So predictable.

Finally online: Beyond Bézier, the research projects my dear colleagues and I undertook at Écal, where we thought about type design beyond making products that use Bézier outlines. Video lectures by Matthieu Cortat, @alicesavoie, Radim Peško, Florence Yerly, Micha Wasem and myself, as well as lots of nice bonus content.

https://beyondbezier.ch

What happens when AI comes for our fonts? https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/688637/typography-fonts-ai

Countless writing systems across the world are on the verge of disappearing. But type design can help to avoid that. and @typojo will talk about how that is, thanks to academic research and cultural awareness.

Impacts of preserving endangered writing systems through type design

July 3, 2025
starting at 1 PM CEST
It's online, in English
🎟️ 20€

And if you can't make it to the event, don't worry! It is recorded, so you can (re)watch anytime!

Go to https://wordsoftype.com/

#ad #lecture #scripts

Do you want to learn about Arabic script, about its journey from calligraphy all the way to modern digital tools and technologies?

Don't miss @kamal_mansour 's lecture coming up in two weeks!

July 3, 2025
starting at 5 PM CEST
It's online, in English.
🎟️ 20€

And if you can't make it to the event, don't worry! It is recorded, so you can (re)watch anytime!

Go to https://wordsoftype.com/

#ad #lecture #arabic #typography #typeface #typedesign #fonts

When people talk about "survival of the fittest" or "the crime of empathy," I want clips like this to be pressed into the sides of those people's self-serving dumbfuck heads until they cave in.

We’re are launching an independent industry-wide survey for font users. We want to hear about your experiences: What works? What’s confusing or frustrating? What would you change? Your answers will help us decide how licensing works within the Fontstand Cooperative.

http://fontstand.com/survey

@aslakr Variable. @justvanrossum @letterror

@justvanrossum @letterror Both of you should go now with Just Right Hand and Erik Left Hand.

That’s embarrassing!

An article worth reading every year or so. https://www.typotheque.com/articles/originality-in-type-design

Oh, would you look at that? It almost lifts the spirit, but not quite.

You know, looking at fresh water like this reminds me that AI will use over 6 billion cubic meters of water between now and 2027 just to cool down the data centers.

While the average human being only drinks 60 cubic meters of water in his life.

Yes, it's a scarce resource, but a small price to pay for a technology that would show us what Ratatouille would look like if it was directed by Stanley Kubrick.

@letterror @morningtype @db Me too.

The University of Amsterdam made a video about the lettering on their new library! https://campus.uva.nl/en/content/news/2025/05/do-read-the-ubs-facade-screen-is-up.html @UvAHumanities #lettering #amsterdam #uva #library

@letterror Spring cleaning?

To those who thought all those shiny AI goodies would remain free, the screws are turning. https://mastodon.social/@verge/114539732281723788

@BijouType You are a small community superhero - Speciman!

Can’t bring a sandwich onto Eurostar

We’ve worked with large character sets before, but this is a completely different level of complexity — after five years of work, we are pleased to present our CJK font collection. https://www.typotheque.com/blog/collection-of-new-original-cjk-fonts