cjtype’s Twitter Archive

looking at Icelandic words in my wavy, non-descending, unicase-ish typeface, Velzyland 😳 I need an eyeball massage

I spoke too soon about round tripping smart components (see the excellent clarification below from simoncozens ) But I’m am very much excited about this proposal for Variable Components in UFO by justvanrossum and blackfoundry github.com/BlackFoundryCom/variable-components-in-ufo cjtype/1583861071265210368

(yes, I’m reading FontTools release notes on a Sat morning 🤓) -Extrapolation is now possible with varLib! -There is now support for round tripping smart components between Glyphs and UFO, which means UFO can store them. Who will make the RF plugin? github.com/fonttools/fonttools/releases/tag/4.38.0

Wow, this is huge. I’ve been wanting to do this since the first variable fonts I made in 2016, and it’s amazing that this is now possible. Huge thank you to behdadesfahbod for all the work you’ve done for variable fonts over the years🍻 FontTools/1583527757891633154

Thanks so much to everyone who came to hear me talk yesterday at #AdobeMax If you’re attending the conference and see me around, come say hi 👋 I have some goodies to give away

I designed this graphic for my friends FIDLAR and here’s the original sketch FIDLAR/1582484622549561344

If you’re attending #AdobeMax make sure to check out the wonderful Bauhaus exhibition at the Lett_Arc booth

new Abercrombie and Fitch logo just dropped

Search no further! Along with my talk at #AdobeMAX I put together a font pack I’m calling “International Art Book Fair” A collection of absolute bangers, all are contemporary designs from living designers. Arabic, Japanese, Korean & Latin are included fonts.adobe.com/collections/international-art-book-fair-fonts Adobe/1582114231214043136

I’m excited to be speaking tomorrow at #AdobeMax about type in the context of identity design. If you’re attending, please come say hi 👋 I’ll have some goodies to give away. Thanks to AdobeFonts for asking me to speak

To my friends who read Arabic: Does this bilingual text look OK? Is the shaping correct? Is the line break happening at a reasonable place? Does the leading look OK? Thanks in advance!! (typeface is the wonderful Brando Arabic from boldmonday by waelmorcos and debakir )

Rob gave talk to my typography class earlier this year on his awesome ColdType/Blender projects His work is super inspiring, keeps pushing boundaries, and continues to blow my mind. Meanwhile, his presentation style is super chill and approachable. Can’t wait to see this talk! robstenson/1578470859924074496

Check out this awesome type specimen/food guide from commercialtype featuring on one of my favorite spots in the LES, Kuih Café. My personal favorite is Pulut Inti If you like Southeast Asian desserts, another amazing place is Lady Wong on E.9th st foodissue.commercialtype.com/a-beginners-guide-to-kuih

A new release from letterror is always an exciting day. In case you were wondering “Does LTR Principia work well for riso printing?” The answer is yes, it looks amazing letterror/1573225412276420608

“Design has evolved to meet the challenge of the new relationship between people and the material goods they need. Today, designers — artisans, manufacturers, engineers, architects — think far beyond the way things look.” Excellent essay by Matt Ström 👇 ilikescience/1572963839213182978

Tilt by andyclymer is a truly mind blowing typeface design. Andy showed me these a few years ago and I was waiting for an official release before spreading the word, (even though they’ve been on github for a while now.) But it’s true, they deserve to be seen and used 😍 bctuttle/1460718596867465218

This is the “Super Font” I generated today for my upcoming typeface Dunbar #variableFonts #ATypI2016 🙏➡️letterror

Friends: I'm excited to announce the launch of my new foundry, CJ Type, & my first typeface release, Dunbar cjtype.com/dunbar/

.justvanrossum is a true G. #ATypI2016 Showing the sound of different typefaces when converting outlines➡️waveforms

Fontra is an in-development browser-based font editor by blackfoundry & justvanrossum So exciting to see this running on my computer already Still in early stage dev, but it’s super fast! I’m convinced this will be part of our type design workflow in the near future. Gongrats! blackfoundry/1570365015819014144

A favorite talk from yesterday ATypI was Tomoko Ishikawa from typeproject on Japanese fat faces from Edo Jidai, including sumo ji and kago ji, with wonderful contemporary examples