On June 10, Israeli newspaper Haaretz replaced its journalists for one day with noted authors and poets. What a fascinating idea!
Along the same lines, I read in an interview the other day that Dave Eggers and hte McSweeneys crew is dedicating an upcoming issue of McSweeneys to a “newspaper prototype”.
It’s exciting to see people not toss in the towell on newspapers, but instead try new formats.
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Just received a type specimen catalog in the mail from Emigre announcing their new additions to the Mrs. Eaves family. It’s hard to imagine a print designer who hasn’t used Mrs. Eaves in some project in the last decade. It’s that good and it’s been that popular. Mrs. Eaves Petite Caps has always been a favorite of mine.
Now, designer Zuzana Licko has expanded the Mrs. Eaves family with a handful of faces with larger x-height, proportionally shorter ascenders and descenders and overall tighter spacing. The catalog also mentions that “the larger x-height also allows a smaller point size to be used while maintaining readability”.
The open type family can be purchased directly from Emigre.
