To relax a little on the week-end, lay back and check out a little typographic inspiration. If you like typography, make sure to check our Typography Daily blog.

Font of the week: PiS LIETZ

LIETZ Lindham is based on letters taken from an old type specimen folder from 1936 featuring handdrawn sans-serif ABC’s. It’s kinda bauhausy and straight but also shows the wonderful lively unevenness of hand-drawn letters.

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Vintage Letterpress Photoshop Actions

Give a letterpress effect to your graphics with these Photoshop actions. It includes 11 different texture types including wood, canvas, paper and more!

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Morphological changes to type

Deconstructing letters and playing with it, a great project by Fernando Rago.

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Typographic work by Gemma O’Brien

Stunning lettering work by Gemma O’Brien.

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Hand lettering by Sean Tulgetske

Great handmade work.

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Seaweed type

Very detailled illustrated type created by Vicente Teng.

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Glossary of design terms

Little design booklets by Turkish designer, Volkan Olmez.

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Letter drawings

Spectacular typographic drawings.

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About the Author

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Mirko Humbert

Mirko Humbert is the editor-in-chief and main author of Designer Daily and Typography Daily. He is also a graphic designer and the founder of WP Expert.