Category Archives: Typography

The Helvetica killer

Written by admin. Posted on July 6, 2010. Filed under Design, Helvetica, Interviews, News, Opinion, Typography. No comments.
Bruno Maag is so enraged by Helvetica that he has designed a typeface aimed specifically at wiping it off the face of the planet. He explains his hatred in the latest of SEA’s Naturalis booklets and also in a recently uploaded interview with Creative Review.

Helvetify

Written by admin. Posted on June 10, 2010. Filed under Software, Typography. Tagged . No comments.
Interesting little extension for Apple’s Safari 5; Helvetify, from Johan Brook, basically sets the web page’s font to, yes, Helvetica (Neue to be exact.)

Sketchetica

Written by admin. Posted on March 11, 2010. Filed under Swiss, Typography. Tagged , . No comments.
Sketchetica is a hand-drawn font in four styles: light, regular, bold and black. It is recommended for use as display typeface and is available to buy from MyFonts.

Helvetica and the New York City Subway System

Written by admin. Posted on January 27, 2010. Filed under Books, Design, Research, Swiss, Typography. 1 Comment.
There is a common belief, reinforced by Gary Hustwit’s documentary film Helvetica, that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system. But it is not true—or rather, it is only somewhat true. Helvetica is the official typeface of the MTA today, but it was not the typeface specified by Unimark International [...]

History of the Poster reprint by Phaidon

Written by admin. Posted on December 10, 2009. Filed under Books, Design, Grid Design, Müller-Brockmann, Swiss, Typography. Tagged . No comments.
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Phaidon Store is now selling a reprint of a classic and hard-to-find book originally published in 1971. History of the Poster/Geschichte des Plakates/Histoire de l’affiche was conceived, written and designed by Swiss master Josef Müller-Brockmann – one of the 20th century’s greatest graphic designers. It offers a seminal study of the genealogy of the modern [...]

Display Graphic Design Collection v1.0

Written by admin. Posted on December 8, 2009. Filed under Books, Design, Education, Typography. No comments.
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Display is a curated collection of important graphic design books, periodicals, ephemera & more. Browse the collection, purchase an important book or read a noteworthy feature article.

Josef Müller-Brockmann Shop Launched

Written by admin. Posted on November 30, 2009. Filed under Books, Film, Grid Design, Software, Stationery, Swiss, Typography. Tagged . No comments.
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I have just launched the Josef Müller-Brockmann shop where you can buy all things related to ‘Müller-Brockmann’, ‘Swiss Graphic Design’ and ‘Grid Systems’ in one convenient place.

Font Shop adds exciting new foundry

Written by admin. Posted on November 23, 2009. Filed under Typography. Tagged . No comments.
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The yellow-tinted, (design) world famous Font Shop recently announced two new specimens to its team of font foundries. One of the new fonts that caught my eye, NeubauLaden, hails from Berlin, built from a grid of strict geometry and cold modernism. According to Font Shop, Austrian born, Berlin based designer Stefan Gandl formed Neubau in [...]