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Olympic Maple

Olympic Maple

The Canadian Olympic Team needs little introduction: Over 100 years of competition in the modern Olympic Games and undoubtedly one of the powerhouses of the winter events over recent years (not to mention some impressive summer showings). After contributing... 

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Ich brauche mehr Pfeile. MEEEEHHHHR PFEEEIIIILE!

Ich brauche mehr Pfeile. MEEEEHHHHR PFEEEIIIILE!

Einige der schönsten Pfeile überhaupt: in Eric Olsons Anchor Liebe Schriftgestalter. Einige der schönsten Pfeile überhaupt: in Eric Olsons Anchor Liebe Schriftgestalter. Ich weiß ja nicht, wie es anderen Anwendern eurer schönen Schriften geht,... 

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Garamond or Garamont?

Garamond or Garamont?

This engraved portrait was included by Léonard Gaultier in about 1580 in his ‘Portraits of illustrious men who have flourished in France since the year 1500 until the present’. It is the only image we have of the maker of printing types whose name... 

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A New Type for Bath from Re-Typ

A New Type for Bath from Re-Typ

? This morning’s inbox contained a short note from Ramiro Espinoza , originally of Argentina, at his Dutch typefoundry Re-Type , best known for Tomate and a number of edgy sans display families: When, in 2010,? David Quay ?was asked by communication... 

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A New Type for Bath from Re-Type

A New Type for Bath from Re-Type

? This morning’s inbox contained a short note from Ramiro Espinoza , originally of Argentina, at his Dutch typefoundry Re-Type , best known for Tomate and a number of edgy sans display families: When, in 2010,? David Quay ?was asked by communication... 

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French sans serifs in Slanted #13

French sans serifs in Slanted #13

For about two years, I’ve been wanting to write a short piece about current typeface design in France. Of course, writing about the type design output of just about any country with a rich typographic history is a much larger undertaking; something... 

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Typefoundry 2006 to 2011: a list of contents

Typefoundry 2006 to 2011: a list of contents

This blog is five years old and it has reached a total of 35 posts: not a large number, but some of them are quite substantial essays. Some may be too long, as a correspondent once told me. Anyone who has found the blog useful may wish to have this list... 

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Codex type

Codex type

the week in type Perhaps you thought ‘The Week in Type’ was dead. Well, this post marks its resurrection. the week in type Perhaps you thought ‘The Week in Type’ was dead. Well, this post marks its resurrection. It won’t be weekly just yet,... 

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Barnbrook make six short films for Linotype

Barnbrook make six short films for Linotype

Barnbrook studio has created six short films for the release of a series of typefaces from Monotype Imaging ‘s Linotype range… Linotype faces Klint, Malabar, Elegy, Francker, Potpourri and ITC Handel Gothic each has an accompanying minute-long... 

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Number Ten

Number Ten

This image, from the government web site, is designed to promote the message that in Britain, notwithstanding its history of world-wide imperial power, the Prime Minister lives in a modest but comfortable town house in an unpretentious street within... 

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