Creative magazine layouts

This came from a cool site:
www.veckr.com

http://veckr.com/inspirations/19-magazine-spread-layouts-for-inspiration

cigarette infographics - how splendid:

This one is interesting:
http://www.esmokeshack.com/electronic-cigarettes.jpg


And also this one:
http://dainfographics.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/cigarette_chemicals.jpg


Maybe this one:
http://www.njoy.com/pages/Evolution-of-the-Cigarette

List of Cool Typography sites from Tomas

Thanks Tomas!

Friends of Type
http://friendsoftype.com/

Homeless Signs (Very cool project)
http://homelesssigns.tumblr.com/

Ministry of Type
http://ministryoftype.co.uk/

We Love Typography
http://welovetypography.com/

Young Jerks
http://youngjerks.com/

Typoblur
http://typoblur2.ven.bz/forum/index.php?board=3.0 (great forum for pirating fonts)

Typography Glossary
http://dev.e-types.com/playtype/about/typefaces/glossary/

Typography Served
http://www.typographyserved.com/

Designer's List
http://www.designerslist.info/ (Great list with lots of bookmarks for designers)

From Up North > Typography
http://www.fromupnorth.com/category/inspiration/typography/

Decent Free Fonts:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
http://www.losttype.com/

Song interpretation examples

Song inspiration:

John Lee Hooker "Serves me Right to Suffer":

http://youtu.be/0iYdFNkEq0Y

Song inspiration:

Richie Havens "Freedom":

http://youtu.be/rynxqdNMry4 

Create your own font online

Here it is:
http://fontstruct.com/

Or you could also try out:
http://www.myscriptfont.com
 

Creative use of type on Vintage Vinyl

Really cool use of type on vintage record covers:
http://www.projectthirtythree.com/

Wanna know more about Ligatures?

Sure you do! Here's a good web post:
http://ilovetypography.com/2007/09/09/decline-and-fall-of-the-ligature/

Kerning Fun - Thanks Avery!

So Avery wrote  me and bluntly suggested:

Put this on your damn blog:

http://type.method.ac/

Really good fun (if you can possibly have fun) with kerning!

Thanks Avery!

Typograhy Basics

Here ya go:

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/techniques/a-20-minute-intro-to-typography-basics/

Wanna find out about paper companies?

Check out this link:
http://www.paperage.com/issues/may_june2006/05_2006top25.pdf