Frank Rausch · User Interface Typographer

Frank Rausch

Company

Raureif: Digital Consultancy in Berlin

Founder & Partner

Current Projects

V for Wiki: since 2015 · iOS Wikipedia Reader App

Concept, Design, Typography, iOS Development, Branding, Marketing

Typefacts: since 2017 · Typography Website

Redesign, UI Design, Web Development

Teaching

Fachhochschule Potsdam: since 2010 · Associate Lecturer and Examiner

Typography and User Interface Design

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design: since 2010 · Visiting Faculty and Mentor

App Design

GBS St. Gallen: since 2016 · Visiting Faculty

Digital Typography and App Design

FH Joanneum Graz: since 2016 · Visiting Faculty

App Design

Research

Netzwerk Leseforschung: Multidisciplinary Reading Research Network

Interviews

Viel Hype um die Dark‑Mode‑Funktion: Deutschlandfunk Nova, October 2019

Uses This: September 2019

Typo und UI Design: PAGE 10.2019

Typo fürs Internet of Things: PAGE 05.2019

50 Friends: Design Friends Luxembourg, 2019

Schrift bringt’s: PAGE 08.2018

Details Make the Experience: Johannes Ippen, September 2017

Future of Reading: Frank Rausch: Shutterstock Blog, October 2017

Web Typo: PAGE 03.2017

Experten fürs Kleine: PAGE 08.2016

Culture, Knowledge and Typography: Type Thursday, May 2016

Speaking

TypeTech MeetUp / Dynamic Font Day ← upcoming: Typesetting with Unknowns

13/14 Nov 2020 · Munich, Germany

DXT · Zwiegestalten ← upcoming: App-Design im Spannungsfeld von Plattformen, Trends und persönlicher Haltung

29 Sep 2020 · Remote

tga · lesbar Video: Text interaktiv

30 Nov 2019 · Vienna, Austria

DWeb.Design Typonight: Interactive Text

15 May 2019 · Berlin, Germany

Leipziger Typotage: Schrift interaktiv

11 May 2019 · Leipzig, Germany

Design Friends Luxembourg: Typography is Code

8 May 2019 · Luxembourg

Design Festival Bern: Text interaktiv

4 May 2019 · Bern, Switzerland

Product Crunch Video: Typography is Code (The Short Cut)

18 Oct 2018 · Berlin, Germany

Element UX Talks: Typography is Code

29 Sep 2018 · Poznań, Poland

TYPO Berlin Video: Die neue Typografie

17 May 2018 · Berlin, Germany

Read On: Die neue Typografie

27 Apr 2018 · Mainz, Germany

CIID Open Lecture: Typography is Code

11 Apr 2018 · Copenhagen, Denmark

GUI&DESIGN: Typography is Code

12 Dec 2017 · Berlin, Germany

FURE – The Future of Reading: Digitale Typografie ohne Ausreden

24 Nov 2017 · Münster, Germany

Reasons To: Typography is Code

5 Sep 2017 · Brighton, UK

TOA Berlin: Detail in App Design

12 Jul 2017 · Berlin, Germany

Visualizing Knowledge: Treat Your Text Right

29 May 2017 · Helsinki, Finland

UIKonf Berlin Video: Good Typography, Better Apps

15 May 2017 · Berlin, Germany

Tag der Schrift: Digitale Typografie ohne Ausreden

8 Apr 2017 · Zürich, Switzerland

TYPO Day Hamburg: Responsive Typography

17 Feb 2017 · Hamburg, Germany

Dynamic Font Day Video: Typography is Code

26 Nov 2016 · Munich, Germany

beyond tellerrand Video: Typography is Code

9 Nov 2016 · Berlin, Germany

THE ARTS+: Typography in the Digital Age

21 Oct 2016 · Frankfurt, Germany

TYPO Day Köln: Responsive Typography

30 Sep 2016 · Cologne, Germany

TOA Berlin: Fonts and Typography for Apps

14 Jul 2016 · Berlin, Germany

TYPO Day Basel: Responsive Typography

10 Jun 2016 · Basel, Switzerland

TYPO Day Hamburg: Responsive Typography

19 Feb 2016 · Hamburg, Germany

TYPO Day Frankfurt: Responsive Typography

13 Nov 2015 · Frankfurt, Germany

TYPO Day Berlin: Responsive Typography

13 Mar 2015 · Berlin, Germany

Webfontday Video: Software ist das Material

8 Nov 2014 · Munich, Germany

Code

Typographizer: A Swift module that turns dumb quotes into smart quotes

WikipediaKit: A Wikipedia API client framework for Swift

Typefacts Special Characters for Alfred: Instant access to microtypographic characters

Github Gists: Code snippets that I find useful

Recommendations

Reading List for User Interface Typographers: My favorite articles, essays, and books on typography and UI design