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Just noticed in MS&J’s 1896 anniversary book what may be the earliest depiction in @Lett_Arc’s collection of a Black employee in the typefounding biz. (Of course, he’s doing one of the more dangerous jobs, pouring molten metal on an electrotype shell.) https://t.co/KQ30AS7Cv6
Merrill C. Berman (who has perhaps the most complete privately owned collection of graphic design) just posted an online gallery: Black Self-Empowerment: From The Crisis to the Black Panthers, 1920s–1990s
https://t.co/OjteN3JAuk
“Have you ever tried to domesticate a wild typeface? Christian Vargas has & the result is magnificent. I can’t deny my admiration for those who leave behind…anything that seems to be a safe path in the type industry.” @tullida on Salvaje #typefacesof2018 https://t.co/ANJZ8Kz4Px
New on Typographica: “Latin Letters, Made in Armenia.” @NaimaBenAyed and @de_franceschi_ report on multiscript type workshops in a place where combining writing systems is more than novelty — it’s necessity. https://t.co/YQ4skNEwxJ
A glut of 3D layer fonts out there. @JamieClarkeType’s https://t.co/3Xyin9jCdS seems one of the better crafted w/ a unique halftone shade.
Blesk https://t.co/XUGf1sFEke, a dazzling chromatic typeface inspired in part by Hans Tisdall lettering of the ’40s.
Closer look at the illies @laureola drew for my #ATypI talk: https://t.co/25qVw80TpG They surely lightened the load.