Two minutes with…

Nadine Chahine An interview with Nadine of Linotype. Related: Read ILT’s interview with Nadine.

Two minutes with Akira Kobayashi

Linotype’s type director via Fonts.com

Folder Type

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

Two Minutes with Alice Savoie

Video Feature Read ILT’s Interview with Alice Savoie. You can follow Alice on Twitter.

David Carson

TED talks And the more I listen to these presentations, the more convinced I am that a presenter’s job is not to teach but to inspire.

The Art of Hermann Zapf

The purpose & techniques of calligraphy via @kindco

Web Fonts

The big Web Show A great new podcast from 5by5. Dan Benjamin & Jeffrey Zeldman talk to Ethan Dunham & Jeffrey Veen about web fonts.

The Vignelli Twelve

We use way too many fonts Though I have the utmost respect for Massimo Vignelli, and am a fan of his work, his we use too many typefaces is just plain wrong. It’s by no means the first time Vignelli has voiced these views. If you have no idea what I’m writing about, then watch […]

Deck Playing Cards

Available from UK-based hat-trick design. Via CreativePro.

Gerrit Noordzij on drawing

From Type Media. Via @letterror

The type we want

Jonathan Snook at MIX10:

iPhone, iFont

An alphabet created from 540 iPhone apps:

Ditoria

via @brainpicker

Gráfica Fidalga: Printing Days

Marginal Notes by Henrique Nardi.

Twenty-ten type

The Week in Type Hoping that everyone is feeling refreshed, invigorated and inspired after Christmas and New Year. That we are now in 2010 is arbitrary, but it is at the same time a marker, the end of something, and the beginning of something else; a kind of armistice, an opportunity to dump all the […]

Sex, lies, & type

The Week in Type Welcome to a slightly later than usual week in type. Lots happening in the world of web fonts — links to the best content below. There’s also free stuff, so don’t click away. I’m thrilled by the launch of a new type foundry, Mota Italic. Congratulations to Rob and Co.

Karbon type

The Week in Type I’m struggling to keep up with all that’s new in type. Exciting times. Lots of great new releases, and some very novel and creative uses of type and lettering. Let’s jump straight in. I am tempted to try something like this:

Tungsten type

the week in type Let’s begin with something tougher than steel from H&FJ. Meet the just-released Tungsten. [insert superlatives here]

Encyclopædic type

The Week in Type It’s been a little while since the last week in type. I have so many links, so many new releases, so much news to share, I wonder where I should begin. I know, let’s start with a great site based on a very simple idea — Typedia is an encyclopedia of […]

The making of FF Duper

By Ivo Gabrowitsch Berlin-based Martin Wenzel might be best-known for his TDC-awarded sans serif family FF Profile. He runs his own studio, focusing on type and communication design and teaches type design at the Design Academy Berlin. Martin also runs his own shirt store WordsOnShirts that features some nice hand lettering designs.