The new tome by Paul McNeil offers something new…
The type itself.
Caslon’s Rounded Ornamented takes a trip
A reader in Mumbai, Tanya George, gives some feedback to TYPE No. 1, in the form of linocut of a punch at St. Bride. Via Twitter.
THE TREASURE OF ST. BRIDE: PART I
Vincent Winter, a typographer and photographer in Paris, went to St. Bride Library in London and was bowled over. He shows in text and pictures what its collection is like—an amazing mass of type, books on type, publications and printing materials. Its sweet spot is the British foundries that rapidly changed the design of type in the 19th century. There is not enough room to display all of it, but if you’re nice to the very knowledgeable librarians, you can get a peek.
THE FACES OF MICROSOFT
John D. Berry tells the secret history of Microsoft type. Well, maybe not secret, but the impact of the company's on typography, on the desktop and online, is taken for granted. Here's how it happened, and the people behind it, including the late Robert Norton (in this image).
Fonts that fight back: Schriftlabor goes retail
For a majority of its life, Schriftlabor worked exclusively for corporate clients, but recently, they decided to go retail with a beginning set of four faces. We spoke with founder Rainer Scheichelbauer about the change.
Converse’s old logo is new again
Converse returns to its heyday with its new logo.
The VMAs settle down at age 33
After using a new logo each year for its first 33 years, the VMAs say the latest logo, designed by OCD, is here to stay.
Gold, silver, and bronze take the stage in Creative Belgium branding
Mirror Mirror delivered flashy and satirical branding for the very stylish 2017 Creative Belgium Awards.
THE STORY OF YATRA
CATHERINE SCHMIDT takes a trip on Mumbai transit and learns what it takes to make fonts for Indic scripts
Don’t call Lamon a lemon.
What started as an experiment turned into a multi-lingual display face with a twist.
A NEWGENERATIONOF TYPE DESIGNERS
Stephen Coles profiles four type designers who represent an amazing wave of talent issuing from the great 21st century schools of type design—including KABK in Holland, Reading University in Britain, ESAD in France, and Cooper Union in the United States.
These newcomers are producing great new typefaces very soon in their career. If you think about it, even the best and most successful type designers of the past (Adrian Frutiger, for example) were hard pressed to release their first font by the time they were 30. But now these schools and several others are sending out accomplished new type designers into a market that seems quite ready to absorb them.
This piece is not so much about education, as about four graduates, and how each is moving into the profession of type design.
A NEW FLARE
The idea of of tapered stems in fonts, so popular in the 1950s, is making a big comeback. Not since Optima have we seen the style so often used—for all kinds of typography.
Euclid gets a makeover
Euclid's Elements of Geometry, one of the most important books on mathematics, is getting a crowdfunded, minimalist refresh.
You might not recognize YouTube anymore
The video behemoth designs a new logo to go along with major platform changes.
We have seven winners!
The winners of our contest, “What Is This?”
What is this?
If you are one of the first 10 people to identity this image from TYPE No. 1, you’ll win a complimentary Charter Membership
Announcing TYPE No. 1
The first print issue of TYPE—and a new web site—are coming in September. And you can become a Charter Member for $29.
NBA changes its logotype after 48 years
After nearly half a century, the NBA has their iconic logo redesigned. New type, new colors, and more consistency should bring the corporation's image closer together.
Meeting grounds for typographers and type designers
Typographics aims higher than most other conferences: among other things, it wants to bring together the typography and graphic design industries. Here are all the ways Typographics 2017 did—and did not—reach its goals.
Lehigh is an “ordinary” typeface that’s not
Dan “Grayhood” Gneiding's first "usable" typeface may appear normal, but look under its hood and you'll find all kinds of eccentric goodies: arrows, womanicules, ASCII emoticons, and more.