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#typography

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David Shields

HBD Darius Wells born 26 April 1800 Kingsboro, NY. He invented the router—a lateral revolving cutting tool—to make the first machine cut wood types. 1st specimen catalog in 1828 co. became D. Wells & Co in 1835 & Wells & Webb in 1839.

He was an active abolitionist, and ran a “station” on the underground railroad in Patterson, NJ helping enslaved humans make their way north to Canada to live as free humans.

#WoodType#router#letterforms
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London Web Standards

The final talk from #SotB2025
Oliver Schöndorfer - Typographer vs. Accessibility
Is now available for your viewing pleasure.
2025.stateofthebrowser.com/spe
#Fonts #Typography #a11y #Accessibility

2025.stateofthebrowser.comOliver Schöndorfer | State of the BrowserOliver Schöndorfer is a renowned typography expert and freelance UI & app designer from Austria. He is obsessed with everything type, feels physical pain when spotting bad kerning, and even had to switched banks, because he could not stand an updated logotype. His vision is to make digital projects more successful and beautiful through type. To share his knowledge, Oliver hosts the popular YouTube channel Pimp my Type, runs the weekly Font Friday Newsletter, writes articles, speaks at conferences and podcast. His energetic, unique style sets Oliver apart, while motivating thousands of designers and developers to leverage the power of typography. When Oliver is not thinking about letters, he practices Yoga daily, enjoys hiking with his wife Birgit, takes care of their three girls, and manually grinds coffee to keep it all going.
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Sam at BLAG

Next at BLAG Meet (bl.ag/meet) We'll hear from the Crickx Research Group about their work investigating the life and work of 'typographic letterer' Chrystel Crickx.

I've previously shared the project at bl.ag online (bl.ag/peeling-back-the-layers-), and the Publi Fluor book (surfaces-utiles.org/publi-fluo) was one of those in 'Book Club' in BLAG 06 (bl.ag/06).

cc @incroyable_dls — please remind me who else from the group is on here please!

Spread from a book showing sans serif letters cut out of cardboard and arranged in a horizontal lines with small bits of fluorescent colour in their bodies. Captions are set in type across the bottom 1/10 of the page or so.
#Typography#Signs#Lettering
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the roamer

@packetcat

[Reposting, as earlier message vanished when I tried an edit.]

I love the ampersand, not as a systematic tool but as a subtle inflection of my written voice.

I use it regularly but sparingly.

The ampersand is a sign of familiarity between friends. A tease, an indication of trust.

The ampersand is a flirt with the reader.

Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. We live and learn.

#ampersand#style#typography
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