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Julien — the making of
by Peter Biľak
Julien is a playful geometric display typeface loosely inspired by the early 20th century avant-garde. It is based on elementary shapes and includes multiple variants of each letter. Read this article -
Nara – the typeface that never existed
by Andrej Krátky
The Nara typeface was completed more than 20 years after the initial design. This is the story of the search for gaps in type classification. Read this article
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Arabic Calligraphy and Type Design
by Kristyan Sarkis
This article presents the Diwani style of Arabic which lead to designing Thuraya, a contemporary yet faithful interpretation of the Diwani style with extensive calligraphic features. Read this article -
Notes on the development of Charlie typeface family
by Ross Milne
This article was written to coincide with the launch of the new Typotheque website and the release of Charlie, a slab serif typeface designed by Ross Milne. An in-depth record of the design process is documented below, including some personal notes on the design process and its historical roots in the slab serif traditions of the nineteenth century. Read this article
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The history of History
by Peter Biľak
Two years after releasing History, Peter Bilak reflects on the process of creating this skeletal system in which different styles are imposed on a Roman capital base. Previous experiments are mentioned, as well as inspiration sources for the typeface. Read this article -
Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill Sans
by Ben Archer
This article is intended for an audience of contemporary designers and students who are at least one step removed from mid-century British typographic culture; it is a critique of the Gill Sans typeface and the idiosyncrasies of its creation from a contemporary perspective. The central argument is that an earlier typeface by Eric Gill’s mentor, Edward Johnston, is a superior piece of type design. Read this article
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Fred Smeijers’s Arnhem typefaces
by Andy Crewdson
Andy Crewdson discusses the origins of the Dutch designer’s recent family of types. Read this article -
Fedra typefaces reviewed
by Andy Crewdson
A brief look at Peter Bilak’s ‘synthetic’ approach to type design which examines both his earlier Eureka and more recent Fedra families. Read this article
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Seria’s motives: How Martin Majoor developed his ‘literary typeface’
by Andy Crewdson
The background of the design of Majoor’s font Seria. Read this article
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