Typography Weekly #51

“The tale of rediscovering Sherman, a typeface designed by Frederic Goudy in 1910 and revived by Chester Jenkins in 2016 for Syracuse University.”

A new extended version of Friedrich Althausen’s typeface was just released.

TYPE is a new publication for people who love fonts, typography, calligraphy, lettering, sign painting—letterforms of all kinds.

“Marshmallow is a fun, fat, super high-contrast script typeface in two variants. A slick connected (Script) and a mellow unconnected (Fluff) style that provides the versatility you need regardless of the display usage you plan.”

“This is a full-time position at Frere-Jones Type’s office in Brooklyn, New York. The position centers on the design, production and demonstration of new digital typefaces, under the direct supervision of Tobias Frere-Jones.”

An online library dedicated to the work and teaching of graphic designer Jock Kinneir has been launched by his family – and they are seeking submissions from people who knew him

“Atlan—a Latin ’spin-off’ of classic geometric sans typefaces.”

“ I dived into the history of japanese typography, focusing on the figure of Motogi Shōzō. As there are only few sources in english or in french about the development of japanese typography, I want to share here some of the elements I discovered.”

Diurnal is the sans-serif version of the Nocturno typeface.

“The concept behind Thesaurus goes back to 2014, when I was finishing my bachelor’s degree in visual communications at the Haute École d’Art et Design, Geneva …”

Join the global typographic community in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, September 12–16, 2017. ATypI is celebrating sixty years of typographic education and camaraderie this year.

This was text originally presented by Dr Fiona Ross as a talk at the First annual Friends of St Bride conference, 24 & 25 September 2002.

In this interview, Barnbrook talks about early digital type design, what he looks for in submitted typefaces, and the role of the FontFont type library.

A brief profile of Shiva Nallaperumal for Forbes India’s “30 Under 30” feature.

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