Designer's Toolbox

Welcome to the "Designer's Toolbox". Here you'll find links to insightful articles and various aspects of type and typography brought to you by Ascender's Type Director, Steve Matteson.

Click on a link below to view the article:

• January 2009 - "Sans Serif fonts - part 1"
   
• February 2009 - "Sans Serif fonts - part 2"


• March 2009 - "Sans Serif fonts - part 3"
   
• April 2009 - "Sans Serif fonts - part 4"
   
• May 2009 - "Using OpenType Features: Figure Styles"
   
• June 2009 - "Using OpenType Features: Swashes"

• July 2009 - "Ands & Ampersands"

• August 2009 - "Alternate Characters"

• September 2009 - "Ligatures & Diphthongs"

• October 2009 - "Dingbats & Bullets & Sorts (Oh my!)"