Ralf Herrmann: Wayfinding & Typography » Typography

Pop-up Alphabet in Univers 65 Bold

Ralf Herrmann — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:17:41 +0000

The results of an assignment at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design in Pittsburgh. Pop-up Alphabet in Univers 65 Bold from CMU Design on Vimeo.

Interview with Type Designer Sebastian Nagel

Ralf Herrmann — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:22:07 +0000

Sebastian Nagel (*1981) studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg in Austria and is currently working as graphic and type designer. At fonts.info he has released typefaces such as Iwan Reschniev and Tierra Nueva, but he also has a lot of interesting typefaces still in the desk drawer. Don’t miss you chance [...]

Typography in Iceland

Ralf Herrmann — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:27:01 +0000

Looking forward to the release of that documentary …

Wayfinding Sans Pro released

Ralf Herrmann — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:27:37 +0000

After 6 years, I am happy to announce, that Wayfinding Sans Pro has now been released. You can read all about the development of this typeface in this article on I Love Typography: The Design of a Signage Typeface. Also check out the PDF specimen for more information. Wayfinding Sans Pro is available at fonts.info [...]

Does a large x-height make fonts more legible?

Ralf Herrmann — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:56:26 +0000

It seems to be common knowledge among graphic designers: When you need a legible font, pick one with a large x-height! Here are Bernhard Modern (left) and Adobe Garamond (right) set at the same cap height: Adobe Garamond is certainly more legible, isn’t it? And this is even more important for signage. So here is [...]

Jessica Hische: Uniting Nerds through Typography

Ralf Herrmann — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:30:58 +0000

“Why Type Designers and Web Designers are Incredibly Similar and Should Really Get a Room Already.” (Webstock ’12)

Nadine Roßa about the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)

Ralf Herrmann — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:44:12 +0000

In this 20-minute talk at Creative Mornings in Berlin Nadine Roßa talks about her favorite letter: the German ß.

The Capital Sharp S of the German Government

Ralf Herrmann — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:19:32 +0000

Next week, it will be exactly four years since the Capital Sharp S was added to the Unicode specification. Within that rather short period of time, it … has been added to over 170 new type families included in the main typefaces of the world’s most used PC operating system Windows and office suite recommended [...]

fontli — the Instagram for type lovers

Ralf Herrmann — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:02:27 +0000

If you have an iPhone you probably use and love Instagram. But if you also love type and typography, you need to check out fontli. It provides basically the same functionality as Instagram and is supposed to be used the same way—just that it only focuses on type and typography. Just like on Instagram you [...]

Why I switched from FontLab to Glyphs

Ralf Herrmann — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:40:13 +0000

First there was Fontographer, then FontLab Studio, and now we have Glyphs and RoboFont—two new Mac font editors developed by individual designers/developers. After over 10 years of working with FontLab (Studio) I now switched entirely to Glyphs by Georg Seifert. If you browse the Glyphs website you will find a lot of innovative features—like the combined [...]

More amazing Type Specimen and Printing Books/Brochures

Ralf Herrmann — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:21:48 +0000

Just some days ago, I updated my article Rare Type Specimens at the Open Library. In a comment, a user suggested another great resource: The Silver Buckle Press Collection. Silver Buckle Press is a working museum of letterpress printing dedicated to preserving the craft of fine printing through educational programming, publications, exhibitions and tours. The [...]

Info graphic: Development of the Major Outline Font Formats

Ralf Herrmann — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:03:00 +0000

For years I try to explain to people, what OpenType really means and in which way it differs from TrueType and in which way it doesn’t. And I explain to people that it is safe to use a Windows TrueType font on the Mac in the year 2012 … (See my older article OpenType myths [...]

Tricycle Calligraphy

Ralf Herrmann — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:52:51 +0000

Media Artist Nicholas Hanna built a tricycle that can also paint Chinese characters on the ground as it moves. Water Calligraphy has a long history in China, normally characterized by older Chinese men painting characters on the ground of parks with long brushes and water. But Nicholas’ version is a wee bit more complicated … [...]

Cities and their typographic associations

Ralf Herrmann — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:37:21 +0000

In this series of videos for the EF International Language Centers the director Gustav Johansson captures the stories of three different students who travel abroad to study a new language. Everywhere they go they communicate in the local language and pick up new vocabulary, illustrated with gorgeous artifact-style typography by Albin Holmqvist. The first four “Live the language” films shot [...]

Hooptie Script—Two Typefaces inspired by the Motor City

Ralf Herrmann — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:54:45 +0000

Detroit—a city of extremes. A third of the city lies derelict, and many buildings have been or are about to be torn down. But at the beginning of the 20th century Detroit was one of the boomtowns of North America, representing the birthplace and the center of the American car industry. The city’s wealth was reflected in [...]