Typography Weekly

New Type Together website

New Type Together website

“We are pleased to present our new website, designed by Electric Pulp and implemented by Dinamic Studio.”

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Video: Every New Emoji in iOS 10.2 December 2016 Update

Video: Every New Emoji in iOS 10.2 December 2016 Update

Apple emoji rolled out with iOS 10.2. New in this update: face palm, shrug, tuxedo man, selfie, butterfly, black heart and ROFL, and many more.

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Type-Trap – the world’s largest search for the Futura

Type-Trap – the world’s largest search for the Futura

“FUTURA type-trap has launched the world's largest search for the Futura typeface: on posters, neon signs, billboards, signs, packages, books, business cards, tattoos, etc., at home, in the city and in the countryside. Everyone is invited to upload their findings to the participatory image platform type-trap.com and discuss them.”

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From TrueType GX to Variable Fonts

From TrueType GX to Variable Fonts

“In Part 1, veteran type design Tom Rickner discusses the 25 year history behind the events which led to the OpenType 1.8 variations announcement. In this posting, he looks forward. Tom shares his research surrounding potential use cases for designers and developers and introduces Monotype’s first variable font prototype.”

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Datalegreya

Datalegreya

Datalegreya is a typeface which exploits OpenType features in order to interweave data curves with text. It’s based on Alegreya and it’s intended to be used in all contexts where small space is available to synthetically display graphical data.

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New font foundry has opened: The Ivy Foundry

New font foundry has opened: The Ivy Foundry

New font foundry has opened:
“My focus is to create high quality typefaces with a contemporary aesthetic” Jan Maack says. He has designed fonts for the past 10 years. All his fonts have been published by FontFont, but now he has started a foundry of his own. For the last year he has put all his effort into the type business resulting in an independent type foundry, which right now has two font families, 10 styles each, on the shelves.

Have a look at theivyfoundry.com

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Support the Family of Vernon Adams - Type Designer

Support the Family of Vernon Adams - Type Designer

“Vernon believed in making his fonts available to the largest possible audience […] If you are an individual or a company that uses or has used any of his fonts, or you just respect his body of work and his ideal, please consider helping his family.”

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Nick Shinn released Boxley

Nick Shinn released Boxley

“Boxley is an eighteen font, sans serif family by Shinntype. This corporate typeface includes 9 OpenType features including Contextual Alternates and Lining Figures making this font a great value. Boxley is designed by Nick Shinn and has extensive Latin language support.”

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Japanese Comic Book Font by Comicraft

Japanese Comic Book Font by Comicraft

“We are creating WILDWORDS MANGA - the first digital font designed specifically for lettering comic books in Japanese.”

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Color font demo and information page from Adobe Typekit

Color font demo and information page from Adobe Typekit

“Adobe’s new color fonts use an innovative font technology that allows built-in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to enhance the way the fonts appear. This new standard allows color information to be stored inside a font and could change the way people interact with type.”

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Martina Flor opens online shop

Martina Flor opens online shop

Studio Martina Flor is launching a product collection that aims to bring exquisite typography into beautiful and creative products. The collection ranges from paper goods to accessories, where every item is designed with care for detail and materials are meticulously selected.

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Why we need a new Kabel

Why we need a new Kabel

Ferdinand Ulrich writes about the original and the redesign Kabel typeface.

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The Immense Typography Collection

The Immense Typography Collection

“The Immense Typography Collection features more than 30 high-quality fonts and over 90 easy-to edit modern logo templates!”

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Baton Turbo: a new grotesque by Fatype

Baton Turbo: a new grotesque by Fatype

Baton Turbo is a grotesque that combines a simple straightforward formal approach, with eccentric letter shapes inspired by french vernacular typography.

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Sticky Type

Sticky Type

“Spice up your text messages with Sticky Type, the fully animated lettering stickers. Customized type design and punchy animations accentuate your emotions. Next time you want to “yeah!” somebody, do it properly – with Sticky Type.”

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