Foundries often fall at the final hurdle. They have incredible fonts but poorly drafted EULAs, exposing their fonts to infringement and limiting revenue.

Join IP and commercial lawyer Tom Broster of Asenda Law and Nadine (of I Love Typography) for a focused, practical session built specifically for font foundries that are serious about protecting what is theirs.

Tom will arm you with the knowledge to transform your EULA from a formality into a real legal shield. You’ll discover which key clauses separate a strong license from a weak one, why your terms might not actually bind your customers — and how to avoid that problem, exactly where your tick boxes need to be to hold up when it counts, how to structure your agreements so unauthorized uses become easier to enforce, smart strategies for navigating the minefield of selling across jurisdictions where fonts are treated very differently, and what the rise of AI means for your licences — and the steps you should be taking now.

Whether you’re launching your first foundry or have been in the game for years, this session will change how you think about your font licensing.

Seminar is on the 21st and you can sign up here:

https://academy.ilovetypography.com/bulletproof-your-font-licences/

Thanks,

Nadine

• Petra Rüth — Backslanted Scripts in the Early Modern Period
• Julie Janet — Typefaces Beyond Words: The Shape of Trust
• Sofie Beier — The Role of x-height in Letter and Word Recognition
• Underware (Bas Jacobs, Sami Kortemaki) — Kaleidoscopic Entanglements Reflect Meaning in Type
• Kelli Anderson — Exploring Type History Through Touch (Keynote)

These talks reflect the richness, depth, and diversity of perspectives presented at Copenhagen—spanning history, technology, research, perception, experimentation, and material engagement with type.

The remaining videos will be published in the coming weeks to the ATypI 2025 Copenhagen playlist. We hope you enjoy revisiting these conversations—or discovering them for the first time.

We extend our sincere thanks to all speakers for their contributions, and we warmly encourage you to share your talks on social media. Tag ATypI (@atypi_org and @atypi_community on Instagram, ATypI on LinkedIn), and we will be glad to amplify your posts.

We also wish to thank the video editing team, led by Xunchang Cheng and Yuli Liu, for their dedicated work in preparing these recordings. The team includes volunteers from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tongji University, and the University of Reading.

We would like to apologize to our members—especially the speakers—for the delay in releasing these videos. This was due to difficult prioritization decisions made by the ATypI Board while navigating several challenges within a limited budget, as well as the significant editing necessitated by the lighting conditions during the conference.

You can explore the full list of talks via the Copenhagen program. We welcome your thoughts, questions, critiques, and continued discussions in the YouTube comments.

We invite you to join us at ATypI 2026 Stanford to attend numerous similarly diverse presentations, participate in workshops and tours, and—most importantly—develop fruitful relationships with colleagues in this wonderful field.

Finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the ATypI YouTube channel to be notified when new videos are released.

Studio DRAMA is looking for a Creative Type Director, a creative leader responsible for directing and shaping custom type projects for some of the world’s most recognisable brands.

At Studio DRAMA, we combine the strategic thinking of a branding agency with the craft and rigour of a type foundry. We create custom typefaces that sit at the heart of brand identities, working closely with agencies and in-house teams globally. This role sits at that intersection: creative direction, typographic expertise, and brand thinking.

As Creative Type Director, you’ll lead the creative direction of custom type projects, guiding our type designers from brief through to delivery. You’ll interrogate briefs, define typographic direction, shape narratives, and ensure work is delivered efficiently and to a high creative standard. While this is a senior, directorial role, it remains conceptually hands-on. You’ll be close to the work, shaping ideas, reviewing design decisions, and, where useful, sketching to explore or communicate direction.

This role could suit an experienced type designer moving into a more directorial position, or a senior brand designer with strong typographic instincts and experience designing or directing custom and retail typefaces. The emphasis of this role is on judgement, leadership, and clarity of direction, with technical font production skills seen as a valuable bonus rather than a strict requirement.

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Key Responsibilities

Creative Direction & Type Leadership

- Lead the creative direction of custom type projects from initial brief through to final delivery.

- Art direct and mentor type designers, providing clear, constructive feedback and direction.

- Interrogate briefs and translate brand strategy into distinctive, credible typographic concepts.

- Set creative standards and ensure consistency and quality across projects.

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Concept Development & Typographic Thinking

- Shape early-stage concepts and define typographic direction before production begins.

- Use sketching, references, and visual exploration to communicate ideas and guide the team.

- Review and refine work throughout the process, ensuring ideas remain strong as they develop.

- Apply and test type concepts in brand contexts to ensure they work in the real world.

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Client Engagement & Presentations

- Design and shape client-facing decks that clearly communicate typographic ideas and rationale.

- Lead presentations and creative conversations with clients and partner agencies.

- Confidently articulate and defend creative decisions, balancing craft, brand, and practical constraints.

- Build strong, trusted relationships through clear communication and thoughtful leadership.

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Project Collaboration & Delivery

- Work closely with the project manager to manage timelines, priorities, and delivery across multiple projects.

- Help ensure work moves through the studio efficiently without compromising quality.

- Support smooth collaboration between creative, type, and production disciplines.

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Thought Leadership, Advocacy & Studio Presence

- Act as a visible advocate for Studio DRAMA’s approach to typography, representing the studio through talks, panels, workshops, and industry events.

- Contribute to thought leadership around type, branding, and custom typography, helping shape Studio DRAMA’s voice within the wider design and type community.

- Support marketing and communications efforts by contributing ideas, perspectives, and content, in collaboration with the studio team.

- Stay actively engaged in contemporary type design discourse, bringing insights, references, and emerging conversations back into the studio.

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Salary & Benefits

Salary: £45K–£55k (dependent on experience)

Location: London

Full-time, Permanent

Career progression opportunities

Access to industry events, workshops, and conferences

Regular studio outings and creative sessions

Flexible working arrangements (Hybrid – 4 days in-studio, 1 day remote)

Healthcare provided

28 day Paid holiday allowance.

Travel opportunities

Be part of a small, ambitious studio making a big impact in type & branding

With the Font Comparison tool, you can upload local files or choose from our directory that includes Google Fonts and more. You can compare up to 10 fonts at once. Our Font Pairing tool allows you to compare up to four pairings with the same robust features. Additionally, we have a Mockup Generator where you can instantly test fonts on t-shirts, tote bags, billboards, and coffee mugs—and export the results!

I wanted to build a free system to help designers like myself. We live in an era where every tool seems to require a monthly fee, and I wanted to offer an alternative. I hope you guys like it! Please let me know how I can improve.

You can try it on: https://www.findfont.co/

What’s new this time?

Latin One is now offered in a hybrid format, combining pre-recorded lectures with live feedback sessions. This allows students to learn core concepts at their own pace while still receiving individualized guidance during live meetings. With this new format also comes a new, lower price.

Latin One: Mechanics

Where: Online (hybrid: pre-recorded lectures + live feedback)
Dates: Jan 21–March 4, 2026 (6 weeks)
Time: Wednesdays @ 10:30a Chicago (click to convert)

Latin One explores the craft and execution side of typeface design — from improving your Bézier drawing, to adding structure and methodology to spacing and proofing, to training your eye to make the many optical corrections that letters require.

Enrollment opens January 5.
👉 Full details, including tuition and syllabus
Scholarship applications are due January 4.

We are excited to share that the program of our Fonts & AI online conference is now ready for you to check out! This is the first fully dedicated conference to the topic of fonts and artificial intelligence.

We will spend 2 days looking at how AI can impact the world of type, from theory to AI models to practical implementations. We will hear about community concerns, discuss the legality and ethics of AI training models, and examine the threats and opportunities that AI represents.

The conference is fully online and talk recordings will be immediately posted up for participants to catch up if they miss any. Recordings will remain accessible for at least a week after the event.

Hope to see you there!

ps. If you're an AI sceptic, you are more than welcome! This isn't a hype event. We hope to address the serious questions of how AI will change the world of fonts, in all the pros and cons of it.

Example: First file has regular glyphs and numbers, second file has four alternate glyphs and Old style Figure designs (in the main numbers slots). Those two sources should become just one, the 10-14 additional glyphs (in font "B" marked with color) with all their kerning, prepared with correct suffixes (.alt, .osf) to be used with OpenType features in the end. This procedure for 4x two source files: The upright designs in Light and Bold and the italic designs in Light and Bold. 

My source files are .vfc (could be saved to a format of your preference) and should result in a format I can further work with in Fontlab. 

I was eager to look into scripting, I did read interesting threads here on TD. I did exercises with DrawBot. But honestly, scripting exceeds my capabilities. I would be thankful to find a professional among you who could help me with this.

The amount of work seems manageable, it is probably rather you are doing me a favour. If you are interested please send me a note with how I could compensate you for your work. Thank you!

Unicode 17.0 Release Announcement

Unicode 17.0 landing page