October, 2008

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Atoms & Aldus

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Last week I mentioned the atomic pen , which scientists used to construct some awfully tiny letters one atom at a time. These are small letters indeed: measuring two nanometers in height, they’re about ¹ ⁄ ₄₀₀₀₀ the thickness of a human hair, which surely gives their inventor sufficient authority to issue the casual throwdown that “it’s not possible to write any smaller than this.” But it is, of course, and the technique for doing

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PICTURES OF SOMEPLACE ELSE

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Last week's story about Martha Sawyers reminded me that many women's magazines in those days lured readers with tales of romance on a tropical island. Here we see an uninhibited island girl inviting a western dignitary in for a dip: Thousands of housewives in places like Kansas and Ohio turned regularly to Redbook , Cosmopolitan and similar magazines for stories of love under a tropical moon.

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The World’s Most Perfect Script

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Typographically, the Republic of Korea has much to celebrate. The world’s first typefaces cast in metal were made in Korea: a fourteenth century book in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris establishes Korean printing from movable type at least as far back as 1377, though Korean typefounding may date to 1234, some 221 years before Gutenberg.

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Finds from the NYPL

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Some lovelies from the New York Public Library. —JH. No. 819191. Petits Genres, a lithograph by J. Midolle, 1834-1835. No. 419695. Photographs of British Algae, Vol. 1. A volume of cyanotypes by photographer Anna Atkins, 1843-53. No. 481256. Three several alphabets of the Japanese language, by Engelbert Kaempfer, 1727. No. 818525. The Prang examples of historic ornament: Arabian.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Find us on Facebook

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Yesterday, our 1,000th Facebook friend became a fan of H&Co. Won’t you join us? Fellow typographers have joined us on Facebook to start conversations, share links of interest, and post photographs of things made with H&Co fonts. (Now showing: group member Rick Griffith’s typographic stencils made from Gotham, in which the scale isn’t immediately apparent; “it’s about eight feet long,” says Rick casually…) Bring your favorite work featuring H&

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A Typographic Challenge at 0.000007086614175 points

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With what is delightfully being called “The Atomic Pen,” a team of researchers has created what are likely the world’s smallest letters. At left is an array of silicon atoms measuring two nanometers in height, or a little less than one hundred thousandth of a point. Their technique, documented in today’s issue of Science magazine, makes use of an earlier discovery: that within a certain proximity, individual atoms from the silicon tip of an atomic force microscope will ex

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For America.

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This summer, the Obama campaign asked me to design a typographic poster for the Artists for Obama series. It’s now available sold out at the Obama for America website, in a numbered edition of 5,000. —JH.

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Collection of the Day

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I am not wistful for the days of carbon paper and Ko-Rec-Type , and the era of the typewriter ended before I ever figured out what to do with those wheely-eraser-brush-things that populated my parents’ offices. But a truly grand leftover from the vanished world of the typewriter is the ribbon tin; my friend Tal sent me this collection of product packaging shots on Flickr, which are resplendent with lovely lettering.

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Six Hundred Thousand Images

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Discovered: the New York Public Library’s gallery of prints, drawings and photographs is now available online. I recommend some keyword searches with typographic terms: ‘lettering’ yielded this little number , a scrapbook of late 19th century advertising cards in resplendent Victorian style. A search for ‘ Cyrillic ’ is equally beguiling!

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Ten Foot Gotham Topiary!

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Not really much to add to that. It’s here , one block east of the H&Co offices. —JH.

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