Typography Weekly #129

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Village (vllg.com) closes

“In September 2023, we closed the doors of vllg.com after 18 years.”

www.laborandwait.xyz

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New website for Commercial Type

“We are proud to unveil a complete reimagining of our website. Perhaps the biggest change is that Commercial Type and Commercial Classics are now one library.”

commercialtype.com

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Announcing The Unicode Standard, Version 15.1

This version adds 627 characters, bringing the total number of characters to 149,813.

blog.unicode.org

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Canadian Typography Archives launches

Canadian Typography Archives intends to document the histories of type and typography in Canada, whether currently public, privately held or still to be discovered and shared.

www.canadiantypography.ca

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Monotype discontinues Fontshop.com, Linotype.com and Fonts.com

Fontshop.com, Linotype.com and Fonts.com will be closed over the coming months and customers have the choice to move over their orders to MyFonts.com.

www.myfonts.com

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Free PDFs for Typography Papers 9 available

“More of Typography papers is now online! We are pleased to make available PDF files of articles from volume 9 of Typography papers.”

typography.network

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Adobe Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Passes at 82

It is with profound sadness that Adobe shares the passing of the company’s beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock. Dr. Warnock passed away on Saturday surrounded by his family.

news.adobe.com