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1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00Visual corrections in type design animated
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2015/12/visual-corrections-in-type-design-animated/
2015-12-10T20:46:50Z
Last Saturday we gave a presentation at the 6th typography meeting in Aveiro, Portugal. The theme of this year’s conference was “perception”. Our talk was titled “Tricked!” – we attempted to explain how our eyes and brains play a lot of tricks as we read, and manipulate the visual information even before it reaches our […]]]>Good bye, JAF webfont service. Hello self-hosting webfonts!
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2015/10/good-bye-jaf-webfont-service-hello-self-hosting-webfonts/
2015-10-15T11:27:09Z
Just over five years ago, we launched our own webfont service – in fact, we were one of the earliest commercial webfont providers on the net, proceeded only by Typotheque and Typekit. Today, we are saying good-bye to her. Our self-hosting webfont offers, previously available on request, are now integrated into our online shop. What’s […]]]>Our contribution to the Fitchburg Alphabet
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2015/07/our-contribution-to-the-fitchburg-alphabet/
2015-07-17T19:56:11Z
Earlier this year, we were asked by visual artist Anna Schuleit Haber to take part in her Fitchburg Alphabet project. For 26 days, one letter designed by a different designer is being shown on the front page of Fitchburg’s daily newspaper each day. This is our contribution and a short description: Printed letters, such as […]]]>How spatial frequencies affect the way we perceive fonts
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2014/06/how-spatial-frequencies-affect-the-way-we-perceive-fonts/
2014-06-26T19:21:56Z
Last week we started the pre-order for our book “Size-specific adjustments to type designs”. Here, we would like to share a part of the content to give you a better idea of the book. This post is based on a section taken from Chapter 5: Perception psychology and reading research (full table of contents here). […]]]>Suppression and emphasis of features in typeface design
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2014/06/suppression-and-emphasis-of-features/
2014-06-23T13:44:50Z
Last week we started the pre-order for our book “Size-specific adjustments to type designs”. Here, we would like to share a part of the content to give you a better idea of the book. This sample is “Suppression and emphasis of features”, a section from Chapter 6: Design advice (full table of contents here). Keep in […]]]>Update: Size-specific adjustments to type designs
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2014/04/update-size-specific-adjustments-to-type-designs/
2014-04-24T20:07:36Z
→ Update: You can now order the book. With a little delay, we are coming close to finalizing this project. The book has been proof-read by Sally Kerrigan, and the foreword is being written by Christian Schwartz. The original version of this paper was written as part of Tim Ahrens’ MA in Typeface Design at the […]]]>Lucida Grande “Retina-optimized” in OS X Mavericks
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2013/10/lucida-grande-retina-optimized-in-os-x-mavericks/
2013-10-27T18:06:06Z
As pointed out by Stepen Coles yesterday, Ars Technica wrote about a modified version of Lucida Grande, “optimized for Retina displays”, in their review of the new Mac OS 10.9 “Mavericks”. So, what exactly could make a font “optimized for Retina” and which modifications did Apple make? Always curious about these kinds of slight modifications […]]]>JAF Bernina Sans for Blue Sky Innovation
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2013/10/jaf-bernina-sans-for-blue-sky-innovation-2/
2013-10-21T19:49:11Z
Last week, the Chicago Tribune launched Blue Sky Innovation — a website and newsletter which offer news and information about Chicago’s growing business innovation, technology and entrepreneurial scene. The design team has chosen JAF Bernina Sans for their brand new logo. The designer Nick Tann wrote an article explaining why they picked the font.]]>In search of Johannes-Type
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2013/10/in-search-of-johannes-type/
2013-10-10T14:50:53Z
While everyone else seemed to be heading to the ATypI conference in Amsterdam yesterday, JAF spent a day in Hamburg. We have been digitizing a very peculiar typeface called “Johannes-Type”. We first came accross this typeface in the specimen book 50 der schönsten Schriften aus 100 Jahren Schaffen 1833–1933 from the Genzsch & Heyse type foundry […]]]>Tim’s ‘Type Talk’ at Apple Store Berlin
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2013/06/tims-type-talk-at-apple-store-berlin/
2013-06-22T08:21:58Z
Yesterday I spoke about webfonts and web typography at the brand new Apple Store Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Quite an impressive venue!. @timahrens at the brand new Berlin Apple Store! A photo posted by Mota Italic (@motaitalic) on Jun 21, 2013 at 9:50am PDT Jürgen Siebert gave a short introduction on the history of DTP and […]]]>We are updating and re-publishing our book on optical sizes
https://blog.justanotherfoundry.com/2013/06/re-publishing-our-book-on-optical-sizes/
2013-06-19T16:00:19Z
→ Update: You can now order the book. We are happy to announce that we are in the process of updating and re-publishing Tim’s book on optical sizes, currently titled “Size-specific adjustments to type designs”. We have been constantly asked about the availability of the book, but the book has been extremely difficult to obtain. […]]]>