Saturday seems to be a good day to play a font game. Pick which of two fonts feels more expressive — then see how your judgement compares with everyone else’s. tptq.com/got-character

We're working on a new type specimen where fonts are ranked by expressiveness. Help us sort them: look at two fonts, pick the more expressive one. Simple as that. (You might spot some unreleased typefaces. 🤫) tptq.com/got-character

4 student tickets left for our Berlin conference — half the price, covered by your future colleagues. 🤝 Drop us a message if you want one. #fontstandcon2026

Do you read Hindi? We need your help. Our typographic research explores how Hindi speakers perceive letter weight — and what stroke thickness feels best in Devanagari and Latin scripts. Take part: tptq.com/weight-hindi

#fontstandcon2026 Marta Cerdà, a designer from Barcelona working at the intersection of typography and image, will speak about dissolving boundaries between type and illustration, using eclectic, emotionally driven design across art, culture, and visual communication. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

As part of the Zed 2.0 update, Zed now includes IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) characters commonly required for many First Nations orthographies. www.typotheque.com/blog/improvi...

Four dimensional design space offers a lot of creative possibilities. See what you can do with the Zed variable space explorer. www.typotheque.com/blog/a-typef...

It is difficult to illustrate the scale of the Zed type system, which has four variable axes and a separate optical version. So we asked Just van Rossum to create an interactive visualisation of the design space. www.typotheque.com/blog/a-typef...

Zed, our most complex type system, just got better, and includes four new writing scripts: Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian, Greek and Hebrew. www.typotheque.com/blog/zed-now...

For the Berlin conference, Fontstand offers a limited number of student tickets. Some attendees choose to pay more than the ticket price, and that extra money goes directly toward lowering the cost for students. There’s no promise, this only works if people who can afford more choose to contribute.🙏

Who is coming to Berlin in April for the @fontstand.com conference?

As every year, we’re ending the year with a short overview of what happened at Typotheque. 2025 was busy: we released new typefaces, published new research, and spent a fair amount of time lecturing and presenting our work on three continents. www.typotheque.com/blog/2025-ou...

This season, I am fundraising for a program called Ready to Revitalize: a unique course run through @e-l-p.bsky.social for grassroots #language champions around the world. It only costs $500 to sponsor a participant. Help us support language revitalization! #langsky givebutter.com/elp2025/chas...

This Black Friday week, (just as we do every year) 100% of all our revenue will go to support Doctor Without Borders. They provide medical care in places where it’s desperately needed. If you choose to buy something, you’re helping them do that work. Thank you. www.msf.org/donate

It seems to be surprisingly hard to find a solid A3 B&W laser printer. HP models have been discontinued here in the Netherlands. Currently looking at the Kyocera ECOSYS P4140dn. Anyone has first hand experience with it?

At 8pm (Amsterdam time) today, type designer Chris Skillern, a Cherokee Nation citizen, will discuss Cherokee script development and his type design research. Join the Typotheque Club for free to join this online talk. www.typotheque.com/club

Join us on Monday 17 November at 8pm for a 60-minute online talk. Type designer Chris Skillern, a Cherokee Nation citizen, will discuss the Typotheque Cherokee project, which is the culmination of over two years of in-depth work and research. Join the club for free. www.typotheque.com/club

The Donald Knuth and Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator invites students—especially from Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities—to explore typography in a supportive online program. Successful Applicants receive 100% Scholarship coverage! Learn more: kbitype.org @stanfordsilicon.bsky.social

Club Lithographer from DJR caught Katerina Grushka’s eye, thanks to its notable contrast, unusual angle, and long, liquid-like serifs. The typeface stands out as a singular, expressive italic and you can read her review of it on Fontstand News, here: news.fontstand.com/font-reviews...

People perceive thickness of letters very individually, and that’s why we are conducting Font Weight Survey to understand the regional preferences of font weight. Could we ask you for 10 min of your time? The findings will be published publicly once we have some results. tptq.com/weight

Thrilled to be at WAVES 2025, the Global Indigenous Languages Summit by @ocil-ila.bsky.social to share the work of the Indigenous North American Type project @typotheque.com Come visit our booth — the exhibit hall floor 3 & come to our collab session at 2 PM today in room 206! #WAVES2025 #langsky

New Cherokee fonts developed by Chris Skillern (@tulseytype.bsky.social‬) and Osage fonts developed in collaboration with Dr. Jessica Harjo, which after five years of community-partnered research, marks a complete Indigenous North American Type collection! www.typotheque.com/blog/novembe...

Each summer, Typotheque takes time to recharge. Before our break, we share seven books from our studio shelves that continue to inspire our work. www.typotheque.com/blog/books-t...

This is the final week of collecting responses regarding font users’ opinions on the current state of font licensing. The survey will close on Sunday 6 July at midnight CEST. Once the data has been analysed, we will share the findings publicly. Complete the survey today: fontstand.com/survey

Join us tonight at 8pm (Amsterdam time) for a presentation on the process of designing Terrassa typeface, with Nikola Djurek, Rafał Buchner, and Héctor Mangas. Online talk for members only Become a member for free 🔗 www.typotheque.com/club

Have you seen the new type specimen presenting Terrassa typeface? www.typotheque.com/books/terras...

Fontstand is changing to be owned by indie type foundries, and Typotheque will be one of them. This is a significant change and effort to shape the future of type industry together. As part of it, we want to hear from people who use fonts what their experience is. Survey: fontstand.com/survey

Join us on Thursday for a free 50-minute online talk exploring the design and development of Terrassa, a typeface inspired by architectural lettering. 📅 19 June, 2025, 8pm Amsterdam time. Exclusively for Typotheque Club members* Become a member for free here. www.typotheque.com/club

Support the coop, if you use fonts do the survey!

We’re are launching an independent industry-wide survey for font users. We want to hear about your experiences: What works? What’s confusing or frustrating? What would you change? Your answers will help us decide how licensing works within the Fontstand Cooperative. fontstand.com/survey

An article worth reading every year or so. www.typotheque.com/articles/ori...

NEW: Terrassa by @typotheque.com is a complex modular typeface inspired by architectural lettering, striking a balance between rational construction and visual rhythm. It comes with five variable axis, offering thousands of variations in Display and Gradient versions! fontstand.com/fonts?search...

This printed type specimen, designed by Manera Estudi, presents the background and design thinking behind the Terrassa typeface. It features an in-depth essay by Manuel Sesma, as well as a prologue text by Nikola Djurek. www.typotheque.com/books/terras...

Terrassa Display and Gradient both contain five variable axes. We considered providing traditional static fonts, but that would produce over 10,000 variations, which would overwhelm your font menu. Instead, we deliver Terrassa Display and Gradient as variable fonts. typotheque.com/fonts/terrassa

Terrassa, the newest addition to our collection, now available on typotheque.com

An evening to discuss architecture, geometry and typography, happening now in Barcelona. #typothequexcontraforma

New feature alert! 🚨 'download this page as .pdf' on typotheque.com/fonts 🍊

TODAY Lecture with @hectormangas.com from @typotheque.com about Legibility research from a non-Latin perspective, and what we’ve learned with Thai loops Starting at 4 PM CEST (previous posts mentioned 2 pm but it is a mistake on us, sorry for the confusion 🙈) Tickets and details: wordsoftype.com

Designing dense Chinese characters presents a paradox: increasing the weight of the strokes can compromise legibility, yet insufficient weight fails to harmonise with the visual weight of Latin letters. Read more about creating very dark Chinese characters: www.typotheque.com/articles/chi...

Chinese characters vary across East Asia due to regional language evolution and reform. Although it is possible to have a single CJK font, letterforms need to align with regional preferences. This article aims to explain the regional variants. www.typotheque.com/articles/und...

Using CJK fonts is not simple, so we prepared an article on the typesetting principles of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) text www.typotheque.com/articles/typ...

Designing multiple fonts systems, each with 40k characters is not simple. We wrote an article about the production process. www.typotheque.com/articles/des...

After five years of development, we are pleased to present our East Asian type collection for Chinese, Japanese and Korean text. www.typotheque.com/blog/collect...

It's Tibetan Calligraphy day and we’re proud to announce that November Tibetan, designed by Toshi Omagari, has been honoured with a Type Directors Club (TDC) award. This new Tibetan typeface is now available for private licensing and will be officially released later this year. @tosche-e.bsky.social

We're happy to announce that Pristine has been selected as one of the TDC71 Certificate of Typographic Excellence winner this year! Learn more about Pristine on our website. typotheque.com/blog/pristine #tdc #typedirectorsclub

I spoke with Mint about her beginnings, about Thai and Latin scripts, studying and working in Europe, and her typeface Pristine. vimeo.com/1074984420

We have a new font release. Hard-to-categorise, designed to bring an informal, warm personality to both Thai and Latin scripts. www.typotheque.com/blog/pristine

Last month’s conference in The Hague was a blast. Thanks to all the speakers, workshop leaders, volunteers, technicians, catering, and all the visitors for making it such a warm and friendly event. See you next time. 👋 Thank you to @lukastimulak.bsky.social for creating this wonderful video.

This year’s Fontstand Conference began two weeks ago today! If you weren’t able to attend – or if you were there but are already feeling nostalgic – head over to Fontstand News to read Katerina Grushka’s article about all the events: fontstand.com/news/design-...

Join us tonight at 8pm (Amsterdam time) for our new Typotheque Club talk on research into Thai script. We will also discuss a new collection of Thai fonts and upcoming Thai/Latin fonts. The webinar is free, you will get the online link after registering at Typotheque Club. www.typotheque.com/club