A Lyric A Day

I was very happy one day while reading through my tweets on twitter. One of my favorite bands Four Year Strong were producing typographic material. Their small online typographical project was called "A Lyric A Day" and they showcase a line of lyrics in a typographical design. I think this is a great marriage because lyrics alone are powerful. Lyrics sang over music give a whole other dimension and feel to them. Then showcasing the lyrics in a graphic manner bring a whole other emotion to them as well.

They used both Serif fonts and non serif fonts in this piece. I think my favorite word in this piece is worth. It looks like a Slab Serif, because of the heavy strokes. The stress seems to be straight, and it's all set in Caps. I also really like the variation in weights. It shows a heirarchy in the work and here is another example where I find the words "WE ARE" to be at the for front of it all, it demands the most attention.

I love to see that one of my favorite bands is mixing music and type, with more than just their album artwork.

Las Vegas

So I went to Vegas for my 21st birthday weekend. I myself, three friends, my brother, and some old fraternity brothers let the city completely swallow us, and it spit us back out. But the reason I bring up Vegas in a blog about type is because the city was filled with it. The one sign I'm going to point out is the "COSMOPOLITAN" that was on the wall of the building as soon as you drove in (as seen below).

It looks to me to be Futura. Extra bold, and of course in all caps. It is a very bold, and commanding, but also very elegant. It makes me smile, I will miss vegas, but always remember the type