These last couple of weeks I’ve been dreaming of a life-remote control. It need not be particularly high-tech–I just need a big pause button. I’m moving apartments and packing like there’s no tomorrow. Anyway, I’m taking a break from boxes and gum tape, to talk type.
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Typeface Review: Arnhem
By Kris Sowersby Talent borrows, genius steals In Erik Spiekermann’s list of favourite five typefaces, Arnhem comes in at No.5. He writes “I Love it for newspapers, magazines, etc. Not so keen on the headline weights, they look too Dutch for my use (perhaps too Ungerish, but then Fred is […]
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The Passionate Printer First up we have a type feast from one of the world’s most popular ‘interiors’ blogs, Design Sponge. Included in the list are some of those we’ve mentioned here before, but there are numerous other examples of ‘living with type’, such as these large reclaimed metal letters. […]
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An interview with Jean François Porchez
You’ll see his typefaces on the Paris Métro, gracing the pages of France’s premier newspaper, Le Monde, in magazines and books; even Beyoncé uses them. He was awarded the Prix Charles Peignot for excellence in type design, was president of ATypI, designed one of the best modern-day type revivals, and…. […]
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Birthday Cupcakes This week iLT is six months old. She’s doing quite well thanks to all of you: one million page views, almost 3,000 comments, and about 70 posts–though it feels like more. So if you have a spare minute, then pop a party popper, throw a streamer, crack open […]
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RESENHA DO LIVRO Recentemente recebi através do correio algo grande, amarelo e pesando 3 kg. Não, não é uma banana geneticamente modificada, mas o FontBook do FontShop, a enciclopédia do tipo. Este livro realmente deveria vir com uma advertência de saúde: o meu carteiro quase teve uma hérnia entregando-o e […]
Read MorePorque Bembo Cansa
By Kris Sowersby Num recente painel de discussão sobre o design do livro na Nova Zelândia, eu critiquei o excesso de Bembo em muitos livros na Nova Zelândia. Como muitas perguntas foram feitas mais do que poderiam ser respondidas, eu escrevi este artigo para explicar. Permitam-me começar com uma breve […]
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UMA ENTREVISTA COM KRIS SOWERSBY Muitos de vocês já ouviu falar de Kris Sowersby e algo me diz que vamos ouvir muito mais sobre ele. Ele é o cara atrás das sans serif tipográfica National e das serifas tipográficas Feijoa; ele esteve também na equipe de três que criou (possivelmente […]
Read MoreArcher the Elegant Slab Serif
fly me to the moon It feels as though Jonathan Hoefler has been designing type for about 100 years–a tall order for a man in his thirties. While still in his teens, he established the Hoefler Type Foundry (now known as Hoefler & Frere-Jones, since teaming up with Tobias Frere-Jones, […]
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