Typographica
@typographica.org
A review of #lettering and #typography. Since 2002. Posts by editor @stewf.com.
Primarily on Mastodon with many from the type community: https://typo.social/@typographica
Primarily on Mastodon with many from the type community: https://typo.social/@typographica
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Typographica
@typographica.org
· Jul 11
typo.social
Welcome to Typo.social! This is a Mastodon instance open to any typo and type enthusiastic. We are offering this service out of sheer courtesy without being held responsible for any disadvantages.
typo.social
Bluesky is a good alternative to X for the general public and some specific topics, especially politics. But for many communities and fields, a critical mass remains exclusively on Mastodon. Type designers and fans, for instance, have their own server with 679 active users: typo.social/directory.
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Fontstand Cooperative now exists. 🚀 After two years of work, it’s officially incorporated in the Netherlands. We’ve opened applications for independent type foundries. Read more, and consider joining us.
fontstand.com/news/design-...
fontstand.com/news/design-...
September 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Fontstand Cooperative now exists. 🚀 After two years of work, it’s officially incorporated in the Netherlands. We’ve opened applications for independent type foundries. Read more, and consider joining us.
fontstand.com/news/design-...
fontstand.com/news/design-...
Smartest thing It’s Nice That has done: hire @goodspeed.bsky.social.
Dumbest thing It’s Nice That has done: take Meta money to do an advertorial puff piece on the IG rebrand.
Anyway, here’s another good Goodspeed article: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/eli...
Dumbest thing It’s Nice That has done: take Meta money to do an advertorial puff piece on the IG rebrand.
Anyway, here’s another good Goodspeed article: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/eli...
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the branding challenge behind Mayor Zohran’s new municipal grocery stores
Everyone wants to know who will win New York City’s grocery store RFP – the more interesting question is what public identities should actually do.
www.itsnicethat.com
August 18, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Smartest thing It’s Nice That has done: hire @goodspeed.bsky.social.
Dumbest thing It’s Nice That has done: take Meta money to do an advertorial puff piece on the IG rebrand.
Anyway, here’s another good Goodspeed article: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/eli...
Dumbest thing It’s Nice That has done: take Meta money to do an advertorial puff piece on the IG rebrand.
Anyway, here’s another good Goodspeed article: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/eli...
Some pre-Baby Teeth lettering from 1932: picpile.stewf.com/626314/37992...
#BabyTeeth #MiltonGlaser #Lettering #1930s
#BabyTeeth #MiltonGlaser #Lettering #1930s
Art Deco heavy block caps, 1932
Pingree’s Wholesale ad, Salt Lake City, UT, February 4, 1932
picpile.stewf.com
August 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Some pre-Baby Teeth lettering from 1932: picpile.stewf.com/626314/37992...
#BabyTeeth #MiltonGlaser #Lettering #1930s
#BabyTeeth #MiltonGlaser #Lettering #1930s
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If we happen to be in #SaltLakeCity during our wedding anniversary, of course I’m getting a bouquet at Art Floral, now celebrating their own 75th. Their neon sign went up in 1958 and they kept it glowing since. Get flowers & let ‘em know you love their sign!
At night: flic.kr/p/pBzMd9
#Signs #Neon
At night: flic.kr/p/pBzMd9
#Signs #Neon
August 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
If we happen to be in #SaltLakeCity during our wedding anniversary, of course I’m getting a bouquet at Art Floral, now celebrating their own 75th. Their neon sign went up in 1958 and they kept it glowing since. Get flowers & let ‘em know you love their sign!
At night: flic.kr/p/pBzMd9
#Signs #Neon
At night: flic.kr/p/pBzMd9
#Signs #Neon
You should subscribe to BLAG: bl.ag/whats-inside...
#SignPainting #Lettering #Typography #Calligraphy
#SignPainting #Lettering #Typography #Calligraphy
What’s Inside Issue 09 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)?
Between the covers of the worldwide adventures in sign painting from Issue 09 of BLAG.
bl.ag
July 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
You should subscribe to BLAG: bl.ag/whats-inside...
#SignPainting #Lettering #Typography #Calligraphy
#SignPainting #Lettering #Typography #Calligraphy
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‘How to Create Typefaces’ book /// The revised and updated and second edition of ‘How to Create Typefaces,’ by Cristóbal Henestrosa, Laura Meseguer, and José Scaglione, is now available, and we’re excited!
Get yours: shop.itemzero.com/products/how...
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign #fontsky
Get yours: shop.itemzero.com/products/how...
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign #fontsky
July 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
‘How to Create Typefaces’ book /// The revised and updated and second edition of ‘How to Create Typefaces,’ by Cristóbal Henestrosa, Laura Meseguer, and José Scaglione, is now available, and we’re excited!
Get yours: shop.itemzero.com/products/how...
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign #fontsky
Get yours: shop.itemzero.com/products/how...
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign #fontsky
The biggest neon shop in the San Francisco Bay Area also happens to be a dazzling showroom of vintage signs. But it’s only open to the public once a year: at the Neon Speaks Festival. Get tix before they sell out: www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-works...
#NeonSigns #Neon #Signs #Oakland #SFBA #NeonSpeaks
#NeonSigns #Neon #Signs #Oakland #SFBA #NeonSpeaks
Neon Works Shop Tour 9/20
Once-a-year chance to take the Neon Works shop tour. Includes photography, tube bending demo, and vintage neon sign boneyard.
www.eventbrite.com
July 9, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The biggest neon shop in the San Francisco Bay Area also happens to be a dazzling showroom of vintage signs. But it’s only open to the public once a year: at the Neon Speaks Festival. Get tix before they sell out: www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-works...
#NeonSigns #Neon #Signs #Oakland #SFBA #NeonSpeaks
#NeonSigns #Neon #Signs #Oakland #SFBA #NeonSpeaks
Big fan of CJ Dunn’s new Dunbar Design Repository: cjtype.com/dunbar-desig... Like other digital type specimens it’s a big long scroll full of samples and motion, but it’s as informational as it is showy.
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens #Typography #Fonts
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens #Typography #Fonts
Dunbar Design Repository
A Versatile Geometric Typeface System
cjtype.com
July 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Big fan of CJ Dunn’s new Dunbar Design Repository: cjtype.com/dunbar-desig... Like other digital type specimens it’s a big long scroll full of samples and motion, but it’s as informational as it is showy.
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens #Typography #Fonts
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens #Typography #Fonts
Still a few spots for the class I’m teaching at @letterformarchive.org on Saturday: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...
Followed by @slye.bsky.social on Sunday: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...
#Typography #TypeSelection #Fonts #Workshop
Followed by @slye.bsky.social on Sunday: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...
#Typography #TypeSelection #Fonts #Workshop
A Crash Course in Type Selection, Part 1: Exploring and Choosing Type | Letterform Archive
Learn techniques to make finding the right font the best part of any job.
letterformarchive.org
July 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Still a few spots for the class I’m teaching at @letterformarchive.org on Saturday: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...
Followed by @slye.bsky.social on Sunday: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...
#Typography #TypeSelection #Fonts #Workshop
Followed by @slye.bsky.social on Sunday: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...
#Typography #TypeSelection #Fonts #Workshop
“The promise of generative AI is that it can learn the underlying meta-structures of the training data, so that it can recompose and extrapolate them in ways that are novel or not represented well in the training data.
July 6, 2026 at 9:02 AM
“The promise of generative AI is that it can learn the underlying meta-structures of the training data, so that it can recompose and extrapolate them in ways that are novel or not represented well in the training data.
Q. Is it enjoyable to have to create multiple weight variations and italics for each font that you create?
“This is the work. Is all of it equally enjoyable? No, but it is what trains skills and shapes us as people who make this particular class of thing.
“This is the work. Is all of it equally enjoyable? No, but it is what trains skills and shapes us as people who make this particular class of thing.
July 6, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Q. Is it enjoyable to have to create multiple weight variations and italics for each font that you create?
“This is the work. Is all of it equally enjoyable? No, but it is what trains skills and shapes us as people who make this particular class of thing.
“This is the work. Is all of it equally enjoyable? No, but it is what trains skills and shapes us as people who make this particular class of thing.
“One of the many truly offensive things to me about AI-driven artistic processes is that they divorce the ostensible artist from their influences. All art draws on and builds on previous work in one way or another, and an artist ought to be aware of their influences, and ideally share information
Critique Request for Gothic Gumdrop (100% AI-generated submission to Google Fonts)
Hi Everyone, The Google Fonts contributor guidelines pointed me to this forum as a safe place to get feedback on my type designs.
typedrawers.com
July 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
“One of the many truly offensive things to me about AI-driven artistic processes is that they divorce the ostensible artist from their influences. All art draws on and builds on previous work in one way or another, and an artist ought to be aware of their influences, and ideally share information
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Introducing alphabit.studio!
Built for creating and editing fonts for small screens, embedded devices, retro systems, and anywhere bitmap fonts still make the most sense.
Import real formats, edit with proper pixel control, and export cleanly.
Enjoy, and get in touch if you spot anything lacking.
Built for creating and editing fonts for small screens, embedded devices, retro systems, and anywhere bitmap fonts still make the most sense.
Import real formats, edit with proper pixel control, and export cleanly.
Enjoy, and get in touch if you spot anything lacking.
Alphabit Studio
Design monochrome bitmap glyphs with variable-width editing and validation-aware export flows.
alphabit.studio
April 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Introducing alphabit.studio!
Built for creating and editing fonts for small screens, embedded devices, retro systems, and anywhere bitmap fonts still make the most sense.
Import real formats, edit with proper pixel control, and export cleanly.
Enjoy, and get in touch if you spot anything lacking.
Built for creating and editing fonts for small screens, embedded devices, retro systems, and anywhere bitmap fonts still make the most sense.
Import real formats, edit with proper pixel control, and export cleanly.
Enjoy, and get in touch if you spot anything lacking.
Carlo Bassani, Il Pittore di Caratteri : Alfabeti Artistici in Colore, Milano, 1890
archive.org/details/gri_...
#Calligraphy #Lettering #Alphabets #1890s #19thCentury
archive.org/details/gri_...
#Calligraphy #Lettering #Alphabets #1890s #19thCentury
June 14, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Carlo Bassani, Il Pittore di Caratteri : Alfabeti Artistici in Colore, Milano, 1890
archive.org/details/gri_...
#Calligraphy #Lettering #Alphabets #1890s #19thCentury
archive.org/details/gri_...
#Calligraphy #Lettering #Alphabets #1890s #19thCentury
Sam Berlow of @thetypefounders.bsky.social interviewed by type.today journal: type.today/en/journal/t.... Good questions and pretty transparent answers. This is the most I’ve read about the company’s business structure.
#TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts
#TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts
type.today
We collect fonts that could be used to type texts now. Fonts that meet modern technical requirements and tune in to the spirit of time. We develop collection of modern typography design instruments. W...
type.today
June 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Sam Berlow of @thetypefounders.bsky.social interviewed by type.today journal: type.today/en/journal/t.... Good questions and pretty transparent answers. This is the most I’ve read about the company’s business structure.
#TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts
#TypeIndustry #TheTypeFounders #TypeDesign #Fonts
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We’re seeking someone to lead our digitization program: jobs.gusto.com/postings/let...
#Museums #Digitization #GLAM #GLAMJobs
#Museums #Digitization #GLAM #GLAMJobs
Digitization Archivist at Letterform Archive
jobs.gusto.com
June 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We’re seeking someone to lead our digitization program: jobs.gusto.com/postings/let...
#Museums #Digitization #GLAM #GLAMJobs
#Museums #Digitization #GLAM #GLAMJobs
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We're looking for an Art Director to shape the visual identity of our trade art-book publishing program. The role will be onsite at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. Read more and apply: jobs.gusto.com/postings/let...
#BookDesign #ArtDirector #DesignJobs
#BookDesign #ArtDirector #DesignJobs
June 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We're looking for an Art Director to shape the visual identity of our trade art-book publishing program. The role will be onsite at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. Read more and apply: jobs.gusto.com/postings/let...
#BookDesign #ArtDirector #DesignJobs
#BookDesign #ArtDirector #DesignJobs
Just when I thought I knew all the cool stuff about Winold Reiss, I learn about M.A.C. (Modern Art Collector), his 11-issue magazine about commercial art from 1915–1918.
#WinoldReiss
#WinoldReiss
June 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Just when I thought I knew all the cool stuff about Winold Reiss, I learn about M.A.C. (Modern Art Collector), his 11-issue magazine about commercial art from 1915–1918.
#WinoldReiss
#WinoldReiss
VOLUMES Design Library opens on June 4! mailchi.mp/16874fb48506...
Congrats to Michael Ellsworth and his team for creating something really special in Portland. @laureola.bsky.social and I were lucky to get a preview last week.
#Portland #VolumesDesignLibrary #GraphicDesign #Libraries
Congrats to Michael Ellsworth and his team for creating something really special in Portland. @laureola.bsky.social and I were lucky to get a preview last week.
#Portland #VolumesDesignLibrary #GraphicDesign #Libraries
May 21, 2026 at 1:39 AM
VOLUMES Design Library opens on June 4! mailchi.mp/16874fb48506...
Congrats to Michael Ellsworth and his team for creating something really special in Portland. @laureola.bsky.social and I were lucky to get a preview last week.
#Portland #VolumesDesignLibrary #GraphicDesign #Libraries
Congrats to Michael Ellsworth and his team for creating something really special in Portland. @laureola.bsky.social and I were lucky to get a preview last week.
#Portland #VolumesDesignLibrary #GraphicDesign #Libraries
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There should be a type history scholarship or award named after Nicolete Gray.
Can’t count the times I’ve found a long-sought answer or a fascinating new question in her books. Not only “19th century ornamented typefaces”, but also “History of Lettering” w/ its appendix charts.
Can’t count the times I’ve found a long-sought answer or a fascinating new question in her books. Not only “19th century ornamented typefaces”, but also “History of Lettering” w/ its appendix charts.
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There should be a type history scholarship or award named after Nicolete Gray.
Can’t count the times I’ve found a long-sought answer or a fascinating new question in her books. Not only “19th century ornamented typefaces”, but also “History of Lettering” w/ its appendix charts.
Can’t count the times I’ve found a long-sought answer or a fascinating new question in her books. Not only “19th century ornamented typefaces”, but also “History of Lettering” w/ its appendix charts.
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Speak of the devil! This is on in Detroit right now.
Have fun! 🤠
Have fun! 🤠
May 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Speak of the devil! This is on in Detroit right now.
Have fun! 🤠
Have fun! 🤠
Just back from a quick trip to Portland. One of the finer signs we saw on the way home: www.flickr.com/photos/stewf... #Signs #Neon #NeonSigns #EugeneOR
J. J. Newberry Co. sign, Eugene, OR
Four-stroke neon upright script with small caps. The beauty of this letter design is there is a common baseline that can sit on top of those windows – no flat vs. round letters to negotiate (all overs...
www.flickr.com
May 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Just back from a quick trip to Portland. One of the finer signs we saw on the way home: www.flickr.com/photos/stewf... #Signs #Neon #NeonSigns #EugeneOR
ATypI has been posting videos from last year’s conference.
For anyone, like me, who is an Arabic outsider, I can highly recommend this session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ts...
Panels don’t always work well, but this one had such a wide array of perspectives and insights. I learned so much!
For anyone, like me, who is an Arabic outsider, I can highly recommend this session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ts...
Panels don’t always work well, but this one had such a wide array of perspectives and insights. I learned so much!
From Calligraphy to Pixels: Investigating Modern Arabic Type (panel) | ATypI 2025 Copenhagen
YouTube video by ATypI
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2026 at 5:01 AM
ATypI has been posting videos from last year’s conference.
For anyone, like me, who is an Arabic outsider, I can highly recommend this session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ts...
Panels don’t always work well, but this one had such a wide array of perspectives and insights. I learned so much!
For anyone, like me, who is an Arabic outsider, I can highly recommend this session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ts...
Panels don’t always work well, but this one had such a wide array of perspectives and insights. I learned so much!
Last year I was honored to give the 50th Dwiggins Lecture for the Society of Printers in Boston. The recording is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LE...
I try to capture what gives WAD’s type so much life, and the contemporary designers whose work also has those attributes.
#TypeDesign #WADwiggins
I try to capture what gives WAD’s type so much life, and the contemporary designers whose work also has those attributes.
#TypeDesign #WADwiggins
Stephen Coles: Warmth & Snap: What New Type Owes to W.A. Dwiggins
YouTube video by Society of Printers
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Last year I was honored to give the 50th Dwiggins Lecture for the Society of Printers in Boston. The recording is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LE...
I try to capture what gives WAD’s type so much life, and the contemporary designers whose work also has those attributes.
#TypeDesign #WADwiggins
I try to capture what gives WAD’s type so much life, and the contemporary designers whose work also has those attributes.
#TypeDesign #WADwiggins