“aul McNeil is the author of a must-have new book, The Visual History of Type (Laurence King), a hefty 662-page tome that covers over 500 years of the material that is the lifeblood of graphic design—and indeed, visual communications itself.”
“Variable fonts give us a new, wide open typographic space with which to work. How do we structure our design tools to adapt to the new advantages variable fonts provide us with?”
“Monotype’s FontFont library was one of the original offerings in Typekit in 2009 back when we were only a webfont service. We’re pleased to announce that an additional 230 FontFonts are now available for sync in the Typekit library.”
“In the list of rarely-used punctuation marks—amid the interrobang (‽), hedera (❧), lozenge (◊), and asterism (⁂)—the manicule is a pointedly unique symbol. Quite literally: it takes the form of a hand with an outstretched index figure, gesturing towards a particularly pertinent piece of text.”
“Pelago is a semi-formal sans-serif type family with a crisp contemporary appearance and an understated elegance that lends itself to wide range of applications, ranging from the most demanding text-based web and print communication to expressive display work.”
“We celebrate the launch of our fonts on Fonspring with a special deal: Get the complete family packages of all our font families 50% off until the end of August 2017.”
“You no longer have to visit the British Museum in London to see the Rosetta Stone in detail. Last week, the museum published the first 3D scan of the famous slab of hieroglyphics online at Sketchfab, where it’s accompanied by the website’s new sound support feature.”
“One of the most comprehensive books ever to exist containing information about Zanerian Engrosser’s Script, Ornamental Penmanship, and American Lettering.”
type symposion ›wie umgehen mit… / how to deal with…‹ 24.—27. august at the castle of raabs an der thaya/austria, presenting 14 lectures on typographic topics in relation to society and the graphicdesign business in a rather hedonistic atmosphere…
In this TypeThursday interview with learn how David Jonathan Ross got into typeface design, his love for unusual approaches, and novel ways to deliver fonts to users.
