the truth…
A / No. 90 / Armin / I was going to post about this yesterday and reconsidered its relevance. But the story just got juicier with heads rolling.
A / No. 70 / Armin / Screen Printing 101: Handy how-to video. LED lights optional. [Via Tcritic]
A / No. 80 / Armin / Caught on camera (one that happens to have a Quaketronics flash controller — yes, I have no idea what that is either): Popping balloons. [Via Fabrica]
A / No. 68 / Armin / More Strange Maps. This one deserves its own Quip: Kim Dingle, United Shapes of America (Maps Drawn by Las Vegas Teenagers), 1991.
C / No. 114 / Niki / The ads you’ll never see.
A / No. 66 / Armin / The Type Texturizer: “[An] application that renders image as type, developed for a concept of interactive tag clouds that take the shape of content.” [Via Digg]
C / No. 123 / Joe Moran / Beautiful font by Alejandro Paul of Sudtipos. BONUS: Check out the Burgues Script User Guide. Neat!
A / No. 76 / Armin / Nice animation on the subject of typography (a little 101ish, but sweet motion). [Via l’entonnoir]