Monotype released the Eric Gill Series—a collection of more than 75 fonts in three families: Gill Sans Nova, Joanna Nova, and Joanna Sans Nova. The series is a collaboration of 4 designers (Steve Matteson, George Ryan, Ben Jones and Terrance Weinzierl) over the course of 2 years.
“FS Brabo is a four-weight, serif font that reinterprets early book typefaces and whose swashes and ligatures bring colour and character not just to editorial projects but also signage, advertising and identities. A beautifully bookish personality for hardworking modern applications.”
Several writers and inventors in the last century tried to introduce new marks of punctuation into the English language – but they all failed. Keith Houston tells their story.
“Victoria Rushton started Marcia, her first typeface, with the attitude of a letterer. Its high-contrast roman echoes the Modern styles of the 19th century, while the sturdy italic provides a base for its decorative variations.”
The 5th edition of the Mr Cup letterpress calendar is now available for pre-order at Kickstarter! As last year, worldwide renowned creatives participate to its creation. It is composed of 14 20x14 cm cards printed on 700g french paper. It is a hand numbered limited edition.
“The act of writing has always been an art. Now, it can also be an act of music. Each letter you type correspondes to a specific musical note putting a new spin to your composition …”
“It’s safe to assume that most people have no idea that fonts, like music or movies, are protected by intellectual property laws, they usually come with a hefty price tag, and they are uncommonly vulnerable to unjust adaptation and outright theft.”
“The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) has accepted 67 characters as candidates for emoji. At the May 2016 UTC meeting, a final determination will be made for ones to be added to Unicode 9.0, for release in June 2016.”
Coming in with a staggering 90 different weights and styles, the Acumin family is the latest typeface from Robert Slimbach, the principal designer at Adobe Type.
