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SVA Summer Program in Italy
A Master's Workshop in communications (focusing on typography) that takes place in Venice and Rome certainly doesn't seem like a bad way to spend a couple of weeks.
2010: The Year of the Ampersand
After seeing the daily drop cap I was pointed to the daily ampersand. Now illustrator extraordinaire Kyle Jones has released Haäfe & Haph's ampersand pack, displayed in a gorgeous site layout.
Neue Helvetica Arabic
Amazing new design by Nadine Chahine Nadine Chahine, a type designer for Linotype GmbH, where she is also Branding & CI Manager, and Arabic Specialist. Designed to work seamlessly with Roman Helv Neue, the Arabic version is a work of genius.
22 of the worlds most creative alphabets
A pretty sick collection of alphabets gathered from the portfolios of artists, photographers and design students from various corners of the world. Rock on, unconventional typographers.
Neville Brody
New typefaces for Arena Homme+ ...and more good stuff including the Public Enemies trailer (featuring more Brody type goodness).
Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles
Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enhance our creativity. Everything in the film is real—no CG effects!
Typographic Posters
a directory of typographic and graphic posters
featured: http://www.typographicposters.com/alvin-chan/
First subpixel typeface
"It has x-height of 3 pixels, it is italic, inspired by old masters and most important – made by hand. You must not look too closely, because colors get visible. It’s work in progress."
Read more at this typo-file thread: http://typophile.com/node/61920
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