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We’re open to new foundries

We’re open to new foundries

A new database for Baltic type.

A new database for Baltic type.

A new digital Fraktur-style typeface from 2025, designed because of a found book, and the flourishing of blackletter styles in Mexico.

A new digital Fraktur-style typeface from 2025, designed because of a found book, and the flourishing of blackletter styles in Mexico.

Perhaps this genre within slab serif designs is both the oldest and the youngest of them all?

Perhaps this genre within slab serif designs is both the oldest and the youngest of them all?

Remembering Mitch Paone, lifelong improviser, from music to design.

Remembering Mitch Paone, lifelong improviser, from music to design.

Depending on where you live and work, rounded sans serif typefaces might seem friendly, serious, or uncommon, or even goofy.

Depending on where you live and work, rounded sans serif typefaces might seem friendly, serious, or uncommon, or even goofy.

There is a particular relief that comes with finding your niche.

There is a particular relief that comes with finding your niche.

In memory of our departed librarian, scholar and teacher.

In memory of our departed librarian, scholar and teacher.

With this font, David Jonathan Ross breathed new life into another quirky 19th-century typeface.

With this font, David Jonathan Ross breathed new life into another quirky 19th-century typeface.

How the festival still unites type makers and users, but has evolved since its inception.

How the festival still unites type makers and users, but has evolved since its inception.

Thinking about the sources for revivals through the lens of this typeface.

Thinking about the sources for revivals through the lens of this typeface.

Ou typographie, typografie, tipografía, 字体设计，タイポグラフィ，타이포그래피?

Ou typographie, typografie, tipografía, 字体设计，タイポグラフィ，타이포그래피?

Here’s a brief overview of the current state of Fontstand’s Co-op efforts, as outlined by the founding team.

Here’s a brief overview of the current state of Fontstand’s Co-op efforts, as outlined by the founding team.

A conference at ANRT Nancy offered the opportunity to reflect on the parameters defining the history and practice of digital type design.

A conference at ANRT Nancy offered the opportunity to reflect on the parameters defining the history and practice of digital type design.

Fontstand’s fifth conference came to The Hague for a second time on March 14th and 15th.

Fontstand’s fifth conference came to The Hague for a second time on March 14th and 15th.

There’s only one official “City of Graphic Design” in the world: Chaumont, France.

There’s only one official “City of Graphic Design” in the world: Chaumont, France.

This series of subjective calendrical snapshots shows some of Fontstand’s additions in 2024.

This series of subjective calendrical snapshots shows some of Fontstand’s additions in 2024.

Exhibiting 100 years of Czech graphic design.

Exhibiting 100 years of Czech graphic design.

The female Futurist typographical experimentations with paroliberismo.

The female Futurist typographical experimentations with paroliberismo.