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Web Font Awards

Web Font Awards

Entries are now open for the second annual Web Font Awards, the scheme set up by Monotype Imaging to recognise the outstanding use of type on websites This year’s grand prize for both the Judges’ Choice and Community Choice winners is a trip... 

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Surf, sounds and serifs

Surf, sounds and serifs

Set to take place from midday to midnight on Friday, September 2 at The Hague Harbour, (The Netherlands’ premier surf spot, shown above) Now We Are Talking is a new one day type festival with a schedule that includes lectures by well regarded Dutch... 

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New typeface: Bella from Face37

New typeface: Bella from Face37

British designer Rick Banks of Face37 has just released his latest typeface, Bella, designed, he tells us, in the classical French Didot style, but based on letterforms by Herb Lubalin, John Pistilli and Jan Tschichold. Featuring extremely thin hairlines,... 

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Type for tattoos

Type for tattoos

Argentinian type designer Alejandro Paul ‘s latest face, Piel Script (piel, pronounced pee-yell, is the Spanish word for skin) has been specially developed for use by tattoo artists… The typeface has a huge number of alternate characters... 

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Type Annual: Final (Final) Deadline

Type Annual: Final (Final) Deadline

Since it seems to be a busy time for all, we have added a few days to the final entry deadline for the Type Annual to help you get your submissions in. You now have until November 17 to submit. Please note, tardy types, this will be the absolute final... 

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Masashi Kawamura’s ‘T’ shirts

Masashi Kawamura’s ‘T’ shirts

Baskerville, 3980 pt Masashi Kawamura has designed a range of ‘T’ shirts inspired by the silhouettes of five famous typefaces. Baskerville, 3980 pt Masashi Kawamura has designed a range of ‘T’ shirts inspired by the silhouettes of five famous... 

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The Big Caption

The Big Caption

Original image, here Noted on kottke.org, The Big Caption is an irreverent companion to The Boston Globe’s Big Picture website. Essentially, it takes some often fairly serious news photography and slaps some comedic type right over the top…... 

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Font of Champions

Font of Champions

The Champions League has a spanky new font family and logotype, courtesy of Fontsmith and Radiant Studios… The Champions League has a spanky new font family and logotype, courtesy of Fontsmith and Radiant Studios… Commissioned by creative... 

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Data driven type

Data driven type

Belgian agency, Happiness Brussels, just uploaded a great film to our Feed section: two typographers, a programmer and a racing driver collaborating to create a font by tracking the movements of a car… The iQ font is the result of the project (see... 

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London’s 7/7 memorial

London’s 7/7 memorial

Today sees the unveiling of a permanent memorial to the victims of the London terrorist bombings of July 7 2005. Typographer Phil Baines talks to CR about his involvement The memorial, which was designed by architects Carmody Groarke , features 52 pillars... 

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