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are.na

Introducing Areal, Are.na’s new typeface

An interview with Dinamo’s Johannes Breyer on the custom Arial “revival” typeface.

blog.glyph.im

The best line length

What’s a good maximum line length for your coding standard?

maxhalford.github.io

Do LLMs identify fonts?

Evaluating LLM predictions and comparing it to community’s predictions.

bpando.org

New logo & branding for Big Cartel

Logotype, illustration, digital and posters for e-commerce platform Big Cartel designed by How&How.

itsnicethat.com

Penguin’s new Inclusive Sans

Accessibility and boldness are the key focus in Olivia King’s customised typeface for the publishing giant.

nubero.ch

Designing for the eye

Optical corrections in architecture and typography.

monotype.com

Human Types: AI & typography

Monotype's report: the interplay between humans and machines in typography and graphic design.

ohnotype.co

OH NO type company

Retail and custom typefaces. Life’s a thrill, fonts are chill.

gt-standard.com

GT Standard

GT Standard is a contemporary response to the modernist pursuit of standardization.

practice-type.com

Practice type

“Practice” is a font made in collaboration with design studio Other Means and type designer Kia Tasbihgou.

pangrampangram.com

The anatomy of the letterform

Everything comes down to a foundational understanding of the anatomy of the letterform and its essential component.

the-brandidentity.com

Fight's fierce typography-led rebrand

One of Latin America’s biggest production companies realised it was time for a change.

microsoft.design

Kermit: a typeface for kids

Using design to empower children by making reading easier, improving comprehension, and helping dyslexics.

microsoft.design

Comic Sans and the art of imperfection

It’s been dragged, mocked, and meme-ified since the moment it became a household name—and still, it refuses to die.

knitgrotesk.com

NN Knit Grotesk

The first typeface created for hand knitting.

itsnicethat.com

Futuristic typefaces that shift to make new forms

At this Amsterdam-based foundry, things go from readable weights to “decorative extremes” with imaginative methods of integrating motion.

wepresent.wetransfer.com

The type designer celebrating the richness of Arabic script

How type designer and lettering artist Kristyan Sarkis is celebrating the rich diversity and history of Arabic script.

fontsinuse.com

Fonts in use

A searchable archive of typographic design, indexed by typeface, format, and topic.

generativefonts.xyz

Generative fonts

NaN Glyph Filters is a a collection of procedurally generated display fonts and the codebase that was used to design them.

monotype.com

Report: future typography

A report by Monotype celebrating typography’s progress, and challenging us to to look at the larger cultural forces shaping our time and work.