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Von Menschen, die sich besonders liebevoll um Schriften kümmern

Schriftzeichen: Für manche bilden sie bloß Wörter, die man lesend verstehen kann. Für andere sind sie Objekte der Begierde, exotische Wesen, die es zu untersuchen und zu sammeln gilt, oder auch essenzieller Bestandteil einer schöner designten Welt. Und vor allem auch: ein Gegenstand professioneller Hingabe.

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von Christian Wöllecke

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Insurance: Such a Great Feeling – Rebranding the Nürnberger Insurance company

No one wants to think about insurance until something bad happens. Notions of risk adapt to demographic, technological and societal change, and insurers have to communicate with a diverse range of customers who want peace of mind, not disaster scenarios. Martin et Karczinski and the venerable Nürnberger Versicherung shared a few ideas on how it can be done.

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by Ian Warner

TYPO Labs 2018

Beyond Width and Weight – Variable Fonts Tidbits from TYPO Labs

No big surprises with the main topic of this year’s TYPO Labs. Just like last year, a large chunk of the talks and workshops was dedicated to variable fonts. It’s been roughly one and a half years since the announcement of the new font format in September 2016 and things are steadily progressing. If you want to find out how far we can go with Variable Fonts today, read this most up to date summary.

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by Tilmann Hielscher

TYPO Labs 2018

Tools and shapes of shared authorship

What routines do designers need to establish to implement Variable Fonts? And how could a new model of shared authorship support creativity and knowledge exchange? Verena Gerlach, Malou Verlomme and Fred Smeijers joined forces on a panel at TYPO Labs, hosted by Gerry Leonidas. The four discussed the current state of the industry, new tools, and working methods, collectively expressing their longing for the “good old” manual processes in a fully digitized world.

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by Matthias Kliefoth

TYPO Labs 2018

Tools for Fonts: A Roundup

Glyphs, RoboFont and Fontlab annually take center stage at TYPO Labs, but there’s more to see in terms of tools than just the font editors. New or improved, finished or in progress, command line or polished interface: here’s the cast of tools at Labs, in order of appearance.

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by Tilmann Hielscher

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Mondaine Helvetica – eine Hommage an Typographie

Seit über 60 Jahren hat Mondaine eine einfache Idee: Form und Funktion in perfekter Harmonie. Das Schweizer Uhrenunternehmen fokussiert auf die wesentlichen Dinge und vereint eigenständiges und zeitloses Schweizer Design mit Innovation, hohem handwerklichem Können, Funktionalität und Langzeitnutzen. Mit der neuen Helvetica-Kollektion »Homage« to type letters huldigt Mondaine den Schweizer Schriftsatz mit formvollendeten Details.

TYPO Labs 2018

AR/VR Tidbits from TYPO Labs 2018

While at last year’s TYPO Labs Variable Fonts were introduced as the great innovation, this year another big topic was treated in several talks. The Augmented and Virtual Reality environment is becoming more notable for many programmers and designers requiring special attention when it comes to text and type.

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by Jan Vincent Dufke

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