Alphabettes Soup: Feminist Approaches to Type

🥣 Pour several cups of type designers, lettering artists, typographers, and graphic designers into an email thread. Sauté in hot feminist butter. Add a blog, conference meetups, online hangouts, virtual crits, and a mentorship program. Sprinkle a generous handful of friendship. Let simmer for 10 years. Serve in a book form.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Alphabettes Soup celebrates a decade of feminist approaches to type research, design, and creative community-building. The book blends key articles from the Alphabettes platform with original essays, exploring intersections between culture, language, business practices, technology, and type. It also includes interviews with Alphabettes members, visual histories, and reflections on past and ongoing initiatives. More than an anthology, Alphabettes Soup is a dynamic collection of voices and stories. The book is conceived as a type specimen, showcasing over 100 typefaces designed by women and non-binary individuals. Aimed at challenging dominant narratives in type history and contemporary practice, Alphabettes Soup seeks to inspire future generations to create their own decentralized design communities.

ABOUT ALPHABETTES

In 2015, amid intense discussions about sexism and gender diversity in the type industry, a conversation among a few internet acquaintances quickly expanded into a wide-reaching network of over 300 type designers, lettering artists, typographers, and design educators. With no financial support or organizational structures, Alphabettes was born. Since then, this decentralized network has published hundreds of articles, paired emerging type designers with mentors, and hosted numerous public events and critique sessions. Committed to promoting equity, Alphabettes advocates for diversity in type design at conferences, educational institutions, and throughout the industry worldwide.

AUTHORS

Alessia Mazzarella ♡ Amy Papaelias ♡ Anna Srikitkul ♡ Bianca Berning ♡ Boom Promphan Suksumek ♡ Briar Levit ♡ Carine Vadet-Perrot ♡ Catherine Dixon ♡ Catherine Griffiths ♡ Chris Campe ♡ Dina Benbrahim ♡ Dafne Martinez ♡ Dyana Weissman ♡ Elena Veguillas ♡ Eleni Beveratou ♡ Elizabeth Carey Smith ♡ Evelyn Wh-ell ♡ Garine Gokceyan ♡ Imad Gebrayel ♡ Indra Kupferschmid ♡ Isabel Urbina Peña ♡ Jessica Griscti ♡ JIllian Adel ♡ Joyce Ketterer ♡ Julia Novitch ♡ Kaiya Warea ♡ Karen Cheng ♡ Kateryna Korolevtseva ♡ Laura Meseguer ♡ Liron Lavi Turkenich ♡ Lisa Huang ♡ Luisa Baeta ♡ Lynne Yun ♡ Mallory Haselberger ♡ Maria Montes ♡ Maria Paganopoulou ♡ Mariko Takagi ♡ Maryam Golpayegani ♡ Muk Monsalve ♡ Nadine Chahine ♡ Naïma Ben Ayed ♡ Nina Paim ♡ Nina Stössinger ♡ Nora Gummert-Hauser ♡ Pooja Saxena ♡ Ragini Siruguri ♡ Robin Mientjes ♡ Romina Hernandez ♡ Roxane Gataud ♡ Sahar Afshar ♡ Sandra Garcia ♡ Sandra Morales ♡ Schessa Garbutt ♡ Shaqa Bovand ♡ Sibylle Hagmann ♡ Sol Matas ♡ Sophia Tai ♡ Susana Carvalho ♡ Tânia Raposo ♡ Tanya George ♡ Taylor Childers ♡ Taurai Valerie Mtake ♡ TIffany Wardle ♡ Veronika Burian ♡ Victoria Rushton ♡ Zainab Marvi

INTERVIEWS WITH

Alice Savoie ♡ Bye Bye Binary (Camille Circlude, Ludi Loiseau, Eugénie Bidaut, Sophie Vela, and Enz@ Le Garrec) ♡ Carolina Giovagnoli ♡ Fiona Ross ♡ Georgia Angelopoulos ♡ Jessica Harjo ♡ Irene Vlachou ♡ Kathleen Sleboda ♡ Loraine Furter ♡ Maha Akl ♡ Mohamed Gaber ♡ Monique Ortman ♡ María Ramos ♡ Sadie Red Wing ♡ Violet Duncan

WITH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY

Agnieszka Ewa Olszewska ♡ Aleksandra Samuļenkova ♡ Alexderik S.J. Berlers ♡ Azucena León ♡ Alina Kiliwa ♡ Alisa Nowak ♡ Allie Schmitz ♡ Alyona Korysta ♡ Amélie Bonet ♡ Aoife Mooney ♡ Anagha Narayanan ♡ Ana Sanikidze ♡ Anita Jürgeleit ♡ Anna Cairns ♡ Anya Danilova ♡ Ariadne Remoundakis ♡ Barbara Bigosinska ♡ Blondina Elms Pastel ♡ Brooke Hull ♡ Carolyn Porter ♡ Céline Odermatt ♡ Clara Cayosa ♡ Diana Ovezea ♡ Đông Trúc ♡ Elena Papassissa ♡ Elena Schneider ♡ Émilie Rigaud ♡ Erin McLaughlin ♡ Fabiola Mejía ♡ Fátima Lázaro ♡ Fer Cozzi ♡ Florence Fu ♡ Francesca Bolognini ♡ Frida Medrano ♡ Golnar Kat Rahmani ♡ Heidi Rand Sørensen ♡ Hendrika Makilya ♡ Inga Plönnigs ♡ Irina Koryagina ♡ Jen Mussari ♡ Joana Correia ♡ Joohee Lee ♡ Julieta Ulanovsky ♡ June Shin ♡ Justine Herbel ♡ Kaja Słojewska ♡ Kamilah Carter ♡ Kara Gordon ♡ Kelly Thorn ♡ Keya Vadgama ♡ Kimya Gandhi ♡ Laura Serra ♡ Laura Worthington ♡ Leah Spencer ♡ Lena Weber ♡ Lila Symons ♡ Linda Hintz ♡ Lipi Raval ♡ Lisa Fischbach ♡ Lisa Maione ♡ Lisa Timpe ♡ Liz DeLuna ♡ Louisa Fröhlich ♡ Lora Shtirkova ♡ Lucila Guajardo ♡ Maria Doreuli ♡ Mariko Saji ♡ Marisol Ortega ♡ May Jolyvet ♡ Meghan Arnold ♡ Mint Tantisuwanna ♡ Mónica Munguía ♡ Nada Abdallah ♡ Najla Badran ♡ Namrata Goyal ♡ Natalie Rauch ♡ Nicole Arnett Phillips ♡ Noopur Datye ♡ Noheul Lee ♡ Océane Juvin ♡ Omaima Dajani ♡ Paula Mastrangelo ♡ Purvi Kotharii ♡ Raafia Jessa ♡ Raven Mo ♡ Rosalie Wagner ♡ Ruxandra Duru ♡ Sabrina Lopez ♡ Salomi Desai ♡ Samar Zuriek ♡ Sara Gregs ♡ Selina Bernet ♡ Shiva Nallaperumal ♡ Shuchita Grover ♡ Sol Uauage ♡ Snehal Patil ♡ Soulaf Khalifeh ♡ Spike Spondike ♡ Stéphane Dupont ♡ Theresa dela Cruz ♡ Thalia Echevarria ♡ TienMin Liao ♡ Ulrike Rausch ♡ Valentina Casali ♡ Valery Marier ♡ Victoria & Vitalina Lopukhina ♡ Vitória Neves ♡ Yaprak Buse Çağlar ♡ Yesha Goshar ♡ Zenab Bastawala ♡ Zeynep Akay ♡ Zrinka Buljubašić