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TypeTalk: Five First-Rate Font Newsletters
If you want the word on the newest typefaces straight from the source, plus freebies and discounts, sign up for these free email newsletters.
Written by Ilene Strizver on June 16, 2010
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Q. I enjoy CreativePro.com's type coverage, but I want even more. What's another way to stay on top of the font world?
A. I recommend subscribing to the email newsletters produced by many font foundries and distributors. These free newsletters cover recent typeface releases and other font-related news and information. Some email newsletters even offer a free font for signing up, in addition to monthly discounts.
Your email inbox is probably already overflowing, but trust me, these e-newsletters will be a welcome interruption that will inform, inspire, and ignite your creativity!
Some of my favorites are below.
Rising Stars by Myfonts.com
This clean and simple enewsletter contains mouth-watering, colorful typeface showings; background information with lots of cool and informative links; and info on discounted fonts.
When you sign up for Rising Stars, you'll also receive Creative Characters, an interesting monthly enewsletter on "the faces behind the faces"; that is, the designers behind the typefaces.
Fonts.com Newsletter
There's no enticing name for this enewsletter, but the contents are anything but bland. The Fonts.com enewsletter contains showings of their latest font releases; links to the top-selling fonts and featured foundries; the fy(t)i column (written by yours truly); and other informative typographic articles.
Newsletter recipients receive a free font and are eligible for special offers and discounts not available to the general public.
Phil's Fonts News
This enewsletter spotlights the "latest and greatest" typefaces displayed in simple but effective showings. Free fonts are available separately from the main website.
Linotype LinoLetter
This enewsletter includes details on new and updated typeface releases, books, fonts sales, font libraries, and other type-related articles and links, such as the fonts used in movie posters. This enewsletter is available in English, German, and French.
Sign up and read archived issues.
Font Bureau News
The Font Bureau's clean, classy style translates well to its enewsletter, which includes new releases as well as links to noteworthy articles. While more a foundry than a type reseller or distributor, The Font Bureau holds an important and well-respected place in the world of type. Check out its main website for juicy links to blogs, as well as a Gallery, Font Talk, Type 101, and lots more.
Also Well Worth Your Time
- FontShop's Newsletter and The Font Feed
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones
- P22
What are your favorite font e-newsletters? Share them with us in the Comments section.
Love type? Want to know more? Ilene Strizver conducts her acclaimed Gourmet Typography workshops internationally. For more information on attending one or bringing it to your company, organization, or school, go to her site, call The Type Studio at 203-227-5929, or email Ilene at info@thetypestudio.com. Sign up for her e-newsletter at www.thetypestudio.com.
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Additional Font Sites/Email Newsletters
Canada Type (www.canadatype.com), Nick Piekos' Blambot site for comic book type fonts (www.blambot.com), Underware type (www.underware.nl), Emigré (www.emigre.com) and Ray Larabie's site (www.larabiefonts.com) come to mind, too.