*Sarcasm*. </sarcasm>. #Not! Since the dawn of the postmodern age, ironical writers have struggled to imbue the printed word with the nuances of sarcasm. Solutions involve signposting suffixes like “Joke!”, so as to spell out any intended irony to those readers too thick to work it out by themselves. (Joke!)

The “SarkMark” was invented last year – a piece of punctuation that solved this massive problem once and for all.

In fact, it was such a great idea (not!) that another typographer has come up with perhaps the best solution yet: the “Sarcastic Font”, a typeface that renders sarcastic comments in reverse italic script.

Great article, Guardian.

EF – Live The Language – Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

EF, the foreign language schools, have produced these charming films. After the Paris guide from a few days ago, it made sense to share them. Good for typology geeks too!

Check out Barcelona, London, Beijing and more here.

Been looking for this for a long time. Based on graffiti legend Futura 2000, the McGurr font has been created with his permission. It’s not quite spot-on, to be fair (there’s no “flow” to the letters, and the F’s are the right way round, which is wrong – see below), but until someone can point me to a better one, I’m happy.

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It’s not about typography, it’s not about layouts… these cars were designed to look dangerous.

A few months back Arkitip reported about the The Graphic Design of Racing Cars book. Buy the book here.

Wonderful insight as to how most of the design had a singular purpose…

You’d never guess it, but these big toys for big boys were at the height of their design during the 1970s – by sheer chance. Mechanics and team members – not designers or marketing strategists – adorned racecars with all of those flashy stripes, logos, numbers and colors prevalent at any Formula 1 race today. After compiling more than 100 examples of sleek cars from this glory age, Go Faster-author Sven Völker takes us for a joy ride at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart for a whip-fast lesson in competitive war paint, visual anarchy and piggish car designs.

www.svenvoelker.com

Check Julian Hansen’s type face flow chart for choosing the right type face for your needs. If you’re an Italian restaurant, dont bother looking, just choose Bodoni.

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