In the first half of the feature article, the work of four European typeface designers who take on the role as a mediator between traditional and contemporary typeface design. In the second half, individual projects are described to reveal the background of each typeface design. The typeface designer of the new era create typefaces that match the modern time while basing their design on the vast knowledge acquired through the history of typography. Here, we witness the moment these new typeface designers create new typefaces through their sincere attitude towards typeface design.
Type Foundry Today
Exhibition "Frische Schriften / Fresh Type" Laurenz Brunner / Mathias Schweizer / Rob Meek / Cornel Windlin / Ping Pong / Norm
Robin Kinross "Some features of the font explosion"
Jean François Porchez "Type design that changed the outlook of Paris"
Fred Smeijers "From punchcutting to digital type design"
Akira Kobayashi "Originality and Redesign of Typeface"
André Baldinger "Succeeding experimental typefaces"
LettError "Twin Cities - Typeface represent a city"
François Rappo "Didot Elder - Radical revival of Historical Typefaces"
Matthew Carter "Yale University Typeface Project"
Type Foundry Today
List of indipendent type foundries
