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Slanted #12 – “Beat That If You Can! – Women, Typography, Graphic Design” shows work created by typography enthusiastic females among them Veronika Burian, Verena Gerlach and many more. Kontour is represented with an Elido specimen.
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“The Type Archive Issue” features around 50 contemporary typefaces throughout 300 pages. Elido is one of the typefaces presented. The publication includes two volumes, a generously sized type specimen, and a collection containing type designer interviews. Graphic is a quarterly design magazine published in Seoul, Korea.
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April 5 is set in Elido Initials, and August 13 in Elido Black. The Typodarium calendar makes for happy font days in 2011!
Posted In: Exhibitions
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO, features work from Sibylle Hagmann represented together with fellow designers Roy Brooks, Mikey Burton, Kelly English, and Kindra Murphy in the exhibition RBMBKESHKM curated by Bruce Burton. On show from August 4 to August 29.
Posted In: Font Release
Release of Odile Version 2.0 and Elido. We are absolutely delighted to announce the publication of this sans/serif superfamily.
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Sibylle Hagmann was invited to St. Louis, MO, to participate in selecting work standing out in excellence from their regional AIGA chapter for their 15 Show. It was a pleasure to meet folks from AIGA St. Louis and my fellow judges Petter Ringbom and Frank Chimero.
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With his essay titled “Odile & Elido”, David B?ezina writes about William A. Dwiggins and reviews the typeface family Odile and its upcoming Sans companion Elido in the Czech TYPO.36 magazine. Typefaces reviewed in prior issues are: Archer, Arno, Fakir, Greta, Maiola, and Nami.
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Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces, a publication Kontour was asked to contribute with examples of type design. The book includes a foreword by Ellen Lupton and is published by Princeton Architectural Press. Authored by Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen, the title promises to provide real-world perspective from contemporary type interested designers.
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Sibylle Hagmann was invited to contribute to an article titled “Golden Age?” edited by Deborah Littlejohn in EYE magazine, 71. Littlejohn collected opinions from designers about whether we are in a golden age of type design. Used metaphorically, Littlejohn was interested in the type designer’s position, familiarity with recent technological innovations, as well as type education.