Shortly after HP switched their Latin brand typeface to Forma DJR, they decided on a global upgrade, too. The missing piece? A five-script expansion of Forma DJR.. Read the case study: buff.ly/49zQF9B

The history of the Univers 🌠 Here are sketches of Adrian Frutiger from 1950, for what later became the Univers typeface, part of the Collection Highlights of Museum für Gestaltung Zürich Noël took these pics of the first typeface created in 21 coordinated font styles. #typedesign #fonts

Caro Franco Arminio, abbiamo “preso in prestito” una tua poesia, composta con caratteri mobili e stampata. Come te, ci teniamo all'ortografia e ai refusi... Te ne mandiamo una copia!

Barilla: Real Egg Pasta, 1958 designed by Erberto Carboni. Image via AGI Subscribe to my newsletter for more design history designreviewed.com/newsletter/

On Tuesday, May 14, at 5.30pm Jost Hochuli will be in the Civic Library of Verona to present the Italian edition of his “Typobiography”.

HEI [Hand & Eye Intelligence]

1941, Graphicus. Three covers.

A place to visit: Villaggio Eni, Borca di Cadore. Architect Edoardo Gellner and, in some parts, Carlo Scarpa. #villaggioeni

Typography in the realm of lead and wood. #typography

We have something to do with the only copy of this book, shown at the beginning in the video. Handmade with a Japanese binding... instagram.com/reel/C7j3qQHN2…

Great presentation about the early times of digital type design.

Let's dress up the world with some letters. The Making of The Mary Quant Mural youtu.be/26bcbxE1EDQ?si… via YouTube

Finally the Alfabeti Modernisti series is out. Give a look! Thanks CAST c-a-s-t.com/alfabeti-moder…

On Sat October 26, 5pm, opening in Tipoteca of the exhibition “Olivetti. Storie da una collezione”, curated by Giorgio Cedolin and co-organized with Ronzani Editore.

A very nice project going on here! Let's make it happen.

We never stop learning and it is always important to read about topics we take for granted and are familiar with. Of course, everybody recognizes a Garamond, but...

Anaïs Nin operating a platen press in New York. 1940s

Sabato 1 febbraio, ore 17. Inaugura la mostra “Sogno, memoria, materia” sulla Stamperia d'arte Albicocco di Udine. Da non perdere, per riconoscenza verso la maestria di questi maestri stampatori…

Who can help us to find excerpts from books by writers or poets (not by designers or scholars), that mention the work and the people in printshops? To give you an idea: the opening of Balzac in “Lost Illusions”. A great ‘photograph’ of that time. #typography #writers #books

Until June 28, in Tipoteca you can visit the exhibition “Tallone Editore. La forma del pensiero”. Tallone is one of the last master printers, who brings out the spirit of the texts through typographic means alone and giving the aesthetics of the page a rich essentiality.