The Type of the Season
‘Tis the season for holiday banner ads. I have been putting together a few ads for different clients over the past couple of weeks. I thought I would use the opportunity to expand my collection and explore some of the typefaces from different foundries. In the process, I found some fun gifts to get any holiday designer started down the right path. Chank has got a great free dingbat called Spunkflakes. I would use it for the name alone. Also, this slightly blackletter and free Christmas type is a fun one to play around with. If you’re ready to put down some cash, then Linotype has put together a fine collection of typefaces for the holidays.

Turning from type to logos…design boom finally settled on a new logo and has put up all the other entries in their design contest. I think it’s a fun example of what different people see in a name and an identity. Looking at all the other entries, I think they may have chosen the wrong one. Hee.

This scary logo captured by the memory hole was the official seal for the Ultra-Orwellian governmental organization, The Information Awareness Office. I guess they got enough feedback decrying the ridiculousness of wearing their manifest destiny badge so proudly and withdrew it from their site.