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“The Da Vinci Code” font in book and movie titles

Contemplating life with my next wife, the French actress Audrey Tautou, got me thinking about fonts again. Typeface designs used in book titles and movies tend to be overwhelmingly big, bold, and sans...

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TypeCon 2006

TypeCon has come to an end. The week was extremely interesting, especially for a first-timer like myself. I won’t go on forever detailing every session and social event, but suffice to say that I am...

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Typographic Abbreviations Series #1: OCR

This entry is the first in a series (at least that’s the plan) of short articles explaining exactly what all those mysterious abbreviations you come across in your typographic lives actually mean. The...

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Type on the Japanese Street

I’ve been living in Japan for a few months now (my wife is an English teacher here) and it’s been very interesting getting familiar with the complex Japanese writing system. There are three “alphabets”...

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Type From The Crypt

Disclaimer: While the timing of this article seems fittingly close to Halloween, I genuinely just like horror-related stuff; I would just as soon have posted it on Christmas or Mother’s Day. With that...

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Steven Hill’s amazing title screen pages

Anyone interested in lettering will probably enjoy shillPages—an amazing collection of movie title screen shots. Here are just a few samples from his gigantic collection: I also like to use WhatTheFont...

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Who says magnetic letters are just for kids?

Name that font.

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Innocent vernacular or sick typographic joke?

In the font business we sometimes pour light-hearted scorn on those who would use Comic Sans, particularly when there’s no particularly light-hearted or funkiness in the subject matter. (When arriving...

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Typographic Abbreviations Series #2: VAG

This entry is the second in a series of short articles explaining exactly what all those mysterious abbreviations you come across in your typographic lives actually mean. In this installation, the...

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“The Da Vinci Code” font in book and movie titles

Contemplating life with my next wife, the French actress Audrey Tautou, got me thinking about fonts again. Typeface designs used in book titles and movies tend to be overwhelmingly big, bold, and sans...

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TypeCon 2006

TypeCon has come to an end. The week was extremely interesting, especially for a first-timer like myself. I won’t go on forever detailing every session and social event, but suffice to say that I am...

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