Emil Kozak wrote us an email saying he just added the category Fonts to his Shop.
He only has one font available at the moment: Circulitos. Some interesting patterns you can create with this one, and only 5€. Looking forward to see more additions…

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Emil Kozak is from a small town in Denmark, and was inspired to take on graphic design as a result of his life long passion for skateboarding.

He began at an early age to develop his skills, inspired by skateboard-art and the result today is a unique artist with brilliant ideas. The style is fresh and positive, but often with a message that digs deeper. He is a master of composition and has an eye for detail, that is not seen very often. Typographic, clean lines and few colors is often how Emil Kozak`s artwork is described. Yet, there is always an unexpected surprise: obscure references, playing with words, codes and hints.

As a result his work has been exhibited widely in Europe and US, appeared in numerous magazines and featured on websites. He has produced design and artwork for clients such as Instant Winner (US), Graniph (JP), Ykiki (DK), ELEMENT (US), Monsieur T (FR/US), Blah Apparel (DK), LAB (DK), Streetmachine (US, FR, DK), VANS (US), Eastpak (US), Philip Braunstein (BRA), D:A:D (DK), Planet Earth (US), Hulger (UK) and Norse (DK)

Bio from his behance.

Time for some healthy competition time.
The challenge at hand: create a typographical poster about sports, using the phrase “It’s not what you win, but how you conquer it.” Your work will be judged by an international board of designers headed by Jean François Porchez.

The trophy at stake: VIP tickets to the 2012 London Olympic Games.

You have until the 30th of April 2012 to submit your work.
More info at www.conqueror.com/typographicgames

Fraktur writing for the Legacy of Letters italian tour, organize by Paul Shaw, NYC.

Luca Barcellona session during the festival Illuminating York – Wall of Light, wit tagtool.org artists.

Neal Street, London

I think I need an iPad.
FontBook, now in version 2.0, is the world’s most comprehensive typographic reference tool, containing 110 type foundries and featuring over 620,000 typeface specimens. This 7 min tour explains the main features of FontBook.

Description on their site:
If typography were a religion, this would be the Bible. FontBook is the world’s most comprehensive typographic reference tool, containing 110 type foundries and featuring over 620,000 typeface specimens. Use the FontBook app to look up and view fonts by name, style category, typographical subclassification, designer name, foundry name, year of publication, or by similarity of design. Compile your own list of favorite fonts, and use the “compare” tool to test-drive fonts. Specially designed for fast, easy navigation and also works as a fun playground for finding inspiration.

A short film about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier. plymouth.ac.uk

Subtitles available here: goo.gl/iuaKY

A film by Danny Cooke dannycooke.co.uk
Soundtrack by Tony Higgins tonyhiggins.org
(Available to download here: goo.gl/exGL1)

Production of Raven’s Wing, the fall edition of COLORS limited-edition Field Notes notebooks. Incredible footage.

More info at fieldnotesbrand.com/ravens-wing/

Bleisatz Werkstatt Tutorial, a brilliant film based on a seminar from The University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf called “Hot Type – Hand and Work.”
Video Production: Lukas Loss & Roman Tönjes
Sound Design: Roman Tönjes

Via Coudal.

The Making of:

A remarkable homage to those who have made the nation laugh, it’s also a stage for popular entertainment that celebrates entertainment itself.

Watch the full project here.

Roughly 2 years later, Typographica updates with their favorite fonts of 2011, with an excelent selection as usual. I have to mention the fact that two portuguese designers are among the chosen ones. Congratulations to Rui Abreu (with Aria) and Dino dos Santos (with Acta&Acto).

Ramiro Espinosa made a Flickr set with all the posters of the final exhibition.

The second edition of the National Meeting of Typography is an event organized by the Department of Communication and Art at the University of Aveiro (DeCA), through the Center for Technology Studies and Communication Sciences (CETAC.media)and the Institute for Research in Media Design and Culture (ID +).
With the general theme “Contexts of Research and Application”, the conference’s main objective is to be the center for the dissemination and discussion of research and development of typography in Portugal. Already confirmed is the participation of international guest speakers Petr van Blokland (www.petr.com| www.webtype.com | www.xierpa.com) and Steven McCarthy (faculty.design.umn.edu/mccarthy/).

Portuguese text

A segunda edição do Encontro Nacional de Tipografia é um evento organizado pelo Departamento de Comunicação e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro (DeCA), através do Centro de Estudos das Tecnologias e Ciências da Comunicação (CETAC.MEDIA) e do Instituto de Investigação em Design Media e Cultura (ID+).
Com o tema geral “Contextos de Investigação e de Aplicação”, esta edição da conferência tem como principal objectivo constituir-se como o centro de divulgação e discussão sobre a investigação e o desenvolvimento tipográfico em Portugal.Já está confirmada a participação dos oradores convidados internacionais Petr van Blokland e Steven McCarthy conforme o programa provisório da conferência.

More info at entipografia.web.ua.pt

Yannick mathey is the author of an amazing application,  developed in Processing, for his diploma. Prototyp-0 is designed for the drawing of characters with an automated process, that greatly speeds up the creation process, thus generating in a very short time a multitude of fonts. The user can set twenty parameters (fat, hunting, x-height, wheelbase, etc.). You can check his website at www.yannickmathey.com/prototyp while the app (for MAC and PC) is not yet available. Looking forward to see some interesting results with this.