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  • Distress your fonts

    Looking to give your fonts a grungy, distressed effect? Then look no further. Thomas Schostok explains how to vectorize your bitmaps using Illustrator CS2’s new LiveTrace function to modify a typeface in FontLab 4

  • Design a custom typeface

    There may be tens of thousands of fonts out there, but that doesn't mean you can't create your own custom type solution for a unique logo...

  • Create a pattern font

    Pattern fonts are fun to create and can save you a lot of time. Once it's generated, you can modify a pattern to create a new look with just a few clicks.

  • Profile: Swifty

    "I'm not an Erik Spiekermann type who can spend years and years and years perfecting an ampersand."Type fanatic Swifty talks to Ed Ricketts about independence, boredom, and his pioneering acid jazz style...

  • Design a display font

    Spacing, kerning, geometrics, ink-traps, proportions, overshoot and inspiration; we explain everything that's important when you start to create your own display font...

  • Profile: Fenotype

    "i'm suddenly surprised by the thought that it might actually be possible to make a living from type design. Wouldn't that be something?" Finnish font designer Emil Bertell describes the experience of starting out.

  • Digitising a bespoke font

    Typography plays an essential role in branding and communicating a tone of voice. Neutura demonstrates how to convert a font design into a functional typeface.

  • The Gospel of Type

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was in type. Caroline Archer dictates the 12 laws traditionally used to rein in wayward letterforms.

  • Craig Ward

    Legibility is overrated, declares London based designer and illustrator Craig Ward. Judging by the clutch of awards for his work, Julia Sagar thinks he's onto something.
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