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?
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.
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 in Hamburg.