BIG LETTERS, BRIGHT COLORS
Exhibion on Lettering in Art
Letters, words, sentences: in contemporary painting, they carry not only literal meaning but can become an independent pictorial motif in their own…
Lingo
A Serif That Dresses Up Slang
Imagine a library. Sealed-in quiet, walls thick as dictionaries. But that's not why you're here — you're at the computer, navigating to…
Rediscovering Type: Why Fontbase Feels Different
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools explores the instruments shaping contemporary creative practice. Through interviews, articles, and numerous examples from graphic and type design,…
Mix Interiors
A trade magazine redesigned with an indie mindset
Mix Interiors, the leading UK title for commercial interior design and architecture, published bi-monthly since 2000, has been given a full editorial…
KkomKkom
Interview with VISANG
How can typography help children learn to write—both on paper and in an increasingly digital learning environment? With KkomKkom, VISANG has developed…
A miscellany of ampersands created for clients, from studio projects and workshops over the last ten years. These are interspersed with naturally…
Glyphs and the Evolving Practice of Multiscript and Variable Type Design
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools explores the instruments shaping contemporary creative practice. Through interviews, articles, and numerous examples from graphic and type design,…
Stylenoir Script
A dual-style display typeface inspired by brush lettering and urban graffiti culture.
Stylenoir Script is a new display typeface from The Northern Block type foundry. Taking inspiration from hand-painted signage, brush lettering, and urban…
Constrictor
A New Type Family in Perpetual Motion, designed by Fred Shallcrass
Constrictor, a new type family released by Frere-Jones Type in June 2026, began as a title sketch for a documentary about Margaret…
Ferro
A type family shaped by obsolescence and information loss
Ferro is a type family that turns information loss into a design principle, bridging Renaissance metal type and the early computer age.…
Hot Printing 2026
Offenbach Print Festival, 22 and 23 August 2026
It’s set to be another colourful and diverse weekend: For the third time, the Hot Printing Festival in Offenbach will bring together…
Sastre, a hybrid typeface inspired by nature and craftsmanship
NM type offers a 20% discount on font licences for the typeface until the end of June.
The latest addition to NM type font library brings a refreshing contribution to the typographic landscape. Originally started as a student project…
Forward Festival Berlin 2026
Forward Festival Continues in Berlin with Two Days of Creative Inspiration
Following its successful premiere in Frankfurt as part of World Design Capital 2026, Forward Festival continues its 2026 season in Berlin. On…
CoFo Robert Sans
A grotesque with a human touch
Most sans-serifs conform to the mechanical, oversimplified rationality, which can often feel a bit cold. Serif typefaces, on the other hand, achieve…
Campo e Cidade na América Latina
How can dense archival research become a spatial experience?
The exhibition Campo e Cidade na América Latina at University of São Paulo’s Centro MariAntônia presented a selection of architectural and urban…
Dafi Kühne: Constructing Posters
Exhibition at Ginza Graphic Gallery [ggg], Tokyo, Japan
From July 14 to August 26, 2026, the Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) in Tokyo presents Constructing Posters, a solo exhibition by Swiss…
Client–Contemporary Font Family
Designed for branding, publishing and digital design
The Client font family is a modern, square sans-serif typeface that includes a total of 12 fonts and 2 variable fonts. It…
Life Saving Haircut
A Guide to Turning Barbers Into Skin Cancer First Responders
For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the UK’s leading charity Melanoma Focus has launched an awareness campaign that aims to turn an everyday…
New New Typography
Adventures in Transborder Typography
Are we stuck with the established typographic principles of the 20th century? 100 years after the proclamation of the so-called “New Typography”…
GridType Vol. 1
Type & Tools
Exploring the relationship between type design and tools, GridType Vol. 1 presents an edition of ten typefaces created with the experimental type tool grid-type.com. With typefaces…
Plain Text 3
A Semi-Annual Publication for Exploratory Type Design
Plain Text is a semi-annual publication for exploratory type design, edited and designed by Lucas Descroix and Benjamin Dumond under their type…
The Story of The Northern Block’s Next Series
Diversifying Design, Enabling Evolution and Mastering Universal Communication
Between 2012 and 2017, several of The Northern Block’s typefaces reached a new level of maturity. This raised a question: how could…
TYPOZONE /6/—Tipobiomimetics
Typography Biennale, Eger, HU
Typozone is an international typography and graphic design biennale organized by the Media and Design Institute of Eszterházy Károly Catholic University in…
Typologie Vert
A New Edition of the Typologie Typographic Color Chart by Erik Spiekermann
Following the success of previous editions dedicated to French, Swiss, and British typographic design, the Typologie series expands its scope with a…
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