TYPE Magazine

A magazine for people curious about fonts.

Edited by @RogerBlack

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Who is Jaroslav Benda? @docekalovapetra has spent the past 7 years finding the answer.
https://t.co/bcP9E4TsSb

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Farewell, Ed Benguiat.
A Master of Typography, Is Dead at 92 https://t.co/KWMJizBGDL

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How Nils Thomsen founded @TypeMatesFonts, designed the Pensum trilogy of fonts, and decided to trust his users.
https://t.co/gzpotbCRov

[Omnibus-Type @OmnibusType]

😍 Unwrap a typeface for every day of December... 🥕Lucas Czarnecki (@TYPEmag_org) suggested Graduate by Eduardo Tunni 🌞 https://t.co/fSM0GSDm82

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@marcxist Just a live event this time, but there'll be some related articles in the next issue of TYPE.

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Patric King shows off the new open-source super-family for Chicago, Big Shoulders. “It needs to look like a skyscraper.”

First styles are available on Google Fonts. https://t.co/Qagi84ntuC

#TypeTalesChicago

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“It’s funny because when you have been doing something for a very long time, there are a lot of things you do without analyzing quite why do you them.”—Matthew Carter on the insights gained from collaborating on his latest superfamily, Role.

Read more: https://t.co/9GWTL5wANL

[Bonnie Burton✍️📚🎲 @bonniegrrl]

I’m very proud of this article I wrote for the Fall 2019 issue #4 of Type Magazine about a woman who still uses a vintage @Morisawa_JP phototypesetting machine from the ‘60s in her business in Japan. She’s inspiring me to experiment with using older printing machines! 😍

[Michael Typolis ㎆ @typolis]

Thank you very much! @TypeNetwork, @mo_ri_sa_wa, @JuneShinDesigns I love it! ❤️ #TYPE No.4, Fall 2019 #typography @typemag

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@pksucks of @houseofpretty and @xotypeco reveals Big Shoulders, the new, free, open source typeface developed for "the community of Chicago." #TypeTalesChicago

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Learning proper letter forms from John Downer through the teachings of H. C. Martin. #TypeTalesChicago

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: John Downer channels the Chicago lettering master, Harold C. Martin in one is his own posters.
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Jen Farrell shows how she puts together 150 years of type to do contemporary design. And it's all metal and wood letterpress all the time!
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Rick Valicenti, taking us on a spellbinding history of Chicago typography, talks about influences. “It’s as thoughbwe’re all on the same radio frequency. And that’s okay.”
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[RogerBlack @RogerBlack]

: Doug Thomas extols the work of the Inland Printer magazine and its great editor J. L. Frazier. With wonderful typography and lettering. (This title header, by Will Ransom.)
#TypeTalesChicago https://t.co/ARuMt0yZTX

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A great start to the day with @SteveMatteson1, @dougthomas31, and Nermin and Will from @firebellydesign #TypeTalesChicago

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: Nermin Moufti and Will Miller talk with Mango Curtis about the thinking behind Firebelly’s work with Typeforce, the annual Chicago type event. #TypeTalesChicago.

[Doug Thomas @dougthomas31]

@firebellydesign worked to help reinvigorate the @typedirectors brand through re-evaluating the messaging in print and web, creating layered communication to forge a deeper interaction between the members. #typedrivesculture #typetalechicago @TYPEmag_org

[Doug Thomas @dougthomas31]

@SteveMatteson1 starting off #typetaleschicago @TYPEmag_org with a deep dive on the work of Fred and Bertha Goudy.

[RogerBlack @RogerBlack]

: Steve Matteson shows the early life and work of Frederic Goudy . . . In Chicago. #TypeTalesChicago