Articles by John Boardley

An Introduction to OpenType Substitution Features

By Martin Martin Wenzel & Christoph Koeberlin I have published this article as a page. You can read it here. Right now I’m unable to get the JavaScript working within a WordPress post. Once fixed, the page will redirect to a proper WordPress post. In the meantime, if you’d like […]

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World Cup part 2

Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire shirts use Olembe typeface from Commerical Type: Also used for Ghana, Cameroon, and some other African nations’ shirts. Update: See Yves’ World Cup Typography.

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World Cup

Italy 1 – Commercial Type 1 Watching the Italy v Paraguay game, I was frequently distracted by the nice type on their shirts. Twitter revealed the answer: @ilovetypography Italy’s shirts use a custom typeface called Crepello, designed by our very own Paul Barnes for Puma. #worldcup “at last a typeface […]

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Founders Grotesk

By Kris Sowersby The impetus for Founders Grotesk originally came from Duncan Forbes of The International Office. We had often discussed the nature and usefulness of the classic grotesks, and the possibility of creating a new one. After trawling through my 1912 Miller & Richard specimen, he became enamoured with […]

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David Carson

TED talks And the more I listen to these presentations, the more convinced I am that a presenter’s job is not to teach but to inspire.

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The Art of American Book Covers

New Books Richard Minsky’s new book, ‘The Art of American Book Covers’ available for pre-order: Reviewed over at Fine Books & Collections.

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Founders Grotesk

New from Klim Type Foundry This is just lovely. Everything that is good about the Grotesques is to be found in Kris Sowersby’s newly released Founders Grotesk. Be sure to take a look at the PDF specimen too.

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