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Typography Today: Links

Some links about typography for you to explore:

  • The end of Type 1: A significant milestone for font users has arrived: This month, Adobe is shipping several application updates which remove support for the original PostScript font format known as Type 1. Whether this change affects you or not depends quite a lot on how far back you and your work go. If some of your work dates back 20 years, some potential problems are lurking around the corner. (via Type Network)

  • Five typography trends set to make waves in 2023: This year’s trends are all about what’s underneath. From code and generative typography to type as a political tool, how and why we create type will be driving what’s coming next. (via It’s Nice That)

  • Monotype’s annual type trends report for 2023.

  • Type Design Resources: A growing, public, collaborative collection of type design resources. Everything from learning the basics to running your own foundry.