Wilson’s designs are in the collections of the Louvre, MoMA, and Smithsonian Institute. In case you are sober, try and watch his prints in the light of the neon lamp, which gives some extra depth and color to all the intended visual effects. Quite possibly, his works on the verge of art nouveau and op art are meant to be viewed in the state of psychedelic trance. He designed concert posters for all major acts of the time, including The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and The Beatles.Īnna Seslavinskaya, : Wilson was the lettering artist for psychedelic rock and proto punk, counterculture and gonzo journalism, left-wing activism and Vietnam war protests. It was Wilson who invented the ornamental typography, which went on to become one of the main symbols of the Woodstock era.

Wes Wilson, the father of the 1960s psychedelic graphic style, died on January, 24. wes-wilson-ode-anti-war-pioneer-rock-poster-psychedelia The newly-released FontGoggles is a perfect application for reviewing and debugging font files, made by Just van Rossum, a renowned type designer and a KABK tutor. My favorite detail is the new f.įontGoggles, a font viewers for type designers New Kansas is wider and softer than its prototype, it is also better-tuned for small sizes. The font is riding high on the hype wave which might result in a tsunami of fun lettering works, this rendition of Cooper is yet another proof for that. The new letterforms are much more precise, contemporary, and fit for screen use.Īnna Seslavinskaya, : I’m seeing more and more of Cooper in my Instagram feed. Newlyn (who are responsible for logos of Honda, Unilever, PwC, Tate Modern) designed a font family based on Cooper Black, a cozy display classic from the 1970s. news/article/newlyns-irresistible-take-on-a-timeless-classic A lettering for Harley Quinn, a ’hyperlegible’ font, the German blackletter banned in Nazi Germany, and a dozen more curiosities in our February digest.

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