New Fonts

New from Jos buivenga, and now available from MyFonts. Geotica, with one style free.

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Letterpress

A lovely new letterpress print from the folk at Ligature Loop & Stem.
Lesson Plan:

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Better Fonts for Better Websites

Another new webfonts service from Font Bureau, Ascender Corp, and Co.

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New Fonts

Anchor, a very nice rounded sans from Eric Olson. Available in four weights from Process Type.

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New Fonts

Panno Text, drawn by Pieter van Rosmalen. Available from Bold Monday.

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New Fonts

A voluptuous new script from Ale Paul of Sudtipos. Meet Fan Script:

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New Fonts

A very nice, no-nonsense, humanist sans from Stefan Willerstorfer. Meet Acorde:

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The Drop Cap Queen

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Free font from TypeTogether

Download Rue Display Semibold for free. You’ll need to sign up.

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InDesign Templates

Just after the war (I don’t recall when exactly, but perhaps it was in the early days of QuarkXPress), I do recall trying to find good templates for magazines and newspapers. I found none — at least I found none that didn’t resemble something put together by the office Janitor who did the company newsletters in MS Word during his lunch-break.

Ready Media from Roger Black and Co. (a chap who knows more than a thing or two about newspaper and magazine design) has filled that gaping hole in the market.

Though some have been critical, the templates on offer look better than the average magazine or newspaper. Moreover, a well designed template is a good way for less experienced designers to get started, and a great way to become better acquainted with InDesign.

One commenter writes, What a huge setback for designers and magazine makers. Bunkum! Is a template (and remember they can be customized) always the solution? Of course not. They are targeted at a market that needs them. And as for those who complain that all magazines and newspapers will begin to look alike — they already do!

Good designers will continue to design great magazines and newspapers. These templates are another option — one aimed not at the entire market, but at a thin cross-sectional slice.

And better Roger Black than the janitor.

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Nadine Chahine

An interview with Nadine of Linotype.

Related: Read ILT’s interview with Nadine.

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Try webfonts for free

Great, simple idea: Try out FontFont webfonts with FontFonter:

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for devotees of typography

The good news is that Elliot Jay Stocks has published 8 Faces, a print title for typography enthusiasts. The other good news is that its limited run of 1,000 copies sold out in just a few hours. That leads us to the bad news: you won’t be able to get a copy, in print at least. However, you can download a full PDF version of the magazine.

Interviews and articles — the entire magazine devoted to typography. Issue two will be published at the end of the year, so be prepared.

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Font Editing on the go

Has anyone used 2ttf’s new font editor for the iPad? iFontMaker [iTunes]:

Update: Detailed review of iFontMaker by @honeydesign. Thanks to @Luca_Paulina.

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In the House

These Eames House Blocks look great. Another hit from House Industries:

Child not included (I guess).

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Veer gets a facelift

Like the redesign of Veer. Especially the fonts section, of course:

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Lots of lovely photographs of lettering and signage.

via @litherland

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Type @ Cooper

Starting in the fall of 2010, the Continuing Education Department of The Cooper Union, in conjunction with the Type Directors Club, offers a Certificate Program in Typeface Design.

Very nice web design by Nick Sherman.

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Web Fonts from Extensis

WebINK, another new webfonts service. This one from Extensis:

Let me know if you’ve had the opportunity to use it. Currently in beta.

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By Jakob Nielsen

An interesting readability study on the two devices, from Jakob Nielsen.

via @iA

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By Jim Teirney

Jules Verne cover designs by Jim Tierney from Jim Tierney on Vimeo.

via @ashetler

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Majoor Love

I was thinking, if only Scala & Scala Sans were released as web fonts. Well, now they’re here, and accompanied by some 300 others from the FontFont library.

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Linotype’s type director

via Fonts.com

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By Emilio Gomariz

22,655 folders! Folder Type (Spanish) [Google English]

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by Peter Biľak

An excellent article on hinting from Typotheque.

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