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The World’s Biggest Signpost

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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Introducing Web FontFonts

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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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 [...]

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Wayfinding observations: Separation slows down perception

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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Wayfinding signs can have various shapes and layouts. For example, German road signs fall in one of those four categories:
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 [...]

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TypeFront – a font distribution platform for the web

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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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 [...]

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Fontspring – @Font-Face ready typefaces

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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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 [...]

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10 carefully crafted display ampersands

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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“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 [...]

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Firefox 3.6 with WOFF support released

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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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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Movie about the Hamilton Wood Type Museum

Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by Ralf Herrmann.

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The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design. At Hamilton, international artisans meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique. But the Museums days are numbered. What is the responsibility of artists and historians to preserve [...]

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Wayfinding observations: Landmarks and cardinal directions

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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When we come to a new city we build a cognitve map to represent this city in our minds. Unless you have photographic memory such cognitve maps work differently from topographic maps. They don’t consist of exact representations and distances, but are driven by landmarks and the paths that connect them. A landmark can be [...]

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Designing the ultimate wayfinding typeface

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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Over the last couple of years I have researched the design and use of typefaces used for signage, especially road signage.
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