Motion Typography : Portal - Still Alive

Portal - Still Alive typography
Motion Typography by Trickster
http://trickster.tumblr.com/



Nice MotionTypo Vid.
The song "Still Alive" originally appeared at an ending of a video game Portal (part of Half-Life 2's Orange Box).'Still Alive' by Jonathan Coulton.
Sung by Ellen McLain (voice of GLaDOS and the turrets)


Portal - Still Alive typography from Trickster on Vimeo.

URL : Typographykicksass.com

typographykicksass.com
http://www.typographykicksass.com
this is really fun way to send msgs + share.
random lottery type...

Recommended by : Lauren
thanks!<3

ORG : Type Directors Club NY

TDC
Type Directors Club
http://www.tdc.org/

127 West 25th Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10001 USA
T : 1-212-633-8943

TDC is a organization based in NYC.
They have graphic designer's lectures + salons + etc.
Lecture events may require RSVP and open for non-member as well.
see website for schedule.

Reference : Thinking with Type

Thinking with Type :
- A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, Students
Author : Ellen Lupton
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press



it's good to have a basic book about design in brief.
A good book for letters, typography to layout.
Amazon.com $13.57

Reference : Designing books - Practice and Theory

Designing Books - Practice and Theory
Author : Jost Hochuli , Robin Kinross
Publisher : Hyphen (April 2004)















A great book for editorial design and is a beautiful book.
Authentic old European book's pages are layout samples.

Recommend by : Genv.W + baby
Amazon.com : $22.80

Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder

Font Book :
Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder
Author : Christopher Perfect, Gordon Rookledge, Phil Baines
Publisher: Collins Design (2004)
www.laurenceking.co.uk
2005 Harper Design Intl
ISBN 1 85669 406 2 U.S. $35


Basic but great font book for text typeface search.
If you wanna find differences between Garamond 156(Monotype)、
Garamond (Stempel)、 Garamond (Lynotype)、Garamond Berthold、
ITC Garamond、Garamond Amsterdam .... you'll love this book!
Also you can search font by character A-z.
It's been long time since 1st edition came out and out of print for long time.
Then finally came back out w new edition.
amazon.com $33.25