Mastodawn

Does anyone recognize the letter shapes in this header? It was a newspaper printed in Ourense (Galicia, Spain) from 1910 to 1913. The typographer spent time in Paris and other European cities before printing this.

María Ramos Sep 17

We’ve just published an article about Font Licensing Mess on the @alphabettes blog. The text is available in English https://www.alphabettes.org/font-licensing-mess-2/
Y también en español https://www.alphabettes.org/font-licensing-mess/

#fontlicensing #licenciastipograficas

María Ramos Sep 10

Celebrating @alphabettes 10th anniversary by donating to the upcoming book 💚
You can do so using this link https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XQ2KKETARYDG8

María Ramos Aug 28

James Mosley 1935–2025 🖤
A wise man who engage with history in a deep way. His weekly lectures were the performance of a storyteller—a poet in some way—with British humour.
Requiescat in pace

María Ramos Aug 4

New stats on the web 📉 Popular tiers in desktop, web, app and ePub font licences.

Nuevas gráficas en la web 📈 Límites de uso habituales en licencias para fuentes de escritorio, web, app y ePub.

Novas gráficas na web 📊 Límites de uso habituais en licenzas para fontes de escritorio, web, app e ePub.

https://fontlicensingmess.com/licenses/desktop/

#fontlicensing #fonts #licenciastipograficas #fuentes

María Ramos Aug 4

A web Font Licensing Mess agora tamen en galego. Deseño e desenvolvemento de @misteroom
https://fontlicensingmess.com/

María Ramos Jun 11

Do you think Font Licensing Mess is valuable research? You can show your appreciation by making a small donation through our Open Collective page and help cover a part of our expenses. Thank you for your support!

https://opencollective.com/font-licensing-mess

¿Consideráis que Font Licensing Mess es una investigación útil y relevante? Puedes mostrar tu apoyo al proyecto haciendo una donación a través de nuesta página en Open Collective. Nos ayudaréis a cubrir parte de los gastos. ¡Gracias!

#fontlicensing #research

María Ramos Apr 21

Save the date for the Font Licensing Mess premiere at @atypi conference. See you on Friday at 9:30 [STAGE 2]
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Reserva en tu agenda, el próximo viernes, a las 9:30 [ESCENARIO 2], lanzamiento de Font Licensing Mess en la conferencia anual de ATpyI

#fontlicensing #licenciastipograficas

María Ramos Mar 20

New article and header by Brooke Hull in @alphabettes
“By speculating design futures that better embody diverse bodies, this research challenges designers to think deeply about their design histories and how the systems of oppression can insidiously creep their way into our work.” https://www.alphabettes.org/disrupting-type-canons-representing-fat-bodies/

Disrupting Type Canons: Representing Fat Bodies | Alphabettes

María Ramos Mar 14

“Font releases and reviews from 2024”, 20 reviews written by 10 authors in 9 different languages, featuring 23 type designers from 15 nationalities and 15 font distributors + 12 other remarkable typefaces and a complete list of 161 typefaces created by female and non-binary designers
Done! 😅 I hope this serves as a useful resource for some of you
https://www.alphabettes.org/font-releases-and-reviews-from-2024/

Font releases and reviews from 2024 | Alphabettes

A list of releases and reviews from 2024. All the typefaces featured in the article were designed by female and non-binary designers.

Location	Santiago de Compostela
Website	http://marsidesino.com
Type foundry	https://nmtype.com
Font licensing	https://fontlicensingmess.com/