Typography News
Adobe Launches Source Han Sans Variable Font
Adobe has today released Source Han Sans Variable, the latest iteration of the open-source Pan-CJK font family Source Han Sans built in collaboration with Google.
TDC Type Drives Communities Conference
The Type Directors Club has announced 'Type Drives Communities,' a two-day conference that will explore the ways in which people use typography to form and transform creative communities around the world.
COLLINS Reimagines the Classical Concert Experience for San Francisco Symphony
COLLINS has partnered with the internationally acclaimed San Francisco Symphony to affirm that classical music is a relevant and evolving art form - completely reimagining the organization's brand and mission as a model for the future.
Ardena by Julien Fincker
Designed by Julien Fincker, Ardena is a modern sans-serif typeface family. While neutral and clear at first glance, it can be characterized as both friendly and confident due to its open, rounded forms and vertical terminals.
Monotype Unveils Avenir Next World
Monotype has launched the expansion of the world-renowned typeface family, Avenir, designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1988.
Emtype Foundry Releases Inklination
Emtype Foundry has released Inklination, a new grotesque that goes against the 'genre rules' and has a low x-height
Robot Food Repositions bulk as Aspirational Active Nutrition Brand for Every Body
Robot Food has rebranded the online sports and active nutrition company bulk for the third time.
loyalkaspar Designs New Typeface and Brand Identity for AccuWeather
AccuWeather recently underwent a design update with loyalkaspar to create a system that both communicates the company's strong brand identity and enhances the effectiveness of its information design.
Type Directors Club Opens Call for 2021 Beatrice Warde and Superscript Scholarships
The Type Directors Club is now calling for entries for its two annual scholarship programs that recognize excellence in female-identifying and BIPOC students.
Monotype Launches On-Demand Font Service 'Monotype Fonts'
Monotype has launched Monotype Fonts, an on-demand font service featuring over 50,000 unique fonts, 30,000 typeface designs, and central point of access to the world's most sought after foundries and type designers.
Monotype Announces Winners of Second Type Champions Award
Monotype has unveiled the winners of its second annual Type Champions Award, which recognizes and celebrates brands that emphasize typography in developing and maintaining brand identities.
2021 D&AD Awards Open for Entry
D&AD has opened entries for the 2021 Awards. Recognized globally as the ultimate creative accolade, the D&AD Awards have inspired the creative community since 1962 by celebrating and stimulating the finest in design and advertising.
Pantone x Monotype: How Color and Font Make an Iconic Brand
Monotype and Pantone are hosting a webinar on December 2nd on 'how color and font make an iconic brand.'
Fontwerk Releases Modern Neo-Grotesque Case
Fontwerk has released 'Case,' a modern Neo-Grotesque for the new Twenties, designed by Erik Spiekermann in collaboration with Anja Meiners and Ralph du Carrois.
Thinking With Your Hands with Cyrus Highsmith
Learn a messy, hands-on, computer-free way of making letters with world-renowned type designer Cyrus Highsmith.
The Type Directors Club's TDC67 & 24TDC Open for Entries
The Type Directors Club's TDC67 and 24TDC, the biggest and most respected awards in the world of type design and typography, are now open for entries.
Adobe Launches 'Discover Your Typographic Superpower' Game
Adobe has launched 'Discover Your Typographic Superpower' - an interactive game allowing Adobe Fonts users to enjoy a meditative moment in typography, as they draw inspiration from font tags and apply them to real-life use cases.
Type Champion Awards 2020: Call for Nominations
Nominations are open now for Monotype's 2020 Type Champions Award program. In its second year, the Award recognizes brands that are committed to excellence in design and typography.
Monotype Debuts Futura Now
Monotype has debuted Futura Now, a remastered version of 90-year-old typeface Futura. Since its 1927 introduction at the height of the Bauhaus, the famed typeface has upheld fundamental and enduring style: It's on the plaque NASA left on the moon in 1969.
Type West 2020 Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for Letterform Archive's 'Type West,' a postgraduate certificate program in type design. The certificate program will run February - December 2021. All classes for the 2021 program will be held online via Zoom.
STA 100 International Typography Competition 2020
Submissions are open until November 6, 2020, for the STA 100, an international typography competition recognizing innovative communication design since 1978.
Monotype Announces 'Brand Talks Connected' Virtual Event
Monotype's 'Brand Talks Connected' live & interactive event will be held on August 27. The event will focus on the future, and how brands can rise to the challenges posed by an unsettled world.
New York Festivals Launches Bowery Awards
New York Festivals has launched 'Bowery Awards,' a new competition celebrating independent creatives in the commercial landscape. Proceeds of the 2020 Bowery Awards will be donated to Feed the Frontlines NYC.
Communication Arts 2021 Typography Competition
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 11th annual Typography Competition. The competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy, and hand-lettering.
Felix Braden Releases Neo-Grotesque 'Turbine' Typeface
Designed by Felix Braden, Turbine is a neo-grotesque typeface with superelliptical curves.
Stencilmania Workshop: Understanding Type Design as a Tool for Graphic Designers
Stencil Type Design has been proven as a great way to explain and practice the principles underlying the design of typefaces.
The Text Block as Building Block with Angie Wang
The text block is fundamental to creating any typographic system - whether on the page or on-screen. But what typeface to use, and at what size? How do we determine line length and leading? And what about readability?
Emtype Foundry Releases Approach Mono
Emtype Foundry has released Approach Mono, the fixed-width version of Approach. It is a utilitarian low contrast font, a bit mechanical but plenty of character.
FS Renaissance by Monotype
Monotype has released FS Renaissance, a single style font which explores the intersection between art and design, created by Monotype Creative Type Director Pedro Arilla and lettering artist Craig Black.
Spitzkant by Julien Fincker
Julien Fincker has released Spitzkant, a serif typeface family that is characterized by strong contrasts. Pointed, sharp serifs and edges contrast with round and fine forms, making it very individual and expressive. This makes it particularly suitable for branding, editorial, packaging and advertising.