How One Typeface Landed on the Moon
The lunar plaque is one of the great design objects of the 20th century, not necessarily because it of its aesthetic sensibility, but because of what it represents.
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Author: Joe Senior
Does Life In 2018 Live up to What We Predicted a Century Ago?
People in the early 20th century were hopeful about the future innovation might bring.
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How Typography Determines Readability: Serif vs. Sans Serif, and How To Combine Fonts.
For digital design, it’s important to know and understand how to use and how to combine different fonts. There’s a font for every mood!
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Explore the Largest Known Early Map of the World, Assembled for the First Time
A 60 sheet manuscript world map made in 1587 by Urbano Monte has been acquired by the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries, which scanned the sheets, then digitally stitched them together.
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Can IBM Plex topple Helvetica?
Big Blue’s role in the typography history books might pass largely unknown, overshadowed by their computer and artificial intelligence endeavors.
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