TYPE Magazine

Who is Jaroslav Benda? @docekalovapetra has spent the past 7 years finding the answer. typemag.org/post/jaroslav-…

Farewell, Ed Benguiat. A Master of Typography, Is Dead at 92 nyti.ms/3dx8ha9

How Nils Thomsen founded @TypeMatesFonts, designed the Pensum trilogy of fonts, and decided to trust his users. typemag.org/post/the-makin…

😍 Unwrap a typeface for every day of December... 🥕Lucas Czarnecki (@TYPEmag_org) suggested Graduate by Eduardo Tunni 🌞 allifontforchristmas.com

@marcxist Just a live event this time, but there'll be some related articles in the next issue of TYPE.

@TYPEmag_org Looks like a remarkable conference! Is there any video/audio available? (I poked around on the conference and magazine sites, but didn't see any references to such.)

Patric King shows off the new open-source super-family for Chicago, Big Shoulders. “It needs to look like a skyscraper.” First styles are available on Google Fonts. fonts.google.com/specimen/Big+S… #TypeTalesChicago

“It’s funny because when you have been doing something for a very long time, there are a lot of things you do without analyzing quite why do you them.”—Matthew Carter on the insights gained from collaborating on his latest superfamily, Role. Read more: typemag.org/post/on-a-role

I’m very proud of this article I wrote for the Fall 2019 issue #4 of Type Magazine about a woman who still uses a vintage @Morisawa_JP phototypesetting machine from the ‘60s in her business in Japan. She’s inspiring me to experiment with using older printing machines! 😍

Thank you very much! @TypeNetwork, @mo_ri_sa_wa, @JuneShinDesigns I love it! ❤️ #TYPE No.4, Fall 2019 #typography @typemag

@pksucks of @houseofpretty and @xotypeco reveals Big Shoulders, the new, free, open source typeface developed for "the community of Chicago." #TypeTalesChicago

Learning proper letter forms from John Downer through the teachings of H. C. Martin. #TypeTalesChicago

: John Downer channels the Chicago lettering master, Harold C. Martin in one is his own posters. #TypeTalesChicago

Jen Farrell shows how she puts together 150 years of type to do contemporary design. And it's all metal and wood letterpress all the time! #TypeTalesChicago

Rick Valicenti, taking us on a spellbinding history of Chicago typography, talks about influences. “It’s as thoughbwe’re all on the same radio frequency. And that’s okay.” #TypeTalesChicago

: Doug Thomas extols the work of the Inland Printer magazine and its great editor J. L. Frazier. With wonderful typography and lettering. (This title header, by Will Ransom.) #TypeTalesChicago pic.twitter.com/ARuMt0yZTX

A great start to the day with @SteveMatteson1, @dougthomas31, and Nermin and Will from @firebellydesign #TypeTalesChicago

: Nermin Moufti and Will Miller talk with Mango Curtis about the thinking behind Firebelly’s work with Typeforce, the annual Chicago type event. #TypeTalesChicago.

@firebellydesign worked to help reinvigorate the @typedirectors brand through re-evaluating the messaging in print and web, creating layered communication to forge a deeper interaction between the members. #typedrivesculture #typetalechicago @TYPEmag_org

@SteveMatteson1 starting off #typetaleschicago @TYPEmag_org with a deep dive on the work of Fred and Bertha Goudy.

: Steve Matteson shows the early life and work of Frederic Goudy . . . In Chicago. #TypeTalesChicago