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Typography Weekly #41
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Introducing OpenType Variable Fonts
Version 1.8 of the OpenType font format specification introduces an extensive new technology, affecting almost every area of the format. An OpenType variable font is one in which the equivalent of multiple individual fonts can be compactly packaged within a single font file.
medium.com
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Digital Ad Licensing Now Available on MyFonts
“we are thrilled to announce the release of our brand new Digital Ad license; a license that takes into account the fact that ad impressions and website page views, while they can be built using the same webfont files, need to be treated differently.”
meta.myfonts.com
Suggested By Riccardo Sartori
Webfonts: A success by anyone’s measure (mostly)
Richard Fink on “A List Apart” about the progress of webfonts and some controversy around them.
alistapart.com
Multi by Laura Meseguer released
“Multi is the first extensive family created by Laura Meseguer. It was originally commissioned by the publisher of Dutch regional newspapers in 2011, with the aim to match the serif typefaces (Lexicon by Bram de Does and Tiempos by Kris Sowersby) …”
www.laurameseguer.com
Suggested By David John Lewis
Where the “comic book font” came from
So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper.
www.youtube.com
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