Carter Sans

Carter Sans is out, but am I the only one who's not that impressed? I wonder why did Matthew Carter lend his name to the humanistic-seriffed Verdana? Having said that, it is still a great design, but I'm also afraid it's going to be overused in no time.

PT Serif, a free type system

Good news, everyone! After the excellent PT Sans, some of russian best type designers supported by Paratype have released the serif counterpart. It loooks great, it has 6 styles (including Caption which can work as a slab serif) and it is completely free to use offline and online. Download it here: Print package, Web package, it will be probably added to the Google Font Directory soon.

The Most Awesome 450 Page Google Docs Presentation Ever

They weren't kidding

Pona

Having said that Lyon is going to be my next purchase, I have to admit Pona is very nice as well... What to do, what to do...

S. Fischer Verlag

Always thought it was great, and here are a few predecessing logos.

Turning Pages, a must-have book

One of my Christmas presents was this wonderful book, and I really wasn't able to put it away. This is probably the most comprehensive overview of the contemporary editorial design, really loads of content but you never have a feeling to read filler pages, rather that they would've squeezed in much more pages if they could.

The first part is divided in 9 chapters which touch the basic points of editorial design as a whole. But it's not like a tutorial book, do this, do that, it's much more like a conversation with a designer friend (who happens to be a cutting-edge editorial designer ;) about the current movements and where they come from. Straight to the point project descriptions, but never too short. Doesn't hurt that the book itself is beautifully designed, a very well-thought out grid and typeface choice (first time that I see Kai Bernau's Lyon in action, it will be my next purchase for sure). If this book won't inspire you to start a magazine, nothing else will.

Another great thing about it, every project has a listing of used typefaces, they really know how to get into a type geek's heart :)

It's only $49 on Amazon. Get it and be inspired.

Images don't do it justice, it really looks much much better in your hands.

The typography of Jean-Luc Godard

Head over to The Movie Stills Collection, great stuff not only on Godard

P.S. Don't forget to get the free font inspired by Godard's (?) lettering: Atelier Carvalho Bernau (of Neutral, Lyon fame) made a  birthday gift for everyone