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Between Writing & Type: the Stencil Letter is a new exhibition on view through June at the Catapult project space Kades-Kaden in Antwerp. More info and a brief overview of the history of stencil lettering here.

A new project from Typonine unites Latin and Cyrillic scripts in one typeface. (via The Daily Heller)

Gratuitous Type got a nice mention on the Creative Review blog this week, along with some awesome looking publications from The President, Jérémie Fischer, Emigre, Ill-Studio, and No Days Off. 

A series of book covers produced in Cuba from the 1960-70s appeared in Gratuitous Type No.1. If you missed it, a selection of these covers is now excerpted on 50 Watts, an incredible source for (mostly) book-related design and illustration, created and maintained by Will Schofield. 

Gratuitous Type (along with some of my most favorite magazines ever!) is on view at the Facing Pages 2012 Magazine Library this weekend. Very excited to be part of this super biennial independent magazine festival. If you’re attending, make sure to stop by the exhibition for a look at the new issue.

Silkscreened Raisonné specimen poster. Designed by Benjamin Critton.

Today’s 2 is an animated beauty from Brett Yasko! Brett is a wonderful graphic designer based in Pittsburgh, who created this gif with a little help from his family. “I asked my kid (who’s in second grade) to collect a bunch of “2”s from his friends at school,” explains Brett.

This series of 2’s celebrates the launch of Issue 2 of Gratuitous Type. Take a look at all the 2’s (so far) here and buy issue 2 now.