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Re: Pixel typefaces
@"Jonathan Fabreguettes" Thanks for reminding me about Zuzana’s bitmap sketches. Here is a closer look, along with marked proofs for the fonts that would later become Lo-Res. When Emigre do…1 -
Re: Pixel typefaces
Around 1998–2003 Matthew Bardram’s Atomic Media was a pretty popular source for pixel fonts, including designs by Susan Kare and Miguel Hernández.1 -
Re: Old Hand-Painted Signs in French
A few collections of French signs: * Jules Vernacular blog by Jack Usine, an oldie but a goodie * Pascal Duez on Flickr * French signs on Fleurs Coiffeur Liquour. Some of my favorites collected from …5 -
Re: Photo Typeface?
In our research for Fonts In Use, we’re learning that “photostat typography” was more common than I realized. By the 1960s, many designers used stat cameras to shoot specimens or alphabets, using the…2 -
Re: Some interesting magazine typography from 1988 .
I’ve been gathering some of the better uses of ITC Avant Garde Gothic at Fonts In Use. The two designers who did it best, besides Lubalin himself, were Christof Gassner and Helmut Krone. Plenty of TH…3
