Posts by Kim Tidwell

Kim Tidwell is an Austin-based writer and creative strategist with a penchant for 17th-century Dutch painting, mid-century typefaces, and portraits from any era. She is currently working on her first novel.

Penelope Channels Two Iconic 20th-Century Art Movements with Modern Flair

Typotheque’s Kevin King on Preserving Indigenous Scripts Through Typographic Support

Revolver Type Reimagines Matthew Carter’s Iconic Airport Typeface

Four More Years! (…of Edel Rodriguez)

Political Design

Commercial Type Samples Custom and Off-the-Shelf for the Best ‘Rolling Stone’ Redesign Yet

Vocal Type & Civilization Expand the Story of Type and Social Justice at MODA

For Comic Sans’ 30th Birthday, a Reconsideration?

Pablo Navarlaz’s Design Thesis is the Latest Research into Typography for Low Vision

Europa Clipper Heads to Jupiter in Search of Water and Cosmic Connection

Pivot Grotesk is Inspired by Two Visual Principles at the Center of Everything

“Be Better than the History I’ve Traveled,” a Chat with Cheryl D. Miller

Designer Interviews

Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee on Alexander Girard at Our Bonus October Book Club

Cheryl Miller’s Life of Advocacy at the Next PRINT Book Club

Chisel & Flow: GT Pantheon is a New Classic

Stitches Meet Pixels in this Typeface Inspired by Norwegian Embroidery

© Agathe Millet, Hardanger

Helveticization, Comic CERNs, & Change: A Design Anthropologist on “Fontroversy”

Type Tuesday

Positype Declares Independence with a Refreshed Website & New Typefaces

Skew is a Brush Lettering Font Built for Designers

Type of Feeling: Jessica Walsh’s New Foundry Gets Emotional

Politip is Very Poly

Call Yourself a Graphic Designer? You Have W.A. Dwiggins to Thank

Zed is a Typeface on a Mission for a Better World

Custom Type Anchors a Vibrant Identity for Chicago’s Newest Public Park

Pangea’s Broad Appeal Narrows