A colour font is a black-and-white machine
A colour font with one palette is a coloured drawing. A colour font with thirty palettes is a theme system. The difference is CPAL, and most people walk right past it.
2026¶
The color font wars, ten years on
In 2013, four companies each decided the same thing: OpenType needed color. They each decided it differently.
FontLab TV: 50-hour variable font course now available
FontLab TV has published a 50-hour video course on variable font design, organized into 25 playlists. It runs from absolute fundamentals — coordinates, contours, metrics — through production, hinting, export, and font business basics.
Vexy Lines and the useful lie of engraving
Engraving is a useful lie. A hedcut looks old, sober, authoritative, and a little expensive — even when it was made yesterday.
Where type designers are made
Six programmes shape almost everyone working in type design in 2026. All six are small. Most are slow by design.