type design
Foundry Focus: Bold Monday
An interview with Paul van der Laan en Pieter van Rosmalen of the Dutch Bold Monday type foundry.
Read moreFontCast #17 — Amman: The City, The Typeface, The Film
The bilingual Latin/Arabic sans/serif type system FF Amman was developed by Yanone for the capital of Jordan at the occasion of its centenary celebrations.
Read moreFontCast #16 — FontFont Type Department
Behind the scenes of FontFont’s Type department, the unsung heroes who work together with the type designers to turn their alphabets into high quality digital fonts.
Read moreFontCasts #13, 14, 15 — FontFont Designers
FontFont represents some of the most talented and interesting type designers in the world. In celebration of FontShop’s 20th Anniversary, FSI’s Ivo Gabrowitsch took an opportunity to talk with seven FontFont designers for a special FontCast series.
Read morePool Tells the Story of the New FF DIN Round, A Typeface Much More Than a Rounded DIN
Is there any type designer who would be better qualified to construct a rounded DIN than Albert-Jan Pool? It’s safe to say no. His FF DIN Round, released this month is 5 years in the making. Pool has been written a 32-page brochure with the fascinating history of round sans serifs in Germany and the behind-the-scenes development of FF DIN Round.
Read moreA Fried FontStruction
The first ever edible FontStruction premiered at the “Typofreaks – different typography” workshop in Brazil.
Read moreWorld Cup Typography: Yomar Augusto
Brazilian type designer Yomar Augusto designed Unity, a custom typeface for Adidas for the World Cup 2010.
Read moreWorld Cup Typography: Paul Barnes
British type designer Paul Barnes designed Crepello and Olembe, two custom typefaces for Puma for the World Cup 2010.
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