Typography Weekly: Typography Weekly #134

Font editor FontCreator now also available for MacOS

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 04:17:45 +0000

“FontCreator for Windows has been downloaded over 5 million times since 1997. After years of requests from Mac users, we are excited to announce that this popular font editor is now finally available for macOS.“

Footnotes (type design magazine): subscription & online articles

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:30:27 +0000

The latest issue of Footnotes was released this summer. La Police — the publisher — launched a new website where you can purchase back issues as well as a subscription for 3 issues (highly recommended to support this independent publication). Under Stories, you’ll find a selection of online articles from out-of-print issues, free access.

FontLab 8.4 Sale: Save up to 63%

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:14:08 +0000

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Reprinting W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design by Bruce Kennett

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:23:08 +0000

The first comprehensive biography of one of the most important designers of the 20th century.

W3C Working Draft: Incremental Font Transfer

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:18:11 +0000

Incremental transfer allows web clients to load only the portions of the font they actually need which speeds up font loads and reduces data transfer needed to load the fonts.

New videos about the Monotype machine and the Type Archive collection

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:45:23 +0000

Discover how a pioneering company called The Monotype Corporation made the printed word far easier to produce by mechanising the process of casting and preparing metal type for printing.

Letraslut: A wiki about dry transfer brands

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:05:40 +0000

A collection of artifacts and publications relating to Letraset and other brands of dry transfer type.

WWDC24: What’s new in SF Symbols 6

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:57:34 +0000

Explore the latest updates to SF Symbols, Apple’s library of iconography designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for all Apple platforms