A few methods for teaching letter-drawing
A few methods for teaching letter-drawing to graphic design students presented by Dan Reaynolds at the ATypI conference in Barcelona, 2014. (more…)
How to adjust letter spacing
Typetester Now with Web Fonts
TypeTester’s, an online resource for testing fonts, last update includes webfonts from different suppliers.
The 100 Greatest Free Fonts for 2014
Blog Awwards presents the latest collection of the top 100 best free typefaces. The selected fonts are categorized to help you browse more efficiently. (more…)
Milton Glaser: Designing Dylan
Martin Dupuis, a Montreal-based art director, shared his interview with Milton Glaser on a design blog. (more…)
Women in Design: Veronika Burian
FontShop features and interview with Veronika Burian, co-founder of the TypeTogether foundry as a part of the Women in Design week.
Why Stencil Typography Is Here To Stay
Designers Louise Fili and Steven Heller compile 60 years of stencil type from 8 countries and reveal why the primitive style still reigns. Find out more at Fast Comany design blog.
MoMA Recognizes Susan Kare, the Designer of the Macintosh’s Original Icons
Susan Kare — the pioneering graphic designer whose pixel art icons for the original Macintosh helped define the language of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) — is being recognized by the New York Museum of Modern Art. (more…)
The Great Debate: Metrics vs. Optical
This post at type-ed.com is quite old but still very important for many typographers. What will give you better results in InDesign: the metrics or the optical alignment? Written by by . And what do you prefer?
The Art Of Mixing Typefaces Google Fonts Edition
The infographic serves as a kind of ultimate “cheat sheet” for pairing Google Fonts with more than 400 unique pairings in total, all of which are colour-coded according to compatibility.