The Weekly Typographic

It would be impossible for us to ignore the biggest story in typography from the last week… Twitter’s new font. And more specifically, the Twitterverse’s reaction to it… which as you can imagine, was divided. We even made a late change our Nerd Alert topic for this week just so we could to talk to you about one of the technical elements of web fonts… called hinting.

Don’t worry, our whole episode isn’t dedicated to Twitter! We’ve also going to the very other end of the spectrum of typography and talking about stone carving, plus the moments of inspiration that spark a design, and sharing a nice list of free fonts for you to enjoy. What a week!

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What’s the storey? (See what we did there?). This week on the podcast we’re having a fun nerdy conversation about why double and single storey letters exist, and some of their distinct and fun characteristics. But that’s not all! We’ve also got articles and associated chats about typography and gender stereotypes, a bold rebrand, some hot font pairing tips, and ways you can make your design more inclusive everyday. Which we are here for.

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We’re back! And nerdier than ever! Do we have a type party for you this week on the podcast. We’re getting into design books, some hot UX/UI tips, the impact that variable fonts will have on optical size, a super interesting type trend that’s emerging, and then our big conversation on design tokens. What are they? How can they help? And the real question of are they just another trendy buzzword, or your new design best friend?

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It’s been a big (huge!) six months! We’ve run workshops, added to the League’s portfolio of open-source fonts, put out a newsletter and podcast every week, shared some interviews, nerded out, and found some great inspiration and education on the internet to share with you. Phew.

This week, before we take a couple of weeks off over the summer, we’re taking a look back and revisiting some favorite conversations and resources of 2021 so far. Make sure you listen to the podcast to hear why we're revisiting these favorites

We’re looking at some more trends this week - and it’s time for the typography trends of 2021 to get some airtime. We also talk typesetting considerations and the experience of reading digitally versus on paper, an important and practical thought-provoker on accessibility in design inspired by Stevie Wonder, and the role of typography in wayfinding. So much good typographic stuff to dig into.

Olivia is back in Nerd Alert corner, talking about the impact the industrial revolution had on typographic trends and styles - specifically the innovation of display and slab serif type choices. Listen to find out more.

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Last week we talked about what’s hot in packaging design, this week we’re turning our attention to logo trends. We’re also talking new typefaces, a bold, typographic-focused rebranding project and a little something fun out of Korea.

And over in Nerd Alert corner, Olivia is tackling the big topic of… the English alphabet. Known as one of the hardest languages to learn, largely due to the fact it’s an amalgamation of many other languages, Olivia is going FAR back through history to look at how we arrived at the 26 letters we have today. Make sure you listen to find out all the fun facts about which letters were the last additions to the alphabet we use today.

There’s been an influx of new fonts in the last couple of weeks, we’re talking about the creation of one of them this week; Irregardless by OhNo Type Co. We’re also talking about the most popular web-fonts, and web-font design decisions, a quirky 'long S' from yesteryear, and a super cool resource from the folks at Airbnb Design.

We have something a little different on this week's Nerd Alert; Olivia and Micah are talking careers with the great debate; should you work freelance, or in-house/agency/studio? Will we answer this eternal designer career question? Listen to find out…

Banknote design, typeface post-mortems, positioning statements and a heap of free resources. It’s time for another week of design news and nuggets of goodness from around the internet. We’re getting into some deep dives this week on design, but also thinking about the tools and approaches that will help our careers as designers. Check out this week’s links, and episode, for more on these conversations.

Also, Olivia has been trying her hand at magic... or at least digging into the magic of the optical illusions required in type design. Make sure you listen to this week’s Nerd Alert to hear more…