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James Edmondson makes learning about typography superdooper fun. I've been learning lots about type history and usage from his reels. (Ugh. Instagram. But still!)

Indian Type Foundry’s growing collection of professional grade fonts that are 100% free for personal and commercial use.

I've always loved these labels, with their understated design and use of Optima. Nice to learn the backstory and understand the system in place.

Doug Wilson toured the British Linotype factory to see what remains. He brought together history and oodles of photos in his post.

Colorful typo/graphic gatehouse installation by Morag Myerscough and poet Ellen Moran in northern England

The base type for Apple OS gets more expressive style widths with a great overview of how and why to use each. / via Merlin who says "This man has amazing hair"

A variable font built around an axis of photographic exposure / thanks K!

Closed out a day of computers & zooms & needed to do something & didn't want to think about it. This 5 minute type drawing exercise from Draplin hit the spot. (The thing I made isn't very good.)

Mesmerized by the dynamic type. The introduction of variables to typography is opening up some many wonderful doors. But this? This is a Whole. 'Nother. Level. More details about the identity.

Diggin that hand drawn Lucasfilm logo

Typeface carved into the bark of a tree. As the tree grows, it deforms the letters and outputs new design variations, that are captured annually. / via Yewknee

The Letterform Archive holds about 300 tickets in their collection thanks in part to a donation from type designer Tobias Frere-Jones... and they’re gorgeous.

Stunning type design by Valentina Casali / via Jessica Hische

New type design practice and foundry from Erik Marinovich. Just cruise around the specimens pages to get a solid dose of vibrant type goodness.

Lots of safety protocols in place at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco for this exhibit that runs through April 27, 2022. File under: Wish I was closer!

I Love Typography looks back at some of the highlights of 2021, including typefaces, profiles, inspiration and then some. / via Sidebar

These posters catch a vibe. Baby, are you coming for the ride? (The ride, the ride, the ride)

Elliott Jay Stocks on helping build a library of materials and guides to help folks understand, explore and choose type with purpose. A great resources from the Google Fonts Team.

Inspired by old video game labels, Cartridge is a new display sans-serif that evokes quintessential 80s vibes - by Dan Cederholm

A whimsical variable display typeface by Alex Tomlinson. Has a companion set of dingbats that use variable tech to animate.

Part of Adobe's Creativity Explained series (wonderfully) animated by Oddfellows in Portland. / via Sean Sharp

Extremely well deep dive into ink traps and all the variations. Get to the bottom for the kicker of the Imperial Trap. / via Under Consideration

I always enjoy Manfred Westreicher's explorations with type

OH no Type Co gets to the bottom of it 3 years after asking...

Adjust the ambiance and pour yourself something fizzy. A lovely site by Lagom + Tandem that might be offline because it's getting hammered. Pardon the pun.

By Collins. Agreeing with other folks that think this is lovely.

So simple, so good.

The tool that answers the question “what can my font do?” This is an excellent tool / via @realdougwilson

is an unkempt garden. Saw this posted on Fonts in Use and thought I'd share it with my friend DJ and also here. Been thinking about print a bit more of late.

Another good find from Greg Storey

Akihiko Seki's graphics are sublime

A trove / via MetaFilter

A wonderful selection of fonts / via Ugmonk

Tasty type

Building upon the notions of the aforelinked piece

I've been at it for how many years and this basic concept never stuck until now.

"Working with Indian craftswomen to create beautifully designed typefaces, while also inspiring them to learn design skills via training workshops" / via UC

This is lovely. All of it. The story. The artifact. The type.

A few uppercase words, centred or ranged at the top-left corner of a page, set in the regular weight of any grotesque font. / via Jason Santa Maria

Bookmarking this Flickr stream for when I need some typographic inspiration

As DJ shared "fun with type"

Digging this font in use

This ALMOST makes me want to upgrade to Catalina. But I won't. / via Craig Mod

It goes on and on and on! / via Austin Kleon

A friend is looking for classes for his daughter. After her hand-lettered Thanksgiving place cards, I recommended Jessica's book. And now? Her Skillshare classes.

A lovely typeface (with some great ligatures to boot). / via Ugmonk

Focuses on letterform distinction to increase character recognition, ultimately improving readability / via ignatz

This pointed-finger symbol goes by many names: mutton fist, printer’s fist, bishop’s fist, pointer, hand director, indicule, or most unimaginatively as ‘a hand’. / via airbagindustries

A beauty of course. And now I know how to pronounce Ed Benguiat. (ben-gat)

Lettering and Illustration (and some lovely items in her shop to boot)

Now in variable weights! / via DJ

by the Ohio Match Company

From san to serif? Mind Blown / via Trent Walton

Now there's some fonts in use

Fun little tool, though I wish I could influence the options a bit more on the frontside of things

Steven Heller picks his favorite from the 20th Century / PDF via Coudal

Augmented typography

Lovely stuff. / via Thor (who saw it on Colossal)

These are really nice silhouettes of trees.

Simon Walker's latest typeface