OH no Type Co.: Enter a flow-state
A conversation with James Edmondson about design influences, drawing type, and running a growing foundry.
Adventures in Type and Space
This new book isn’t just for Doctor Who fans. Anyone interested in the design and technology behind television title sequences and post-show credits should read it.
Kinckq
Stefan Ellmer, a.k.a Ellmer Stefan, is best known for his deep dives into niche styles of 19th-century type. While his “proper” font families provide greater versatility, designs like Kinckq are more like chamber plays. They can bring an unexpected voice into your work.
Typejockeys: Austrian letters and lettering
Michael Hochleitner explains how the latest Typejockeys typeface was developed. Like Anika, many of the foundry’s typefaces have grown out of custom projects.
The Empire Strikes Back
David Shields’s book is out! The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog. It is not just a must-have for any wood-type aficionados. The book sets a new typographic history bar.
That was Fontstand’s 2022 conference!
On September 9th and 10th, Fontstand organized its third conference in The Hague. After years of necessary Covid restrictions, many community members were thrilled to gather together in person again.
Kopius
This serif typeface is full of surprises. It looks lively, is pleasantly readable, and its italics are independent in their design and full of verve.
Job Clarendon
This variable design turns its back on a common tendency of adopting Clarendon-style letters to text-typeface proportions. David Jonathan Ross and Bethany Heck returned Clarendon to its more condensed 19th-century roots.
Type feeds technology
This Parisian company is well-known in type circles for technological improvements to the type-design process and its typefaces.