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It is about type, font design, typography, and anything thats has to do with type.


Brush ‘n’ ScriptSeptember 1
This the latest book by the German publisher Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz. Brush ‘n’ Script contains a comprehensive collection of the most beautiful and extravagant script fonts today. Throughout its 480 pages you will find expressive handwritings such as Cezanne’s, elegant Italian and French cursives,  wonderful English handwritings with distinct elegance such as Champion Script Pro, [...]
The Sound of FontsJuly 15
We just got our hands on TypoLyrics a book about music and typefaces. This new publication by Slanted, presents the works of several celebrated graphic designers as well as talented young designers from around the world, who use typefaces to give shape to lyrics of more than 170 songs from new wave and disco to metal [...]
Alphabet chairsJuly 12
As a student at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Roeland Otten had this idea about “communicative furniture in public spaces”. Ten years later, his idea was realized with the cooperation of Fonds BKVB and Materiaalfonds. This sitting alphabet contains the 26 letters of the latin alphabet in a siting form. “As a graphic designer it was a [...]
Now DIN speaks Arabic - A fresh new releaseJune 15
Parachute® has created over the years some of the most sophisticated contemporary typefaces, supporting simultaneously hundreds of languages. Typefaces such as the Champion Script Pro, Centro Pro, Handbook Pro, Beau Sans Pro and of course the DIN Pro series, have been appreciated and used by designers worldwide.  Now, for the first time, the competitive DIN [...]
Call for Entries - Communication ArtsJune 11
Communication Arts the leading professional journal for visual communications, is launching its first-ever competition to celebrate the best of typography. If you have any project printed, published or aired for the first time within the two years prior to the deadline, you are eligible to submit your work in the following categories: Advertising Collateral, Design [...]