Typography Weekly: Typography Weekly #119

Handwriting across ages and regions: Latin survey

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:18:57 +0000

As a company that develops fonts, we’re interested in learning how people write. In particular, we want to know more about how people around the world write by hand and how they perceive handwriting by others, a topic on which we have found no current literature.

GRANSHAN conference: Signs of the times

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:16:53 +0000

The GRANSHAN Two-Day-Hybrid-Conference under the title Signs of the times explores the big and small questions that concern the typographic community and type users alike – daily matters and global concerns.

Typefaces Inspired by the Bauhaus

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:04:11 +0000

From Futura to ITC Bauhaus, our survey of Bauhaus type continues with a look at typefaces that adopted the school’s simplified, geometric ideals.

Fontstand International Typography Conference

Wed, 04 May 2022 18:37:08 +0000

The Fontstand conference will be hosting a series of presentations and speakers that have a visible impact on the world around us.

The Power of Print

Tue, 03 May 2022 08:52:56 +0000

An online event with lectures by Starshaped Press, The Letterpress Collective and Kennedy Prints

Fontspring Spring Flash Deals

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:35:44 +0000

Spring into savings with incredible font deals available for a short time!

Call for Applications: Frutiger Archive research program

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:30:41 +0000

Since 2021, the ANRT is hosting in Nancy an exceptional archive of works by Adrian Frutiger. The candidate will be responsible for the study, inventory and digitization of these documents.

Google introduces icon font Material Symbols using variable font technology

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 06:43:04 +0000

Available in 3 styles: Outlined, Rounded and Sharp. Each provides 4 stylistic attributes: Weight, Fill, Optical size, and Grade.