The Weekly Typographic

Wingdings, Design Tips for Mobile & Type Anatomy

We start this week with the question, why does Wingdings exist and how did it become so popular? We also have a great guide on the right way to use fonts on mobile apps, a type anatomy cheatsheet, and how you could use your face to interact with text in the future.

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Our All-Time Favorite Books on Type, Design & Lettering

Besides chatting about a handful of fun, somber, and educational resources, we're diving into a few recommendations for books that have been super impactful in our own learning about type this week.

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Interrobangs, Drop Caps + Victorian Type

This week might be our most fun one yet! We talk about our two favorite obscure glyphs: the interrobang and the manicule. We discuss their origin story and what they're up to today. We also go over our favorite links from the week including a deep dive into the history of drop caps, some Adobe Max highlights, and advice for those thinking about entering the UI/UX industry Tune in!

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Typesetting Latin-Based Languages, Jazz Type, and more!

This week, we've got a couple of in-depth guides about the different kinds of typesetting rules for the most widely used Latin-based languages and a deep dive into the philosophy of copying in design.

We've also got a great article on the lettering behind famous jazz album covers and an awesome database of the dimensions of thousands of popular objects and spaces.

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Interview with 'Designing Type' Author & Educator Karen Cheng

We have a special episode for you this week—an interview with the inimitable Karen Cheng! Karen has been teaching type design at the University of Washington in Seattle for over 20 years and in 2006 wrote the book 'Designing Type', which has since become a staple on type design bookshelves around the world...

The Futura Underdog, A Font-Lover Gift Guide + Pricing Advice

This week we're chatting about an incredible round-up of type-related articles and resources. We share a gift guide for all the type enthusiasts in your life, shell out some Chris Do-approved pricing advice for freelancers, and talk about the nearly unknown Futura copycat called Spartan, that was largely influential in America's graphic design history.

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Our Favorite Free Font Finds from 2020 ✨

As the last few weeks of the year roll around, we've decided to approach the newsletter a little bit differently this month. These special ✨holiday edition✨ Weekly Typographics will feature "greatest hits" lists for different categories of links we shared this past year.

This week we're presenting our favorite free font finds from 2020...

Our Favorite Free Resources from 2020 ????

We're back again with another special holiday edition Weekly Typographic! Our "greatest hits" list this week is all about our favorite free resources we found this year. Each of these links are bookmark-worthy, and have already provided us with so much value...

Our Favorite Share-worthy Font Reads of 2020 ✨

As the end of the year rolls around, we present our final ✨holiday edition✨ Weekly Typographic! Our "greatest hits" list this week is all about our favorite share-worthy font reads we found this year...

The Lost Art of the Ex Libris, Burger King's Rebrand & Fictional Fonts

This week we've got a handful of interesting stories to share. The highly discussed new BK branding, some fictional typography, a video from one of our favorite entertaining type nerds, and a bunch more! Not to mention our deep dive into the the beautiful art of Ex Libris designs.

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