Behind the redesign of the New York Times Magazine. Great visual and typographic treatment
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NYT Magazine redesign
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February 28 2010, 11:24am | Comments »
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Gore’s choice
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For his new book, Al Gore wanted some tweaks to the typeface. “You see, Al is really involved with the project and we spend a lot of time working together in the publisher’s office. When he was reviewing the proofs, he had a comment about the typeface. Basically, he wants you to change the numeral one.” As a result, there is an updated version of Brioni now available.
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January 24 2010, 6:15am | Comments »
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First FontFont specimen
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5 Dutch Type Designers was the first FontFont specimen, published in 1990. There’s a PDF of the original Dutch version available for download, as well as some commentary and recollections.
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December 17 2009, 6:12pm | Comments »
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Underground type
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A Typeface for the Underground takes an in-depth look at the history of the Johnston typeface used by Transport for London. You might also be interested in Ken Garland’s book, Mr Beck’s Underground map, detailing the history of a design icon.
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December 17 2009, 7:51am | Comments »
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Playboy type
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Ministry of Type takes a look at the typography and layouts of Playboy, particularly those from the 50s and 60s. The magazine has put about fifty years of archives online, although the interface is a bit kludgey.
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December 1 2009, 10:25am | Comments »
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Typographic purists
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Mistakes in typography grate the purists from the NYT. “I think sometimes that being overly type-sensitive is like an allergy,” said Michael Bierut, a partner in the Pentagram design group in New York. “My font nerdiness makes me have bad reactions to things that spoil otherwise pleasant moments.” I’m not at the anaphylactic stage of typographic allergy yet — more the sniffly, dry and itchy eyes sort of thing.
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November 19 2009, 2:47pm | Comments »
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From the Hellbox
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Letters from the Hellbox is an irregular column from Martin McClellan on typographers.
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November 19 2009, 12:33pm | Comments »
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Typographic titles
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I was watching My Man Godfrey and was struck by the title sequence and its use of typography. Older films generally have the credits first, this one is no different in that respect, but the integration into the film is quite phenomenal — the camera pans across a cityscape, with the cast, crew and title, displayed as blinking signage. The film is now in the public domain, and available for viewing on Google video or download from the Internet Archive. On a somewhat related note, I thought the title sequence for Bored to Death was quite well done. Although, it’s more in the vein of typography as illustration.
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November 19 2009, 10:35am | Comments »
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Comic Serif
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Comic Serif is a companion slab serif to the much maligned Comic Sans. It’s available for free from HVD fonts.
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November 4 2009, 4:24pm | Comments »