Award-winning OpenType fonts created by veteran type designer Mark Jamra - available for viewing and purchasing. You can find foundry news, examples of font usage and technical information here, too.
News:
Alphatier Pro is here!
The incomparable Alphatier typeface family has been upgraded to “pro” status. More glyphs, more language support, improved hinting and more OpenType features. There’s a new specimen PDF, too.
Renewed Support for 2010
In March, TypeCulture pledged support to the Africa Schoolhouse Foundation’s pilot project in Tanzania. On 7 January 2010, we presented a check to the ASF amounting to 5% of revenue in font licenses from 2009. We’ve renewed our pledge for 2010!
ExtraLights for Expo Sans!
Expo Sans Pro ExtraLight and ExtraLight Italic are online and ready for action! Stylish and crisp, these new fonts are perfect additions to the Expo Sans family. The specimen PDF has been updated too.
A directory, archive and educational
aid for design students, educators and professionals who are seeking information about type; its history, manufacture, use and artistic significance.
News:
New Links in the Research Directory
Valuable new resources for the typographic community: The Alexander S. Lawson Archive (under Museums & Collections), Terrence Chouinard’s Typocurious, and the story of My Life With Goudy from his daughter-in-law, Alice Goudy Lochhead.
Of What Consequence, Design?
An essay about the history and aesthetics of the Initial Teaching Alphabet, a most curious 20th-century “alphabet reform.”
Morris Fuller Benton
Juliet Shen’s fascinating dissertation about America’s most prolific type designer.