Inspiration from Five Masters of Typography

By Steven Snell | Published December 2nd, 2009 in Inspiration

Some designers have talents that particularly stand out in specific aspects of design. Today we will be featuring the work of five designers that do amazing work with typography and text effects. For each designer you will see a sample of their work with links to some places where you can see more.

Steve Goodin:

Steve Goodin

Steve Goodin

Steve Goodin

Steve Goodin

Steve Goodin

Si Scott:

Si Scott

Si Scott

Si Scott

Si Scott

Si Scott

Alex Beltechi:

Alex Beltechi

Alex Beltechi

Alex Beltechi

Alex Beltechi

Alex Beltechi

AKA.MediaOne:

AKA.MediaOne

AKA.MediaOne

AKA.MediaOne

AKA.MediaOne

AKA.MediaOne

Nicholas Girard:

Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas Alexander

To see more inspirational typography and text effects, please visit TypeInspire.


25 Comments
  1. Aaron on December 2nd, 2009

    Si Scott – Nike…awesome!!

  2. jason on December 2nd, 2009

    I hope to be this good one day!

  3. Cowlor on December 2nd, 2009

    Waouh, awesome !

  4. designfollow on December 2nd, 2009

    great collection, thank you.

  5. Luca on December 2nd, 2009

    Also cool graphics too!

  6. Gilson on December 2nd, 2009

    Fantastic! tanks!

  7. Bringhurst on December 2nd, 2009

    Sorry to be a crank, but that’s not typography, that’s lettering, or letter art, or something. It has very little to do with typography.

  8. Steven Snell on December 2nd, 2009

    Bringhurst,
    You have a valid point. In the introductory paragraph I said typography and text effects because I thought that was more descriptive, but for the title I decided to keep it shorter. The intent wasn’t to misrepresent the content, I’ve seen the same things referred to as typography all over the place, although I agree with you that in a technical sense it could be called something else.

  9. everydayworks on December 2nd, 2009

    Looks great. Nice collection. AKA Media ones i like the best. Its clean and simple.

  10. Design Informer on December 2nd, 2009

    Thanks for the inspiration Steven. These are simply stunning!

  11. eschot on December 2nd, 2009

    Some very cool stuff but half of AKA.Media One’s work is illegible. When type is that far degraded (Nike ad), it ceases to be type and becomes…string.

  12. Gonzo the Great on December 2nd, 2009

    Great collection, thanks for sharing! Having the same doubts though as eschot in the comment above.

    One of the main purposes of typography is to make text readible, so that your audience actually can ‘understand’ your message.

    But never the less, some great stuff in this post!

    Cheers & Ciao …

  13. Mac OS X PC Destek TR on December 2nd, 2009

    Very nice collection, thanks for sharing.

  14. designi1 on December 4th, 2009

    Dam awesome!

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  16. hoshimo on December 4th, 2009

    awesome post. these are at the top of my favorite type designs :)

  17. elliot condon on December 5th, 2009

    I absolutely love Si Scotts’s work. Such amazing pen work. Great collection of typography inspiration!

  18. Autonomy on December 5th, 2009

    AKA.MediaOne – Nike and the Sweetest Taboo are my favorites. The shoestring is very original but I must admit that I had to read the title below before I could discern what it said. Also love Steve Goodin’s Massive Attack. Thanks for compiling this collection.

  19. Logo Design on December 6th, 2009

    Typography is amazing. I like Good Morning Stranger.

  20. Oliver Web Design on December 8th, 2009

    These are some amazing examples of typography designs and makes me want to have a go at it myself. I like all of them, not one of them is bad. Thanks for sharing.

  21. Omeguis on December 12th, 2009

    Alex Trochut is missing there!

    Nice 5 though :)

  22. Steven Snell on December 12th, 2009

    Omeguis,
    The post wasn’t attempting to cover the best five out there, just five that are very good. I’m sure there are plenty of other designers that could have been included as well.

  23. Veezual on January 28th, 2010

    That’s very impressive! Like them all (almost all)!

  24. oxidizzy on August 2nd, 2010

    Oh GOD .. they are so cool !!

  25. vuitton on August 8th, 2010

    they are so cool !! amazing