Soleil, by Wolfgang Homola, is being publicised as contemporary interpretation of Futura in the book "Futura. Une gloire typographique", by Alexandre Dumas de Rauly, Michel Wlassikoff, Norma éditions, 2011.

Apple released iBook 1.5, the new version of its mobile e-book reader application. Users will take advantage of a wide range of upgrades over previous versions, including an improved selection of fonts that includes the award wining Athelas. Designed by José Scaglione and Veronika Burian, Athelas is an attempt to go back towards the beauty of fine book design, inspired in Britain's literary classics. It takes full advantage of the typographic silence, that white space in the margins, between the columns, the lines, the words, the lettershapes and finally, within the characters themselves. It is a typeface with open counters, elegant curves and graceful serifs.

The Association of Visual Communication Designers of Buenos Aires announced a lecture by José Scaglione on November 25. The talk, entitled Designing typefaces: from concept to reader, revisits the logics behind TypeTogether's conceptual take on type family production, and explores the delicate balance between aesthetics, functionality and technical factors that is necessary in type design.

The Gestalten Verlag selected TypeTogether to feature in their recent release of Type Navigator: The Independent Foundries Handbook, edited by Jan Middendrop and TwoPoints.Net.
It is a very nicely designed and well structured handbook of the best independent sources for quality fonts; an indispensable tool for designers, consultants, agencies, and their customers of modern fonts. In addition to all the valuable information about the foundries, a CD with 100 free typefaces accompanies the 320-page book.
See some images here.

We are very happy to announce that our typeface Pollen, by Eduardo Berliner, received the ISTD Premier Award for outstanding typographic achievement.
It is a very honorable recognition by the UK based International Society of Typographic Designers. It specifically acknowledges typographic excellence across a broad range of design disciplines.

"Hacer Diseño Hoy 4" confirmed yesterday that José Scaglione will be a panelist at the Typography roundtable at the conference. The other panelists are Miguel Catopodis, Marcela Romero and Pablo Cosgaya, and they will discuss several topics related to the theory and practice of typography and type design in Latin America. "Hacer Diseño Hoy" is a yearly conference organized by postgraduate students at the UNational University of Rosario. Click here to see a full programme.

Issue number 3 of Diseña, a graphic design magazine published in Santiago de Chile, features Jose Scaglione's newest article, "Four hand type design". Diseña is published by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile under the direction of renowned designer and educator, Ma. Ximena Ulibarri. The magazine is beautifully designed and printed, with almost 200 pages covering a range of topics related to graphic design. In his article, Scaglione describes TypeTogether's colaborative design scheme and he presents the concepts that served as basis for the new font: Abril.

Acclaimed writer and typographer Jorge De Buen Unna has released his new book "Introduction to the study of typography" (ISBN978-84-9704-589-6), a text book that is bound to become a must-have aid to graphic design educators and students in spanish speaking countries. With his usual exquisite writing, Jorge provides detailed insights into the theory and best practices of using typography. José Scaglione collaborated on the second part of the book, dealing with the basics of typeface design.

We are very pleased to announce that two of our typefaces, Maiola, by Veronika Burian and Capitolium News 2, by Gerard Unger, were selected in the Letter.2 type competiton. 53 entries were selected out of 561 submissions. Letter.2 aimed to provide a broad snapshot of the global state of typedesign of the past decade. You can see the other winning entries here.

WebInk recently launched a Photoshop plug-in that allows users to work directly in Photoshop with webfonts, without having to buy a separate print license. This is a great tool for the designer's workflow in preparing mock-ups and experimenting with webfonts. Most of TypeTogether webfonts are accessible via this service.
It is in Beta right now, available for free.

Renowned type designer Alejandro Lo Celso will lead a new typography course at the Universidad del Este in La Plata, Argentina. This specialised course proposes to gain sensibilization and in-depth knowledge of theoretical, practical and historical aspects of typography. José Scaglione, alongside with other specialists, will be guest lecturers during the course. Click here to find out more.

TypeTogether was invited by GraphicBirdWatching to participate in their event, the graphic design walk, during the London Design Festival, one of the world's most important annual design events, hosting over 280 events over 9 days. The graphic design walk will take place on the 23rd of September and will lead the visitor from the 'base camp' to 15 studios, in London's East End, of acclaimed designers working in the fields of typography, print-making, illustration, photography and film-making. TypeTogether will have an exhibition space at the base camp and Veronika is planning to design a typeface live during the event. A projector will allow the visitors to follow her drawing letters and give opportunity to ask questions directly about the design process.