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A Tour through the Haas Type Foundry in 1950 5 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
The Haas Type Foundry in Switzerland brought us famous typefaces such as Helvetica (originally called Neue Haas Grotesk). Here are some pictures of the type foundry from around 1950. Enjoy! Tweet
The Pronunciation of European Typefaces 1 Aug 2013 | 05:19 pm
So you’re an expert in typography? But do you pronounce Frutiger’s typeface Univers like the English word “universe”? Then you got it wrong. Here are some popular European typefaces and their proper p...
From Paper to Screen 12 Jul 2013 | 10:30 am
I regularly check Vimeo for new type-related videos, but it’s rare to find something interesting. Thousands of variations of “movie scenes turned into kinetic typography” and “yet another letterpress...
Color Emoji in Windows 8.1—The Future of Color Fonts? 3 Jul 2013 | 05:05 pm
Color fonts are by no means a new idea. When Adobe invented PostScript their Type 3 font standard allowed to specify colors within a font and Fontlab’s bitmap-based Photofont technology is also around...
Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland for iOS devices 1 Jul 2013 | 05:07 pm
The goal of e-codices—Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland is to provide access to all medieval and selected early modern manuscripts of Switzerland via a virtual library. At the moment, the virt...
Typography on Instagram 3 Jun 2013 | 05:20 pm
You are on Instagram and you like typography, calligraphy and lettering? Here are some accounts you might want to follow. (Click on the images to get to the Instagram accounts) Andy Clymer, Type desig...
Typography on Instagram 3 Jun 2013 | 05:20 pm
You are on Instagram and you like typography, calligraphy and lettering? Here are some accounts you might want to follow. (Click on the images to get to the Instagram accounts) Andy Clymer, Type desig...
Canapé—a cosy typeface 13 May 2013 | 01:02 pm
Canapé by Sebastian Nagel is the latest release at fonts.info. It is based on the idea of letters with a subtly curved and slightly modulated line. Through this, the typefaces has a warm and friendly,...
Canapé—a cosy typeface 13 May 2013 | 01:02 pm
Canapé by Sebastian Nagel is the latest release at fonts.info. It is based on the idea of letters with a subtly curved and slightly modulated line. Through this, the typefaces has a warm and friendly,...
The Capital Sharp S in Use 22 Apr 2013 | 04:03 pm
A while ago I announced on Twitter, that it is now 5 years since the Capital Sharp S was added to the Unicode. I was asked, if it has actually been used somewhere in real world situations. A valid que...
