In the German Democratic Republic (GDR) the road traffic regulations were revised in the 1970s. The GDR had signed the treaty of the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals (1969) and in the years 1974 till 1978 the official norm for the design and content of road signs was changed significantly. The new, quite remarkable layout also [...]
2011/04/25
The Onion Layer Model of Legibility
“Legiblity … a word that can lead into an ocean of misunderstanding and argument” R. Hague, 1936 (via Dear Reader) With this posting I am starting a series of articles that explore the meaning and myths of legibility and readability. In this first article I am gonna start with the definition of terms and the [...]
2011/04/13
Wayfinding symbols with OpenType magic
The beta testers of our Wayfinding Sans typeface kept asking us about support for signage pictograms. So we finally gave in. Here is a quick video preview of where we are today. Wayfinding Sans Symbols (Preview) from Ralf Herrmann on Vimeo. I would be happy receive feedback about it. A general symbol set can never [...]
2011/04/10
Wayfinding in different frames of reference
“Orientation in space (and time) is the framework of cognition […] we take delight in physically distinctive, recognizable locales, and attach our feelings and meaning to them. They make us feel at home, grounded.” Kevin Lynch The word orientation is derived from Latin oriens, meaning East. It stems from the mediaeval practice of drawing maps with [...]
2011/02/24
iPad font viewer Type Specimen
Type Specimen is a free iPad app to visually browse the fonts of the Czech Suitcase Type Foundry. It can be used to select fonts for projects – be it magazine design, corporate identity design, web applications, or book typesetting. Type Specimen allows you to categorize individual fonts, make comparisons, or see details of specific glyphs.
2011/02/14
Webfont demos of fonts.info typefaces
We created some demo pages of our new fonts.info webfonts. They are not as exciting as the Lost World’s Fairs or similar demos you might know, but they show our fonts in a real-world context with a typical use in common font sizes.
2011/05/17
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