About the FontFeed
In early 2008 type designer and FontShop co-founder Erik Spiekermann reimagined the FontFeed as a standalone blog dedicated to typography and it officially launched in its new space on 9 September, 2008. The FontFeed once existed in a different form at FontShop.com with posts by Stephen Coles, but now combines the insightful voices of prominent design writer Jürgen Siebert and typography expert Yves Peters, with occasional contributions from Herr Spiekermann himself. Read more about the new FontFeed.
Stephen Coles (San Francisco)

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Jürgen Siebert (Berlin)

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Yves Peters (Ghent)

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Erik Spiekermann (Everywhere)

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The FontFeed
The FontFeed is a daily dispatch of recommended fonts, typography techniques, and inspirational examples of digital type at work in the real world. Eat up.
Popular Posts
- Tutorial: The Worn/Weathered/Stamped Look
- There are quite a few quality stamped or distressed fonts available — Frankie and Frankie Dos, Roadkill, Battery Park, Hawksmoor, Chase, Coldharbour,… Read more
- Erik Spiekermann’s Typo Tips
- With the invention of “desktop publishing”, designers found themselves setting type on their computers for the first time. Until then,… Read more
- Helvetica and Alternatives to Helvetica
- Helvetica is a classic. Helvetica is played out. Each of these statements is true to an extent. The world’s most… Read more
- Extra Bold, Ultra Black Fonts: Hit Hard with Heavy Duty Type
- In an effort to get noticed, a lot of folks turn to the most obvious item in their font menu:… Read more
- OpenType FontFonts and the Languages They Speak
- The OpenType format offers typographers more glyphs, and (sometimes) more confusion. As the FontFont library is converted to OpenType, premium… Read more
- Embrace The OpenType Hype
- We love OpenType. It’s not just the latest font technology, but also the most advanced, poised to replace the old… Read more
- Extra Light, Ultra Thin Fonts: Hairline Type Lends Elegance to the Page
- FF Meta Light with PMN Caecilia in Real Simple magazine. Just as there is often a need for extra heavy type,… Read more
- Figuring It Out: OSF, LF, and TF Explained
- Numerals (or figures) can take various forms. The figure style you choose ought to be appropriate to the project you… Read more
- The Logos of Web 2.0
- Safe standbys like Trade and News Gothic , Frutiger , Avenir , Interstate ,… Read more

