Book of Stacks, Stacks of Books
A beautiful art book about the artist Jared Bark and his book towers, set in Beirut Display.
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What is where?
My take on the type anatomy cheat sheet.
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Typographic Souvenirs №3
Some typographic discoveries from my last visit in Buenos Aires, Valparaíso and Santiago de Chile.
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Amsterdam Museum
Isabelle Vaverka and Hamid Sallali designed the new visual identity of the Amsterdam Museum using Messina Serif.
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Bestform
I am honoured to receive the Newcomer Bernese Design Award.
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Monthly page views
The cost of a Web‑Licence is calculated with the amount of monthly page views. Here is what you need to know.
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Clearing the font cache
When there is a problem with a typeface, it’s time to clear the font cache; here is how.
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The Birth of Isola
The design process of Isola; a careful remake of Venus Grotesk.
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Floating Office Rotterdam
George&Harrison did design a beautiful architecture book using Lynstone.
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The new EULA
Luzi‑Type’s new licence agreements makes using fonts more simple.
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The new website
A glimpse in to the redesign of Luzi‑Type.ch
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Easee
Easee, the green-tech company uses Buenos Aires in a fine way for there minimalist visual identity.
Hackney Forest School
The London based Spy Studio designed the visual identity of the Hackney Forest School.
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Montréal 360
Studiomiles designed this beautiful 192‑page historical book.
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American Illustrators Gallery
The design duo Look Here Design crafted the internet appearance of the American Illustrators Gallery.
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9v9
The Bernese fashion label 9veces9 uses Spezia in a subtle way.
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The inside
A summary of the design process of Recife and its cousin Valizas.
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Typographic Souvenirs №2
Some typographic discoveries from Apulian city Leece.
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Knit variable!
I teamed up with 9v9 to create an online tool.
With the 9v9 editor you can use the Spezia variable font and design a neat scarf.
All made in Switzerland with EcoTex merino wool from Italy.
Check it out at → editor.9v9.ch
Labore et constantia
The book and the printer; an insight into the design process of the typeface Portonovo.
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Let’s talk about space
I often get ask about horizontal and vertical spaces of fonts.
Here is a short overview on; spacing, kerning, tracking and line-height.
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All about Licencing
A Licence gives you a specific right to use a typeface.
It defines how and on which medium a font can be used.
These rules are defined in the End User Licence Agreement.
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Web typography
This article covers a brief introduction in to web typography and different thoughts on variable web fonts.
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Its the pen
An overview of the design process of Yport; the grotesque typeface with calligraphic expression.
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The Shapes and its Feel
Type can transport more than its written content, objects as well.
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Type; a Design Space
Summary of the design process from 2017 until 2020 of Spezia and Spezia Serif
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Every Size it’s Design
A short introduction into optical sizes and its history.
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The past and future
An important source of inspiration are my old specimen books. These publications were made by the font publishers for print shops to decide which fonts to order and to use in their work.
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Typographic Souvenirs №1
Some typographic discoveries from Montevideo, Valparaíso, Limache and Santiago de Chile.
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Combining Typefaces
Pairing fonts can be a solid base for graphic design systems.
The possibilities are sheer endless, here are some ideas.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The new website of the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) uses Messina Sans.
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Mr.Bee
The designer Diano Kitanovski based in Ljubljana created the visual identity of the honey company Mr.Bee using our typeface Koper.
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MJ2B
The Bern based design studio Atelier Pol designed the corporate identity of the architects MJ2B.
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Holzbau Küng
Amrhein Anderhalden, the office for Design and conception, did design the new identity of Küng Holzbau using our typeface Cádiz
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