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Emigre Exhibit in SF

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Gallery 16 in San Francisco will be presenting an exhibit of Emigre beginning December 18 through January 30. The exhibit coincides with the release of Emigre No. 70: The Look Back Issue—Celebrating 25 Years in Graphic Design.

P22 and IHF announce new font

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

P22 Type Foundry and the International House of Fonts proudly announce the P22 Stickley Text Pro Family, an Arts and Crafts-inspired type design with Pro OpenType features designed by Michael Stickley for IHOF.

Better font rendering in IE 9

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

DirectWrite font rendering has been announced for Internet Explorer 9. In addition to better performance, this technology shift also increases font quality and readability with sub-pixel positioning.

New rendering solution from Ascender

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Ascender's global font rendering solution is now shipping with Microsoft Office Communicator.

"Future of Reading" conference announced

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The conference will be held at Rochester Institute of Technology on June 9th through 12th.

Dr. Peter Karow Award winner announced

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The second Dr. Peter Karow Award for Font Technology & Digital Typography has been awarded to Thomas Milo for the development of the ACE layout engine (the heart of the Tasmeem plugin for InDesign ME) for Arabic text setting.

Typotheque launches web service

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Typotheque has become one of the first commercial type foundries to license its entire font collection for use on the World Wide Web.

Technology Review article discusses fonts on web

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Joshua Friedman's article "A Note on the Type", imagines a better-looking Web

DTL FontMaster Conference announced

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

On the 18th of November 2009, the 4th DTL FontMaster Conference will take place in The Hague.

Introducing Mr Eaves Sans and Mr Eaves Modern

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Created by Zuzana Licko, this latest addition to the Emigre Type Library expands the versatility of the original Mrs Eaves.

Details announced for Web fonts talk at Atypi

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Web fonts are one of the hot topics of Typ09, the conference of ATypI in Mexico City later this month.

Scientific study on Typeface personalities

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Know Your Typefaces! Semantic Differential Presentation of 40 Onscreen Typefaces

News from Chank

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Chank announces new fonts and video interview.

New font from Typofonderie

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Allumi PTF Extended is a sleek typeface designed with technology in mind.

Matthew Carter and Hamilton Wayzgoose

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Matthew Carter unveils his first-ever wood typeface at Hamilton’s first-ever Wayzgoose weekend.

New typography book from Hyphen Press

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The new book, titled Modern typography in Britain: graphic design, politics, and society, contains a collection of eleven essays by the Department of Typography, University of Reading.

Typotheque 10 year Anniversary T-shirts

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

To celebrate, Typotheque asked four of their most respected colleagues to design t-shirts they would wear themselves.

German Type Foundry announces new font, Secca

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

German Type Foundry announces the release of Secca and the availability of a free demo version.

Fontworks UK announces release of new G-Type font

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Organon comprises two distinctive new families from type designer Nick Cooke, Organon Sans & Organon Serif.

Verdana and Georgia grow-up

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

idsgn blog posts article on Verdana & Georgia updates

Gabriola video posted

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Learn more about Microsoft's new font Gabriola in this video featuring Geraldine Wade.

Enhancements to Georgia and Verdana announced

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Ascender Corporation, Carter & Cone and The Font Bureau, Inc. announced that they are working on a project in conjunction with Microsoft to extend the Georgia and Verdana typeface families.

E7: Windows 7 for a Global Market

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Learn more about new fonts and international support in Windows 7.

ClearType in Windows 7

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Read the E7 blog entry on ClearType in Windows 7.