Typography Weekly 

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The most noteworthy typography links of the week. A service from the typography network of Schriftkontor Ralf Herrmann
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**On Kickstarter: Flong Time, No See: Forgotten Stories of Printing and Labor ☞ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/flong-time-no-see**
Flong Time, No See: Forgotten Stories of Printing and Labor

Collected essays and reporting on the intersection of type, printing, culture, and labor by journalist Glenn Fleishman

Kickstarter
Typography: Affinity vs Illustrator ☞ https://type.today/en/journal/affinity-vs-illustrator
Affinity vs Illustrator: Typography

I was going to wait until next week to publish my most recent Linotype Book Project newsletter, but with so much terrible happening in my country, I wanted to share a moment of joy I had researching in my country’s largest library:

https://buttondown.com/linotypebook/archive/smithsonian-discoveries/

Issue № 16 - Smithsonian Discoveries

My largest research trip allowed me to dive into Smithsonian’s archives, unearthing so many treasures for my Linotype book that I just had to share.

Linotype Book Project
Alfabeti Modernisti Italiani (English/Italian) ☞ https://lazydog.eu/en/product/alfabeti-modernisti-italiani-2/
Available for pre-order: Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets ☞ https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/
1st GRANSHAN BLOOM Communication Design Award

The first global communication design award beyond Latin — judged by native experts in your script.

GRANSHAN
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts.

The New York Times
Typography of Amsterdam in 1500 historical photos ☞ https://www.amsterdamtypography.nl/archive
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Select fonts that we’ve made over the years for Microsoft are now available for commercial licensing from our website (including webfont use licenses). The first tranche of these fonts is now live, with more to follow later this year.
#announcement
https://www.tiro.com/articles/microsoft-fonts
License Microsoft fonts from Tiro Typeworks

Introducing the first tranche of Microsoft fonts available for licensing from the makers, Tiro Typeworks.

Tiro Typeworks