Because type is at the center of all great design. // Tweets: @benson

San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2008
These pages of the 1912 Schelter & Giesecke specimen catalogue book always blow my mind like y'all did this out of metal and it is so metal
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Groundhogs and Super Bowls aside, tomorrow is notable for another reason: the previous eight-digit palindrome like this was 11/11/1111, 909 years ago. (Next up: 12/12/2121.)
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Typophile retweeted
The 2020 Fontstand typography conference will take place in Dublin, Ireland, on 15-16 May 2020. Tickets are available NOW. 🎟️ Hurry, there is limited space. fontstand.com/conference-202…
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On Saturdays, Jack Stauffacher took a break from designing and printing books to "play" with wood type that became the stuff of his artistic statements on design. What do you make in your off hours? Reply or RT with your favorite personal projects. lettarc.org/jack-tw
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New Fonts! Benguiat Montage by House Industries: houseind.com/hi/montage
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🚨 Awesome design work alert: 👀 at these Art Deco-style typographic #logos by Portuguese 🇵🇹 Graphic and Type Designer Rafael Serra Get your scroll on ➡️ instagram.com/faelpt/ @aigalosangeles @ilovetypography @TypeThursdayLA @Typophile
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Typophile retweeted
Take a peek at the schedule for #TypeCon2019! Bookmark these pages because we will be adding more content soon. Education Forum typecon.com/education Workshops typecon.com/workshops Main Program typecon.com/program @typecon #conference #typography #design
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Release time! I have a new typeface in the making, coming out next week over at @futurefonts
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Here we go again! We are happy to announce the launch of the new website for ISType axis, to take place in Istanbul from 14 – 16 June 2019. We have an exciting list of presentations and workshops to announce revolving around this edition’s theme: axis istype.com 🔛
NEW RELEASE! Kessler, a vivacious inscriptional serif in 6 styles. productiontype.com/news/new_…
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Type Directors Club @typedirectors May 16 5:30pm -- YouTube Live event at @Google HQ in #NYC with TDC Medalist David Berlow @dberlow @TypeNetwork "Beyond the Quest for the Perfect Uppercase Partial Differential." Free live stream on YT. More: tdc.org/event/david-berlow-u…
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For the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus, a new edition of “The ABC’s of ▲ ■ ●” by @ellenLupton @abbottmiller is released by @PAPress Grab a copy: papress.com/html/product.det…
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Yesterday, Gloubi was released on futurefonts. If you wish to relive the slow melting plastic smell in the microwave experience, please stop by www.futurefonts.cyz. Amazing specimen by… instagram.com/p/BvRdCAsFPOD/…
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New lettering poster! Justice is blind and so am I after working on this piece. 😬 This piece illustrates a quote by Gibran Khalil Gibran 'ليس في الغابات عدل', ‘There is no justice in the forest’ a commentary on the human justice versus that of nature. Make sure to zoom in.
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No more waiting! 📚 Our book “Making Fonts!” is now finally in stock and ready to be shipped: typografie.de/produkt/making… (Please always consider ordering directly at the publisher’s online shop or going to your favorite local book store❣️)
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✨NEW RELEASE✨ Excited to welcome @contrastfoundry with the release of CoFo Peshka! This brutally blocky design is based on industrial objects from 1920’s Soviet Union. It already has a variable width and weight, and supports Cyrillic! Get it for $25! futurefonts.xyz/contrast-fou…
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Everything you ever wanted to know about FatFace but were afraid to ask! fontsinuse.com/uses/5578/the… @DesignMuseum #boldfonts #FontSunday @Letterology
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