Typography Weekly #130

ATypI, the global typography association, is pleased to welcome all 8 proposed board members (elected or re-elected) to its Board of Directors.

“Today we are launching a major new version, offering a brand-new way for users to access their favorite fonts, connecting fans directly with a foundry with foundry subscriptions.”

Most of the Deutsches Technikmuseum’s collections are not on public display, including the original hand-made drawings for Berthold’s phototypesetting faces. The storage for Berthold’s Diatronic typefaces alone takes up 19 meters of shelf space and fills 32 metal cabinets …

Buyout firm HGGC is exploring a sale of Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. that could value the typeface firm at more than $4 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

Among our esteemed newcomers is the legendary Matthew Carter of Carter & Cone. We’re also honored to introduce the famed Freight Collection, Garage Fonts and Lena Schmidt’s Spirit & Bones, to name just a few!

Hello, type friends! is podcast hosted by Elliot Jay Stocks. Each episode involves Elliot sitting down with a friend for an informal chat about life, work, and, well… whatever comes up.

“A forgotten design from the 1930s in stunning mid-century lettering style. Let’s bring it back and make it available for free.”

This booklet is 16 pages of information, tips, and tricks about how to design quality digital letterforms. Also available as digital download.