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- Jan 31, 2020
- 4 min
Swiss Style: The Principles, the Typefaces & the Designers
By: Callie Budrick | January 31, 2020 ___________________________________________________________________ Print has been acquired by an independent group of collaborators—Deb Aldrich, Laura Des Enfants, Jessica Deseo, Andrew Gibbs, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman—and soon enough, we’ll be back in full force with an all-new look, all-new content and a fresh outlook for the future! In the meantime, we’re looking back at some of our favorite pieces. Enjoy. If you’re a designer
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- May 28, 2019
- 9 min
The Univers of Helvetica: A Tale of Two Typefaces
Helvetica is, by all accounts, a typographic celebrity. But how did it get there…and why didn’t Univers get the spotlight instead? Speculative historical thinking, or counterfactual history, whether by historians or novelists, tries to imagine what might have happened if the outcome of a key moment in the past had been different. It has usually been applied to momentous events such as the expulsion of the Moors from Spain, the American Civil War, the two World Wars or the ass
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- Dec 2, 2016
- 1 min
15 of PRINT’s Most Popular Typography Articles of All Time
As we gear up for today’s Typography & Lettering Awards deadline (enter now!), we’re celebrating by pulling together a list of our most popular type and lettering articles from the past year, and all time. Enjoy! Swiss Style: The Principles, the Typefaces & the Designers A Brief History of Typography 1928 – 1980 12 Overlooked & Underappreciated Typefaces The Explosive Hand Lettering Rebellion Vintage Fonts: 35 Adverts From the Past Principles of Areal & Linear Perspective in
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- Jul 24, 2015
- 8 min
Helvetica: The Backlash
Neue Helvetica by Brad Ferguson It’s the typestyle you either love or love to hate. Everyone has an opinion about Helvetica. Not surprising. It’s everywhere, as ubiquitous as gravity. Or to quote Erik Spiekermann, “you have to breathe, so you have to use Helvetica.” People who may not know much about lettering or graphic design—who may not even know the name of any other letter style—know what Helvetica is. What has never failed to amaze me, however, is the depth of feeling t
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- Apr 18, 2014
- 1 min
04/18/2014: Helvetica perfume
Here’s a collection of some creative uses for Helvetica, which include a lager, poster design, and this amusing perfume ad campaign. Helvetica Perfume, cleverly described as the ultimate Modernist perfume, is a product of creative collective Guts & Glory and is available to purchase for $32. Ideal for that special someone who wants to show off their traditionalist typography leanings. Via Creative Bloq. #Helvetica #humor #modernism #typography
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- Apr 17, 2012
- 14 min
"From the Inside, From the Heart": Type Designer Nadine Chahine
By Catherine Dixon Nadine Chahine is an award winning type designer specialized in Arabic fonts. Since 2005 she has worked for Linotype combining design with sales and marketing, though as the company’s Arabic type design programme has gathered momentum, so her role has shifted toward a greater emphasis in font development. Born in Lebanon she came to a career in type design initially via her graphic design degree studies at the American University of Beirut. This early awake
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- Jan 11, 2012
- 3 min
They Might Be Giants + Paul Sahre
With 22 years in the industry, no one has inspired my generation to bridge the gap between design and illustration more than Paul Sahre. His second floor studio above a Dunkin’ Donuts on 6th Avenue (see his brilliant business card in a previous post of mine), has been a safe house for interns, students, old books, foosball, and all his tireless efforts for over 10 years. I’m lucky enough to have worked with Paul, and for those familiar with him, you know that his work is some
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- Sep 8, 2010
- 2 min
A New Design Museum in Barcelona
Disenny Hub, or DHUB, is Spain’s new design museum. Located on Barcelona’s Carrer de Montcada across the street from the Museo Picasso de Barcelona, it attracted 165,000 visitors in 2009, making it the fourth most visited museum in this city of arts and architecture. Like the Picasso Museum, DHUB is housed in a medieval townhouse built around a courtyard in the Catalan Gothic style typical of Barcelona’s old city, Ciutat Vella. Unlike the Picasso Museum, however, there are no
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