Typography Weekly

Contrast Foundry: bliss and temperance in type design

Contrast Foundry: bliss and temperance in type design

“Based in Moscow, Contrast Foundry was launched last year by Maria Doreuli, Liza Rasskazova, Nikita Sapozhkov and Anna Khorash. This highly motivated team develops fonts and logos for its clients as well as fonts for the retail market.”

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Underware introduces Grammato

Underware introduces Grammato

“With Grammato your machines can now write as beautifully as you do; maybe even more so. By introducing a completely new notion of writing — grammatography, the writing with letters — it above all provides a new perspective on one of humanity’s quintessential activities: the act of writing.”

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Glyphs Mini 2.1 Released

Glyphs Mini 2.1 Released

Version 2.1 of the font editor Glyphs Mini was released. New: Dark Mode support. WOFF2 support. Catalina-ready: full 64-bit. New tutorial ‘Font Info Settings in Glyphs Mini’.

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FontShop 30 years anniversary sale

FontShop 30 years anniversary sale

30 day. 30 font families. 30% off.

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TypeKits shirts on Kickstarter

TypeKits shirts on Kickstarter

“A mash up of football (soccer) jerseys inspired and influenced by famous typefaces, designers, and typographers.”

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Pre-order History of Desktop Publishing by Frank Romano

Pre-order History of Desktop Publishing by Frank Romano

“History of Desktop Publishing is a personal and encyclopedic story of how the personal computer, unique applications, and many colorful people changed the creative and print communities. Author Frank Romano has documented the histories of hot metal and phototypesetting and continues the tale of document production in this book. This installment ends as the Internet becomes a primary focus.”

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Early ‘non-Jensonian’ Venetian romans

Early ‘non-Jensonian’ Venetian romans

A carefully illustrated review of 1470s types based on humanistic hands but differing a great deal from Jenson

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Reviving Type released

Reviving Type released

“Two studies, that started as a university course assignment and developed into an independent design-research, are woven together into one volume: one about the Renaissance letters of Garamont and Granjon, the other about the Baroque types of Nicholas Kis. The publication guides the reader from finding original sources in archives, through historical investigation and design process to the finished type.”

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Wim Crouwel 1928–2019

Wim Crouwel 1928–2019

A in memoriam website by the Stedelijk Museum.
“On Thursday, 19 september 2019 Wim Crouwel died at age of 90. With his passing the world loses a visionary thinker who was an eminent authority in the field of design.”

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Thirty Years of TrueType Fonts

Thirty Years of TrueType Fonts

Greg Hitchcock from Microsoft sheds some light on the beginnings of the TrueType format and its development over the years.

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New online class with Martina Flor: Digital Lettering

New online class with Martina Flor: Digital Lettering

“In this class Martina Flor, lettering artist and designer, will share her secrets to successfully digitize a lettering piece to achieve expressive designs.”

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Behind the font: Jessica McCarty of Magpie Paper Works

Behind the font: Jessica McCarty of Magpie Paper Works

“This installment of Behind the Font features Jessica McCarty, an award-winning designer of handwritten and calligraphic fonts. McCarty founded Magpie Paper Works, a boutique typographic foundry specializing in hand-drawn fonts and custom lettering. She also co-founded Rare Bird Foundry in 2017, where she transforms select artists’ calligraphy into premium OpenType fonts.”

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The Lasting Impression of Letterpress Printing

The Lasting Impression of Letterpress Printing

“Bowne & Co. Stationers is still a fully operational press shop. It is home to 34 presses, 18 of which are in regular use, largely from the late 19th century …”

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Videos from ATypI 2019 on YouTube

Videos from ATypI 2019 on YouTube

The talks from the ATypI conference 2019 in Tokyo are being uploaded to ATypI’s YouTube account.

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Femme Type - A book celebrating women in the type industry

Femme Type - A book celebrating women in the type industry

“FEMME TYPE is a platform which celebrates women in the type industry aiming to create a valuable space that inspires other women to pursue a career in type.”

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