Posts Tagged “The New Paper”

Shiok!

by j u s t i n . z on July 14, 2011

Wow. It’s so rare to see such a bold design from our newspapers here. It is so unexpected that at first, I thought I had picked up TODAY, a similar tabloid-sized newspaper that is usually bounded by an advertisement as (…)

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Infographics and GE 2011

by j u s t i n . z on May 16, 2011

Social media has been regarded by many as one of the most interesting and forceful expressions of Singapore’s General Elections (GE) 2011. This trend was predicted by several social media monitoring companies who used this once-in-five-years event to showcase their (…)

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The Veteran

by j u s t i n . z on June 20, 2009

What is the future of journalism in Singapore? Even after helming three of Singapore’s largest English dailies, P.N. Balji has no answers on the future of newspapers, only ideas. Text by Sheere Ng | Photos by Alex Teh Standing in (…)

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Interpreting Typefaces of Singapore’s Newspaper Nameplates

by j u s t i n . z on March 8, 2009

A few posts ago, I introduced the typefaces of Singapore’s English newspaper nameplates and who else uses them. This time, I’ll interpret them and see if they might mean anything at all! Barnhurst’s Seeing The Newspaper is a great book on visual (…)

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Typefaces of Singapore Newspaper Nameplates

by j u s t i n . z on February 25, 2009

Here’s a list of the nameplates of Singapore’s english newspapers and what typefaces they use. I’ve also included popular contemporary references that also use the same typeface, maybe the choice of usage says something about the paper? Typeface: Big Caslon (…)

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