Typography Weekly

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It’s time to act

We ask the type and design industry
• to actively include more BIPOC
• to stop using the term Non-Latin
• to diversify education
• to challenge the practice of designing for scripts we did not grow up reading and writing

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A new website for The Typecraft Initiative

“The Typecraft Initiative develops a range of display typefaces based on the rich crafts and tribal arts of India. Our primary aim is to provide opportunities for craftspeople to earn through the creation and sale of the typefaces and allied products.”

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The Typearture Variable Color Initials

This A-Z will give you examples on what variable color fonts can do for your typography: To enhance your storytelling, emphasise subjects or brighten up your texts.

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Technical lettering in the 1970s

A close-up of the Tecnostyl Lettering Set, a tool to draw letters, for architects, designers and engineers. By Michele Patanè

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The Sans Forgetica font does not enhance memory, researchers report

“For the new paper in Memory, researchers conducted four experiments and found no evidence of memory-boosting effects.”

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Support Independent Type

A book about the New Culture of Type Specimens
“A compendium of contemporary, physical and digital type specimens. The carefully selected work of over 400 font labels and type designers gives you a glimpse into the adventurous shift of this creative industry.”

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Type Specimens

A curated list of digital specimens.

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Universal specimen

A web tool made by Rosetta to preview and compare various languages using your fonts.

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Glorious Glyphs Quiz

“Test your font ID chops in this new game”

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Monotype acquires URW

“Monotype today announced that it has agreed to acquire URW Type Foundry, a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC. Based in Hamburg, Germany, URW is an innovative font and software provider, with extensive experience in designing and engineering fonts to service the needs of global brands.”

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Type and Media 2019

“Type and Media is a master’s course in typeface design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK). During the first semester, the students have several ongoing modules with concurrent projects, interspersed with a diverse set of workshops. During the second semester, each student focuses on a single project. This site showcases the final projects of the class of 2019.”

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Micro-Typography: How To Space And Kern Punctuation Marks And Other Symbols

Thomas Bohm: “This article is for anyone who works with typography, in any medium, and it is especially for those designers who are keen to give users the best reading experience possible.”

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2020 Typographics TypeLab

“This year's Typographics TypeLab will be held online and run June 18, 19, 20 around the clock, with designers from around the world participating. We'll be using Zoom and livestream most sessions by YouTube. There will be parallel tracks to allow for more people to present. The organizing team would like to invite you to consider joining in by presenting on a topic related to Type.”