Typographics Festival, Join us!

Join us this June at @typographicsNYC! For $50 off a ticket, use our promo code SPD_2016 at http://typographics.com ... MORE

Cover of the Day: New York, December 14-27, 2015

Welcome to SPD's Cover of the Day, a portfolio of brilliant magazine and newspaper covers from around the world.New York, December 14-27,  2015Design Director: Thomas AlbertyPhotography Director: Jody QuonPhotography: Benjamin LowyTypography: Chris Ballasiotes_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________Want to submit your cover to be considered for our Cover of the Day? Send us a... MORE

Type Size Is Your Friend

By Andy Cowlesandycowles.comMost people never read more than 25% of even their favourite magazine. However, many editors are totally blind to this fact, insisting on getting every single word of their deathless prose wedged into the page. Invoking higher authority,... MORE

All Things Engraved

By Leslie De La Vega, Director of Photography, Fast CompanyI was talking to someone recently who told me she had just finished a book and is about to embark on the book tour.  She told me it was a book on... MORE

The ABCs of A2: An Interview with Henrik Kubel

A2-Type spun out of London-based design studio A2/SW/HK in the fall of 2010. The studio was founded by Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel, both members of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Their type foundry was established to release and distribute over a decade's worth... MORE

The 1912 ATF Specimen ... Now Available Online!

Jonathan Hoefler tweeted recently that he'd found a site that had digitized the American Type Foundry's 1912 Type Specimen book. It's true. If you don't know this book, next time you're at a bar with a typographer, mention that you've... MORE

FontShop Brings 620,000 Fonts to Your iPad

You've had their iconic yellow and black book on our shelves for years. Now it's available on your iPad. FontBook, from FontShop, contains over 620,000 typeface specimens from 110 type foundries. Use the FontBook app to look up and view... MORE

Roger Black on the iPad and his Next Enterprise

Design studio? check.Font foundry? check.Off the shelf magazine templates? check.Fonts for digital platforms? check.Up next in the Roger Black enterprise: Treesaver, a browser-based digital publishing system for multiple screen sizes. A very interesting endeavor considering all the new platforms we need... MORE

Your Moment of Type Zen #9

More random NYC pix that make me happy. There are so many great moments around the city, and it's been kind of nice to stop here and there to capture a few. I can't imagine what it must be like... MORE

Web Fonts Take The Next Step

The Roger Black empire grows by one more company: going live today is Webtype--a partnership with The Font Bureau, Ascender, Petr van Blokland, and DevBridge.This new company's goal is to provide quality typography for websites. In the past, for live, searchable,... MORE

Up, Down and All Around

When I'm running out of the subway, walking to work, riding in a cab (which is quite often), I wish I could save a few images captured in my mind of all the various (and interesting/attractive/riveting/compelling) type I see around... MORE

Optima vs. Gotham: Campaign Typeface Smackdown '08

There has been much interweb chatter (some of it here! -- Ed.) of not only Hoefler & Frere-Jones's Gotham as the official font of the Obama campaign, but also of a graphic discipline and consistency throughout this election season that... MORE

Roadside Type: Name that Font at 60mph

If you are on the Montauk Highway in Amagansett this summer, there are two reasons to pull over at Lunch and grab a quick bite.... MORE