TiroTypeworks's profile picture. Digital type foundry founded in 1994 by John Hudson & Ross Mills. Tweets mostly by Hudson.

Tiro Typeworks

@TiroTypeworks

Digital type foundry founded in 1994 by John Hudson & Ross Mills. Tweets mostly by Hudson.

Tiro Typeworks reposted

So sad to hear of the death of Prof Michael Twyman, who nurtured many budding printing historians (including me) and whose support of and contribution to typographic history is celebrated in the most recent issue of the 'PHS Journal', demonstrating the breadth of his knowledge.


New FontLab .vfj tools: vfj-skew Applies slant (and optional x,y offsets) to anchors in a .vfj source. vfj-copy-anchors-from-vtp Copies anchors from an .vtp file (or .ttf containing a TSIV table) to a target .vfj file. github.com/TiroTypeworks/…


The Univerisity of Reading quietly published a playlist of James Mosley’s lectures on the history of (Latin) letterforms to YouTube. youtube.com/playlist?list=…


Tiro Typeworks reposted

We @tandemtype often get confused looks when explaining our foundry's working relationship with @TiroTypeworks. Our recent @CommArts interview explains this dynamic, and the act of balancing creative pursuits with family. commarts.com/columns/tandem…

INSIGHTS: @paul_hanslow of @TandemType discusses how establishing a small foundry with partner @kaja_slojewska offered them the flexibility to explore more in creativity and life. commarts.com/columns/tandem…

CommArts's tweet image. INSIGHTS: @paul_hanslow of @TandemType discusses how establishing a small foundry with partner @kaja_slojewska offered them the flexibility to explore more in creativity and life.  commarts.com/columns/tandem…


Tiro Typeworks reposted

We’re thrilled to launch ‘Intro to Type Design for Africans’, a 6-week online beginner-friendly workshop that introduces Africans to the world of type design. 📅 Oct 22–Nov 26, 2025 🕒 Wednesdays, 7–9 PM GMT 💻 Online 🔗 Register now: typeafrika.com/learn/intro-to…

TypeAfrika's tweet image. We’re thrilled to launch ‘Intro to Type Design for Africans’, a 6-week online beginner-friendly workshop that introduces Africans to the world of type design.

📅 Oct 22–Nov 26, 2025
🕒 Wednesdays, 7–9 PM GMT
💻 Online

🔗 Register now: typeafrika.com/learn/intro-to…

Tiro Typeworks reposted

The Script Encoding Initiative @sei_berkeley released a post about @unicode v17 : sei.berkeley.edu/2025/09/18/the…


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