Now in the library: More fonts for desktop

Hard to believe we’re nearly halfway through October. We’ve got a lot of updates for you this month, many of which you’ll hear about next week at Adobe’s annual MAX conference. Let’s kick it off with a look at what we’ve added to the library recently.

This week’s news comes from two of our foundry partners, Typofonderie and Underware. Both have just made their full collections available for desktop use in addition to web — that’s right, no more web-only fonts from these two!

Typofonderie

The collection from Typofonderie is full of winning options for all sorts of design needs. Now that all their fonts …

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Sally Kerrigan · October 9, 2018 · Fonts on Typekit

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Supporting Global Type Happenings This Month

Meghan Arnold · September 11, 2018 · Type Community

From the UK to Spain to New York to San Francisco, we’re happy to support a handful of get togethers of font-loving folk this month.

ATypI in Antwerp

ATypI 2018 kicks off today, bringing its annual assortment of workshops, talks and symposiums to Antwerp. Find our own Frank Greißhammer on the Type toolmakers panel early on Wednesday. Later that morning Vinod Balakrishnan, our colleague on the Photoshop team, presents Evolution of digital typographic needs. Catch Frank at 9:25 am and Vinod at 11:40 am.

We’re also supporting the closing party on Saturday evening. Please join us there and hear some remarks from Frank and …

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New on Typekit: Heading back to school with more fonts

Sally Kerrigan · September 6, 2018 · Fonts on Typekit

Just in time to get you sorted for a new school year, we’ve got more fonts in the library!

New fonts from Adam Ladd

Adam Ladd’s eye for graphic design is clear in the fonts he’s designed, and we’re excited to add these to our collection. For designs that might otherwise feel a little flat, Active adds a visual texture and contains plenty of alternate character styles to play with.

For a more personal touch than bold Active, try the gentle script Braisetto. This one stands up on its own, especially for packaging and branding uses, but can also be paired with bolder fonts …

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Fonts from two Japanese foundries added to Typekit

Sally Kerrigan · September 4, 2018 · Fonts on Typekit

We’re delighted to introduce two of our newest foundry partners, both based in Japan. Welcome Skill Information“S” and Kinuta Font Factory!

There are eleven new fonts in the library now from these two foundry partners.

Kinuta Font Factory

Kinuta has been producing fonts for nearly twenty years, and we’re pleased to add three of these typefaces to our library.

Among these is Iroha 32 Sakura Kana, a fresh take on the Gothic style that is commonly used in signage around Japan. Our Kinuta contact refers to this one as a new alternative for anyone needing to set Kana text in the Gothic style. Give …

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Source Serif Italics are here!

Frank Grießhammer · August 16, 2018 · Making Type Source Serif Italics are here!

At long last, Source Serif gets its Italics. This significant update to the Source family is available here on Typekit and also open source on GitHub.

When Source Serif was released in 2014, one of the first user requests was the addition of Italic styles. At the time, I had a complete Italic ready, which had been scheduled for release with the upright styles. After some deliberation with Robert Slimbach, however, we decided that its design quality was not a match to the Roman. It was a disappointing decision to hold the Italics back at the time, but in hindsight I can say …

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Over 600 Monotype fonts added to Creative Cloud subscriptions

Sally Kerrigan · August 8, 2018 · Fonts on Typekit

Creative Cloud customers now have access to 665 new fonts from 41 different type families, thanks to new additions from Monotype.

Many of these fonts were designed in the earlier 20th century and have since inspired a number of other typefaces in turn, which makes them valuable to have in your design toolkit. They’ve also seen a number of refinements over the years as they were all gradually adapted into digital type.

In short, we’re happy to add these to your Creative Cloud subscriptions. There’s a lot to browse, so here are a few highlights you might start with.

ITC Benguiat

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An interview with Nicole Dotin of Process Type Foundry

Mandy Brown · August 25, 2011 · Type Community

Tim Brown, Typekit’s Type Manager, interviews Nicole Dotin, typeface designer and partner at Process Type Foundry, on being a generalist, the wild web of web fonts, the future of type design, and more.

Tim Brown: Hi Nicole. Introduce yourself!

Nicole Dotin: Well, I’m a typeface designer and part owner of the Process Type Foundry. Although I started designing type in 2006 after attending the University of Reading, I’m only now finishing my first typeface which is set to be released this year. Before that, I taught typography and web design at the university level, I’ve worked as a web and graphic designer, and I …

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Hundreds more fonts in the library and Marketplace, 1,500+ added for sync

Ariadne Remoundakis · May 2, 2017 Fonts on Typekit Hundreds more fonts in the library and Marketplace, 1,500+ added for sync

In the four years since we began providing fonts for desktop sync via Creative Cloud, Typekit’s library has continuously grown as we meet more foundry partners who want to add their fonts to our service. Our library is a trusted resource for designers, and we’re the simplest solution for people who need access to a huge variety of great typefaces — all tested and vetted before we add them.

We’ve made the biggest increase to fonts in our library since we started offering fonts for sync, adding over 1,500 additional fonts to the sync collection from 28 different foundries. Most of these were only …

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From Broadsides to Websites: Miguel Sousa brings wood type to digital life with HWT Gothic Round

Nicole Miñoza · October 9, 2013 Making Type

Last week, we talked about the adventures of Adobe type designer Miguel Sousa as he traveled the US conducting research on his sabbatical project, a revival of a historic wood typeface. He carefully paged through gorgeously produced antique specimen books and studied the shopworn surfaces of giant wooden letters stained with the ghosts of ink from bygone eras. Miguel printed with rare alphabets hewn from nineteenth-century timber, fueling his imagination as he worked to craft a typeface that would smoothly meld historical charm with advanced typographic technology.

The result of Miguel’s summer sabbatical journey—along with many months spent on research and type design and production …

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