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Christine Gertsch

@Typelady

I like type, innovation, interaction. Graduate of TypeMedia 2011/12

 Zurich
christinegertsch.net
Joined November 2010
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@figma10 May 2022
6/ Variable fonts 🔠 Play more with the weight, width, and other specifications of your font to create responsive, accessible, and fun designs. figma.com/typography/variabl… #Config2022
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Typotheque@typotheque25 Mar 2022
RIP Gerrit Noordzij, 1931–2022
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Typotheque@typotheque13 Dec 2021
We are looking for a font engineer. typotheque.com/blog/job_open…
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Etter Studio@etterstudio8 Jun 2021
I will teach "Coding for the Arts" at Zurich's University of Art this autumn. Applications are open: zhdk.ch/weiterbildung/weiter… 🤞
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Lucas de Groot@FontFabrik30 Apr 2020
Amazing that the Edge and Chrome browsers miserably fail at displaying thin web fonts. Firefox at the bottom does a much better job:
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Typotheque@typotheque9 Jan 2020
It is early in the new year, time to list accomplishments. Instead, we look back at what we have learned so far, and we’d love to learn from you too. If you are familiar with Typotheque, please take a part of our online survey. typotheque.com/blog/what_we_…
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Commercial Type@commercialtype4 Dec 2019
Maybe it's time to start feeling nervous about our jobs…
Janelle Shane (@JanelleCShane) profile pictureJanelle Shane@JanelleCShane4 Dec 2019
A neural net trained on 2674 fonts generates glyphs of its own. Some letters it got easily; b was particularly tricky for some reason
“Oh no” written in a distorted, sketchy font

ALT “Oh no” written in a distorted, sketchy font

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Farbod Saraf@farbodsaraf19 Sep 2019
‘I’m not a robot’ teapawt.org/UniverCurious/status/1…
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Jen Simmons@jensimmons31 Jul 2019
Did you know there’s a panel in Firefox Developer Tools that keeps track of any changes you make to your CSS, and lists everything so you can copy & paste it elsewhere? developer.mozilla.org/en-US/…
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Variable Fonts@variablefonts4 Jun 2019
Apple’s new SF Symbols system of user interface glyphs launched today, including a #variablefonts component for seamless weight adjustments. developer.apple.com/design/h…
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Typozüri@Typozri26 Mar 2019
Am 6. April findet wieder der Tag der Schrift an der @sfgzzh statt! Alle Infos und Anmeldung auf tagderschrift.org
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Fonts In Use@FontsInUse27 Feb 2019
Recently joining our list of supporters is @ZType_ch, extra-occupational courses in at the old cheese factory in Zurich. 🧀 Apply now! Type Design Master’s: zhdk.ch/en/continuingeducati… Typography Master’s: zhdk.ch/en/continuingeducati… Digital Typography zhdk.ch/en/continuingeducati…
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Robert Kaplinsky@robertkaplinsky6 Sep 2018
Here's an interesting mechanical visual for how binary numbers work. #MTBoS #iteachmath
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Typozüri@Typozri31 Aug 2018
Was kostet Design? Umfrage von @swissdesignSDA swiss-design-association.ch/…
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Typozüri@Typozri26 Jul 2018
Want to learn about greek type design? Join the workshop in Bern, end of august by @typeworksbern typozueri.ch/ typeworks.ch/
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Typeworks@typeworksbern23 Jul 2018
Take the chance to extend your Latin typeface to Greek with @irene_vlachou and @kostasbartsokas! #Typedesign #Workshop in Bern this end of August: typeworks.ch
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KABK Type & Media@typemedia_4 Jul 2018
Please welcome 11 fantastic @typemedia graduates! Congratulations!
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I am trying to put together a font scripting cookbook for the fontparts documentation. I just posted a first list of recipes into this thread github.com/robofab-developer…. Any recipe you think is missing? #codeIsCoolButWeNeedDocsToo
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KABK Type & Media@typemedia_21 Mar 2018
It’s here! All graduation projects from last year’s students are finally online. typemedia2017.com
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Production Type@ProductionType14 Mar 2018
Learn contemporary type design at a postgrad level. 18 months in 🇫🇷 👉🏿 teapawt.org/esadtype/status/973895…
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