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The dawn of Czech type

The Czech language have phonetic signs that remain a mystery to most English and American typographers. Oldrich Menhart was one of the pioneers in Czech type design. Read More

Swift and traditional newsfaces

In this essay from 1988 Dutch type designer Gerard Unger writes about typefaces for newspapers, and about his well-known Swift. Swift is used as body text face in Metro, and Gulliver all over USA Today. Read More

All typefaces by Bo Berndal

Prolific doesn't even begin to describe Bo Berndal's production of typefaces. Bo designed his first typeface 1950, and is the major source of T4 typefaces. Read More

Typestorm in Helsinki

Picking a new typeface for a newspaper is no picnic. A lot of newspaper editors and designers are under the misconception that the paper is theirs. In reality, the readers decide – and they can get pretty loud when it comes to typface choices. Read More

Bo Berndal drops the serifs

Pelle Anderson discusses type with the Swedish typographer Bo Berndal. Berndal has recently constructed a new typeface named Freipress, a typeface meant for body copy. Read More

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