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At 16:56 by ju At www.pelikan-lehrerinfo.de you get so called »handwriting fonts« of typefaces children learn to write in school as free download in truetype format. Thursday, August 12, 2004
Friday, July 09, 2004
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
At 14:56 by ju Did i ever mention that linkdup.com offers a large Font Library to browse? No? Shame on me, here it is. Friday, June 25, 2004
At 10:26 by ju fontkitchen.com "... was founded in 2003. We are a kitchen of several friends who have fun creating new stuff in the area of type design." Wednesday, June 23, 2004
At 12:47 by ju www.typosition.de/ is a bureau for typography and gestaltung with some experimental fonts, in german. Monday, June 21, 2004
At 17:31 by ju digitalrefueler.com is a link collection for any kind of digital input. this section is for example about foundries, typography, free fonts, typedesign, etc. Wednesday, June 09, 2004
At 09:07 by H20 "The new magazine about corporate identity documentation, corporate design manuals, styleguides, etc." at www.cidoc.net. Friday, May 28, 2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
At 13:25 by ju Some nice Lord of the Rings related fonts are postet here for free download. Have a look. Monday, May 10, 2004
At 10:47 by H20 Something nice from the Netherlands: A website with a Corporate Identity Catalogue at users.ncrvnet.nl Wednesday, April 21, 2004
At 17:33 by ju (In german) Und wieder eine Liste von DIN-Normen aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie. At 15:14 by ju biorust.com offers besides some interesting photoshop tutorials a couple of free truetype-fonts in digital- and pixel-style. Tuesday, April 20, 2004
At 17:33 by ju I have to type it down because i keep forgetting: 1 Didot point = 0.375972222 millimeters Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Thursday, April 08, 2004
At 11:06 by ju Find famous fonts from movies and all other kind of media at www.smackbomb.com/famousfonts. There are heaps of these sites but this one serves as a good example. Monday, March 29, 2004
At 09:55 by ju www.fontfinder.ws is a font search-engine in lots of different languages with 23102 fonts in their database. Friday, March 26, 2004
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
At 09:29 by ju In german, but reallly entertaining: Genitiv, Plural and other worst case scenarios compiled by apostroph.de. Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
At 10:25 by ju Not really belonging here but very interesting anyway, the Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003. Monday, January 05, 2004
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
At 12:45 by H20 Templates for flyer, businesscards an calendars 2004 (!) at www.laser-line.de -> Downloads. The Site is in german. Thursday, November 27, 2003
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
At 11:12 by ju Type Foundry Quick Find at Google.com; Related Category: Computers > Software > Fonts > Distributors Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
At 13:09 by ju Download free bitmap fonts for flash at pixelfreak.com/v3/en/fonts.html if you are not already using Macromedia’s Flash 7. At 11:04 by ju typo-info.de, old fashioned but very well sorted typografical explanations in german. Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Friday, August 22, 2003
At 15:10 by ju typedifferent.com is büro destruct’s official font site. Please also notice the really nice free fonts in mac-ps and pc-ttf. Monday, August 18, 2003
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Friday, July 18, 2003
At 11:44 by ju Quotation Marks in the english language and Punctuation in general at factmonster.com. Thursday, July 17, 2003
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
At 13:59 by H20 A nice site in german for 'Mediengestalter' with Forum, Links, PDFs, etc. at: www.e-write.de. At 13:24 by H20 Some Corporate Design Manuals (good and bad): Deutsche Bahn, Bundesministerium für Forschung und Bildung, AltiraSPA, FH Südwestfalen to be continued... Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Monday, July 07, 2003
Monday, June 30, 2003
At 16:02 by ju Fonthead.com shows a good list of font creation and management software for both Mac and Windows. Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Monday, June 16, 2003
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
At 11:20 by ju misprinted type 2.0_ art, design and type (1998 - 2003) by Eduardo Recife. See link »TYPE«, a lot of experimental rough fonts for free download. Monday, June 02, 2003
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Thursday, May 22, 2003
At 15:27 by H20 Jemals vor dem Problem gestanden: Wie gestalte ich eine Speisekarte? Eine Hilfestellung gibt www.speisekarten-seite.de. Monday, May 19, 2003
At 12:13 by jean A friend and colleage of the porchez typofonderie is the man Eric de Berranger. stuff available at different fonthouses. Thursday, May 15, 2003
At 14:53 by ju Ever wondered how to write Date and Time Formats right? Go to Date and Time Formats by J R Stockton. Thursday, May 08, 2003
At 13:39 by ju Call for Entries: International Linotype Library Type Design Contest 2003 Deadline: December 31, 2003 Wednesday, May 07, 2003
At 19:04 by ju lineto.com has a Lego Font Creator besides an interesting type_department section in plain html. Tuesday, May 06, 2003
At 12:46 by ju TypeRight deals with the promotion of typefaces as creative works and advocating their legal protection as intellectual property. At 12:31 by ju Typotheque font foundry: fine quality fonts online, type & graphic design discussions, and articles on typography and developing and marketing of contemporary original fonts for Mac and PC. Monday, May 05, 2003
At 15:24 by ju Fontcraft's Scriptorium Fonts and Graphic Arts offers Celtic Fonts from Everson Typography of Dublin. Friday, April 25, 2003
Thursday, April 24, 2003
At 16:41 by ju The shortcut to number pages consecutively in QuarkXPress is to select a textblock and type Command 3. (Misusing this blog as a notebook) Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
At 16:04 by H20 Mediengestalter are interested in Typography at www.mediengestalter-forum.de and www.hanna-huber.de/mediengestalter. Monday, April 14, 2003
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
At 16:58 by ju Porchez Typofonderie is an independent digital type foundry in France. In french and english language. (I don’t think we have mentioned them already, do we?) At 16:38 by ju Die Typographie-Seite der HDM-Stuttgart fasst zusammen: Makrotypographie
At 16:32 by ju typo-info.de bietet umfassende Informationen über Typographie, Layout & Schrift in deutsch. Thursday, April 03, 2003
At 17:22 by H20 Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication at Production First Software. Wednesday, March 19, 2003
At 11:29 by ju typo.goemo.de – Alles zur Typographie quotes Jan Tschichold saying Gar mancher hat noch niemals eine gut geformte Schrift wahrgenommen. Only in german but lots of information about typography in general and detail (slow webside!). Saturday, March 15, 2003
At 19:35 by H20 The purpose of the Goudy Center Typeface Database, is to facilitate designers in choosing a name for their typeface which is unique. More information at The Goudy International Center. Thursday, March 13, 2003
At 09:58 by ju Underware workshop: applied type. Quite interesting site on type-development, naming the typfaces Dolly and Sauna. Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Wednesday, March 05, 2003
At 11:21 by ju Freefonts: Designer Fonts Online: The Best Fonts Money Can’t Buy by Kathleen Ziegler, Nick Greco, Tamye Riggs ISBN: 082301925X At 10:43 by ju (…) Die Objekte der Textverarbeitung sind das Dokument, der Absatz und das Zeichen. von Thomas Knapp, Sächsischer Bildungsserver Tuesday, March 04, 2003
At 12:06 by ju (.de) DIN 5008-Workshop, Schreib- und Gestaltungsregeln für die Textverarbeitung; tastschreiben.de Monday, March 03, 2003
At 12:50 by ju Font Boutique offers (three for now) really nice fonts, especially naming Noga for sale and Samba for free download. Friday, February 21, 2003
At 10:19 by ju »Regeln zum Schreiben und Gestalten von Schriftstücken mit Textverarbeitungssystemen« (nach DIN 5008 : 1996–05), des LISUM (Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien) Berlin gliedert sich inhaltlich in Darstellung von Text, Darstellung von Zahlen, Gestaltung von Geschäftsbriefen und Weiterführende Publikationen, hier kurz nochmal gelistet: Weiterführende Publikationen DIN 676 Geschäftsbrief – Einzelvordrucke und Endlosvordrucke DIN 1338 Formelschreibweise und Formelsatz DIN 1421 Gliederung und Benummerung in Texten – Abschnitte, Absätze, Aufzählungen DIN 4991 Geschäftsvordrucke – Rahmenmuster für Handelspapiere – Anfrage, Angebot, Bestellung, Bestellungsannahme, Lieferschein/Lieferanzeige und Rechnung DIN 16511 Korrekturzeichen DIN EN 24217 Codes für Währungen und Zahlungsmittel (ISO 4217 : 1990); Deutsche Fassung EN 24217 : 1993 DIN EN 28601 Datenelemente und Austauschformate – Informationsaustausch – Darstellung von Datum und Uhrzeit (ISO 8601, 1. Ausgabe 1988, und Technical Corrigendum 1 : 1991); Deutsche Fassung EN 28601 : 1992 Duden Rechtschreibung der deutschen Sprache Der PC ist keine Schreibmaschine Ein kleiner Leitfaden zur Textgestaltung, Robin Williams Thursday, February 20, 2003
At 10:41 by ju New font on Emigre // Tribute The new Emigre-Font is a Serif Family with 8 Fonts. Roman, Italic, Small Caps and Ligatures and Ordinal-Sets. Made by Frank Heine More information under http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=196 or http://www.emigre.com/EFoITrbS.php (Thanks to Peter for the hint) Monday, February 17, 2003
Sunday, February 09, 2003
At 13:00 by H20 Two books about the correct (even typographically) use of punctuation marks. One for French: Lexique des Règles typographiques en usage à l'imprimerie nationale ISBN 2-11-081075-0 and one for netherlands: alles over leestekens ISBN 90 5797 060 0. Friday, February 07, 2003
At 17:44 by ju Four new exclusive font sets make their debut with the launch of the Typeworx web site. At 17:40 by ju Dot Dot Dot is a design magazine from the Netherlands. Peter Balik, designer of FF Eureka among other things, is a publisher and editor. www.dot-dot-dot.org At 17:33 by ju For those who have DTL (Dutch Type Library) fonts, try dutchtypelibrary.nl/Euroteken.html for Euro symbols. At 17:32 by ju For those needing some Euro symbols to compliment older fonts, try fontshop.com/virtual/fonts/eng/free.htm#euros At 17:30 by ju Free Euro fonts at the ITC website. Sans: www.itcfonts.com/freefonts/ITCEuroSans.hqx Serif: www.itcfonts.com/freefonts/ITCEuroSerif.hqx Wednesday, February 05, 2003
At 18:27 by ju Beautifull fonts at Fountain. Fountain is an independent and friendly digital type foundry. Our aim is to provide our discerning clients with modern, well-crafted fonts guaranteed to meet the most strenuous requirements of aesthetics, legibility and originality. Didn’t I mention them yet? I did, just said H2O. Never mind, they are great! At 18:22 by ju (.de), sendung.de/typolinx – links zu typografie in der vernetzten welt. devided into: labels, magazine, themenseiten and freefonts. Tuesday, February 04, 2003
At 13:08 by H20 A style-guide to macrotypography in the internet. With examples and solutions for footnotes, poems, etc. Even if the design solutions are orientated on print it's an interesting source. Where? At www.piggin.net At 12:01 by H20 A Site in German: A typographic booklist with short comments to every book. At www.gulbins.de. Monday, February 03, 2003
At 11:38 by ju The magazine Spatium, Heft für Typografie und Gestaltung offers besides interesting links on their webside experimental fonts for free download. See also Typositionfonts.de. Thursday, January 30, 2003
At 18:14 by ju (Blind quotation:) On the topic of refined typography, people who are really interested in nuance should check out The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst or The Form of the Book by Jan Tschichold. There's also timeless information in Eric Gill's Essay on Typography. At 17:17 by ju Slope Angles of Italics 0.1b, Source: The very world wide web. Voyager's observation of the steep slope of Linotype's new Univers stimulated me to make a quick survey of other italics in other typefaces. I scored angled lines on graph tracing paper, then laid the tracing paper over printed printed examples in my type specimen books to determine slope angle. Here are results of this quick survey: 4° Eras, Zapf Chancery Roman 6° Deepdene, Gilgamesh, Lydian, Quadraat 7° Charlotte Sans & Serif, Diotima, Kinesis, Goudy Old Style 8° Angie, Caslon 223, Crillee, Futura, Giovanni, Jenson, Kallos, Mendoza, Meta, Ocean Sans, Sanvito, Scala Sans & Serif 10° Alisal, Arepo, Bembo, Berling, Brighton, Caslon 224, Celestia Antiqua, Cerigo, Chaparral, Charter, Compacta, Cooper Black, Elysium, Figural, Franklin Gothic, Friz Quadrata, Highlander, Galena, Gill Sans, LeMonde, Minion, Myriad, Optima, Parisine, Poetica, Slimbach, Souvenir, Tiepolo 12° Balance, Bodoni, Century, Cloister Old Style, Golden Cockerel, Galliard, Grotesque 9, Helvetica, Jamille, Legacy Sans & Serif, Officina Sans & Serif, Proteus, Quay Roman, Romic, Stone Print, Syndor, TheSans, TheSerif 14° Zapf Chancery Italic 15° Antique Olive, Bordeaux 16° Baskerville, Bauer Bodoni, Bookman, Bulmer, Caxton, Cheltenham Old Style, ITC Garamond, Times Roman, Univers (old & new) 22° Caslon 540, Caflisch Script At 13:05 by H20 ATypl (Association Typographique Internationale) relaunched it website under www.atypi.org. Friday, January 24, 2003
At 11:27 by ju Gliederung von Nummern Telefon-, Fax- und Postfachnummern von der letzten Ziffer ausgehend in Zweiergruppen gegliedert. 00 00 0 00 00 00 00 00 Ortsnetzkennzahl zudem in runde Klammern gesetzt oder durch einen Schrägstrich getrennt. (0 00 00) 0 00 00 0 00 00/ 0 00 00 Bankleitzahlen werden 000 000 00 getrennt. Jahreszahlen und Postleitzahlen werden nicht getrennt 00000 Ortsname Quelle: Duden/Div. At 10:42 by H20 Another info site in german: bei www.haberbeck.com (unter: 'Finishing Archiv' bzw. 'Werbemittelproduktion') kann man vieles finden zum Thema Papiergewichte, DIN A Formate, Glossar, Zeitungsformate, Layout Muster etc. Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
At 16:47 by ju Sprachenschlüssel nach der erweiterten DIN-Norm 2335 aus der Bayerischen StaatsBibliothek. At 16:42 by ju ISO 639 lists the Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages. Usefull for packaging, hangtags or else. More ISO Codes and Standards under oasis-open.org/cover/related.html. Tuesday, January 14, 2003
At 10:49 by H20 Some freefonts and a mushroomdingbatfont at www.disturbed.com. The last update seemed to be from may '02. Thursday, January 09, 2003
At 16:11 by ju At weworkforthem.com they show a range of constructed Typefaces. No giving away of any kind, just sit and watch under ./Portfolio/Typefaces. Ole Schäfer is building up a foundry under primetype.com Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Thursday, November 28, 2002
At 12:06 by H20 http://www.identifont.com/ They say: "Identifont, the unique font identifier that enables you to identify a font from a sample by answering a series of simple questions. It is ideal if you want to match an existing typeface, or identify a typeface you have seen in a publication. Tuesday, November 26, 2002
At 15:29 by ju Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources: Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML, Fonts, Web Browsers and Other Applications Wednesday, October 30, 2002
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Tuesday, October 15, 2002
At 17:07 by H20 For the offline training: A website for the "well-read typographer". www.typebooks.org At 15:22 by H20 'A communication platform for arabic designer'. Well, not so many answers on the questions I have on arabic type, but you can find a small Forum for arabic type. http://www.arabictypography.com Friday, October 11, 2002
At 10:23 by ju http://sjeren.com has a full featured forum for any design related question not at last mentioning the font lounge. start posting! Wednesday, October 09, 2002
Monday, October 07, 2002
At 09:51 by H20 Learn more from the masters of typography? Have a look at their work at: octavo. (Really nice: the 'zoom' at the Gutenberg-bible) Tuesday, October 01, 2002
At 18:03 by H20 A nice ornament font for free at www.galapagosdesign.com and also some nice fonts to purchase. Friday, September 27, 2002
At 17:02 by ju netzprinz.ch/werkzeugkasten/grundlagen/schriftgroessen show samples of fontsizes and websave-colours (unfortunately only in german). Tuesday, September 10, 2002
At 09:54 by H20 Language of the Site: german. Ein deutschsprachiges Forum für Schriftdesigner typeforum.de.  Back to top |
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