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food + type
Combine typography and food to create something amazing.
If you loved this, you’ll love this!
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“I thought to myself: What could I ever love more
than a good cup of tea and a biscuit? Typography.
So there you have it, a home-baked poster fresh
out of the oven.”
Designer: Anna Garforth
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“Johannes Gutenberg always sounded like the name
of a cheese. As my ode to the movable type printing
press, I carved block letters out of cheddar.”
Typeface: based on Clarendon
Designer: Ali Eng
“Inspired by the proportions of the Roman capitals,
Gourmet is an elegant font that uses exaggerated
stroke weights and varied crossbar heights. The font
is intended for use in culinary-related things, so I
hand painted it onto cupcakes. The project is 100
percent edible!”
Designer: Lauren Hom
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food + type
Combine typography and food to create something amazing.
If you loved this, you’ll love this!
Helvetica Recontextualized, page 154
“I thought to myself: What could I ever love more
than a good cup of tea and a biscuit? Typography.
So there you have it, a home-baked poster fresh
out of the oven.”
Designer: Anna Garforth
(Ray)
(Fogra 39)Job:10-29438 Title:RP-Playing with Type
#175 Dtp:225 Page:150
128-163_29438.indd 150 10/24/12 4:36 PM
playing with context and application 151
(Text)
“Johannes Gutenberg always sounded like the name
of a cheese. As my ode to the movable type printing
press, I carved block letters out of cheddar.”
Typeface: based on Clarendon
Designer: Ali Eng
“Inspired by the proportions of the Roman capitals,
Gourmet is an elegant font that uses exaggerated
stroke weights and varied crossbar heights. The font
is intended for use in culinary-related things, so I
hand painted it onto cupcakes. The project is 100
percent edible!”
Designer: Lauren Hom
(Ray)
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Playing with words to create food
Typeface: Helvetica Bold
Designer: David Schwen
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Playing with words to create food
Typeface: Helvetica Bold
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