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Designing type systems

Designing type systems

Peter Biľak I remember a conversation from back in my student days where my typophile friends and I debated what the ultimate typeface of the twentieth century was, a typeface that summed up all of the era’s advancements and knowledge into a coherent... 

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Does a large x-height make fonts more legible?

Does a large x-height make fonts more legible?

It seems to be common knowledge among graphic designers: When you need a legible font, pick one with a large x-height! Here are Bernhard Modern (left) and Adobe Garamond (right) set at the same cap height: Adobe Garamond is certainly more legible, isn’t... 

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Need to Know: PSFK Conference NYC Recap

Need to Know: PSFK Conference NYC Recap

As our Twitter followers probably know, we had the opportunity to attend the annual PSFK Conference last Friday. (The 2012 edition of the annual event shares its name with PSFK’s first print magazine, “Need to Know,” which was distributed... 

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Jessica Hische: Uniting Nerds through Typography

Jessica Hische: Uniting Nerds through Typography

“Why Type Designers and Web Designers are Incredibly Similar and Should Really Get a Room Already.” (Webstock ’12) “Why Type Designers and Web Designers are Incredibly Similar and Should Really Get a Room Already.” (Webstock ’12) See... 

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Are you a typoholic?

Are you a typoholic?

Just published by Vicitonary , Typoholic is the latest tome to celebrate modern typography at its most playful… Typoholic features a plethora of type projects and includes illustrated, sculptural, inflatable and photographically created letterforms... 

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Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Panthea Lee – Service Design

Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Panthea Lee – Service Design

Jury Captain and Co-Founder of Reboot , Panthea Lee explains to us why Service Design, which connects disparate disciplines as well as the private and public sectors, deserves a category of its own and introduces her multidisciplinary jury team. Core77:... 

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Grand Central Time

Grand Central Time

New York’s Grand Central Terminal train station will celebrate its centennial in 2013. In honor of that milestone, Midtown TDR Ventures worked with Pentagram to create a new logo and identity system for the landmark location. New York’s... 

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Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Michael DiTullo – Soft Goods

Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Michael DiTullo – Soft Goods

How are technological advancements shaping or informing the design of Soft Goods? How are technological advancements shaping or informing the design of Soft Goods? Michael DiTullo, our Jury Captain for this field and Creative Director at frog in San... 

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IT, Now more than Evr

IT, Now more than Evr

With roots as far back as 1962, EDB and ErgoGroup combined in 2010 to form “the largest merger ever seen in the Nordic IT industry, and the fourth largest corporate merger in Norway regardless of industry.” In March the company announced... 

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Nadine Roßa about the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)

Nadine Roßa about the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)

In this 20-minute talk at Creative Mornings in Berlin Nadine Roßa talks about her favorite letter: the German ß. In this 20-minute talk at Creative Mornings in Berlin Nadine Roßa talks about her favorite letter: the German ß. More: Nadine... 

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