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Erik 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.

Type Tips, Typography Basics | Yves Peters

Ghost Typeface In ProSieben Television Movie Der Seewolf

Verena Gerlach obviously was paying attention while watching the trailer to the ProSieben television movie in two parts “Der Seewolf”, an adaptation of Jack London’s 1904 novel. She noticed a glaring anachronism in the lettering on the schooner “Ghost”.

Fonts in Use, Oops! | Jürgen Siebert

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Prof. 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. var addthis_config =…Read more
Spiekermann 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…Read more
Neville Brody & Erik Spiekermann at the Berlin Wall, November 1989
FSI FontShop International and its Berlin-based type foundry FontFont today celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin…Read more
LettError: Still crazy after twen‿ty years
Two identical pictures of two maverick type designers, almost 20 years apart – Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum…Read more
Spiekermann House Numbers
I just returned from Berlin where we met with all the regional FontShops and the founder himself, Erik Spiekermann. The…Read more