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Alexander Branczyk and Thomas Nagel are the
founders of xplicit ffm, based in Frankfurt. Both
studied visual communications at the Hochschule für
Gestaltung in Offenbach. Their careers have run in parallel -
after graduating, they moved to Berlin, joined MetaDesign,
worked for FontShop, Berthold, Zanders and the public
transport authorities of Berlin and Postdam. Branczyk lives in planes and trains between Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich. In 1992 he became art director of the techno-house magazine Frontpage, which became a forum for experimental layout and type design. He is also art director for Sense and Camel Silver Pages, both related to the German techno scene. Nagel lives in Frankfurt, where he works for Linotype-Hell, a clubwear label Bad & Mad, the mail order house Topdeq and other clients mainly in the print sector. In 1994 Branczyk and Nagel started to publish their experimental font collection Face2Face featuring more than 100 fonts that challenge possibilities of legibility and PostScript. | |
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Günter Gerhard Lange Erik Spiekermann Gerard Unger Ian Anderson David Berlow Erik van Blokland Alexander Branczyk Lo Breier Neville Brody Matthew Butterick David Carson David Crow Tobias Frere-Jones Malcolm Garrett Luc(as) de Groot Jefferey Keedy Max Kisman Thomas Nagel Heike Nehl Just van Rossum Sibylle Schlaich Pierre di Sciullo Heidi Specker Ian Swift Teal Triggs Rick Valicenti Cornel Windlin Graham Wood Jon Wozencroft | |
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