Quality Free?Font A very brief post about a typeface from a type designer I’m particularly fond of. FF Reminga from Xavier Dupré is a great little text face with a sumptuous calligraphic italic. Quality Free?Font A very brief post about a typeface... 

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The Best of?Type T his year has been a great year for type, with many new releases. Some of them are exceptional. Following is a list of my personal favourites of the past year. The Best of?Type This year has been a great year for type, with many new... 

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Typeface: Gotham Our workshop, now elf-free due to labor regulations, has been hard at work on a couple of goodies that we’re looking forwarding to bringing you in January; watch this space. Until then, best wishes for the holidays and a happy new... 

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Auch zum Ende des aktuellen Jahres möchte ich mit einer typografischen Retrospektive auf die interessantesten Neuerscheinungen digitaler Schriften blicken. 2008 war ein ähnlich gutes Jahr für die Freunde der Buchstaben und Zeichen wie das Jahr zuvor... 

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A few of the other, larger, design blogs are rambling on about netbooks of late. Ohh they are cheap, they are selling because of the credit crunch (whatever the hell that is), you no longer have to make performance sacrifices as even the low end specs... 

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Sweden, land of the Vikings, burly strongmen, proper socialised healthcare and hairy type designers. Fountain celebrates its 15th year with the launch of its new website and a greatly expanded OpenType offering. Sweden, land of the Vikings, burly strongmen,... 

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If you’re an editorial designer, chances are that you’re familiar with the Society for News Design through its workshops, its excellent international conferences, and of course its annual. What you might not know is that SND operates the non-profit... 

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Come on?Marlene Fast closing in on 2009. I can’t believe it. Come on?Marlene Fast closing in on 2009. I can’t believe it. What happened to 2008? The very lucky winner of the Seb Lester poster is mentioned toward the end of this post. Thanks... 

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Japanese karaoke toy Karaoke seems to be popping up on my radar a lot lately. Last month Nike Sportswear at The Montalbán presented a screening of Spanish thriller Timecrime s. Japanese karaoke toy Karaoke seems to be popping up on my radar a lot... 

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Hot on the heels of my open question about artists and fives , I came across this marvelous photograph by Berenice Abbott featuring a pair of gorgeous fives in starring roles. Hot on the heels of my open question about artists and fives, I came across... 

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