JERUSALEM, July 11 — In Israel, language is one of most visual representations of the split between the nation’s jewish and arabic populations. Signs advertise goods in both Hebrew and Arabic. Like many Israelis, Liron Lavi Turkenich, had paid…
Typography
This design detail determines if you trust your news sources
When you’re reading an article online, you’re probably not stopping to consider what font the words are set in. But it’s making a big difference in how you absorb the news. If you’re on a…
Can you read ‘Aravrit,’ the typography of peace?
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never…
Typewriter, typography festival returns to Greenville
GREENVILLE — “We try to reimagine things here,” Dwight Grimm said. He and his wife, Leigh Van Swall, run the Greenville Drive-In off Route 32. It functions as a drive-in theater, a community space and a…
Your Favorite Font Now Comes in Coffee Form
The world’s most recognizable typeface, Helvetica, has transcended its font form and made its way into your morning cup of joe. Instant coffee subscription brand Sudden Coffee introduced their first custom blend named after the…
Can you read ‘Aravrit,’ the typography of peace?
EL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized writing…
How Fonts Are Fueling the Culture Wars
ypography is undergoing a public renaissance. Typography usually strives to be invisible, but recently it’s become a mark of sophistication for readers to notice it and have an opinion. Suddenly, people outside of the…
7 Things to Think About For Your Startup’s Typography
Typography surrounds us at all times, on all mediums. We see type used on websites, physical products, digital, print and television ads, magazines and on every book cover. The use of type is so pervasive that…
Octavo Redux: The much revered International Journal of Typography to be brought back to life
During the 1980s and early 1990s, the publication of eight issues of Octavo, International Journal of Typography, was an important act of graphic authorship. Since then, the legendary journal – which was designed by creative…
Octavo Redux: The much revered International Journal of Typography to be brought back to life
During the 1980s and early 1990s, the publication of eight issues of Octavo, International Journal of Typography, was an important act of graphic authorship. Since then, the legendary journal – which was designed by creative…