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Entries Tagged as 'Typography'

I Font You To Font Me

July 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Culture, Design, Lit, Typography

NZBC linked to a recent Slate piece in which a gaggle of writers discuss their favorite fonts to work in. I’m a heavy Times user myself, mainly because it’s the only font that doesn’t distract me while I’m working in it — to me it just looks plain and neutral without being hard to read. […]

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Happy Fontiversary Helvetica, All About Arial, and Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface

May 13th, 2007 · Comments Off on Happy Fontiversary Helvetica, All About Arial, and Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface · Culture, Design, Film, Internet, News, Software, Tech, Typography, Video

Via an email from my friend Jorjet, I see that Helvetica is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Helvetica comes from Switzerland, which is fitting considering its essentially neutral personality. We should all be so functional and wildly popular as Helvetica at our half-century mark. Of course, Helvetica has its detractors as well: “When people […]

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