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NaN Jaune, a Typeface Pairing Cheese with Antique Olive

Name: NaN Jaune Designer: Jérémy Landes Foundry: NaN.xyz Release Date: May 2021 Back Story: Back in 2016, NaN Jaune began as custom lettering for the musician Jaune (though he ended up not using it). Its inspiration comes from midcentury type design legend Roger Excoffon’s Antique Olive, released in 1962. Landes became fixated upon drawing a compact sans serif with the shortest possible ascenders and...

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Review 26. Leipziger Typotage

This year, we had the chance to participate online in the 26. Leipziger Typotage—Turn by Turn. Typography and Navigation, which took place in the Museum of the Printing Art in Leipzig from June 4th to 6th, 2021. The event presented the speakers’ findings and research to an interested group live and online. Particularly exciting was the variety of topics discussed...