I love letters. All kinds and types of letters: small, large, drawn, sketched, painted, rough, smooth, serif, sans serif, script, roman, italic, oblique, digitized, old and new, uppercase, lowercase, all materials and media, three dimensional… Yes, I love letters, except for those that are poorly or incorrectly proportioned. For those poor ugly letters, I feel pity and sadness.
These didn’t fit anywhere in the trajectory of In Letters We Trust, my recent presentation at TypeCon 2014. But still, I couldn’t leave them just laying about.
These banknotes were issued by the North African nation of Mauritania between 1974 and 2004, and were printed by the German security firm Giesecke & Devrient. They offer dazzling color and pattern, but also make an excellent example of design for a set. They find the precarious balance of unity and diversity, where each piece has a distinct identity but is unmistakably part of a larger group.
Today marks the launch of the new FF Franziska microsite, a site dedicated to Jakob Runge’s FF Franziska which we released back in June.
With a great selection of impressive in-use cases and an insight into the inspiration and making-of process behind the typeface, it really is the go-to place for all you need to know about our latest family.
Konstnären och entreprenören Mikael Genberg vill sätta ett rött hus med vita knutar på månen.
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