Typography

Palatino Arabic font is a winner

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Palatino Arabic is the result of collaboration between Nadine Chahine and Prof. Hermann Zapf. Palatino Arabic is also a winner, as awarded by the annual Type Directors Club (TDC2) contest.

Ok, I don’t know one word of Arabic to save my life, so I have no idea what the Palatino Arabic type poster says – (Anyone know the translation for ‘Quick brown fox..’ … Read more »

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Helvetica the Film & 26 Letters a Second: The Moving Image of Typography

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

“You’re going to see a film about a font??!” This was the reaction I received from friends and colleagues when I told them I was going to be attending the Australian premier of Helvetica, the first feature length film on a typeface ever made.

However there was more then just a film to be viewed. Special keynote speakers Gary Hustwit (New York based director of … Read more »

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