Fonts
CategoryExchange, new font family designed by Tobias Frere-Jones
Originally designed for newspaper text, Exchange strives for clarity and efficient copyfit across multiple platforms.
4 things every graphic designer needs to know about Cyrillic
For anyone who is used to the Latin script, Cyrillic looks familiar and foreign at the same time – so many seemingly flipped Latin letters, a lowercase that looks more like small caps… A story by Krista Radoeva.
Walter is a new narrow, sturdy slab serif by TypeTogether
TypeTogether just released Teo Tuominen’s Walter family, a kindly and commanding slab serif that’s ready for your next project.
Calcula, a geometrical layering display typeface with thousands of ligatures
Calcula is a display typeface that uses smart OpenType features to explore the space between lettering and typeface design, creating maze-like spaces between letters. Designed by by Shiva Nallaperumal, Typotheque.
Meet Spectral, a new typeface for Google Fonts
Production Type was commissioned by Google Fonts to create a new typeface primarily intended for immersive reading, that is now available from GSuite, Google’s collaborative office-suite for documents, slides and spreadsheets. (more…)
Of branded voices and funny hats: a closer look at Youtube Sans
Nina Stössinger analyzes YouTube’s new proprietary typeface. Read the review at Typographica.org.
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.
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.