Category: News

Mota Italic’s Rob Keller just informed me of the launch of a small new web project called Type in Berlin. The site states that, “Berlin is the current type capital of the world with more type designers and foundries than anywhere else. There is always something type-related going on or some new local announcement.” Keep…

I’m almost afraid to admit it. Several months ago, I ordered a copy of the UK first edition of Simon Garfield’s Just My Type. I read it rather quickly, and even enjoyed some of it, although the amount of factual errors and oversights in the text was completely maddening. Paul Shaw has written up a…

I love Chris Herron Design’s recent rebranding of Hell. You know, Hell-as-in-the-oppposite-of-Heaven. Without getting all nit-picky, I need to point out that Mr. Herron seems to have one or two of the facts on his research timeline wrong. As is surely no surprise to most TypeOff.-readers, Hell went through a rebranding in 1990, as the…

The film Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century is coming to Berlin. Making Faces is a fascinating design documentary by Richard Kegler that captures the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist and type designer Jim Rimmer (1931–2010). It focuses on one man’s dedication to his craft and relays the…

I’ve been trying to pick up my blogging tempo over the past few weeks. In addition to new stuff here on TypeOff., I been writing posts elsewhere, too. You can check out my Interview with Doug Wilson from Typo Berlin as well as a bit about a 1961 BBC radio broadcast on Eric Gill; these…

When I was in second grade, I wanted to become a Bishop. True story!

“Linotype: The Film” Interview Excerpts from Linotype: The Film on Vimeo. Dough Wilson, director of the upcoming Linotype: The Film, has just launched a Kickstarter project to help him and his team get over the top. If all goes well, the film should premiere in 2012. I kicked in $50 because Dough is pretty awesome,…

It is of great pleasure to me that when I look back at my own career to-date, I was present at the creation of some things that are pretty hot. Like the Typejockeys, for example. Michael Hochleitner is an old student colleague of mine; we were both part of the MATD class of 2008 at…

While I’ll be writing more about this year’s TYPO-Berlin 2011 conference—both on this blog and elsewhere—I think that I can sum up my feelings about the event in very few words. In almost a decade of professional experience, I’ve never been to a design gathering that inspired me more. While the theme this year’s TYPO-Berlin…

Prof. Ralf de Jong just informed me about an exciting lecture on Wednesday, February 2nd, in Essen (Germany). Prof. Dr. Stephan Füssel will speak about the life and work of Giambattista Bodoni, in particular the Manuale Tipografico. Füssel is responsible for the recent republication of Bodoni’s Manuale Tipografico at Taschen, Manual of Typography. I will…

I’ve already run across news of some awesomeness headed for Berlin this week, but here is a detailed (German-language) run-down, from the folks over at Slanted: Vom 04.01.2011 bis 22.01.2011 (08:00-20:00h) findet im Foyer Bo.01 der Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin eine Ausstellung zum Thema «Buchgestaltung in St. Gallen« statt. Das Fachgebiet Visuelle Kommunikation lädt zur Ausstellung…

The Verlag Hermann Schmidt in Mainz has just published the first softcover version of Hans Peter Willberg and Friedrich Forssman’s Lesetypografie. This is the fifth edition; the initial edition was published in 1997. The book is in German only, but it is one of two standard typographic reference works that many graphic design students in…

In the past week, I have had two very strange dreams. Here are their summaries: In the first dream, I was in a job interview. I don’t know who the company was; I dreamt up everything about it. The city, the building, the company … even the interviewer were all composites. They were not based…

Pictures of a upcoming ITC typeface named Carter Sans are making the rounds on the Internet, due to a beautiful new post on the Pentagram website. Printed pieces for an ADC gala in New York were set in the typeface, and Pentagram writes about the project: Carter Sans was donated by Monotype and gala ticket…