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2024-07-05 12:27:10

To the above: Naming it Tiny Grotesque when Tiny Grotesk already exist is an absolute shit move from Optimo. A large and succesfull type foundry steamrolling over a smaller foundry makes it impossible for the latter to sell and market their typeface. I vividly recall the type scene coming together to call out that guy who published Inter a few years back. It is very telling how the rules don’t apply the same to all.

2024-05-12 22:57:37

What is the plural of “ductus”?

2024-05-06 12:54:19

Multi-lingual Coca-Cola logotypes shown by Bech, Heggem & Kverndokken in an appendix to Språk og sjanger, vol 10 (1999).
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2024-04-17 20:10:53

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@npub1mwm…qehc I think you are right.

2024-04-17 19:27:19

Feeling obliged to point out that if you think design history is cool looking objects from the past, this is not really design history.

2024-03-20 01:25:10

Cromwell, J. H. (1957). A system of easy lettering.
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2024-02-06 18:29:40

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@npub1xqv…230r Sure. I would start with Øyvin Rannem’s Bokstavene i historien and Arven etter Aldus. Ole Lund’s PhD from Reading on readability research is brilliant, but not easily available. Torbjørn Eng recently published Da bokstavene ville være kunst. Max R. Kiste’s Håndbok for unge settere is the key trade book for typographers, but was forgotten in the digital shift. Still relevant, though.

2023-12-26 14:10:47

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@npub1urz…39sc Glyph runs?

2023-12-24 10:49:08

The guy we are supposedly celebrating today was a middle-eastern refugee fleeing a genocidal state and later in his life a fierce critic of capitalism and overconsumption.

2023-08-16 16:43:27

Actually quite proud of the type community ditching Twitter/X (almost) in unison. The real conversation is here now.

2023-08-15 11:46:31

New type release: Avgarde https://monokrom.no/fonts/avgarde
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