Tiro Typeworks
@TiroTypeworks
Digital type foundry founded in 1994 by John Hudson & Ross Mills. Tweets mostly by Hudson.
Introducing OpenType Variable Fonts medium.com/@tiro/https-me… #OpenType #VariableFonts
Choose Brill to ensure that your texts are presented with the clarity and distinction they deserve. Find your new best text font family here: fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/tiro/bri…
In case anyone needed another reason not to use @InDesign ‘optical’ kerning setting: github.com/microsoft/Skee…
Of the general life lessons I have learned, the one most directly applicable to type design is ‘The more you tidy as you go along, the less of a mess you will have clean up later.’
5 spots left to join us in discovering and learning more about the Kikọ script for writing Yoruba! Register - eventbrite.com/e/introduction…
Writing of Yorùbá literature will benefit from inline notation i.e highlighting vocabulary for new/unfamiliar Yorùbá words, explanation of proverbial phrases, and writing of Yorùbá numerals e.t.c. Made possible in the Kikọ script. Class registration - eventbrite.com/e/introduction…
Following a link from @moyogo led me to this proposal from 1911 to replace all the writing systems of India with a new ‘Imperial Script’. The accompanying article now seems almost quaint in its assertions and rhetorical devices. archive.org/details/in.ern…
Remember kids, ‘Form Follows Function’. Just got these back from the printers. 🤩 #modernism #irony
Just thought I’d let y’all know @Adobe @adobemax is accepting entries for their Creativity Awards which celebrates creative work from individuals and teams “around the world”. However, you're not eligible if you live in Africa, even if you happen to pay for their software.
A Minoan gold ring with spiral Linear A inscription, found in a high-status burial in the Mavrospelio Cemetery near Knossos in Crete, Greece. 1700-1600 BCE, now housed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum
My latest article, just published in Book History: “Simplifying Urdu: Nasta‘liq Types for Mechanical Composition and the Forces of Colonization, Monopolization, and Ownership” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… #UrduTypography #Nastaliq #PrintCulture #BookHistory
Very detailed 1960s Soviet map of Сан-Франциско. You know which US city that refers too... Source: buff.ly/2U5ugQe
Just one more week until this exciting event on contemporary #Arabic and #Persian #GraphicDesign we're having together with @mkghamburg! The workshops are almost booked out but registration for the conference is still open uhh.de/csmc-shifting-… You can also participate online!
@Monotype Litigating and bullying its way to short term profits at the cost of the viability of the entire type industry, again and again and again.
reddit.com/r/graphic_desi… and many, many other cases like that
A new course in London in April! Come learn an old but timeless numberic system with me and go home with your own (paper) astrolabe!
TWO WEEKS LEFT to sign up to attend ✨When Numbers Were Letters: The Abjad Numerals One-Day Course with @joumajnouna We can't wait for this. Linkinbio to sign up today! 12 April // 10.30am - 4pm // £130-£145 // The Arab British Centre, London
1513 Ge’ez Psalter, printed for Johann Potken, the first printed Ge’ez book (Morgan Library, NYC).
HarfBuzz 11.0.0 is out with lots of goodies. Among them is integration with the Fontations / Skrifa Rust font library, lots of optimizations, and new APIs: github.com/harfbuzz/harfb…
Master Tamil Lettering in Just 7 Days! Join the VaraiTamil Workshop with me – a step-by-step journey to creating beautiful Tamil letters. No experience needed! kicks off on March 16th Live session + Daily practice + guide + 100% Online buymeacoffee.com/thariqueazeez/…