Turn on your google translate and saddle up to the Museum of Printing in Lyon’s impressive online archive. Featuring dense cataloguing and sortable by time period, publishers, and font names, this…

During a recent visit to Kansas City, MO, I made a point to stop by the River Market Antique Mall. Riley Cran made the suggestion and said I wouldn’t regret it. He was right. As it turned out, the…

I have a lot of respect and admiration for places that value and care for elements and objects that gave identity and laid the foundation of their city.

Graphic designers have certain preconceptions about the world of advertising associated with the design and for me many of them are true. But today and in old times, there are brands that have been…

I spent an afternoon at my local public library (check out the ninth floor winter garden if you’re ever in downtown Chicago!), and came across a book published in 1987 titled Soviet Commercial Design…

I just recently purchased a new car, a 1964 Ford Falcon. After owning the car for a short time now, I’ve noticed lots of cool little typographical nuggets in and outside of this awesome new old ride…

Milky Way is popular for their Halu-halo (an assortment of fruits and beans with shaved ice, leche flan & ice cream) and Ice Cream, but I personally liked their Ginumis more. When I went there over…

To celebrate our turning 3 years old here at Lost Type, we did some of our favorite things – we released some fonts and put out some new merchandise.

I recently discovered the work of the french illustrator Alain Grée (b. 1937). What struck me about his work is his unique combination of the technical—he loves diagramming and dissecting and much of…