Nerds of various shapes and sizes have a variety of choices when it comes to making gut-level choices about whom to vote for in the 2008 presidential election. For example, if your vote lies with the candidate whose website is both standards-compliant and performant, you’d have already checked out Yahoo’s coverage and cast your vote for Mike Gravel.
Until now, typography nerds have been left out in the cold. That’s why I was excited to see a few of my favorite blogs pander this increasingly crucial demographic. In this spirit, I share these links with you:
- Scott Dadich, Wired’s creative director, nearly climaxes over Obama’s logo on the Economist podcast
- The designers of Obama’s typeface (it’s called Gotham) review Hillary and McCain’s logos:
- A bonus feature on the DVD for Helvetica (yes, there is a documentary) documents the origins of Gotham:
This stuff excites me way more than I should freely admit.
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http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/mccains-optimum-look/index.html
Thought you might find it relevant, lol.