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Children’s books have nestled in my heart for years, as I fondly remember certain titles or times spent perusing book fairs full of dust and memories. These days I have the perfect excuse to finally start a collection: an eighteen-month-old... View this Entry
By bryony on Nov.05.2008 Link Comments [19]
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Typographic Nostalgia: Bell Centennial
Typography

In 1982 the Center for Design and Typography at The Cooper Union (which I believe was the precursor to the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography that was established in 1985) published its first Type & Technology Monograph... View this Entry
By Armin on Sep.24.2008 Link Comments [8]
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Type Quiz, Hot Shot
Typography

I posted this on Quipsologies last night, but I thought it warranted opening it up to the knowledgeable crowd here on Speak Up and see how all of you fare. Empire magazine has put up a rather difficult quiz that... View this Entry
By Armin on Aug.13.2008 Link Comments [22]
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Agenda: Offer a Membership to Zapf Dingbats?
Typography

A rare, one-sentence "look at this" link on Speak Up: College Humor Original Videos presents a great short on typography, with special appearances by Futura, Courier, Times New Roman, Comic Sans and, the typeface in question, Zapf Dingbats. Hilarious. Thanks... View this Entry
By Armin on Jul.22.2008 Link Comments [15]
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Highlights from TypeCon 2008
Typography

This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending TypeCon in Buffalo. While the festivities, lectures and workshops had been going strong since last Monday, I only made it to two full days of lectures. As usual, TypeCon presents a... View this Entry
By Armin on Jul.22.2008 Link Comments [10]
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Comic Sans: One Good Application
Typography

Hatred for Comic Sans has come to be a design cliché, everyone hates it, even if they are not sure what makes it such an infuriating typeface. While its design is less eminent than that of, say Gotham or Bembo... View this Entry
By Armin on Jul.10.2008 Link Comments [37]
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The New(er) Typography: Counterless, Bold and mostly Geometric
Typography

During 2007 the feed subscriptions in my trusty RSS reader grew from a modest dozen to six or seven dozen, allowing me to keep tabs on an increasingly addictive number of blogs throughout the world: Design You Trust™ in Russia,... View this Entry
By Armin on Nov.28.2007 Link Comments [71]
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Dr. Copperplate and Mr. Gothic
Typography

Over the years I have learned to master a few typefaces, knowing at what size, with which letterspacing and with how much leading they will look its best. Some are inherently easy to use: Gotham looks great in uppercase, generously... View this Entry
By Armin on Sep.04.2007 Link Comments [37]
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My TypoWeek
Typography

The last week of January was unusually typographically themed for me. Various and somewhat disparate events, situations and miscellaneous moments made me very aware of typography. At the end of the week I just knew I had to write about... View this Entry
By Armin on Feb.06.2007 Link Comments [25]
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The Quick Brown Wirefox Jumps over the Lazy Grid
Typography

During a typical weekend mix of productive procrastination and procrastination save the qualifier, I indulged in my regular sources of visual satisfaction. I’m sure you know it. It’s the indulgent eye candy fix that satiates what desires arise during a... View this Entry
By Randy J. Hunt on Sep.07.2006 Link Comments [9]
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OLDER ENTRIES
Designers: New York Commuters Need You!
By Armin on Dec.21.2005 Link Comments [11]
Typowhimsy
By Jason A. Tselentis on Jul.31.2005 Link Comments [13]
The Mother of all Typographic Movies
By Armin on Jul.22.2005 Link Comments [4]
Bridging the Gap Between Hip Hop, Sports and Youth Culture
By Armin on Apr.09.2005 Link Comments [20]
Subtítulos en Acción
(SUBTITLES IN ACTION)
By Armin on Feb.28.2005 Link Comments [24]
News in Type
By Kevin on Feb.09.2005 Link Comments [17]
Deconstructive Typography Captches up
By Armin on Jan.26.2005 Link Comments [51]
Mis-casting
By Jason A. Tselentis on Dec.11.2004 Link Comments [28]
Type Casting
By marian bantjes on Aug.18.2004 Link Comments [49]
Saab or Dodgeball?
By David Weinberger on Jul.28.2004 Link Comments [124]
Leapfrogging the Classics
By Armin on Jun.02.2004 Link Comments [43]
Typetiquette
By KM on Apr.29.2004 Link Comments [29]
Goudy Text States Its Case
By Jason A. Tselentis on Apr.01.2004 Link Comments [8]
Good Typography
By Armin on Mar.18.2004 Link Comments [66]
My Name is Font. Ultra Pixel Font.
By Armin on Feb.12.2004 Link Comments [60]
Handbill Typography
By Kiran Max Weber on Dec.17.2003 Link Comments [52]
Does Mrs. Eaves Need a Rest?
By Armin on Dec.15.2003 Link Comments [43]
Speak Up: Typographic Quiz
By Tan on Aug.27.2003 Link Comments [46]
Do people get typefaces?
By David Weinberger on Aug.19.2003 Link Comments [71]
TypeCon Reviewed
By Armin on Jul.21.2003 Link Comments [38]
And in this corner...weighing in at a medium bold...
By darrel on Jul.21.2003 Link Comments [5]
Name that Typeface
By Armin on Jun.04.2003 Link Comments [41]
Open Source Type
By darrel on Apr.18.2003 Link Comments [7]
TypeCon2003 Revs Up
By Armin on Mar.27.2003 Link Comments [5]
Clean Underware
By Armin on Mar.21.2003 Link Comments [8]
New Emigre Typeface
By Armin on Feb.20.2003 Link Comments [9]
Fonts Anon~: Catering to the True Amateur
By Armin on Jan.15.2003 Link Comments [1]
For the Font Addicts
By long-gone author on Nov.06.2002 Link Comments [0]
Big Screen Type
By Armin on Oct.15.2002 Link Comments [17]
Just Say No... to Comic Sans?
By joy olivia on Oct.01.2002 Link Comments [8]
Martha Knows Type
By Armin on Sep.26.2002 Link Comments [21]
Sign up for Typeface Tag
By Armin on Sep.23.2002 Link Comments [3]
Typeface Classification
By long-gone author on Sep.23.2002 Link Comments [0]
Independent Font Directory
By long-gone author on Sep.20.2002 Link Comments [0]
Public Lettering Anyone?
By long-gone author on Sep.19.2002 Link Comments [2]
Typophile: The Smaller Picture
By long-gone author on Sep.13.2002 Link Comments [8]
Basking in the Red Sun
By long-gone author on Sep.12.2002 Link Comments [1]
Typographica
By Armin on Sep.06.2002 Link Comments [0]
A True Story
By Armin on Sep.06.2002 Link Comments [3]

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