"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master" — Milton Glaser

Not as many images this week, but still some great work.


by mydeadpony


by 654321


by Gabriele991


by pigshavewings


by F MacManus


by r77adder


by reanimagic

As always, if you have an interesting typographical image you’d like to share send me the link through the contact form below or send me a tweet @cataprod.

Trying a new series of posts for the ol’ blog. Every week I’d like to showcase the interesting applications of typography I find. I hope you like it.
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My grocery shelves have been changing—and not for the better.

Pretty much since I can remember, I’ve always lived close to and shopped in a No Frills grocery store. In terms of discount supermarkets in Ontario, they were usually the cleanest and best stocked. And best of all, they have two house brands: President’s Choice and No Name. So, in one store, I could buy dirt cheap tuna fish but still lay my hands on those addictive chocolate chunk cookies that I like.

20091120 pccola 150x150  What’s in a No Name

When Pepsi's not on sale.

Now not every product was a winner. For some reason house brands can’t always measure up to name brands. And well, PC Cola was one of them. If I can describe it, I’d have to says it tastes like they were trying to go for somewhere around Coke, but decided to give up three-quarters of the way. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t my first choice.

But now it looks like whole company is in the middle of rebranding and soft drinks are going through the largest changes. The first half of their decision was to shift the drinks over to the No Name brand for some reason I can’t fathom. But what’s even worse is the “new” packaging. Take a look:

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After a long delay, the Visual Typography Project is back up and running.

E Majuscule

E Majuscule  VTP – The Fifth Letter

E Miniscule

E Miniscule  VTP – The Fifth Letter

The simplicity of using placards with no dialogue, voice-over, or overlaid text really heightens the impact of their message. And should remind us that healthcare is more than a political issue.

The fourth update hits now. As always feedback is most appreciated as I am open to revision suggestions.

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I’ll try to get these updates going weekly soon so I can get this done before the end of the year. (And try harder to get the word out.)

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