Posted By:
Andy Yaco-Mink
Posted On:
Thursday, July 8th, 2004
The New York Times has a nice piece on the inscription of the new corner stone for the World Trade Center site. The inscription will be set in the lovely Gotham type face, from this blogger's favorite type foundry, Hoefler & Frere Jones.
In other 9/11 related font news, New Jersey chose Times New Roman for their memorial. Times New Roman was designed by Stanley Morison and is a lousy font in its digital form unless it's used properly.
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