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- 02.16.15
Apple Color Emoji
Christoph: You can find a complete overview of all the Apple Color Emoji characters here. (Works only with Safari. Hover to see Unicode … - 02.14.15
Roboto
IsWas a Four-headed FrankenfontChristoph: Amazing! Thanks, Stephen. And the fun just never ends.… - 01.30.15
John Downer Speedballs
norman: When I was a aspiring sign painter, I went and visited two old codgers at their little shop in Seattle. They were two brother… - 01.28.15
Erotica
Keith Morris: My personal view is that it is impossible to replace a hand lettered and specifically designed word (or words) with a Spencer… - 01.22.15
Max Bill kontra Jan Tschichold: Der Typografiestreit der Moderne
erik spiekermann: Noticed that you changed Bosshard’s origin from German to Swiss. That depends: he was actually born in Germany, in a village … - 01.22.15
Sketching Out of My Comfort Zone: A Type Design Experiment
Bendy: Well written piece, Nina. I like the discovery that your letterforms have to be built from the inside and take shape around "… - 01.20.15
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2013
Hrant: I thought there would be fewer selections this year! So glad that's not the case — there's a lot to celebrate, … - 01.07.15
Calibre
Gianluca: Which languages does Calibre support?… - 12.21.14
Automated Kerning With iKern
nick shinn: It doesn't look right. Most obvious: the cap F, followed by A,a, or small cap a. The "white space" at the bottom right of the… - 12.15.14
Clearview: A New Typeface for US Highways
Mike D.: Interesting. I like the typeface. Seems vaguely Meta-esque. Also, very interesting that they spell legibility "legiblity" on … - 12.02.14
My Favorite Font Sources: A Shortlist of Trusted Foundries and Retailers
Josh Farmer: What about Underware and TypeTogether?… - 11.19.14
LL Circular
Pat: I'm so happy the article draw the attention to that lowercase t, I'm also sharing the feeling that it might be the nicest gly… - 11.13.14
FF Chartwell
André Mora: I really like Chartwell and have used it for editorial design. I'm impressed by its ingenuity and excited by what it may insp… - 11.12.14
Questioning Gill Sans
Craig: The sample reproduced in Sebastian Carter's Twentieth Century Type Designers (new ed., p. 77) also shows the "sensible a." Ja… - 11.10.14
Other Notable Font Releases of 2013
Kai Rentola: One silly mistake there: Nuevos Jarno Lukkarila, Typolar The name of the font should be NEUVOS which refers Councilor in Finn…
Its great to see finally old typefaces converted to OpenType. Such fonts that many never really used because of the lack of easy functionnalities as OT can provide.
I dream to see one “Diotima pack” including the Ariadne Initials together with the Smaragd accessibles via features.