Monday, November 1, 2010

So you need a typeface?

So a few years ago, my fiance discovered this website called StumbleUpon.
It's a pretty simple concept: You create an account and hit the stumble button, at which point the website loads up a random, unique webpage that from the internet.

This can sometimes be risky as some of the content you can come across is a bit questionable, but most of the time you'll find some really unique, creative, and interesting pages.  They've even incorporated it into facebook so you can easily connect your finds to your facebook wall.

It's rare that I get into it, but when I do I can end up sitting there for hours clicking that little stumble button.  Occasionally I'll come across some really 'awesome' design work during my time lost on the internet.

I came across this image a few weeks ago while stumbling.  It's an info-graphic poster designed to also act as a flowchart for selecting a typeface for your design.

The original file is extremely large.  It can be purchased as a 20+inch poster and is also available as a computer wallpaper.  I'll update this post with a link to the designers website once I manage to find it again.

edit: Finally found a link to the designer's portfolio site.  There's download links for the image, and a link to buy the 24x18" poster.

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