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Colvert, Achieving Harmony Through Diversity
Earlier this year the French typographies.fr joined FontShop as an exclusive foundry. Founded five years ago by Jonathan Perez – who was joined by Laurent Bourcellier a couple of weeks after its inception – the foundry’s mission is to create and distribute Latin and non-Latin typefaces, adhering to the highest aesthetic and linguistic standards. The typographies.fr typefaces [...]
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FontFont 2012 – (Not Quite An) Annual Report
One year after their FontFont 2011 – (Not Quite An) Annual Report, FontFont – one of the leading independent font foundries with the largest library of original, contemporary typefaces – did it again with the recently published 2012 edition. This time the report has taken the form of an interactive publication on their website. The FontFeed talked [...]
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Macula, The Impossible Typeface
Once in a while you come across a typeface that astounds you by the bold new direction it takes. The recent Bold Monday release Macula by Dutch type designer Jacques Le Bailly a.k.a. Baron von Fonthausen is such a typeface. There aren’t that many designs that manage to sucessfully marry type design to art, and [...]
Read moreInside Paragraphs: Typographic Fundamentals Explores The Space Between The Characters
I have said this numerous times over the past few years – now is a great time to be into typography. Typographic production is at an all-time high, digital font technology allows for unequalled typographic refinement, the general public has never been more aware of typography, and last year again a number of fascinating books [...]
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ScreenFonts: Fun Size, Chasing Mavericks, The Sessions, The American Scream
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: Frankenweenie, The Paperboy, Argo, Seven Psychopaths
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreScreenFonts: The Words, Francine, The Master, Dredd, Solomon Kane, Looper
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreInterview With Sumner Stone For TDC’s Type Legends Series
This weekend the Type Directors Club of New York posted an interview with Sumner Stone conducted by Nick Sherman on their Vimeo account. It is the latest instalment in their Type Legends series, which also features interviews with Mike Parker, Ed Benguiat, and Erik Spiekermann. The iconic type designer recounts his career in type design, [...]
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