MetaFilter posts tagged with typography and language

Sequoyah says, "ᎣᏏᏲ!"

overeducated_alligator — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:05:21 -0800

The Indomitable Language: How the Cherokee Syllabary Went from Parchment to iPad

Whole narratives can be compressed into a single word or familiar phrase.

shakespeherian — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:08:10 -0800

Liz Collini makes fantastic wall drawings using typographic techniques. [via]

#$%!*&

Horace Rumpole — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:03:04 -0800

An essay in two parts on the pilcrow (¶) kicks off a new blog called Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation.

"It's only ugly because it's new and you don't like it."

heyho — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:40:54 -0800

When asked to join in a "let's persuade this supermarket chain to get rid of their 'five items or less' sign" I never join in. "Yes, I am aware of the technical distinction between 'less' and 'fewer', and between 'uninterested' and 'disinterested', and 'infer' and 'imply', and all of the rest of them, but none of these are of importance to me. 'None of these ARE of importance', I said there, you'll notice. The old pedantic me would have insisted on 'none of them IS of importance'." Stephen Fry plays with words and calls out the pedants in his podgram, and a fellow called Mark Rogers makes an engaging little video. Mr. Fry approves via twitter.

I had always wanted to do this

Rinku — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:26:48 -0800

Make your handwriting into a font with Yourfonts. Download the PDF, draw your alphabet, scan and upload, then download the finished result. Examples. Via Drawn!

Type, handwriting, and lettering

persona non grata — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:50:25 -0800

Type, handwriting, and lettering