Typography

New North Press commissions a 3D-printed letterpress font, designed by A2-Type

By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated 31 October 22

APFEL’s new digital foundry explores type as ‘readymade’

London-based graphic design studio A Practice for Everyday Life has launched the APFEL Type Foundry, through which it will publish a growing library of typefaces developed through visual, textual and experiential research

By Elly Parsons • Last updated 27 October 22

Type hype: Ben Adams Architects design new office for Monotype

By Harriet Thorpe • Last updated 20 October 22

Decorating Tate: branding specialists North refresh the museum’s identity

By Elly Parsons • Last updated 17 October 22

Pencil to Pixel typography exhibition, New York

By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated 17 October 22

Anthony Burrill exhibition opens at Kemistry Gallery in London

By Lauren Ho • Last updated 13 October 22

Hem’s new brand identity plays with architectural geometry and colour

The newly launched identity was created for Hem by London-based practice Made Thought with a specially developed typeface by Letters from Sweden

By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated 7 October 22

Chiachi Chao’s typography blends Western and Eastern writing styles

Our Next Generation 2022 showcase shines a light on 22 outstanding graduates from around the globe, in seven creative fields. We profile Taiwanese type and graphic designer Chiachi Chao, a graduate of ECAL, Lausanne

By Jonathan Bell • Last updated 6 October 22

Cover to cover: Lettering Arts Centre displays Michael Harvey's iconic design

By Clare Dowdy • Last updated 22 September 22

Frozen motion: Philippe Apeloig makes his mark on porcelain

By Amy Verner • Last updated 31 August 22

True to type: master of print Alan Kitching displays 'A Life in Letterpress'

By Clare Dowdy • Last updated 27 August 22

Type cast: the story behind our custom Copan font by London studio Julia

By Jonathan Bell • Last updated 27 August 22

Fix up look sharp: Balmond Studio launches new brand identity

By Ali Morris • Last updated 26 August 22

Go underground: 100 years of Edward Johnston’s seminal London typeface

By Sam Rogers • Last updated 26 August 22

Set in stone: Sekford and Salvatori carve out a timeline of typography

By Sujata Burman • Last updated 18 August 22

Playful typography: MAD looks back on the 1960s and 70s

By Carly Ayres • Last updated 10 August 22

A marked legacy: Monotype looks back at the work of Eric Gill

Monotype is staging a week-long celebration of Eric Gill and his most legendary works. Gill started working on Gill Sans in 1927 and produced Joanna a few years later, in 1930; both fonts have been since adopted by Monotype, which has continuously been adapting them to contemporary typographic needs, from different alphabets to new currency symbols, as well as use on digital platforms.

By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated 6 August 22

Johnston Sans: TfL toasts 100 years of signage during Clerkenwell Design Week

By Ali Morris • Published 20 May 16

The AIGA National Design Center in New York looks back on 100 years of typography

By Angela Riechers • Published 2 May 14