Michelangelo's Handwriting Becomes a Microsoft Office Font

The Vatican's Fabbrica di San Pietro has tasked the design studio studiogusto with developing Michelangelus, a typeface inspired by Michelangelo's manuscripts. This font features over 500 glyphs in four variations and will be incorporated into Microsoft Office. Meanwhile, in Tupper Lake, New York, giant troll sculptures by Thomas Dambo at the Wild Center, an Adirondack natural-history museum, have led to the local doughnut shop experiencing its busiest summer in 37 years, with the owner noting, "Amazing what trolls can do. They're instigators." Additionally, the Metropolitan Opera's Macbeth showcases Georgian dancers whose jumps, as reported by The New York Times, "originate from — and land on — the kneecaps." In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Q Division Studios, known for hosting the Pixies and Aimee Mann, has reverted to analog for a week, offering $400 reels of two-inch tape for free. Philadelphia's Wilma Theater is now streaming its performances via Watch Wilma for $35 each, with access ceasing four weeks after the live run concludes, as per its union agreement. Lastly, Frank Gehry's final concert hall, Kohl Hall, which seats 1,000 and is designed in-the-round, is set to open next September near Disney Hall, featuring a fanfare by John Williams for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.