Shedding light on the bold inline style
Inline styles were popular companions of upright weights in geometric sans families of the late 1920s and early 1930s. A story by Ferdinand Ulrich.
Pangramme type design exhibition goes Chaumont
The exhibition, designed and produced by Atelier Design Graphique & Typographie of École Supérieure d’Art of Lorraine, offers an overview on contemporary typography produced by students. (more…)
New typeface: Avory by Rosetta Type Foundry
Avory is a gently condensed sans that challenges convention. Designed by Sláva Jevčinová, released by Rosetta Type Foundry.
Slanted #29 – Helsinki out now
In the summer of 2016 the Slanted editors embarked on their trip to Helsinki to take a close-up look at the contemporary design scene there. (more…)
This Just In: Book Jackets by Philip Grushkin
Philip Grushkin was a tour de force in the publishing world. Letterform Archive acquired a modest portion of Gruskin’s archives in the fall of 2016, complete with original art and mechanicals for several of his dust jacket designs.
Meet TypeNotes, new print magazine by Fontsmith
“A love letter to letterforms, launched to celebrate our love of type and the craft behind making it, as well as our 20th birthday this year.” Learn more about the new TypeNotes magazine at Fontsmith’s website.
Let’s reissue EPA’s Graphic Standards System
Designed by Chermayeff & Geismar and reissued as a hardcover book printed in 14 Pantone colors. Support this Kickstarter project by Jesse Reed & Hamish Smyth.
The evolution of chromatic type
Color fonts or chromatic type are not new. The first production types appeared in the 1840s… Read the whole story by Jamie Clarke.
Nara Sans, a dynamic sans with two italics by Typotheque
Nara Sans is an energetic sans serif version of Typotheque’s Nara family, echoing the original concept of dynamic, upright cursives and slanted italics. Designed by Andrej Krátky with assistance from Slávka Pauliková, Nikola Djurek and Marko Hrastovec.
Non-Latin Type Design Workshop Series with Maria Doreuli & Krista Radoeva
The workshop will happen from august 23 to 26, 2017. The topic will be Cyrillic script, so get you prepared for new type-design adventures. The workshop will take place in the cultural hub Progr (Erlesen space) in Bern, Switzerland.