September 2016
Timesaving tips for designing with type
Ilene Strizver complied a group of tips and shortcuts that can help make the job of designing with and setting type faster and easier. Part 1 and Part 2.
Making S#!t Ain’t Easy
Designer Eric Lobdell shares his story of making a font. From enthusiasm to a free & friendly sans-serif typeface Affogato.
Variable fonts – the future of (web) type
Roel Nieskens tries to figure out what variable fonts would mean for web developers. Published at typographica.org.
10 sneaky ways to detect an amateur designer
Not all of the following tips are sneaky, per se, but they’ll certainly help you suss out who the newbies are, and give you an idea of what you’re in for. By Kevin Whipps, Creative Market.
New website of Mota Italic type foundry
Mota Italic is a type design studio specializing in original type families for print and screen since 2008. The updated site is now responsive, images have been significantly enlarged and all of Mota Italic fonts are available to try out online in the type tester.
Adventures in typography – a great flowering
A summary of “Font Variations”, a new addition to the OpenType specification announced by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Adobe earlier this month. By Robin Rendle.
Alphabettes – Takeaways from ATypI 2016
Last week, many Alphabettes traveled to Warsaw for the 60th annual ATypI conference. Read reflections of the event by Alice Savoie, María Ramos, Alessia Mazzarella, Laura Meseguer, Tanya George and Elena Veguillas.
A selection of the most innovative UX of the year
User experience is the most intangible part of designing a killer product. Here are 18 designs selected by John Brownlee, Fast Co Design Blog.
ATypI Warsaw 2016, Day 1: the convergence begins
Yves Peters reports from the 60th annual ATypI conference. Read his review of the day 1 and day 2.
London Design Festival: where to go and what to see
London Design Festival is one of Europe’s biggest celebrations of design, in all disciplines. It’s Nice That picked up to ten exhibitions.