I speak with the founder of Arabic Script Studio (@arabic_script), an Arabic branding studio and leading platform for designers in the Persian and Arab worlds. ZLM: Welcome, Mehrdad. First, can you explain what you do at Arabic Script Studio? M:…
I take a look inside Dog Ears, a new experimental typography publication by Grammy-nominated independent design studio Public-Library. Announced on the occasion of Public-Library‘s tenth anniversary, the studio’s latest publication, Dog Ears, arrives as a collection of iterative design explorations.…
The new variable font blends fresh with familiar, drawing on inspiration from mid-century industrial designers and injecting flexibility into an aesthetic of ‘deliberate conformism.’ Before putting pen to paper, Loew was a typeface that Jonathan Hill, a self-taught graphic artist…
With their new brand identity for Stompy, a personalised wine subscription service, &Walsh aim to lift the lid on the ‘stuffy’ wine world. The indentity, complete with custom type, aims to challenge the ‘stuffy’ nature of the wine buying experience…
Production Type has an exciting stack of new fonts on the way from the likes of Hélène Marian, Chi Long Trieu and Max Esnée. We spoke to all three to discover what’s in store. But first, let’s introduce our designers.…
Jan Fromm, designer of Fontwerk’s latest type system, Nice, on designing vast, varied type systems and complex superfamilies. ZLM: Hi, Jan. What was your personal motivation for creating Nice? JF: I wanted to make a text family that was infused…
Blaze Type has just launched the Incarnate Collection—a new font-studded product range. We take a closer look. The new collection features a range of stunning limited edition pieces, embellished with gems from Blaze’s font collection. Including the SFTB Shirt, BLZT…
TYEPONE Issue 01 interviewee Daniela Retana shares the latest goings-on at her font foundry, newglyph. Including new fonts, the ICRC, and The Ocean Cleanup, here’s what she’s been up to. Since we last spoke back in 2020, Daniela Retana has…
Azza Alameddine shares her approach to designing multilingual type systems with distinctive personalities. The work of Azza Alameddine, a freelance graphic and type designer who specialises in branding, lettering and Arabic typefaces, combines an experimental, curious approach to letterforms with…
The 2022 Type Trends Lookbook has landed. Take a look at the trends making waves this year and beyond… This year’s Type Trends Lookbook is fresh off the press and filled with typographic inspiration. Providing an annual review of typographic…
