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Poem launches Poem Plays 🎶
Poem Plays is a new DJ residency hosted by Poem, inviting Cards. Expect fine electronic music at irregular intervals, ranging from deep ambient to emotional disco. Cards is the Lithuanian German-French duo of Edvis and Pit Rack, based in Offenbach and spinning records together for over a decade. The first session, Frankwurm, is a 100% vinyl selection with deep connections to the electronic music scene in and around the city of Frankfurt.
New typeface ♠︎ Drama by Rafael Ribas
Drama is Rafael Ribas’s investigation into the treasures of 19th-century typography and its unique cohabitation of diverse typographic voices.
Focus on Drama Copperscript, short for Copperplate Script, also known as Round Hand. A pointed pen based calligraphy rooted in the English 18th century. Later popularised in the US. Drama Copperscript owns some to Ed Benguiat’s ITC Edwardian Script.
New typeface ♠︎ Drama by Rafael Ribas
Drama is Rafael Ribas’s investigation into the treasures of 19th-century typography and its unique cohabitation of diverse typographic voices.
New typeface ♠︎ Drama by Rafael Ribas
Drama is Rafael Ribas’s investigation into the treasures of 19th-century typography and its unique cohabitation of diverse typographic voices.
Phong-Hóa, first published in 1932, was a groundbreaking satire journal in Vietnam journalism and visual culture. Created by the Self-Reliant Literary Group (Tự Lực Văn Đoàn), it rejected the rigid, colonial-aligned style of earlier periodicals like Nam Phong, which prioritized academic discussions and moralistic essays. Instead, Phong-Hóa embraced humour, satire, and a modern use of Quốc ngữ (national script).
Phong Hóa, issue 71, November 3, 1933, illustrated by Lemur. It depicts a group of figures performing a tảo mộ (tomb-sweeping) ritual — not for their ancestors, but for rival contemporary journals that the journal deemed outdated. The tombstones bear the names of these publications, symbolizing their obsolescence in the face of modernity.
New typeface: Phông by Khải Quang Nguyễn
New typeface: Phông by Khải Quang Nguyễn ⬛️🔲
Phông is a typeface inspired by the unique lettering found in Phong-Hóa, a Vietnamese satirical journal from the early 20th century. While Phong-Hóa was known for its bold, hand-drawn lettering – particularly in its crossword puzzles – Phông distills these elements into a modern, functional type system with five weights, two widths and extensive Latin and Vietnamese language support.
