Impressionen von der ATypI in St. Petersburg [3]

Letzter Teil der kleinen Bilderserie der ATypI-Konferenz in St. Petersburg. Letzter Teil der kleinen Bilderserie der ATypI-Konferenz in St. Petersburg. Kyrillische Stencil- und goldene Relief-Schrift am Newski-Prospekt McDonalds – Trotz kyrillischer... 

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A Typographic Challenge at 7.08661417 × 10-6 points

With what is delightfully being called “The Atomic Pen,” a team of researchers has created what are likely the world’s smallest letters. At left is an array of silicon atoms measuring two nanometers in height, or .000007086614175 points to you.... 

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Pierre Bernard 2/2

Pierre Bernard continues to talk about his activities with Grapus. The difference between French and Dutch design. The current situation of design and how design should have a relation with society. http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/pod/Typeradio_Pierre_Bernard_2of2.mp3... 

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Pierre Bernard 1/2

Pierre Bernard talks about how he became interested in design and how he discovered it in Poland with Henryk Tomaszewski. The greatest lesson he learned. His initial working life in advertising http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/pod/Typeradio_Pierre_Bernard_1of2.mp3... 

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For America.

Typeface: Gotham Extra Narrow Bold This summer, the Obama campaign commissioned me to design a typographic poster for the Artists for Obama series. It’s now available sold out at the Obama for America website, in a numbered edition of 5,000. —JH... 

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Collection of the Day

I am not wistful for the days of carbon paper and Ko-Rec-Type , and the era of the typewriter ended before I ever figured out what to do with those wheely-eraser-brush-things that populated my parents’ offices. But a truly grand leftover from the vanished... 

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Handmade fonts

You can’t get an OpenType version of those fonts. They don’t have kerning and the character set is very limited. More here: Handmade fonts ... 

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Meet Max Kerning

Extensis is continuing its online marketing activities. After the trailer for Suitcase Fusion here is another project: Max Kerning View original post here: Meet Max Kerning ... 

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The World’s Most Perfect Script

Typographically, the Republic of Korea has much to celebrate. The world’s first typefaces cast in metal were made in Korea: a fourteenth century book in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris establishes Korean printing from movable... 

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Finds from the NYPL

Some lovelies from the New York Public Library. Some lovelies from the New York Public Library. Larger images after the jump. —JH Read this article: Finds from the NYPL ... 

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