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Typography Weekly #116
Chrome 98 adds extended color font support with gradients and blending for COLR table fonts
In Chrome 98, the Chrome and Fonts teams have added support for COLRv1, an evolution of the COLRv0 font format intended to make color fonts widespread by adding gradients, compositing and blending, and improved internal shape reuse for crisp and compact font files that compress well.
developer.chrome.com
Suggested By Riccardo Sartori
On Kickstarter, Monotype Electro Type Matrix: 3D Model and 3D Print
“The Monotype Electro Display Matrix [was] developed by the Monotype Company in the early 1900s to cast large multiples of individual pieces of type. The funds raised by the campaign cover the cost of producing an accurate 3D model of a single matrix, suitable for 3D output, and making 3D prints to fulfil campaign rewards.”
until 11/18/2021www.kickstarter.com
Suggested By Riccardo Sartori
12th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition
Submissions are open for the 2021/2022 edition of the GRANSHAN Competition, that seeks to recognise the most notable typefaces for individual scripts other than Latin as well as multiscript families.
until 12/31/2021www.granshan.com