Typography Weekly #15

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365typo annual book now available

The 365typo annual book, published in collaboration with Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), features 365 stories by the best writers in the field of typography, visual communication, and type and graphic design from all over the world.

365typo.etapes.com

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Type@Cooper West

The Continuing Education Department of The Cooper Union, in partnership with Letterform Archive, offers a post graduate certificate in Typeface Design, public workshops and a lecture series in San Francisco, California.

coopertype.org

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Cormorant, an Open Source Garamond in 30 styles

“Cormorant is a display serif typeface inspired by the Garamond heritage. The design goal of Cormorant was to distill the æsthetic essence of Garamond, unfetter it from the limitations of metal printing, and allow it to bloom into its natural refined form at high definition.”

www.behance.net

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The mysterious origins of punctuation

“Commas, semicolons and question marks are so commonplace it seems as if they were always there – but that’s not the case. Keith Houston explains their history.”

www.bbc.com

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Google has a new logo

“Just a month after unveiling a major restructuring of the company, Google is updating its image, too. The new Google logo is still a wordmark, but it's now using a sans-serif typeface, making it look a lot more modern and playful. ”

www.theverge.com

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