Today we celebrate #TaxonomistAppreciationDay by sharing our story of the research and collaboration with @calacademy which inspired the DB Clariday family of fonts. Taxonomists ensure that every species on earth has one name and only one name. 1/17
Oaks by @TroughtonKel is available now at @futurefonts: https://t.co/s3PNVKYiQc. Kel has a full time job designing type @Monotype, and is co-instructor for the 2nd term of this year’s Type West class.
Kel Troughton, Oaks Display Type Family, Type@Cooper West Extended Program, 2018. Specimens and process books by graduates from @coopertypewest and the inaugural class of @typewest are now in the Online Archive: https://t.co/nSZn8A2cSa
Your fonts don’t just reflect your excellent taste in type; they mark you as a particular individual who can be targeted and profiled. Caitlyn Crites discusses how data is tracked.
#TypeCon2019
My buddy @TroughtonKel has brought his awesome project Oaks to @futurefonts. Kel has been a student of letters for decades, and it's awesome to see him make his first release! https://t.co/dDzGn6X6Cs
🥔NEW RELEASE🥔 Tommi Sharp Gill has really cooked up something tasty. Her typeface Taters began as an experiment to cut type out of potatoes! Freshly baked and delicious, this is one hot potato you don’t want to pass on. Get it for $12 https://t.co/pOEhNfygkU
After 2 successful years in partnership w/ @CooperType & the Continuing Education Department of The Cooper Union in NY, @Lett_Arc launched a new program: Type West. https://t.co/F6kBLC6OWc
For type & lettering classes in SF follow @type_west & subscribe to https://t.co/fA2Qg9OOkF
CA Winner: For a @coopertypewest workshop, @TommiSharp created Taters, a three-weight typeface inspired by carving potatoes into stamps. https://t.co/3W7yoiXZeh
The scene last night from Salon Series 10: the Occult. @elisecarlton captivated a full house as she guided them through the Archive’s mysteries. Shown: the Ouija typeface specimens from @coopertypewest’s first class. Spirits were conjured. Minds were blown. Nov. salon info soon.
Mitten’s Professional Movie Titlers (with lowercase), Redlands, CA, 1950s.
Tomorrow, July 31, @LouiseSandhaus visits San Francisco for a @coopertypewest Letterform Lecture on type in film. We’ll bring our Mitten’s along for the pop-up exhibit. Register: https://t.co/jljgk0fPkA
Join us for the opening reception to celebrate @coopertypewest's graduates' exhibition of the year's work @dependablesf on August 10 at 6. Refreshments provided by our friends at @typekit https://t.co/KRB1OuUVpo
The wood type specimen from Harrild & Sons (1906, London) that inspired yesterday’s variable font flossing performance (https://t.co/9pcZJ14p0N) with @AriadneRem at @coopertypewest/@Lett_Arc:
@TheJakeHanson @NickSherman@Lett_Arc@variablefonts Sorry, I though you were referring to the lecture https://t.co/Ah7zlxWqiS the workshop was not recorded.
I’m also giving a talk about the relationships between small-scale web projects, printed ephemera, and typographic innovation on Tuesday at @SFPublicLibrary as part of @coopertypewest & @Lett_Arc’s Letterform Lecture series. 🔠💻🖨📚🆕🆓
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Variable typeface workshop with @NickSherman this weekend. Curious about this flossing inspired new typeface. Thanks @AriadneRem for the OG flossing and @krismendoza_ for the video.