One aspect of type design is firmly rooted in revivals. While revivals have incredible educational value, the practice of using them as a main pillar of the course work has several disadvantages. For one, it creates the impression that old typefaces are inherently good. Secondly, this isolates a certain demographic—white European men—as the creator of… Continue reading Reconsidering Revivals
To show support and solidarity for the people of Beirut, the international type design community came together to create a typeface that raised funds to support the victims of the Beirut explosion of August 4. The resulting typeface, Font Li Beirut is one that is drawn with love. It brings together a total of 161… Continue reading Letters of Hope
Some of São Paulo’s street signage from 1915 to 1973 still exists in the city. The project presented will review the history of those signs and creating a variable font inspired by them.
Alphacrit is a virtual type design critique. This session, our experts are Paris-based designers Sandrine Nugue and Roxane Gataud. If we can’t go to Paris this year, then we’ll bring a little bit of Paris to you. They’ll offer their feedback to four participants who will present their in-progress typefaces. Not only will you see… Continue reading AlphaCrit
The way in which we approach the teaching and learning process of typography is based on an experiential methodology and reflection. Students experiment with type and conduct practices using manual and digital techniques. The activity that Juan Arrausi and Eduard Vidiellia present was developed in the graphic design specialty, corresponding to the second year of… Continue reading Learn Typography Through Experimenting and Reflecting
Chaim means “life.” Aviva means “spring,” but also “rebirth.” Chaim & Aviva is a multi-script typeface with a great story behind it. Chaim was originally a Hebrew typeface designed around 1929 in Warsaw by Jan Levitt for setting newspapers and other printing in Yiddish. It was considered very modern and avant-garde because it did not… Continue reading Second life of Chaim
The Letra Brasileira thesis project is based on three main guidelines: simplicity, accessibility, and tradition. Developed from an original methodology proposal based on design thinking and focused on users, the project counted on the collaboration of teachers and students in literacy, and utilized a dedicated consultancy of the professors of the Faculty of Education of… Continue reading Letra Brasileira—A Typeface for Teaching Handwriting
Numerous ligatures and alternative letterforms combined with sofisticated OpenType programming add just the right analog touch to handwriting-style fonts. Yet, Ulrike was challenged to find ways to reproduce handwritten messages even more realistically. With her latest font release LiebeHeide, she demonstrates how color font technology can authentically reproduce the writing of a ballpoint pen–hardly being… Continue reading Taking handwriting fonts to the next level – with color font technology
Throughout time, type design methods have changed in response to the limitations of various print technologies. In today’s world where digital technologies dominate people’s lives and audiences are more inclined to read on digital devices, every language is trying to publish its information both online and in mobile applications. In accordance with these new needs… Continue reading A Comparative Study of Tahoma and Segoe UI Arabic and the Structural Principles of Arabic Script