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Newsletter #1 — Hello, New Release & Trials Newsletter Jan 31 2024Hello! 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 →
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Project Manual — Part 1 Manual Aug 19 2018Introduction 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 →
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Project Manual — Part 2: Where did the fonts come from? Manual Aug 19 2018The 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 →
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Project Manual — Part 3: Manual Grotesk Manual Aug 19 2018The design principles of Manual Grotesk fonts, their construction and the reasons why they were so popular for decades. Read →
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Project Manual — Part 4: Who designed the street plates? Manual Aug 19 2018The search for the origin of the design of the street signs themselves. Who designed them and when? Was their design standardized? Read →
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Project Manual — Part 5: How are the street plates made? Manual Aug 19 2018Cutting, 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 →
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Woodkit Fonts Oct 13 2014Woodkit 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 →
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Type Atlas Projects Aug 8 2014Type 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 →
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Pexico Fonts Feb 5 2014Pexico 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 →
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Odesta Fonts Nov 19 2013Odesta 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 →
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Context of Diacritics Projects Aug 1 2013Context 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 →
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Typable Projects Feb 25 2013Typable 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 →