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The Fonts In Use team unanimously condemns the assault on safety, security, and basic humanity continually displayed by Twitter’s new ownership. We loved it here, but can no longer justify engaging in this platform. Find us at typo.social/@FontsInUse and fontsinuse.com.
ALT An collage of designs from fontsinuse.com, including a Dutch 7″ single “Hello, Goodbye” / “I Am The Walrus” by The Beatles, “Hello Summer, Goodbye” book cover by Gollancz, The Guess Who – “Follow Your Daughter Home” / “Bye Bye Babe” single cover, “OUT NOW.” button for the 1971 Vietnam War / Out Now event on the Mall in D.C., “Goodbye Stones” poster by Hijack Your Life, Tanukichan – “So Gone” single cover by Marc Jones, 1970s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover by Paul Bacon, and 1960s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover.
The Fonts In Use team unanimously condemns the assault on safety, security, and basic humanity continually displayed by Twitter’s new ownership. We loved it here, but can no longer justify engaging in this platform. Find us at typo.social/@FontsInUse and fontsinuse.com.
ALT An collage of designs from fontsinuse.com, including a Dutch 7″ single “Hello, Goodbye” / “I Am The Walrus” by The Beatles, “Hello Summer, Goodbye” book cover by Gollancz, The Guess Who – “Follow Your Daughter Home” / “Bye Bye Babe” single cover, “OUT NOW.” button for the 1971 Vietnam War / Out Now event on the Mall in D.C., “Goodbye Stones” poster by Hijack Your Life, Tanukichan – “So Gone” single cover by Marc Jones, 1970s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover by Paul Bacon, and 1960s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover.
On Dec 13 we posted the tweet shown in this screenshot. Tonight, that tweet is hidden, replaced with an ad, as part of Musk’s hamfisted/fascistic ban on all Mastodon links. So, we can’t link you to our social network of choice, but you can get there from fontsinuse.com.
ALT A screenshot of a @fontsinuse post on Twitter from December 13, 2022: “The Fonts In Use team unanimously condemns the assault on safety, security, and basic humanity continually displayed by Twitter’s new ownership. We loved it here, but can no longer justify engaging in this platform. Find us at https://typo.social/@FontsInUse and http://fontsinuse.com.”
An attached image is a collage of designs from fontsinuse.com, including a Dutch 7″ single “Hello, Goodbye” / “I Am The Walrus” by The Beatles, “Hello Summer, Goodbye” book cover by Gollancz, The Guess Who – “Follow Your Daughter Home” / “Bye Bye Babe” single cover, “OUT NOW.” button for the 1971 Vietnam War / Out Now event on the Mall in D.C., “Goodbye Stones” poster by Hijack Your Life, Tanukichan – “So Gone” single cover by Marc Jones, 1970s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover by Paul Bacon, and 1960s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover.
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They say not to judge a book by its cover, but a great cover helps readers forget that advice. Here are ten excellent covers that prove the importance of high quality typefaces and typography.
👉 See the list and read the article here: buff.ly/3hqtWGR
Huge thanks to @FontsInUse for featuring the Berlin Fire Brigade campaign as a staff pick. It features Change our newest addition to the family ✨ fontsinuse.com/uses/49241/be…
Eeeek thank you @FontsInUse for featuring my magazine design - we chose Study as the main body text for the magazine and complemented it with Rift for headings and pull quotes. fontsinuse.com/uses/49031/co…
☮︎ New in the Collection: the Aldermaston to London Easter 62 poster.
Since Letraset didn’t include numerals for the largest size of Annonce Grotesque, designer Ken Garland had to create the missing glyphs himself. More: fontsinuse.com/uses/48783/al…