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Mini Golf Alphabet
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Unusual Fifteenth-Century Fonts
Unusual Fifteenth-century Fonts
Günther Zainer from Reutlingen introduced printing to Augsburg, Germany in 1468. He likely trained in Strasbourg with Johann Mentelin (who later went into business with Jenson and Johannes de Colonia in Venice). Zainer, during his decade-long career (he died in 1478), published some 100 books.
Günther Zainer used two Gothic types and three Romans. His Roman types are among the most unusual produced during the fifteenth century.
Zainer’s first roman (Type 3:107R) of 1472 is already leaving behind the Gothic influences of the very earliest roman types, but note the H with the ‘pearl’ in the crossbar.
Günther Zainer (Type 3:107R)
This decoration is taken a step further with his next Roman (Type 4:95R) used from 1472 through 1477. Note the ‘pearls’ in the letters H, I, L, M, N, and T.
Günther Zainer (Type 4:95R)
His third roman (Type 4*:95R), first used in 1473, is unusual in that it mixes Roman and Gothic majuscules (capitals). You can see too very clear Gothic (Gothic Rotunda / Semitextualis Formata) influences in the lowercase.
Günther Zainer (Type 4*:95R)
This typeface is better classified a semi-roman, an interesting devolution and departure from his two earlier Romans.
Images courtesy of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
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Unusual Fifteenth-Century Fonts
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European Design Awards 2014
The European Design Awards have been created to celebrate European design with all its regional distinctive elements as well as its common grounds, to facilitate European designers to meet, benchmark, be inspired and build networks, to promote and raise standards for communication design throughout Europe, to properly honor and award people who invest their passion in design and to create a directory of European communication design excellence.
The European Design Awards, now in their eighth year, are constantly evolving to embrace the changes in the world of printed and digital communication design. An ever-expanding digital jury composed of editors of online design magazines was introduced in 2013 and new categories are being added to better suit designers’ needs.
Founded in 2006 , the ED-Awards instantly became widely acknowledged as one of the leading competitions for communication design in Europe. Each year the awards ceremony takes place in a different city and, following Athens, Stockholm, Zurich, Rotterdam, Vilnius, Helsinki and Belgrade, the ED Awards 2014 ceremony will take place in Cologne, Germany.
All submitted work must have been published in 2013 .
The entry fee per submission is 140 Euro (or 112 Euro per submission for five or more submissions) and 40 Euro per student submission. Eligibility All designers living or working within Europe may participate. Designers in Europe may submit work done for clients outside Europe. Prize There are three levels of distinction: Gold, Silver and Bronze.
• Gold winners receive a trophy during the Award Ceremony. In rare cases, the maximum of two Gold awards may be given in one category.
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