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Cooper Black Keys

‘Do it for Frank’ -set in Cooper Black

The Black Keys’ Tighten Up, from the album Brothers.

Found via David Rosales

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Cooper Black postage stamp

Oswald Cooper’s most famous typeface gets a US postage stamp!

Well, sort of. But it is legal, usable US ‘Zazzle’ postage. Snag your’s here.

Designed by David M. Anderson.

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The end of movable type in China

‘While Western letterpress printing has made a recent revival, what was once considered one of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China is no longer a sustainable practice in its country of origin.’

A look at Chinese movable type, article at idsgn.

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tif and fontes

‘Tipoteca Italiana is a private foundation that was founded in 1995 to advance printing knowledge and preserve venerable printing technologies. Its founder, Silvio Antiga, a 65-year-old printer who owns a printing firm in the Veneto region, has collected more than 20 vintage presses and typesetting machines, along with hundreds of wood and metal type ‘fonts”

From T Magazine, Steven Heller looks at the incredible Tipoteca (tif) and where the term ‘font’ comes from.

I haven’t been there, but a friend visited several years ago – and brought me a whole bunch of really cool ephemera.

Found via Campbell BrownKorbel

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It’s Typography: film, song and dance

‘Baskerville, a bad asskerville’

This spring, my Digital Typography students set out to make a short film about type history.

The class – held at The Art Institute of California Sacramento – was set up like a working design studio – with myself as ‘hands off creative director.’ All students had a role, from art direction to project management, web design, editing and production.

At one point, songsmith John Slingerland threw a party at his home – and invited a few unwitting guests – just to record the background vocals for the film’s gets stuck in your head musical number.

And, featured in the credits, a very early beta version of Jeanne Texte – which I had to prep for them as my homework assignment.

It was a fun quarter; this was a great team to work with, their enthusiasm snagged everyone in their handmade typographic web.

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‘Eine kurze Geschichte der Typografie’

‘A short and entertaining introduction to typography – made within 4 days. German with English subtitles.’

Short film by Philipp Strahl.

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A few free fonts (sorta)

Above, Das – Conduct of War, a cool clogged up font by Stephen Faustina.

And here’s a link to some free fonts (below) available thru FontFabric.

And from The Font Feed, here’s a great article on what the deal is with Free Fonts – and why they’re not always totally free.

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Font Me coffee mug

‘Historical font measurements, classifications, decimal conversions, proofreader marks . . . plus, beverage holder!’

Type specs, all on one mug. Snag your’s here.

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Pssst: Jeanne Décoratifs preview

Here’s a sneak peek of some of the PROUNS-inspired dingbats that will be part of my upcoming Jeanne Texte font package.

The basic letterforms are now in technical review at Psy/Ops and I hope to have the new fonts completed and available by end of year. Crossing fingers.

Jeanne Texte is my sequel to Jeanne Moderno, which is available thru Psy/Ops, MyFonts and Ascender. Webfonts via Typekit.