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Shameless

Neil Summerour’s latest release sat in a ‘drawer’ for two years gathering dust. Fortunately for us, he discovered it, dusted it off, and released it as a scratchy, dynamic, and elegant script font. Shameless is available in two flavors, Standard & Deluxe, with the latter comprising more characters. Shameless is published by the Positype type […]

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FF Ernestine

FF Ernestine is Nina Stössinger’s debut release. Wide & open letterforms sporting slab serifs, & a generous x-height ensuring its legibility even at the very smallest sizes. Topped with stylistic & contextual alternates, arrows, & two sizes of smallcaps — this is quite the recipe for a charming, robust, & versatile text face. Available in […]

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Codex

Codex now shipping Some photos of Codex magazine. More news coming soon! Buy yours here.

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Type Directors Club Annual Competition

Calls for Entries New York – Diego Vainesman, President of the Type Directors Club, has announced that the fifty-seventh annual Type Directors Club competition, TDC57; the fourteenth annual TDC Typeface Design Competition, TDC2 2011, and TDC Intro 011, dedicated to movie title design, Calls for Entries, will not be mailed this year. Entry forms and […]

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Helvetica vs. Arial app

Harder than it sounds Surprisingly fun for such a simple app. Free from the app store. Before playing, you might want to read ILT’s Arial vs. Helvetica.

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Jean-Luc (Godard)

C’est gratuit! Today is Jean-Luc Godard’s birthday. To Celebrate, Atelier Carvalho Bernau Design has just released JeanLuc, a typeface inspired by the titles for films like “Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle.” (1967). The JeanLuc typeface is free, so download it now. Téléchargez et profitez-en!

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Capucine

New Fonts The delightful new Capucine by Alice Savoie. Available through Process Type Foundry. Related: ILT’s interview with Alice. Two minutes with Alice Savoie.

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Reverting to Type

Letterpress in London Reverting to Type from Lima Charlie on Vimeo. Curated by Graham Bignell & Richard Ardagh, Reverting to Type will showcase the work of twenty contemporary letterpress practitioners from around the world. 10th–24th Dec 2010 and 4th–22nd Jan 2011 Standpoint Gallery, London. For more information see New North Press.

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Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop

Creative Review TV

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HTML5 Books?

20 things I Learned Is the future of e-books in the browser? This work for Google by Fi is pretty impressive.

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