Typography Weekly: Typography Weekly #127

The Linotype Book Project

Wed, 24 May 2023 09:21:17 +0000

“This book will be both a historical study of untold Linotype stories and a beautiful coffee-table book filled with amazing images from the world’s best collections of Linotype ephemera.”

Leipzig Museum für Druckkunst receives unique cultural treasure from Dresden

Tue, 23 May 2023 06:04:31 +0000

The Leipzig Museum für Druckkunst is taking over the unique collection of historical printed matter, type matrices and machines of the Offizin Haag-Drugulin printing workshop which closed down at the beginning of the year, following the death of its owner, Professor Eckehart SchumacherGebler.

Ama Foundry for Arabic type launched

Sat, 13 May 2023 06:27:08 +0000

Ama Foundry is a manifestation of Arabic type designer Lara Captan’s life project. She dreams of creating a more experimental, more thoroughly-researched, and more precisely crafted Arabic type landscape together with you.

Shaping the Future of Typography: An Exploration of OpenType 2.0 Enhancements and Impact

Fri, 12 May 2023 17:52:19 +0000

Improvements of OpenType currently being discussed as ATypI Paris. An article by Marianna Paszkowska.

Monotype inks deal with The Font Bureau to acquire collection of type designer David Berlow’s typefaces

Fri, 05 May 2023 16:08:15 +0000

Thirty-nine typefaces from The Font Bureau, including David Berlow classics Belizio, and Bureau-Grot, join the Monotype Library.

AI can now set (almost) perfect typography

Fri, 05 May 2023 10:07:12 +0000

Stability.ai announced Deep Floyd, a generative AI capable of setting perfect typography in any setting made of any material under any conditions imaginable.

How to design fonts. A new book from Blaze Type

Fri, 05 May 2023 08:24:19 +0000

A 140 page PDF (or print-on-demand book) containing all our knowledge to kickstart you into font design and become a typeface designer