October 22, 2009

Beautiful initial caps

Typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische has created the The Daily Drop Cap project. Each day she posts "a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere." Or the loveliest ransom notes ever assembled. A great resource for design-savvy kidnappers.

27 comments:

  1. AndreaOctober 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    wow...very creative!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 22, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    These are super awesome. I wish I was this creative with a computer. I have a friend who kinda does something similar.
    http://logoaweek.wordpress.com/

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  3. Dorkys RamosOctober 22, 2009 at 11:52 AM

    Oh these are wonderful! I work at a mag so I can appreciate a good drop cap. Thanks so much for sharing :)

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  4. Grandma GOctober 22, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    Lovely! I shall expect to see them incorporated into your future blog posts. I may even try them on mine!

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  5. Whitney @ Whisker GraphicsOctober 22, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    How cool is that?! Very. What a great find. Thanks!

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  6. BonnieOctober 22, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    "A great resource for design-savvy kidnappers."

    This cracked me up!

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  7. Grandma GOctober 22, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    I wish they'd all somehow be on one page, or a sample of what's available so a person didn't have to page through to find what they want to use. Later on it's gonna make for a lot of paging! Just a thought.

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  8. michieOctober 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM

    I would love to use those, but what happens if three years from now she moves the pictures? Then all of your posts would have a broken picture and the first letter of your posts missing? I do have to say though, it is great work and also great inspiration.

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  9. marieOctober 22, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    I love these too- I have such a design crush on her!

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  10. Cherish @ My Cup of TeaOctober 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    YAY! I love them!

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  11. TraciOctober 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    Love it!

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  12. UnknownOctober 22, 2009 at 3:56 PM

    Those are beautiful! :) Thanks for the resource! :)

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  13. yardage girlOctober 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    Love it - thanks for the tip!

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  14. UnknownOctober 22, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    what a great find. thanks so much for sharing this one!

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  15. Heather DaigleOctober 22, 2009 at 9:47 PM

    Mmmm. Want to write a blog post that starts with that pink M! Reminds me of your fabric. :)

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  16. CarrieOctober 22, 2009 at 9:52 PM

    oooh, thanks for the tip!

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  17. Jen @ tatertotsandjello.comOctober 23, 2009 at 12:40 AM

    Beautiful! Thanks so much!

    XOXO
    Jen

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  18. Petit ElefantOctober 23, 2009 at 3:03 AM

    Bwaa haa haa. Ransom notes, indeed.

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  19. CelestialOctober 23, 2009 at 8:11 AM

    What a beautiful idea!

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  20. AnonymousOctober 23, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    these are great. Thanks for sharing.

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  21. MuffinOctober 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    Isn't she talented! I wish I was as good a typographer as her!

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  22. JessacaOctober 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM

    Thanks for sharing! I'm now following Jessica. I love love love typography. Feel free to blog more great resources.

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  23. ~S~October 25, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    I love this! All her letters are so beautiful! Thanks Jessica for finding such creative treasures via the internet and for free! I tried to put the letter "P" on my post but I get a box around the letter, like a frame. Any idea how to get rid of that?

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  24. Jessica JonesOctober 26, 2009 at 9:38 AM

    The border is something your blog's template is probably adding. (Do all the other pictures on your blog have borders?) You can either change that throughout your blog by editing the html code of your template (I think wherever you see "border" change the value to 0, or add

    border="0"

    to the code from Jessica that you paste into your new post:

    img src="blah blah blah" border="0" title="Daily Drop Cap...

    I don't know anything about coding, so I don't know if that will override your blog's settings. But you can try. Maybe somebody else can advise if that doesn't work.

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  25. ~S~October 27, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    Thanks so much for the detailed advice! Unfortunately it wasn't overwriting, but I found a solution (after a LONG time of trying!) at http://tinyurl.com/ygsv3lw. Just in case anyone needed blog advice, I really liked that site, it was helpful and so were you! thanks!

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  26. JodyOctober 27, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    I'm totally loving these!!! Thanks!

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  27. mfasNovember 6, 2009 at 10:27 AM

    Awesome! Thanks for the link... I tested it out today with great success!
    http://www.zucchiniandco.com/blog/fun-fonts-fridays-and-felting

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