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Type Face
Documentary portait of Georg Salden

In the age of the microchip, almost no-one can imagine that there are still 'type artists' who design a printing type not on a computer screen but draw it very precisely by hand.

Type designer Georg Salden explains the development of his type-faces, and makes us think about a more sensible usage of fonts:

"Designing letters, you are first of all stuck to the alphabet - a restriction to substantial forms. Your only choice is adding or subtracting black on white - the purest possible way of giving a shape."

Format

Type Face

Aspect ratio 4:3

Shot on 16 mm black/white
with ARRIFLEX SR on KODAK DOUBLE X

Edited on 16 mm
2 Prints 16 mm commag

Duration

Type Face

12 mins approx

Production

Type Face

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF), Munich
Dept. IV Documentary Film and TV Journalism
©1996

Crew

Type Face

Benjamin Kempas	Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Konrad Wickler	Camera Consultant
Babette Koci	Assistant Director
Björn Thönicke	Sound Recordist
Birgit Klingel	Editing Consultant

Photo: Konrad Wickler

Screenings

Type Face

1996	Premiere at HFF Munich
1997	Part of the "Film Klasse Film" tour in cinemas throughout Germany
1997	International Documentary Film Festival in Munich
1997	Internationales Festival der jungen Films "Lichtschicht" in Leipzig
1998	Presentation by Georg Salden at the Typo98 conference in Berlin

Links zum Thema

Type Face

Type Face in the cinemas and at the Typo98 conference.

TypeManufactur distrubutes Salden's GST fonts.

Salden uses the Ikarus system to digitize his fonts.

Linotype offers one of the biggest type libraries of the world.

Contact

Type Face

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