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fromItsnicethat
22 hours ago

Addison Copas doesn't want "freedom" - he thrives under the limitations in his wordmarks and brand identities

Addison Copas emphasizes the value of limitations in graphic design, favoring research-based techniques over unrestrained creativity.
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fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

Blaze Type's 10th birthday celebration kicks off with new website design

Blaze Type, founded in 2016, has grown to over 100 type families, emphasizing continuous development in type design.
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fromI Love Typography Ltd
2 months ago

How Not to Take 10 Years to Design a Typeface - I Love Typography Ltd

I would listen with awe and think, 'That must have been a real challenge. It must be exquisitely crafted and probably a little bit groundbreaking too.' So it feels slightly absurd to admit that my last typeface, Nave, also took around ten years to complete. Not because I spent a decade polishing outlines or expanding the character set, but because I took so many wrong turns trying to chase a vision I hadn't properly defined.
fromI Love Typography Ltd
3 months ago

Steven Heller's Font of the Month: Cattivo - I Love Typography Ltd

Infused with history, the slab cannot help but suggest the old West's frontier clichés, for such ephemera as classic wanted posters, political broadsides, cautionary warning signs, and more generic commercial applications. Cattivo is a brand-new 18-font family that, when used in any weight and size, cuts through nostalgic predictability and provides a welcome alternative to such popular Egyptian-style slab serifs as Stymie and Memphis.
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fromItsnicethat
3 months ago

Type designer Arthur Calame treats letters like "soft material to be sculpted"

Arthur Calame designs custom typefaces using unique project-specific tools and draws inspiration from everyday culture, blending craft and varied disciplines into human, imperfect letterforms.
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fromItsnicethat
6 months ago

Elizabeth Goodspeed on why design studios are making fonts

Custom type has become central to branding, offering control, originality, and ownership while reshaping the culture and economy of type design.
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fromFast Company
6 months ago

Gen Z killed cursive, so Docusign gave us a new way to sign our names

Docusign updated its digital signature styles to reflect declining cursive use and introduce historically inspired, personality-driven script options.
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fromItsnicethat
7 months ago
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Plain Text is the experimental typography publication for seasoned designers and curious beginners

fromItsnicethat
7 months ago
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Plain Text is the experimental typography publication for seasoned designers and curious beginners

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fromItsnicethat
11 months ago

Onlysans from Daria Cohen rejects timelessness in favour of fierce modernity (and memes)

Daria's work with Onlysans emphasizes a contemporary, momentary approach to type design over timelessness.
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