The graphic design magazine »Novum«, in its September 2009 issue, dedicates, once again, a double page spread to Typography and features, among others, the typeface family »Novice« by Helen Ebert.

»Novice« was created by the type designer who now lives in Zürich on the basis of a book type. Helen Ebert expanded the »Novice« into a comprehensive font package incl. OpenType Pro versions. The manifold, playful forms break up the severity of the curveless design and offer the typographer flexible design opportunities beyond the offerings from Light Condensed to Bold Expanded.

At the same time, Novum points to the 11. Tage der Typografie (»11 Days of Typography«) conference which took place from October 9-11, 2009 in Düsseldorf (page 11). The event was presented by the Verband Druck+Medien (The Association for Print and Media) of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The subject was »schön und wieder« (beautiful and back again). Speakers were, among others, Tanja Huckenbeck, Peter Reichard, Oliver Linke, Robert Strauch, Boris Kochan, Ben Santo, Martin Schonhoff, and last, not least, Akira Kobajashi. Lars Harmsen offered the workshop »Typeroad«.