Autorenarchiv: Indra Kupferschmid

Life wasn’t easy in phototype days either

Von Indra Kupferschmid | Veröffentlicht am:9. Oktober 2011
While I more or less have a notion of how metal type and measurement works, I’m at a loss reading through specimen and instructions from film-setting days. Yes, I know there have been A, B, C and sometimes D masters to cover different ranges of size (instead of having only one scaled to all sizes), [...]
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Thank you

Von Indra Kupferschmid | Veröffentlicht am:6. Oktober 2011
for the Macintosh LC 475 (1994), the Apple LaserWriter 360 (1994), the PowerBook 190 (1995), PowerBook G3 Wallstreet (1998), PowerBook G4 Titanium (2001), the original iPod (2002), PowerBook G4 Aluminum (2005), the iPod shuffle USB (2005), the 1st iPod touch (2007), the MacBook Pro (2007), 2nd iPod touch (2009), MacBook Pro unibody (2009), the iPad 3G (2010), iPhone [...]
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On Webdesign and Education

Von Indra Kupferschmid | Veröffentlicht am:3. August 2011
A recent twitter conversation on webdesign and education, captured with the help of storify.
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New Ideas for Book Typography

Von Indra Kupferschmid | Veröffentlicht am:2. Juli 2011
A couple of days ago I publicly “sighed” at a client of mine who doesn’t want me to use italic or bold in a book we are working on. The client is king, so I started to typeset the book solely using Meran light … I was overwhelmed by the response and hilarious tips my [...]
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Schrift

Von Indra Kupferschmid | Veröffentlicht am:28. Juni 2011
… ist nicht nur zum lesen da. Man sieht sie auch. — Hans Peter Willberg {Type is not only there to be read. You also see it.} Still one of my all-time Lieblings-quotes.
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De Luc-Truc by Lucas de Groot

Von Indra Kupferschmid | Veröffentlicht am:27. Juni 2011
The Luc-trick – a new sketching technique for everyone The Luc-trick allows you to transfer a copied image to another surface. In the process of photocopying (xerographic image transfer) the reflected light of the original renders a light-sensitive “master” partially statically charged. On these areas the powder (toner) is attracted and then transferred onto a sheet [...]
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