A new website with info about font subsetting, typeset entirely in the new HEX Franklin type family (delivered as a single variable font file).

The main Typographics conference is starting now! You can watch free on the public livestream. 📺 2022.typographics.com/livestream/

HEX Franklin got a nice mention in the latest edition of @robinrendle’s newsletter (buttondown.email/adventures/arc…) after he used the variable font for his essay, “In Praise of Shadows” (robinrendle.com/essays/in-prai…). Glad to see the big quotation mark ornaments from the fonts getting used.

HEX Franklin is HEX’s fresh take on Franklin Gothic, with handy features like multiplexed weights for easy text reflow, and variable fonts that allow for endless tweaking of your spacing, widths, and weights! futurefonts.xyz/hex/hex-frankl…

October 24, join us The Cooper Union or by livestream for the first fall Lubalin Lecture Series talk w/@hexprojects Nick Sherman who'll be talking about Franklin Gothic & its relatives, as well as the cultural impact in the world of design RSVP [always free] coopertype.org/event/franklin…

I’m giving a free talk next week about all things Franklin Gothic as part of Type@Cooper & Lubalin Center’s Herb Lubalin Lecture Series. The event will be live in person at The Cooper Union and also streaming online. RSVP for free: coopertype.org/event/franklin…

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Last reminder: My talk about Franklin Gothic is happening ✨tonight✨ – about 7 hours from now – at 18:30 EDT. (An earlier flyer accidentally specified the wrong weekday.) RSVP for free to attend in person or to stream the event live online: coopertype.org/event/franklin…

The talk I gave about all things Franklin Gothic for @coopertype & Lubalin Center last month has be re-edited to restore some parts that were dropped in the livestream and subsequent recording. The new edit also includes high-res/full-screen slide images. youtube.com/watch?v=94uCx6…

✳︎ IN THE WILD ✳︎ Margo by HEX in use Beloved type community Goodtype brought in Hoodzpah to give the brand a refresh. They paired Margo with Griffith Gothic by Frere-Jones Type. “Margo had that perfect old school calligraphy feel but with a modern sophistication.”