First 25 years
On September 22, Typotheque celebrated its 25th birthday with a retrospective exhibition and a party.A Sketchbook Designed for Creatives, by Creatives
Introducing our refined, minimalist sketchbook: 192 smooth pages, durable binding, available in dotted grid or plain, designed for limitless creativity and lasting use.Join us for the celebration of Typotheque’s 25th anniversary.
Over the weekend of 21–22 September 2024, in The Hague, Typotheque and the multidisciplinary artistic foundation Make Move Think will be hosting a public exhibition, party and two talks.Zed, A sans for the needs of 21st century
Zed is a lab-tested font designed for inclusivity and accessibility, empirically proven to significantly improve reading acuity for visually impaired readersOptimising Braille Character Spacing for Enhanced Tactile Reading
by Peter Biľak, Héctor Mangas AfonsoExploring the complexities of tactile legibility and optimal spacing for enhanced reading experiences. Through research and collaboration with international organisations, Zed Braille emerges as a finely tuned typeface, bridging diverse user needs and international standards.A sans for small text. And another for large.
by Peter BiľakSans-serif vs. serif fonts for legibility: a contentious debate without much evidence. Recent research challenges conventional wisdom.Designing fonts with low-vision readers in mind: A reading acuity experiment
by Héctor Mangas AfonsoA lab-based experiment developed to empirically improve and test the distance-reading legibility of new typeface, tested on visually impaired readers.Dash, a typeface with different speeds and expressions
Based on science and research, but written with the mastery of a skilled hand, Dash is a handwriting typeface system that makes full use of variable expressionHandwriting Database, 566 samples of contemporary Latin writing
by Héctor Mangas AfonsoThis is a database that captures the writing of over half a thousand contemporary users of the Latin script, across 46 countries and 20 languages.Manu gets a new range of weights
The handwriting font family Manu has been extended to include a range of weights from Hairline to Bold.- Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 4
Cyrillic and Greek handwriting
by Sébastien MorlighemThis final part describes the influence of Latin script on other writing systems, namely Cyrillic and Greek, and especially on their cursiveness. - Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 5
Cursive handwriting in Central Europe
by Sébastien MorlighemThis fourth part reveals other traditions of cursive writing in Central and Northern Europe, much different from Western Europe models previously discussed.