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Colosseo Letterpress Poster
Posted on 11. Mrz, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
What began as a 10-year wedding anniversary to Rome concluded a year later as an artistic endeavor to reimagine the Coliseum with type.
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TED Talks – a new idea for a road sign
Posted on 09. Mrz, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares his idea for helping drivers move along smoothly: a new traffic sign that combines the properties of “Stop” and “Yield” — and asks drivers to be polite.
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Introducing Web FontFonts
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
While FontFonts were already available thru TypeKit, FontShop International has now announced, that more than 30 of the most popular FontFont families are now available for download as so-called Web FontFonts, including FF DIN, FF Meta, FF Dax, and FF Kievit. This enables a more seamless and effective transition from print design to the web. An organization whose identity uses FF DIN, for example, can now deliver that experience on the web, using true HTML text.
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Wayfinding observations: Separation slows down perception
Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
Wayfinding signs can have various shapes and layouts. For example, German road signs fall in one of those four categories:
left: compact direction sign, right: compact table sign
left: partly-separated table sign, right: separated table sign
The amount of separation increased on these sign types. On the first sign, all targets are presented together, on the last sign, every target has its own sign. But which one is most effective? On which sign can we find our target as fast as possible and without making mistakes? [...]
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TypeFront – a font distribution platform for the web
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
Services around webfonts are currently springing up like mushrooms. Here is another one: TypeFront, a service to host webfonts for users and foundries. Website owners can upload their licensed fonts and the service ensures that the fonts cannot be accessed from other websites.
Moreover the service also provides an API, so foundries can set up their own webfont service with TypeFront. Prices for TypeFront start at $5/month and users can test the service 30 days free of charge.
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Fontspring – @Font-Face ready typefaces
Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
While webfont services are getting a lot of attention these days, there is still the “old way” of licensing fonts with a one-time license fee. But usually such licenses don’t cover the use of fonts on websites via @font-face. Now Fontspring has opened its store—a font reseller which offers fonts for regular desktop use, but all fonts in the catalogue can also be used with the @font-face rule. If you purchase a license for a font on Fontspring.com you will get an OpenType font to be installed on your computer and web package, that contains TrueType and EOT fonts, which you can upload to your webserver. The license fee may cover single or an unlimited number of domains. This is up to the designer of the fonts. I like the simplicity of this concept and I am looking forward to see which font foundries will join this shop. Looking at the Fontspring catalogue today, I see a few interesting typefaces, but already way too many fonts, which are not really suitable for commercial websites.
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10 carefully crafted display ampersands
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
“The year was 1887. Dierk Einhard Haäfe Master Typographer and Johan VanEngelbert Haph Suspected Wizard were inventing a typography machine to compete with Mergenthaler’s newly unveiled Linotype. With Haäfe’s typography experience and Haph’s scientific and technical know-how, they were sure to revolutionize the design industry. Misjudging the combined radioactive effects of (then unknown) plutonium and liberal use of Dr. Kurl’s Moustache Wax ™, Johan inadvertently sparked a quantum flux ripping space-time wide open and transporting the designers to the 21st Century. With no hope of return, they set about re-establishing themselves as prominent designers, quickly adapting to new technology with old-world flair.”
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The best sites with webfonts?
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
Now that @font-face is supported across all major browsers and more and more fonts are available for @font-face linking, I would like to showcase the best websites using webfonts. Do you know such websites or do you have created one? Let me know and leave a comment to this article. Thank you!
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Firefox 3.6 with WOFF support released
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.
Firefox 3.6 was just released and it supports the new webfont format WOFF. If you want to give it a try, the FontFont Typeface Library offers the font FF Nuvo Medium for free in the WOFF format.
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