A digital visit to Offenbach
Some insights into the freshly published Klingspor Type Archive website.
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Interview with Mathias Clottu
To discuss the forthcoming publication of Artery, written by Allison Katz, Michela Zoppi sat down with its designer.
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Fonts In Use: Just one typeface
Four great examples of designs made using a single selection.
Typography Teaching Methods
Many graphic design students reference type specimens during their education. This article reflects on the historical type specimens and typography foundations classes at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.
The Empire Strikes Back
David Shields’s book is out! The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog. It is not just a must-have for any wood-type aficionados. The book sets a new typographic history bar.
Love letters to the audience
True Photo-journal Issue 7 enquires the world of publishing.
That was Fontstand’s 2022 conference!
On September 9th and 10th, Fontstand organized its third conference in The Hague. After years of necessary Covid restrictions, many community members were thrilled to gather together in person again.
Fonts In Use: Colored body text
In setting body text, deviating from the black-text norm is an easily forgotten option. Here is a plea – in four examples – to offer readers the surprise of color as an extra dimension.
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Ewan Clayton and Riccardo Olocco present a three-day workshop this May in Brighton (UK), during which participants shall reconstruct Gutenberg’s Textura letterforms with calligraphic tools. Calligraphers and designers are invited to explore this unexplored matter.
La Police has launched a ;new website. You might already be familiar with its Footnotes publication, a periodical dedicated to type design & typography. Thanks to this site update, you can now order back issues or buy a subscription for three Footnotes issues, starting with the latest issue (that’s issue D, which is also new).
For a long time, Eckehart SchumacherGebler was one of the most significant actors in German printing. He built a towering legacy by running several companies, establishing societies, and founding a museum. On December 17th, he passed away, aged 88. The Offizin Haag-Dugulin published an obituary (in German).
Yesterday a new exhibition entitled Italy and Alliance Graphique Internationale. 25 Graphic Designers of the 20th Century opened at the Magazzino delle Idee Trieste. It looks great, and if you can get to Triest, Italy by 6 January 2023, you can see it.