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Fun with type

I’ve been playing with these very cool typefaces. Some related posts: The Elements of Typographic Style The Campaign for Better Smilies Helvetica, the movie Yet again with the iTunes icons Worst...

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The Campaign for Better Smilies

Smilies used to really irritate me. But I’ve been persuaded. So much online communication now is chit-chat, banter and small talk. And informal conversation is driven as much by tone of voice as by...

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The Elements of Typographic Style

I’ve been reading The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst. When I ordered it, I noticed the mild coincidence that the author has the same name as the chap who translated the poetry of...

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Helvetica, the movie

I went to see Helvetica today. It is, as the name suggests, a documentary about the typeface, which is 50 years old this year. I enjoyed it. My usual feeling with factual-type documentaries like this...

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Typotheque: In the Name Of the Father (or the troubles with L-caron) by Peter Biľak Nice typography essay. (del.icio.us tags: typography ) Some related posts: Tumblr round-up, July 18th The Elements...

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