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  • 02 Dec

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    Hans Reichel Passes

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    Hans Reichel was a type designer, inventor, musician, instrument builder, and more. He passed away unexpectedly in late November.

    FontFont News: Hans Reichel 1949–2011.

  • 04 Aug

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    FontShop Education

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    FontShop recently launched a new Education page on their already very abundant, resource heavy website. From my perspective, the folks at FontShop kindly made it an approachable landing place for nearly anybody – nondesigners, new designers, students, and experienced professionals alike.

    Also thankfully, FontShop is not trying to hide the clear fact that this is part of business with financial needs to meet. While there is lots of free stuff, there is no altruism here. However, the devotion acts like this inspire is worth quite a bit.

    Be sure check out the current main feature of the Education page, “Meet Your Type”, a downloadable (and print-on-demandable) PDF field guide to type, humorously written in the language of an understanding-sex-and-relationships publication. I imagine the humor is strongest for those familiar with typography lingo, but it makes it less formidable a topic no matter the audience I’m sure.

    Check it out.

    http://www.fontshop.com/education/

    (I’m writing and sending this from my phone so the only images I have are screenshots. Check out the FontShop site for everything in its full glory.)

  • 21 Aug

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    The Semicolonial State of San Serriffe

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    Came across this comical April Fools joke recently on Strange Maps. Any typography enthusiasts will enjoy this, so feel free to pass it on again. More information can be found at Strange Maps, but the short story is the map was first published on April 1, 1977 in a Guardian supplement that explored the 10th anniversary San Serriffe’s independence from Britain.

    The hoax turned out to be quite extensive. In fact, it was elaborate enough to have been ‘revisited’ by the Guardian again in 1978, 1980,  and 1999. It has been developed even further by individuals who developed spin-offs like games, clubs, additional April Fools jokes, and even a series of books. Read more about the hoax at the Museum of Hoaxes.