Not lettering. Just nice typefaces used nicely. Curated by Stephen Coles of Typographica and Font_ID. See more examples, with commentary at Fonts In Use. Another view.Tumblr (3.0; @typetide)http://typetide.tumblr.com/<a href="http://fontsinuse.com/uses/1783/welcome-to-the-new-fonts-in-use">Like Type Tide? You’ll love the new Fonts In Use »</a>: <p>Type Tide is on hiatus. For more nice type used nicely, get on over to our newly relaunched <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/">Fonts In Use</a> and subscribe to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FontsInUseAll">RSS feed</a>.</p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/30070326323http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/30070326323Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:55:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2hkiq2VM81qzcgero1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2hkiq2VM81qzcgero2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="https://everyme.com/">Everyme</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sudtipos/theorem/?refby=typographica">Theorem</a></p> <p>See also: <a href="http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-font-used-for-the-Pinterest-logo">“What is the font used for the Pinterest logo?” on Quora</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/21101636479http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/21101636479Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:20:00 -0700applogotypography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m72iKCl31qf76tqo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/drought/">StateImpact.NPR.org</a> by <a href="http://work.dannydebelius.com/post/20080120536/dried-out-role-designer-html5-css3" class="tumblr_blog">Danny DeBelius</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/marksimonson/proxima-nova/?refby=typographica">Proxima Nova</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/20115188608http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/20115188608Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:39:25 -0700web<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0fcroCAbx1qzpnzoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Submarine Poster by <a href="http://sad-disco.tumblr.com/tagged/mine/">France-Lise</a> (via <a href="http://coffeemakescreative.tumblr.com/post/18797895074/beautiful-submarine-poster-by-france-lise" class="tumblr_blog">coffeemakescreative</a>)<br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/poplar/?refby=typographica">Poplar</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/18803876351http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/18803876351Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:45:25 -0800posters<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzj68zy95y1qzcgero1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.jcpagan.com/index.php?/work/a-visual-elevation/">A Visual Elevation by J C Pagan</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://vllg.com/Constellation/Radio">Radio</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/17759433571http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/17759433571Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:26:00 -0800book<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxsfofpz2r1qgqj2zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Amusing font promotion by <a href="http://shinntype.com">Nick Shinn</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/shinn/artefact/?refby=typographica">Artefact</a></p> <p><small>(Name your sources, Tumblrs!)</small></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/16023375762http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/16023375762Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:44:17 -0800specimen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrb81ljP71qzcgero1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>From <a href="http://typographica.org/2006/on-typography/bevy-of-ball-terminals/">“Bevy of Ball Terminals” by Stephen Coles</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://offers.veer.com/click.track?CID=134842&AFID=139910&ADID=370567&url=http://marketplace.veer.com/font/Cabernet-Complete-JBT0001003?skeywords=cabernet&stermids=100005325#">Cabernet</a></p> <p>The less successful predecessor to the more famous “Laverne & Shirley”, this sitcom featured a cynical Penny Marshall and her even grumpier sidekick.</p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15790977064http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15790977064Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:48:00 -0800logotypography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrb1hE70b1qzcgero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://parisvsnyc.blogspot.com/">Paris vs New York</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://offers.veer.com/click.track?CID=134842&AFID=139910&ADID=370567&url=http://marketplace.veer.com/font/Cabernet-Complete-JBT0001003?skeywords=cabernet&stermids=100005325#">Cabernet</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15790775440http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15790775440Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:44:05 -0800websitelogo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktviiddHiQ1qauwdso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://intertitles.tumblr.com/post/262065432/12-angry-men-1957">12 Angry Men (1957)</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/linotype/trade_gothic_std_complete_pack/?affid=99346">Trade Gothic</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15662505267http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15662505267Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:56:16 -0800film<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc1rhV6941qm9rypo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc1rhV6941qm9rypo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc1rhV6941qm9rypo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc1rhV6941qm9rypo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://siphotos.tumblr.com/post/15347885878/this-weeks-sports-illustrated-previews-the-nfl">Sports Illustrated Jan 5, 2011 Covers</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/mvbfonts/solano-gothic-mvb/">MVB Solano Gothic</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15351105976http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/15351105976Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:37:52 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwb96pRqL41qzcgero1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HIghwater Pictures by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32125239@N00/3121334998/">Simon Walker</a><br/> Typefaces: <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/garagefonts/fono_family/?affid=99346">Fono</a>, <a href="http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100008">Gotham</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/14316857122http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/14316857122Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:08:00 -0800logo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf5uxhLk3M1qbe1aro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://shempii.tumblr.com/post/2792899893">Thug</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/dstype/leitura-display/?refby=typographica">Leitura Display</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/13789980920http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/13789980920Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:35:04 -0800logo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvozd5OWuH1qzcgero1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Kjenn Ditt Hjarta Falle” (Feel Your Heart Drop) by <a href="http://www.blaestdesign.no/">Blæst Design</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/sudtipos/buffet-script/?refby=typographica">Buffet Script</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/13736564040http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/13736564040Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:29:00 -0800book<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmgbkQbXd1qzcgero1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fontsinuse.com/bostonglobe-com/">BostonGlobe.com</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/13672945364http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/13672945364Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:42:00 -0800website<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luupcwIZaL1qzcgero1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sylion.com/flightcard/">Flight Card</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/linotype/univers_std_complete_pack/?affid=99346">Univers</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12963385689http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12963385689Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:05:20 -0800app<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lut1tdyvSi1qzcgero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.rosettatype.com/index.php?action=portal/viewContent&cntId_content=2936">Letterpress Broadsheet</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/rosetta/neacademia/?refby=typographica">Neacademia</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12923181407http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12923181407Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:39:00 -0800specimen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lujy5kV8kj1qzcgero1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lujy5kV8kj1qzcgero2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lujy5kV8kj1qzcgero3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-gop-became-the-party-of-the-rich-20111109">“How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich”</a><br/><em>Rolling Stone</em>, Nov. 9, 2011</p> <p>Typefaces: <br/><a href="http://www.fontbureau.com/custom/">Cochin (custom)</a> by <a href="http://www.fontbureau.com/people/DavidBerlow/">David Berlow</a> and <a href="http://www.typedesign.com/jimsbio.html">Jim Parkinson</a><br/><a href="http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/sans/Amplitude/">Amplitude</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12688064960http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12688064960Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:41:00 -0800infographics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lud7c08iot1qzcgero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.catherinegriffiths.co.nz/01-wellington-writers-walk.html">Wellington Writers Walk by Studio Catherine Griffiths</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/linotype/helvetica_std_extra_compressed/?affid=99346">Helvetica Extra Compressed</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12530735340http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12530735340Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:16:46 -0800artenvironmental<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lubc1yX3Ni1qzcgero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiosmith/2827858478/in/pool-37365872@N00">Caslon Clock by Copal</a> (photograph by Barry Smith)<br/> Typeface: <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/caslon-540/?testdrive=src%3Dcustom%26text%3D12%252010%26size%3D124%26fg%3D000000%26bg%3DFFFFFF%26w%3D720%26goodies%3Dfit%252Cot.liga%26seed%3D28%26browser%255B%255D%3Dmac_106_firefox_3_6&refby=typographica">Caslon 540</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.copal-de.com">Copal</a> is a Japanese manufacturer who made flip clocks, including the Caslon series, in the 1950s–1970s. They now specialize in small electric motors.</p> <p>More Caslon clocks:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdlstudio/3723781643/" title="Goodwill Find by ryando, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3723781643_b538402dfb.jpg" width="500" height="328" alt="Goodwill Find"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574989137&toolid=10001&campid=5336979068&customid=Caslon+Clock&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FOrange-pop-art-flip-clock-Copal-Japan-Model-Caslon-101-%2F230688065409%3Fpt%3DLH_DefaultDomain_0%23ht_620wt_1180"><img src="http://f.cl.ly/items/0f1Q3P252K230x1x3w2Q/Screen%20Shot%202011-11-07%20at%203.21.11%20PM.png"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pardonmyvintage/3522160311/" title="Retro Caslon flip clock by Christina @ PMV, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3522160311_33fd864bcd.jpg" width="500" height="285" alt="Retro Caslon flip clock"/></a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12485390093http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12485390093Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:03:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lemnyy29lX1qzcgero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nolayout.com/fantastic-man/fantastic-man-issue-no-3/">No Layout - Fantastic Man Issue No. 3</a><br/> Typeface: <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/monotype/gill_sans_std_vp/?affid=99346">Gill Sans</a></p>http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12474417703http://typetide.tumblr.com/post/12474417703Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:32:48 -0800