typefaces
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An Intricate Typeface Made Out Of History’s Greatest Inventions
When she was a design student, Khyati Trehan embarked on an ambitious project to highlight history’s 26 most influential inventors with a unique alphabet. Remarkably, each letter of the special typeface is drawn with a world-changing invention while also name-checking the inventor. The letter “E,” for instance, is represented by the phonograph invented by Edison.
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The U.S. Government Would Save $US400 Million If It Just Switched Typefaces
Of the many schemes to make the government more efficient, this is probably the only one that involves typography. A middle schooler in Pittsburgh has calculated that by simply switching the typeface used in government documents from Times New Roman to Garamond, it would save taxpayers $US400 million in ink.
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Why I Hate Helvetica
Armin Vit is the founder of Under Consideration, a design-based media group that runs a series of blogs and publishes books on the subject. Unhappy with the new Helvetica-happy logo for the University of Arts, London, Vit took to the pages of his blog, Brand New, to explain his disdain for the typeface.
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Azuro, The First Typeface That’s Perfect For Reading On Screens
So says FontShop AG, which has published the four-weight font family after months of intensive testing on all operating systems – even iOS – which is apparently a first for a typeface.