Type Specimens

A project about type specimens: what they are; how they are used; and who makes them. Aprojectabouttypespecimens:whattheyare;howtheyareused;andwhomakesthem. TypeSpecimensisaresearch&designproject,apublication,andacommunityresource.Readmoreabouttheproject,browsethelistofcuratedspecimens,orsignupfortheweeklynewsletter THESPECIMENSDIGEST Signuptotheweeklynewsletter!Specimens,interviews,blogpostsandmore. Subscribe CofoSansMono ContrastFoundry'sspecimenswalkthatfinelinebetweenusefulandunconventionalreallywell.Thefocussingoneachsideofthespecimenisparticularlyinteresting. Publishedon17Aug2021 MDNichrome ThemicrositeforNichromeissowelldone.Fromthebrandingandaccompanyingvideo,tothestackedexamplephrases.Theopentypefeaturelayoutisalsoausefuladditiontoclearlyseethebuilt-infeaturessuchasalternatesandcase-sensitiveforms. Publishedon17Aug2021 ESAllianz ThisisacleverlayoutfromExtrasetfortheirlatestrelease,Allianz.Usingborderlesstiledanimationsandstaticgraphicsinterestingcombinationsofglyphsandfeaturesthespecimenbuildsintoatapestry.Thissimplebuteffectivetechniqueaddsanaddeddimentiontoevaluatingthetypeface. Publishedon16Aug2021 Browseallthelatestspecimens Latestblogposts "Specimenresearchinsights" Aresearchprojectintounderstandingdigitaltypespecimensandtheirroleinevaluatingtypefaces.