Four upcoming lectures

Photo: Yvonne Schüttler During the next two months, I’ll be presenting at several events. Here’s a run-down: 19th Berlin Typostammtisch May 6, 2010 Pecha Kucha night, “ten things I hate about typography class” For the Berlin... 

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My year in type—2009

Now that 2010 has begun, I can’t help but reminisce about the past 12 months. Now that 2010 has begun, I can’t help but reminisce about the past 12 months. 2009 was good, personally and professionally; can I measure its this? Was 2009... 

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Mota Italic launches!

Rob and Sonja Keller like to do things differently. For years, Rob Keller’s personal blog, youshouldliketypetoo , has followed the beat of its own drummer Rob and Sonja Keller like to do things differently. For years, Rob Keller’s personal... 

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TT on RBtL

The boys behind the up-and-coming type/design podcast Read Between the Leading interview TypeTogether in their newest recording (epsiode 21). TypeTogether is run by Vik Burian and José Scaglione, two of the Reading MA type design course’s most... 

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Typejockeys launch great new website

I know that you should never be jealous of your friends, but since I discovered the relaunched Typejockeys website yesterday, I haven’t been able to scoop my jaw up from the ground. I’ll be the first to admit that, for the past few years,... 

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The Type Meet-Up Calendar

Do you like type? Are you German? Perhaps you thinking about visiting Germany soon Do you like type? Are you German? Perhaps you thinking about visiting Germany soon? Or maybe you are somewhere else, but still want to be informed about all the typographic... 

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Malabar nominated for German Design Prize

The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology has nominated my Malabar typeface for the 2010 German Design Prize. The design prize of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country‘s highest distinction in the field of design. No other design... 

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Berlin Stadtladen opens

Last year, the city of Berlin unveiled a new image campaign entitled be Berlin. Much blog chatter ensued regarding the merits of this concept, but I am not interested in rehashing any of that. It suffices to say that the thing that impressed me most... 

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Música Muy Caliente

Available in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, HTV (Hispanic Television) is a music channel broadcasting the best Latin and Hispanic music videos. Launched in 1995, it was acquired in 2007, along with other channels, by Turner Broadcasting System Latin... 

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Get this cut of Malabar for free!

Until the middle of May, all customers who purchase any font licenses at Linotype.com can selection an option in the check-out process and get the Malabar Heavy Italic font absolutely free. That’s right, buy any font, and Linotype will throw in... 

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