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Making Faces screens in San Francisco
Bay Area typophiles gathered at Typekit for a screening of the documentary “Making Faces”.
Read moreRTF Stern – Interview with Jim Rimmer
An interview with Jim Rimmer about RTF Stern, the first typeface ever to be simultaneously released in metal and digital form.
Read moreThe FontFeed is a daily dispatch of recommended fonts, typography techniques, and inspirational examples of digital type at work in the real world. Eat up.
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