My latest article, just published in Book History: “Simplifying Urdu: Nasta‘liq Types for Mechanical Composition and the Forces of Colonization, Monopolization, and Ownership” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… #UrduTypography #Nastaliq #PrintCulture #BookHistory

A Minoan gold ring with spiral Linear A inscription, found in a high-status burial in the Mavrospelio Cemetery near Knossos in Crete, Greece. 1700-1600 BCE, now housed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Just thought I’d let y’all know Adobe Adobe MAX is accepting entries for their Creativity Awards which celebrates creative work from individuals and teams “around the world”. However, you're not eligible if you live in Africa, even if you happen to pay for their software.

Remember kids, ‘Form Follows Function’. Just got these back from the printers. 🤩 #modernism #irony

Following a link from Denis Moyogo Jacquerye led me to this proposal from 1911 to replace all the writing systems of India with a new ‘Imperial Script’. The accompanying article now seems almost quaint in its assertions and rhetorical devices. archive.org/details/in.ern…

5 spots left to join us in discovering and learning more about the Kikọ script for writing Yoruba! Register - eventbrite.com/e/introduction…

Of the general life lessons I have learned, the one most directly applicable to type design is ‘The more you tidy as you go along, the less of a mess you will have clean up later.’

In case anyone needed another reason not to use Adobe InDesign ‘optical’ kerning setting: github.com/microsoft/Skee…

Choose Brill to ensure that your texts are presented with the clarity and distinction they deserve. Find your new best text font family here: fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/tiro/bri…

Happy 18th birthday to I Love Typography! John Boardley launched the ILT blog back in 2007 and today as we come of age, we look to the future to see what tech and AI will bring to our type world. Join us online on Oct 23 and 24 to talk about how AI can change the landscape of

The conference will take place online on Oct 23 and 24 and the program is being curated by: Petr van Blokland Nadine Chahine Nadine Chahine 🇱🇧 Dave Crossland Google Fonts Simon Daniels John Hudson Tiro Typeworks Alice Savoie Alice Savoie Check our website and follow our