Die besten Schriften 2011

Verlieren wir auch diesmal keine Zeit mit langen Vorreden: wie zum Ende bzw. Anfang eines jeden Jahres präsentiere ich die besten typografischen Neuerscheinungen des vergangenen zwölf Monate … aus meiner ganz persönlichen subjektiven Sicht: 1. Verlieren... 

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Pull Here

Founded in 1989 and 1986 respectively, Nara Bank and Center Bank have provided financial services to the Korean-American community across the United States. This past November they announced a merger to create BBCN Bank , creating the largest financial... 

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Using webfonts to insert characters or symbols in a website

Using webfonts to insert characters or symbols in a website—Or why is Opera screwing up my font stacks? Back in 2008, shortly after Apple started the new webfont revolution with the release of Safari 3.1, I wrote an article about how the webfont technology... 

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Blip goes the Tittle

Established in 2005, Blip (formerly the annoyingly period’d Blip.TV) is a video site specifically designed for web series, as opposed to the one-hit-wonder machine that is YouTube or Vimeo, which is why many have never heard of it. It doesn’t... 

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Type held in the hand

Type, as we know, is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand. But there are fewer opportunities for doing this now than ever before, and our fading familiarity with the way type was made in the past can make for puzzles that are not easy... 

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T&D is for Twists and Drop Shadows

As part of China Radio International (CRI), the state-owned radio broadcast system of the People’s Republic of China, and an extension of the news site CRI Online, T&D (for Television and Digital) is a new platform established to hold all... 

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An Interview with Verena Gerlach

By Ivo Gabrowitsch & Christoph Koeberlin After more than 10 years, Verena Gerlach has revised and extended her FF Karbid super family, an interpretation of German storefront lettering from the early 1900s. By Ivo Gabrowitsch & Christoph Koeberlin After... 

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Ready. Aim. Chat!

Released in 1997, AIM , short for AOL Instant Messenger, was the original IM-ing choice for the first mass generation of internet users, making it the one socially acceptable product from AOL one could use without losing his or her cred. Even with the... 

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Hunger

Check the new Rankin ‘s biannual magazine, The Hunger, and website, hungertv.com , which launched earlier this month. Check the new Rankin‘s biannual magazine, The Hunger, and website, hungertv.com, which launched earlier this month. Designed... 

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Bolo Magazine

BOLO is a graphic magazine, designed, published and distributed by the Milan based graphic designer Marco Nicotra . BOLO is a graphic magazine, designed, published and distributed by the Milan based graphic designer Marco Nicotra. 2 colors, 100 pages... 

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