Show & Tell: A Practical Look at Choosing Type
on Friday 17th of May 2013
Robbie Manson follows up his advice for choosing type with an example from his own portfolio.
British Vogue Gets Top Marks for UX & Branding
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 15th of May 2013
Find out why the fashion mag’s recent redesign has the experts’ attention.
Narrowing the Field: How To Bring Great Type Into Focus
on Friday 3rd of May 2013
Robbie Manson shares his process for choosing type. Spoiler Alert: you don’t need to be a type expert to give it a go.
Typecast Takes Manhattan at New York’s Pencil to Pixel
by Shelly Wilson on Thursday 2nd of May 2013
Catch Monotype’s dazzling type exhibit in NYC this week and revel in a rich archive of original artwork, type drawings, equipment and publications. It’s FREE and fantastic.
Type Q&A: Steve Matteson from Monotype
on Wednesday 10th of April 2013
Steve Matteson, designer of the Kootenay, Droid Sans and Segoe typefaces sheds some light on the legibility and readability of web type, what to look for in body fonts, and the story behind his team’s latest eText collection.
Great New Typefaces for Tiny Type from Fonts.com
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 10th of April 2013
Just in! There are nine new typefaces on Fonts.com that will help you produce sharp paragraphs readers will appreciate.
Ditching the Shoehorn: Designing Type That Works on ePubs, Mobi and the Web
on Tuesday 26th of March 2013
Stewart Curry offers a heap of tips on how to move published content from replica editions to web-friendly, multi-platform formats and still get typography that works everywhere.
Designing for a Responsive Web Means Starting with Type First
by Paul McKeever on Wednesday 20th of March 2013
How can you know where a design breaks is if you haven’t settled on the font, its size, height and measure? By designing type-first, of course.
Vote Typecast for ‘Game Changer of the Year’
on Thursday 7th of March 2013
Put web typography in 1st Place at this year’s .Net Awards.
Happy Launch Day To Us!
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 30th of January 2013
We’re setting out our stall and entering the competitive fray.
Typecast Makes the Top 20 of 2012
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 12th of December 2012
.Net just named Typecast to its Top 20 list for 2012. Get in!
Meet Our Newest Font Partner: Webtype
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 10th of December 2012
Fantastic news! Now you can try out the wonderful fonts from Webtype in Typecast. Come see.
Our First Contest Winners
by Shelly Wilson on Tuesday 20th of November 2012
What a terrific response to our typography contest. Come see the winning rebounds!
Get Your Type On for Build This Week
on Monday 12th of November 2012
To celebrate our hometown design conference Build, we’ve planned a few festive activities around the event.
Your Acquisition Questions Answered
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 5th of November 2012
When we joined Monotype on Tuesday, you had lots of great questions for us. Here are our replies.
Sweet Tweets
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 5th of November 2012
What a response to the news of our acquisition! Come take a look at what others on our beta had to say.
Typecast Joins Monotype
on Tuesday 30th of October 2012
What a big week. First the launch of our public beta and now this! Now we have the resources to take Typecast to the next level. Exciting times ahead!
Public Beta Time!
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 22nd of October 2012
It’s been more than 300 days since we launched our private beta, and now we’re finally ready for the world!
Contrast Through Scale
on Friday 19th of October 2012
Improve your typographic contrast by working to a harmonious scale.
Our First Award Nomination!
by Shelly Wilson on Thursday 4th of October 2012
This week we were nominated as Best New App/Service for this year’s Irish Web Awards. Exciting Times!
Kick Your Creativity Into High Gear with Our CSS Editor
by Shelly Wilson on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012
Our editable CSS gives you the power to create nearly any typographical style you need.
Proudly Supporting Insites: The Book
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 19th of September 2012
We’ve sponsored a book! It’s full of stories, big wins, lessons learned and personal tales from 21 of the web and tech industries’ leading figures.
A Better, Simpler Menu
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 10th of September 2012
We’ve relocated some menu items to give you a tidier work space.
Preview Designs Live
by Shelly Wilson on Thursday 30th of August 2012
Now there’s a simple way to share, preview and test your designs outside of Typecast.
Background Color for Your Typography
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 29th of August 2012
Create rich and vibrant backgrounds with our latest color feature.
Change Type & Elements in Fewer Clicks
by Shelly Wilson on Tuesday 21st of August 2012
New menu improvements eliminate repetitious clicking and let you make selections faster.
Help Videos & Templates for Getting Started
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 15th of August 2012
Our latest features make finding your way around the app and getting used to the controls easier than ever.
Fancify Your Typography with Ligatures and More
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 23rd of July 2012
Love typographic flourishes and web fonts dressed to impress? Want to see your fav faces in pretty frocks? Our new opentype features are for you!
Help Us Pick Our 1st OpenTypefaces
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 6th of June 2012
We’ve been working away to add advanced typography options to Typecast. Now it’s time to add the expanded fonts to our database. Help us decide where to start.
Turbo-Charged Containers for Quicker Comparison
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 4th of June 2012
New upgrades to our containers make comparing fonts and finding a visual direction fast and effective.
More Paragraph Control
by Shelly Wilson on Friday 1st of June 2012
Introducing indents and exdents for more control over paragraph styling.
Introducing Take-Backsies and Do Overs
by Shelly Wilson on Thursday 31st of May 2012
Now you can use a familiar keyboard shortcuts to fix mistakes and repeat actions.
Keep Reading »Design with Inheritance
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 30th of May 2012
This a BIG week for Typecast. We’re bursting at the seams with brand new features we think are HUGE for those of you craving better, faster experimentation and cleaner code.
OpenType and Better Containers Are in Sight
by Shelly Wilson on Wednesday 11th of April 2012
Come see which new features we’ll be working on in April, including OpenType and inheritance.
Project Showcase: Simple as Milk
by Shelly Wilson on Friday 30th of March 2012
Late last month, Simple as Milk (a talented studio known for their work on Assistly) used Typecast for the typography on their site’s redesign. This week, designer David Pomfret told us how using Typecast helped.
Versioning & More Colours For You
by Shelly Wilson on Tuesday 27th of March 2012
This week we’ve released two features that will brighten your designs and put your previous typographic decisions within easy reach.
New Slides and a Facelift
by Shelly Wilson on Thursday 22nd of March 2012
We’ve got new content to help you get started using Typecast and have given our blog a spring clean.
4 Simple Steps to Vertical Rhythm
by Shelly Wilson on Tuesday 21st of February 2012
Working to a grid can be hard. But our new baseline feature simplifies it a whole lot. See how our designer Chris used it to set a literary classic.
Introducing Ems, More Style Control & the Full Typekit Library
by Paul McKeever on Tuesday 24th of January 2012
It’s a new year, and we’ve got renewed energy! So we’ve ushered in 2012 with a surge of features, including some of the best fonts on the web and better ways to shape how you present them.
A Holiday Update from Typecast
by Shelly Wilson on Monday 19th of December 2011
As seasonal festivities quickly approach, we’re working to build a present worth waiting for.
Video of Typecast Live Demo
by Paul McKeever on Thursday 10th of November 2011
Come watch the recording of our second webcast and see how Typecast is coming along.
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Steve Matteson on Choosing Type
by Shelly Wilson on Friday 4th of November 2011
Choosing type isn’t easy for everyone. So we spoke to talented typographer and Fonts.com Creative Director Steve Matteson to get some simple advice on what to think about when deciding.
Keep Reading »Designing with web fonts
by Paul McKeever on Thursday 13th of October 2011
We created Typecast to make working with web fonts easier. Here’s what we’re doing to make ease a reality.
Keep Reading »Our first screencast: thanks for tuning in!
on Tuesday 11th of October 2011
Missed our first webcast of Typecast in action? Here’s a summary of what you missed and answers to some of the questions we received from viewers.
Keep Reading »Striving for Craftsmanship in Web Design
by Paul McKeever on Friday 30th of September 2011
Beautiful, consistent and realistic designs are possible when we choose the right fonts, work with real content and reduce team friction.
Status update: progress and roadmap
on Tuesday 27th of September 2011
Here’s a look at the lessons we learned over the summer and what’s next for Typecast.
Keep Reading »An Early Typecast Prototype
on Monday 19th of September 2011
We need to pause beta invites for a bit to focus on the next phase of our release. But while we work on improvements, enjoy a peek inside our current prototype.
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