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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
fontli — the Instagram for type lovers
If you have an iPhone you probably use and love Instagram. But if you also love type and typography, you need to check out fontli. It provides basically the same functionality as Instagram and is supposed to be used the same way—just that it only focuses on type and typography
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fontli — the Instagram for type lovers
First there was Fontographer, then FontLab Studio, and now we have GlyphsHow to make your own icon webfont
In this article, I’m going to examine the science behind making successful UI icons before teaching you how to make your own embeddable icon font . From designing the individual icons to converting them for @font-face embedding, and even licensing them for distribution, we shall be using only free software and online services.
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How to make your own icon webfont
Using webfonts to insert characters or symbols in a website—Or why is Opera screwing up my font stacks?Tricycle Calligraphy
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
In this series of videos for theBostonGlobe.com
Though awareness of webfonts is finally mainstream, their use — especially among larger magazines and newspapers — is still at a slow trickle. I think we’ll see the spigot opening much wider in the first few weeks of 2012, as quality options increase and media brands finish redesigns that have been in the works over the last year. One major institution leading digital newspapers into the webfont future is The Boston Globe , with their September launch of BostonGlobe.com
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