A collection of tests for OpenType feature support in web browsers. Based on the latest draft of the CSS Fonts Module Level 3 specification, and the latest public version of each browser.

Designer and programmer Jürg Lehni analyses the evolution of typographic technology and the nature of digital fonts, and introduces Donald E. Knuth’s groundbreaking TeX and Metafont systems. An essay complemented by interviews with Peter Biľak, Erik Spiekermann and Dimitri Bruni (NORM).

Jürg Lehni and Peter Biľak in a conversation about the role of technology in type design, font formats and production tools, and Donald E. Knuth’s Metafont.

Jürg Lehni interviews Erik Spiekermann about the legal definition of typefaces, web font distribution models and parametric fonts.

A glossary of tools and technologies mentioned in Typeface As Programme.

Greta Sans App is now available also as a screensaver. Download the ZIP file, unpack, and double click to install on your Mac.

PDF Font Tester is an available online API that allows users to create their own samples, controlling the text, position, size, leading, OpenType features and colour, and generate a PDF file with the font samples.

Typotheque also offers a free iPad app. The Elementar App is an innovative, intuitive way to select parametric bitmap fonts just by swiping to browse through the thousands of combinations of heights, weights and styles.

Analysis of the evolution of typographic technology and the nature of digital fonts, and introduces Donald E. Knuth’s groundbreaking TeX and Metafont systems. An essay complemented by interviews with Peter Biľak, Erik Spiekermann and Dimitri Bruni (NORM).

For the Göteborg Opera’s upcoming dance production Eroica, we created a structure of metal pipes illuminated by individually controlled LED strips. The construction, which is an integral part of the performance, is eight meters wide, four meters high and four meters deep.

Frederik Berlaen is a type designer with a love for programming and scripting. After studying graphical design at Sint-lucas in Ghent, where he got th...

Jürg Lehni, born 1978, Lucerne, lives and works in London and Switzerland. He studied at ETH Zurich (1998 ~ 1999), HyperWerk, Basel (1999 –...

LetterMeter, a Unicode based text analysis tool, helps compare multilingual texts and measure the frequency of particular glyphs. It has been moved to a different website: http://www.type-applications.com.

A collection of international multilingual Unicode global fonts for all world languages for local and global audiences, and international brands. Latin, non-Latin and CJK fonts.

Removing the Flash Of Unstyled Content in Firefox when using CSS @font-face rule by toggling the visibility of page to none.

How to use Typotheque Webfont embedding Service allows using custom fonts in the website using @font-face rule in CSS. Simple tutorial. Cross-browser font embedding

Unpacking and installing fonts on Mac OS and Windows