"I'm not an Erik Spiekermann type who can spend years and years and years perfecting an ampersand."Type fanatic Swifty talks to Ed Ricketts about independence, boredom, and his pioneering acid jazz style...
"A lot of packaging is just decoration its typefaces and colours and backgrounds. There needs to be a conceptual heart" Richard Murray explains the ethos behind Williams Murray Hamm.
Next year 'Helvitica' celebrates its 50th birthday and, as a tribute, filmmaker Gary Hustwit has created a movie that celebrates the font's integral role in graphic design in the last half century. Joe Russ finds out more.
Having chosen London's East End as the home for their design studio, sisters Nicole and Petra Kapitza are bringing a fresh new approach to book design and typography.
"I was born and raised in Faribault, Minnesota. The home of mullets, monster trucks and heavy metal. Ahhh, the good old days." Chewing the fat with the good ol' boys of typography...
"Imagine yourself only having the default typefaces that come with your system... it would be a disaster." Putting typography straight with Misprinted Type.
“Once you dare to design your own typefaces, it seems logical to warn your friends and give them the chance to use your fonts.” Laura Meseguer talks to us at OFFF 2013