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Manage and View Fonts
A brief overview of font management. Various apps and their features …
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The German Capital Letter Eszett
On June 29, 2017, the Council for German Orthography endorsed the optional use of a capital sharp s. That means the most controversial of letters, and (within the type design community) one of the …
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Alfred Workflow
In my opinion Alfred 3 is a very handy tool for macOS that boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more. One of its core functions is the ability to use and create so called …
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The Best Fonts of 2015
The new year isn’t that new any more, yet I don’t want to do without the established look back. Again, the focus is on overviewing all remarkable releases of the year, flavoured with some personal …
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The Best Fonts of 2014
The list has grown long. Too long? I don’t hope so! The lengths has two reasons: On the one hand, I decided to create specimens not only for my personal highlights, but also one-liners for all other …
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The Best Fonts of 2013
A Best-Of list is just like a football team. You shouldn’t only take into account the best players as individuals, but the best team; the players that harmonize best. In my list of the best typefaces …
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The Best Fonts of 2012
It’s the same every year: So many new fonts, and no one keeps track of them. Okay, nearly no one. Enjoy my little selection, unsorted, subjective and independent as always, bilingual (sort of) and …
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Here you find all special characters that are accessible via the British/American keyboard. I compiled them in groups that I find quite sensible, most important ones on the top. Windows Input Method …
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Nicer Tweets
Why limit your tweets to what’s accessible through the keyboard? With emoji and symbol keyboards, access to fancier stuff never was easier. Typefacts still likes to show you what’s possible beyond …