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Stefan Kjartansson: Cumulus & Foam

Stefan Kjartansson: Cumulus & Foam

Some typefaces have films made about them (Helvetica), some typefaces are ridiculed (Comic Sans) and others appear from nowhere and gather momentum like Cumulus & Foam, the typeface pictured that has gradually been gathering attention across the... 

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Biome — the making of a typeface

Biome — the making of a typeface

by Carl Crossgrove A biome in nature is essentially an ecosystem. by Carl Crossgrove A biome in nature is essentially an ecosystem. It’s also the name for my new typeface family. The 14-weight Biome™ Wide family is now available on fonts.com.... 

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Creating Grand Gargantua

Creating Grand Gargantua

By Paul Dijstelberge M OVABLE TYPE : perhaps nowadays few will know the exact meaning of these two words, but until the middle of the twentieth century a letter was a small piece of lead, and to use it for printing you literally had to move it around,... 

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My blackletter angst (and Slanted #10)

My blackletter angst (and Slanted #10)

The newest issue of the Slanted magazine—its tenth—is entitled “ Heavy Metal. Lovers .” Devoted to blackletter type, it is naturally a collection the absolute coolest elements in typography today. My love affair with blackletter runs... 

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A few things I’ve learned about typeface design

A few things I’ve learned about typeface design

By Gerry Leonidas Teaching on a postgraduate course feels very much like a spiral: the annual repetition of projects, each a vehicle for a journey of education and discovery for the student, blurs into cyclical clouds of shapes, paragraphs, and personalities.... 

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Lettres à jour: public stencil lettering in France

Lettres à jour: public stencil lettering in France

Almost since my first visit to France I have been delighted by the look of the improvised public notices that are made with stencils, pochoirs, or (to use a more old-fashioned term) lettres à jour – letters pierced in metal that let the daylight show... 

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One Hundred Dollars

One Hundred Dollars

I guess now and again I can promote some of my own work — hey, it’s what keeps me from writing articles for Ministry of Type all the time, and this piece draws together a number of themes I’ve written about before here so it feels pretty... 

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Facing Another Smile

Facing Another Smile

Argos is the largest general merchandise and home retailer in the UK with a network of 750 stores throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Known mostly for a catalogue-based selling system, Argos is a multi-channel retailer that lays claim to a... 

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The iPad: They’re onto something…we’re just not sure what

The iPad: They’re onto something…we’re just not sure what

Yesterday I had trouble seeing the iPad clearly, because when I looked directly at it I was blinded by the haze of media hype, excitement, disappointment, adulation and hatred that the blogosphere laid over it. This morning I’ve spent the past... 

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Twelfth Day of Christmas Type

Twelfth Day of Christmas Type

Antiques magazine cover The masthead for Antiques Magazine resembles roman inscriptional fonts such as Trajan, yet the proportions of the A, E and S are wider producing a more even color. Surprisingly the traditional typography compliments the modern... 

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