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Let The Typography Renaissance Begin: Monotype Unveils 2021 Type Trend Report You might not realize it, but we’re living in the midst of a type renaissance. And, sure, maybe that feels a little hyperbolic, but the writing has literally been all the wall the past few years. Lucky for us, Monotype Studio just released their 2021 Type Trends Report, highlighting some of the biggest news and developments shaping the design and branding landscape. Identifying 11 trends, Monotype’s 40-plus team ...

Second-generation pressman Aric Frydendall has witnessed firsthand the many changes in the newspaper industry over the past 40-plus years.  He grew up in the business. His father, Marion "Friday" Frydendall, was a legendary pressman for The Register-Guard newspaper spanning 39 years starting in 1966. He eventually became pressroom foreman and passed the trade down to his son. The elder Frydendall retired a few years back and continues to live in Eugene.  The younger Frydendall reminisced abou...

Register-Guard press workers reflect on the evolving nature of printing newspapers Chris Pietsch, Register-Guard UP NEXT Second-generation pressman Aric Frydendall has witnessed firsthand the many changes in the newspaper industry over the past 40-plus years.  He grew up in the business. His father, Marion "Friday" Frydendall, was a legendary pressman for The Register-Guard newspaper spanning 39 years starting in 1966. He eventually became pressroom foreman and passed the trad...

John D. Pomfret, Key Figure in Revamping The Times, Dies at 93 As a senior executive in the 1970s, he was part of a management team that expanded the paper’s format, boosted advertising and ushered in computer technology. John D. Pomfret, right, general manager of The Times, recognized a questioner in the audience during a sales conference at the newspaper’s headquarters in Manhattan in 1979. Next to him was William Shuck, a Times advertising executive.Credit...David Chalk March 2, 2021 Joh...

Sheerness horror train crash remembered 50 years on Published: 06:00, 26 February 2021 It was the story which shocked Sheerness and put the Isle of Sheppey on the front page of every national newspaper. A runaway train packed with 80 passengers ploughed through the buffers, demolished the ticket office and burst out of the railway station before coming to a halt on a taxi. Sheerness train crash photo taken by John Gamble Incredibly, only one person died in the rush-hour disaster but 11 were inj...

Author of the article: Susanna McLeod Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021  •  February 23, 2021  •  5 minute read Celebrating her 25th anniversary as a freelance columnist for The Kingston Whig-Standard on Feb. 26, 2021, Susanna McLeod holds a copy of the Community Editorial Board announcement page from Feb. 24, 1996. Article content With my heart pounding on the dark February evening, I knocked on the heavy door. It was time to step up and follow my dream. At the sound of a lock opening,...

Editor’s note: The Vail Daily’s weekly kids section is chock full of activities and fun to keep the young and the young at heart entertained during the pandemic. If you have an idea for the section or would like to get involved, email Entertainment Editor Casey Russell at crussell@vaildaily.com. Word of the Week to powder ski / para esquiar en polvo Special to the Daily Outside Scoop: Snow Moon This Friday evening and early Saturday morning is your next chance to view a full moon. It will ...

This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Fonts are born in type foundries, which are companies that specialize in the design and creation of typefaces. Although the majority of type foundries today are digital, they led very different lives before the age of the internet, and have a fascinating history. The Beginning of Print Before type foundries were even a glimmer in their founders’ eyes and printing was even a thing, books were...

Good for Futura-ists The Futura typeface celebrated its 90th birthday this year and Futura: The Typeface, a “stunning examination of one of the most popular typefaces ever created”, has been published in homage. Inspired by simple geometric forms, designer Paul Renner created Futura in 1927 as a clean-lined, modern take on classical typefaces and it was immediately popular. The book traces the face’s story from its Bauhaus origins through to its appearance on the moon, for the text of a p...

Back in 2008, I had written a column about Biwabik, the town where I was born and went to school.