June 2010
6 posts
The League of Moveable Type Offers Strong Thoughts... →
Thanks for the write up, Tom. via The Copywriter Underground
May 2010
7 posts
&$#@ Yeah League Gothic →
hahahahaha this is incredible. from our awesome pal cssboy.
April 2010
5 posts
A Brand New Bag →
cssboy:
stephencaver:
The Weightshift crew launch a redesign for BagNews. As you might inspect, it’s inspiring work. Congratulations to Weightshift and BagNews on the launch.
Chunk in the wild.
Five Non-League Fonts for @font-face (via... →
Found this nice little post while browsing for an article we’re writing. Three out of the five are for body text – we need some more of those.
March 2010
4 posts
Web Type... with feelings
Typography can help us define the feeling of a website, that was Samantha Warren’s message on her SXSW talk, “Get Stoked On Web Typography”.
Here is our collection of some diverse typography used throughout the web that conveys different kinds of emotions.
Do you have some web type with feelings you want to share? Reply to the post with screenshots of websites you think did a...
February 2010
14 posts
Music and type go together
The Oscars of Type, by Ellen Lupton
Check out Ellen Lupton’s best-of 2009 typefaces. League Gothic won for Best Free Font, we’re so honored! Thanks WebDesignLedger.com for the nomination. Here are some of the winners:
Best Actor: Mr Eaves, by Zuzana Licko, Émigré
Best Actress: Liza Pro, by Underware
Best Serif: Calluna, by Jos Buivenga
Best Free Font: League Gothic, by the League of Moveable Type
For the...
xjillybeanx asked: Did you make your own layout? I like it(: Simple and classy.
Using The Open Font License for Your Typeface
So you’ve made a typeface, and you want to make it available for anyone to use and modify for free, but you have some concerns. Here are our best and honest answers to some of the common concerns type designers have when making their fonts open-source.
1. I want to give out my font for free, so they can use it for commercial or non-commercial things, and I don’t mind having people...
Tumblr Tuesday
staff:
Every Tuesday, we’re showcasing five Tumblr blogs that you recommended for the Tumblr Directory. Add your favorite blog to the directory right here!
The League’s Typelog The League of Moveable Type brings you the best free fonts, and their Tumblelog aims to collect ideas, provide inspiration, and spark collaborations.
Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders is an international...
Anonymous asked: When will Raleway come out?
January 2010
13 posts
Have a question? Ask us anything! →
League Gothic in action!
We’ve gotten a lot of tweets from people using League Gothic on their site. Here are a few of the awesome sites that features the font.
The Doug Hahn Publications
The Pilcrow
Dustin Curtis’s blog entry
Sami Niemelä
Darcie and Sean’s wedding
Beat Train Sound System
Do you have one you want to share too? Just let us know, we love seeing our fonts in action.
The typewriter ampersand symbol (&) was invented...
tarynhiroshima:
awesome.
via ohyeahfacts
On the Track of Good Type | CreativePro.com →
a nice article on the when-for & the how-to of tracking typography.
How Important Is Open-Source Typography To You?
About a year ago, we here at A Good Company™ started a little project called The League of Moveable Type. We were frustrated by the lack of web-useable fonts available, professional quality free fonts, & the outright hostility towards the idea of open-source typography.
Since starting The League, we’ve been receiving a lot of support on the idea of high quality free fonts, but...
Yes for Raleway!
So the voting period for Raleway has come to an end, and we have another overwhelming YES for Mr. Matt McInerney. You shall be seeing Raleway on The League’s site in the very near future, so stay tuned! Thanks Matt for making another awesome typeface for us to use!
Also thanks everyone for participating. See y’all soon!
December 2009
2 posts
Font Submission: Raleway
RALEWAY, submitted by mattmcinerney
Raleway is an elegant sans-serif typeface, designed in a single thin weight. It is a display face that features both old style and lining numerals, as well as a stylistic alternate inspired by more geometric sans-serif typefaces than it’s neo-grotesque inspired default character set. If you’d like to see more characters, check out the PDF...
1 tag
November 2009
6 posts
