Traditionally, Hebrew printed typography doesn't have a notion of ‘italic’, a concept linked with the evolution of the Latin alphabet. Hebrew, however, when written by hand used cursive forms taught at schools simultaneously from when children start to read, the informal style hasn’t integrated into printed typography. Michal Sahar proposes a cursive Hebrew for continuous text.

An article on the process of designing typefaces for the language other than your own — challenges of looking at unfamiliar patterns, letters, and their cultural significances.

From the single-style, monolingual fonts of the metal-type era to the complex, sprawling, multi-script families of the digital present, typography and type design have evolved, not only to embrace developments in print and communication technology, but also to support a world where unity and diversity must meet if we are to survive.

Calcula is an experimental display typeface inspired by the idea of exploring the grey area between typeface design and lettering.

This article highlights some major steps in the historical development of lettering tools for drafting.

Typotheque type specimen No. 10 makes typeface selection easier and more fun with split pages that let you create over 10,000 type combinations.

The fascinating history of visual culture in Slovakia between the wars is presented in the book Modernity of Tradition.

The book ‘158 answers’ presents eleven interviews with renowned type designers and writers, interviewed by students of Type Media postgraduate course in type design.

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).

After extensive but unsuccessful lobbying for the New York Times to adopt Greta Text as the main typeface for its layout, the Dutch type foundry Typotheque acquired the newspaper.

Parimal Parmar is a designer from India with special interest in type and identity design, graduated from D J Academy of Design, Coimbatore, India. Hi...

Andy Clymer studied at the Type & Media, a postgraduate programme at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and worked as a type designer at the Hoe...

Prof. Johannes Bergerhausen (1965) has worked with Grapus founders Gérard Paris-Clavel and Pierre Bernard. Since 2002 he has been the professor...

Ramakrishna Saiteja is a type & graphic designer from Bangalore, India. He graduated from D J Academy of Design, Coimbatore, India. He acquired an...

Gerard Unger (1942) is a Dutch graphic and type designer. He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam from 1963–67. A pioneer of dig...

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