The Weekly Typographic

???? The Neue Black launch, beautiful bottles + more

It’s an explosion of new typefaces this week. Including a very exciting addition to the League catalogue; Neue Black by our friend Tré Seals, of Vocal Type. We’ve also got a new release by Pangram Pangram, a bold rebrand out of Paula Scher’s Pentagram team, a piece about very expensive typefaces, and some nice bottle design. It really is a type and design party over here this week...

Type trends, accessibility, and how the industrial revolution revolutionized typography

We’re looking at some more trends this week - and it’s time for the typography trends of 2021 to get some airtime. We also talk typesetting considerations and the experience of reading digitally versus on paper, an important and practical thought-provoker on accessibility in design inspired by Stevie Wonder, and the role of typography in wayfinding...

Mid-year favorites: the best links and resources of 2021 so far

It’s been a big (huge!) six months! We’ve run workshops, added to the League’s portfolio of open-source fonts, put out a newsletter and podcast every week, shared some interviews, nerded out, and found some great inspiration and education on the internet to share with you. Phew...

We're back! Design tokens: buzzword or designer's best friend?

We’re back! And nerdier than ever! Do we have a type party for you this week on the podcast. We’re getting into design books, some hot UX/UI tips, the impact that variable fonts will have on optical size, a super interesting type trend that’s emerging, and then our big conversation on design tokens...

What's the story with double storey?!

What’s the storey? (See what we did there?). This week on the podcast we’re having a fun nerdy conversation about why double and single storey letters exist, and some of their distinct and fun characteristics. But that’s not all! We’ve also got articles and associated chats about typography and gender stereotypes, a bold rebrand, some hot font pairing tips, and ways you can make your design more inclusive everyday. Which we are here for...

Hinting: the invisible art of tiny type!

It would be impossible for us to ignore the biggest story in typography from the last week… Twitter’s new font. And more specifically, the Twitterverse’s reaction to it… which as you can imagine, was divided. We even made a late change our Nerd Alert topic for this week just so we could to talk to you about one of the technical elements of web fonts… called hinting...

Atomic design + brand new workshop announcement!

After last week’s fun interview with James Edmondson (make sure you go back and check it out if you missed it) we’re super excited to be back with heaps of type and design goodies for you. But, first up - we've got a new workshop to announce ????! School's back for Fall and we're kicking off with a new topic and a new instructor; Spacing and Rhythm taught by the fantastic Kaleb Dean, covering the important topic of spacing...

Episode Notes

Just one day to go before our newest workshop kicks off! Don’t miss out on this chance to hear from type educator Kaleb Dean. We’re also excited about a hot-off-the-press write up (all the way from Australia) about creating a custom handwriting typeface, we’re learning how to use fonts for complex data, having our minds blown by molecular type, and getting hungry with some delicious restaurant branding...

Microsites, mega impact!

Where do we even BEGIN with this week’s special feature episode?! We’re nerding out about microsites for one. whole. episode. And we’re not going to lie - pulling these together has been the most fun. Special shout out if you sent Olivia a microsite recommendation on Twitter (@oliviakletters)...

The world of syllabics and why they matter now

What a few weeks! After interviews, conferences and collaborations, we’re back and chatting about some type and design news. Including the big story about Monotype purchasing Hoefler&Co and taking over the H&Co collection as part of this. We’re also obsessed with the Gucci type project as they celebrate their centennial with ten stunning typefaces (that you can download to play with!)...