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Darmstadt type design update

Darmstadt type design update

In addition to my ongoing design projects – and my work and research in Braunschweig – I’ll be in Darmstadt once a week October–February, too. For the fifth time, I’ve been invited to teach an intro to type design course at the Hochschule... 

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Type in Berlin website

Type in Berlin website

Mota Italic ’s Rob Keller just informed me of the launch of a small new web project called Type in Berlin . The site states that, “Berlin is the current type capital of the world with more type designers and foundries than anywhere else.... 

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More media: Just My Type

More media: Just My Type

I’m almost afraid to admit it. Several months ago, I ordered a copy of the UK first edition of Simon Garfield’s Just My Type . I read it rather quickly, and even enjoyed some of it, although the amount of factual errors and oversights in... 

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Hell’s 1990 rebranding

Hell’s 1990 rebranding

I love Chris Herron Design’s recent rebranding of Hell . You know, Hell-as-in-the-oppposite-of-Heaven. Without getting all nit-picky, I need to point out that Mr. I love Chris Herron Design’s recent rebranding of Hell. You know, Hell-as-in-the-oppposite-of-Heaven.... 

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Three articles on other blogs

Three articles on other blogs

I’ve been trying to pick up my blogging tempo over the past few weeks. In addition to new stuff here on TypeOff., I been writing posts elsewhere, too. You can check out my Interview with Doug Wilson from Typo Berlin as well as a bit about a 1961... 

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Career decisions

Career decisions

When I was in second grade, I wanted to become a Bishop. True story! When I was in second grade, I wanted to become a Bishop. True story! See the article here: Career decisions ... 

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Short TYPO-Berlin 2011 review

Short TYPO-Berlin 2011 review

While I’ll be writing more about this year’s TYPO-Berlin 2011 conference—both on this blog and elsewhere—I think that I can sum up my feelings about the event in very few words. In almost a decade of professional experience, I’ve... 

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Lesetypografie: Now softer, and cheaper

Lesetypografie: Now softer, and cheaper

The Verlag Hermann Schmidt in Mainz has just published the first softcover version of Hans Peter Willberg and Friedrich Forssman’s Lesetypografie . The Verlag Hermann Schmidt in Mainz has just published the first softcover version of Hans Peter... 

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My dreams are haunted by Apple products

My dreams are haunted by Apple products

In the past week, I have had two very strange dreams. Here are their summaries: In the first dream, I was in a job interview. I don’t know who the company was; I dreamt up everything about it In the past week, I have had two very strange dreams.... 

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Typeface preview

Typeface preview

Pictures of a upcoming ITC typeface named Carter Sans are making the rounds on the Internet, due to a beautiful new post on the Pentagram website. Printed pieces for an ADC gala in New York were set in the typeface, and Pentagram writes about the project:... 

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