Monday, January 20, 2014

These glasses let you see the world through your favorite typeface


It's cool to understand typography now, to have a favorite typeface, and to be able to bore your friends about the differences between Arial and Verdana. The Japanese company Type wants to put your favorite typography on your face in the form of glasses. Type has created two lines of glasses that take design inspiration from a couple of the most well-known typefaces, Helvetica and Garamond. Each line has three versions of the spectacles — light, regular, and bold, of course — that delineate the thickness of the frames.


The glasses do a pretty good job at reflecting the characteristics of each typeface. The Helvetica frames look like they'll blend into your face — much like the typeface has blended into our world, becoming a...


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