Recién salido del horno, el tercer corte del EP del proyecto musical 2monos. Aún se está trabajando en la imagen de la banda y la carátula del disco. Por mientras, disfruten de esta nueva canción. Comentarios muy bienvenidos.

Dealing with fonts seems to be simple, but it’s quite trick when you think you know what you’re doing. Printed material or websites, fonts are always a pain in the ass. Two links that could help on this issue:

Typography, I find, is still a bit of mystery to a lot of designers… …in an attempt to spread the word here’s the first of five simple steps to better typography.

link: Five simple steps to better typography

What’s up with the current design trend of light text on dark backgrounds? Many web designers seem to favour inverted colour schemes, but what happened to readability and usability?

link: Light text on dark background vs. readability

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.

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Por una de esas cosas de la vida, me llegó un email:

Hola, hemos recibido tus datos para quedar registrado en el directorio de artistas visuales. Estos ya se han ingresado y queremos que los revises para chequear que estén correctos.

Directorio de artistas visuales? No recordaba hacer ingresado en nada similar. Bueno, entré y me deparo que sale un emocionante review sobre mi arte digital, lo que suelo hacer cuando me inspiro o tengo tiempo. Muchas gracias, me alegraron el día y me han hecho famoso por 15 minutos.

PD: Con Recuerdos Digitales gané el tercer lugar en el concurso Maestros del Pixel de El Mercurio el 2005.

As a personal passion, tipography has been one of my favorites areas of graphic design. I’ve always observed details on each font that I may use, and how these details makes a big difference on a graphic piece. Then, I started to design my own ones. Get a Job it’s not my first, but my favorite. It’s a mix of two other fonts, and a piece of my own hand. I hope you like it, use it as you want.

For Mac and Windows TrueType
Download: Get a Job (zip – 132kb)