For years I try to explain to people, what OpenType really means and in which way it differs from TrueType and in which way it doesn’t. And I explain to people that it is safe to use a Windows TrueType font on the Mac in the year 2012 … (See my older article OpenType myths
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Info graphic: Development of the Major Outline Font Formats
Media Artist Nicholas Hanna built a tricycle that can also paint Chinese characters on the ground as it moves. Water Calligraphy has a long history in China, normally characterized by older Chinese men painting characters on the ground of parks with long brushes and water.
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Tricycle Calligraphy
Sorry, removed because of legal complaints. Check out my older articles on way finding instead. I hope I can come back to this topic of the Berlin airport signage in a future article
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The pictograms of the new Berlin airport (update)
Detroit—a city of extremes. A third of the city lies derelict, and many buildings have been or are about to be torn down
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Hooptie Script—Two Typefaces inspired by the Motor City
In my talk together with Nadine Roßa at the ATypI conference 2011 in Reykjavík I explained why Germany and Austria need a capital Eszett character today. For those who couldn’t be there, I made a screencast of my talk, which can be seen and commented here. Keep in mind, that this talk was made for
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Capital Sharp S explained to Typographers (screencast)
At the University of Applied Sciences Berlin an empirical study was conducted by Sven Neumann to test the legibility of nine typefaces, including my own Wayfinding Sans typeface. The use of type in this study was based on the recommendations of the German legibility norm DIN 1450.
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Empirical study about the legibility of typefaces used on signs in public space
I always disliked the fact, that information design was understood and treated as a tiny part of graphic design. So I was happy to hear, that there is now a MSc course specifically for traffic & transport information design. I fact, I was so happy that I had to join the team of expert lecturers
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New MSc course Traffic & Transport Information Design
Using webfonts to insert characters or symbols in a website—Or why is Opera screwing up my font stacks?
In this series of videos for the
Traditional hand-lettering by Dan Madsen.