Alphabettes

Supporting work by women in type, typography, & the lettering arts since 2015. Many people tweeting here, many opinions. Image: Labor Day 1909, Lib. of Congress

[Type Electives @TypeElectives]

Join us this Friday, March 17th, for a special panel conversation on scholarships and mentorships for type design with Chantra Malee (@SharpTypeCo & @malee_scholar) and @VikBurian (@TypeTogether & @alphabettes_org )

Free and online, tell your friends! 🔥

https://t.co/pVpUbNZOPC

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

🚀📣💚 24 HOUR HANGOUT IS HAPPENING 💚📣🚀 Join us at anytime starting 12:00am ET on March 8 for 24 hours, in celebration of International Women’s Day!

Read about the details and link to the live hangout on our blog 📣🚀💚

https://t.co/kLsUMgkjan

[Nadine Chahine 🇱🇧 @arabictype]

Having a chat with @kaja_slojewska about balancing career with having a family. We’re trying to name 10 successful female type designers who have kids. Can you please help us name a few?

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

Tix are available here https://t.co/bvdk7Aye83

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

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[Dr Caroline Archer-Parré💙 @TypeTweets]

Next week we are running a webinar on the history of Women in Print. 98 people have booked to attend, of which 96 are female. Why? Are men not interested in the contribution women have made to trade? Are 21-century male historians as blinkered as their predecesors? I'm baffled.

[Sandra García Saldarriaga @Wondertypa]

I did a review on Ezhinshin promoted by @typedirectors on typography for Native North American languages, here you can see the reviews of @TiroTypeworks @tulseytype @SeesTheEnemy @jbravescout @calligraphio and Others. Take a look at @alphabettes_org blog:
https://t.co/pzl3lf2wON

[chytomo_eng @ChytomoE]

Beautiful project by @katerintseva - a mini-museum in Germany with 33 letters of the Ukrainian alphabet presented as the revived works of 33 prominent Ukrainian graphic artists
https://t.co/Ah1ap6ohda

[Júlia @arrobajulialago]

bom galera é isso, minha tipografia ganhou platinum (o maior da categoria!!?!), no CLAP Awards, prêmio internacional de design iberoamericano 🥹🥹✨✨

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

📣✨ New on https://t.co/ch4D4etELi: Interviews with Violet Duncan, Jessica Harjo, Monique Ortman, Sadie Red Wing, and Kathleen Sleboda 👇

[Type Directors Club @typedirectors]

Another great longread profiling some of the #Ezhishin bests just landed on @alphabettes_org!

Sit down with your coffee, see the view from the other side, and get some book recommendations from our speakers.

https://t.co/MK3rjrGKGg

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

@Morning_Type @typographica Good morning! Just for clarification: the Alphabettes header is not sponsored, we have no sponsors or any monetization efforts 🙂 —Amy

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

We’re also taking a break from the Alphabettes header to link to a growing collection of visual resources that can be downloaded, printed, and shared 🖤

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

📣 New on the blog: “Protest Scribes,” by Shaqa Bovand on finding inspiration from the history of Iranian protest art and lettering:
https://t.co/iiWuTjxQa2

“Woman, life, freedom” in Persian, lettering by Shaqa Bovand.

[Maria Montes @iamariamontes]

Proud to share my latest article called "Thai Type Tourist" on @alphabettes_org alongside a new Thai header set in Preuksa Black by Mint Tantisuwanna

https://t.co/RGavjdk1GE

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

🎉🎂7️⃣🎈 Today we celebrate 7 years of Alphabettes! Here’s the very first post on our blog (a few weeks before anyone was looking 👀): https://t.co/OL9Irpz80S

[Hanna Donker @h_donker]

Happy 7th @alphabettes_org!🚨❤️‍🔥The celebrating seven sevens are taken from this wonderful shop window advertising book named 'Etalage reclame' by P.J. van Dokkum, published back in 1938.

[Sandra García Saldarriaga @Wondertypa]

Hoy para el blog de https://t.co/wjx946zsgx @alphabettes_org le hice este bonito header:
Today for the Alphabettes blog

[Pooja Saxena @anexasajoop]

You guys, I am starting a newsletter 👀 I SPY WITH MY TYPOGRAPHIC EYE 👀 👩🏻‍💻 I will write about type and design, lettering and ephemera, books and reviews, you name it. The first issue comes out next week!

Sign up ➡️ https://t.co/D8IncQMoVy

[LiebeFonts @LiebeFonts]

I built myself a tiny office assistant, taking care of annoying customer requests.
😁

[Alphabettes @alphabettes_org]

ABORT THE PATRIARCHY by @grendl666. Donate to abortion funds if you can 👇 h/t @kayessgordon

[Jezebel @Jezebel]

Where to Send Your Money (That Isn't Planned Parenthood) https://t.co/icVdTH1i9N