Type Design
TagPepi and Rudi – Making-of
Read the story about Pepi and Rudi superfamily designed by Tomáš Brousil, Suitcase Type Foundry.
Masqualero – a new typeface by Jim Ford
“Jim Ford’s Masqualero is not only named for Miles Davis, but embodies the jazz musician’s spiky personality down to every last one of its sharp serifs.” Read the whole review of Masqualero by Nicole Arnett Phillips.
New font – Columbia Sans by Production Type
Columbia is an unorthodox blend of multiple historical models. Columbia strikes a balance between rigorous topics and an approachable, informal tone. Designed by Jean-Baptiste Levée, Released by Production Type Foundry.
An interview with Dr. Fiona Ross
Fiona Ross has played a crucial role in the type industry throughout her career, and it is largely thanks to her work that type designers and developers have been enabled to make innovations in non-Latin type design. (more…)
New Velo Sans font family by House Industries
Velo Sans includes sixteen fonts: Twelve display styles ranging from thin to black with complementary italics and four text styles designed for longer settings. Designed by House Industries, Christian Schwartz, Mitja Miklavčič and Ben Kiel.
Meet TYPE – a magazine for people curious about fonts
What is TYPE? Why did it start? What is coming up? Get answers to your most pressing questions about the project initiated by Roger Black and Doug Wilson.
How to design a typeface: A step-by-step guide
This feature includes advice from type designers at Monotype and Fontsmith for designers wanting to create a typeface for the first time. A story by Miriam Harris.
Diurnal, a Sans for long, continuous reading by Nikola Djurek, Typotheque
Diurnal, is a Sans serif companion to Nocturno typeface, providing superb legibility at all sizes. Diurnal belongs to that group of rare humanist sans serifs designed for long, continuous reading.
How to design a Google font
Two typography designers – David Jonathan Ross and Eleni Beveratou – talk about what it takes to create a font for Google. A story by Jill Blackmore Evans.
New font – geometric sans Noka by Blackletra
Noka is a powerful display geometric sanserif with a lot of personality. Its clean structure refers to a more digital and technological atmosphere. Designed by Daniel Sabino, Blackletra.