The Alphabet Family Tree: The Letter Q & The Manual: Initial Letters - Classifying the Unclassifiable

This months fyTi newsletter includes the story of the Latin alphabet Q and a Manual on Initial Letters: Classifying the Unclassifiable. [MyFonts.com]( [View in Browser]( [Hot New Fonts]( [Best Sellers]( [What's New]( [Special Offers]( [Bundles]( [WhatTheFont]( [MyFonts fyTi]( This months fyTi newsletter includes the story of the Latin alphabet Q and a Manual on Initial Letters: Classifying the Unclassifiable. Alphabet Tree For as long as there have been Qs, designers have been having fun with the letter’s tail. This opportunity for typographic playfulness may even date back to the Phoenicians: the original ancestor of our Q was called “ooph,” the... [Continue reading]( The Manual Since initial letters have been around for such a long time, they come in more shapes and sizes than can be imagined. And while no one has attempted a systematic classification... [Continue reading]( Key strategies for design inspiration success Getting into a creative flow state can be challenging. Follow our strategies to set yourself up for creative success and build inspiration into your daily practice. [Read More]( The Archives Font Field Guides - [ITC Benguiat® Font Field Guide](: Originally drawn to be a display design, ITC Benguiat works best at large sizes. It’s also a distinctive design, and ideally used in short headlines and for branding. - [Serifa® Font Field Guide](: The Serifa family is a slab serif design that benefits from a humanistic design foundation. The Manual - [Numbers Guidelines Manual](: Letters are the easy part. We were taught what they are, and how to use them, in our earliest experiences with learning. Even before we started school most of us had alphabet books, wooden blocks with letters on them, or magnetized letters that stuck to the refrigerator. - [Manual: It’s About Ampersands](: Typeface design is a relatively technical craft. It is about producing a series of interchangeable tools which always work in harmony no matter how they are combined. For the most part this puts a real damper on how creative a designer can get when it comes to drawing individual letterforms. Morning Read Creative Characters: - [Dwi Ahidian - Lemonthe](: Graphic designer and font creator Dwi Ahidian, the founder of Lemonthe Studio, found himself on a newly creative path just five years after his 2015 graduation from Politeknik Piksi Ganesha, a university in Bandung, the capital city of Indonesia’s West Java province, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and where he also lives and works. Thanks for spending part of your day with MyFonts. See you next time. — MyFonts Team Monotype Imaging Inc. 600 Unicorn Park Drive Woburn, MA 01801 USA London, UK | Berlin, DE | Noida, IN | Seoul, KR | Tokyo, JP | Shanghai, CN The promotions featured in this email newsletter are only valid for purchases made online at MyFonts.com. MyFonts and MyFonts.com are trademarks of MyFonts Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Other technologies, font names, and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Prices are shown in our standard currency (USD), may differ in other currencies, and may also be subject to change due to exchange rate fluctuations. ©2023 Monotype. All rights reserved. The text in this email is set in Rooney Sans. [Unsubscribe]( | [Preferences]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [View in Browser](