September 2016
Film – the last day of hot metal typesetting at the New York Times
Typesetter Carl Schlesinger and filmmaker David Loeb Weiss documented the last day of hot metal typesetting in a film called Farewell — ETAOIN SHRDLU (the obscure title is poignantly explained in the film). (more…)
Categorizing Type – an Interview with Andrej Krátky of Fontstand
Organizing and finding fonts is no small task for both type users and type makers. TypeThursday sat down with Andrej to discuss how Fontstand dealt with organizing their font collection. (more…)
100 Best Arabic Posters design competition
100 Best Arabic Posters is the first poster design competition honoring the best 100 Poster designs in the Arab world. (more…)
Typography is impossible, an essay by Marcin Wichary
The practical guide to why laying out type never quite does what you want. Setting type can be tricky. Type lets you get close, but it never quite does what you want it to do. (more…)
Space mono for Google fonts
Commissioned by Google Design and Google Fonts, Colophon produced a two weight, four cut monospaced type family named “Space Mono”. (more…)
German design publisher Gestalten declares itself insolvent
German publishing house Gestalten has entered into voluntary insolvency after losing money on a concept store in Berlin. Read the whole story az Dezeen Magazine.
How to design with small caps
Small caps are capital letterforms that are shorter than full-sized caps. They are usually the height of the lowercase or slightly taller when part of a text font. Learn how to use them properly. (more…)
Noun Project Unlimited Icons
Access one of the web’s largest design asset libraries. Pick up a two-year subscription to Noun Project Unlimited Icons for just $49. (more…)
An interview with type designer Christian Schwartz
A conversation with Christian Schwartz, in which he rejects celebrity status, notes several important tendencies in contemporary type design, and gives his answer to the question: “Which font would you name if todayness were the main requirement?” (more…)