The 1990s ushered in a radical new era for typography, as the rise of desktop publishing democratised font design and unleashed unprecedented creative experimentation. What emerged was a wild mix of ...

Erik Spiekermann and five students sourced hand-drawn letter fragments, typography sketches and posters for the project Two of the fonts have already been made available to download by Adobe, of ...

The project materialized after the discovery of unfinished typography sketches and letter fragments from the German school Bauhaus Dessau, which was closed in 1932 by the National Socialist Party.

Xanti Schawinsky, who created the first sketches for Xants, also taught at the school, and later went on to work as a graphic designer for brands including Cinzano and Olivetti. It’s not the first ...

I don’t want to get into the controversy surrounding the issue, but some of the scenes of Spielberg’s ET are eerily similar to the sketches Ray had done for his unproduced sci-fi film, The Alien!