Take the autumn chill off. Read what's hot in typography. -- TypeTalk: You ask, we answer!
-- Helvetica: Old and Neue
-- Favorite Typefaces of 2007
-- Tick tock goes the typographic clock... -- Gourmet Typography Training
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TypeTalk: You ask, we answer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. What is the proper way to insert an
ellipsis in print and in email? Check
it out...Q. What is a titling font? Check it out... Q. When typesetting a negative figure, such as negative 6%, is it better to use an en dash or the dash on my keyboard? Check it out... Q. Is there an easy way to get to all of the typographic features in a font, especially OpenType fonts, which can have so many characters? Check it out...
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Helvetica: Old and Neue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The history of Helvetica includes a number of
twists and turns. There are, in fact, two
versions of Helvetica. The first one is the
original design, which was created by Max
Miedinger and released by Linotype in 1957.
And secondly, in 1983, D. Stempel AG,
Linotype's daughter company, released the
Neue Helvetica® design, which was a
re-working of the 1957 original. In addition, Linotype released the Neue Helvetica Pro design in 2004, which is an OpenType version with expanded foreign language support. Read on...
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Favorite Typefaces of 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Typographica's fourth annual review showcases
the best in new typeface design. Twenty-five
of the world's brightest graphic and type
designers selected their favorite font
releases of the year. Contributors include
David Berlow, Ellen Lupton, and Erik
Spiekermann, among others. Details...
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Tick tock goes the typographic clock... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Analogy is the name of a typographic clock
which fuses
the immediacy of digital with the
visual-spatial quality of analogue into a
hybrid format. It presents an everyday object
with a fresh twist. Check
it out...
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Gourmet Typography Training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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