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A selection of inscriptions from early times showing Pallava and its evolution into proto-Thai and proto-Burmese. Images in chronological order. More on Flickr: Burmese or Thai inscriptions.
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At this year’s Granshan Conference in Munich, I facilitated a workshop about designing Thai typefaces. We started with an introduction to the alphabet and how the letters combine to produce syllables, then went onto a matching exercise to teach participant … Continue reading
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Back in May I enjoyed teaching a super-fast introduction to type design for Communication Design (CommDe) students at Bangkok’s Chulalungkorn University. Students had no previous experience of type design, so we had to scramble through different letter drawing tools, install … Continue reading
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Some of my favourite architectural lettering found in Brighton. More of my typewalk photos over on Flickr.
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Some rather lovely colourful maps on book covers. These are from the American Geographical Society’s Around the World Program of children’s educational books from the 1960s. More on Flickr.
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These intriguing old French and Spanish school books, from Michael Twyman’s personal collection, were made for helping people learn to read different handwritings. The handwriting throughout the books gets progressively harder to read. … Continue reading
