- * Indra Kupferschmid ist Typografin, Autorin und Professorin für Typografie und Kommunikationsdesign an der Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar. Hier sammeln sich Fundstücke und Texte der letzten Jahre.
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sans serif
Not one word with a single s. Two words. No hyphen. Without (sans) serifs (serif). French and Dutch—a natural linguistic combination. Like wine and milk. Paul Shaw
Fonts and intellectual property
“Finally, a personal opinion, from a person who has designed typefaces that have been successful in the market – you don’t need my typeface to do your design – my typeface adds value to your design, and so if you want to use it because it’s nice/pretty/might sell more stuff, you should understand that my intellectual rights to that [...]
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Zur Erinnerung: Der erste Spiekermann’sche Lehrsatz
»Gibt es bei zwei mit geringem Abstand nacheinander folgenden Zeilen auch nur jeweils eine Ober- und Unterlänge, so treffen diese beiden in 99 Prozent aller Fälle aufeinander.« [Inoffizielle englische Übersetzung in etwa:] “If there is only one descender and one ascender in two successive lines with little or no leading, there is a 99 percent chance that they [...]
Veröffentlicht in Type 1 Kommentar
Font Shopping 2011
Instead of yet another best-of list (who can challenge the epic Typographica-reviews anyway) I want to share what typefaces I actually licensed last year, from where and why and whether I used them up to now. Additional styles of Alright Sans, Jackson Cavanaugh, Okay Type (MyFonts.com): To complement previously licensed styles and because I [...]
Underused Gems Revisited
While drafting a series about forgotten and underused typefaces I updated my old list from 2009, now with more infos and working links again.
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ATypI Konferenz Leipzig 2000
Dies ist die Transkription einer Kopie eines Schulhefts, in das ich für Max Bollwage die ATypI Konferenz in Leipzig protokollierte und welches ich ihm nach Abschluss zusendete. (Lesezeit ca. 11 Minuten) Freitag, 21. September 2000 9:45 Da bin ich also mit meinem Klapproller im alten Konsumgebäude, abgefahren rustikal, mit Shuttelbus vom Museum aus zu [...]
Classifications are can be useful
Achtung: This is a very rough and unrefinded sketch of some of my thoughts on classifications, only to get something online for colleagues who asked about it today. I will hopefully revise and illustrate the text later. Goal The aim of a classification of typefaces – however shaped – should be to aid the [...]
Life wasn’t easy in phototype days either
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), [...]
Veröffentlicht in Type Getagged helvetica, helvetica forever, linotype, Mergenthaler, Monotype, photo-type Kommentieren
On Webdesign and Education
A recent twitter conversation on webdesign and education, captured with the help of storify.
Type classifications are useful, but the common ones are not