Typography Weekly #14

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20 Mac Text Editing Shortcuts You Should Start Using

This visual guide makes it easy to understand and learn the Mac shortcuts for text navigation and selection.

typography.guru

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How The Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

“Thicker ink, fewer smudges, and more strained hands: an Object Lesson.” The Atlantic

www.theatlantic.com

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Typographic Patterns In HTML Email Newsletter Design

www.smashingmagazine.com

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Adobe Drops Fonts, Leaves Users Stranded

“At some point in the near past, sometime after InDesign CC was released, Adobe quietly stopped installing almost all the fonts that used to come with the program.”

indesignsecrets.com

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Berlin Type School opens

During the summer of 2016, the Berlin Type School will bring an intensive multi-week international type design program to Germany. Join us in one of the world’s most exciting design capitals to learn how to make your own font.

www.berlintype.com

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Vatican Library Making 4,000 Ancient Manuscripts Available Online For Free

The Vatican Apostolic Library is now digitising its valuable ancient religious manuscripts and putting them online via its website, available for the public to view for free, as well as turning to crowdfunding to help it complete its work.

www.ibtimes.co.uk

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