April 2012
1 post
February 2012
4 posts
: How We Will Read: Craig Mod →
fndgs:
Welcome to the third installment of “How We Will Read,” a series exploring the future of reading from the perspectives of publishers, writers, and intellectuals. This week we spoke to Craig Mod, writer, publisher, and former designer at Flipboard.
Craig has written and spoken on the…
Big Cartel Blog: Coming Soon: New customization... →
bigcartel:
We want your store to be as colorful as you are, and building that unique look is about to get a whole lot easier.
For over a year now we’ve been working on a new design area for your store admin that will simplify the customization process, for all skill levels, and we can’t wait to get it…
The making of Garçon Grotesque →
September 2009
2 posts
Tungsten type →
the week in type
Let’s begin with something tougher than steel from H&FJ. Meet the just-released Tungsten. [insert superlatives here]
Would be great to see a few more weights…
Nineteenth Century Designers & Engravers of Type →
Reviewed by James Puckett
“The truth of the terse but expressive ‘dead and forgotten’, comes home with peculiar force to the searcher after information about the individuals who have developed…
August 2009
3 posts
Type Radio →
Now we’re Talking
It’s been quite some time since I mentioned the brilliant Type Radio. It’s a podcast I’ve been listening to for ages, and they now have a huge archive of type-related…
The making of FF Duper →
By Ivo Gabrowitsch
Berlin-based Martin Wenzel might be best-known for his TDC-awarded sans serif family FF Profile. He runs his own studio, focusing on type and communication design and…
The Font-as-Service →
By Elliot Jay Stocks
When Johno first asked me to write about Typekit, I jumped at the chance. I’d received a beta invite to try out the service about a week before, but deadlines had got in the…
July 2009
4 posts
Calluna — a text typeface with flow →
by Jos Buivenga
Calluna started out as a little test I did to see if I could add serifs to Museo, to make a slab serif. Because of its pipe bend serifs I suddenly saw the connection between…
Web fonts — where are we? →
Untangling the tangle
With all the talk about web fonts, I think it’s time I tried to outline the present situation. I’ve not attempted to do so before, owing to the complexity of some of the…
iQ font →
Driven by design
The week in type is coming very soon. In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy this video from Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta.
More information about…
Mojo Type →
The Week in Type
Let’s jump straight in with some great photos from the Type & Media graduation exhibition. Really impressed, not only by the quality of the types, but by the specimens. Here’s a…
June 2009
3 posts
KLIM Type →
The Week in Type
Welcome to another roundup of what’s new in type. If you missed the interview with French type designer Alice Savoie, then be sure to take a look. Alice’s next typeface,…
An interview with Alice Savoie →
Le Typographe
Alice Savoie started out with a foundation course in Applied Arts and then studied graphic design and typography for four years in Paris. She then set sail for the UK to follow the
Genuine imitations →
by Aegir Hallmundur
Every year The St Brides Foundation holds a lecture in memory of Justin Howes, a great typographer and historian who was instrumental in supporting the St Brides Printing…
May 2009
4 posts
A short, intensive course in type design →
By Dan Rhatigan
This July, the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading is offering a week-long, condensed version of the MA Typeface Design course it has…
In space, no one can hear you kern →
The Week in Type
I will soon announce ILT’s gargantuan give-away. There are 40 prizes, from vouchers to buy type, and books, to posters and Helvetica Moleskines. As soon as ILT hits 40,000 RSS…
Moyenage: Blackletter for a Modern Age →
By Dan Gayle
If you’ve ever been to the Library of Congress and seen the Gutenberg Bible and the Giant Bible of Mainz, you will understand the sheer joy that one can find from looking at a page…
Show some restraint →
The Week in Type
Let’s get right down to business, and start with something really beautiful. Seb Lester, who I’ve mentioned on these pages before, recently released a new poster. The picture…
April 2009
4 posts
The second coming →
By Nick Sherman
If you’re a designer and haven’t already heard about Typographica’s relaunched site and Favorite Typefaces of 2008 list, chances are you’ve been stranded on a desert island,…
The Typographic Desk Reference →
A Brief review
One can never have too many books about type and typography. One of the most recent additions to my own library is Theodore Rosendorf’s The Typographic Desk Reference or, if…
We love typography →
Houston, we have lift-off
I’ve been a little quiet here of late. Now you know why. I’ve been working days and nights on a new site, something I see as a natural extension to this one. Meet WLT —
Yes, we kern →
The Week in Type
I had intended to publish my review of Theo’s The Typographic Desk Reference today. I’ll publish that next week. And, I missed out on April Fool’s. I had so many ideas, from…
March 2009
3 posts
The first one’s the hardest →
by Jeremy Mickel
I remember clearly the day I was waiting for the 6 train at 33rd Street and Park Avenue in New York. I had taken pictures of type on the street for some time, but there was…
Malabar type family released →
by Dan Reynolds
Last week, Linotype released my newest typeface family, Malabar. With six fonts for the Latin script, Malabar is a sturdy oldstyle serif. Designed for extensive reading, Malabar…
Watchmen watchtype →
The Week in Type
Later than usual, but it’s here. I’ve been devoting some considerable time to several iLT-related projects, so a little behind on posting here. I hope to tell you more about those…
February 2009
4 posts
Read between the leading →
The Week in Type
I always write this introductory paragraph last. As I’ve been working on this post all day, my eyes are now burning, and I’m flagging; so, let’s just get started. Loosen your…
TDC2 2009 results →
And the Winners Are
It’s that time of year again. The Type Directors club (TDC) has just announced its 2009 typeface awards, with the winners being awarded the Certificate of Typographic…
ifont, iPhone →
Kern Baby Kern
It has been predicted that Apple will have sold 45 million iPhones by the end of 2009. And that’s before it hits China. There aren’t hundreds of type-related apps for the iPhone,…
Chelsea, darling →
The Week in Type
The move to my new host, Fused Network, went very smoothly. As iLT has been expanding pretty rapidly, a server with a little more oomph was required. If you’re looking for great…
January 2009
6 posts
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. Upon seeing Greg Meadows’ photos from the boneyard in last…
On diacritics →
By David Březina
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…
Greener type →
The Week in Type
Notice anything different? iLT has gone green. In addition I have a new masthead. For more than a year, one of my all-time favourite typefaces has graced the head of these…
Inconspicuous Vertical Metrics →
by Alec Julien
Five?
There are generally taken to be five vertical measures of note in type design (from bottom to top): descender, baseline, midline*, caps-height, and ascender.
But if…
Inconspicuous Vertical Metrics →
by Alec Julien
Five?
There are generally taken to be five vertical measures of note in type design (from bottom to top): descender, baseline, midline*, caps-height, and ascender.
But if…
To a typetastic new year →
The Week in Type
A belated Happy New Year to all. It’s that back-to-work time for everyone. Feeling inspired? I’m hoping that 2009 will pass by a little slower than 2008. Here’s iLT’s first post…
December 2008
9 posts
Reminga bold italic →
Quality Free Font
A very brief post about a typeface from a type designer I’m particularly fond of. FF Reminga from Xavier Dupré is a great little text face with a sumptuous calligraphic…
My favourite Typefaces of 2008 →
The Best of Type
This year has been a great year for type, with many new releases. Some of them are exceptional. Following is a list of my personal favourites of the past year. This is by no…
My favourite Typefaces of 2008 →
The Best of Type
This year has been a great year for type, with many new releases. Some of them are exceptional. Following is a list of my personal favourites of the past year. This is by no…
the week in type — Zócalo →
Come on Marlene
Fast closing in on 2009. I can’t believe it. What happened to 2008? The very lucky winner of the Seb Lester poster is mentioned toward the end of this post. Thanks to everyone…
The Type Directors Club →
Call for Submissions
For over 60 years the Type Directors Club has been the leading international organisation whose sole purpose is to support and promote excellence in typography wherever…
The Type Directors Club →
Call for Submissions
For over 60 years the Type Directors Club has been the leading international organization whose sole purpose is to support and promote excellence in typography wherever…
An interview with Seb Lester →
Mightier Than…
Type designer and typographic illustrator Seb Lester is truly passionate about letterforms. His recent limited edition posters have been a huge success. His typefaces are used by…
Free fonts from FontFont →
No Lemons
I was going to save these until the next the week in type, but why keep people waiting. In the world of free fonts there are numerous lemons; however, these from the FontFont library…
30 inspiring type treatments →
Deviant Typography
For a while now, I’ve been tagging type-related work on deviantArt. I thought I’d share them with you, so here’s a sampling:
November 2008
9 posts
the week in Type: good type →
Thanksgiving Type
I hope that my American readers had (or are having) a wonderful Thanksgiving. The winner of the Ugmonk t-shirt give-away is at the end of this post, in addition to a special…
Printing — how it used to be →
Your Life Work Series (1947)
Just discovered this wonderful little gem from a post on TYPO-L (ATypI). It’s from a series of films produced by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc. Enjoy!
Thus press…
Footnotes *†‡§ →
FontFont Catalogue Online
Just a quick one: not sure how I missed this the first time around, but the entire FontFont catalogue can be viewed online over at issuu. You can flip through the…
