October 25, 2009
The Week in Type Welcome to a slightly later than usual week in type. Lots happening in the world of web fonts — links to the best content below. There’s also free stuff, so don’t click away.
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Alejandro Paul David Březina Emigre Font Bureau FontShop Helvetica Hoefler & Co. House Industries new fonts Seb Lester Slab Serif Typekit Typotheque video web fonts
September 23, 2009
The Week in Type I’m struggling to keep up with all that’s new in type. Exciting times. Lots of great new releases, and some very novel and creative uses of type and lettering. Let’s jump straight in. I am tempted to try something like this:
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books events free fonts Kris Sowersby new fonts Slab Serif stencil sudtipos video
June 20, 2008
Slab Serif / Egyptian Welcome to the early 1800s and the birth of the Slab Serif, otherwise known as Egyptian, Square Serif, Mechanical or Mécanes. What’s with the name Egyptian? Upon Napoleon’s return from a three-year Egyptian expedition and publication in 1809 of Description de l’Égypt, Egypt was all the rage, and it appears that type founders […]
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classification Slab Serif type history
