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Mein Herz schlägt für Pixel, Papier und Typografie. Gründer und Geschäftsführer von 86/60, einem Design-Studio in Wien. Das hier ist mein persönliches Blog, in dem ich über Design, meine Beobachtungen und persönliche Erlebnisse schreibe.
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Besley (free font)

15. January 202115. January 2021

I love this contemporary redesign of the all times classic Clarendron. It captures the vibe of the original but with more consistency, fitting italics in one beautiful variable font.

Typografie

How to pick a Typeface for User Interface and App Design?

11. January 202113. January 2021

What should you pay attention to when choosing a font for your user interface or app? In this article and video I cover what to look for. I also pick on Hellvetica (yes, Hell-vetica) so you won’t pick it as a typeface for your functional text. TL;DR: For your UI or app select a typeface … Weiterlesen

Typografie

How to Choose a Typeface for Display Text

15. December 202013. January 2021
What Typefaces for Display Text?

Display text is the kind of text that should attract your readers and represent the atmosphere of your project. What you should consider when picking a typeface for it and what different kinds of display fonts there are, I tell you in this post and video. TL;DR: Have fun picking a cool typeface for your … Weiterlesen

Typografie

How to Choose a Typeface 1 – Different Kinds of Text

2. December 202013. January 2021
The different types of text – These questions I ask before picking a font

Before picking a proper typeface for your website, app or digital product, you have to find out for what kind of text you need it. In this article I’ll give you of a primer on the different sorts of text and tell you the three questions I ask to identify it and get started with … Weiterlesen

Typografie

Stop using Open Sans – Why your font choice matters

29. September 202013. January 2021
Why your font choice matters

Say it after me: “I will not use Open Sans. There are plenty of other typefaces.” The second episode of Pimp my Type is about this omnipresent typeface, why it is that popular and how to embrace more typographic diversity on the web by making your projects unique. Open Sans, Open Sans, Open Sans! It’s … Weiterlesen

Typografie

Sources for free and paid quality fonts for web and app design in 2021

6. September 202013. January 2021

A designer can’t have enough good fonts, right? This is my growing list of quality sources for finding new fonts, free quality fonts and quality foundries. It focuses on the application in digital products, apps and websites. Bookmark and enjoy. Directly jump to my sources for: Finding new fonts Quality free fonts Quality paid fonts … Weiterlesen

Typografie

Improving the Typography of the iOS time display

25. August 202013. January 2021
Stop the jumping time display in iOS

I just started my YouTube channel Pimp my Type. It aims to help you to improve the design of a website, app or digital product by leveraging the power of typography. This article is a transcript of the first episode with some additional links. In the first episode I cover something that drives me crazy … Weiterlesen

Persönliches

Choose your path – specializing and finding a focus as a creative

9. February 202010. February 2020

I’m done with only doing “okay” work in many fields – I want to do great work in one area! But finding a focus and specializing as a creative solo entrepreneur is hard. I started this process and will share my approach for a more impactful and lucrative business.

Persönliches

Was ich als Speaker tun kann, damit mehr Frauen auf der Bühne stehen

9. January 202024. January 2020

Noch immer stehen zu wenig Frauen auf den Bühnen von Events und wir Männer sind mit schuld daran. Ich habe mich entschieden als Speaker nur noch auf Veranstaltungen mit möglichst ausgewogenem Geschlechterverhältnis zu reden. Warum ich zu diesem Entschluss kam und wie er gleich auf die Probe gestellt wurde, beschreibe ich in diesem Artikel. Warum … Weiterlesen

Typografie

With Adobe Fonts it gets harder to use web fonts for client websites

28. February 201913. January 2021
Adobe Fonts

Late 2018 Adobe announced that Typekit is now Adobe Fonts. This brought some great advantages to all Creative Cloud users, like no more limits with syncing desktop fonts, web font pageviews, and domains. The downside is, that using Adobe Fonts for client websites just got harder for it won’t be permitted to host them in … Weiterlesen

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¶ The typefaces Bressay and Basic Sans that are used on this site were neither stretched, faux-bolded nor harmed in any other way. Please be good to type.