Erik Spiekermann
German type and information designer; founder of MetaDesign and FontShop, designer of typefaces including FF Meta, and a letterpress printer at p98a in Berlin.
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Uses Keynote
Keynote and Keynotopia. Some Photoshop, some Illustrator, some CSSEdit, Espresso.
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Uses NSU Ro80
Plus a car from 1977: a NSU Ro80, the first Wankel engine car.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Uses Korrex proofing press
I have a Korrex proofing press (like a Vandercook), a platen press and lots of type.
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Uses Braun HiFi equipment
I also have a large collection of Braun HiFi equipment, from the late 60s until they stopped making that stuff in the 90s.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Uses Leica cameras
Plus a collection of Leica cameras, from early M3 (pre-war) through digital M8 and pretty much everything else in between.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Uses RoboFont
Indesign (I'm pretty confident), TextEdit (I write a lot) and Writer (also for the iPad), Twitter (does that qualify?), FontLab, BitFonter, Glyphs and RoboFont for designing type.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Uses Glyphs
Indesign (I'm pretty confident), TextEdit (I write a lot) and Writer (also for the iPad), Twitter (does that qualify?), FontLab, BitFonter, Glyphs and RoboFont for designing type.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Uses FontLab
Indesign (I'm pretty confident), TextEdit (I write a lot) and Writer (also for the iPad), Twitter (does that qualify?), FontLab, BitFonter, Glyphs and RoboFont for designing type.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Uses InDesign
Indesign (I'm pretty confident), TextEdit (I write a lot) and Writer (also for the iPad), Twitter (does that qualify?), FontLab, BitFonter, Glyphs and RoboFont for designing type.
usesthis.com 12 Dec 2011
Where they publish
Blog spiekermann.com His blog on type, design and printing, in German and English.
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