Typography Weekly #122

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Named after the Ojibwe word for “s/he leaves a mark”, Ezhishin was developed to facilitate conversation around the typographic needs of First Nations/Native American communities, and showcase lettering projects and typographic styles by Native designers.

“One of the world’s first widely used sans-serif typefaces, Akzidenz-Grotesk, joins the Monotype family along with more than 700 historic typefaces from the Berthold library.”

“I visited the revitalized manufacturing site of the British Linotype company and toured the buildings”

“Start testing the full retail versions of our fonts in context before committing to a full license. Flat fee of $20 per family.”

“Starting today, you can open source most of our emoji library on in Figma and on Github.”

In the 1930s, graphic designers found in fascist propaganda exhibitions and industrial advertising new spaces where an “Italian”-modernist visual language could be developed.