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H_FJ

  1. @essl Only a matter of time.
  2. @samd OK, that sent me to Wikipedia. You won't find those characters there, though you might be able to fake them.
  3. Registration for TypeCon2012 is open! And our own @HindiRinny will be presenting an *unpublished* H&FJ font. j.mp/KsagKe
  4. @NickSherman It kills me. Did you also like the *typeset* (?!) signature blocks on the comps?
  5. Thanks, @aMetalCowboy. Took more than 20 years to finish; we're very proud of the results.
  6. "It's like Josef Albers meets Gee's Bend, but from 1870." radicalcartography.net/9thcensus/9th3…
  7. My. These are just beautiful. radicalcartography.net/9thcensus/9th1…
  8. 1870 US Census visualizations. radicalcartography.net/index.html?9th… Thanks, @mattconvente!
  9. Some fantastic 19th century data visualizations, courtesy of @colinmford. davidrumsey.com/blog/2012/3/28…
  10. @hardwig Smells like free.
  11. @sfj Weird, you're the second person to say that today.
  12. @chriscoyier Exciting news — best of luck to you! Keep me posted about CodePen.
  13. The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum has issued some wood type specimen books in facsimile — yum! woodtype.org/store/books
  14. @josefrichter Funny, we're doing that right this very moment!
  15. @samsoffes Thanks, Sam. We'll keep an eye out.
  16. @GregRicha Hi Greg, drop us a line and we'll talk — we're at info@typography.com.
  17. @MorganSpringer I'm very sorry to hear that, Morgan. If I can help, would you let me know? I'm at hoefler@typography.com.
  18. @samsoffes Thanks — let's see if we can help. Drop a line to info@typography.com.