Mmm… tasty Lasagna typeface
Ninja August 5th, 2008
ReType recently announced the release of Yomar Augusto’s Lasagna typeface.
Purchasing link
+ Lasagna is available in
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Studio Lettering Collection
Ninja July 26th, 2008
House Industries’ Studio Lettering features three darling script faces and an ornament font! This whole collection is only $160.00. But wait, there’s more!
The first 200 Studio Lettering buyers will receive a handsome, 64-page hardbound Studio Lettering book (retails for $35.00) for free! This classic Smythe-sewn hardbound volume espouses on the historical and modern significance of the Studio Lettering project. Each book hand-selected, signed and numbered by artist/author Ken Barber.
Thanks to Sharon for the tip.
And congrats to Ken Barber on his 3 TDC2008 Awards for Studio Lettering Sable, Sutdio Lettering Slant, and Studio Lettering Swing!
Purchasing link
+ Purchase the House Industries Studio Lettering collection ($160.00)
Centro Pro ftw
Ninja May 28th, 2008
Congratulations to the Parachute type foundry for winning an European Design Award for the Centro Pro typeface families!
Centro Pro was designed by Panos Vassiliou, and you can view his sketches and design process here.
PF Centro Pro is a type system, not just a type family. This large series of 40 fonts with 1519 characters each, is composed of 3 superfamilies (serif, sans and slab), includes true italics and supports Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. It is an almost ‘invisible’ typeface which has legibility as its main attribute and is ideal for a wide range of design works. It does not attract any unnecessary attention, but rather serves its purpose. A rare case of contemporary type family working across three alphabets, Centro Pro meets an ever-growing demand for such typefaces among pan-European companies and institutions.
- European Design Awards jury
Meet the Centro Pro family.
Purchasing links are available after each image.
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Dangerous Curves
Ninja March 7th, 2008
Ooo, Mr. Doyald Young’s new book, Dangerous Curves is now available for purchase from his site!
In Dangerous Curves I have attempted to show both emerging and expert designers how, in an age of computer-dominated design, the designer can turn to their very own hands for both inspiration and solution. The only way to create a logotype that is truly unique is for the designer to transcend the limitations of the available fonts and typefaces on the market. Dangerous Curves provides a roadmap for that very worthy endeavor.
—DY
Take a look
Pencil Comps. Seasmoke wine was featured in the 2004 movie Sideways.
Pencil sketches for Eclat typeface.
Tehru Oraoka monogram exploration.
Related links
+ Visit Doyald Young’s web site
+ Doyald Young on his five mentors
+ Stefan G. Bucher interviews Doyald Young (STEP magazine)
Purchasing link
+ Buy your copy of Dangerous Curves here ($100.00 USD)
Champion Script Pro
Ninja November 9th, 2007
I’ve been searching for scripty type for yet another wedding invitation. As much as I do enjoy it, next year, I’m going to take a break, & I won’t be designing any invites. Whew. ^__^
My favorite find (thus far) is the lovely Open Type PF Champion Script Pro. This typeface debuted at the ICTVC (International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication) in June of 2007, and it has been dubbed “the most powerful script ever made.” Champion Script’s forms are based on 18th century master calligrapher Joseph Champion’s writings.
You can check out the making of Champion Script Pro here.
Take a look:
Meet Champion Script Pro.
Look at some of her pretty frames & ornaments.
Watch her gylphs change (automatically).
See her in Greek.
And Cyrillic.
She’s a beaut with:
+ 2 weights
+ multilingual support—Latin, Greek, Greek Poly, Eastern European, Baltic, Cyrillic, Turkish, Vietnamese
+ 4253 glyphs per font
+ alternatives & glyphs that change automatically according to their combination with neighboring letters
+ 117 ornaments/frames
+ 5 sets of swashed capitals & small caps
Champion Script goes for:
EUR 175.00 (family)
EUR 95.00 per weight
Purchasing Link
+ Purchase Champion Script from the Parachute type foundry
Related Link
+ Visit Parachute Fonts’s blog
