Typography Weekly

Microsoft’s fonts catch out another fraudster

Microsoft’s fonts catch out another fraudster

“You'd think that people forging documents would have learned by now.”

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Type design science: Horizontal Is Perceived as Thicker than Vertical

Type design science: Horizontal Is Perceived as Thicker than Vertical

“We report two psychophysical experiments that investigate a visual illusion that is considered common knowledge among type designers, but has never been studied scientifically. Specifically, the thickness of a horizontal line is overestimated in relation to that of a vertical line.”

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Support Letterink on Kickstarter

Support Letterink on Kickstarter

Drawing strokes with outlines might be tedious. Draw strokes with brush and Letterink will translate it to clear well-plotted outlines.
In addition, it comes with extra features like various brush shapes, smart skeleton components and stroke styles that makes complex font making much faster.

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Dez Now Sans 24 style family Released

Dez Now Sans 24 style family Released

“Dez Now Sans is a humanistic typeface family that was begun in 2005 by Chris Lozos of Dezcom. Since then, it has been nurtured, revised, and expanded to include 12 weights in both upright roman and true italics totaling 24 variations.”

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The 40 Best Fonts Available on Adobe Fonts (Typekit)

The 40 Best Fonts Available on Adobe Fonts (Typekit)

A curated collection of the absolute best fonts available on Adobe Fonts (Typekit).

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Frere-Jones releases Empirica

Frere-Jones releases Empirica

“Empirica revisits the grand style of Ancient Rome (and adds a touch of French influence as well) to build a modern family, projecting grace and authority.”

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Rosetta releases free matrix typeface Handjet as variable font

Rosetta releases free matrix typeface Handjet as variable font

“The fonts (one variable font or 194 single-style fonts) are provided for free, for a limited time, without any artistic aspirations, assumptions of originality, or kerning. I hope you will have as much fun using them as I had designing them. — David”

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Letterform Archive announces online archive

Letterform Archive announces online archive

“Experience Letterform Archive from anywhere in the world.”

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Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies

Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies

The book contains new and expanded Typeset in the Future studies for seven all-time classic science fiction movies, hand-picked focusing on those that create a detailed vision of the future through design and typography.

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In Memoriam: Gerard Unger 1942-2018

In Memoriam: Gerard Unger 1942-2018

“In addition to his work in type design, Unger was active in the field of education. Unger taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie for over 30 years, and from 1994, he was a visiting professor at the University of Reading at the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication.”

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Gifts for Fonts People

Gifts for Fonts People

A selection from I Love Typography

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Fontsmith releases FS Kim by Krista Radoeva

Fontsmith releases FS Kim by Krista Radoeva

“This typeface shines brightest as a display font, and is perfect for applications across fashion, theatre, cultural projects and pretty much any brand that wants to make a statement.”

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The Best New Type Foundries of 2018

The Best New Type Foundries of 2018

“Letterform lovers, rejoice! It’s only November, and this year has already seen the apparition of several new foundries created by incredibly talented type designers from all around the world.”

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Type.World can now be supported on Patreon

Type.World can now be supported on Patreon

“With the non-profit Type.World project I want to help facilitate the power shift from centralized font market places towards a decentralized ecosystem.” Yanone

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Signal Type Foundry releases Ballinger

Signal Type Foundry releases Ballinger

“Sources include early 20th century jobbing sanses like Morris Benton’s News Gothic and Candia, a 70s-era typewriter face Josef Müller-Brockmann designed for Olivetti.”

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