Articles by John Boardley

Reviving Caslon

Part 2: Readability, affability, authority [read part one] When their words are put into print, writers want the text to be inviting and welcoming, so that readers will read what they have written. And they also want the text to have an aura of credibility, so it will be taken […]

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Jonathan Barnbrook

An Interview A great interview over at MyFonts with one of my all-time favourite graphic designers, Jonathan Barnbrook.

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TELEPHONEME

by MK12 TELEPHONEME | MK12 from MK12 on Vimeo. via @verynicetype

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Paper typography

Letter sculptures in paper The making of A from Bianca Chang on Vimeo. via @ashetler

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Amman

New Type FF Amman Sans and FF Amman Serif from Yanone: New (type) face for Amman from Yanone on Vimeo.

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The making of Acorde

After five years of intensive work, my type family Acorde is finally on the market. It is a reliable workhorse for large, demanding design projects. The typeface’s name is derived from a corporate design typeface. However, Acorde is not only suitable for corporate design programmes but for information design and […]

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Fontula

For iPad Fontula, and iPad app for creating TTF fonts:

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