The #kerning on the #pope’s tomb is a travesty - https://www.fastcompany.com/91324550/kerning-on-pope-francis-tomb-is-a-travesty clearly the work of the devil... #typography
«Methlama by Tawfiq Dawi»
They are based in Amman, Jordan and run https://heyporterposter.com. They released this font with the #Arabic font collective https://ko-type.com
ht to @xhaos for showing it to me
#fonts #typography @typography@a.gup.pe @typography@lemmy.ca
Since the late 80s, the typeface foundry Emigre Fonts has been publishing a series of specimen books. They were intended as promotionals. But they turned out to be inspirational eye candy for designers.
@letterformarchive compiled forty of them in the book “Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024.”
It’s nostalgia gold for old-school designers. Something new for the young pups. I could stare at this for hours.
New blog post: “Fit-to-Width Discussions & Feedback”
https://blog.kizu.dev/fit-to-width-discussions-and-feedback/
A bit less than a year ago, I published my “Fit-to-Width Text: A New Technique” article. Since then, CSSWG resolved to start working on it, and, following this, two things happened: a discussion of its potential accessibility issues, and an intent to prototype it from Google.
I have some thoughts, feedback, and ideas about both of these, so here is a post!
@nixCraft The justified text in this article is poorly set #typography
Until about 1994, most Emigre fonts were sold on floppy disks. (Later, they were provided on CDs.) Orders for fonts were placed by phone or fax, and disks were sent out by FedEx or UPS.
Go behind the scenes with Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans in our interview on the history of Emigre Fonts: https://letterformarchive.org/news/emigre-fonts-interview/?utm_source=Mastodon
Polishing Your Typography With Line Height Units, by @jensimmons (@webkit):
A fantastic short video exposing the nuance of #typography, by Mia Cinelli:
Font Brief
https://www.fontbrief.com/fontbrief
Exceptional fonts served by personality
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Parole In Libertà Futuriste, 25 x 25 cm, ink on tin, 1932.
No matter where you are, you can learn about “The Tin Book,” and many more icons of concrete poetry, at our next virtual tour with Milosh Sokolikj and Christina Newhard.
Wed, May 7, 2025
11:00am–12:30pm PT
(7:00pm–8:30pm GMT)
Online via Zoom
Register to attend: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/themed-tour-concrete-poetry/?utm_source=Mastodon
Type designers, you're still in time to apply for a 1800€ grant (and mentoring help) to publish an open-source font with @velvetyne 
Submissions close the 15th May 2025. 
https://velvetyne.fr/news/support-opensource-signs-1/ 
#typedesign #grant #opensource #typography #design #help
Can anyone direct me to the discussion around the horrible kerning mistakes on Pope Francis's headstone please? I can't believe it's not a bigger story.
Just look at that poor, lonely "A" 
"The anti-piracy campaign was … not exactly subtle. Its spots ran before movies in theaters and on home media from 2004–2008. One shows a teen girl clicking a big green "Download" button on a website promising "Feature Films"—but when she does so, large white text jumps onto a black backdrop: "You wouldn't steal a car." The text looks like it was applied with spray paint and a stencil.
What font is this? The site Fonts in Use suggests it was FF Confidential, designed by Just van Rossum in 1992.
Melissa Lewis, a reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting, noticed Fonts in Use's identification, and she remembered that noted "computer person" Parker Higgins had been digging into the "very similar (font) Xband Rough." Lewis contacted van Rossum, who confirmed that Xband Rough was a clone of FF Confidential. "It's just been around forever and is ubiquitous," Lewis writes.
Picking up on these inquiries, a tinkerer going by the handle "Rib" then dug into a PDF from the anti-piracy campaign's archived website. A tool called FontForge indicated that the notable "spray-painted" font used in the PDF was, in fact, XBand Rough.
Van Rossum—who is the brother of Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language—told TorrentFreak that he knew the anti-piracy campaign had used his font, and he knew that the Xband Rough clone existed. He did not know that the industry group had used the knock-off version in its campaign, but he found it "hilarious." Van Rossum, reached for comment by Ars, declined to comment."
We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with an exhibition of our most beloved artifacts—100 objects selected by the 10 teams who steward the collection.
10 × 10 for 10 is on view until October 2025.
Gallery Hours
Thursday: 1:00pm–8:00pm (free!)
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Plan your visit: https://letterformarchive.org/visit/?utm_campaign=10x10&utm_source=Mastodon
Out for a run and I came across the biggest keming problem I've ever seen. #Chicago #Typography
I’d love recommendations for illustrators and designers who are making stickers. Anything related to design and typography.
If you know someone, please share their profile or their site.
Thank you! 
We've added a mockup section to our typeface pages to keep you inspired. 
–> www.r-vtype.com
