Articles

New Fountain Type and Website : 18 December 2008

Oh happy day! Peter Bruhn and crew have just announced Fountain’s new website and 4 new typefaces as part of their fifteen year celebration.

Bitstream Fleischman : 9 May 2008

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see this on myfonts.com.

New Hoefler & Frere-Jones website : 7 September 2007

I want to license every freakin’ font they’ve every made.

A Specimen of Type : 18 November 2006

It’s been a long time since I mentioned my progress in designing my first font.

Storm Type Foundry gets new website : 10 April 2006

One of my favorite type foundries is sporting a new website as well as a much-needed online store.

Zoom, zoom, zoom. : 19 October 2005

I began my career in print design, so naturally when I delved into website design I incorporated every trick in the book to achieve a precise layout.

Pairing typefaces : 17 September 2005

Rarely does one select only one typeface or font-family for use in a project. Even the most meager typographic needs require two fonts—a serif and a sans-serif.

Fleischmann interpretations : 25 June 2005

This is a great review of currently available digital interpretations of Fleischmann’s work (and/or Rosart, as well).

Bergquist’s Madrigal : 20 June 2005

I’ve long been interested in the fonts of Lars Bergquist. They don’t seem to be overly popular, at least in the United States, but he and his designs interest me a great deal.

Coming soon : 13 March 2005

Fellow Textpattern user Mark Simonson has announced the upcoming release of Proxima Nova, an expanded OpenType version of his 1994 sans serif font, Proxima Sans.

Sneak peek : 28 January 2005

This has been sadly neglected for some time now, but I’m trying to make time and give it the attention it needs.

Do you prefer light or dark? : 25 January 2005

It’s fairly common knowledge that, in the print world, black text on a white page is the norm for easy reading.

Signed by Dwiggins : 21 January 2005

Yup, that’s his signature—he laid his hand on that page to write his name. Who is he? Why he’s William Addison Dwiggins, of course!

Goudy gets a new home : 18 November 2004

Lanston Type has been purchased by P22 since Gerald Giampa, Lanston’s owner, has decided to spend his time sailing the Pacific coast.

Young whipper-snapper : 17 November 2004

Yesterday I followed a link from What do I know to the portfolio of Isaac Tobin and was blown away.

A new take on Fleischmann : 9 November 2004

The Font Bureau has just announced the release of Farnham by Christian Schwartz.

My new nameplate : 7 November 2004

I do love type, especially in the historical vein.