Typographers, unite! Have you designed for #36DaysOfType yet?
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The annual 36 Days Of Type movement is back. We speak with the studio that started the global design challenge and how it makes you look at your ABCs in a whole new way
For many, font is everything; it changes the way a document looks and some can argue that it conveys the personal experiences, experimental approaches and even energy or mood of the writer. Curlz TM and Comic Sans are very millennial and often mocked, Tahoma and Verdana have minimalist and futuristic feels, while script fonts are all about elegance. Typography has become a vital resource for brands and writers alike, and has evolved into a serious design sub-culture. The 36 Days Of Type design challenge sees artists around the world putting pen to paper, brush to canvas, stylus to tablet to infuse the biggest personalities into the 36 — not 26 — single letters of the Latin alphabet. The 2021 edition kicked off on April 5.
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