10 Shirts Every Type Nerd Must Own

Published on Monday, March 30 2009

Due to my obsession with type I thought it would only be right to present ‘10 shirts every type nerd must own’. A majority of these shirts come in both men and women’s sizes so get your credit cards handy.

Helbotica

helbotica

YO! That Kern Is Tight!

yo

& Then I Woke Up

and

A-Ok

a-ok

Lorem Ipsum

lorem_ipsum

My Baseline Is Lower Than Yours

baseline

Huge Type Looks Sweet

huge

Helvetica Alphabet T’s

ss

Words Aren’t Always Meant To Be Read

words_arent

Extra Black

extra_black

What’s your favorite type shirt?


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32 comments on “10 Shirts Every Type Nerd Must Own”



  1. TimNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 11:31 am

    Dude. “Extra Black” is on my back right now. The hoodie version. My girlfriend got it got for me for christmas. Univers FTW!!!

     
  2. ArtboredomNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 11:43 am

    One of these days I’ll get one of mine on a list like this. Regardless, all faves of mine. The Ugmonk & FTW!

    Retweeted!

     
  3. PrestonNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 11:45 am

    The kerning shirt made me laugh outloud. Thanks for that. Nice post.

     
  4. Tim NgwenaNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 12:05 pm

    Lol, GR8 Shout !. Lve Helbotica

     
  5. Andrew GregoryNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 12:06 pm

    Thanks for the A-OK shoutout!

     
  6. Ivo IvanNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 1:22 pm

    “Words Aren’t Always Meant To Be Read” great idea

     
  7. Condo BluesNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 3:09 pm

    I love the kerning shirt! I really need one of those.

     
  8. AkiNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 5:50 pm

    These are cool! I love A-ok & baseline shirts.

     
  9. Mark DentonNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 6:03 pm

    This is the best “list” post I’ve seen in a while. Nice work.

     
  10. Niki Brown | The Design O'BlogNo Gravatar March 30, 2009 7:01 pm

    love the & then i woke up t! ha!

    You should also include the kern sweatshirt from veer - been rockin that for a few years :)

     
  11. SeligNo Gravatar March 31, 2009 1:21 am

    Helbotica is great ;-) Thanks for a fun compilation!

     
  12. joyoge designers' bookmarkNo Gravatar March 31, 2009 8:07 am

    nice t-shirt designs, I like “A-Ok” and “My Baseline Is Lower Than Yours” thanks..

     
  13. btorboNo Gravatar April 1, 2009 4:47 am

    My absolute favorite type themed t-shirt is the Hel-fucking-vetica from Subtraction/Wire & Twine: http://wireandtwine.com/store/products/subtraction-hel.html

     
  14. Ryan SchroederNo Gravatar April 1, 2009 7:50 am

    What about this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whole/31195858/

     
  15. Graham SmithNo Gravatar April 1, 2009 11:29 am

    My favs are:
    My Baseline Is Lower Than Yours
    Words Aren’t Always Meant To Be Read
    Helbotica

    Need to see if I can get these in the UK, but awesome shirts. Nice idea for a post collection Brian.

    Graham

     
  16. BrianNo Gravatar April 1, 2009 11:43 am

    I’ve always liked the kern sweatshirt from veer http://www.veer.com/products/merchdetail.aspx?image=VPR0001260

     
  17. Nick ShermanNo Gravatar April 1, 2009 7:49 pm

    At the risk of tooting my own horn, MyFonts did a series of large glyph tees that seem appropriate to mention here. Details at http://blog.myfonts.com/83

     
  18. TraceeNo Gravatar April 8, 2009 1:47 pm

    “& then I woke up” is my favourite shirt ever. <3 It makes me happy in the typeface.

     
  19. CarrieNo Gravatar April 22, 2009 7:31 pm

    I have the Helvetica shirt from AA. The “& Then I woke Up” has been on my wishlist for a while. I love ampersands.. I’d have to say that one is the coolest, despite my deep love for Helvetica.

     
  20. chopshopstoreNo Gravatar April 24, 2009 2:29 pm

    While I love that our HELBOTICA tee is on here (by Jonathan Yule), I went and bought the 24+76=100 tee by UGMONK based on this post. much love.

     
  21. RyanNo Gravatar May 21, 2009 8:54 am

    Grab an updated reversible version of the A-ok design here:
    http://alrightok.com/shop

    Thanks!

     
  22. Italy Wine ToursNo Gravatar June 9, 2009 4:39 am

    These are great. I love the A-Ok one…

     
  23. football shirtsNo Gravatar November 9, 2009 10:03 pm

    This is a nice.

     
  24. rushNo Gravatar November 24, 2009 4:38 am

    I absolutely LOVE the Ampersand tee! 1. I’m a writer/ blogger & tend to use & a lot 2. It’s Helvetica—I am so type nerdy for Helvetica.

     
  25. funny t shirt designNo Gravatar December 28, 2009 7:11 pm

    Thank for sharing !!

     

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