Our buddy Larry Yudelson forwarded this link to TypeManiac Headquarters.
Vesper Hebrew is a handsome new Hebrew font in five weights from the Mota Italic foundry, run by Rob Keller. It joins the Vesper Latin fonts; companion Devanagari fonts are in development.
Arrels Foundation, which works with nearly half of Barcelona’s homeless population, and advertising agency The Cyranos McCann have released five fonts made from the handwriting of homeless people. All money raised from the project goes to the Arrels Foundation, trying to help them achieve independence by offering accommodation, food and healthcare. You can purchase the fonts through homelessfonts.org.
The homeless people’s handwritten signs that are being turned into fonts.
If you’re old enough to remember when a Speedball was a kind of lettering pen, check out The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies.
And a hat-tip to Simone Weissman.
Cecil Adams (the world’s smartest man) was recently asked by David Powell of Columbus, Ohio:
Do fonts matter? That is, do they affect a reader’s perception of written material? I’m asking not so much about the extremes (e.g., a large font for headlines), but more about the emotional or psychological impact of the font’s design.
Be sure to read Cecil’s answer here: The Straight Dope: Do fonts make any difference?.
Our bud Larry Yudelson sent us a link to this neat article by Raphael Freeman, showing how he uses a variety of custom scripts to compose complex book pages in Hebrew.
I’ve sent a note to Raphael asking what page layout program he’s using. I’ll reveal all when he gets back to me.
via Book designer meets programmer | Raphael Freeman | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel.
Be sure to check out this wonderful blog about Hebrew typography: Hebrew Typography. (Unfortunately, the blog hasn’t been updated since 2012. Bummer.)
. . . fitness for the femme fatale was born in Burlington, NC. Even the logo is painful to behold.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has published a detailed “Requirements and suggestions for typography in briefs and other papers” as part of its Practitioner’s Handbook for Appeals.
Mind you, the Seventh Circuit is pretty hip: they have RSS feeds, a wiki, videos on their website, and electronic case filing. Still, their typographic guidelines are pretty awful. Click the link below to read more.
Monotype has a fine series of lessons in type on their fonts.com website. The most recent posting, authored by Ilene Strizver, is about the use of columns in design.
Designer Cristian Kit Paul’s blog has a fine post about Woody Allen’s use of the Windsor font.
Woody Allen and the Windsor font — Kit·blog — Cristian ·Kit· Paul.