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New Print Technologies Help Art Books Survive in a Digital World

Printed art books, often with special cover coatings, embossing and extravagant illustrations, deliver a sense of tactile immediacy.

Although the Typemaniac lives in front of a computer, he still loves buying, owning and reading real books. Thanks to Tony Zak, a member of our Northern Bureau, we now learn that art books are flourishing as meatworld objets d’art. Very cool!

Source: New Print Technologies Help Art Books Survive in a Digital World – The New York Times

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Snapchat changed its font and now life just doesn’t make sense anymore

According to graphic designer Tynan Humphrey, the old font appeared to be Helvetica while the new font looks like Avenir. “It’s a little lighter, and a bit more geometric than the old font,” he told the Daily Dot.

Snapchat changed one of their app’s fonts and hilarity ensued. Click to read the DailyDot article: Snapchat changed its font and now life just doesn’t make sense anymore

Hat tip to MrMild.