University of Reading

Expert Class Type Design Graduation And Exhibition

Eight students of the Expert class Type Design exhibit their work at the Plantin Institute for Typography.

News | Yves Peters

Designpreis Deutschland 2010 Lauds Malabar (and Lirico)

After TDC2 2009 and ED2009, Dan Reynolds now wins the Gold Award at Designpreis Deutschland for his multiscript Latin and Devanagari typeface Malabar.

Handpicked Typefaces, News | Yves Peters

FontShop is proud to offer fonts from TypeTogether, a foundry that has become a household name among editorial designers. I had a chance to ask them more about their recent rise to fame in Mexico City at ATypI’s Typ09 conference.

Handpicked Typefaces | Stephen Coles

Jan.26.10

FontCast #8 — Crystian Cruz

After years of working as a magazine art director in Brazil, Crystian Cruz took a hiatus to the UK’s University of Reading where he developed his ideas for typeface design. He returned to start an editorial design consultancy, armed with expertise in both sides of typography: type creation and type use. Crystian expounds on the [...]

News | Stephen Coles

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