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This headline is set in Brenner Script Std by Typotheque. Get it on Fontstand for only €9.00/month.

In late 2023, I had the opportunity to visit two wonderful sign painters, Kenji Itakura and Shu Kanbayashi, at Kenji's workshop in Osaka. Kenji and Shu, both in their late fifties, are among the few remaining sign painters in Japan who are considered “authentic”.

Yehwan Song’s work ripples through our collective imagination bringing experiences of a digital word that appears alive. Alimenting our ideas of a humanised mediated space touch and interaction resolve in utopian situations, or refuse our input and produce uncontrolled responses.

London design studio Spencer Fenton’s founders Haakon Spencer and Matthew Fenton introduced the British Standard Type foundry (BST) and its inaugural collection of typefaces to the public in late 2023, following their initial showcase of custom type projects. They honed their craft and sparked the idea for the type foundry during their MA course in Type Design and Art Direction at ECAL.

Why we do what we do.

In conversation with Daly & Lyon.

Fontstand’s new foundry subscriptions may be more interesting than you think

Wolfe Hall is a London based studio founded in 2019. Jason Wolfe and Luke Hall collaborate with national and international cultural institutions and clients working in the arts and academia.

Did you ever want to try Riso printing out? This article sums the basics up – especially if you are into lettering and illustration.