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Anirban Mitra :verified:<p>3/3 <br><a href="https://github.com/mitradranirban/feamerge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mitradranirban/feam</span><span class="invisible">erge</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/opentype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opentype</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/features" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>features</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/variablefont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>variablefont</span></a></p>
Font Spectrum<p>Our biggest license so far has landed on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@FontsInUse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FontsInUse</span></a></span>.<br>Thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fhardwig" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fhardwig</span></a></span>, for cleaning it up before publishing it.</p><p>Ionway is a collaboration of Umicore and PowerCo (Volkswagen’s battery maker)<br>The corporate identity also uses FF Mark by Christoph <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@koeberlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>koeberlin</span></a></span> and Hannes van Döhren.</p><p><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/69589/ionway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fontsinuse.com/uses/69589/ionw</span><span class="invisible">ay</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Elecrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elecrification</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/PurpleHaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PurpleHaze</span></a></p>
Font Spectrum<p>Here is a <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meme</span></a> we meant to post a while ago.<br>It’s funny because it’s true!<br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesigner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TypeDesigner</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/StaticFonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StaticFonts</span></a></p>
Anirban Mitra :verified:<p>This month's <a href="https://typo.social/tags/tinyfunfonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tinyfunfonts</span></a> is inspired by ABC Nursery Rhymes. Each picture works as a Flash card to reveal letter <br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/pHUZ8L0JCnA?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/pHUZ8L0JCnA</span><span class="invisible">?feature=share</span></a> <br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/colorfont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colorfont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/variablefont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>variablefont</span></a></p>
Font Spectrum<p>At today’s visit to the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@TypeMedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TypeMedia</span></a></span> graduation show, we’ve been most excited about the work of Mălin Neamțu, who‘s <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> Family Segmentor explores wildest territories and can be activated by his electronic drum kit.</p>
Edgar Walthert<p>Yesterday <a href="https://NouvelleNoire.ch" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">NouvelleNoire.ch</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> released this typewriter inspired typeface by Alexander Colby.<br>Formerly released with Milieu Grotesque as Lacrima, it found a new home at <a href="https://typo.social/tags/NouvelleNoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NouvelleNoire</span></a>.<br>I helped with production, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> &amp; hinting.</p><p>NN Éditeur began with a spark from the past — the Light Italic from an IBM Golfball typewriter. Our friend Alexander Colby came across it in an old IBM Selectric® specimen and couldn’t let it go. So he brought it into the digital age.</p><p><a href="https://nouvellenoire.ch/product/editeur/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nouvellenoire.ch/product/edite</span><span class="invisible">ur/</span></a></p>
Simon Truffer<p>Razzel Dazzel is one of four concept fonts I created during my Bachelor thesis at HKB (Bern Academy of the Arts), resembling Dazzle Camouflage.</p><p>Exploring the potential of <a href="https://typo.social/tags/KineticFonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KineticFonts</span></a>, designed as a <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a>.</p><p>Thesis mentored by Edgar Walthert <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@eWalthert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eWalthert</span></a></span> 🔥 </p><p>(The other fonts will follow :)</p>
Edgar Walthert<p>Not to forget JIVE, the dancing font, that can be animated with three axes.<br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/KineticFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KineticFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@simontruffer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>simontruffer</span></a></span></p>
Edgar Walthert<p>Surround might be the most exciting <a href="https://typo.social/tags/KineticFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KineticFont</span></a> out of the four proof of concepts by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@simontruffer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>simontruffer</span></a></span> <br>Also the physical knob and slider to manipulate the <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a></p>
Erone<p>Gaze, an experimental variable font created in 2022 in collaboration with Yoann Bry.</p><p>The goal of this font was to stretch variable type to its limits, for pure animation purposes: lower case becomes upper case, thin type becomes super fat... It was a challenge to make everything interpolate without too much overlap.</p><p>Test it out for yourself ! 👉 <a href="https://erwanleretif.xyz/projects/gaze" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">erwanleretif.xyz/projects/gaze</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fontdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fontdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/variablefont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>variablefont</span></a></p>
Edgar Walthert<p>Wow wow wow!<br>👏👏👏</p><p><a href="https://fonts.studiofeixen.ch/mov/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fonts.studiofeixen.ch/mov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Mov Variable <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a><br>Designed by Felix Pfäffli and Robin Eberwein</p><p>Mov is a showcase of ideas how to move variable fonts other than the registered axes. <br>(Tipped off by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@simontruffer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>simontruffer</span></a></span> )</p><p><a href="http://36.letterspace.amsterdam" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">36.letterspace.amsterdam</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> just got one upped big time!</p>
Anirban Mitra :verified:<p>A for Apple <br>B for Ball<br>C for Cat<br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/variablefont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>variablefont</span></a> as flashcard</p>
Font Spectrum<p>OK, have a great weekend everyone.<br>Here is another animation by Daniël Maarleveld for <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ElectricBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricBlue</span></a>.</p><p>Now with Latin Extended glyph set.<br>The version v0.3 is available at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@futurefonts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>futurefonts</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.future-fonts.com/fontspectrum/electric-blue" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">future-fonts.com/fontspectrum/</span><span class="invisible">electric-blue</span></a><br><a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/FutureFonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureFonts</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Cavalry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cavalry</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ad</span></a></p>
Font Spectrum<p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/YesterdaysNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YesterdaysNews</span></a></p><p>We updated <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ElectricBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricBlue</span></a> with Latin Extended accents. <br>Daniël Maarleveld made this amazing animation, that takes advantage of the full spectrum of weights included in Electric Blue. <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@futurefonts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>futurefonts</span></a></span></p>
Anirban Mitra :verified:<p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/colorfont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colorfont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a></p>
Anirban Mitra :verified:<p>amoeba's can take any shape, even that of a letter <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/colorv1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colorv1</span></a></p>
letterspace.amsterdam<p>Amsterdam has a new <a href="https://typo.social/tags/foundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foundry</span></a>!<br>—<br>Laucke Siebein/ Type f.k.a. Zeeburg Typefoundry has two typefaces so far. Notch is a <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> made to animate to music. Mimesis is a modernisation of an <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ArtDeco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtDeco</span></a> typeface by Heinrich Wieynck, published by Wilhelm Woellmer. <br>In collabotration with Clemens Buchegger.<br>—<br><a href="https://type.studio-laucke-siebein.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">type.studio-laucke-siebein.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Font Spectrum<p>We are Nice That!</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/ItsNiceThat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItsNiceThat</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/DesignBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignBlog</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/font-spectrum-graphic-design-discover-270325" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">itsnicethat.com/articles/font-</span><span class="invisible">spectrum-graphic-design-discover-270325</span></a></p>
Tunera Type Foundry<p>Happy accidents of the day while working on Pescante: breakdancing "u" and rotating "v" :---) <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/pescante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pescante</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/tuneratypefoundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuneratypefoundry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/variablefont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>variablefont</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/typedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a></p>
Font Spectrum<p>Here you go <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@monokrom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monokrom</span></a></span>. <br>And thanks, it is a fun puzzle indeed.</p><p>This update has been rightfully requested a loooooong time ago by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@haraldpeter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>haraldpeter</span></a></span>.</p><p>Might still take a while to flatten everything, add kerning and make sure the replacement works everywhere.<br>But tricky letters are resolved now.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/ElectricBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricBlue</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/VariableFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VariableFont</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Update</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/LanguageSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageSupport</span></a></p>