Typography Weekly #16

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Kickstarter: P22 Blox

“P22 Blox is a modular letterpress printing block system designed to create poster lettering or abstract patterns.”

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New alphabet discovered in Georgia

“At a temple site in the Republic of Georgia, letters carved in stone could change the way we see the development of writing.” National Geographic

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Global Graphics acquires German foundry URW++

“ Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) announces today that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of font manufacturer URW++ Design & Development GmbH ("URW") located in Hamburg, Germany.”

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Making Matrices

“A recent visit to the Gerstenberg type foundry let me finally wrap my head around the different methods of making matrices for foundry type, and how to distinguish them.” By Indra Kupferschmid

www.alphabettes.org

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R.I.P. Adrian Frutiger

The internationally renowned Bernese designer passed away on September 10 in Bern at the age of 87.

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Typewood

Typewood, by Novo Typo
The Declaration of Deconstructed Typography- Novo Typo’s Bixa, a digital multi-colored font designed for the web, leaves the computer and transforms into an analogue wooden typeface. Exposition at the Graphic Design Festival Breda - NL - from 26 sept / 25 oct. 2015.

novotypo.nl

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Fe₂O₃ Glyphs

A generative ornamental typeface accompanied by a series of letterpress prints in a mixture of ferrofluid and Pantone ink.

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