Typography Weekly #139

New Grid View, Export Groups with Folder Structure, Enhanced OpenType layout handling, Refreshed foundry list, Unicode database updated to Version 17 and more.

A fully commercial online collection of typographic resources like type specimen books.

Preserve Hackney signwriter Brian Walker's story of a life on the brush via a short film in the 'When Better Letters Met' series.

A look at the technical development of fonts across the Mac operating systems.

Are em dashes really a telltale sign of AI writing?

Lost for more than half a century, the rare Chinese typewriter whose name means “clear and fast” was discovered in a New York basement and entrusted to Stanford Libraries.

Support a complete, high-quality digitization of a type family by Rudolf Koch — to be made available for free under the Open Font License (OFL).

After years of experimenting with different approaches to font creation, I've developed a parametric type design workflow that has transformed how I prototype new ideas. I'm organising a small workshop to share these techniques with fellow type enthusiasts. 📆 May 4 + 18, 16:00 – 20:00 CEST In 2 days, you'll learn to: - Build your own parametric design system in Glyphs - Mix letterforms like a DJ crafting beats - Rapid-prototype font styles