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Custom Typography



This is something of an ongoing project. Art Director Neil Jamieson really liked Jubilat, but wanted a slab with square terminals. Dropping the contrasts required by ball terminals required that we take down the contrast generally, which is especially nice at small sizes, and makes for a much stronger match for the content. Only a handful of characters changed here, but the details make all the difference.

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Posted by Joshua Darden on Jul 17, 2008 ·:· Permanent link

 

On the newsstand



In its latest incarnation, creative director David Gray and his team have maintained Out’s sexy, intelligent voice. We supplied pre-release versions of Jubilat for this redesign, which is complemented by Freight and Mario Feliciano’s Rongel in text.

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Posted by Joshua Darden on Mar 06, 2008 ·:· Permanent link