Type Design

Six New Faces from Fonts.com

From ornaments to handwriting, distressed to elegant, these fonts have it all.

Bravefont, the Movie

Type geeks, this spoof (really a promotion for the upcoming Suitcase Fusion 2 font manager from Extensis) is for you.

TypeTalk: Axes Aren't Evil

In the world of typefaces, an "axis" refers to the way the round part of a character leans (or doesn't lean).

Tug and Twirl Text in Illustrator

The sky’s the limit when you convert Illustrator text to outlines. It’s so easy to change each letter’s size, position, and color, and even push and pull letters into fantastic new shapes.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 22, 2008

Photoshop news, and type for tarts.

TypeTalk: Titling Fonts

Some typefaces are designed to look best at large sizes. Here's how to spot them.

Get Creative Video: News for the week of August 25th, 2008

Apply Photoshop filters to grayscale images, get your color freak on, ID fonts, and use your iPhone no matter what.

Scanning Around with Gene: The Best Type Book with No Typesetting

The 1927 edition of Studio Handbook by Samuel Welo is 233 pages of beautiful type and timeless design advice. Only this book comes with a twist – every page was hand-lettered by Welo.

TypeTalk: Character Reference

Quiz time! Can you tell the difference between a character and a glyph?

TypeTalk: Must-Have Symbols for Audio Packaging

The sound recording copyright symbol is a must for many CD and DVD packages. Yet it's hard to find in fonts. Here's how and where to track it down.

Bergsland Typography Releases New Font Families

Amitale Book and Amitale Wide are new typefaces for book design.

Napoleon and the Courier Font

This is a tale about Napoleon, the Rosetta Stone, typewriters, and font errors. Yes, they are all related.

Font Conference Disrupted by Kidnapper

During a debate on whether to allow Zapf Dingbats to join the conference, Ransom interrupts with a dire threat to Courier and Curlz MT.

RTF Stern: A New Font in TrueType, PostScript OpenType & Hot Metal!

Digital font maker P22 type foundry announces "Stern," a new 16 point metal and digital type design by multi-faceted artist and craftsman Jim Rimmer. Watch a trailer of the documentary!

FontEmbedding.com Web Site Launched

The new Web site and blog, developed by Ascender Corp., will be a resource for designers, developers, and typeface creators to address font usage, technology, and licensing issues.

New "Smart" Studio Lettering Collection from House Industries

The collection features cross-cultural, hand-lettered styles with "smart" font capabilities.

Plus International Design Festival Call for Exhibitors

This year's theme is "Hybrid." What does that mean to you?

TypeTalk: What's In a Name?

You say "typeface," I say "font." Should we call the whole thing off?

InDesign Inspiration

Nick Sherman uses Adobe InDesign for everything from band buttons to cookbooks for kids with cancer. Check out his work in this inspiring article.

Scanning Around With Gene: The Horse and Buggy Printer

Dan X. Solo spent a lifetime building Solotype, one of the world’s most interesting type collections. For three decades he ran his business with unparalleled character and panache.