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Mono Moment: Slanted's helpful reference guide to magical monospaced fonts

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A new book published by Slanted celebrates these hardworking fonts and offers a source of inspiration for graphic designers and typographers looking for a helpful reference guide. In design, art, coding – even on our identification documents.

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Dutch design agency From Form's new identity is a cinephile's dream

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Other key reference points include printed materials from the same era, such as booklets, magazines, and manuals. The new branding is peppered with visual references to analogue design processes, such as the use of shapes with rounded corners to mask images as a nod to looking through a camera viewfinder.

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Meet Tüpokompanii, the type foundry redefining letterforms through 'mistakes' and tradition

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Sometimes, that might mean referring that client to one of the foundry's existing fonts; at others, it's about a bespoke solution. Tüpokompanii sees the interplay between historical reference points and contemporary design practices as crucial to creating typefaces that "resonate on multiple levels".

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Illustrator Luke McConkey's baller collaboration with Yatta is an animation slam dunk

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This allowed them to quickly test the camera movement and create their own reference material for the main character animation. "We After taking Luke's key poses and the 3D references, it was a matter of recreating his style into a full sequence via traditional frame-by-frame animation.

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Wolff Olins completes major brand refresh for New York's world-famous Botanical Gardens

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As a starting point to encapsulate the institution, the agency created a singular idea for the brand: 'Do right by nature' – a reference to studying nature, protecting it, learning from it and enjoying it. A call to action, spotlighting the leading work of NYBG and acknowledging the active role of nature itself.

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Cara Ziruo Wang's delightful illustrations depict the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar

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So, to depict rural China and its ancient characters, she had to search online for reference photos, which proved difficult due to the general lack of documentation. Fortunately, I had a valuable reference resource: my mother, a photographer based in China, who always carries her camera wherever she goes," says Cara.

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Ben Gore pays tribute to one of his favourite rappers in MF Doom-themed cookbook

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The cookery angle is a clever hook for a book about MF Doom, especially considering that food references and symbolism run through his back catalogue. Food album was the starting point for the book, it can't be overstated how richly spiced MF Doom's discography is with food references. Take his cult classic album Mm. While the Mm.

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