Inspired by a characteristic handlettered ad from 1909, as well as the single word “Robusto” drawn for Oz Cooper’s own amusement and a perusal of his better-known work, Christian Schwartz designed Fritz as the...
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Flywheel is a geometric sans serif typeface for titling and display. The font family is made up of three sets; Regular, Square, and Condensed. Each set includes Regular, Thin and Fat weights. The design...
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Living in Pittsburgh, Christian Schwartz registered the industrial grit in the forms of capitals and numbers on license plates in Pennsylvania the rhythms of vertical and horizontal alignment without implications of typewriter or lineprinter....
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A successful agate predicts the spread of ink on paper and effectively keeps legibility under less than ideal conditions. Fascinated by the visual aspects of these entirely functional compensations, Christian Schwartz designed Amplitude, an…
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German-born punchcutter Johann Fleischman, contemporary of Baskerville and Fournier, worked at the Enschede Foundry in Haarlem. Expert in advanced tools and the qualities of fine steel, he pushed beyond the frontiers of his time,...
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American type designer Christian Schwartz created this display and sans FontFont in 2005. The family contains 3 weights: Light, Regular, and Bold and is ideally suited for advertising and packaging, music and nightlife, poster...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
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American type designer Christian Schwartz created this sans FontFont in 2002 and added Italics in 2004. The family has 8 weights, ranging from Regular to Super (including italics) and is ideally suited for advertising...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
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German type designer Erik Spiekermann and American type designer Christian Schwartz created this sans FontFont between 2003 and 2011. The family has 14 weights, ranging from Thin to Ultra (including italics) and is ideally...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
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The first weights of Neue Haas Grotesk were designed in 1957-1958 by Max Miedinger for the Haas’sche Schriftgiesserei in Switzerland, with art direction by the company’s principal, Eduard Hoffmann. Neue Haas Grotesk was to...