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.
A deep bow to @kellianderson.bsky.social for the astonishing ambition of Alphabet in Motion. My favorite pop-up mechanisms are those that clearly explain principles of type design that are difficult to show in static images: #KelliAnderson #PopupBooks #TypeDesign #Lettering
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A deep bow to @kellianderson.bsky.social for the astonishing ambition of Alphabet in Motion. My favorite pop-up mechanisms are those that clearly explain principles of type design that are difficult to show in static images: #KelliAnderson #PopupBooks #TypeDesign #Lettering
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Last night’s opening reception of “Piet Zwart: Brand Architect” was a great beginning for a great exhibition at @letterformarchive.org. Well worth a visit!
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Last night’s opening reception of “Piet Zwart: Brand Architect” was a great beginning for a great exhibition at @letterformarchive.org. Well worth a visit!
Still my favorite photo and caption in any book ever. (Muriel Cooper, by Daniel Reinfurt and Robert Wiesenberger. MIT Press, 2017.) #MurielCooper
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Still my favorite photo and caption in any book ever. (Muriel Cooper, by Daniel Reinfurt and Robert Wiesenberger. MIT Press, 2017.) #MurielCooper
If you’re at all interested in type history, the Stephen O. Saxe fellowship at RIT is a great opportunity to dig into one of the deepest troves of specimens & foundry documents. I’d love to see more of his collection surfaced through research. www.rit.edu/carycollecti...
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens
Summer Research Fellowships | Cary Graphic Arts Collection | RIT
www.rit.edu
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you’re at all interested in type history, the Stephen O. Saxe fellowship at RIT is a great opportunity to dig into one of the deepest troves of specimens & foundry documents. I’d love to see more of his collection surfaced through research. www.rit.edu/carycollecti...
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens
#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens
Matthew Butterick (lawyer, type designer, and author of Typography for Lawyers) has opened a law firm focused on AI litigation: buttericklaw.com
Butterick Law PC / pioneering AI litigation
Butterick Law PC / pioneering AI litigation
buttericklaw.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Matthew Butterick (lawyer, type designer, and author of Typography for Lawyers) has opened a law firm focused on AI litigation: buttericklaw.com
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This is a 52-pound 9000+ page accordion-bound artist’s book of Donald Trump’s lies, conceived, printed, and bound by Jill and Ray Nichols of @leadgraffiti.bsky.social in Delaware. Each of the 9000 pages has the text (per the Washington Post) of one or more of Trump’s lies; none are repeated.
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is a 52-pound 9000+ page accordion-bound artist’s book of Donald Trump’s lies, conceived, printed, and bound by Jill and Ray Nichols of @leadgraffiti.bsky.social in Delaware. Each of the 9000 pages has the text (per the Washington Post) of one or more of Trump’s lies; none are repeated.
Also, you get a comma. And a capital S which is usually a more useful test than T.
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Also, you get a comma. And a capital S which is usually a more useful test than T.
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
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Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...
IBM Selectric typewriters have appeared in countless movies and TV shows, but no individual machine will ever be seen as many times as Stephen J. Cannell’s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3s...
All of the Stephen J Cannell Logos
YouTube video by OjoCrítico.com
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
IBM Selectric typewriters have appeared in countless movies and TV shows, but no individual machine will ever be seen as many times as Stephen J. Cannell’s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3s...
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Thank you to the folks at the @flickrfdn.bsky.social for asking me some truly fantastic questions about archiving, the ephemeral nature of digital archiving, and what I've learned from working with Brits. (As ever, Flickr remains the best website on the internet!!!) www.flickr.org/a-chat-with-...
A chat with Elizabeth Goodspeed, Casual Archivst - Flickr Foundation
www.flickr.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Thank you to the folks at the @flickrfdn.bsky.social for asking me some truly fantastic questions about archiving, the ephemeral nature of digital archiving, and what I've learned from working with Brits. (As ever, Flickr remains the best website on the internet!!!) www.flickr.org/a-chat-with-...
Erik Marinovich & Lucas Sharp’s new Rotina is very fun. www.sharptype.co/typefaces/ro... I like how Erik brings his lettering instincts into his type design.
The Swash, a refined improvement on 1970s Helvetica & Univers Flairs (fontsinuse.com/typefaces/16...), is what the promos feature most,
The Swash, a refined improvement on 1970s Helvetica & Univers Flairs (fontsinuse.com/typefaces/16...), is what the promos feature most,
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Erik Marinovich & Lucas Sharp’s new Rotina is very fun. www.sharptype.co/typefaces/ro... I like how Erik brings his lettering instincts into his type design.
The Swash, a refined improvement on 1970s Helvetica & Univers Flairs (fontsinuse.com/typefaces/16...), is what the promos feature most,
The Swash, a refined improvement on 1970s Helvetica & Univers Flairs (fontsinuse.com/typefaces/16...), is what the promos feature most,
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Secretly here — as I've got only a few followers so far :)
Wrote it in preparation for a talk.
Warning — it is slow, real time.
#calligraphy #demo #intersections #home #brushlettering #veraevstafieva #unique #cmyk
Wrote it in preparation for a talk.
Warning — it is slow, real time.
#calligraphy #demo #intersections #home #brushlettering #veraevstafieva #unique #cmyk
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Secretly here — as I've got only a few followers so far :)
Wrote it in preparation for a talk.
Warning — it is slow, real time.
#calligraphy #demo #intersections #home #brushlettering #veraevstafieva #unique #cmyk
Wrote it in preparation for a talk.
Warning — it is slow, real time.
#calligraphy #demo #intersections #home #brushlettering #veraevstafieva #unique #cmyk
An IG type specimen for a one-off display face by a young, trendy designer?
No, this is Monotype in 1971.
www.flickr.com/photos/stewf...
#Neographik #TypeSpecimen #Fonts #Typography
No, this is Monotype in 1971.
www.flickr.com/photos/stewf...
#Neographik #TypeSpecimen #Fonts #Typography
Monotype Neographik ad, Penrose Annual, Vol. 64, 1971
I’ve always loved Neographik. Just one single style. A bit awkward, but sensible at the same time. Rarely used. The most recent prominent appearance was for the 2007 rebrand of The New Museum.
www.flickr.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
An IG type specimen for a one-off display face by a young, trendy designer?
No, this is Monotype in 1971.
www.flickr.com/photos/stewf...
#Neographik #TypeSpecimen #Fonts #Typography
No, this is Monotype in 1971.
www.flickr.com/photos/stewf...
#Neographik #TypeSpecimen #Fonts #Typography
Tweeted in 2011. Let's make it true in 2026!
Two unique buttons in every browser:
1. Read (using user's CSS prefs, a la Readability)
2. Pay (to publisher from user's personal fund)
1. Read (using user's CSS prefs, a la Readability)
2. Pay (to publisher from user's personal fund)
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tweeted in 2011. Let's make it true in 2026!
Right-wing typography seems to be lining up behind Instrument Serif. First the White House, now tech dystopia.
"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients.
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam
Andreessen Horowitz has injected $1 million into Doublespeed, a startup meant to flood social media with gobs of for-profit spam.
futurism.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Right-wing typography seems to be lining up behind Instrument Serif. First the White House, now tech dystopia.
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I got to spend a couple hours today with the family and friends of the late, great Jim Parkinson at his house in the Oakland hills. These melancholy occasions are always redeemed by the chance to reminisce and reflect on life.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I got to spend a couple hours today with the family and friends of the late, great Jim Parkinson at his house in the Oakland hills. These melancholy occasions are always redeemed by the chance to reminisce and reflect on life.
I’d love to see tech pundits be as critical about the industry’s abdication to Trump as they are about UX or business decisions. Tim Cook funds the Fealty Ballroom and hardly a peep out of the Apple writers.
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’d love to see tech pundits be as critical about the industry’s abdication to Trump as they are about UX or business decisions. Tim Cook funds the Fealty Ballroom and hardly a peep out of the Apple writers.
A great talk packed with type nerdery and ending on a heartwarming note. Skin & Bones was fairly successful for VGC fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31..., but earned Douglas F. Jones only $240 over a decade. Mark’s 2024 restoration will bring Jones double that amount within its first two years.
October 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A great talk packed with type nerdery and ending on a heartwarming note. Skin & Bones was fairly successful for VGC fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31..., but earned Douglas F. Jones only $240 over a decade. Mark’s 2024 restoration will bring Jones double that amount within its first two years.
❣️ (Heart Exclamation) has become a go-to emoji for me. Strangely, I never stopped to think of its origin. Hermann Zapf, of course! It was among dozens of his 1978 Dingbats adopted into Unicode 1.0 in 1991. The block was even initially named after the typeface! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat...
October 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
❣️ (Heart Exclamation) has become a go-to emoji for me. Strangely, I never stopped to think of its origin. Hermann Zapf, of course! It was among dozens of his 1978 Dingbats adopted into Unicode 1.0 in 1991. The block was even initially named after the typeface! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat...
I can’t wait for proportional typefaces to be in fashion again.
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I can’t wait for proportional typefaces to be in fashion again.
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My Birra Lambic typeface and calligraphy pages in Letter Exchange yearbook, a couple of years ago. I write with a flat brush — and actually the Birra Lambic design was based on some of my calligraphic sketches, a blend of Celtic and Italic
#typedesign #calligraphy #original #font #veraevstafieva
#typedesign #calligraphy #original #font #veraevstafieva
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My Birra Lambic typeface and calligraphy pages in Letter Exchange yearbook, a couple of years ago. I write with a flat brush — and actually the Birra Lambic design was based on some of my calligraphic sketches, a blend of Celtic and Italic
#typedesign #calligraphy #original #font #veraevstafieva
#typedesign #calligraphy #original #font #veraevstafieva
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Parch was designed in reverse using simple shapes to create the negative space. Check out the variable font tester on our website to see what it can do.
store.overlaptype.com/fonts/parch #typedesign #variablefonts #experimentaltypography
store.overlaptype.com/fonts/parch #typedesign #variablefonts #experimentaltypography
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Parch was designed in reverse using simple shapes to create the negative space. Check out the variable font tester on our website to see what it can do.
store.overlaptype.com/fonts/parch #typedesign #variablefonts #experimentaltypography
store.overlaptype.com/fonts/parch #typedesign #variablefonts #experimentaltypography
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i guess Cuomo is just using Mamdani's campaign design now
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
i guess Cuomo is just using Mamdani's campaign design now
It’s puzzling that in 2025, with all the energy and money Google has invested in web fonts, these are still the only options in Gmail.
(Of course, this low on the list of the many reasons not to use Gmail.)
(Of course, this low on the list of the many reasons not to use Gmail.)
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It’s puzzling that in 2025, with all the energy and money Google has invested in web fonts, these are still the only options in Gmail.
(Of course, this low on the list of the many reasons not to use Gmail.)
(Of course, this low on the list of the many reasons not to use Gmail.)
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To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Letterform Archive partnered with the San Francisco office of COLLINS on 100 Tens — 50 “1”s from the Archive’s collection paired with 50 new works from a range of today’s leading designers.
#LetterformArchive #100Tens
#LetterformArchive #100Tens
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Letterform Archive partnered with the San Francisco office of COLLINS on 100 Tens — 50 “1”s from the Archive’s collection paired with 50 new works from a range of today’s leading designers.
#LetterformArchive #100Tens
#LetterformArchive #100Tens