Typography Weekly #19

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Typatone

“The act of writing has always been an art. Now, it can also be an act of music. Each letter you type correspondes to a specific musical note putting a new spin to your composition …”

www.typatone.com

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You Wouldn’t Think It, But Typeface Piracy Is a Big Problem

“It’s safe to assume that most people have no idea that fonts, like music or movies, are protected by intellectual property laws, they usually come with a hefty price tag, and they are uncommonly vulnerable to unjust adaptation and outright theft.”

www.wired.com

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Official List of Emoji Candidates

“The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) has accepted 67 characters as candidates for emoji. At the May 2016 UTC meeting, a final determination will be made for ones to be added to Unicode 9.0, for release in June 2016.”

unicode.org

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Adobe shows parametric font design tool at Adobe Max

“Project Faces — a whole new way to think about tweaking, adapting, and creating fonts that perfectly reflect your message.”

www.youtube.com

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Acumin by Robert Slimbach released

Coming in with a staggering 90 different weights and styles, the Acumin family is the latest typeface from Robert Slimbach, the principal designer at Adobe Type.

blog.typekit.com

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FontLab VI Public Preview Available

The early pre-​​release builds of FontLab VI are avail­able for free.

blog.fontlab.com