crc.studio

[CRC●LOG] Yoko, half of crc.studio, is featured on the TocToc YouTube channel. A conversation bridging her graphic design practice and her ceramic work. toctoc 巡る暮らしとヨーロッパさん、ありがとうございました。 ● More: youtu.be/PawkR_yDBpw ● More: www.mytoctoc222.com/post/yokohom...

[CRC●LOG] Monolithe, a custom light CMS designed by crc.studio, now supports RSS feeds. Building tools to stay independent. No algorithms, no tracking. ● More: lab.crc.studio/tools/monobl... ● More: crc.studio/feed.xml

[CRC●LOG] crc.studio designed a poster and social media kit for Yoko Homareda's pop-up at MY'S, featuring a collaboration between a ceramicist and a florist, 2026. ● FOR: MY'S & Yoko Homareda ● TYPEFACES: Helvetica Now ( @bymonotype.bsky.social ) & Da Vinci ● MORE: crc.studio/works/poster...

[SPOTTED] A special page dedicated to typography on Gallica ( @gallicabnf.bsky.social ), the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) and its partners. Love "old" colours and compositions; so contemporary. ● More: gallica.bnf.fr/selections/f...

[SPOTTED] Transform words into satellite landscapes, by NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ● More: science.nasa.gov/specials/you... ● Via: x.com/RobertsSpace...

[SPOTTED] Cosmographie universelle, by Guillaume Le Testu, 1555. Love (old) maps. ● More: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... ● More: weirdmedievalguys.substack.com/p/25-medieva... ● Via: mastodon.social/@kottke/1162...

[OFF●TOPIC] Affinity doesn’t support RTL (Right to Left). A huge limitation for multilingual projects. Hard to work with Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, etc. Same for vertical text: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. ● More: www.affinity.studio/en/help/vert...

[SPOTTED] Neue Television, a variable typeface originally designed by Klaus Richter in 1975 and updated by Gabriel Richter in 2023 for Nice to Type. Love it. ● More: nicetotype.jp ● More: www.gabrielrichter.de ● More: fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31...

[SPOTTED] The National Design Studio, a White House entity part of the “America by Design” initiative, founded by Executive Order on August 21, 2025. Strange World. Note: ND Studio uses PP Neue Montreal... ● More: ndstudio.gov ● More: pangrampangram.com/fr/products/...

[SPOTTED] The actual most precise humankind map of the Universe, by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). 47 million galaxies and quasars mapped. It's not simply beautiful or vertigineux. It's hope. ● More: noirlab.edu/public/news/... ● Via: youtu.be/CJ-H-71GsUs

[SPOTTED] Atlas of Type: 12105 typefaces from 652 independent foundries. By Dan Cătălin Burzo. An amazing index. Another great tool to follow type foundry news. ● More: type-atlas.xyz ● More: danburzo.ro

[SPOTTED] Another cool student foundry: discover Typothèque Esa le 75. Love this Small OnlyTrue, design by Agathe Neyts, Alexia Cornil, Iris Wolfs & Justine Douard. ● More: typotheque.le75.be ● Via: post.lurk.org/@crickxson/1...

[SPOTTED] Calculating Empires, a Genealogy of Technology and Power Since 1500. By Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler. Blows my mind. A true encyclopedia. Simply clever. ● More: calculatingempires.net ● More: knowingmachines.org ● More: joler.org ● Via: x.com/GeoffreyDorn...

[CRC●LOG] New icons added to CRC Monico. A free, open-source icon pack by crc.studio Now with 256 icons and 32 brand marks. → Font: .ttf, .eot, .woff, .woff2 → Image: .jpg, .png → Vector: .svg ● More: github.com/crc-studio/m... ● More: lab.crc.studio/tooltoys/mon...

[CRC●LOG] A new (stupid) ToolToy is available: meet The Big Beautiful Dot. A simple tool to click and copy this glyph ● easily, especially on smartphones. ● More: lab.crc.studio/tooltoys/big...

[CRC●LOG] New update for Roadmapper™. Now available in Japanese and Français. Added a system to archive updates or mark them as confidential. Fixed bugs and optimized compatibility with the latest Monolithe version. ● More: road.crc.studio

[SPOTTED] If you missed it: Garara, a new typeface designed by Benoit Bodhuin ( @benoitbodhuin.bsky.social ). ● More: www.bb-bureau.fr ● Via: typo.social/@benoitbodhu...

[SPOTTED] Call for participation: Tangible Festival, second edition. Dedicated to the multiple forms of design. Deadline: April 24, 2026, 3:00 PM (CET). Festival: October 9–25, 2026. Marseille, France. Design: Akakir Studio. ● More: fotokino.org/agenda/appel... ● More: www.akakir.com

[OFF●TOPIC] Today, it's White Day. ホワイトデー (Howaito dē). (It’s also duvet-washing day at the laundromat, so I’m a bit bored and trying to compose visuals on my phone…) ● More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Day

[CRC●LOG] New icons added to CRC Monico A free, open-source icon pack by crc.studio Now with 164 icons and brand marks. → Font: .ttf, .eot, .woff, .woff2 → Image: .jpg, .png → Vector: .svg ● More: github.com/crc-studio/m... ● More: lab.crc.studio/tooltoys/mon...

[SPOTTED] A named list and map of verified Russian casualties in the war against Ukraine, compiled by Mediazona ( @en.zona.media ) using open-source data and official obituaries. Constantly updated. ● More: 200.zona.media ● Via: en.zona.media/article/2026... ● Via: youtu.be/V_WEYj2Wj9c

[OFF●TOPIC] Canva acquires Cavalry. That’s starting to be a lot. Trouble ahead. ● More: www.canva.com/newsroom/new... ● More: cavalry.scenegroup.co ● Via: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO4m...

[SPOTTED] A collection of variations of the Latin lowercase letter "a", started by David Březina, with Rosetta Type. Open to contributions via GitHub. ● More: all-types-of-a.rosettatype.com ● More: github.com/rosettatype/... ● More: rosettatype.com/about/ ● Via: mastodon.design/@tunera/1161...

[SPOTTED] Interlope, an open-source revival of a lettering from the cover of the first issue of Interlopes, an activist magazine published by the Homosexual Liberation Group of Lyon in 1977. ● More: velvetyne.fr/fonts/interl... ● More: gabrieldubourg.fr

[SPOTTED] Meet Drama, a unique type family inspired by 19th-century typography. Each typeface has its own character but is designed to work together. Designed by Rafael Ribas for Poem Editions. ● More: www.poem-editions.com/library/drama ● More: rafaelribas.com

[SPOTTED] If you missed it, RoboFont, a font editor for macOS used by many type designers, just announced version 4.6. Improvements, better UI, new tools, and bug fixes. ● More: robofont.com ● More: robofont.com/announcement... ● Via: typo.social/@RoboFont/11...

[SPOTTED] Still in my script mood. Take a look at Erotica, designed by Maximiliano R. Sproviero, 2013. Pure elegance. Spotted on Typographer ( @typographerapp.bsky.social ) . ● More: sproviero-type.com/font/erotica/ ● More: fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31... ● Via: typographer.com/fonts/spt-er...

[SPOTTED] Evolution of the Alphabet, from 1750 BC to today, designed by Matt Baker for Useful Charts. Fonts used: 799 Insular, Alphabetum, Chomsky, Pesky Phoenician, Pfeffer Medieval, ProtoSinaitic, Trajan Pro. ● More: usefulcharts.com/products/evo... ● Via: vis.social/@infobeautif...

[TIME●TRAVEL] 2022. (Re)discover Kometa Type, independent type foundry from Czech Republic. ● More: kometatype.com ● Original Post: x.com/crc_studio/s... ● TimeMachine: lab.crc.studio/tooltoys/tra...

[SPOTTED] walkman.land, a massive archive of portable cassette players. Love the ASCII mode and the fashion page. A deep dive into 90s design culture. ● More: walkman.land ● More: walkman.land/fashion ● Via: typo.social/@sol/1161357...

[SPOTTED] A small update to Use & Modify, a curated selection of open-source typefaces by Raphaël Bastide ( @raphaelbastide.com.web.brid.gy ) . ● More: usemodify.com ● More: raphaelbastide.com ● Via: mastodon.design/@glvn

[OFF●TOPIC] I’m now absolutely convinced that adding alt descriptions to images is essential for a more inclusive internet.

[OFF-TOPIC] How many times has this old friend helped me identify a typeface when other tools failed and my memory ran out… Identifont, by David Johnson-Davies, since 2000. ● More: www.identifont.com

[SPOTTED] An incredible Flickr archive by Kirsten Solveig Schneider. ● More: www.flickr.com/photos/kirst... ● More: www.ks-schneider.com

[SPOTTED] KH Einheit, a modular monospaced typeface by Kurppa Hosk Type. ● More: khtype.com/typeface/kh-... ● More: www.kurppahosk.com

[SPOTTED] Version 2.0 of the super cool Kaomoji generator by Design Brouhaha: The Kaomoji Cool Club. ● More: kaomojicool.club ● Via: typo.social/@MoritzBrouh...

[SPOTTED] “It’s Hard to Justify Tahoe Icons,” an article by Nikita Prokopov. A sharp analysis of the new menu icons in Apple’s latest macOS. ● More: tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i... ● More: blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i... ● Via: toot.cafe/@tomayac/115...

[SPOTTED] Formagari, an independent type foundry run by Emmanuel Besse in Marseille, France. Filled with images and photos that give a more visual and lively feel. ● More: formagari.com ● More: embes.se

A new small feature in Windows. Funny to see how our keyboards evolve with the way we use symbols.

[TIME●TRAVEL] 2021 (Re)discover swissconcreteart, an Instagram feed about Swiss Concrete Art, by Alex Lescieux. ● More: www.instagram.com/swissconcret... ● More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concret... ● Original Post: x.com/crc_studio/s... ● TimeMachine: lab.crc.studio/tooltoys/tra...

[SPOTTED] Found while digging on Masto: The Pyte Foundry, by Ellmer Stefan. Impressive work. ● More: thepytefoundry.net ● More: ellmerstefan.net Webdesign: Studio Alejandro Rojas ● More: alejandro.no

[SPOTTED] A great article on how to design a variable font, by Contrast Foundry ( @contrastfoundry.bsky.social ). A good occasion to revisit their typefaces. Nice CoFo Holz + CoFo Gothic. ● More: contrastfoundry.com/projects/how... ● More: contrastfoundry.com ● Via: typo.social/@contrastfou...

[SPOTTED] A database of 300 design theses in French, updated since 2003, by Unîmes. (I wish I had more than one life to explore them all) ● More: theses-design.unimes.fr ● Via: typo.social/@MoritzBrouh...

[SPOTTED] If you missed it: a huge update of type.lol, the ultimate tool to dive into 830+ independent foundries around the world, their work and news. By Mark Johnson ( @markjohnsoncc ). ● More: type.lol ● More: markjohnson.cc ● Via: typo.social/@mark/116088...

[SPOTTED] Multitudes, a new independent type foundry with a super cool display typeface. THX to Jectives ( @jectives.com ) for the discovery. ● More: www.madeformultitudes.com ● Via: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB0p...

[SPOTTED] My new god of lettering type: the spectacular work of Maximiliano R. Sproviero. ● More: sproviero-type.com ● Via: typo.social/@Luke/116082...