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Hello! Welcome to the very first Setup Type newsletter! In this edition — a new release (the first proper release since 2014’s Woodkit!) and trials for all Setup Type fonts! Read →

Introduction of the 5-part research to the Manual project which aims at digitization of traditional pre-digital era typefaces found in Slovakia’s public spaces, their modernization and re-introduction for modern day usage. Read →

The authors and their publications that laid the foundations for the creation of a typeface that became omnipresent in Czechoslovak streets and graphic design in the second half of the 20th century. Read →

The design principles of Manual Grotesk fonts, their construction and the reasons why they were so popular for decades. Read →

The search for the origin of the design of the street signs themselves. Who designed them and when? Was their design standardized? Read →

Cutting, punching, bending, spraying, measuring, counting, drawing, cutting and transferring the template, triple firing — the production of a street plate is a long and difficult process, but the result is a durable product that surpasses any new manufacturing technology in quality. Read →

Woodkit is a type system inspired by wood type and letterpress consisting of three families – each with six distinct styles covering various alphabet designs, components and miscellaneous ornaments. Read →

Type Atlas is an archive of typographic finds from pre-digital era. It’s focused mostly on Czechoslovak 20th century signage, neon, stonecarving and lettering work, but often visits older times and other countries as well. Read →

Pexico is a pixel typeface in eight styles: four basic styles for text setting — Regular, Bold, Narrow, and Mono and four stylistic variations of the Regular style for display setting — Outline, Dots, Round, and Inverse. Read →

Odesta is a decorative script display typeface with detached strokes and pronounced ball terminals. It comes in 7 weights with small capitals, swash capitals, plenty of ligatures, and initial & final forms for each of the lowercase letters. Read →

Context of Diacritics is a research project and analysis of frequency and combinations of diacritical letters made to help type designers with refining the character sets of their fonts. Read →

Typable is a simple web application for type designers. Unlike dummy text generators, Typable allows you to strip or modify any characters from real text so you can use it for testing your unfinished font. Read →