The making of the 2007 Typophile Tee
The shirts are on press at Ape Do Good.
The 2007 "Type Specimen" tee was designed by Christian Robertson, a longtime Typophile member and moderator who joined Punchcut in 2004. Christian designed the popular typefaces Dear Sarah and Pill Gothic. The "Type Specimen" tee takes its cues from 1923 ATF type specimen books. Rather than finding a historical looking typeface for the design, Christian drew an American gothic inspired typeface from scratch. The shirt will be available on August 1 to attendees of TypeCon, Seattle. It will then be made available for purchase from Typophile.com.
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Here's a little tease before we can show you the final...
Proprietor Anthony prepares to show us the wares.
The American Apparel tees in men's "army" and women's "olive" arrived on schedule.
A quick tease of the proof. Not the final layout, nor the final color. The ink is a new eco-friendly "water-based" process that actually strips away pigment in the tee. The result is a very soft feel (no thick layer of ink) and a more subtle look. It also allows for some killer overprinting effects.
More pics and purchase info to come!
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26.Jul.2007 8.04pm
Really! Tease is right!! ;^) Fun!!!
26.Jul.2007 10.59pm
Ape Do Good! Anthony is a good guy. Really cares about what he does. I have worked with him a few times. Good choice. Excited about the Tee.
27.Jul.2007 4.47am
So...does this mean we pay for our t-shirts with bananas?
27.Jul.2007 10.09am
Unfortunately our vendor only takes cash. If we need to get creative with payment methods I'm sure we can work something out. =)
27.Jul.2007 6.14pm
I think David should receive a tee in trade for entertaining passersby with oral diatribes about the greatness of Typophile.
28.Jul.2007 5.00am
Will it be available in XXL?
29.Jul.2007 12.32pm
Looks good. I am SO ready.
30.Jul.2007 12.37pm
Yes. This will be awesome!
30.Jul.2007 12.52pm
Thomas, I'll post the mens and women's shirt sizes and details in a bit.
1.Aug.2007 12.41pm
Yea I am curious about that XXL too. I see American Apparel boxes. That stuff shrinks a lot when you wash it the first time...
1.Aug.2007 2.00pm
hannes,
if you wash the AA shirts in cold water and hang dry they won't shrink!
1.Aug.2007 3.47pm
The new Typophile tee is for sale at http://typophile.bigcartel.com/ - This will describe pricing, shipping, available sizes, etc.
3.Aug.2007 8.03pm
Nice! I want. :-)
8.Aug.2007 12.01am
Proud owner.
27.Mar.2008 9.11am
Hi- any more tees on the horizon?
also can custom tees be ordered?
cheers,
Daved
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