Typography Weekly #143

A video by Jectives demonstrating the interface in Affinity to override the default color palettes in color fonts.

A small and currently free font management app by Josh Puckett offering logo previews, color themes, full OpenType support, custom collections, one-click activation and watch folders.

Type designer and typography researcher Anya Danilova and our editor Adelina Shaidullina talked to the library’s deputy head for science, Benjamin Guichard, about how and why institutions like BULAC and type designers or typography researchers should collaborate.

Moving from metal to digital type compromised much of our typographic heritage. To build digital fonts for the future, we must return to their physical origins.