Typography Weekly #49

A rounded version of Proxima Nova with the same 48 styles and the same language coverage (including Greek and Cyrillic).

“Town is a display collection inspired by art deco and contemporary lettering.” Introductory offer: 85% off.

FIT is a hyper-stylized series of caps designed with one thing in mind: filling up space with maximum impact.

The TDC Beatrice Warde Scholarship is sponsored by the Type Directors Club and Monotype in the amount of $5,000. It will be awarded to a female student currently enrolled in her junior undergraduate year and will be applied directly to her senior year tuition, which begins September 2017 and concludes in May 2018.

A selection of commercial typefaces published in 2016, grouped by category.

A playful, organic-looking typeface, but also designed for precision.

“The work on this release has been a long time coming, and represents a major step forward.”

“Monotype needed an agile and inspiring workplace for now, and for its future needs,” stated Ben Adams, director of Ben Adams Architects. “Our scheme provides designed-in scope for expansion and picks up inspiring cues from their amazing archive of typefaces.”

“Invest in your career as a designer—become a true typography expert and get guaranteed flawless typography on every design project.”

Glenn Fleishman: “The trouble with being a former typesetter is that every day online is a new adventure in torture. Take the shape of quotation marks. These humble symbols are a dagger in my eye when a straight, or typewriter-style, pair appears in the midst of what is often otherwise typographic beauty.”