Ludwig Übele Anzeigebild Blogroll

Fragenziehen #1: Interview mit Ludwig Übele

Teil 1 meiner Interviewreihe „Fragenziehen“, mit dem Schriftgestalter Ludwig Übele. Bei der TYPO 2017 hielt er einen Vortrag über den bekannten Typedesigner Georg Salden.

Das Spiel geht einfach: Ludwig zieht einen Begriff, legt ihn neben die Karte „Schrift“ und antwortet, was ihm dazu einfällt. Assoziativ und schnell.

von Lukas Horn

© Sebastian Weiß / Monotype

David Jonathan Ross: The ups and downs of vertical typography

Local liquor stores can be the start of great things. For David Jonathan Ross they were the start of an in-depth exploration into the realm of vertical letterforms. His analysis of shop signage in the urban landscape, as well as the technical and aesthetic challenges when vertically drawing letters and setting type resulted in the typeface “Bungee”.

Two of four Typejockeys: Michael Hochleitner and Anna Fahrmaier © Sebastian Weiß (Monotype)

Typejockeys: Seriously Special Friends

You can tell right away: the Typejockeys are serious and special. They boast the combined type design skills of an alumni of each of the two type design MA courses in Europe and they are not only business partners and colleagues but friends who have known each other f-o-r-e-v-e-r.