Very short interview with Gerard Unger

Over at Thomas Kunz’s blog, ABCdarium , is an interview with Gerard Unger . Over at Thomas Kunz’s blog, ABCdarium, is an interview with Gerard Unger. Thomas regularly interviews typeface designers for his site, and the post are always interesting.... 

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Two best-of-2009 font charts

Ivo Gabrowitsch and Christoph Koeberlin, both of FSI FontShop International in Berlin, simultaneously published “best fonts of 2009″ lists on their respective blogs this morning. The text on both sites is in German, but type samples are for... 

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Happiness update

A year ago, on October 17, 2009, I posted my personal recipe for happiness. On Saturday, I am finally moving to Berlin A year ago, on October 17, 2009, I posted my personal recipe for happiness. On Saturday, I am finally moving to Berlin. So how is my... 

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Germany’s FH Wiesbaden gets new name

Back in 2001–2002, while I was finishing up my BFA at RISD, I spent a semester abroad at the Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, a large-ish University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany. The German-language blog Design Tagebuch (design diary) reports... 

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Typotheque releases Nara

Back in 2004, the annual ATypI conference was hosted in Prague. The local Museum of Decorative Arts was hosting a show at the same time: E-A-T, a selection of contemporary Czech and Slovak type design Back in 2004, the annual ATypI conference was hosted... 

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Dez Squeeze now on the market

Dez Squeeze is a Heavyweight Display with knockout punch and Resonant Voice. Dez Squeeze is a Heavyweight Display with knockout punch and Resonant Voice. Dezcom Typefaces is happy to announce the release of its first commercial typeface and plans several... 

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Cool new typeface from… well, three countries

Over on Facebook, I just read about the co-release by Fountain and PSY/OPS of Caracumba. Aside from the typeface itself, which offeres really sweet variety, I particularly like the tagline at the bottom of the description text blurb in the Facebook posting... 

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