Helvetica Wall Hanging →

Check out this Helvetica wall hanging from babygeared.

Helvetica, The Movie →

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. The film was shot in high-definition on location in the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France and Belgium. It is currently in post-production and is slated to begin screening at film festivals worldwide starting in early 2007.

Monotype Acquires Linotype GmbH →

Monotype said it has bought Linotype, part of German firm Heidelberg. So, now Monotype owns Helvetica and won’t need to clone it. Oh wait, they already did that.

The Thermochromic Egg →

The UK’s Lion Quality is to start producing eggs with temperature-sensitive thermochromic print to let you know when it’s cooked soft, medium or hard-boiled.

Beck Rocks His ASCII Black Tambourine →

Beck’s Black Tambourine video is made of ASCII text.

Collecting Typography →

Typography is No. 1 in Country Home’s Top 10 Collectibles for 2006.

The Child →

The Child by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet for the french dj Alex Gopher.

Georgia Revival? →

“Quirky serifs aside, Georgia fonts win on Web”

Adrian Frutiger: The Man of Black & White →

German translator Christine Kopp writes and directs Adrian Frutiger, The Man of Black and White: a documentary about the type designer Adrian Frutiger.

Kathryn Cho’s Typecast →

From Kathryn Cho comes Typecast: A Documentary on Swiss Design. Can’t wait to see it! Link from Design Observer

De Morgen Redesigns, from Tabloid to Berliner →

Belgian’s broadsheet De Morgen—won Europe’s best designed newspaper in 2004—gets a redesign to a larger format with full color and new typography. The new typefaces are Gotham for section headers and the flag, Capitolium for headlines and body text, and ITC Conduit for summary decks, photo credits, graphics, etc. Link: News Designer

Call for Entries: Iranian Proverbs →

5th Color organizes Iranian Sayings, The Third Iranian Typography Exhibition 2006. It will be held at the Tehran Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran on June 8–21, 2006. Call for entries link

RIP Richard Eckersley →

“Good design is the process of solving the problem posed by the manuscript.”—Richard Eckersley Richard Eckersley, an award-winning graphic designer who introduced unconventional typography to staid-looking university-press books, died on Sunday at his home in Lincoln, Neb. He was 65. — New York Times

Monotype Clones Frutiger For Microsoft →

Microsoft will be using a font named Segoe UI, for their new Vista operating system. Agfa Monotype created Segoe UI for Microsoft. Agfa Monotype claims to have designed it, but it’s actually a copy with minor modifications of Linotype’s Frutiger Next font. In January 2004 Microsoft applied to register multiple designs of the font with the […]

Serif vs. Sans Serif →

Serifs or no serifs? What’s your vote? Sans serif type is superior for legibility and should be used whenever possible before using serif type. Visually, serif type is more appealing than sans serif type. Affording more opportunities, it should be used in place of sans serif type whenever possible. Both serif and sans serif type can […]

Ligatures →

A ligature is a character consisting of one or more connecting letters. As in the graphic above, sauerstoffflaschen—the German word for oxygen tank—is the only word to contain the “fffl” ligature. It also contains the decorative “st” ligature. Below are examples of standard and decorative ligatures. Letter pairs with their associated ligatures in Adobe Caslon […]

Use of the ampersand & and →

When is it appropriate to use an ampersand “&” instead of the word “and”?

Type Radio →

From Underware comes Type Radio. Type Radio has MP3 radio streams and Podcast downloads on topics of typography and design from Matthew Carter et al.(Link courtesy of Laurie Forehand)

The Double-Space Debate →

So, what’s your opinion? A, B, or C? [A]   Two spaces after a period is the proper way to set type. [B]   With the white space above the point, one space after a period is all that’s needed. [C]   The physical space after a period should be thinner to compensate for the optical whiteness […]

Daily Type →

Very nice. So, how long can they keep it up?“Daily Type is a creative project run by four russian type designers.Day by day, they create original typefaces and post their results along with routine.”“Idea by Yury Ostromentsky & Dasha Yarzhambek”

One Plus Beirut by Stephen Banham →

At 1+1=3, Stephen Banham creates a photo album of his trip to Typo.Graphic.Beirut 2005.

Typophile Beta →

The new Typophile website contains a “typowiki”. The Typophile Wiki is a “user-created encyclopedia of all things type-related. Users create and edit Wiki entries with the aim of becoming a collaborative, useful and relevant resource.”

Typo.Graphic.Beirut 2005 →

Typo.Graphic.Beirut 2005 is the first of its kind within the Middle East’s graphic design community, and will feature more than 20 speakers contributing to an atmosphere of design thought and practice from regions all over the world.

Read Regular →

Designed to assist dyslexic readers, Read Regular is a typeface designed by Dutch designer Natascha Frensch. Letterforms like b and d are typically drawn as the same character and then just swapped. Read Regular differentiates these forms by making each unique.(Link courtesy of Design Observer)

Save the French Imprimerie Nationale heritage →

Graphê, association pour la promotion de l’art typographique is petitioning to preserve the heritage of the French government printing organization.

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