Typography Weekly: Typography Weekly #126

Legibility: how and why typography affects ease of reading

Thu, 04 May 2023 07:43:09 +0000

A new, digital edition, in English and Spanish of Mary Dyson’s book is available free of charge, like the other texts on Design Regression. The book is a comprehensive attempt to make descriptions of legibility research more accessible to those who can benefit: practitioners, students, enthusiasts.

Fonts In Use: Multiscript

Thu, 04 May 2023 07:38:29 +0000

Matthijs Sluiter highlights four design projects where two scripts are each used as equal partners in the work.

Gerard Unger Scholarship 2023

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:08:58 +0000

TypeTogether’s Gerard Unger Scholarship is now open for submissions. All current and graduated students from 2022 and 2023 may submit their type families for an opportunity at this mentorship.

Letteres: new online shop for typography products

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:23:21 +0000

LETTERES is a brand new line of limited edition products by Parachute for design enthusiasts.

Proof&Co. 2022 Annual Report/Almanac for independent type

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:52:32 +0000

The 2022 Annual Report lays out the facts, figures, stats, and analysis behind the world of independent typography in 2022. The 2022 Almanac is the ultimate reference guide and index to the over 270 font families and collections released in 2022.

Monotype acquires fonts from Milieu Grotesque and Paulo Goode

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:41:44 +0000

Monotype announced its acquisition of five premium typeface families from the Milieu Grotesque catalogue and Paulo Goode’s current type catalogue.

An end to typographic widows on the web

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:23:37 +0000

Currently shipping in Chrome Canary, and thus soon to be in Blink-based browsers including Edge, is a relatively new CSS declaration which promises to virtually end typographic widows.

Why Did Adobe Discontinue Font Chameleon in the 1990s?

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 20:41:26 +0000

There is a popular myth that Adobe bought Font Chameleon to kill a threatening technology. Actually, no, removing it from the market was not a motivation for the acquisition …