![]() And the sub-categroes themselves were inadequate. It's like referring to most kinds of animals as Non-Birds. Abc was ok, but 한국어 or 日本語 or ภาษาไทย – forget about it! In fact, Vox-ATypI labels pretty much everything but Latin as simply Non-Latin – not particularly informative, inclusive, useful, or fair. But it was never designed to describe anything other than Latin typefaces. But then that was long before the invention of sans serifs and tens of thousands of display typefaces, or even bold! For years now, we've been using, albeit loosely, the Vox-ATypI classification, first devised in the 1950s by Maximilien Vox. Nicolas Jenson and Aldus Manutius had it easy back in the fifteenth century. The world needs more of this!įont classification has always been a tricky (or fraught) topic. Sometimes just being able to share your trials, tribulations, and triumphs with others who get it can make all the difference. She has tons of useful tips on lettering, typography and on how to grow your client base.Īnd while we're on the topic of incredible people, Jessica Hische has started a Discord server for creative parents called Power Save Mode. ![]() If you are a new or young designer just getting started, do yourself a favor and follow the typographic wonder woman, Martina Flor on Instagram. Starting out as a freelance designer can be pretty daunting. The remarkable paper sculpture letters of Zai Divecha: And Kaja is a type designer to keep your eye on! Werksatz, a new Grotesque from Identity Letters, a German type foundry run by Moritz Kleinsorge:Īnd be sure to check out their 'semi-stencil', Glance Slab!Īlthough it's exciting to see all the great new releases, let's not forget the hidden gems, like Font Fabric’s magnificent Madelyn:Īnd Larrikin by the talented Kaja Słojewska is not only a fun and lovely typeface, but it's free for personal use. Postea a new and rather friendly geometric sans designed by José Scaglione & Veronika Burian of Typetogether.įrom Hypertype, the new foundry of Minjoo Ham and Mark Frömberg, a big update to Neutronic – now available in Hangul and Latin, with the Latin available in Thin, Regular, and Heavy. Grilli Releases GT Maru, replete with a pretty cool minisite, and even some fun stickers / emoji. Transducer from JTD, a news sans typeface comprising 30 fonts: It's also a variable font with Weight, Background, and Element Shape axes! It's used to wonderful effect in the new Typographics Festival branding, thanks to Nick Sherman. My new favorite pixel fonts from Rosetta foundry. ![]() They also have a good writeup on the history of this style of typeface. Get your nineteenth-century layers on with VTC Ruby from Vocal Type. First up, we head to South America to visit Ale Paul and his gorgeous and newly released, Plethora. Let's get started with some recent releases. Sponsored by Bard Graduate Center, publisher of Jan Tschichold and the New Typography by Paul Stirton. ![]()
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