A string of states have reintroduced the mandatory teaching of cursive, most recently California and New Hampshire, Chloe Gordon looks at the evolution …
Phil Garnham, executive creative director at Monotype, discusses the beauty of cursive type, and how technology is being used to make it more contemporary
A Monotype study aims to answer “questions about the cultural differences in perceiving meaning and emotion in type.” Chinese signmakers use infinity mirrors to create cool LED signage. A road sign in Canada wishes monarch butterflies a safe migration. “The golden age of ballooning” led to the first aerial maps. AR-based windows for tour buses. Auto-focusing eyeglasses! The graphene-based “Everything Proof Pants & Shirt.” 3D-printed compostable shoes. Torn from the headlines: is it safe to eat snow? Burning question: why does Norway have so many fjords? Puckish teenager tapes fish to ATMs, for some reason. Hidden Valley and Burt’s Bees collaborate on ranch-flavored lip balm, much to the bees’ dismay. All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly miscellany.
Monotype and Neurons, an applied neuroscience company, have released the first results of an ongoing study, revealing the emotional impact of different …