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Model on the right: Miss Diversity
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Louise D'Ivoire
Paula Walks
Dress: Sterling Gold
Photographer: Heiko Kalweit
Typeface in use:
David (Squid) Cohen’s and Stewart Sandler’s (SIDESHOW) retro, sassy »Rat Fink« typeface family »Weird Bill«. (see also »Weird Bill Loose«, »Weird Bill High« and »Weird Bill Squat«)
Weird Bill is Squid’s tribute to his most prominent influence, Bill Campbell, model kit box illustrator extraordinaire and creator of the Weird-Ohs!. Bill’s series of goofy monster model kits in the early 1960s was such a hit that it has been reissued twice! Weird Bill is fun, freaky, frantic and full of frenetic frappery!
Typeface in use:
Maximiliano Sproviero’s and Sabrina Mariela Lopez’ (TYPESENSES) charming, stunningly beautiful script face »Aphrodite Slim Pro«.
Aphrodite Slim Pro is not just a lighter version of its sister Aphrodite Pro. Aphrodite Slim Pro has duplicated the quantity of characters of its partner, and that means more than 500 new glyphs, reaching a total of more than 1000.
More delicate and meticulous, Aphrodite Slim Pro is once more a new typography with deep calligraphic ideals: We immersed ourselves into the world of each calligraphy ductus and each calligraphy masters by studying from decoration to lettering books.
This was the key for the logic of Aphrodite Slim’s behavior.
The new concept of Aphrodite Slim Pro was to join diverse styles of calligraphy in one in order to achieve an autonomous expressiveness, in fact, this is what calligraphy aims to, and we agreed to bring those ideals to the world of typography: It is justifiable to be inspired in hundred-year-old calligraphies, but it is even better if the results you obtain have a plus. A personal plus. During the creation process we were wondering whether it was possible to mix certain strokes of such rigid styles as uncial, (Li•n’s favourite style), with strokes of the copperplate, (Sav’s favourite style), and also to take and mix cualities of cancelleresca cursiva, formata and moderna; finally giving our creation a roman-transition italic look.
So Aphrodite Slim takes ideals and aspects from those formal styles, following its own logic though, and emphasizing the fact of being a decorative typography.
Calligraphy masters of our past are who we are in debt with. They are the cause we have lovely letters now. They have been spontaneous at the moment of creation, what differs from the type-designers of nowadays, whose spontaneity is more limited.
Digital faces that we are used to see these days are a result of long hours of optical adjustments, grids, macros and inspirations of other existing typography, but without personal contributions.
Aphrodite Slim wants to refute this. Its mission is to rescue de spontaneity of the artesanal lettering in order to obtain unique words; those which only calligraphy masters of our past or lettering artists of our present could give us.
We have worked hard to achieve this, making Aphrodite the most universal font we could: It was necessary to study the most common words, focalizing more in the ones referring to “sensitivity”, of four of the most spoken languages in the world. Aphrodite Slim has an enormous quantity of decorative characters and special ligatures for phrases and words in English, French, Spanish and German. (See English, Français, Español, Deutsch PDF in the gallery section).
We promise there is no existing type that decorates/ligates glyphs and words like Aphrodite Slim does: It is the first time a font like this really considers its purpose. -The way glyphs are ligated is insane- :
Aphrodite Slim rescues some ideals of persons like Jan van den Velde (Italian cancilleresca writing of XVI Century) who understands ascenders and descenders as possibilities to beautify the lines of writing with curved strokes that seem to be dancing above and below of the words. This master also creates ascenders and descenders even where they are not necessary, on letters that do not actually need them:
Aphrodite Slim takes this ideal. The font counts with a wide range of glyphs that seem not to be satisfied with its more primitive form and prefer to extreme their parts to be decorative.
It also existed masters of calligraphy like José de Casanova of XVII Century, who, with a magnificant skill and a really personal mark, had the particularity of ligating words that were actually separated with spaces.
This is another innovative feature in Aphrodite Slim. An investigation of the most common beginnings and endings words of the English language was done. Having that feature activated (discretionary ligatures), common words will start to ligate or to be decorated even when they are separated by spaces.
Impossible to forget Francesco Periccioli of XVII Century and our experience us designers to face with works of him: His letters, that today are included in the group of cancellerescas modernas, have been a direct inspiration to the oldstyle figures and historical forms variables in Aphrodite Slim.
Giovanni Antonio Tagliente (XVI Century) and his particular way of making tails and diagonals longer than usual, qualities that our creation reflects too.
Finally, our adventures in Biblioteca Nacional and Barrio San Telmo, Buenos Aires, were essential for us to make Aphrodite Slim more complete and interesting: Sav did an excellent work when studying how the decorative miscellanea and swirls of early XX century were. She also investigated what particularities made those roman titling characters look antique so she could rescue some ideals for the oldstyle figures and historical forms variables. This also leaded her to create the ornaments variable in Aphrodite Slim.
We are really proud of presenting Aphrodite Slim Pro, a typography that was the result of days and nights of working hard, because we do love what we do; and we are glad we are living in a present that gives us the possibility to spread this kind of art, because that is the way we consider our job: Aphrodite Slim Pro is Art. Hope you can appreciate the enormous work this type has.
Features:
Aphrodite Slim Pro is the most complete variable.
It includes more than 1000 glyphs.
Thanks to the Open-Type programming, it counts with a easy way to change/alternate glyphs if the application in which the font is used supports this.
The variables contained in Aphrodite Slim Pro are also offered separately.
Aphrodite Slim Text: It is the variable for lines and paragraphs. Thus it is the least ornamental and the most accurate to achieve a satisfying legibility. It has the Standard Ligatures feature in order to improve the possible conflicts some glyphs could have by others.
Aphrodite Slim Contextual: It is the one that makes emphasis in decorating. It has the particularity of ligating/decorating words of common use in English, French, Spanish and German. It also has the quality of ligating common beginnings and endings of the common words in English.
Aphrodite Slim Stylistic: With similar features of Slim Contextual. It includes a set of decorative numbers for a display use.
Aphrodite Slim Swash: This one has special beginnings and endings to decorate words.
Aphrodite Slim Endings: It makes words look as a signature.
Aphrodite Slim Historical: It adds an antique look to the written word. It also has the special historical ligature function.
Aphrodite Slim Titling: This one is the most decorative. Its copperplate inspired ornaments give words a special color, in order to handle the quantity of decoration, it comes with the standard ligature feature, which has the most common ligatures plus others that make decorative swirls not to be conflictive.
... created with Michael Doret’s | Alphabet Soup outstandingly beautiful script face »Dynascript«.
Typography enters the Space Age! Dynascript brings the ease of “Pushbutton Automatic” to your typesetting experience. Dynascript is actually Two fonts in One–without switching fonts you can instantly change from Dynascript’s connecting font to the non-connecting italic with the simple push of a button. For more details download “The Dynascript Manual” from the Gallery Section.
What is Dynascript? Dynascript is the slanted script cousin of Dynatype. It shares many of the characteristics of it’s sibling, but is drawn entirely from scratch and has it’s own unique character.
To some it may be reminiscent of various mid-century neon signage, and of sign writing, Speedball alphabets and even baseball scripts. The design of Dynascript also takes some cues from a historical typographic curiosity that began in Germany in the ‘20s and which lasted into the ‘60s—when Photo-Lettering gave it the name "Zip-Top". Basically it was believed to be the wave of the future—that by weighting an alphabet heavier in its top half, one could increase legibility and reading speed. The jury’s still out on whether or not there’s any validity to this claim, but I think you’ll agree that in the context of this design, the heavier weighting at the top of the letters helps to create some uniquely pleasing forms, and a script unlike any other.
Typesetters across the planet will also be able to set copy in their language of choice. Dynascript’s 694 glyphs can be used to set copy in: Albanian, Basque, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kalaallisut, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh—and of course English. Sorry! Off-world languages not yet supported.
Typeface in use:
Jordan Jelev’s and Svetoslav Simov’s (Fontfabric) striking, ultra-condensed, blackletter typeface »Grant«.
Grant is a custom font which is applicable for any type of graphic design - web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and logos.
A black-and-white photo of a young girl in traditional Hungarian attire from 1941, posing confidently.
Elizabeth Taylor is wearing a beautiful dress by My Dolly Dollsl www.etsy.com/shop/MyDollyDolls on ETSY
Doris is also featured in the New Issue of 1Sixth: The Fashion Issue is now for sale.
About the Book
One of a Kind Artists for dolls from Integrity Toys, Hot Toys to Barbie with repainted and restyled dolls by Noel Cruz this feature is focused on fashion by designers such as Antonio Realli, Ryan Liang of SHANTOMMO and ElenPriv as well as fashions by Mattel and Dressmaker Details. If you are a doll collector then this beautiful book is for you or someone who collects.
Matte 80 Version (Printed $49.99):
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PDF Version is $9.99
GLOSS 70 Economy Version Magazine
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Print Version is $34.99
Author website
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You can also shop and display Noel Cruz repaints via RedBubble here: www.redbubble.com/people/stevemckinnis/shop under the collection NOEL CRUZ!
Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
The term "collective memory" denotes the aggregate of memories and knowledge, that a social group holds, which is intrinsically linked to the group's identity. Maurice Halbwachs, a philosopher and sociologist, developed this concept in his 1925 work, «Les cadres sociaux de la mémoire». Various social collectives can create, disseminate, and inherit collective memory.
Contrary to the term "collective memory, the notion of "collective memories" is inherently problematic. Memories are the results of the individual acts of recollection, making the idea of "collective memories" paradoxical. Diffusion models, utilizing vast amounts of data, including historical and personal old photographs, may be seen as involved in the prompts-driven singular acts of remembrance, producing images that paradoxically represent "collective memories," something otherwise unfeasible and ultimately, non-existent.
Black and white vintage photo of a woman in traditional attire, standing indoors in a decorated room, 1933.
Portrait of Pin Up Miss Valeria with red lipstick on vintage Volkswagen Type 34
Picture and Edit: Davide Morino
Outfit, makeup and hairstyle: Pinup4oneday Team
Vintage Car: OldiesWorks Garage co.Ltd Chiang Mai
Models: Casie Shea Cortez and Britt Lynne.
Makeup/Hair: Cynthia Perazzo
Assistant: Elizabeth Popejoy Miller
Instagram: @CryscoPhotography
FB: Crysco Photography at The Industry Studio.
Nikon FM2n | Nikkor 50mm 1.4 AIS | Kodak Tmax P3200 @ 6400 | Push Processed in Rodinal by My Good Friend James V. Mignogna | Scanned on Epson V500 | Levels Adjustment, Dodging & Burning in Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for Mac
B&W 35mm Photojournalism by Johnny Martyr
Thanks for checking out my work!
Top Left Photograph:
unknown, _Girl in Hallway_, photograph, 1977, Henderson High's Yearbook Collection, Suwanee, Georgia.
Top Right Photograph:
Thomas Kenney, _Mother's Prom_, photograph, 1775, Pam Stalvey's Collection, Suwanee, Georgia.
Middle Left Photograph:
unknown, _Boy in Desk_, photograph, 1977, Henderson High's Yearbook Collection, Suwanee, Georgia.
Middle Photograph:
unknown, _Hand with Mood Rings_, photograph, 1977, Henderson High's Yearbook Collection, Suwanee, Georgia.
Right Middle Photograph:
unknown, _Girl in Desk_, photograph, 1977, Henderson High's Yearbook Collection, Suwanee, Georgia.
Bottom Left Photograph:
unknown, _Group of People_, photograph, 1977, Henderson High's Yearbook Collection, Suwanee, Georgia.
Bottom Right Photograph:
unknown, _Man with Thick Glasses_, Photograph, 1970, Greta Kenney's Collection, Tucker, Georgia.
The 1970’s were characterized by confrontation within the governments of America and Europe. Such issues as the Vietnam War, Watergate Scandal, Apollo 16 mission, student riots in Paris, the Oz trial in England, and Yippes and Black Panthers created controversy throughout the era. This controversy and presentation of new ideals led to self-expression and experimentation in fashion. Numerous trends occurred such as platform shoes, mood rings, and thick glasses that took the world by storm and then disappeared just as quickly. Females seemed to wear soft romantic clothing or spawned a more masculine appearance as feminism spread throughout the United States. Mini-skirts became slightly longer, and feminism brought back the need to cover-up more skin than was shown in the 60’s. Books such as The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan and The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer sparked the incentive for females to find their place in the world, as well as fashion. Fashion began to belong more to the individual’s personal style rather than just recreating a “look” in a magazine. Another trend of the 70’s was the “punk” genre. The punk ideal took a stance against conformity and thrived on creativity. Examples of punk clothing were thick black boots, colorful and often spiked hair, chains, leather jackets and pants, or even household items such as the safety pin. Jeans were more popular than ever in the 1970’s. T-shirts became tighter and came in a variety of shapes such as v-neck, capped sleeve, long sleeve, boat neck, etc. A new fad in t-shirt design was to place a message on the t-shirt, which could be a saying, joke, or protest (usually against the Vietnam War). Hair cuts were greatly influenced by movie and TV stars such as Farrah Fawcett and Jane Fonda’s long waves or short bob’s worn by Mia Farrow. Afros were another popular hairstyle. Highlights were first used in the 70’s, but did not look very natural. Due to the bright colors and sounds of the Disco craze, eye make-up was very bright and came in all kinds of colors. Make-up was very wild, and lips were usually painted with lip gloss or bright lipstick. Having tan, sun-kissed skin was greatly desired, which led to make-up companies creating self-tanning lotion. Like the 1960’s being thin was still a necessity in the fashion world. Because of the obsession with keeping weight off, anorexia was first brought into the public spotlight.
Brookes, Rosetta, and Teal Triggs. Chic Thrills. London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
Clancy, Deirdre. Costume Since 1945- Couture, Street Style, and Anti-Fashion. New York: Drama Publishers, 1996.
Crane, Diana. Fashion and its Social Agendas. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Mulvey, Kate. Decades of Beauty. New York: Reed Consumer Books Limited, 1998.
For more information on fashions of the 1970's, visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_in_fashion
Toronto, Canada.
Model: Binibining Edda
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I created this wallpaper on inquiry of a friend and »devoted« member of »The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster«.
Typefaces in use:
Philip Bouwsma’s (Canada Type) mysterious, calligraphic blackletter typeface »Torquemada«.
Torquemada marks the return of eminent American calligrapher Philip Bouwsma to the type scene after almost 7 years of hiatus, and he is certainly coming back with a lot of bells and whistles!
Torquemada offers the same kind of excitement that emanated from Bouwsma’s work in 1970s and 1980s New York, when he was one of the most important leaders of the New Calligraphy movement that brought calligraphy forth as a mainstream art and craft, and spawned many of today’s known calligraphers. Not only is this calligraphic art at its very digital finest, but it also introduces a completely new concept in drawing letters with a broad pen. Bouwsma’s Torquemada Principle defines the harmony of weight, contrast, tension and space by consistently changing the angle of the broad pen between 0 and 80 degrees throughout all strokes. When the strokes become hairlines at the lowest angles, the paths made by the actual corners of the pen cross over one another, making the outline flat or slightly hollowed. This new calligraphic idea gives us the rare opportunity to quote an old Monty Python joke: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Torquemada comes in four variations: Torquemada One regular and bold, and Torquemada Two regular and bold. The difference between Torquemada One and Two is not just a simple change in vertical metrics. The stroke proportions of each variation were also optically adjusted for maximum readability at small sizes, as well as maximum aesthetics for display work. Check the PDF included in the MyFonts gallery section for further information on the Torquemada Principle, visual samples, and the differences between the font’s four variations.
Torquemada comes in all major font formats, in two separate packages priced affordably, or in one complete bundle, also priced very affordably. The OpenType version is two fonts, a regular and a bold, with the proportional alternates slotted as contextual substitutions in the programming of the font. A few alternates and random swashings are also included within the fonts.
Torquemada’s applications are virtually endless. This is a real calligraphic workhorse that has the power to elevate any design to higher levels of visual appeal. You can trust this work to be the perfect choice for book, film and music covers, titling, posters, signage, flyers, packaging and all kinds of branding.
Models: (left) Britt Lynn, (right) Casie Shea Cortez.
Makeup/Hair: Cynthia Perazzo.
Instagram: @CryscoPhotography
FB: Crysco Photography at The Industry Studio
"It wasn’t always easy, but this? This is wonderful."
He took a deep breath, enjoying the cool morning air as he leaned against his beloved scooter. The outfit today was particularly fun: a soft cream colored sweater tucked into a skirt with a gentle A-line shape, and an oversized beige jacket that almost felt like a cozy hug. He’d added a scarf in a muted shade of grey for texture, its woolly softness contrasting beautifully the crispness of cotton shirt beneath. The colors were soothing – earth tones reflecting his love for calm mornings like this one.
He remembered years of listening to others, letting their opinions dictate the shapes he wore. Then he realized how much he’d been missing! Now, he's free to embrace a look that resonates with him, and often it is playful.
This morning, heading to his ceramics class where he makes whimsical animal mugs, he felt a little self-conscious. He expected a double take or two. Instead? Smiles. A nod of approval from the baker. The young girl across the street shouted, "Lovely skirt!" It's amazing how many people you can connect with just by being yourself!
Typefaces in use:
Gunnar Link’s friendly, strong slab serif typeface »Frido Narrow«. The ampersand is set in »Frido Black«.
Frido Narrow is a strong serif typeface to give your messages a friendly and warm visual appearance. It’s a revised version of Frido Black with decreased white space within and between the letters.
The title I borrowed from »Cry Freedom«, a 1987 British drama film directed by Richard Attenborough, set in the late 1970s, during the apartheid era of South Africa. It was written from a screenplay by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods. The film centers on the real-life events involving black activist Steve Biko and his friend Donald Woods, who initially finds him destructive, and attempts to understand his way of life. Denzel Washington stars as Biko, while actor Kevin Kline portrays Woods. Cry Freedom delves into the ideas of discrimination, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.
I dedicate this wallpaper to all the brave people in the Middle East and North Africa struggling against suppression.
Typefaces in use:
Chris E. Lozos’ (DEZCOM) striking, »multiple-personality« type family »DEZ Boulder«
DEZ Boulder is a Bold Display Family in Three Personalities: ego, id, and alter.
Dez Boulder works like a character actor, presenting the author’s lines but not with the deadpan delivery of a news reporter. Boulder develops the role, adding meaning through facial expression, gesture, and body language.
The Dez Boulder family of display faces acts in a supporting role to give meaning to message and context to content. It is a very bold face, not understated. Each of its three personalities (and their sub-personalities) have a different timbre to speak the nuance of your message in a bold voice.
Dez Boulder averages more than 800 glyphs per style with uppercase, lowercase, small caps, proportional lining figures, small cap figures, superiors, inferiors, fractions, stylistic sets, alternates, ordinals, case specific punctuation, and more. It has a full range of diacritics and covers all European languages using the Latin script.
and
Rae Kaiser’s (Outside the Line) hand-drawn Didone »Fondly Yourz«.
Fondly Yourz is a less than serious, hand drawn serif font. This headline font has nice thick and thin lines. Pair it with a san serif font for body copy for a fresh contemporary look.