Looking forward to the release of that documentary …
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Typography in Iceland
Does a large x-height make fonts more legible?
It seems to be common knowledge among graphic designers: When you need a legible font, pick one with a large x-height! Here are Bernhard Modern (left) and Adobe Garamond (right) set at the same cap height: Adobe Garamond is certainly more legible, isn’t it? And this is even more important for signage. So here is
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Does a large x-height make fonts more legible?
What’s new for designers, April 2012
The April edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, blogging platforms, coding resources, productivity and business tools, responsive design resources, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we’ve missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the comments.
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What’s new for designers, April 2012
Jessica Hische: Uniting Nerds through Typography
“Why Type Designers and Web Designers are Incredibly Similar and Should Really Get a Room Already.” (Webstock ’12)
Nadine Roßa about the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)
In this 20-minute talk at Creative Mornings in Berlin Nadine Roßa talks about her favorite letter: the German ß.
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Nadine Roßa about the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)
The Capital Sharp S of the German Government
Next week, it will be exactly four years since the Capital Sharp S was added to the Unicode specification. Within that rather short period of time, it … has been added to over 170 new type families included in the main typefaces of the world’s most used PC operating system Windows and office suite recommended
40 free high resolution leaf textures
Stock leaf textures could be very useful to have on hand if your design is nature-related. Green is perfect for creating calming and relaxing effects, and it can bring a comfortable experience to visitors of your website. Proper use of these high-resolution textures can make your artwork or web design look more natural and realistic.
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40 free high resolution leaf textures
TYPO TALK in Mainz in March
As part of their ON-TYPE exhibition, the Gutenberg-Museum in Mainz will hold a two-day lecture series entitled TYPO TALK on March 21 and 28, 2012. I’ve been invited as one of three speakers to present on the 21st
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TYPO TALK in Mainz in March
First there was Fontographer, then FontLab Studio, and now we have GlyphsSignage of the new Berlin Airport
A while ago I posted a video about the design of the signage system of the new Berlin Airport. I was instantly flooded with emails, stating that the video was filled with wrong claims about who design which part of this complex design system. So I finally took it down at the same day.
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Signage of the new Berlin Airport