{"id":142,"date":"2006-11-02T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/?p=142"},"modified":"2008-09-11T08:48:51","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T07:48:51","slug":"open-din-das-ist-norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/typo\/open-din-das-ist-norm","title":{"rendered":"Open DIN: Das Ist Norm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What does it mean, when a typeface is released in the public domain? What are the legal issues surrounding typography? How can a font be generated collaboratively, using open source software? What does it mean, an open standard and how can such a standard fit different contexts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img id=\"image148\" src=\"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/q-32.jpg\" alt=\"DIN_Q\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To get our hands into these and many other interesting, but difficult questions, the Open Source Publishing team has embarked on a new adventure. In the coming year, we will be working on a new digital rendering of the classic DIN font with the aim to release it in the public domain. <\/p>\n<p>We chose DIN (often referred to as &#8220;the German Autobahn typeface&#8221;) as a starting point for a few reasons. <\/p>\n<p>First of all, because it is one of the rare typefaces that was released into the public domain from the moment it was designed in 1932. While the original drawings remain freely available, various type foundries have copyrighted digital renderings (see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linotype.com\/306\/din1451-family.html\">http:\/\/www.linotype.com\/<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fontfont.com\/shop\/index.ep?cview=P71702D&#038;clist=PD\">http:\/\/www.fontfont.com\/<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>Secondly because its particular history brings up many questions about standards, their political implications and relations to use. In 1936 the German Standard Committee decided DIN should be employed in technology, traffic, administration, and business, with the idea to facilitate the development of German engineering and industry. Our point of departure is therefore far from neutral ground.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborators: Pierre Huyghebaert, Harrisson, Philip May, Nicolas Maleve and Femke Snelting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean, when a typeface is released in the public domain? What are the legal issues surrounding typography? How can a font be generated collaboratively, using open source software? What does it mean, an open standard and how can such a standard fit different contexts? To get our hands into these and many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[97,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ospublish.constantvzw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}