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Posted by Tom | Posted in Typeface of the Week
Time to start saving – $350 is what you’ll need to set aside for this elegant display font. For that investment you’ll get 8 different weights of a font designed by the great Paul Barnes. In fact, it took him 14.5 years to complete, so that’s only $24 per year – a bargain in our eyes.
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Posted by Tom | Posted in Typeface of the Week
DIN 1451 was Germany’s typographic answer to normalisation. In 1994 Erik Spiekermann charged Albert-Jan Pool to update DIN with a greater character set. FF DIN was born and 15 years later he’s still adding to the family. Welcome to the world, FF DIN Round…
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Posted by Nick | Posted in Typeface of the Week
Based on Paul Renners original drawings for Futura, Saul Hess’ Twentieth Century for Lanston Monotype is a reincarnation which also includes the experimental alternates which had been left out of the Futura that we know.
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You can find two of our typographic posters for sale in our shop. Both Raw Type and 11 out of 10 should add a nice touch of type to your interiors.
It goes without saying how important typefaces are in the world of visual communication; whether it’s for the copy of a corporate catalogue or custom typeface for a logotype, as designers we all make decisions on the choices of typefaces we pick for each job, based on how appropriate and effective it is for the [...]
Placements. You want one? Well, we can offer you one, but it’ll cost you… 1 creative project to be exact. Best case scenario, you’ll get a month-long placement and some recognition for your efforts. Worst case scenario, you’ll have a lovely new project to add to your portfolio.
If you’re not aware of the French designer/typographer, Philippe Apeloig, you should be – and if you carry on reading this post, you will be.