A dear friend recently gave me the French edition of Joanna Concejo's Il Signor Nessuno, a beautifully illustrated book. I love the poetic and pared-down drawings, as well as the typography - does anyone know what font this is?When I need to make a gift and don't know what to get, I find one can't go wrong with a hardcover illustrated book. It just makes the recipient feel like a child again. It's always fresh, and more original than an art book...
Emily Dickinson
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oh they are beautiful!
oh i have seen the book in paris! its lovely..
You are right! Books are always a great present to give and take, and if it's a good illustrated book, then all the better :)
oh what a lovely book. books are just lovely as objects.
nancy
I don't know this illustrator the faded pictures look great! Thank you for sharing! PS Your hat has gone today.
Me encanta regalar libros!!
What a nice present you have received!
oh wow, these are beautiful.
That's an ersatz-condensed version of American Typewriter.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-american-typewriter/
just beautiful...dreamy
I've been tagged so have added you as a tag (if you haven't been already)
That book is definitely beautiful! I adore the last picture.
xx
ARTYCHO - I can't wait to get the cap!!!
ENC - thanks for the info! I really love this font.
BOWERBIRD - I actually played that very tag only a few days ago! Check out my answers under Rina's Tag, or go to the Tag label.
But anyhow, thanks for thinking of me!
fontwise i asked a friend of mine and he said:
"The font used for the heading ("Joanna Concejo's illustrations"), subheadings and text is Georgia (with bold and italic variants as required). The font used for the date (greyed out just above the heading) is Trebuchet MS, all caps with additional letter-spacing applied (classy!). Same fonts are used in the banner at the top of the page ("AUREA").
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! it's… Typo Man!!!!!"
and i come here to post it, & ENC has posted something different...
FONTFIGHT!!
x
these are beautiful illustrations
i love the blue
Love these illustrations, Mary-Laure! :)
I am going to keep an eye out for that book. I don't know what that font is, but it's very clean and sweet.
I like the r's especially.
I confirm the font is American Typewriter Condensed.
PAOLO - thanks for the info! I must try and learn more about typography.
Thank you for introducing me to this illustration work.
Joanna will be having an exhibition with my friend, the Portugese sculptor Ricardo Casimiro and their work will be disarming together!
The opening will be May 17th at the Perve Galeria Paris (?)
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