Typography Weekly #43

“We have produced an infographic to help designers gauge how accessible a font is. The illustrations use one of our most accessible typefaces FS Me which was researched and developed with charity Mencap and designed specifically to improve legibility for people with learning disabilities.”

“Maps, of any kind, are complex and multilayered sources of information. They are not read continuously like books, but use type in a very different way. Mala by Barbara Bigosińska is designed for exactly that.”

“Neue Kabel maintains the spirit of Koch’s design, and adds to this the consistent traits and family structure of a 21st century design.”

“Six new typefaces born of fashion, and designed for all kinds of dramatic visual storytelling.”

“TypeSquare will provide two services — an annual subscription desktop font service, and a web font library.”

“The Typodermic Color Font Experiment is a free collection of 105 color fonts in the very latest color font formats, licensed for commercial use. These fonts can’t be installed and used in applications like normal fonts can… that’s why they’re experimental.”

“Superficially it’s very similar to the old one and we’ve retained all the simplicity and ease of use which are the hallmarks of FontStruct; but under the hood the new FontStructor uses standard HTML5 technology for the first time, and no longer relies on the Flash plugin.”

“Built on years of experiment and observation, Retina was designed to present a clear voice in any medium.”