Three FontFonts Win At ISTD International TypoGraphic Awards 2009
The weekend before last Petra Weitz, the managing director of FSI FontShop International, travelled to London for the International Society of Typographic Designers’ 2009 Awards ceremony. She was invited to pick up three awards on behalf of FontFont, FSI’s own font foundry created almost 20 years ago by Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody (more about this soon ;). FF Mister K – Julia Sysmäläinen’s impressive rendition of Franz Kafka’s handwriting, available as feature-rich Opentype fonts – won a Premier Award. Certificates of Excellence were awarded to FF Netto and FF Pitu – designed by newcomer Daniel Utz and type & publication designer Łukasz Dziedzic respectively.
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FontFonts on the Web, Starting Today
Live type on the web has always been limited to a handful of system fonts. But that era is over. And FontShop is ready to deliver FontFonts for the web, starting today with Typekit.
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Forty9 is a PDF magazine that can be viewed on screen, but was also designed to be printed, showcasing the FontFont 49 release.
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Webfonts Week: An Interview with Erik Spiekermann
Spiekermann embraced the fledgling world of digital type early on when he founded FontShop 20 years ago, and he’s just as forward-thinking now about licensing type in an era of Web-embeddable fonts.
Read moreWebfonts Week: An Interview with Christian Schwartz
On our fourth day of Webfonts Week I thought it wise to hear from someone who represents the future of type design. Who better than Christian Schwartz?
Read moreWebfonts Week: An Interview with David Berlow of The Font Bureau
Taking the pulse of the font community would not be complete without the man who has been active in type design and technology from the beginning of the digital era.
Read moreWebfonts Week: An Interview with Simon Daniels of Microsoft
Webfonts Week continues as we chat with a guy who has been instrumental in Microsoft’s focus on screen typography since 1995.
Read moreWebfonts Week: An Interview with Bryan Mason of Typekit
Our first installment of Webfonts Week interviews is with Bryan Mason, whose Typekit service offers an innovative model for including fonts on a website.
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