Typography Weekly

Amsterdam Typography Map

Amsterdam Typography Map

“Amsterdam Typography is a project by Arno Verweij that explores Amsterdam through the lens of typography.
The project sprung from a longtime interest in the typography that can be found throughout the city …”

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Typewolf: A Review of the Best Typography Books for Designers

Typewolf: A Review of the Best Typography Books for Designers

“Over my 19-year career as a designer, I’ve amassed quite a nice collection of books on typography. Some have been more useful than others.”

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Foundation for Endangered Languages Grant 2020

Foundation for Endangered Languages Grant 2020

“Our annual grant round for projects that will support, enable or assist the use of one or more endangered languages is now open. In general, we award up to US $1,000 for successful proposals. Proposals for smaller amounts may have a better chance of receiving funding.”

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New details about the origins of Akzidenz-Grotesk

New details about the origins of Akzidenz-Grotesk

Nobody knows who designed Akzidenz-Grotesk. For about 20 years it was attributed to Theinhardt, but this has recently been proven untrue.
Dan Reynolds on the history of one of the most influential typefaces of the past century.

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Greek Type Anatomy

Greek Type Anatomy

Type Together’s senior type designer Irene Vlachou explains Greek font anatomy terminology.

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Emoji, part 9: going beyond

Emoji, part 9: going beyond

“Given all we’ve seen so far in this series, it be­comes nat­ural to won­der: what’s next for emoji? And how do we even be­gin to an­swer that ques­tion?”

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InDesign now supports variable fonts

InDesign now supports variable fonts

“InDesign now supports Variable Font, a new Open Type font format supporting custom attributes such as weight, width, slant, optical size, etc. You can change these custom attributes using convenient slider controls available in the Control panel, Character panel, Character Styles panel, and Paragraph Styles panel.”

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Adobe Brings Fonts to iOS in Creative Cloud Mobile

Adobe Brings Fonts to iOS in Creative Cloud Mobile

“For the first time, all fonts included with Creative Cloud can be used on mobile on iOS13.1 or later.”

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Only on Saturday: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher

Only on Saturday: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher

“For its third book, Letterform Archive is proud to announce Only on Saturday, a stunning tribute to Jack Stauffacher, a letterpress printer, typographer, and designer whose elegant and innovative type treatments cemented his reputation as one of the best printers of the twentieth century.”

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Alphabetica 2019 in November in Den Haag

Alphabetica 2019 in November in Den Haag

One-day symposium about letters, scripts and languages. Organized in correlation with the exhibitions Missing Scripts (Alphabetum IV) & Laws of Form (Alphabetum III). Presented by West Den Haag in collaboration with the Institut Designlabor Gutenberg (Hochshule Mainz), Atelier National de Recherche Typographique (Nancy), SEI Departement of Linguistics (Univerisity of Berkekey, USA) and Type and Media (KABK Den Haag).

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The Malee Scholarship

The Malee Scholarship

“Women have long played an important role in the world of type design and continue to make great contributions to the type field. Yet a lack of cultural, ethnic, and gender diversity still exists in the industry, which if reversed could unearth new innovations and unanticipated opportunities.

The Malee Scholarship was established and is funded by Sharp Type”

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Sketch app now supports variable fonts

Sketch app now supports variable fonts

“If you’re using an OpenType font with variable options (like weight, width, slant, optical size, etc.), a new button will appear in the Inspector to launch the Variable Font Options popover. In there, you’ll see a slider for each option (as defined by the font), letting you tweak your type ’til your heart’s content.”

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Public Type Works

Public Type Works

“Public Type Works enables the creation of new open source fonts. If enough people show interest by chipping in with a small financial contribution (comparable to a cup of coffee/tea/whatever), we can bring these fonts to life.”

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Designcuts Online Conference

Designcuts Online Conference

DesignCuts is running an online conference with free webinars about various design related topics, including “typography & lettering”.

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Which Typeface Are You, Really?

Which Typeface Are You, Really?

“Reckon you’re a hip, young, variable thing—spontaneous and wild—but really, deep down, you’re an old, Modernist soul that likes everything in order? Think you stand out from the crowd, but in fact you’re a system font, touting yourself out there for all and sundry to use?”

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