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Typography Weekly #65
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New from Hoftype and 90% off: Urania
“Urania is a new aproach to early sans serif typefaces, in particular Ferdinand Theinhardt’s types which came out at the beginning of the 20th century. Urania is not an adaption, but a new interpretation of familiar and successful formal features, transformed into a contemporary look.”
www.fontspring.com
Fifty Type Specimens: From the Collection of Tobias Frere-Jones
“Fifty Type Specimens is a collection of postcards with stunning images of typography, for inspiration, correspondence, or display. Cards feature classic letterforms, pages from specimen books, and crops of gorgeous letters presented in a box with the feel of an old specimen book.”
www.amazon.com
Suggested By Joe Graham
London Type Foundry launches
INTRODUCING THE LONDON TYPE FOUNDRY: FONTS WITH A LONDON AXIS
London Type is a brand new foundry releasing quality fonts infused with creativity, innovation, heritage, tolerance, fun and cultural diversity — all inspired by the city of London. Includes a London Dingbat set from guest designer Peter Grundy comprising iconic London landmarks and symbols, our alternative corporate identity for the capital.londontype.co.uk
Variable Fonts coming to Photoshop this year
“We’re excited to give you yet another sneak peek into some of the new functionality coming to Photoshop CC later this year. Variable Font, a new OpenType font format that supports custom font attributes like weight, width, and slant is coming soon to Photoshop CC.”
www.youtube.com
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Suggested By Riccardo Sartori
Fonts don’t matter
“You might want to sit down for this. Take a few deep breaths. Go to your happy place. Because I’m going to explain why fonts are overrated and what actually matters for readability.”
axesslab.com
Suggested By Riccardo Sartori
Early female typeface designers
“Every other month the question about who was the first female typeface designer comes up. From my armchair research, for up to the 1950s, so far we know of…”
www.alphabettes.org
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