Author: Font Sunday: The Macabre – Typelark is guest host for Hallowe’en

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Font Sunday: The Macabre – Typelark is guest host for Hallowe’en

02/11/2016

Typelark

Font Sunday: The Macabre – Typelark is guest host for Hallowe’en

This Sunday I was lucky enough to host The Design Museum’s weekly typographical Twitter get together #FontSunday for a second time. Every Sunday at noon, #FontSunday is a weekly gathering of type nerds on Twitter who post typographical images relating […]

DREAM PLAN DO – Business skills especially for creative types!

20/10/2016

Typelark

DREAM PLAN DO – Business skills especially for creative types!

I know many of my readers are fellow creatives, many of whom run or want to run a creative business of some sort – how about making 2017 the year you really make it for yourself?! If only running your […]

St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose 2016

25/05/2016

Events, Typelark

St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose 2016

Last weekend, on 15 May, I was part of the St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose for the second year. I love doing their Wayzgoose, the atmosphere is brilliant, and it is so nice to hang out with fellow printers and those […]

Font Sunday: Horror – review as Hallowe’en guest host

23/04/2016

Typelark, Typography

Font Sunday: Horror – review as Hallowe’en guest host

Wow, it’s already 6 months since I guest hosted the Design Museum’s weekly typographical Twitter jamboree #FontSunday. If you’ve never come across #FontSunday before, every Sunday from 12 noon, type geeks gather on Twitter to share typographical images based on […]

London Rhymes – the Dark Side…

21/03/2016

Process, Typelark

London Rhymes – the Dark Side…

I love traditional, old rhymes. And as I have a deep interest in the macabre, I especially love those with darker undertones… I also dearly love the place I was born, London, and its rich history. So what better way […]

How to find love in the 19th Century: Valentine Writers and Flirtation Cards

07/03/2016

Process, Typelark

How to find love in the 19th Century: Valentine Writers and Flirtation Cards

Yes, I know Valentine’s Day was a few weeks ago now. But my adage, similar to the old ‘puppies and Christmas’ one, is ‘love is for life, not just for Valentine’s Day’! Which is why the love cards I created […]

Here we go on an Adventure with Letters… come join me!

26/02/2016

Typelark, Typography

Here we go on an Adventure with Letters… come join me!

A big warm welcome to Typelark! Zoë here, it’s taken a while for me to get a blog going, but here it is at last. I’ve started off with some posts I wrote for another website but they are, to […]

Signwriting with Ray Howell at House of Illustration

26/01/2015

Signage, Typography

Signwriting with Ray Howell at House of Illustration

You may realise now how much I love traditional signwriting (or signpainting for those on the other side of the pond). Well I wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to join a workshop with prolific signwriter Ray Howell at […]

An Ode to Signwriting

08/04/2014

Signage, Typography

An Ode to Signwriting

I’ve been super excited to have been to a few events recently concerning the traditional skilled craft of signwriting (also known as sign painting). At one time all signs were hand crafted by trained sign writers – shop fronts, windows, […]

A celebration of the beauty of Chinese signage

31/01/2014

Signage, Typography

A celebration of the beauty of Chinese signage

新年快樂! Happy New Year! It’s Chinese New Year (now the Year of the Horse), so I thought I’d be a little self-indulgent here and share some of the photos I’ve taken combining two massive loves in my life – Chinese […]

Ghost Signs – A talk at St Bride by Sam Roberts

25/11/2013

Signage, Typography

Ghost Signs – A talk at St Bride by Sam Roberts

One of my highlights this week was attending a talk I’d been waiting to see for a very long time – Ghost Signs by Sam Roberts, at the gorgeous St Bride Library. I just wanted to share some of the […]

50 years of the Doctor Who logo

22/11/2013

Typography

Happy Anniversary Doctor! I’m very excited about Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary this weekend, I’m a big fan (my favourite, and I believe the quintessential Doctor, is the one I grew up with, Tom Baker). Anyway, I thought I’d kick-start the […]

Horror films: Original v Remakes = Different graphics!

31/10/2013

Typography

Horror films: Original v Remakes = Different graphics!

I’m writing about something very on topic today – horror! Yes, it’s Halloween. I was perusing the internet for a good horror film to settle myself in front of this evening, when I noticed the abundance of horror remakes / […]

Type Tasting for The London Design Festival at the V&A

23/09/2013

Exhibitions, Typography

Type Tasting for The London Design Festival at the V&A

The 2013 London Design Festival came to a close yesterday and it was another amazing year full of awe-inspiring work, but especially for graphics. As you know, I had my own work on display at Type Tasting – ‘Festival’ (see […]

‘Festival’ for Type Tasting at the V & A for the London Design Festival

10/09/2013

Exhibitions, Typography

‘Festival’ for Type Tasting at the V & A for the London Design Festival

I’m very excited to be part of Type Tasting at the V&A for the 2013 London Design Festival! My chosen word is ‘Festival’. I was inspired by my love of vintage signage and type, especially that found in 19th-mid 20th […]

Fiction Project – another oldie but goody

17/07/2013

Typography

Fiction Project – another oldie but goody

I just came across another oldie but goodie that I thought might be good to share with you – in 2011 I took part in The Fiction Project organised by Art House Co-op, a global project to create a piece […]

An oldie but goody…

21/06/2013

Typography

An oldie but goody…

I know it was a while ago, but I’ve just come across this again and thought I’d share it with all you type lovers out there…! Back in 2009 I contributed several pieces to the Type Tarts project, for which […]