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Studipos Type Foundry
Buenos Aires isn’t the first place I think of when I consider type foundries, but Studipos has some brilliant fonts. Check em out.
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Honouring Jim Rimmer
Jim Rimmer died last week and I really wasn’t sure I wanted to post anything online after writing a tribute post for my recently deceased friend Leo Obstbaum. Losing people takes the wind right out of...
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To love a ligature
Used in situations where two adjacent characters would bump into each other, there are two types of ligatures, standard ligatures and discretionary ligatures. Most people are acquainted with the...
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Bringhurst In Person
If you’ve never had the rare privilege to hear Canadian poet, typographer and author Robert Bringhurst speak in person, here’s your chance. He’s a captivating speaker – sort of like Dr. Hunter S....
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Type Tastes Good
Having been involved in the Digital Design and Digital Design Programs at VFS for a number of years now, it’s a source of pride when our design students really “get it”. Check out this impressive...
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Behind The Typeface: Cooper Black
Rumor has it that there will be announcement by GDC of a second screening of Gary Hustwit’s documentary Helvetica in Vancouver on August 7th, but for those who can’t make it you can always watch this...
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Buy Your DVD of Helvetica Now!
You’ve seen the film Helvetica. Now you want to own it for yourself and see all the other stuff said by those designers that didn’t make the cut. Now you can pre-order your own copy of Helvetica on...
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The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Serifs, sans serifs, baselines, kerning, leading, rhythm, contrast, readability, hierarchy. These are all concepts that trained graphic designers who specialize in print are well aware of, but seldom...
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Foodies vs. Fonties
Uh-oh, seems I’m a foodie AND a fontie. The Globe & Mail’s Ivor Tossell says that’s an annoying combo in his recent Globe & Mail rant For The Love of Typography. And yes Ivor, it’s true, Comic...
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Anybody else sick of all this Trajan?
This blog has sure gone stale, hasn’t it? I wonder if we have any readers left? We sort of suck, you’re right. Anyway, I’m still blogging, which is ironic as I used to be the lame infrequent blogger...
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