Comments on: Photo Lettering - Alphabet Thesaurus Vol.2

By: grain edit · Photo-Lettering Giveaway

grain edit · Photo-Lettering Giveaway — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:59:53 +0000

[...] in June we posted about the launch of House Industries’ Photo-Lettering website. I knew it was just a matter of time before some of those tasty Photo-Lettering typefaces ended up [...]

By: EDI Services

EDI Services — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:44:11 +0000

It’s interesting how people used to select their letters in the past. With Microsoft and other softwares, picking font styles is so much easier today. It’s when you see the letters in book-form you appreciate the art of it so much more.

By: Skylar

Skylar — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:36:53 +0000

Here’s a look into the beta version of Photo-Lettering from House Industries:

http://www.idsgn.org/posts/introducing-photo-lettering/

By: web outsourcing

web outsourcing — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:00:41 +0000

This is brilliant stuff really. Very useful indeed!

By: ElekTro4

ElekTro4 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:45:03 +0000

Great post! This one looks sick! I don’t have vol 2 but Vol 3 is def one of my favorite type catalogs i own. It’s been an invaluable tool.

By: web design india

web design india — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:42:01 +0000

nice posting

By: Peter Bain

Peter Bain — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:54:19 +0000

What is your source for calling Photo-Lettering “PLINC”? PLINC was first the name of a promotional publication designed by Ed Benguiat for Photo-Lettering. Benguiat hoped the name would catch on; but all the old-timers I worked with on Madison Avenue in the mid ’80s called the shop Photo-Lettering or “PL” for short, as did I. Ask the folks who were around then, it was a favorite name of Ed’s but never caught on while the shop was open.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:53 +0000

Interlock is part of the Ed Benguiat collection over at House Industries.
http://www.houseind.com/fonts/edbenguiatfonts/viewfonts

By: pipeleak

pipeleak — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:22:17 +0000

I feel like a pest, but does anyone know whether either Swiss Interlock 8 or Fiorello Condensed Interlock are available as fonts for mac?

By: millie rossman kidd

millie rossman kidd — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:58:06 +0000

I did have Ed at SVA in NYC, foundation year in 1999. He was (is? I don’t think he’s gone) quite the character and would tell us stories about Herb Lubalin and Saul Bass and playing jazz with Woody Allen.

He had us try a paste up headline and drilled good kerning into our heads. He didn’t teach a whole lot practically speaking, but we had plenty of other teachers for that. It was fun to just be in his class.

I don’t think any of us really realized *who* he was at the time…