October, 2010

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For Immediate Release

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

October 25 has been designated World Pasta Day , and as part of typography’s contribution to this important initiative, we’re pleased to share the following: an excerpt from the typeface “Nr. 941. Dubbelmittel (corps 28),” as it appears in Berlingska Stilguteriet Stilprof, a type specimen book from the Berlingska type foundry of Lund, Sweden, circa 1900.

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The Finishing Touches

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

In the middle of Gotham, our family of 66 sans serifs, there is a hushed but surprising moment: a fraction whose numerator has a serif. So important was this detail that we decided to offer it as an option for all the other fractions, a decision that ultimately required more than 400 new drawings. Why? Join us for The Finishing Touches , a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the invisible details that go into every font from H&Co.

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