044: Zapfino Arabic with Nadine Chahine: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Zapfino Arabic Release Date: 2014 Designer: Nadine Chahine Classification: Calligraphic Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: This...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 10, 2021
- 4 min
043: Freight: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Freight Release Date: 2005 Designers: Joshua Darden and GarageFont Design Classification: Humanist Owned By: Phil’s Fonts Inc....
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Diana Varma
- Apr 5, 2021
- 7 min
042: Gotham: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Gotham Release Date: 2000 Designers: Tobias Frere-Jones Classification: Geometric sans serif Owned By: Hoefler&Co. Claim to Fame:...
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Diana Varma
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
041: We Meet Again, Comic Sans: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Comic Sans Release Date: 1994 Designers: Vincent Connare Classification: Sans serif script Owned By: Microsoft Corporation Claim to...
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Diana Varma
- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
040: Wingdings: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Wingdings Release Date: 1990 Designers: Charles Bigelow & Kris Holmes Classification: Dingbats Owned By: Bigelow & Holmes,...
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Diana Varma
- Mar 10, 2021
- 6 min
039: Papyrus: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Papyrus Release Date: 1982 Designer: Chris Costello Classification: Fantasy Owned By: Letraset Claim to Fame: Used and abused in...
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Diana Varma
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
038: ITC Zapf Chancery: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: ITC Zapf Chancery Release Date: 1979 Designer: Hermann Zapf Classification: Script Owned By: Linotype Claim to Fame: The first and...
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Diana Varma
- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
037: Helvetica: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Helvetica Release Date: 1957 Designer: Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann Classification: Neo-Grotesque Sans Serif Owned By: Haas Type...
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Diana Varma
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
036: Futura: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Futura Release Date: 1927 Designer: Paul Renner Classification: Geometric Sans Serif Owned By: The Bauer Type Foundry Claim to...
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Diana Varma
- Feb 24, 2021
- 8 min
035: Blackletter: An Incomplete History of Type
From type tales to type fails, this is the first in a 10-part series of an incomplete history of type. By exploring the history of type...
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