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Shock, surprise, awe…just some of the emotions I’ve experienced since starting I Love Typography. I never imagined that there would be such a positive response to a blog about typography — proof that typography is not dead.
Thousands of visitor from all around the globe, numerous comments and several hundred emails expressing thanks, or requesting further information […]

Typography Terms
One of the reasons for starting I Love Typography was that I felt there just wasn’t enough being said about the topic. Secondly, and more significantly, I always found it difficult to quickly locate typographic resources. The long-term aim of this blog is to be such a resource, a one-stop-shop for everything about typography, […]

font identifier
Ever seen a typeface (font) you like but couldn’t identify it? I once knew an Art Director who seemed to be able to identify just about any typeface I showed him. However, in recent years, even he responds with, I don’t have a clue.
So where to turn? Well, rather than publishing my Art Director friend’s email […]

Ever see an example of Type You Like? A street sign, a strap-line on a billboard poster, the type on a book cover, or even the font on your toothpaste….Well, I’m a little obsessive in my photographing type, but I’d like to share that obsession; what’s more, I’d like you to get involved.
Every week (or month, […]

The Smashing magazine blog is one of my favourites. The articles are almost always good; sometimes, they are outstanding. 80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design most definitely falls into the latter category.
Let’s take a look at over 80 gorgeous typefaces for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web-developers all over the world.
The post — besides the examples […]

The 155th ddd Gallery exhibition adds representative works by Helmut Schmid to the original exhibition, presenting a more comprehensive picture of his design. The exhibition entitled helmut schmid: design is attitude, will run from August 23 to September 26, 2007.
Schmid, now based in Osaka, Japan, studied under Emil Ruder in Basel in the 1960s, […]

Helmut Schmid – born 1942 in Austria as a German citizen. Studies in Switzerland at the Basel School of Design under Emil Ruder, Kurt Hauert and Robert Buchler.
Works in West Berlin and Stockholm (covers for Grafisk Revy). After Montreal (Ernst Roch Design) and Vancouver he works in Osaka for NIA (for Taiho Pharmaceutical and Sanyo). 1973–76 […]