Typography Weekly #120

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Fonts from TypeMedia 2021

Type and Media is a master’s course in typeface design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK). This website presents the work of last year’s graduates.

2021.typemedia.org

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The Typographic Legacy of Berlin

In 2021, four Berlin institutions collaborated to digitize a large part of their printed type specimen collections and make the images freely available online.

fontstand.com

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Apple introduces SF Symbols 4

SF Symbols 4 features over 700 new symbols, variable color, automatic rendering, and new unified layer annotation.

developer.apple.com

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Instagram Sans: a new custom font family for Instagram

Designed by Colophon Foundry, the family consists of eight styles and covers multiple scripts.

about.instagram.com

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Job offer: Associate Curator of Exhibitions at Letterform Archive

Letterform Archive is expanding our curatorial team to reflect the growing diversity of our collection and audience.

until 06/24/2022

letterformarchive.org

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On Kickstarter: The Letter Library platform for type specimens

A new online platform, which documents all known type specimens—past and present. You can view and download them directly or we will direct you to physical or digital copies in archives around the world.

until 06/28/2022

www.kickstarter.com

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COLRv1 and CSS font-palette: Web Typography Gets Colorful

Multi-colored fonts, sometimes called chromatic type, are still relatively rare on the web. This article explains what you can do today and possibly in the future.

css-tricks.com

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Figma adds support for variable fonts

Variable fonts open up a range of styles within a single typeface, giving designers more control and expressive possibilities.

www.figma.com