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Even Erik Spiekermann agrees that Helvetica is

Even Erik Spiekermann agrees that Helvetica is sometimes an appropriate choice.

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 14, 2008  •  design   erikspiekermann   Helvetica   typography

FE-Mittelschrift

Erik Spiekermann on FE-Mittelschrift, the typeface used for German license plates.

The official typeface for our license plates is now called FE-Mittelschrift, with FE meaning it is Fälschungs-Erschwert, i.e. difficult to forge. Apparently car thieves, terrorists and notorious law-breakers had been exploiting DIN's geometric construction principle and turning E into F or 3 into 8 etc by simply using a bit of black tape or white paint.

Here are all the alphanumeric characters:

FE-Mittelschrift

Note the tamper-resistant differences between the 6 (no notch) and 9 (notched), the E & F, the I & 1, the O & zero, the P & R, and so on.

By Jason Kottke  •  Nov 16, 2007  •  cars   erikspiekermann   femittelschrift   fonts   typography

Great clean, simple design for the Le

Great clean, simple design for the Le Monde Diplomatique newspaper. Here's some more info on the publication.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 19, 2007  •  design   erikspiekermann   journalism

Erik Spiekermann explains how Nokia's corporate typeface

Erik Spiekermann explains how Nokia's corporate typeface came to be. Looks like it was based on one of Nokia's onscreen bitmap fonts. I've always wanted to create a "real" version of Silkscreen like that.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jan 10, 2006  •  design   erikspiekermann   fonts   nokia   Silkscreen   typography

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