Instead of seeking inspiration in the past, Fedra Serif is a synthetic typeface where aesthetic and technological decisions are linked. Fedra combines seemingly contradictory ways of constructing characters into one harmonious font. Its humanistic…
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 5, 2015
Instead of seeking inspiration in the past, Fedra Serif is a synthetic typeface where aesthetic and technological decisions are linked. Fedra combines seemingly contradictory ways of constructing characters into one harmonious font. Its humanistic…
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
One of the Modulus series of interchangeable type styles built around a common framework. A general purpose design with squared forms and a simplified finish, Primex delivers excellent clarity on-screen and is doubly effective...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
In 1929 Chauncey Griffith at Mergenthaler commissioned W.A. Dwiggins to design a warmer and less mechanical Geometric Sanserif to compete with Futura. Dwiggins’ best efforts proved that human warmth had little to do with...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Tiresias was designed for subtitling by Dr. John Gill from the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), in the United Kingdom. The Tiresias font is designed to have characters that are easy to...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified March 11, 2021
The Taz type family was originally developed as a headline typeface for taz – short for Tageszeitung – a nation-wide German daily. It was, and still is, the cornerstone of the paper’s strong, trustworthy...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified March 11, 2021
When approached to give informal advice on the redesign of the leading German weekly Der Spiegel, Luc(as) de Groot offered to design a completely new headline font. A newly developed typeface, he argued, would...