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Erik Spiekermann
Personal blog · spiekermann.comdesignculture
Erik Spiekermann writes Spiekerblog, a personal blog at spiekermann.com about design and culture. Since 2010, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Erik Spiekermann's site for his writing on typography, including Helvetica on screens, the Nokia Sans typeface, the FE-Schrift forgery-resistant font and typography in local TV.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Most typefaces are designed for regularity, so this is quite the purposeful twist. I found a comment from Erik Spiekermann that makes the point > While nobody could simply turn one of them into another one, now they all look totally forged in the first place. No policeman would notice if you invented new characters instead. [0] [0]: http://www.printmag.com/article/hot_type_feschrift/ [1]: http://spiekermann.com/gefa…
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on “FE-Schrift: forgery-impeding typeface”Submitted Being obsessive about detail is being normal as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIt is reminiscent of German industrial typeface DIN [1], which looks stylish in certain contexts (advertising), but arguably too stylish and cold for general use. An OS font will be used for everything from obituaries to love letters. Helvetica is a horrible screen font [2], but, unlike San Francisco, it doesn't impose a certain mood on text. (On the other hand, SF's readability kicks Helvetica's ass, so at the end…
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on “Show HN: Typedetail.com – featuring Apple's new typeface San Francisco”Submitted Flat Design was here before as a story · 3 points
HN discussionTypeface designer Tobias Frere-Jones' opinion about Helvetica in Yosemite: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3031432/why-apples-new-font-wont... It echoes Erik Spiekermann's view as well: Helvetica wasn't designed for small sizes on screen. http://spiekermann.com/en/helvetica-sucks/
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on “San Francisco system font replacement for Yosemite”Submitted Setting a maximum wage for CEOs would be good for everyone as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhy? I really liked (and still like) the one they used up until now [1]. It looked fancy, it was _really_ distinctive, and it had a great readable font for devices (e.g. screenshot [2]). What more do you need from a typeface? P.S. Doesn't this new typeface somehow remind you of Windows Phone 7's one? [1] http://spiekermann.com/en/nokia-sans-character/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/21709201@N00/4263893860/
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on “Nokia Pure: Nokia's New Official Font”Submitted A New, Old Typeface as a story · 1 points
HN discussionOriginal: http://spiekermann.com/typografie-im-lokalfernsehen/
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on “Spiekermann on Typography”
