A retrospective of typefaces published on Google Fonts through the year 2024. I’m continuing this little tradition as in 2022 and in 2023. Afacad typeface project Two Variable Typefaces with many possibilities, by Kristian Möller, a type designer based in Stockholm (also the author of Funnel Sans and Display, see below). The ’Afacad typeface project’…
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Taking a Line for a Walk, paru en 2016, est un livre qui m’a fasciné depuis sa découverte. C’est pourquoi ce livre est désormais référencé sur AR-A+D, sur Designbriefs, et possède sa page Wikipédia.
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Following the tradition established in 2022, I am presenting here an overview of some interesting new open-source typefaces that were published on the Google Fonts platform in 2023. I am listing them in the chronologic order of publication. After Part 1 (February–March) and Part 2 (April to August), we now reach the third part that…
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Following the tradition established in 2022, I am presenting here an overview of some interesting new open-source typefaces that were published on the Google Fonts platform in 2023. Fonts published in February and March were covered in part one. In this second part, we look at fonts released between April and August 2023. Commissioner Commissioner…
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Following the tradition established in 2022, I am presenting here an overview of some interesting new open-source typefaces that were published on the Google Fonts platform in 2023. In this first part, we look at fonts released from February to March 2023. Martian Mono Martian Mono, released in February 2023, is a monospaced version of…
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Using the Microsoft online tools (Teams, OneDrive, Word…) with my colleagues and students, I am often facing the choice of flying with the default typeface, or selecting another one among the fonts proposed by the platform. Every now and then, I spot some new additions in that font menu, such as two years ago (in…
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In this post, I’m attempting a retrospective of the interesting things – new fonts! – that where published by the Google Fonts project throughout the year 2022. 1. Outfit It started in January with the release of Outfit, a geometric sans available as a variable font. Designed by Rodrigo Fuenzalida, a designer from Santiago, Chile,…
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I am gathering here an overview of some published research articles. An article on paranoia, spam and botnets, co-written with Laurent Schmid, based on our talk at Maison d’Ailleurs. Schmalstieg, M. & Schmid, L. (2009). FUD – Fear, uncertainty and doubt, Issue, 4. An article that emerged from my conference at EESAB Lorient in December…
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Vous cherchez comment insérer un fichier MP3 dans WordPress? Voilà une courte vidéo qui vous montre comment faire (avec WordPress version 5.5, fin 2020) . Le secret est d’insérer un bloc “son” (en anglais vous pouvez taper “audio” ou “sound”), et de charger votre fichier MP3. Il existe aussi des blocs pour intégrer des contenus…
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Je vous présente Atlas, un système open-source, basé sur MarkDown et Jekyll, pour gérer les plans de formation école. Atlas est un système créé pour gérer des plans de formation, dans l’enseignement professionnel. J’ai développé ce système au cours du printemps 2020, pour les besoins de la formation Interactive Media Designer. Considérant qu’il pouvait être…
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