Swiss designers gave us the big-name Helvetica and Frutiger typefaces in the 20th century. Now a modern-day designer from Basel is collaborating on a new font that we might soon be seeing a lot more of.
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In this episode of The Swiss Connection podcast, Nina Stoessinger of Frere-Jones Type in Brooklyn talks about inspiration and challenges. (Photo above by Andrew Lichtenstein)
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Where does a typeface designer find inspiration to create a new font? How is life in Brooklyn? SWI swissinfo.ch spoke to Nina Stoessinger, a Swiss typeface designer and lecturer in New York.
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