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2010 election typography
The typographic association with Obama has been both embraced and ignored.
TypeCon letter-drawing collage
At TypeCon in Los Angeles, you drew the letters.
Louise Paradis’s Revival of Recta
Italian Aldo Novarese typeface revived by an intern from Montreal.
Slab Happy: Trilby reviewed by Paul Shaw
“[T]he serifs remain strong enough that a line of text looks like railroad tracks, a feature that helps draw the reader’s eye along the line of text-and looks cool.”
Webtype Launched by Partnership of Experts
Led by Font Bureau and Ascender Corp., Webtype.com introduces a new range of web fonts optimized for high quality text rendering across browsers. Webtype.com launches an innovative web font service to improve web typography.
TV Guide: What’s Worth Watching
For those of us who keep tabs on magazine redesigns, What’s been Worth Watching the past few weeks is TV Guide itself.
Thinking Green for Earth Day
What is a “green font”?
A Change of Fortune
Last week Fortune magazine unveiled a bold new look, spearheaded by creative director John Korpics. To herald the new direction, Korpics commissioned Cyrus Highsmith to draw a new logo for the nameplate. Now entering its 80th year, Fortune…
“Who shot the serif?”
“I’m convinced that reversed-stress slabs can offer more to typography than the novelty of gunslingers and swinging saloon doors. There’s something enticing about their clunky backwardness that should not be left out of our typographic vocabulary.“