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TDC2 2009 | The Display Faces
As there never is any background information for the TDC2 winners on the TDC website The FontFeed compiled this overview of the Display faces.
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New Microsite For FF DIN
DINfont.com is – after metaserif.com and trixiefont.com – the third “FontFontFocus” website, entirely dedicated to Albert-Jan Pool’s insanely popular information design sans.
Read moreSize-Specific Fonts From Scangraphic
This post is a follow-up to the recently released FontBooklet No. 2 focusing on optical size mastering and size-specific designs. The Scangraphic Digital Type Collection offers all of their fonts in headline (SH Supertypes) and body text (SB Bodytypes) versions, with about two thirds of them available in both.
Read moreNew Microsite For FF Trixie OT
FF Trixie OT – a major upgrade of the seminal rough typewriter typeface – has its own dedicated website now. I interviewed Erik van Blokland at the launch of trixiefont.com.
Read moreFF Mister K: Franz Kafka’s Pen
The manuscripts of author Franz Kafka had such a profound impact on Finnish graphic and type designer Julia Sysmäläinen that she decided to convert his handwriting with its unusually strong calligraphic characteristics into a digital script. The philologist took on the challenge to transform in Kafka’s rather eccentric letter forms into an balanced typographic flow. FF Mister K Pro will soon be available from FontShop.
Read moreTop Ten Typefaces Used by Book Design Winners
The American Association of University Presses honors the best book design in their annual Book, Jacket & Journal Show. We take a look at the most common typefaces seen in the winning entries and offer a thorough list of underused alternatives.
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FontBooklets Put the Tactile Joy Back into Typeface Selection
Like smaller, more focused versions of their mother publication, FontBook, FontBooklets are printed specimens that give ample space and tribute to the best fonts for professional typography.
Read morePost-Halloween Special: Scary Type
Can typefaces – just the design, devoid of any external context or additional elements – look scary? That is the question I asked myself last week. And sure enough I became so engrossed in my research that I didn’t manage to finish this Halloween Special in time. So here is the compiled and documented list. It is far from definitive, but I hope it is of some use to someone. Better 51 weeks early than one week late. ;)
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Handpicked Typefaces
Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
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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.
Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
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