Category: Typelark

7 articles

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

02/11/2016

Typelark

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

8 comments

Typelark

by Zoë Chan

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

0 comment

Events, Typelark

by Zoë Chan

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

1 comment

Typelark, Typography

by Zoë Chan

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

2 comments

Process, Typelark

by Zoë Chan

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

119 comments

Process, Typelark

by Zoë Chan

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

0 comment

Typelark, Typography

by Zoë Chan

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 […]