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Font Field Guide № 005 | 100 fy{T}i BEST PRACTICES The Meta design is somewhat condensed (saving space) and benets from stroke Aa weights and character spacing that withstand poor printing and modest resolution digital imaging. Additionally, individual characters were designed to be highly legible. FOUNDRY DESIGNERS CLASSIFICATION FontFont Erik Spiekermann Sans Oded Ezer FAMILY ROOTS The FF Meta family has eight weights of normal and six condensed widths, each with a In the early 1980s, Deutsche Post (German Post Oce) contracted Sedley Place Design companion italic design. FF Meta is also part of a super family, containing FF Meta Serif and Erik Spiekermann to redesign its brand. As part of the project, Spiekermann and several other variations for headline and oce use. proposed a new typeface based on an earlier design of his called PT55. Deutsche Post, however, was not positive toward the proposal. Typomania is curable but not fatal When it became clear that German Post Oce would not use the design, Spiekermann continued work on the typeface and eventually published it as FF Meta, in 1991, under Stay true to the idea his newly formed publishing label FontFont. SPIEKERMANN �� FONT FACTS Old ways won’t open new doors Meta has been called “the Helvetica of the 1990s.” PICK YOUR BATTLES The PT55 typeface was intended for use on the early Apple Macintosh computer. Bundespost decided not to implement the PT55 typeface for fear it would "cause unrest." Lowercase vertical strokes have a slight curve and are sheared at an angle at apex LEGIBILITY FF Meta’s relatively open apertures promote legibility and help to dierentiate one Typography letterform from another. Left stroke of ‘y’ terminates Open loop on ‘g’ before entering the right HOW TO SPOT ALTERNATE CHOICES PERFECT PAIRINGS l Curved bottom on ‘l’ Bosis™ ITC Berkeley Old Style® M Splayed ‘M’ FF Fago® Frutiger® Serif E Top horizontal strokes are sheared at an angle ITC Officina® Sans Malabar® a Two-story ‘a’ Syntax® Next Meta Serif ™ g Open loop on ‘g’ Linotype Textra Neue Swift® The MyFonts store from Monotype oers more than 130,000 desktop and Web font products for you to preview, MyFonts purchase and download. You can also learn about new typeface releases and discover typographic tips and techniques. № 005 | 100 Buy Link Copyright 2020.

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FSI: FF Meta Offc Condensed Normal
fontfont opentype® ▪▪▪▪▪▪�� fontfont info guide for ff Meta Condensed Normal Offc | Offc Pro or Web | Web Pro Sections a | Font and Designer Information b | Language Support c | Type Specimens section a FONT & DESIGNER INFORMATION Handgloves about ff Meta Condensed Normal ff Meta was originally (1985) conceived as a typeface for use in small point sizes. Against its intended purpose, ff Meta very quickly became one of the most popular typefaces of the computer era, and has been referred to as the Helvetica of the 90s – not necessarily a compliment. It is used a lot in magazines, from the Normal weight in small point sizes for captions up to the Black version for large headlines. Hairline, Thin and Light were added in 2003. Once a publishing house commissioned a Black Condensed for the headlines of a new magazine. It unfortunately ceased publication after a few issues, but ff Meta Black Condensed survived. This version was the basis for the complete Condensed family, digitized by Ole Schäfer. Since headlines need to be bold before anything else, ff Meta Condensed has one additional weight compared with ff Meta: Extra Bold Condensed, which sits between Bold and Black. ff Meta Condensed contains all weights with Old Style as well as Lining Figures, there are fractions, ligatures, kerned lining figures and also the popular Meta arrows. The normal ff Meta already saves more than 12 % of space compared to a regular sans serif. ff Meta Condensed is another 12 % more condensed without being 24 % less readable. about Erik Spiekermann, born 1947, studied History of Art and English in Berlin.
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Tracing Meta
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segni 16.03 _ 18.05.2019 esemplari Palazzo della Pilotta, Biblioteca Palatina cogitations and digressions on the shape of writing to celebrate the bi-centenary of the Manuale tipografico 8 by Giambattista Bodoni: manuals, printers’catalogues and posters in an exhibition organised by the Museo Bodoniano of Parma Only recently the year ended in which the bi-centenary of the publication of Giambattista Bodoni’s Manuale tipografico occurred, and the occasion has prompted an exhibition and study day organised by the Fondazione Museo Bodoniano of Parma. ¶ The manual was published posthumously by Bodoni’s widow in order to bring to completion a long-matured project taken on by her husband. It consists of a collection of 665 different alphabets and a series of around 1,300 friezes, as well as a foreword in which Bodoni lays out some of his working methods. ¶ There was a previous collection of typefaces printed by Bodoni in 1788, at the time also entitled Manuale tipografico, but the work lacks a preface or other explanatory text. It is probable that the letter founder from Parma had borrowed the title from a small technical manual by Fournier, the Manuel typographique of 1764, but in reality the two volumes, although sharing the same name, were objects with very different functions. Indeed, Fournier’s was a manual in the real sense of the term, an explanatory publication describing the essential elements of the complex activity of the letter founder, from punch-cutting to producing matrices and ultimately moveable characters. Whereas that of Bodoni was a sample book displaying typefaces and ornaments that he had designed.
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Erik Spiekermann, Born 1947, Studied History of Art and English in Berlin
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1 Stop Stealing Sheep This page intentionally left blank 3 Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works Third Edition Erik Spiekermann Stop Stealing Sheep trademarks & find out how type works Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, Third Edition PostScript, and CoolType are registered Erik Spiekermann trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or This Adobe Press book is other countries. ClearType is a trade published by Peachpit, mark of Microsoft Corp. All other a division of Pearson Education. trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For the latest on Adobe Press books, go to www.adobepress.com. Many of the designations used by To report errors, please send a note to manufacturers and sellers to dis tinguish [email protected]. their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in Copyright © 2014 by Erik Spiekermann this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear Acquisitions Editor: Nikki Echler McDonald as requested by the owner of the trade Production Editor: David Van Ness mark. All other product names and Proofer: Emily Wolman services identified throughout this book Indexer: James Minkin are used in editorial fashion only and Cover Design: Erik Spiekermann for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the notice of rights trademark. No such use, or the use of any All rights reserved. No part of this trade name, is intended to convey book may be reproduced or transmitted endorsement or other affiliation with in any form by any means, electronic, this book. mechanical, photocopying, recor ding, or otherwise, without the prior isbn 13: 9780321934284 written permission of the publisher.
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ERİK SPİEKERMANN.Pdf
ERİK SPİEKERMANN 30 Mayıs 1947 Erik Spiekermann grafik tasarımda dünyanın en iyi tanınan yüzlerinden birisidir. 30 Mayıs 1947'de doğan Erik Spiekermann, Almanya'da büyüdü. Resmi sanat eğitimini Berlin Serbest Üniversitesi'nden aldı. Öğrenimini, binanın bodrum katında bir tipo matbaa makinesi basarak yaptı. 1970'lerde Londra'ya taşındı ve on yıl boyunca grafik tasarımcısı ve eğitim olarak serbest çalışarak geçti. Film bilgisi ve Wolff Olins gibi çeşitli danışmanlıklar için serbest olarak görev yaptı ve Londra Baskı Okulu'nda ders verdi. 1979'da Spiekermann Berlin'e döndü ve iki tasarımcı ile ortaklaşa MetaDesign’ı kurdu. Firmanın şu anda Londra ve San Francisco'da ofisleri bulunmaktadır. Stüdyo, teutonik görünümlü bilgi tasarımını ve karmaşık kurumsal tasarım sistemlerini bir araya getirme niyetindeydi. Müşteriler için tasarım stüdyosu tarafından üstlenilen önemli projelerden bazıları arasında Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Berlin Transit ve Printing sayılabilir. 1980'lerin sonlarında, Spiekermann ile diğer önemli bilgi, Joan Spiekermann, FontShop'u başlattı. FontShop, ilk mail order üreticisi ve elektronik font dağıtıcısıydı. Firmanın FontShop International adıyla uzatılması, FontFont yazı tiplerinin yayınlanmasıyla ilgili olarak kuruldu. Buna ek olarak, Spiekermann, Bremen Sanat Akademisi'nde fahri profesörlük aldı. Pasadena'daki Sanat Merkezi Tasarım Okulu, grafik tasarıma verdiği değerli katkılarından dolayı kendisine fahri doktora verdi. Ayrıca, Alman Tasarım Konseyi yönetim kurulunda üyeliğe sahiptir. 2001'de İngiliz dergisi The Economist'i yeniden tasarladı. Ertesi yıl, Adobe Press için ‘’Koyun Çalmayı Durdurun ve Tipin Nasıl Çalıştığını Bulun.’’ başlıklı yazı tipi kitabını yayınladı. Kitap daha sonra Portekizce, Almanca ve Rusça dahil olmak üzere başka dillerde de yayınlandı. Spiekermann, Nokia için büyük övgüyle karşılanan kurumsal font ailesi oluşturdu ve piyasaya sürdü. Daha sonra Christian Schwartz ile işbirliği yaptı ve yazı ailesini Deutsche Bahn (Alman Demiryolları) ile tanıştırdı.
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s ε↑ & k not quite an FontFont annual report Moin 2011fzR y n ẞ &ξ Ě ⇣ ➸ AWg PREFACE marked the most exciting year in 2011 FontFont history. The innovations that we launched this year received a warm welcome in the design and development com- munities and beyond. The Wonderful World of Web FontFonts Almost two years after FontFont became the first those who prefer subscription services, our coopera- type manufacturer to release webfonts in the .woff tion with Typekit offers a safe and easy-to-use alter- format, the Web FontFont Library has grown into native. Web developers enjoy designing offline a Library of 2,500 typefaces. Compatible with more mockups and webpage layouts with Comp fonts, than 96% of all browsers, including Mobile Safari, packaged with webfonts at no additional charge. webfonts are here to stay. Hundreds of websites currently use the popular ff DIN, ff Dax, ff Meta, This year, we also improved the magical FontFonter ff Tisa, as well as many other FontFonts, to set service. With the help of FontFonter.com users can themselves apart with beautiful design. test-drive a large selection of Web FontFonts on any html site. To date, 42 sans serif and 22 serif families FontFont set standards not only technically, but are available to preview in various combinations. also in terms of user-friendliness. Our customers appreciate multiple hosting options. They can host Subsetter.com, our online FontFont optimizer, which their Web FontFonts on their own servers, or for debuted in July, also gained a lot of popularity. Using → Subsetter, FontFonts can be individually rebuilt, both Our website FontFont.com, relaunched in April, was the world.
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