Projected type

The Week in?Type Welcome to this week’s the week in type . Thanks to all those who commented on David’s great On diacritics article. The Week in?Type Welcome to this week’s the week in type. Thanks to all those who commented on David’s... 

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Projected type

The Week in?Type Welcome to this week’s the week in type . Thanks to all those who commented on David’s great On diacritics article. The Week in?Type Welcome to this week’s the week in type. Thanks to all those who commented on David’s... 

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iPhone camera app goodness

So, for most designers, the iPhone is the mobile of choice. But for most of those designers, the phone’s camera is, well, rubbish: just 2 megapixels, and a cruddy lens to boot So, for most designers, the iPhone is the mobile of choice. But for... 

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Palino on Weissman

Dyana Weissman has been interviewed by Christian Palino over at Speak Up. That is all. Source: Tiffany Wardle, via Twitter Dyana Weissman has been interviewed by Christian Palino over at Speak Up. That is all.Source: Tiffany Wardle, via Twitter Continue... 

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On diacritics

By David?B?ezina The globalisation of the type market and rising interest in multi-lingual typeface design is a source of great optimism among many typographers. Yet despite the proliferation of these beautiful new typefaces, many still do not support... 

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Fontcase released, causes controversy for no good reason

So, First FontExploiter (sorry, Explorer ), now Fontcase , a new font manager from Bohemian Coding. Fontcase claims to offer you a more Mac-like experience, and from their 14 day trial, I would go along with that. It feels like a modern Mac OS X application,... 

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Bye bye cliché

Who said that a recession is all bad? Designers Republic is dead. Good riddance. Who said that a recession is all bad? Designers Republic is dead. Good riddance. How did they manage to stretch a single solitary design idea for 23 years is beyond me.... 

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Gotham blossoms

H&FJ have announced a major explosion at their studio, spreading a plume of new additions to the Gotham family into the night sky. The release takes the number of Gotham particles in the atmosphere from 20 to 66 fonts per thousand, and typographic... 

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TypeCon calls for submissions and speakers

TypeCon2009, being held this year in Atlanta, Georgia, is calling for speakers and programme submissions , so if you are in a southern state of the USA in mid-July, articulate, knowledgeable and likely to be taken seriously by the type community (thus... 

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Regime change

VirusFonts releases Regime , a new family designed by Marcus Leis Allion and Jonathan Barnbrook, to celebrate the new presidency. A chunky slab serif available in 16 styles and three font formats, suitable for text settings through to ultra heavy display... 

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