Typophile - new fonts releases newsletter - Comments

So Mr Martin, I’m mighty

brampitoyo — Thu, 2 Nov 2006 23:52:20 -0800

So Mr Martin, I’m mighty interested in doing this thing. It’s half experimentation at best, but the potential to be the first in the corp-id market is, in my opinion, quite substantial.

Let’s shell out some more concepts and define this newsletter specifically (format, distribution, etc.), I truly think that your idea has legs (and is growing one on me :)

Or an alternative, we could go non-profit and make a Typophile-weekly-pick sort of thing. That’s sweet as well.

Martin LAllier — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:45:43 -0700

http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3139

Ah. I thought I was losing

Miss Tiffany — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:46:49 -0700

Ah. I thought I was losing my mind. :^)

Ok so the rule is that when you post a news item (story) you need to e-mail (contact) a moderator so we can publish it. But still, this is a very easy way to let anyone who subscribes to the Typophile RSS know that you’ve released something new.

Just a note, when you do post a story, the more you can write the better it will look and the more likely you will get people at least going to your site to see the typefaces.

i deleted my own post, Tiff.

paul d hunt — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:24:02 -0700

i deleted my own post, Tiff. I logged in using my old account and saw that there were no options to “Publish” or take out of moderation. So I’m assuming that if someone besides a moderator posts a news item, they must then contact a moderator to “Publish” the News Item. (At least that’s what I’m guessing needs to happen).

Use this link right here to

Miss Tiffany — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:50:10 -0700

Use this link right here to create a new story. If it doesn’t appear after you publish it, please e-mail me and I’ll see that it is taken care of.

What happened to Paul’s

Miss Tiffany — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:47:04 -0700

What happened to Paul’s post?

Tiffany, Where should news

timotheus — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:06:53 -0700

Tiffany,

Where should news releases go?

And BTW, IE7 does not like Typophile RSS — doesn’t support DTDs.

Regards,
tim

Word up, Tiff.

biddy — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:46:23 -0700

Word up, Tiff.

One thing that I don’t

Miss Tiffany — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:40:21 -0700

One thing that I don’t think people realize is the ability to make news releases here on Typophile. People do use Typophile RSS, why not just post it here and let all of us in on the action?

I still don’t know why a

biddy — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:19:08 -0700

I still don’t know why a newsletter has to be weekly. Why can’t it be monthly? Or bi-weekly at the most? Making something like this takes time. It has to be designed. I don’t many people willing to put that much work in for very little return. This is a full-time job, not a hobby on the side. I like the idea...but I think it needs to be looked at little more realistically.

Hmm, since we’re targeting

brampitoyo — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:33:52 -0700

Hmm, since we’re targeting the graphic designers, why not put ads that are graphic design related? That way, we can have our cake and eat it too.

That won’t present a problem to the objectivity of the newsletter, but in terms of the ad pervasiveness, yes. And we don’t like that too.

Thus the solution: we’ll take ads just from typefoundries, but under one condition: they can’t feature a font, only a site banner.

remember jpad the newsletter

Martin LAllier — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:24:42 -0700

remember jpad

the newsletter is not aimed primarily at type designers, but at graphic designers... most of which don’t care as much as we typophiles do about letters!

and if, let’s say Process Type - a very creative outfit! - is in the newsletter, closer to the bottom for example, it’s fonts will still be discovered

What about if the positions

James Puckett — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:58:29 -0700

What about if the positions are sold? For example, let’s say about 10 new fonts per week - more if more, less if… - the first position at the top of the list costs more, than the second, and the rest is at the basic price.

What’s the motivation for a designer to read a newsletter knowing that foundries can pay for top billing? We already see their ads in magazines, get their bulk mail, and their emails.

If I’m going to subscribe to a font mailing list, it needs to feature great fonts that are slipping through all the noise generated by advertising. Otherwise it just isn’t going to offer anything new.

Well, you could certainly

timotheus — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:03:22 -0700

Well, you could certainly fund the site in the usual ways — Google AdSense, apparel and such through Cafe Press, Amazon sales, etc. I would also have feature spots in the email, and they would cost; but I wouldn’t want to charge anything for a basic listing.

Of course, one would not get rich in this way, but that’s not necessarily what it’s all about. I suspect one could make enough to pay for the time and bother, as well as the basic expenses.

I might be wrong, but I think I’m willing to take that chance (again).... ; )

Regards,
tim

Right, but that would

brampitoyo — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:40:30 -0700

Right, but that would contradict on the very thing that the newsletter was founded upon. I’m thinking something along Ads via The Deck – if you know what I’m talking about. They got an elegant system, although it is still partisan, obviously.

On a wholly different note, what about The Onion of the typographic scene. Fun stuff, that. And I’m sure Chris Lozos would very much like to join the team :)

new fonts releases newsletter

Martin LAllier — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:57:15 -0700

Hi all,

I’m completing my research regarding corporate typography - especially custom creations http://typophile.com/node/27315 - and I was amazed that the same fonts come up all the time as branding tools.

You know them - Helvetica, Univers, Frutiger, Futura, Myriad and the classic gothics (Trade, News, Franklin, ...) - used in close to half the cases.

I asked a few graphic designers who work in branding why these same choices for very different companies and markets. Here are the main reasons: “I don’t know where to learn about new fonts” and “I don’t have the time or the care to browse around the internet.”

My suggestion is that a newsletter - an email one that is - be created to advertise these new fonts. People could subscribe for free and font distributors would only pay a few dollars to show these new fonts. Simple technology, a name, a visual, a price and a where to buy. Better yet if it could be multilingual.

What’s your opinion on this?