Archive for June 27th, 2007

June-27-2007
Filed Under (Tips) by Jase

Sell yourself
You want work in a creative industry, but your CV doesn’t demonstrate any creativity! Standard A4 CVs are for getting a job stacking shelves in Tesco, not a junior designer position at a creative agency. We want our new blood to look exciting, bring something new to the party. We want wow factor that’ll push us in new directions not more of the same. Make sure that whatever it is that you send, firstly - blows you away. If it doesn’t then it won’t have the effect on us. Showing off is what designers do best, use that small window of opportunity to impress.
Read the rest of this entry »



June-27-2007
Filed Under (Free Stuff, Typography) by Jase

FP Silly Version 1 is an undulating little number based on the same model as Fontpartners’ geometric stencil FP Palina. For a limited time, you can make your own waves for free.

» Download FP Silly™ Version 1



June-27-2007
Filed Under (Typography, Misc) by Jase


A few months ago, FontShop released the critically-acclaimed Relato Serif, from Emtype. Now it has a companion. Relato Sans is more austere than its Serif brother, but shares his proportions and versatile usability. The two work beautifully together, adding another family to the short list of sans/serif pairs we can highly recommend. If that’s not enough to convince you to try this family on your next project, take it from the esteemed judges of the Type Directors Club who awarded Relato Sans in last year’s TDC2 competition.