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'Language is essential in the comic, and its physical appearance was as carefully crafted as the art itself.'

Nicole Rudick on how Futura captures the betwixt and between in Crockett Johnson's comic strip Barnaby:

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Barnaby's Futura Fantasy | BroadcastBarnaby's Futura Fantasy | BroadcastIn Crockett Johnson's iconic comic strip, the type speaks for itself.

Découverte du jour → GridType
Un outil typographique basé sur une grille, inspiré notamment des systèmes historiques comme la Plaque Découpée Universelle.

On peut aussi générer des grilles variées, de dessiner des lettres et exporter ses créations en fichier de police fonctionnel.

👉 grid-type.com

Design & Development: Katharina Nejdl

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We are honored to publish Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024, a compendium of specimens spanning forty years of type innovation from the legendary Bay Area foundry. Preview a selection from the book’s 1,200+ pages—and read a foreword from Associate Curator Stephen Coles on the importance of the Emigre archive to the mission of Letterform Archive: letterformarchive.org/news/ins

Letterform Archive · Inside Emigre Fonts, Type Specimens, 1986–2024With 40 complete type specimens packed into 5 pounds, this compendium documents the output of one of the earliest (and most prolific) digital type foundries. Here’s a peek at the book’s foreword.