2007) FF Unit Slab (with Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby, 2009) Fira Sans (designed in collaboration with Ralph du Carrois) for Firefox OS, released in 2013 under the SIL Open Font License) FF Real (with Anja Meiners and Ralph du Carrois, 2011) Case, Case Text, Case Micro (with Anja Meiners and Ralph du Carrois, 2020) Spiekermann co-authored Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works. He also participated in the creation of numerous corporate identities and other works, including redesigns of the publications The Economist and Reason. Spiekermann also appeared in the documentary Helvetica. Awards 2003 – Gerrit Noordzij Prize 2006 – German Design Award 2007 – European Design Awards Hall of Fame 2007 – Honorary Royal Designer for Industry, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, London 2011 – Lifetime achievement award from German Design Prize 2011 – TCD Medal Lifetime Award See also First Things First 2000 manifesto References Further reading Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger: Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, third edition, Adobe Press, 2013, . Erik Spiekermann: ÜberSchrift, Hermann Schmidt Mainz, 2004, . Erik Spiekermann, Jan Middendorp, Made with FontFont, BIS Publishers, 2006, . Erik Spiekermann et al., FontBook, FontShop International Berlin, 2006. Fay Sweet: MetaDesign: Design from the Word Up, Thames and Hudson, 1999. . Erik Spiekermann, M. Klein, Y. Schwemmer-Scheddin: Type and Typographers, Phaidon Press, 1991. . Emigre 51: First Things First, 1999. Issue 51 Erler, J., Hello I am Erik. Erik Spiekermann : typographer, designer, entrepreneur, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2014. . External links Erik Spiekermann’s blog Edenspiekermann letterpress workshop Biography and list of Spiekermann’s typefaces on FontFont.com Erik Spiekermann appears in the documentary Helvetica Postage stamps designed by Erik Spiekermann Erik Spiekermann on Workspiration – quick interview about work 1947 births Living people People from Stadthagen German graphic designers Design writers German typographers and type designers Berlin University of the Arts alumni