October 2011
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245am asked: For the life of me, I can't figure out how you manage to reblog yourself, I can't seem to figure out how to do it... But I'm glad that you are! :)
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Leturfræði
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I have noticed that many of the humans who use this word have black plastic glasses on their faces.
These humans are all very careful. They do not only care about what words mean, but also how the letters in them look.
Letur-fræði means means “typography”, but many of the people who speak Icelandic do not say “leturfræði”. They think it is more töff to say...
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photographie-magnifique asked: Hey, a fairly awesome blog! Can you make a submit button though because I'd say people (me included) will have awesome stuff to submit :)
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assangistawithacause asked: Hello, the link to the home directory is broken it repeats the whole URL after the slash. And what I wanted to say: Awesome Blog. Wonderful!!
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Today
is the second anniversary of Typographie! Two years, 1697 posts, 7000+ followers, one completely unexpected spotlight. And so, for the next week, I’m going to be digging back through my archives and (re)posting the things I’ve posted that I like best! Enjoy.
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Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill... →
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This article is intended for an audience of contemporary designers and students who are at least one step removed from mid-century British typographic culture; it is a critique of the Gill Sans typeface and the idiosyncrasies of its creation from a contemporary perspective. The central argument is that an earlier typeface by Eric Gill’s mentor, Edward Johnston, is a superior...
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