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Aviano offers variations on the theme of Copperplate Gothic
You will see the eye-catching Copperplate Gothic fonts in use everywhere – they are a particularly popular choice when it comes to setting poster texts. However, on the whole, they all look very much alike. It is for this reason [...]
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Tagged Aviano, Copperplate Gothic, Hyperfamilies
All digitalised typeface characters in the world
in 2 hours and 31 minutes: the Unicode film
Professor Johannes Bergerhausen has not only written a book on all digital typefaces used around the world that has won seven awards but, with all true typography fans in mind, he has also created a film version. Go to vimeo.com [...]
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Tagged Unicode
Linotype: The Film – now available on DVD and Blu-ray
Director Doug Wilson travelled the world for two years collecting material on the Linotype typesetting machine. The result is a 76-minute documentary on a device that Thomas Edison called “The Eighth Wonder of the World” and which revolutionised both the [...]
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Tagged Linotype: The Film
Tip for typography fans:
Berlin’s ‘Buchstabenmuseum’
Located on the first floor of the Carée shopping mall on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz is the unique ‘Buchstabenmuseum’ – Berlin’s Museum of Letters. It houses a constantly growing collection of letters and characters in various sizes and materials from a whole [...]
moreA whole new approach to displays: media art in the new terminal of Vienna International Airport
„ZeitRaum“ (‘TimeSpace’) is the name of the art installation designed by Ars Electronica Futurelab for Vienna Airport’s new terminal. It generates real-time interpretations of incoming and outgoing flights. Its massive display screens frame the airport’s security checkpoints. When a passenger [...]
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Tagged FUTURA, Media Art, Soho Gothic
Typecasting carries on in Darmstadt
The last months have been very critical of the continued existence of the type casting department in the Darmstadt Museum “Haus der Industriekultur.” The owner of the production and distribution company “Schriftenservice Stempel” has dissolved the company end of 2011. [...]
moreThe designer Victor García on the definition of the typographic category of pictograms and symbols
In Autumn Number 45 of TYPO Magazine in a very interesting and amusing article, the Argentinean designer Victor García seeks a suitable definition for type families composed of pictograms, symbols and other elements beyond language representation. In his article currently [...]
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Tagged pictograms, symbols, Victor Garcia
More Linotype Machines on display
In Darmstadt, about 30 minutes south of Frankfurt, close to the main train station you can find the „Haus für Industriekultur e.V.“ They have 13 restored Linotype machines all in full operation on display. You can get a demonstration and they [...]
moreAll that I can see…
is Typography? On the top of Taipei. I am standing on the observatory of Taipei 101, the no. 2 in the ranking of highest buildings in the world. All I can focus on in this particular moment, 450 m over [...]
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