The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2017/06/24

frerejones.com

Decompiled & Remixed History: The Making of Exchange

The search for a more flexible and effective relationship with typographic history.

medium.com

Ancient scripts, gold leaf and typography

Making a typography poster for an ancient alphabet.

fontsinuse.com

Typography: Bayerische Bauindustrie Notgeld coupons

Hyperinflation currency from the Weimar Republic helps to date a classic modernist typeface.

thisiscolossal.com

Artist Lucy Sparrow Opens an Entire Store of Felt Products

A bodega filled from floor to ceiling with thousands of objects, all made from felt and a bit of paint.

subtraction.com

Dan Rhatigan on Variable Fonts and the Future of Typography

Last fall, Adobe, Apple, Google and Microsoft jointly announced a specification for variable fonts.