Posts by Erik Spiekermann

Adrian Frutiger: Mr. Univers

On May 24th Adrian Frutiger celebrated his 80th birthday. To mark the occasion I wrote this text for the Swiss magazine Hochparterre.

Lovely Lettering, News | Erik Spiekermann

With the invention of “desktop publishing”, designers found themselves setting type on their computers for the first time. Until then, they had made type specifications for typesetters and left the job up to the professionals. As a result, you can still see classic inaccuracies in typesetting, even in top-quality printed matter. Here you will find [...]

Type Tips, Typography Basics | Erik Spiekermann

Apr.20.05

Celebrating Evert Bloemsma

By historical standards, the FontFont library is a young library. Most of the designers behind it were still at school when digital type started to free type design and production from its industrial constraints and the division of labour. Among those young designers, Evert Bloemsma was one of the oldest and most experienced.

News | Erik Spiekermann

News The latest in the world of typography, lettering, and type design.
Handpicked Typefaces Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
Type Tips Improve your typography skills with these basic tips and advanced tutorials.
Fonts in Use Specimens are nice, but we love to catch a typeface in the wild, where it can truly show how it performs in the real world.

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.

Counterproductive Airport Signage
Caution! Falling counters!…Read more
Birkhäuser Publishes The Complete Works of Adrian Frutiger
There is little doubt that this is the one. Arguably the most important type-related book of the decade has been…Read more
Revived, Refined, & Refreshed: MT, ITC, LT, & Adobe
The Monotype, ITC, Adobe, and Linotype libraries were all updated last month with new releases and specially priced value packs.…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
Type Week On Eye Magazine Blog
To celebrate the new issue 71 of the printed Eye magazine, Eye is having its first-ever Type Week on the…Read more