Microsoft Typography - Latest News

ClearType in Windows 7

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Read the E7 blog entry on ClearType in Windows 7.

Ascender releases Rebus Script

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This new OpenType font that uses the Contextual Alternate feature to create rebus puzzles by automatically replacing certain words or syllables with pictures.

FontCreator 6.0 released!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Today High-Logic B.V. released FontCreator 6, "the world's most popular font editor." This version delivers powerful tools such as direct import of both raster and vector based images.

Register for Typecon

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Early registration has been extended and they've just launched the new TypeCon and SOTA member registration system, powered by RegOnline.

Cyrillic Typeface competition

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Paratype announces a competition of Cyrillic typefaces to mark the 300th anniversary of Peter the Great’s reform of the Russian alphabet and putting into practice the civil type.

Sketch Flow fonts

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Check out the new Sketch Flow fonts featured in this presentation. Details at the 12:50 mark.

Justified West

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A one-day typographic event presented by Langara College and the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada.

Building a School in Tanzania

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

TypeCulture has pledged a percentage of its 2009 earnings in licenses to the Africa Schoolhouse Foundation to help finance the building of a school complex in the village of Ntulya.

Spiekefficiency

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Group of Germans set up a proofing press.

Mrs Eaves XL

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Emigre announces Mrs Eaves XL.

Robothon 2009

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Robothon 2009 talks uploaded to letterror.blip.tv.

ATypI update

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Typ90 details and call for papers posted to ATypI site.

News Break

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Microsoft typography news team apologizes for the lack of news over the past month and we hope to resume normal news service shortly.

Rising Stars

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

MyFonts posts February Rising Stars newsletter.

Smallest letter record broken

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Team of researchers makes letters 1.5 nanometers tall, beating previous record by .5 nanometers.

OpenType editor: DTL OTMaster

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Dutch Type Library and URW++ Design & Development present DTL OTMaster, for reviewing, editing and saving tables of fonts with a snft file structure, such as CFF and TTF flavored OpenType fonts, TrueType fonts and TrueType Collection fonts.

Ethiopian beer labels…

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

…just because they feature interesting lettering.

TypeCon call for speakers

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Get your talk proposal in early for the typographic event of the summer.

Inside the design lair

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The blogs have gone gaga over this still (ie. photo) taken inside a hollowed-out-volcano product design base.

ROFLCon round up

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Vinncent Connare and a cast of several. Writeups here, here and here.

Emoji phones it in

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Those following the Unicode encoding of emoji, might be interested in this.

DR RIP

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Creative Review reports that UK based design agency Designers Republic, best known for its use of faux-East-Asian inspired techno typography and icons, has gone out of business.

Klingon keyboard

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Live long and prosper with the Klingon keyboard.

Stars of January

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Myfonts posts this months Rising Stars newsletter.

Typophile events

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

An online calendar of type related events.

New Gothams inaugurated

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

H&FJ pick slow news day for Gotham update.

Nothing to see here…

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Tom’s new post-Adobe home on the Web. Bookmark it for future content. As reported on typophile.

Enter (via) the (Dot) Matrix

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

New phone features dot matrix key-caps, exactly like the ones ancient computers didn’t have.

Windows opens doors

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Microsoft interface packs mentioned on Marketplace.

Wood face book

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The most comprehensive book on wood type in 50 years, The Art of Woodtype.

Scalable type goes mobile

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

“Scalable type has arrived in mobile devices” says Steven Martin of Monotype Imaging.

Font Shop’s best of 2008

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Here’s one we missed, Font Shop’s top twenty or so fonts of 2008.

FEX iconography revealed

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Designer describes the making of the font Explorer X icons. Via the Quips.

Cheap and pro and 1 year old

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

CheapProFonts offers a wide selection of mainly display-fonts with a large character set supporting 65 languages requiring more that the basic A-Z.

ATypI dates - official

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Lock it in… October 26 to October 30th, Mexico City.

Brit stamps show no font love

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Design stamp series passes over typographic achievements.

MyFonts top ten of 2008

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The top new font designs according to MyFonts.

More on Emoji

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Those following the Emoji encoding discussion on the Unicode list might be interested in this article and this one too.

FEX ready for prime time

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Linotype announces the commercial release of Font Explorer X and several font releases.

Objectified premiere set

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Objectified, the eagerly awaited follow up to Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica will get its first screening at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March.

Font Bros Update

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Font Bros rings in the new year with two new foundries and a “TON of BRAND NEW FONTS for you to enjoy!”

Type Studio latest

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Featuring: TypeTalk: You ask, we answer, OpenType Features, Who is Max Kerning?, Gourmet Typography January Schedule, Onsite Gourmet Typography and a recession discount.

Raiders of the lost Gill

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Long forgotten Eric Gill type design unearthed in Salfords.

The form of the book

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A one-day conference hosted by the St Bride Printing Library in London on January 30th.

The first Arabic printing press

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Type designer Pascal Zoghbi has posted some artifacts from the press of Al-Shamas Abdullah Zakher, founded in 1734. Via John Hudson.

Reviving the art of making books

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rich and Carima pictured here, in an article about the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative.