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P22 Font Playing Cards

News: Written on June 23, 2008

P22 type foundry announces the 2008 font playing card deck.

Call For Submissions: TypeGallery2008

News: Written on June 18, 2008

Submit your original type designs by July 9, 2008, to be included in this year's traveling show.

TypeCon2008 Registration is Now Open!

News: Written on June 4, 2008

The event features more than 70 legends and innovators and explores type for the screen, printing history, Dutch design, type in motion, the American Arts and Crafts movement, Arabic calligraphy and typography, and much more.

A Summer Camp for Type Lovers

News: Written on June 2, 2008

Type Camp Galiano will be held 3-8 August 2008 on Galiano Island, British Columbia

Linotype Releases Frutiger Serif Font Family

News: Written on May 21, 2008

Frutiger's classic namesake design earns its serifs.

P22 Type Foundry and the International House of Fonts Announce P22 Sneaky Pro By Award Winning Type Designer Michael Clark

News: Written on May 2, 2008

New typeface shares qualities of the popular Pooper Black

Monotype Imaging Enhances its Fonts.com Store

News: Written on April 29, 2008

Online font shop is easier to use, more visually appealing and now available in French, German, and Spanish.

Ascender Corp. Offers Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Fonts

News: Written on April 24, 2008

Problem solved for Mac OS X users who need fonts compatible with Office 2008 for Mac.

Hermann Zapf's Alphabet Stories Now Available in Embellished Second Edition

News: Written on April 14, 2008

First American edition sells out; second edition includes a letterpress-printed broadside designed by Zapf.

Hollywood Sign Meltdown Linked to Global Warming

News: Written on April 1, 2008

An inconvenient truth found in the Hollywood Hills

New Handwriting Fonts from P22/Sherwood

News: Written on March 3, 2008

Introducing two new handwritten style font sets from Ted Staunton's Sherwood Collection at P22 type foundry. Both styles are sure to please the fan of P22's collection of handwriting fonts looking for something just a bit different from anything else out there.

Canada Type Releases Historic American Text Font Family

News: Written on February 29, 2008

Digital type design and development firm Canada Type is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Ronaldson book face font family. Rooted in rich history as far back as the American Civil War, Ronaldson is the only digitization of the classic best-selling text typeface of the 19th century.

Quark and The Art Institutes Annual Design Competition Honors Students' Tribute to Typography

News: Written on February 20, 2008

Quark Inc. today announced the winners of its annual graphic design competition conducted in association with The Art Institutes. This year, contest participants were asked to create an original design in QuarkXPress{reg} that addresses typography in an informative, historical or humorous way.

P22: New Fonts From Norway

News: Written on February 4, 2008

International House of Fonts welcomes Mr. Sverdrup to its roster. He has been a freelance graphic designer for more than 20 years. Since 2005, has spent most of his time working on type design.

House Industries Expands Neutraface Font Collection

News: Written on January 11, 2008

House Industries has released a new version of its popular Neutraface font collection, called Neutraface 2.

All Berthold BE Fonts Now Available in OpenType Pro

News: Written on January 8, 2008

Berthold opens 2008, its 150th anniversary year, by adding another 100 OpenType Pro fonts to its expanding OpenType offerings. With this latest release, Berthold now offers all of the original Berthold BE families, which were part of the Adobe Type Library version 8, in OpenType Pro format.