type design
Hidden Gems From OurType
OurType brings three lesser-known beautiful type families to our attention – Meran, Eva, and Fayon.
Read moreAzuro – A New Typeface For Reading On Screens
Azuro is a four-weight sans serif typeface designed by Georg Seifert specifically designed for on-screen writing and reading.
Read moreSubmissions Open For Letter.2 International Type Design Competition
Letter.2 is the second international competition of type design organised by the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI).
Read moreMonograph Brings Renewed Appreciation For Roger Excoffon
“Roger Excoffon et la fonderie Olive” retraces the history of the Olive foundry through the life of type designer Roger Excoffon.
Read moreTwenty Years of FF Hands
After twenty years the seminal script fonts FF Hands by Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum get an OpenType Pro overhaul.
Read moreMalabar, Premiéra, And Acorde Win At Joseph Binder Award 2010
Dan Reynolds, Thomas Gabriel, and Stefan Willerstorfer are lauded at the tenth Joseph Binder Awards in Vienna, Austria.
Read moreNew FontFonts: FF Suhmo, My New Favourite Typeface
Jürgen Siebert takes a look at the playful typewriter-style slab serif FF Suhmo, and talks to its designer Alex Rütten.
Read moreFountain: A Conversation with Göran Söderström
This interview is the first in a series of portraits showcasing type designers who publish typefaces through Fountain, the friendly Swedish type foundry.
Read moreThe FontFeed is a daily dispatch of recommended fonts, typography techniques, and inspirational examples of digital type at work in the real world. Eat up.
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