Typography Weekly #142

Fontstand conference offers exciting two-day program full of practical workshops & presentations about various aspects of typography.

The first global communication design award beyond Latin — judged by native experts in your script

Secretary of State Marco Rubio waded into the surprisingly fraught politics of typefaces on Tuesday with an order halting the State Department’s official use of Calibri, reversing a 2023 Biden-era directive that Mr. Rubio called a “wasteful” sop to diversity.

May 27–30, 2026, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

We’re pleased to announce — after Board nominations were open from August 14 to August 30, and a vote by Members took place from September 26 to October 3 — that ATypI has seven new Board members.

Collected essays and reporting on the intersection of type, printing, culture, and labor by journalist Glenn Fleishman. Now on Kickstarter.

“My largest research trip allowed me to dive into Smithsonian’s archives, unearthing so many treasures for my Linotype book that I just had to share.”

Amsterdam Typography has published 1500 historical photos with lettering and typography from Amsterdam. It was made possible by the digital image bank of the Amsterdam City Archives, practical support from the city archives’ staff, and additional permission from the heirs of some of the photographers.

Testing the features of a graphic editor that was made free following last year’s update, and comparing it to Adobe Illustrator