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Which typeface are you? Fun personality analysis microsite / #Pentagram / #Typography

What typeface are you?
See http://www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you/ (Password: Character)

Im Cooper Black Italic (pictured), rather pleased as is an old favourite of mine, nice... (thought it might turn out to be Helvetica?)

Better summary article on the project than I could cob together here: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/your-personalit...
"If you've ever sat down with a type designer, what you quickly realize is that they rarely talk about fonts in purely aesthetic or even functional terms: They talk about assertiveness or calm or friendliness. In short, they talk about personality traits. It makes sense, then, that your personality could be translated into a typeface. And Pentragram has done just that, in this lovely microsite, What Type are You? (Password: Character) It takes you through four simple personality questions, guided by a faceless psychoanalyst. (The analyst's 1920s Bauhaus office setting is a witty touch.) After answering the questions, the analyst spits out one of 16 typefaces, and an explanation about the design and how it exemplifies the characteristics you laid out. There's even a bit of history about each, and a list you can see of who else had the same results. (For example, "Virginia Heffernan," which just might be The New York Times's TV critic, is Bifur.)"

Art Of The Arcade / #retro

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This blog has some excellent artwork, well worth a look...

"In 2007 Sotheby’s New York auctioned off Atari’s artwork archive. The lot was expected to fetch USD$150,000 - $250,000. The auction included an extensive archive of original marketing materials from the “Golden Age” of Atari, ca. 1981 to 1983, comprising of more than 2,000 items of widely varying sizes and formats, including color separations, box designs, manuals and approximately 135 large files of graphic materials."

Counter-Print.co.uk / my new favourite site

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This is my new favourite book/design site, out of print and hard to find material with useful selection of inside book shots - this Hans Peter Hoch book ticks all my boxes too.

International Online Print Sellers

Books/Magazines/Journals/Ephemera/Photography/Architecture/Product Design/Art/Graphic Design/Typography/Illustration - From site: "Counter-print.co.uk is dedicated to the promotion and sale of Art and Design related material. Often out of print or hard to find, we aim to celebrate both forgotten gems as well as those heralded designers that we all admire."