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“Linotype: The Film” Makes Its Left Coast Debut
On Tuesday, Adobe’s Typekit office hosted the west coast premiere of Linotype: The Film with two back-to-back screenings. A few of us on the Adobe Type team were there and share our thoughts about it:...
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Robert Slimbach’s 25 Years of Type at Adobe
Today marks Robert Slimbach’s 25th anniversary with Adobe. Robert joined Adobe’s Type staff on March 2nd, 1987, as Adobe’s nascent program for original typeface design took shape under the guidance of...
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Adobe Type Community Translation
Today, I’m excited to announce the launch of a new pilot program – Adobe Type Community Translation. This program is aimed at getting translations for Adobe’s typeface notes and will offer handsome...
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Announcing Source Code Pro
Following up on Source Sans The public reception of the release of Source Sans Pro last month was very encouraging. My colleague, Ken Lunde, pointed out that this was not Adobe’s first open source...
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Type Legends Video Series
Earlier this year, Adobe sponsored a series of short videos by the Type Directors Club (TDC). Each video in the series, appropriately named Type Legends, features an interview with a legendary type...
View ArticleAdobe Type thanks community members for participating in translation efforts
A little over three months ago, we launched the Adobe Type Community Translation program and began engaging with community members to translate the typeface notes for the Adobe Type Library. Using the...
View ArticleNew type specimens are now available
The Adobe Type team is often asked for more details on how we go about designing typefaces; what sort of historical elements went into the design, was there a specific approach that we took, and what...
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The almost-forgotten (but always-awesome) Typography Primer
My motivation for writing this post can be credited to my co-worker Steve Ross. For the past year, Steve has kept saying things like, “Nicole, you know that Typography Primer that was included in Font...
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Bickham Script: The Allure of the Vintage Form
Cover designed by Alvin Lustig. From the collection of Dr. Shelley Gruendler. The following is a guest post by educator and typographer Dr. Shelley Gruendler. George Bickham (1684–1758) published one...
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