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Archive | Typography
Rare Type Specimens at the Open Library (2012 update)
Collecting rare specimen books from type foundries can be a really expensive hobby. Luckily there is a growing number of digitized type specimen books available online. The Open Library project offers a free and enjoyable way to browse in those books. The magnifying glass isn’t working yet, but you can download most of these type [...]
TYPEmatch(mak)ing
TYPEmatch(mak)ing, originally uploaded by www.typografie.info. Send two of six well-known typefaces on a date and see if they are a match: http://blog.extensis.com/typecaster/ (Via Typblography) Tweet
Myths about Helvetica and Mac OS X (since 10.5)
For many years professional graphic designers are used to replace the Helvetica system fonts on the Mac OS with a Type1 version. But with Leopard this seems to be impossible. Whenever you delete the fonts, they will be reinstalled after you reboot the system and you will get a lot of annoying font conflicts. I [...]
Your favourite type in motion
Auf der Homepage von Ralf Lobeck finden sich einige interessante Motion-Graphic-Arbeiten, die beim letzten TDC das Prädikat »Selected for Typographic Excellence« abstauben konnten. Die Filme unter dem Motto »Your favourite type in motion« enstanden als studentische Arbeiten an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal. Anspieltipp: Rotis, Meta und Typestar. Und ich frage mich immernoch, wann die Schriftanbieter [...]
The Font World of 1991
The advent of desktop publishing software got people thinking about fonts and the endless choice of ways to present text on a computer. This episode of the Computer Chronicles looks at the art of font selection. Demonstrations include WordPerfect, PostScript, HP LaserJet III, TypeAlign, Type On Call, Adobe Type Manager, MacWrite, Apple StyleWriter, Apple LaserWriter, [...]
Don’t call me OTF!
T.T.F., O.s.F. und A.T.M.,E.X.P., F.O.N. und U.P.M.,P.F.B., P.F.M. und C.I.D.,P.U.A., O.T.F. – ojemine Aus den typografischen Abkürzungen, die Grafik- und Typedesigner heute täglich benutzen, lässt sich leicht ein neuer MFG-Song für die Fantastischen Vier entwickeln. Derzeit besonders in aller Munde: OTF. Tweet