Looking to reinvigorate this space for myslef. It's #followfriday apparently, who should I be following on Mastodon?
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A Type Design & Brand Design Studio founded by Kyle Read. Denver, CO.
I took the afternoon to do a little type design sprint. Only a handful of characters came of it, but I like how this connected script feels a little different. What do you think? Does it have legs? Enough to warrant a fuller character set?
@typographica We want to make sure each foundry in our database has the opportunity to access the reports. We're actually reaching out to everyone through email directly. Sometimes the old way of making connections is best.
The next step for us is to launch some marketing campaigns targeted at the general graphic design, branding, and art direction public. We'll do this on social media, conferences, and some more good ol face to face connection.
Any suggestions for other ways?
@kai @klim @letterror We did make an effort to classify each release in our report and almanac using the terms the foundry used. This was the simplest way we could make sure the genre assignments were the most accurate to what the designer intended.
@klim @letterror @kai Nope, you didn't miss anything, we didn't go into too much depth on the genres. I'd love to expand that into a much more in depth article/piece of writing because it needs to be explained for sure. The Report wasn't the right place for that digression. but you're totally right, our genre classifications could use a little transparency!
Huge thank you to all those who have supported and purchased an Annual Report, Almanac, or Bundle from Proof&Co. this week.
The current pricing is an introductory offer that ends this weekend. If you haven't bought one yet and wanted to, I'd do it now before they jump up to industry standard prices.
Really thrilled to be able to roll out these docs to this community first, thanks for being a part of it. Next, we roll out to the graphic design and type-buying public!
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@koeberlin Thank you so much, Christoph. I appreciate the support! I think these reports are a great way to bridge the gap between font makers and font buyers.... that's our goal anyway. And I'm so glad you're enjoying the weekly! That's where it's really at. 😉 🥂
@mass_driver Rutherford, story of my life. You are not alone.
Thanks @db! I agree, type people and graphic design people are visual people and actually having a nameplate setting for each typeface in the almanac would be ideal. Gotta get that going for next year's!
@typographica I agree that the paywall does limit some public discussion, but we certainly don't mind you sharing your favorite stats!
The Variable Fonts stats are still limited, hoping to source more data about it this year, but the numbers the data DOES produce are interesting. We were surprised by the 25% number, and still can't decide if we think that's high or low. 😂
The holy grail of data for us is the non-public sales information, but that'll require time and trust to collect.