craig oldham: nudist typeface.

It’s not everyday that you can say that a font made you laugh. Not the words the font describes, but the actual existence of the font itself. Today, however, is one of those days: check out the Nudist Typeface from UK designer Craig Oldham.

Letters with their dirty bits pixellated! How awesome is that? But it doesn’t end there, we’ve also got the biblical Adam and Eve version:

And the old-skool CENSORED version:

But it gets better. To announce the project Oldham sent out a package with plasticized porno-style protective wrapping and a warning sticker, with this awesome poster tucked inside. Rather than use the traditional “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” panagram (containing all the letters in the alphabet, so frequently used to demonstrate fonts) he brilliantly created a nudist-based panagram to market the new font. Smart.

Big thanks to Five Husbands for sending me this, via Boing Boing.

job + roel wouters: “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz”.

Call me a geek, but there’s such a unique beauty to the art of hand-drawn letters. Free-form calligraphy like this isn’t easy. For proof, look at the last thing you hand-wrote and compare it to the work of Dutch artist Job Wouters.

Job just released “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz”, a video of himself and his 4-year old nephew Gradus hand-drawing the alphabet. Besides being totally cute, it’s fascinating to watch how a young kid imitates an adult. Initially tries to imitate and socialize (a prime source of learning for all kids) but then sometimes his little creative mind takes over and adds flourishes to the letters. Check out his “e” – it’s killer! The video was directed by Job’s brother, Roel.

Job is clearly the best uncle ever. For proof, check out this epic birth announcement card they designed for him. As he worked on different fonts for the card, he decided he likes them all… and so that’s what they sent. I want him to be my uncle.

Here are more samples of Job’s stuff. Awesome:

Via Fresh Creation