Typography Weekly #109

Six carefully crafted blackletter revival fonts that even let you type with the look of real metal and wood type letters.

“FontExplorer X Pro is smarter, simpler, and more efficient than ever. Now also includes fonts worth over $1,000”.

Latest student typefaces from the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading.

A visual history of type design and typography—from Gutenberg onwards. A collection of the Tallone Press.

Learn the fundamentals of designing Cyrillic typefaces with Maria Doreuli and Krista Radoeva in this two-part workshop.

Wednesday, February, 24 7:00 – 8:00 PM EST A panel of graphic designers gather to remember Milton Glaser. Gail Anderson, Walter Bernard, Seymour Chwast, Stephen Doyle, Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, Jonathan Key, Ellen Lupton, Reynold Ruffins, Zipeng Zhu This event, sponsored by The Cooper Union, premieres on YouTube and a link will be sent the morning of the program. This is a free online event, but registration is required.

MyFonts has relaunched its long dormant newsletter series of profiles and interviews with type professionals. The series will also be accompained by a podcast with the same title.

All lectures are free to attend and will be presented as Zoom webinars and live-streamed on The Cooper Union YouTube channel. The series is sponsored by Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at the Cooper Union College, New York City.

Uniwidth typefaces have great potential for use in interactive interfaces. This is a short, handy compilation of some available options.