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Jason Castle

Jason Castle, founder of CastleType, has pursued many passions over the years: performing Medieval music and doing calligraphy and illuminating in his twenties, computer programming in his thirties, digital type design in his forties, returning to school in his fifties to get his masters in counseling psychology and even interning as a psychotherapist for a few years. But, after all his meandering, Jason finally realized what he wants to be when he grows up and has returned full-time to his first and truest love: type design. It is Jason's hope to share his delight in type design with others through this blog.

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October 31, 2011

Hermann Zapf speaks about Helvetica

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Speaking of Helvetica (previous post), here is a short (5:20) excerpt from the documentary "Helvetica" in which the famous type designer, Hermann Zapf, shares his thoughts about Helvetica.

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October 31, 2011

Helveticards: Brilliant minimalist playing cards

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Ok, all those people who claim to hate Helvetica will probably not want this deck of playing cards. But, you must admit that the design is rather striking!

http://curiositycounts.com/post/10891515615/helveticards-brilliant-minimalist...

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August 15, 2010

"Helvetica" - Now on Netflix

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The documentary "Helvetica", about the ubiquitous typeface, is now available for streaming on Netflix: http://bit.ly/bpVTfF The official trailer is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkoX0pEwSCw

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