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Our favorite share-worthy reads of 2022 Friends! We are fast approaching the end of the year, which means we get to start our traditional episodes of sharing some fam favorites from the year. This week we're sharing some articles that we loved reading, thinking, and talking about this year and have been noodling on ever since we first saw them. We're revisiting death metal logos (which was one of your fav episodes too), genderless design, the Olympics rebrand, and our friend, OK. Next week it's all about our favorite fonts and cool tools for the year. So keep your peepers peeled for that one. If you've seen something that you think we should talk about, let us know! Hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

2022 Retrospective There's a bit of a theme to this week's articles, with a bit of a ‘using type on the web' flavor to our links and discussions. Which is good because we get to pick Micah's brain on some of these subtleties and clever tips on using type well in web designs. As we move into the end of the year (how?!) we're doing a few end-of-year-y conversations. Starting with this one, which is a bit of a retrospective on the 2022 year in design. We're revisiting the Monotype Type Trends report to see what came true, chatting about what we've seen in the world, and what we've been surprised about over the last 12 months. Let us know if you've seen something different - we'd love to know. If you've seen something that you think we should talk about, let us know! Hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Adobe Fonts Deep Dive Hands up if you enjoyed our conversation with DJR last week. It's proving a popular episode - thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed it. This week we've got some fresh new links to talk about, and a nerd alert that segues from last week's interview. We've got some rather beautiful examples of 3D lettering created by a text to image AI generator, a riff on color fonts, UI chats, and a cool bespoke typeface out of Brazil. Our big nerdy chat this week is all about Adobe Fonts. The good, bad, and ugly of the evolution from Typekit to Adobe Fonts and how some of the mechanics work behind the scenes if you're a designer putting fonts into the catalogue. As usual, if you've seen something that you think we should talk about, let us know! Hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. PS. No podcast next week as we're taking some time off for the holiday weekend here in the US, but we'll still drop into your inbox to give you something to read between servings of pie.  Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

An interview with David Jonathan Ross We've said it before and we'll say it again; the conversations we have with people from around the type and design industry make our hearts very happy. And this week is another example of that as we got to talk to the one and only David Jonathan Ross, or DJR. He shares his insights on what's happening in the type world, how he runs his type design business, and much much more. It's a fun conversation, we hope you love it too. We've also got articles and things for you to read. A hot tip from DJR, a cool piece of type merchandise / marketing, an early 2023 trends list, and some interesting changes to categories at the Type Director Club awards. If you've seen something that you think we should talk about, let us know! Hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Emerging Type Tech Tools Over the last couple of months, we've come across a few fancy new tools and tech for designers / type designers that have had us talking. So this week, we've packaged all of those up in a nice box and presented them to you as an audio (and newslettery) gift. There's some thoughts on AI+type, a serious upgrade to an existing type-creation tool, new things to make 3D design with, a super cool tool for making handwritten type, and a typeface funded by the future. If you've seen another emerging tech tool that you think we should have included, tell us! Hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

So you want to distribute a font? We've been talking and thinking a lot lately about the different routes for designers who design type, but aren't necessarily wanting to be full-time type designers. Do you need to start a foundry? How do you get your type out there? Do you have to distribute via one of the big platforms like Google or Adobe? (Spoiler alert: the answer to all of these questions is no). We're talking about this more this week in a nerd alert all about novel ways of distributing fonts. There's also a few articles to enjoy. Two historical institutions had type-heavy rebrands, Libbie Bischoff has a new typeface in progress, and we looked at an article that celebrates our favorite two letters; OK. You know what to do - if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should be talking about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Tattoo Lettering We're back on our regular schedule after last week's fun detour to collaborate with the Interrobang podcast (if you haven't listened to that one, it's a fun one, so make sure you scroll back a week in your podcast player to give it a listen). This week we tried to get into spooky season mode, but the closest we got was tattoos, which took us down a pretty interesting route looking at the skill overlap between tattoo artists, letterers, and type designers and the different challenges when you're working on a ‘skin canvas' versus a digital or (non-living) physical canvas. We're also talking about the role of designers in designing for good when it comes to technology use and mental health, looking at a clever Twitter thread, and enjoying a new custom typeface for Braun. You know what to do - if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should be talking about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Weekly Typographic x Interrogang Crossover Do not adjust your sets! We are coming to you this week with a very special (early) episode with our first crossover episode. And we couldn't be happier with this crossover as we're talking to the delightful and equally-as-nerdy-about-typography, Kyle and Josh from the Interrogang Podcast. cue applause We mashed up our respective podcast formats - Kyle and Josh brought two great links about new type releases, and we offered up two articles on how type is being used in the world in two rebrands. We loved the different perspectives and metaphors that Kyle and Josh bring to the conversation. After the links, we dive into a nerd alert talking about the ways that type designers can get their type out there, in particular new ways of producing and marketing type and whether you really have to start a foundry if you're making type on the regular. We had a blast, we hope you enjoy this conversation too. And if you did, you can let us know! Find us on Twitter or Instagram @theleagueof on both platforms, and catch Kyle and Josh on Twitter @proof_and_co. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Packaging Design Storytime: From Dieline to Production Line Settle down children, and pull up a comfy seat - it's story time. Join Olivia and Micah in the reading corner for this week's nerd alert where Olivia is talking all about the world of packaging design. She shares her early experience of doing bespoke event packaging, and then moving into more commercial packaging where she learnt all of the intricacies, politics, and legalities of big-brand packaging design. As usual, there's also practical tips if you are doing packaging design, or would like to add it to your design repertoire. As usual, we also chat about some other links and fun things. Monotype have gobbled up another collection of typefaces, our friend Elliot Jay Stocks has shared his experience of moving his website to use variable fonts, there's some chatter about blocking web fonts for privacy reasons, and the London Fire Brigade have a charming new custom typeface. You know the drill - if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Startup Design Trends We're back to regular scheduling this week with Micah and Olivia chatting about all things type and design. And we're gonna be honest, this week's links are a somewhat ragtag mix of design and type talking points. We chat about a recent Dinamo newsletter where they interviewed a Font Licensing Specialist, look at some handy insights on using typography in infographics, check out the baller move from Canva in releasing eleventybillion new products in one go, and enjoy the quirk-fest of an identity for this year's Brand New Conference. We also have a nerd alert this week, all about start up design trends. Is it still a sea of blue logos and lower case, sans serif word-marks, or has the world changed? (Spoiler alert… not really, but it's a bit more purple than blue). But you'll have to listen to this week's episode to find out the full verdict. As usual, if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

An Interview with Beatriz Lozano We're having a chat with another designer this week, and we're super excited that that designer is the wonderful Beatriz Lozano [insert cheers and whooping here]. We've been such fans of Beatriz's work and approach for a long time, so we loved picking her brain on all things tech, design, education, plus a peek into the future

3D Type Showcase: A Brave Neue World Every so often we like to take a longer look at a certain type/design style or part of the industry. We've been seeing a lot of interesting 3D design pop up recently, both in the real world and in the overlayed world of AR so we wanted to get a little bit deeper to take a peek at different applications of this field. There's some amazing artists doing such creative work, we've picked five to have a look at and a chat about this week; Alex Valentina, Rajshree Saraf, Vincent Wagner, Mora Vieytes, and Noah Camp. So grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy the eye candy and brain explosions… If you've seen something cool on the internets (whether in 3D or any other dimensions!) that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Trial Fonts and Tribulations This week Olivia is joined by Steph and they are having a big old chat about trial fonts; what we like about them, what annoys us about them, their possibilities, and some of the creative ways foundries are using them / thinking about them as part of their marketing plan. (If you've got strong thoughts on trial fonts - we'd love to hear them, hit reply and let us know!). As usual, we're also talking about some type and design news. We chat about Katy Cadwell's new NDA Podcast, and her recent episode about the highs and lows of comments on design websites and some fascinating behind the scenes insights from designers and platform owners. We pop in on our friends at I Love Typography to look at their recent article on fonts for books (which has lots of foundries and designers we weren't familiar with), hop over to Chile to read about the Chilean typography scene guided by Franco Jonas, and then admire a rather nice piece of brand design on what is a rather serious financial service; life insurance. You know the deal; if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Maximizing Marketing: Taking Your Type to the People There's a bit of everything in this week's newsletter and chats; a super detailed behind the scenes on an iconic rebrand, some handy web design typesetting tips, a case study of alternative design education options (and the importance of practice), and a cool look into some left-handed calligraphic design. This week's nerd alert was inspired by Commercial Type's recent interesting marketing/advertising approaches. There was a wheat-pasting campaign around New York City, and some rather bright placards popping up around a European cycling event. The natural habitat of typical font-purchasers and design enthusiasts? Maybe not. A good example of thinking laterally about your marketing? Maybe…? We also talk about some of the more ‘traditional' approaches of type marketing, but we'd love to know if you've seen any other really creative / alternative approaches to marketing of typefaces/foundries. You know the deal; if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

An Interview with Libbie Bischoff, Founder of Type Du Nord We're not going to lie, one of the things that gives us the most energy is talking to type designers / people working in the type and design industry. Our cups are overflowing this week after a delightful conversation with Libbie Bischoff. We spotted Libbie's amazing 52 Fonts project early this year and were blown away by her dedication and persistence to putting out a new font every week. We couldn't wait to get her on the podcast to talk about why she chose to do this(!), how she structured her design process, and how she stuck to it. She shares all of these juicy details and more, including the process of transitioning into running her foundry (Type Du Nord) off the back of this project. We are full of admiration. There's also some things for you to read, including a heap of recent font releases, a stack of new sources for free fonts (woo!), a cool typography project happening as part of SVA's 100 Days project, and an example of a foundry using DALL-E for their marketing materials. You know the deal; if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

DALL-E 2: Are we all out of jobs? It's so good to be back in recording mode, and this week we took it to the next level by recording IN THE SAME PLACE! Olivia took a lil road trip to see Micah and they recorded together. Cute. This week we're talking about DALL-E; what it is, why it's useful, why it's not, the things people are worried about, and why we're not worried about (all) of the worries. This week's podcast cover image was generated by DALL-E… you'll have to listen to the episode to find out what the prompt was though. We're also talking (/ranting) about genderless design and also an interesting open-source decision from Microsoft. Don't forget to grab a ticket to this weekend's workshop (it starts tomorrow!) all about bettering your vectoring skills - super useful beyond just type design. As usual, if you can't make it live you'll receive the recording… but only if you sign up! You know the deal; if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You can find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

It's Season 3, Baby! FRIENDS! WE'RE BACK! And not only are we back on the podcast, but we're 'back to school' as we have a new workshop happening later this month with the wonderful Aline Kaori. On the podcast Micah and Olivia are talking about what we've been enjoying this summer, what we're seeing around the type & design world, and some sneak peeks into what's coming up in season 3 of the Weekly Typographic podcast; interviews, deep dives, trips into the future, and some fun surprises... TBH we're amazed this episode isn't three hours long, we've got so much to chat about after our break. As usual, there's also some articles for you to enjoy that we're chatting about on the podcast. Including a look into the history of Faux Hebrew fonts, the future of web fonts, the under-appreciated use of type in healthcare settings, and a fun type + textiles project. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Season 2 wrap It's the end of season 2! There's exactly zero rhyme or reason to when we call time on a season (see the fact season 1 was about three months, and season 2 has been over two years), but we're taking a break for a few weeks over the summer and will be back with a refresh/glowup*. But, wipe those tears away our friends, we'll still be dropping into your inbox each week with your usual fix of type and design news and reviews. We're seeing out season 2 with a throwback of our old episodes where we just talk about the links. To be honest, we probably could have just talked about the first link for an hour; the new Instagram branding. Strap yourself in for some thoughts on this. In less controversial topics, we're also talking about some handy font analysis tools, the ‘trend' of anti-design, looking at some lovely type Inso from a 36 days of type project, and enjoying a new (to us) nerdy resource about the history behind logos. As usual, if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. or winter, for our Southern Hemisphere pals *are the kids still talking about glow ups? Asking for a friend… Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

An interview with Juan Villanueva We're just going to say it. We love Juan Villanueva. So we're especially happy to have him joining us on the podcast this week for a chat about type design (of course), the changing landscape and opportunities in type design education, and his multitude of roles and contributions to the type community. There's heaps of good stuff in this interview, and we hope Juan is your new typographic BFF afterwards too. Your weekend reading includes some handy tips for freelancers, a niche design collection of rave club membership cards, a typesetting game, and a new playground for experimental fonts and font technology. Juicy. As usual, if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Web3: what we've learned so far We've been teasing this topic for MONTHS and we've finally pulled together all our learnings so far about web3/NFTs to make an episode. This will be part 1, as after our summer break we're going to bring you an interview with an expert and/or creator in this field to dive deeper into it. So think of this week as your amuse-bouche, covering the potential for web3 as creators, but also some of the (significant) problems with it. The other fun articles we're chatting about include handy UX/UI tips, beautiful Arabic book design, and the specifics of merchandise design. As usual, if you've seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about, you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Episode 100! We did it!! We made it to episode 100! We're taking a little trip down memory lane this week and sharing some of the origin stories that you might not know about your favorite(!) type and design news podcast. And you have to listen to hear a clip from the first ever Weekly Typographic episode that Micah and Olivia recorded IN A CAFE. We cannot. Not gonna lie, this is a very wholesome episode. Along with looking into the past, we are also sharing news and links from the present. We've got yet another outstanding microsite from Grilli Type, a funky design/type project that tackles emotions, some actual science exploring ageist fonts, and a tasteful way-finding project. There's something for everyone. As usual, if you're seen something cool on the internets that you think we should know about you can let us know on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

Designing a custom for for UI It's another special interview episode! This week type designers Eben Sorkin and Mirko Velimirovic join us for a chat. They are two of the creators behind Spline Sans; a new grotesque sans serif family purpose-built for UI interfaces. We ask Eben and Mirko all the deets behind creating a UI-focused typeface, some of the experiments they ran along the way, and the collaboration process. It's a nerdy and detailed conversation, we think you'll enjoy it too. Check out Spline Sans on Google Fonts!

The realities of open source This week's newsletter is pretty much one big ball of wholesome goodness. There's a fun retro project, a super detailed article about variable fonts, a designer shaking up the Arabic type education space, and a wonderful short film about an icon of hand lettering / sign writing. In the nerd alert we're getting into the guts of what it really means to exist in the open source space. The highs, the challenges, the fun, and the opportunities. Olivia grills Micah on all of the open source things, and we're also putting out a little call out to the community for some extra help in running the back-end of the open source part of the League, so make sure you listen for more deets. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

An interview with Chris Skillern of Tulsey Type One of the things we really love about doing this podcast is the opportunity to chat to type designers, and especially newer designers who are doing their own thing with type design. This week we're delighted to chat with Chris Skillern, from Tulsey Type. You might recognise Chris' name from the TypeWknd21 round up episodes last year, as we really enjoyed his talk about the Cherokee syllabary. We catch up with Chris to find out about his experience completing the online Type West course, his tips for creativity and type design, and what he's working on now. We've also got some links for you to enjoy too; an interesting font and browser extension project focused on low vision legibility, a logo that redraws itself, a cool resource for designers impacted by the pandemic, and a cool tiny design project. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links

A point in time: the history of type sizing We're back to some nerdy nerdiness in this week's episode, featuring a nerd alert all about the weird and wonderful history of type sizing systems. If you want to be able to tell your pica from your bourgeois, then make sure you wrap your ears around this week's episode. All bases are covered in week's articles where you'll find a bit of branding, a bit of trend-spotting, a bit of creative collaboration, and a bit of designer behind-the-scenes. Fun! As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram. You'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Five Indie Foundries to Follow It's Good Friday, and whether you celebrate the Easter holiday or not, we thought we'd use the long weekend as a good excuse to celebrate some indie foundries that you should put on your radar. We've each picked a foundry that we're into at the moment, and are talking about them on the podcast. We also asked our friend Tré Seals what foundries he's enjoying following at the moment, and true to form he sent us a huge list! If you're a member, you'll see more of Tré's suggestions in the member fonts section of the newsletter this week. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, or want to alert us to any indie foundries you're admiring right now, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Type Design School Round Up Lots of nerdy goodness this week, and don't worry, no April Fools gags here - just good, honest typographic fun. We're looking at a cool open source tool that fixes some of the pain of ragging your web type, and finding out about a designer with a background in graffiti and who uses this skill in their typographic and design work. We're also reading about two really cool revival projects; one out of France presented by the awesome folk at Velveteen, and one by Brandon Nickerson, which was an accidental typeface born out of a logo project. For this week's Nerd Alert we're chatting about type education. In this first part of a few conversations we want to have about this topic we're looking at formal type education schools. We're talking about some of the ‘big' names you often hear thrown around (Type @ Cooper, TypeWest, Type Paris, Reading, and The Hague), and talking about the differences between them, and why a formal program might be a good idea for someone. We're going to follow this up with an episode about more self-directed, virtual, and shorter options, so keep your eyes and ears peeled for those. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Font Pairing Pitfalls We're hopping all over pop culture, tech, and some nerdy education this week. We're looking at a very cool new free tool to create your own experimental typography, some intricate design changes of Google's Canary icon, the typographic beauty and attention in Wes Anderson's latest film, and a very informative video lecture about type pairing and categorization. Plus, if you listen to the podcast you'll find our how going on dates can help improve your description of typographic terms for non-type nerds. We know you come here for the typography content, but you stay for the life advice. For this week's Nerd Alert we're joined by Oliver Schöndorfer from Pimp My Type who's sharing the three pitfalls on pairing fonts that he sees people trip up on all the time (we were nodding furiously at all of them). This is a little teaser in advance of our next workshop, happening over the first weekend of April, where Oliver will share even more juicy details on taking the pain away from pairing. You'll also have a chance to practice some pairing and get feedback from Oliver if you join us live. Make sure you grab your spot. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Trendy Type All your dreams have come true. We're doing a workshop about pairing AND we're doing it with the wonderful Oliver Schöndorfer. That's right, the topic that drops into our inbox the MOST is how to get better at pairing type, and we couldn't think of a better person to partner with for this topic than Oliver from Pimp My Type. It's happening over the first weekend of April, and there'll be juicy information plus a chance to practice some pairing and get feedback from Oliver if you join us live. So much good stuff. We're feeling trendy this week so are talking about some looks that are emerging and evolving in design / typography at the moment. Starting with Monotype's 2022 trend report (make sure you listen to the podcast to get a sense of how underwhelming we found this year's report), and then looking at the 80s revival happening in brand and campaign work. We then cheer ourselves up by looking at some super inspiring indie foundries from around the world, and an upcoming educational event being run by our friends at I Love Typography. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the internets that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Book Design Storytime: From Front Cover to Back cover Friends! We've got another workshop happening soon. No spoilers yet, but keep your peepers peeled next week for more juicy deets. Clue: it's a topic that people request in our inbox all. the. time.

Geography Typography Whoop! We had a great workshop with Thomas Jockin earlier this week talking everything about the pitch. We not only talked about pitching custom type to your clients or your boss, but got into pricing, positioning, and turning existing clients / relationships into ongoing clients. Good stuff. We've got plenty of fun stuff in this week's podcast episode (and not just Micah and Olivia's attempts at British and Australian accents). We're going around the world in five typefaces as we look at type design examples where designers have had to design a typeface that becomes part of the visual identity for a city, or even a whole country! So many great examples, and we love it when studios/designers do detailed write ups of their process. As usual, if you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. One of the weekly member perks is a little selection of handpicked fonts we find for you. This week we're sharing fonts from Ukrainian foundries Mint Type, Valentyn Tkachenko, and Kyiv Type Foundry. We've picked some specific fonts for members, but thought you might want to go check out these foundries too, and support creators in the Ukraine. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

How to start a revival project It's almost time! Next week we're talking custom type pitching at our next workshop with guest instructor Thomas Jockin. Thomas is joining us to share his lessons, structures, and processes for successful custom type design pitches, and we reckon that these lessons would be useful for other design disciplines too, not just custom type. Don't miss out, register for your space and if you can't join us live, you'll get a link to the recording afterwards. We're also talking about a super unique reverse contrast stencil type project by Weekly Typographic listener Sophia, getting very nerdy about the math of size specific spacing, and sharing a fun typography event that friend-of-the-League Sarah Hyndman is running next week. Lots of fun stuff! And we're rounding out with a nerd alert about revival projects; what are they, what sources can you use, why should you do one, and where to start. Olivia and Micah share their experiences with revival projects, including some of their favorite specimens to use for inspiration. If you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

The business of custom type ICYMI we've got a super interesting new workshop happening right at the end of this month, all about the biz-niss side of custom type design. And we've asked our esteemed friend Thomas Jockin to join us to share his lessons, structures, and processes for successful custom type design pitches. Thomas is joining us on this week's nerd alert to share a few of his insights (without any workshop spoilers) and give you a little flavor of what to expect in a couple of weeks. Make sure you register to join us! In this week's articles we've got some exciting news from a project we talked about last year, which is working to update the Unicode to include indigenous Canadian language support. We're also discussing whether a font can be racist, about whether it's worth changing the typefaces on your website, and sharing a little bit of eye-candy design inspo from some nice restaurant identity designs. If you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Love type: fonts and romance New workshop alert!! We're so excited to partner with our very clever friend Thomas Jockin and give you the chance to dig into his amazing business brain when it comes to selling custom type projects to clients. He's pitched (and won) type projects with big names like Microsoft and Google, and has a decade of experience in crafting the perfect pitch, all of which he'll be sharing with YOU on 28 Feb. Register for this one to go away with heaps of tips for your next type pitch. In this week's articles we've got two industry topics, one on the recent move by Dribbble to bring Fontspring into their growing family, and another from Nuclear bits on what they're seeing as a result of Hoefler&Co joining Monotype last year. In a typographic tribute to Valentine's Day, we're getting squishy and talking about rrrrromance. Ok, it's not a day we're actually fans of, but we did love the excuse to talk about some type and design trends in popular culture… even if they're trends that Olivia HATES. Make sure you tune in to hear Olivia get very passionate about her dislike of the new cliches of romance media. If you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Books for the brain It's book week here at the League and we're getting nerdy talking about some of the best type design books around at the moment, particularly some more recent releases we've enjoyed. Steph's joining us on the podcast to chat about books about making fonts (Dan Cederholm's Twenty Bits I Learnt About Making Fonts, OH no Type Co's Type School zine, and Sofie Beier's small but mighty Type Tricks), books about a very specific category of typography (Arcade Game Typography by Toshi Omigari), and an absolute beauty of a book that has a very typographic influence (Spike by Spike Lee, designed by Tré Seals). Olivia and Steph share everything they love about these books on the podcast, and if this piques your interest to add to your design library, you can find out more about these books, or buy your own copies with the links we've included in this week's newsletter. If you've grabbed any other recent type books that we've missed, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms, to tell us all about them. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

An interview with Olivia King, design director and type designer It's a double dose of OK this week as our own Olivia Kane is interviewing the Australian design director and type designer, Olivia King. We promise it's a fun and insightful conversation, and not confusing with all the Olivias! We talk about broaching the subject of bespoke typefaces with clients, the joys of open source, the art of creating a typeface that encompasses the essence of a whole geographic area, accessibility, and some mental health and career thoughts for designers. A great conversation to kick off 2022's interviews. We've also got some reading for you this week; something different from Bauhaus, a neat rebrand, some inspiration about the longevity of typography, and a bit of eye-candy in the form of some book spines. If you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

What's with all the death metal lettering?! Ok, strap yourselves in, we're talking metal this week. Late last year Olivia noticed the curious ‘trend' of metal-esq lettering being used in all sorts of places. This inspired her to go DEEP into type detective mode and got into the stylistic musical and aesthetic differences in the sub-genres of metal, the logo legend behind so many metal logos, and why we're seeing this crop up in some pretty unlikely places right now. It's a dark, loud, and fun ride in nerd alert this week as we explore all of this, and more. Meanwhile, in the type and design news and articles we're talking about a brilliant project championing the many unsung women throughout the history of typography, fixing all your murky CSS gradient woes, checking out a very funky type-heavy brand identity, and being inspired by a cool project by a friend of the League. What have we missed? If you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Woo! 2022! We're baaaaaack! New year, new podcasts, interviews, workshops, newsletter features, and of course, new type + design news. We're super excited to be back on air with our first podcast of 2022, where we talk about a cool piece of work that Micah worked on with Google, a suuuuper inspirational project from Do-Hee Kim, a very exciting update to League Spartan (it moves!), some client conversation tips, and a good old revival project. Micah and Olivia also give you an exclusive sneak peek into some of the topics we've got coming up in future nerd alerts and workshops, AND Olivia shares some of her expectations on trends that might fly, or die, in 2022. What have we missed? If you spot anything cool on the web that you'd like us to chat about, hit us up on Twitter or Instagram, you'll find us @theleagueof on both platforms. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Our favorite free font finds of 2021 This week we're wrapping up for the year by looking back at our favorite free fonts that we've found this year. We've dived back into the shares from the last 12 months and have enjoyed revisiting some of the ones we still can't get enough of. We've got everything from workhorses to fancier scripts, and something pretty creative too. So scroll down and listen in to find out what freebies we loved this year. We hope they fit nicely into your own catalogue (or gazillion open tabs, if you're like us) of great type for future projects. This is our last podcast episode for 2021 as we enjoy a break over the holidays. But don't worry! The newsletter will still drop into your inbox every Friday to keep you up to date on the latest in type and design news. It's been a wild year, we've hosted seven workshops alongside our amazing guest teachers, shared five interviews with other type and design creatives, collaborated with the team at TypeWknd for their daily wraps, released a new open-source font with Tré Seals, and (as Spotify told us) put out over 1,500 minutes of podcast content

This year's most share-worthy font reads It's (somehow?!) December and we're wrapping up for the year by looking back on some of our most share-worthy type related reads of the year. We've trawled through our newsletter archive (ok, Micah wrote some code that pulled out the most popular articles) and revisited some of those topics and ideas that stuck with us. So scroll down and listen in to find out what topped the links this year. There's everything from evaluating type, awesome custom type projects, wingding history, logo design tips, and watches. We hope you enjoy them all over again! Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

Know Your Value: Three Pricing Traps Creatives Fall Into We're back chattin' type and design this week, and there's a lot to cover! There's another rebrand to add to the ever-growing fast-food rebrand list of 2021, Jony Ive has created something unexpected, WeTransfer have done a fascinating research piece on the state of creativity in 2021, and Monotype have gobbled up some more fonts

An interview with Sarah Hyndman of Type Tasting It's interview time this week as we fully nerd out with Sarah Hyndman. Sarah is the founder of Type Tasting and use typography to create unique experiences that transform what people think, feel and do. We loved our conversation about type trends, semiotics, the emotions of type, and why sometimes a game of 'snog, marry, avoid' is all it takes to help non-designers understand the emotion of type. We hope you enjoy the conversation (we could have talked for hours). If it left you wanting more, check out Sarah's latest Adobe Max talk (there's a link in the articles to make it easy for you). Whilst we're not talking about articles this week, we are still looking at and thinking about type and design news to share with you. This week we've got an AMAZING piece of work by our friend Tré Seals, some ideas on the relationship between design and writing, a look at the way Adobe is so intertwined with design work, and a thought provoker on perfectionism. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

The Look of Luxury We're super excited about this weekend's workshop, Bettering Your Lettering with Alanna Flowers. We'll be nerding out on getting started in lettering, and how to use these skills in your own lettering, type design, or even graphic design practice. It's totally beginner friendly and you'll be able to create a complete lettering piece over the two days. We love having something to show from a learning experience. This week we're getting into some deep type design news, there's an interview about launching a foundry, a quirky article about digital fonts, and a cool typeface project including everyone's favorite toy; LEGO. Over in nerd alert we're talking about luxury (dahhhhhling). It's a fun extension of the conversation we touched on a few weeks ago when discussing the branding (or blanding) of so many luxury fashion houses. So we thought it deserved a whole nerd alert of its own. We're talking why certain products or brands have developed the luxury tag, how that drives consumer behavior, and what that can mean for brand designers. Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

WTF is font mastering?! New workshop! We're delighted that the ever-so-skilled lettering artist Alanna Flowers is joining us for our next workshop (20-21 Nov). Wittily titled Bettering Your Lettering, you'll learn type & lettering basics that will give your work a strong foundation. It's totally beginner friendly and you'll be able to create a complete lettering piece over the two days. Perfect timing for your holiday cards! This week we're going behind the scenes on a cheesy, gooey piece of brand and packaging work that Olivia has been working on at JKR, getting into a fresh approach to font licensing (that we are definitely here for), and taking a cheeky look at some of the unhelpful turns of phrase that are pervasive in the design world. It's a fun one. After Olivia's grilling on lettering vs type design in last week's nerd alert, it's time for Micah to go into the hot seat and explain the mysteries of mastering; or finally finishing that pesky font... Weekly Typographic Newsletter Links Find out more at http://podcast.theleagueofmoveabletype.com