TypeNotes: review

Fontsmith's new typography and design journal brings the X-factor.

Our Verdict

Fontsmith's new typography and design journal executes a thrilling sucker punch with its first two issues. TypeNotes proves it’s not just what you say, it’s the type you say it in.

For

  • Beautifully designed
  • Great variety of content
  • Expert technical insights

Against

  • Four a year isn’t enough!

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Reeking of flouro inks and heavy with luxurious Fedrigoni paper, TypeNotes issue one arrived last year to a blaze of industry acclaim and promptly sold out. For a magazine largely devoted to the specialist art of typography, this immediate success was as surprising as it was gratifying for creative director Jason Smith.

His London-based boutique type foundry, Fontsmith, has been creating unique fonts since 1997, providing typographical solutions for agencies such as The Partners, Dixon Baxi and ManvsMachine, and designing bespoke fonts for everyone from the BBC to Xerox. 

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The Verdict
8.5

out of 10

TypeNotes: review

Fontsmith's new typography and design journal executes a thrilling sucker punch with its first two issues. TypeNotes proves it’s not just what you say, it’s the type you say it in.

Mark Wynne

Mark Wynne is an art director and designer with more than 20 years' experience in the publishing industry. He's been responsible for art directing and rebranding several popular magazine titles, including Official PlayStation Magazine and cult videogame title EDGE, and he was also Art Editor for Computer Arts magazine. Mark is one of Creative Bloq's go-to experts for all things related to design and branding.