Erik Spiekermann
Typographic Design in the Digital Domain:
A Conversation With Erik Spiekermann
Erik Spiekermann talks with Elliot Jay Stocks about how typography is used in the digital domain and what digital designers can learn from traditional print techniques.
Read moreSpiekermann Exhibition Opens In Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin
On March 22, 2011, the exhibition “Erik Spiekermann. The Face of Type.” opened in the Bauhaus-Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin.
Read moreProf. Dr. h.c. Erik Spiekermann Wins Personality Award At German Design Awards 2011
FontShop and FontFont founder, and mentor of The FontFeed Erik Spiekermann lauded at the German Design Award 2011.
Read moreErik Spiekermann On Fonts* On Deutsche Welle TV
A short video about typography by Erik Spiekermann – typographer, information designer, and founder of this incarnation of The FontFeed.
Read moreWebfonts 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 moreErik Spiekermann On Thirty Conversations On Design
The Thirty Conversations On Design website collects the thoughts of 30 of the world’s most inspired creative professionals.
Read moreNew FontFonts: The Creation of FF Unit Slab
FF Unit Slab is the most recent of Erik Spiekermann type families to join the ranks of tha sans/serif type systems.
Read moreCustom Type: Utrecht City Theatre
Edenspiekermann recently developed a custom typeface and logo based on Agenda for the Utrecht City Theatre.
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