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November Tamil: Designing with purpose
Essays by Aadarsh RajanNovember, October and November Stencil Tamil are a family of low-contrast, monolinear Tamil typefaces. Following a rigorous overhaul of the original, they have now been redesigned for better reading and unambiguous communication in text and display sizes.Designing Fonts for Two Billion people
by Peter BiľakTypotheque tackled the unprecedented task of designing a comprehensive set of fonts for South Asia.Malayalam: Scripting Tradition and Modernity
by Karthik MalliThe article explores the rich tradition of Malayalam script and its evolution in the face of modern technologies. It delves into the challenges and innovations in adapting the script to digital platforms while preserving its cultural heritage.New Faces (Bibliography)
Essays by Emily KingThe bibliography of Emily King’s doctoral thesis which focuses on typeface design in the United States, England and the Netherlands between 1987 and 1997.Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill Sans
Typeface stories by Ben ArcherThis 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.Brief History of Webfonts
Essays by Peter BiľakIn less than three decades, web typography has caught up to and even surpassed print typography. A brief look into how we got to where we are today.
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October, an industrial rounded typeface
New productsOctober’s rounded strokes are inherent to the milling technique that inspired it.November / October support extended to Devanagari and Tamil
New fontsNovember and October, global font families inspired by an industrial heritage, now support the two most widely used Indian scripts.Selection of websites using Typotheque Web Font Service
AnnouncementsSince its October 2009 launch, Typotheque’s Web Font Service has been used in over 290 sites, some of which we present in this small selection.North American Syllabics fonts developed in collaboration with Indigenous communities
New fontsNew articlesResearchTypotheque is launching a series of Unified Canadian Syllabics fonts that support Indigenous language revitalisation and preservation efforts in North America, changing the standards of future Syllabics fonts.Typotheque speaks in Vienna, Paris, Ljubljana
LecturesTypotheque joins a few events in the coming weeks. If you happen to be in Vienna, Paris, or Ljubljana, please join us for the talk, and drinks afterward.November — a comprehensive type system for South Asia
November Type System is a versatile and highly accessible collection of fonts, extensively researched to meet the preferences and needs of readers of hundreds of languages of South Asia.
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- Arya Purohit is a Type Designer and Graphic Designer from Mumbai. After completing an internship with Seenk, Paris and working as a designer for ASDS, Mumbai he started his independant practice in multi-lingual typeface design. He has designed typefaces and lettering pieces in Devanagari, Bangla, Tamil and Gujarati scripts for various clients. November and October Devanagari and Tamil are his first official typeface releases.