Typography Weekly #20

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Monotype released the Eric Gill Series

Monotype released the Eric Gill Series—a collection of more than 75 fonts in three families: Gill Sans Nova, Joanna Nova, and Joanna Sans Nova. The series is a collaboration of 4 designers (Steve Matteson, George Ryan, Ben Jones and Terrance Weinzierl) over the course of 2 years.

typography.guru

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New from Fontsmith: FS Brabo

“FS Brabo is a four-weight, serif font that reinterprets early book typefaces and whose swashes and ligatures bring colour and character not just to editorial projects but also signage, advertising and identities. A beautifully bookish personality for hardworking modern applications.”

www.fontsmith.com

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Punctuation that failed to make its mark

Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all failed. Keith Houston tells their story.

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System shock

A story of a 25-year-old font coming back with a vengeance.

medium.com

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Safari now supports Apple's color font format through @font-face

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New from Font Bureau: Marcia by Vioria Rushton

“Victoria Rushton started Marcia, her first typeface, with the attitude of a letterer. Its high-contrast roman echoes the Modern styles of the 19th century, while the sturdy italic provides a base for its decorative variations.”

marcia.fontbureau.com

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2016 Letterpress Calendar

The 5th edition of the Mr Cup letterpress calendar is now available for pre-order at Kickstarter! As last year, worldwide renowned creatives participate to its creation. It is composed of 14 20x14 cm cards printed on 700g french paper. It is a hand numbered limited edition.

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