http://firebellydesign.com/ Socially conscious design. will@firebellydesign.com (Will Miller) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:27:56 -0800 <p>We&#8217;ve all seen Bodoni, Didot and endless variations used to death in fashion and women&#8217;s magazines. <a href="http://re-type.com/fonts/fonts-lavigne.html">This font</a> is a soft, curvy and subtly sophisticated attempt at breathing some life into the old and tired fashionable, yet readable, typographic standbys.</p> <p>I find the lower case roman and italic light &#8220;r&#8221; to be particularly wonderful; reminiscent of petals on a flower. The font even has a pretty lengthy writeup on the forms that were used as inspiration in addition to a statement of purpose. Two thumbs up for content.&nbsp;</p> <p>It&#8217;s always nice to see something traditional and classy. Hats off to <a href="http://re-type.com/default.html">re-type</a> and <a href="http://re-type.com/designers.html">Ramiro Espinoza</a>.</p> http://firebellydesign.com/blog/lavigne-display http://firebellydesign.com/blog/lavigne-display will@firebellydesign.com (Will Miller) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:03:20 -0800 <p>I ran across <a href="http://laikafont.ch/index_eng.html">this experiment</a>. I was excited to see someone try something like this and thought I would share. Remember to try it out on their site, too. Enjoy!</p> http://firebellydesign.com/blog/laika-type http://firebellydesign.com/blog/laika-type