Make new friends, but keep the old…you know the rest.
You can see more work by Matthew via his Tumblr, Instagram and Dribbble feeds.
Silver & Gold
Tagged blackletter, Guest Post'r, guest post'r 24, lettering, matthew tapia
Posted December 15th, 2012
Posted December 15th, 2012
The Best
Lovers Gonna Love
Hawaii’s Best
We are proud to announce our 24th Guest Post’r, Matthew Tapia. This Hawaiian native whose arsenal of lettering and illustration skills is a force to reckon with. Along with his incredible talent he’s also one of the nicest and humble people around. He’ll be hanging out with us here all week and showing us how they roll in Hawaii. Finally, get to know Matthew a little better via our introduction interview below.
You can see more work by Matthew via his Tumblr, Instagram and Dribbble feeds.
Tagged friends of type, guest, Guest Post'r, Interview, introduction, matthew tapia, number 24
Posted December 11th, 2012
Posted December 11th, 2012
Ferrari driving Doctors
When Jennifer Daniel sends you an email asking you if you want to do a cover for Bloomberg Businessweek you reply, ¥€$. It’s not everyday you get to use lettering as a graphic device to poke fun at a topic most of us are aware of. Attached below are the 3 sketches from the first round.
Tagged Bloomberg Businessweek, client, cover, gold, Jennifer Daniel, lettering, script
Posted December 5th, 2012
Posted December 5th, 2012
J. Hughes F.B.D.O
The nice folks at Etsy invited us to contribute a mural as part of their 2012 Etsy Holiday Shop. They invited 10 artists to create a portrait of an individual whom they have found inspiring, live in the storefront window. Having been inspired by John Hughes, all of us at FoT felt the last line in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was perfect for the occasion…. a reminder to those who are too busy to stop and enjoy life.
Tagged chalk, client, Ferris Bueller, grayscale, John Hughes, lettering, mural, phrase, quote
Posted December 3rd, 2012
Posted December 3rd, 2012
8 Faces Magazine cover
Over the summer the multi talented Elliot Jay Stocks of 8 Faces magazine asked me to create the cover for their 5th issue. As you can see I took the opporunity to draw up 8 different styles for each contributors name. All those names fit into frames which made the cover into a little gallery that includes some of my favorite creatives out there today. A big thank you to Elliot for letting me take a stab at this one.
Lettering Class of ’12
This is the UK cover for Reinventing Lettering, a book by Emily Gregory. A lovely collection that gathers some of today’s finest typographers, illustrators, designers and lettering artists all in a single publication. It also features the 4 of us along with many FoT guests, friends and folks we admire.
In the USA, this book is titled “Little Book of Lettering”
Peace Doves & Ribboning
Feeling the need to send someone (via the internet) peace, love and well wishes this holiday season? Send For Good from Paperless Post is right up your alley. Paperless Post will donate a portion of every card sent to some wonderful charities.
Egg Nogging
Drawn by The Friends
Happy holidays from us to you. Thanks for visiting and viewing our little site but most of all being a friend of type (and lettering). Here’s to 2013.
Posted December 24th, 2012