Sunday 25 October 2009

42 - up

G-R-A up typeface


We took Poppy to the pictures for the first time ever this week - to see the new Pixar film UP. it's fantastic! Poppy was mesmerised by the "giant telly!" and was fascinated by the big seats and all the people coming in... when the lights dimmed, she was highly entertained...and started whispering to us!... a natural born cinema goer!


Up the movie by Pixar / Disney ©2009
Gabi decided to create a typeface based on the balloons used by Carl to take his house to South America. It's also quite fitting as Poppy has been to a few of her friends parties in Oct and Balloons keep being taken back to our house to be unserimonoiusly deflated over a few days...

This typeface is now unavailable for download - but will be included in the limited edition CD Rom of all 52 Typefaces at the beginning of 2010. To secure a CD Rom, please email us (Phil & Gabi) at info@g-r-a.co.uk. If you would like to get involved in making a typeface for the project, please email us at : info@g-r-a.co.uk or leave a comment below!

Thursday 22 October 2009

41 - Skye Beach


During our holiday in Skye, Gabi, Poppy and I collected "stuff" from the beaches, as you do...shells and floatie bits... taking photos of the things we found.



So, Skye Beach is a culmination of memories from our hols... we really do want to go back and explore some more!

This typeface is now unavailable for download - but will be included in the limited edition CD Rom of all 52 Typefaces at the beginning of 2010. To secure a CD Rom, please email us (Phil & Gabi) at info@g-r-a.co.uk. If you would like to get involved in making a typeface for the project, please email us at : info@g-r-a.co.uk or leave a comment below!

40 - fishing


We've been in Skye on holiday for the first time in three years...first time in skye, ever...and boy oh boy, is it spectacular!
We are particualarly blessed with an amazing appartment... a sweedish stylee home called "fiddlers retreat" thanks to a friend of gabi's mum... woderful!
I was bought a fishing rod by gabi, after parping on for weeks about "fishing in the sea at Skye"... I've not fished since I was 14 or 15... I have to say, everything cam flooding back (no pun intended!) - weights, sea floats, bait...casting... ah, it was a dream. So relaxing and calming, what a brilliant time I had...


I was catching Saithe (Sillex) and Red Cod mostly, but snagged a monster looking Bullfish, what a brute!

The Typeface was inspired by all the rig & set up... the equipment that seemed to be embedded into my memory after all these years...

This typeface is now unavailable for download - but will be included in the limited edition CD Rom of all 52 Typefaces at the beginning of 2010. To secure a CD Rom, please email us (Phil & Gabi) at info@g-r-a.co.uk. If you would like to get involved in making a typeface for the project, please email us at : info@g-r-a.co.uk or leave a comment below!

39 - bDay & candles





Poppy was three this week, so as a special wee pressie, Gabi and I designed a font each for her. Both based on her birdhday candles, we hope she likes them!



The cake was also made by Gabi and I... deliciouso!

This typeface is now unavailable for download - but will be included in the limited edition CD Rom of all 52 Typefaces at the beginning of 2010. To secure a CD Rom, please email us (Phil & Gabi) at info@g-r-a.co.uk. If you would like to get involved in making a typeface for the project, please email us at : info@g-r-a.co.uk or leave a comment below!