Every year for many years, probably ever since Font Bureau started, we’ve had offsites. They started out as a once-a-year weekend gathering to some non-Boston locale to determine which fonts we’d be releasing in the coming year. We still gather once a year, usually now to Martha’s Vineyard, but do more than just look at fonts. We still do look at a lot of fonts, though.

I'll be at Cooper Union next week to give a lecture and workshop as part of the mighty Type Masters Week NYC, brought to you by the Type Directors Club and Font Bureau. If you are closer to Spain, I am doing a 3-day workshop in July.

“If influence can be measured in the quantity of typewritten words produced, then the most powerful wordmonger in history may be Matthew Carter,” writes Julie Lasky in her New York Times article. Carter was honored with the 2011 National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement on Thursday at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Congrats Matthew, for an extraordinary year of awards!

Cyrus Highsmith designed Salvo Sans & Salvo Serif (originally called Boomer Sans & Boomer Serif) as one series for AARP. It’s been called “hopeful, informative, alive, embracing and delightful.” We couldn’t agree more.

On Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30pm join Font Bureau with Webtype, Monotype Imaging, Fonts.com Web Fonts, and AIGA Boston for an evening focused on web typography. Learn how typography on the web has evolved, what WOFF (Web Open Font Format) is about, options for using web fonts, and be inspired by the creative possibilities for designers.

We’ll have a cocktail reception and hands-on demos followed by a panel discussion led by Font Bureau’s, Sam Berlow. The panel will include web designers, font foundries, developers and more. Stay tuned for panelist details!

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Happy birthday, Astroboy!

Laurie Rosenwald spotted our typeface, Loupot at Carnegie Hall.