typography

One New Typeface Everyday

In typography, visionaries on 3 January 2009 with View Comments

Christopher Papasadero of Fwis fame brings you one new typeface every day for the month of January, 2009. Type.fwis.com is for me to test myself and see if I can design a new typeface every day for 31 days. You will be able to critique me and download an EPS of the file. This will [...]

O’Clock

In typography on 31 December 2008 with View Comments

A beautiful typographic installation by Nadine Grenier, a student at ESAD Strasbourg, displays a quote from Jules Romains, a French poet, every 12 hours. The letters are formed by 500 clocks cleverly arranged and set to form the letters spelling out “le temps passe, et chaque fois qu’il y a du temps passe, il y [...]

Atoms, Typography, and Trigonometry

In science, typography on 2 November 2008 with View Comments

This is one of the many reasons I love typography and typographers. Jonathan Hoefler of Hoefler and Frere-Jones found an article in Science Magazine about a group of researchers who created an “Atomic Pen” that selectively swaps atoms of silicon with tin. Their technique, documented in today’s issue of Science magazine, makes use of an [...]