Typeface: Gotham Bold Sure, Kim Hastreiter knows her typography, but how did she manage to so accurately foresee a top-secret font release not scheduled for another hundred years? —JH Typeface: Gotham Bold Sure, Kim Hastreiter knows her typography,... 

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Historically minded typographical visitors to London sometimes go to the churchyard of St Luke’s in Old Street, about a mile to the north of St Paul’s Cathedral, a public space with some tall plane trees and a single free-standing 18th-century tomb... 

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A visit to Shorpy inevitably lasts the rest of the day. This tremendous archive of hundred-year-old photos has much to recommend it to anyone interested in period typography: the optimistic lettering of the New Deal is well represented, and there’s... 

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It’s hard to begrudge the polish and flexibility of a good pixel, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the earlier technologies. Mechanical and electronic displays with fixed images were somehow knowable in a way that screens are not, lending... 

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If there’s one thing that says Gotham Fabulous, it’s rhodium-plated silver with a hit of CZ. If there’s one thing that says Gotham Fabulous, it’s rhodium-plated silver with a hit of CZ. Sara found these Initial Pendant Necklaces... 

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