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BioGráficas. History of Latin American Women Designers
Launching the website www.biograficas.com April 27, Graphic Designers’ International Day
BioGráficas is a Research Project that aims to widely document and diffuse the active participation of women in Latin America’s design. It is a website that collects the work of outstanding women designers, and can be reached both through country or area of design expertise.
Posted on 24 April 2008 by Marina Garone Gravier
TL2008, Biennal of Latin American Type Design and Typography
We are proud to announce the launch of Tipos Latinos 2008, Third Biennal of Latin American Type Design and Typography.
Posted on 21 April 2008 by Pablo Cosgaya
T-convoca 2008
On March 29 T-convoca started his sixth consecutive cycle of conferences focused in typography and related subjects.
Posted on 10 April 2008 by Miguel Catopodis
HOLLYWOOD SIGN MELTDOWN LINKED TO GLOBAL WARMING An inconvenient truth found
April 1, 2008 - Hollywood Hills, CA - Citizens and tourists alike noticed a disturbing change over the last few days in the landmark sign. Portions of the letters are melting off and dripping down the mountainside.
Posted on 01 April 2008 by Tom Rickner
Hasan Abu Afash New Fonts ...
It is my pleasure to introduce Three fonts in my website: www.hibastudio.com. I hope you will find them useful and interesting.
Posted on 28 March 2008 by Hasan Abu Afash
The Business of Type
The Microsoft Typography group is pleased to host the first Font Business Summit organized by the Font Designers Rights Coalition. The event takes place on the 3rd and 4th of April at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, WA.
Posted on 11 March 2008 by Simon Daniels
The Other Letters: Women Printers in the Rare-Book World
Book exhibitions and lecture’s program Palafoxiana and Lafragua Libraries, Puebla, México Beginning on March 8, 2008.
Posted on 23 February 2008 by Marina Garone Gravier
Font Remix Tools update and videos
Version 1.5 of the Font Remix Tools, a set of FontLab plug-ins, is now available as well as some introductory videos.
Posted on 29 January 2008 by Tim Ahrens
TDC Hebrew Week-End: New York, 11–13 April 2008
Registration is open to TDC Hebrew Week-End, a two-day professional seminar and workshop on Hebrew type design.
Posted on 25 January 2008 by Maxim Zhukov
Call for Submissions for TypeCon2008 Presentation and Workshop Proposals
TypeCon2008 will be held in Buffalo, New York, July 15-20. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is currently reviewing proposals for contemporary and historical presentations and panel discussions, as well as focused hands-on workshops in both the digital and non-digital realms. Topics at TypeCon cover a broad range of interests, including typography, type design, font production, graphic design, new media, printing history, calligraphy and hand lettering, the book arts, advertising, type in motion, literacy, type sales and marketing, legal issues, type and design education, and other related areas.
Posted on 15 January 2008 by Tamye Riggs
Call for Speakers for the TypeCon2008 Education Forum
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) will present its third Type and Design Education Forum as part of TypeCon2008. This special program will be held on Thursday, July 17, at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo. The forum will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type educators and the institutions they represent. The program will feature presentations in conjunction with breakout sessions dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and experiences.
Posted on 15 January 2008 by Tamye Riggs
Type design competition: GRANSHAN 2008
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia is sponsoring a new international competition for type design: ‘Granshan 2008’ (Granshan means ‘character’ in Armenian). The deadline for entries is 10th June 2008.
Posted on 12 January 2008 by Carolyn Puzzovio
Magazines are dead! Long live the magazine!
A one-day conference at St Bride Library, London, on 25 January 2008.
Posted on 09 January 2008 by Ben Weiner
Typage.
Michiel Drost (ATypI) has published Typage, a coffee-table book about letters.
Posted on 03 January 2008 by Michiel Drost
FSI FontShop® International releases FF Meta Serif
It took three years and three designers to develop FF Meta Serif: Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby. All through the nineties, Erik Spiekermann had made several attempts at designing a companion for his original Meta. Colleagues had frequently been asking him which serif face would best fit to FF Meta. He recommended Swift, Concorde, Minion, FF Clifford and others until he realized that he should just make his own serif Meta.
Posted on 15 November 2007 by Stephen Coles
Tipos Latinos
We are proud to announce the launch of Tipos Latinos, a new space for Latin American type design and typography. Our goal is to continue the effort that started with the 2004 and 2006 Letras Latinas Biennals. Hence, we have undertaken the organization of Tipos Latinos 2008, Third Biennal of Latin American Type Design and Typography.
Posted on 13 November 2007 by Pablo Cosgaya
Helvetica in Hungary
9th October, 2007. Budapest typographers and designes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Helvetica typeface.
Posted on 09 October 2007 by Bence Csernak
The Tomiji Hirano Award presented to Mr. Ichiro Yoshida.
On August 18, 2007, the Society of Typography, Japan held an award ceremony and Mr. Ichiro Yoshida (Part-time Advisor of Ryobi Imagix) received the Tomiji Hirano Award for his contribution to Japanese typography.
Posted on 21 August 2007 by Taro Yamamoto
The Journal of the Society of Typography, Japan inaugural issue published.
The Society of Typography, Japan was formed under supervision of Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2005. Currently, the society has approximately fifty individual and associate members, and they recognize that the publication of its first issue is an important milestone in expanding and enriching their research activities toward the future.
Posted on 21 August 2007 by Taro Yamamoto
Font 006 takes readers on a tour of design in locales less travelled
August 2007 – The latest issue of FontShop’s acclaimed publication of typography and design, Font 006 serves as both an provocative editorial magazine and a typeface catalog highlighting the latest releases from FontShop. A subscription to the magazine is free.
Posted on 15 August 2007 by Stephen Coles
Design Conference in Rosario, Argentina
Students and teachers of the National University of Rosario have organized the "2nd Design Today" conference, which will be held on August 11 and 12 on the UNR campus.
Posted on 01 August 2007 by Jose Scaglione
Call for Submissions: SOTA TypeGallery at TypeCon2007
The call for submissions is now open for SOTA's TypeGallery at TypeCon2007 in Seattle, August 1-5.
Posted on 25 June 2007 by Tamye Riggs
RUMBA by Laura Meseguer
I'm pleased to let you know that I have released my typeface family Rumba Std
Posted on 17 June 2007 by Laura Meseguer
Announcing Hiba Studio ... (www.hibastudio.com)
It is my pleasure to introduce the English version of www.hibastudio.com. I hope you will find it useful and interesting.
Posted on 01 June 2007 by Hasan Abu Afash
Last call for entries to Greek typeface design contest-exhibition
New extended deadline: 31st of May
Posted on 06 May 2007 by Eirini Vlachou
Non-Latin Conference: 18-19 September 2007 - news update
A two-day conference on non-Latin typeface design held jointly at the St Bride Library and the Department of Typography, University of Reading. Booking for this event is now open, details of which are given below.
Posted on 01 May 2007 by Fiona Ross
Book launch & book-design exhibit
John D. Berry has a pair of new books out from Mark Batty Publisher, the first two in the "Dot-font" series of short essays about type & design. And in Seattle, there's a current exhibit of John Berry's book designs.
Posted on 25 March 2007 by John D Berry
Linotype presents TypoTechnica 2007
Bad Homburg, 23 March 2007. Only a few weeks remain until Linotype raises the curtain on TypoTechnica 2007. The conference takes place at the Gutenberg Schule in Frankfurt, Germany, from April 27-29 and offers typography professionals the opportunity to delve into such cutting edge topics as scripting with Python and Non-Latin typography as well as many other advances in font development tools and software training. Thanks to gold level sponsors Fontlab Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation, this year's conference will offer an expanded stage for stimulating exchange and the presentation of groundbreaking technical know-how.
Posted on 23 March 2007 by Nadine Chahine
Great British Design?
The sixth annual Friends of St Bride Library conference will take place in London on 31 May and 1 June 2007
Posted on 22 March 2007 by Ben Weiner
Monotype Imaging Releases the Soho Typeface Family
Monotype Imaging has released the Soho™ typeface family, a slab serif design created by Sebastian Lester of Monotype Imaging Ltd.
Posted on 15 March 2007 by Vikki Quick
Position in Information Design
A position as senior lecturer in information design at Linkoping University, Sweden is now up for application.
Posted on 09 March 2007 by Tommie Nystrom
Linotype rolls out its fourth TypoTechnica
Bad Homburg, March 6, 2007. Linotype is pleased to announce its upcoming TypoTechnica(tm) conference, which will take place at the Gutenberg-Schule in Frankfurt, from April 27 to 29, 2007.
Posted on 07 March 2007 by Nadine Chahine
3rd ICTVC - Hellenic Alphabet
Call for greek and foreign typeface designers to participate in an exhibition planning to be held during the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication in Thessaloniki, Greece, relating to the greek alphabet.
Posted on 16 February 2007 by Anastasia Raissaki
Non-Latin Conference: 18-19 September 2007
A two-day conference on non-Latin typeface design held jointly at the St Bride Library and the Department of Typography, University of Reading.
Posted on 10 February 2007 by Gerry Leonidas
www.type4screen.com
PhD research blog and website, part of Hilary Kenna's research into Screen Typography at London College of Communication.
Posted on 31 January 2007 by Hilary Kenna
Edward Wright: design work
Born to South American parents, British citizen, cosmopolitan at heart, Edward Wright – painter and object-maker, typographer, writer, teacher – was an enigmatic presence in London’s post-War art and design scene.
Posted on 17 January 2007 by Petra Cerne Oven
spatium Number 5 published!
"spatium – Magazin für Typografie" has just published its fifth printed issue: “Hamburgefonts.” The magazine contains articles about type specimens in general, dummy texts, type specimen index cards and a report about spatium/TYPOSITION.'s workshop, “Presenting type at its best.”
Posted on 12 January 2007 by Daniel Reynolds
TypoTechnica 2007
Linotype is pleased to announce its fourth TypoTechnica™ conference, to be held on April 27–28, 2007. TypoTechnica is renowned as the premiere platform bringing together typeface designers, font developers, and software technicians.
Posted on 21 December 2006 by Nadine Chahine
Rumba Std is finally released
I'm pleased to let you know that I have released my typeface family 'Rumba Std'. It's available only in OpenType format, supporting CE and most Latin-based languages, with typographic features and special ligatures but without the support of Cyrillic, Greek and Small Caps.
Posted on 12 December 2006 by Laura Meseguer
ΗΥΦΕΝ, a typographic forum; vol 6 [2006] out now
A new typography publication from Greece.
Posted on 09 December 2006 by Klimis Mastoridis
Relato Sans: A new typeface by Emtype Foundry
Relato Sans is the other face of Relato Serif (a typeface with much idiosyncrasy) never the less, the sans version of this typeface is more austere and aseptic.
Posted on 29 November 2006 by Eduardo Manso
FontBook: Return of the Heavyweight Champion
FSI FontShop International announces the release of the long-awaited fourth edition of FontBook.
Posted on 02 November 2006 by Stephen Coles
Building Letters to aid Tsunami victims
The third issue of Building Letters – Tsunami Edition is available on-line. Order now and support those in need.
Posted on 10 October 2006 by Filip Blazek
Extensive collection of Typography & Graphic Design Books
Nijhof & Lee Booksellers http://www.nijhoflee.nl
Posted on 21 August 2006 by Warren Lee
Monotype Imaging Acquires Linotype
Move unites font design and technology companies to expand global offering into new markets
Posted on 02 August 2006 by Vikki Quick
typography like speech
More and more people living in the United States these days speak Spanish as well as English. I worked with a group of colleagues to develop the idea of an educational project in creative writing and typography for bilingual middle-school students, using their own recorded voices to accompany visual experiments on the computer screen in Flash. We wanted to encourage a kind of typography that would express meaning and resemble speech.
Posted on 30 June 2006 by Cynthia Bell
2nd Congress of Typography in Spain
23-25 June 2006. Valencia (Spain). The 2nd Congress of Typography, titled "Otherletters", appears as an open window to this great number of existing writings (scripts) besides the "western" alphabet. This way, the Cyrillic, the Arabic, the African system, though also those projects in which typography loses its habitual function and it enters the area of the experimentation.
Posted on 27 May 2006 by Andreu Balius Planellas
ABC-Schrift by Hans Eduard Meier
Swiss type designer Hans Eduard Meier created a typeface for the use in primary schools called ABC-Schrift. It is a “continental” typeface which is closer to printing typefaces than the former typeface after which Swiss pupils had to learn to write.
Posted on 26 May 2006 by Juergen Weltin
Bringhurst in Russian
After several years in the making, Osnovy stilya v tipografike (the Russian edition of Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style) has come off the press in mid-April 2006.
Posted on 24 May 2006 by Maxim Zhukov
FontShop Publishes Font 005: Legibility
Font 005: Legibility is the latest issue of FontShop’s acclaimed publication of typography and design. Font serves as both an editorial magazine and a font specimen catalog highlighting the latest releases from FontShop. A subscription to the magazine is free.
Posted on 19 April 2006 by Petra Weitz
Critically acclaimed: new fonts at FontShop
February 7, 2006 - The latest additions to the FontShop collection have received high praise from the community's toughest critics, including type designers themselves.
Posted on 09 February 2006 by Petra Weitz
RoboFab Conference, February 16, 17, The Hague
February 2006 — Thursday 16 and Friday 17 — at the Royal Academy in The Hague. The conference program will focus on RoboFab and Python, useful strategies for common problems in font production and workflows with RoboFab.
Posted on 13 January 2006 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Adobe Type Staff opening
Join the Adobe type development team!
Posted on 13 January 2006 by David Lemon
Buy two MBP books, get one free!
Buy any two MBP books, and receive one of equal or lesser value completely free, and receive free shipping in the US!
Posted on 30 November 2005 by Cynthia Batty
FSI releases new FontFonts, updates FF DIN, FF Meta, FF Scala and others
BERLIN, GERMANY, NOVEMBER, 2005 – FSI FontShop International today announced the latest additions to its award-winning FontFont typeface collection. Four new designs were released in tandem with long-awaited extensions to three of the independent foundry’s bestselling font families. Several key FontFonts were also upgraded to OpenType®.
Posted on 25 November 2005 by Petra Weitz
Holiday gifts from FontShop
FontShop Offers Free Apple Products With the Purchase of Type Libraries on CD www.fontshop.com/virtual/newsletters/holidaygifts2005/
Posted on 23 November 2005 by Petra Weitz
TDC call for entries
The annual typography and type design exhibition competitions of the Type Directors Club
Posted on 15 November 2005 by Gary Munch
FontShop announces the winners of FontHunt2005
In July 2005, FontShop presented FontHunt2005, a typographic scavenger hunt, in New York City. The winners of the competition have been chosen and their photos are displayed at FontShop.com.
Posted on 09 November 2005 by Petra Weitz
Monotype Imaging adds four type foundries to fonts.com
Berthold, ParaType, Phat Fonts and Sparklefonts collections are now available from Fonts.com.
Posted on 08 November 2005 by Vikki Quick
FontShop adds hundreds of new OpenType fonts
With its scalability and typographic features, OpenType® is clearly the font format of the future. FontShop now offers fonts in OpenType format from many foundries including Adobe®, Linotype®, Shinntype®, OurType®, URW®, and FontShop’s own FontFont® label. The additions include standard OpenType fonts converted from legacy formats, and new typefaces enhanced with advanced OpenType features.
Posted on 20 October 2005 by Petra Weitz
e-a-t (experiment and typography) in Ljubljana
Typographic exhibition in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Posted on 16 October 2005 by Petra Cerne Oven
Type an Sich: Jean François Porchez
The form of the letters you use to compose words and texts often expresses more than you suspect. With the series of exhibitions entitled Type An Sich, the Catapult design office awards the letter the attention it deserves.
Posted on 10 October 2005 by Jean-Francois Porchez
P22 Type Foundry announces the 4th installment of the P22/Lanston Type Co. Collection
All in all 34 new fonts were released October 3rd, and the full Lanston collection is currently over 135 fonts PLUS over 40 Opentype fonts.
Posted on 06 October 2005 by Carima El-Behairy
FontShop introduces two new foundries and a new free font.
FontShop has expanded its type offerings with the inclusion of two new foundries, PrésenceTypo of France and Club-21 of the UK. In celebration of the announcement, PrésenceTypo is offering a free weight of its popular Présence typeface at FontShop.com.
Posted on 28 September 2005 by Petra Weitz
Monotype Imaging offers Monotype typefaces in OpenType format
Monotype Imaging has converted its Monotype Library of more than 1,300 fonts into the OpenType font format. Typefaces can be viewed, purchased and downloaded from Fonts.com.
Posted on 20 September 2005 by Vikki Quick
New search bar and the FontFeed for FontShop.com
FontShop features thousands of fonts from over fifty type foundries. In an effort to provide a better launching pad into this massive collection, FontShop has redesigned the FontShop.com home page with two new features: a streamlined search bar and a design weblog.
Posted on 02 September 2005 by Petra Weitz
Monotype Imaging adds fonts from three foundries to Fonts.com
Collections from the GarageFonts, Panache Typography and Underware type foundries are now available on Fonts.com
Posted on 11 August 2005 by Vikki Quick
Monotype Imaging releases the Gill Sans OpenType Pro typeface
The Gill Sans Pro OpenType package is now available from Fonts.com.
Posted on 02 August 2005 by Vikki Quick
Typeco releases Cusp — a 16 style display font system.
CUSP is a versatile display font system that allows the user to mix, match, and overlay the letters from the different styles for a dynamic effect. Cusp includes 2 overlay fonts that are designed specifically so that one can create graffiti-like multi-layered effects.
Posted on 01 July 2005 by James Grieshaber
Monotype Imaging adds fonts from two foundries to fonts.com
Fonts from Prime Graphics and BA Graphics now available on Fonts.com
Posted on 28 June 2005 by Vikki Quick
Call for submissions issued for TypeGallery2005
Show your face(s) during Type Week in New York!
Posted on 26 June 2005 by Tamye Riggs
TypeCon2005: the big event during NYC "Type Week"
Join us as we celebrate "Type Week" in the letter-filled city of New York! SOTA, the TDC, and Parsons School of Design invite you to attend this affordable and exciting event - July 20-24, 2005.
Posted on 26 June 2005 by Tamye Riggs
Monotype Foundation offers limited edition prints of original type drawings
Reproductions of original type drawings are now available online from the Monotype Foundation. The first in a series of limited edition prints features the Gill Sans® Bold Extra Condensed typeface, available for $200 (about GBP 108) from www.monotypefoundation.com. Proceeds will fund typographic initiatives such as educational scholarships and grants for libraries and museums.
Posted on 09 June 2005 by Vikki Quick
Taller de diseño de tipos
I’m invited to conduct a type design workshop conducted (in English) in Madrid from 4 to 8 July 2005.
Posted on 07 June 2005 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Ascender to offer complete family of Lucida fonts
Chicago, IL -- May 25, 2005 -- Ascender Corporation today announced that it has licensed the complete range of Lucida fonts from Bigelow & Holmes. Ascender will make the Lucida fonts available for sublicensing by hardware and software developers immediately.
Posted on 25 May 2005 by Tom Rickner
Call for entries: Linotype announces its first Arabic type design competition
Linotype Library has the pleasure to invite designers and calligraphers from around the world to take part in its first Arabic Type Design Competition. The competition is the first of its kind in recent years and is a response to the growing publishing demands in the Arab world.
Posted on 23 May 2005 by Nadine Chahine
Carter Wong Tomlin re-design of Fontsmith.com is now online
In the wake of high profile work for Channel 4 and as part of an ongoing drive for perfection, type designer Jason Smith commissioned top interactive agency Carter Wong Tomlin to craft a new online showcase for the growing family of Fontsmith products.
Posted on 23 May 2005 by Jason Smith
Emtype Foundry. new release
Relato has a low contrast and "a muscular" structure that makes it useful for setting longer texts. In display sizes it has a variety of details that lends it a unique and personal expression.
Posted on 13 May 2005 by Eduardo Manso
The second life of Fontographer
Today, Fontlab Ltd. have licensed the Fontographer product line from Macromedia and announced plans to develop a new version of the classic.
Posted on 09 May 2005 by Adam Twardoch
Monotype Foundation non-profit formed to benefit the typographic arts
Monotype Imaging has formed a non-profit company as a vehicle to give back to the typographic community.
Posted on 19 April 2005 by Vikki Quick
Ascender Corp News
April 1, 2005 -- Chicago IL, and Hollywood, CA -- Ascender Corporation today announced it has received venture capital funding to launch an entertainment division to be based in Hollywood for its new TV show: "Pimp My Font". Last year Ascender self-funded a cable television series "More Bling For Your Ring" - a fascinating look at the mobile phone industry. To help promote the new show, Ascender today launched the www.pimpmyfont.com website.
Posted on 01 April 2005 by Cynthia Batty
Monotype Imaging enhances Fonts.com
Monotype Imaging has enhanced Fonts.com with several user features. Also new to the site are typefaces from the Font Bureau and FontFabrik foundries.
Posted on 16 March 2005 by Vikki Quick
Typeco extends Super Duty — now a 25 font superfamily.
Super Duty, first released in 2004 as 6 fonts, has now been extended to a robust and versatile stencil font family of 25 fonts.
Posted on 23 February 2005 by James Grieshaber
PROCEEDINGS 1st International Conference on Typography & Visual Communication
The texts printed in this volume constitute the outcome of the "1st International Conference on Typography & Visual Communication" procedures, held in Thessaloniki in June 2002.
Posted on 12 January 2005 by Klimis Mastoridis
"Lanston Collection A"
P22 type foundry announces the release of "Lanston Collection A".
Posted on 10 January 2005 by Carima El Behairy
Font Aid III: a Call to Action
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) and "Building Letters" have joined forces in "Font Aid III," a project uniting the typographic and design communities in raising funds to expedite relief efforts for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. ATypI members and others interested are encouraged to help the cause by participating in the project and spreading the word to friends and colleagues. Font Aid III offers multiple opportunities for participation by professionals and amateurs from typography and all related arts - we thank you in advance for your support.
Posted on 09 January 2005 by Tamye Riggs
Call for papers for the 2005 'hyphen' volume
'hyphen, a typographic forum' is the greek journal concerned with all aspects of typograhy. The 2005 volume will be published in July.
Posted on 08 January 2005 by Klimis Mastoridis
Fringe, Helsinki 2005
Cellphone updates or wearable news? The ATypI Fringe seeks new forms
Posted on 03 December 2004 by Ben Weiner
ITC announces 37 new exclusive fonts
International Typeface Corporation has introduced 37 exclusive fonts.
Posted on 30 November 2004 by Vikki Quick
FiFFteen - 15 Years of FontFonts
FSI, FontShop International is staging an exhibition to celebrate 15 years of its FontFont type library and the relationships and inspirations which have made it possible.
Posted on 29 November 2004 by Petra Weitz
BEIRUT 05 deadline extended
This is to announce that the deadline to submit your abstracts for TYPO.GRAPHIC.BEIRUT 05 has been extended to the 10th of December 2004. Thank you for taking note of this change.
Posted on 18 November 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Lanston-P22
P22 type foundry announces the acquisition of Lanston Type.
Posted on 15 November 2004 by Carima El-Behairy
Agfa Monotype is Acquired by TA Associates
Agfa Monotype Corp. has separated from Agfa and is now Monotype Imaging Inc.
Posted on 05 November 2004 by Vikki Quick
Type Aid
Building Letters is an annual publication devoted to graphic and typographic design. Not only does it give you great articles, free fonts and fantastic posters, but it also raises money to help kids in Africa and India.
Posted on 27 October 2004 by Jim Richardson
I.D. Magazine announces 51st annual design competition
I.D., The International Design Magazine, has issued a Call for Entries for its 51st Annual Design Review.
Posted on 06 October 2004 by Cynthia Batty
TYPO.GRAPHIC.BEIRUT 2005 conference
We, at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut, Lebanon, are holding a graphic design and typography conference entitled TYPO.GRAPHIC.BEIRUT, from April 14 to 16 2005.
Posted on 27 September 2004 by Zeina El Abed
Type-Expertise announces font classification system
Global platform to employ new universal font classification system to speed font selection, purchase and installation
Posted on 22 September 2004 by Denis Ravizza
Introducing TypeCulture
TypeCulture, a Digital Type Foundry and Academic Resource, has been launched and is now accessible online at www.typeculture.com.
Posted on 13 September 2004 by Mark Jamra
New book by Robert Bringhurst
"Drop a word in the ocean of meaning and concentric ripples form. To define a single word means to try to catch those ripples. No one's hands are fast enough." With this concise and broadly informative essay, renowned poet, typographer and linguist Robert Bringhurst presents a brief history of writing and a new means of classifying and understanding the relationship between script and meaning.
Posted on 05 September 2004 by Cynthia Batty
TypeOff announces the release of English-language content!
Two months ago, the typography students from the HfG Offenbach launched www.typeoff.com to publish their work. Now, and English translation of the German site is up for viewing!
Posted on 02 September 2004 by Daniel Reynolds
ATypI survey 2004
I posted a survey (private initiative) about the situation of ATypI. Feel free to comment on the page directly. the objective is to discuss the future of ATypI and how to improve it.
Posted on 24 July 2004 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Agfa Monotype Enhances Type Development Team to Meet Increasing Demands
WILMINGTON, Mass., & SAN FRANCISCO (TypeCon2004), July 22, 2004 - Agfa Monotype Corp. has added six industry veterans to its type development team in answer to rising demands worldwide for the company's fonts, font technologies and expertise.
Posted on 22 July 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Typeco releases latest font family—Trapper
The new Typeco font—Trapper is so named because it exploits a typographic design mechanism know as ink traps purely for graphic effect.
Posted on 08 June 2004 by James Grieshaber
Letterpress & Bookbinding equipment for sale in the UK
ATypI members may be interested in this Letterpress & Bookbinding Equipment that is for sale. Everything can now be viewed at www.edenworkshops.co.uk.
Posted on 05 June 2004 by Cynthia Batty
I Congreso de tipografía en España
First Convention of Typography in Spain, 25,26 and 27 of June, 2004.
Posted on 12 May 2004 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Workshop: Principles of Type Design
Cooper Union's Continuing Education department offer a Summer Type Design workshop on June 19-June 20 2004. It will be conducted by John Downer, a professional type designer and lettering artist, who will teach letterform proportions, optical weight adjustment & spacing. He will demonstrate both with a lettering brush and on the computer.
Posted on 11 May 2004 by Jean-Francois Porchez
21. Bundestreffen des Forum Typografie
Vom 11. bis 13. Juni 2004 findet in Hannover das 21. Bundestreffen des Forum Typografie statt. Mit dabei sind unter anderem: Underware, Tarek Atrissi, Ruedi Baur, Andreas Maxbauer, Hermann Lübbe und Walter Hellmann.
Posted on 10 May 2004 by Mark Barratt
Type lecture in Montréal
Jean François Porchez's lecture will be held on the 27th April 2004 and open to everybody at Uqam, Montréal, Canada. Free entrance.
Posted on 22 April 2004 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Typeco second font of 2004—Gothic Gothic.
Gothic Gothic is a fusion of old and new that is both Gothic and Gothic now available from typeco.com.
Posted on 20 April 2004 by James Grieshaber
The First European Monotype University, Geneva, Swiss, 14-20 juni 2004
As been done before at the other side 0f the Atlantic, the First European Monotype University will be held this year in Geneva. 14-18 June.
Posted on 20 April 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Reversing Vandalism – destroyed books transformed into art
Books torn and slashed beyond repair in a hate crime at San Francisco Public Library are the raw materials of Reversing Vandalism – An exhibition of over 200 original works of art created from the damaged books.
Posted on 14 April 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Bad Type at St Bride
The Friends of St Bride Printing Library are pleased to announce their third annual conference: B A D T Y P E. It will take place on 18, 19, 20 October 2004 at the St Bride Institute, Bride Lane off Fleet Street in London.
Posted on 01 April 2004 by Shelley Gruendler
shirt number book
About 75 years ago shirt numbers were introduced on football shirts. But as far as I know there hasn't been published anything about the typography of the football shirts so far. That's why I wrote down everything I know about this subject in a booklet.
Posted on 27 March 2004 by Sander Neijnens
Germany adopts typeface for government
Linotype Library is the licenser of the German government’s new corporate design typefaces Neue Demos (Antiqua) and Neue Praxis (sans-serif) by Dutch designer Gerard Unger. The typefaces are now used for all official correspondence, brochures and advertisements.
Posted on 17 March 2004 by Cynthia Batty
The arabic Mutamathil type style
The Mutamathil type, its utility patent, and designer were featured in several English and Arabic newspapers and websites.
Posted on 16 March 2004 by Saad Abulhab
Typeco first font of 2004—Super Duty.
Typeco releases its forth font family—Super Duty. It is a stencil font design that is somewhere between serious and fun.
Posted on 04 March 2004 by James Grieshaber
Type exhibition: Jean François Porchez
"Un homme de caractère(s)" is the subtitle of a forthcoming exhibition of the typeface designs of Jean François Porchez.
Posted on 22 January 2004 by Jean-Francois Porchez
DTL Type & Music project
May 2004, the Dutch Type Library will start the production of recordings in the Pieterskerk (St. Peters Church) in Leiden on the famous Hagerbeer organ from 1643 (http://www.pieterskerk.com/content.cfm?menu=27&lang=EN).
Posted on 21 January 2004 by Frank Blokland
BLACK & WHITE: LETTERFORMATION, AUGUST 7 - 14, 2004, Seattle, Washington
A week-long focus on letters, to allow you to concentrate on refining your hand skills. $1200 including private dorm room, meals and tuition.
Posted on 16 January 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Symposium announcement: D e s i g n I n q u i r y* 2004: Truth & Message June 13–June 18
Symposium at the Maine College of Art for design professionals and educators.
Posted on 15 January 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Music and Typographic Design Events in Poland in January
ATypI member Ewa Satalecka of Poland will present a series of concerts and a related typographic art exhibition in Krakow beginning on 20 January 2004.
Posted on 13 January 2004 by Cynthia Batty
Friends of St Bride 2003 conference proceedings online
The proceedings are now available at http://www.stbride.org
Posted on 31 December 2003 by Ben Weiner
MyFonts.com publishes review of the ATypI Vancouver 2003 conference
On November 19, 2003, MyFonts.com published a review of the recent ATypI Vancouver 2003 conference
Posted on 19 November 2003 by Adam Twardoch
'Bad Type' at St Bride
C A L L F O R P A P E R S ; The Friends of St Bride Printing Library Third Annual Conference 'Bad Type': 18 & 19 October 2004
Posted on 05 November 2003 by Shelley Gruendler
Dr. Peter Karow Award
At the third DTL FontMaster Conference on the 18th of November 2003 in Castle Maurick in the Netherlands, the first Dr. Peter Karow Award for Font Technology & Digital Typography will be presented. This prize will be awarded yearly to people with extraordinary and innovative achievements in the field of font-related technology and consists of a certificate, a facsimile of the 42-line Gutenberg bible and DTL FontMaster for Mac OS and Windows. The first award will be received by Dr. Peter Karow himself.
Posted on 01 October 2003 by Frank Blokland
New Exhibition Breaking Away from a Rich Tradition: Experimental Arabic Type
In this exhibition, the work of young design students is showcased in order to present the emerging generations do-it-yourself attitude and desire to establish a modern type design trend in the Arab world. These type design experiments aim to address on one hand the new global design aesthetic, and the on the other hand, to provide design solutions for the needs of modern communication media. The experimental aspect of these new type designs lies in the fact that they intentionally break away from the conventional calligraphic styles and move towards a new design direction that does not strictly abide by the rules of pen-drawn letterforms.
Posted on 11 September 2003 by Cynthia Batty
SOTA to Bring TypeGallery2003 to ATypIs Vancouver Conference in late September
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) will bring a major exhibition of type and design to ATypIs Vancouver conference this year. TypeGallery2003 will be on display throughout the conference at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.
Posted on 05 September 2003 by Cynthia Batty
Book on Bram de Does to be published soon
The long awaited book on type designer Bram de Does will finally be published this month. This is the publishers announcement.
Posted on 05 September 2003 by Sander Pinkse
Typo Tee two
Through September 30th, 2003, Typophile is holding open submissions for our second annual Typophile t-shirt design contest. The winning design will be printed and made available as a gift to Typophile supporters throughout 2004.
Posted on 27 August 2003 by Jean-Francois Porchez
DTL FontMaster version 2 release with free light version
The Dutch Type Library proudly announces the release of version 2 of DTL FontMaster, the state-of-the-art set of applications for modern font production. This release includes free light versions of BezierMaster, ContourMaster, DataMaster and IkarusMaster.
Posted on 20 August 2003 by Frank Blokland
St Brides needs you
The St Bride Printing Library, London is hosting its second annual conference, 'Hidden Typography' on 20 and 21 October 2003. The event has an international line up of speakers and delegates from around the world.
Posted on 06 August 2003 by Shelley Gruendler
Typeco releases its third font family - Cypher.
Typeco is proud to announce the release of Cypher. Cypher is a technological looking font that attempts to employ the Gestalt principal of closure in its design. We hope you can check it out at typeco.com.
Posted on 28 July 2003 by James Grieshaber
DTL FontMaster 1.08
The Dutch Type Library has released version 1.08 of DTL FontMaster.
Posted on 22 July 2003 by Frank Blokland
Shirt numbers and legibility
In December 2002 I published a web site about the design of shirt numbers. Recently I added the results of a preliminary study on the influence of stripes and letter shape on the legibility of shirt numbers. The results are published on http://www.letterbeeld.nl/.
Posted on 16 July 2003 by Sander Neijnens
Hans Peter Willberg Obituary
Hans Peter Willberg, a German ATypI member, died on 30 May in Eppstein near Frankfurt. He had been ill for some time.
A german newspaper once called Willberg the "Pope of Typography". That's a perfect description for his rank: he was not only a typographer and one of the greatest book designers, but also a Professor and author of a longlasting list of useful books on Typography. In additrion, HPW was responsible for the "Stiftung Buchkunst" (Foundation good books) when he worked as its Secretary for 8 years. Even more importantly, he initiated the annual competition "Die schünsten deutschen Bücher" (Best designed german books). Tschichold did something similar in Switzerland 20 years previously. I would say that HPW was the second Tschichold.
Posted on 29 June 2003 by Erich Alb
Typeface Twin Cities Project to be Unveiled at TypeCon2003
Can a typeface communicate the unique character of a city?
The University of Minnesota Design Institute (UMDI) invited six teams of typographers to answer that question. Each proposed a new typeface for the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, as part of the Twin Cities Design Celebration 2003.
Posted on 28 June 2003 by Tamye Riggs
Humanistic script workshop in France
The Scriptorium de Toulouse, conducted by Bernard Arin, organize a calligraphy workshop this summer.
Posted on 27 May 2003 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Call for Submissions Announced for TypeGallery2003
BUFFALO, NY, MAY 19, 2003 - The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) has announced a call for submissions for TypeGallery2003. The TypeGallery is an international showcase of new typeface design that will be exhibited during TypeCon2003, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 17-20.
Posted on 19 May 2003 by Cynthia Batty
Henk Gianotten receives Graphic Culture Prize
On Wednesday 14 May, Dutch ATypI member Henk Gianotten received the Grafische Cultuurprijs (Graphic Culture Prize) 2003. The prize is awarded annually to an organisation or person who has made significant contributions to graphic design and printing culture in the Netherlands. It is the most prestigious Dutch Award in this field.
Posted on 16 May 2003 by Jan Middendorp
SOTA Announces Plans to Honor Hermann Zapf During Chicago, Minneapolis Events
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) has announced that it will present the first SOTA Typography Award to renowned type designer and lettering artist Hermann Zapf. The presentation will take place in Chicago on Tuesday, May 20, during an evening event featuring a lecture by Zapf and Akira Kobayashi, type director for Linotype Library GmbH.
Posted on 12 May 2003 by Cynthia Batty
Letter Exchange 15th Anniversary Exhibition
Letter Exchange is celebrating its 15th anniversary by promoting the art of fine lettering with a four week exhibition and a series of demonstrations and talk at The Prince's Foundation in London. The exhibition remains open until 23rd May 2003.
Posted on 12 May 2003 by Sharon Moncur
Typo, a new typographic periodical
Typo, a bi-monthly magazine featuring stories and news on typography, graphic design and visual communications, is published in Prague, Czech Republic, by Svet tisku.
Posted on 11 May 2003 by Maxim Zhukov
Red Butte Press Limited Edition
In collaboration with the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), the Red Butte Press is pleased to announce the completion of a limited edition fine press work: SAMARKAND AND OTHER MARKETS I HAVE KNOWN.
Posted on 09 April 2003 by Victoria Hindley
SOTA TypeCon2003 speakers & registration announced
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) has announced speakers and additional details on TypeCon2003. To be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, July 17-20, 2003, the fifth annual TypeCon will offer hands-on workshops, presentations, and panel discussions featuring some of the most respected and innovative names in typography and design.
Posted on 30 March 2003 by Cynthia Batty
TDC announces results of TDC2 2003
The Type Directos Club announced the results of the judging of the Type Design Competition 2003 that took place in New York City on Saturday, 18 January 2003, at FIT, New York.
Posted on 20 March 2003 by Adam Twardoch
A new member
Says hello...
Posted on 18 March 2003 by Sascha Loetscher
DTL FontMasterClass
The DTL FontMasterClass is meant to generate a deeper understanding of the actual aspects of font technology.
Posted on 13 March 2003 by Frank Blokland
jfp lecture in Geneva
Cuisine typographique: I will speak at the cole suprieure des beaux-arts, the 2 April 2003.
Posted on 11 March 2003 by Jean-Francois Porchez
DTL FontMaster 1.06 release
The Dutch Type Library has released version 1.06 of DTL FontMaster.
Posted on 03 March 2003 by Frank Blokland
2003 Icograda Congress in Japan
Icograda are planning to welcome 1,400 designers and students from over 40 countries to Nagoya, Japan from 8th October to 13th October 2003 for their Congress.
Posted on 24 February 2003 by Sharon Moncur
Call for papers - "New work in Printing History"
The American Printing History Association has issued a call for papers for its annual conference which will be held in New York from 24 to 25 October 2003
Posted on 13 February 2003 by Sharon Moncur
Cyrillic. Do You Have a Problem with That?
Russian Duma Approves Language Law
Posted on 06 February 2003 by Maxim Zhukov
Legacy of Letters 2003 Tour
Legacy of Letters 2003 Tour. 10 days: Rome and Naples (Pompeii, Herculaneum, Amalfi Coast) September 14-24, 2003
Posted on 05 February 2003 by Garrett Boge
The next Friends of St Bride's event
Eric Kindel will speak on the subject "Reconstructing stencil letters, c. 1700" on Tuesday 18th February, starting at 6.45pm at St Bride's in London
Posted on 30 January 2003 by Sharon Moncur
New articles on PTF Gazette and other new things
Weve posted a nice interview of Gabriel Martnez Meave and Alejandro Lo Celso. And we inform you of several new things on our web site, from type in use to lettering. Weve hope that you will find the info interesting despite its commercial aspect for some of the topics. Let us know.
Posted on 30 January 2003 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Letter Arts Review Design Competition
Design competition
Posted on 16 January 2003 by Linnea Lundquist
Type conference in France: call for papers!
Only few days left for the call for papers. Back to typography is the title of the next EuroTeX conference, due in June 2003, in Brest, France. Submit your papers before 20 January 2003.
Posted on 15 January 2003 by Jean-Francois Porchez
Identifont adds support for the full FontFont library
Identifont, the Web-based font identifier at www.identifont.com, now includes full information about the prestigious FontFont library of over 600 families, enabling it to identify FontFont typefaces in addition to the wide range of typeface families already supported.
Posted on 07 January 2003 by David Johnson-Davies
Typeco releases its second font family -- Chunkfeeder.
Chunkfeeder was inspired by the lettering created for high speed printing and electronic displays by engineers and interface designers who presumably do not have a background in letterform design. In keeping with its mechanical inspiration, Chunkfeeder is monospaced, much like an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) font. Chunkfeeder has a rather rigid modularity but it incorporates more typographic nuance into the letterforms than most other fonts of this style, while exploiting some of the quirky visual artefacts of high speed printing.
Posted on 16 December 2002 by James Grieshaber
Elements of shirt numbering
On the website www.letterbeeld.nl the design of shirt numbers is discussed. Elements as weight, construction and contrast are highlighted and illustrated. Also an alternative series of figures is shown.
Posted on 16 December 2002 by Sander Neijnens
Sabon Next
A new typeface family has been launched during ATypI Roma
Posted on 27 November 2002 by reviewer