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 26.2.10 / PRELO PROMINENT IN OBSERVER REDESIGN
22.2.10 / NEW FROM FONT BUREAU: STARLING & TRILBY
24.2.10 / MORE NEW TYPE YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
Ultra limited edition Type Calendar designed by The Chase. Last few copies available on a first come first served basis for £20 each (UK) including shipping. Email sales@type.co.uk to buy one. Read more details.
FaceType is a small Austrian foundry based in Vienna, founded in 2008 and the latest addition to our stable. Notable fonts include the elegant Ivory family and the quirky Strangelove, their homage to Stanley Kubrick's cold war masterpiece Dr Strangelove.
Eduardo Manso's wonderful Emtype collection is now available for instant download. Check out the rounded sans face Geogrotesque and its' sister family Geogrotesque Stencil, or the clean & legible Relato Sans OT family.
A most ghostly, scary, creepy, freaky, spooky, ghoulish bunch of halloween horror fonts handpicked for maximum fright potential:
Nick Cooke's G-Type foundry continues an impressive release schedule with the addition of a Fine weight to the best selling Olicana type family. Olicana Rough and Smooth now have a skinnier, more delicate little cousin, Olicana Fine, which boasts more refined thin strokes, greater contrast and finesse.
Linotype have released the formidable new DIN Next Pro Platinum Collection, a refreshing update to the original DIN 1451 MittelSchrift and EngSchrift fonts. Background info on the new DIN Next Platinum fonts, pricing, samples etc here.
Brixton based foundry Dalton Maag have added 'Advertising' weights to their successful Lexia and Plume type families; bolder, more tight-fitting styles with short descenders that have been designed to work well in newspaper and magazine headlines or even at billboard size. Another notable new release is Verveine, a bright and breezy casual felt pen script which comes in separate OpenType Std, Greek and Cyrillic variants or the all-inclusive, feature-rich Corp version.
New fonts and complete type collections added to our online shop in April include the following: • Image Club Library : popular collection of 200+ display faces including Lemonade & Alley Cat • Alan Meeks Collection : ex-Letraset studio manager's range, includes the Astoria font family • Plexes Pro : another stunning, modern OpenType Pro family from Dino dos Santos / DSType
We're delighted to announce the addition of Portugal's finest, DSType, to our stable of foundries. Dino dos Santos is equally adept at designing both corporate and editorial type systems or striking single weight display and script faces. Perhaps best known for the art deco Estilo Script , other notable releases include contemporary sans Priva Pro which includes Greek and Cyrillic glyphs and the versatile Leitura. DSType's new premium type series has been launched with the professional Glosa and Prelo families. Read more about DSType fonts here
"Citizen" Stuart Brown, Tooting resident and Hamburgerfonts chief, pays homage to the south London suburb with his latest release, Tooting Sans, a well-crafted, contemporary humanist sans. Designed for the needs of editorial, advertising and signage, Tooting Sans is not only suitable for setting large amounts of text at small sizes, it also has a presence and robustness for powerful headlines. An impressive character set includes CE, Greek and Cyrillic glyphs plus small caps, ligatures and multiple numeral sets.
Dalton Maag have added true italics to their popular modern sans face Foco, now making it an even more attractive proposition for all-round publishing and packaging work. Available in OpenType (TTF flavour) format and includes a Central European (CE) character set.
Fontworks are delighted to announce the addition of the Borges Lettering fonts to our range, a fabulous suite of flowing, brushdrawn handwriting scripts which will enhance any artwork. Check out all 5 fonts, including the immensely legible Louisiana. Take 'em for a spin using our new test driver.
Dalton Maag have been prolific in 2008 and the latest family off the production line is Cordale, a very legible modern serif brimming with contemporary character. This follows their brand new grotesk, Effra. Duncan Rogers has created Overlap, another inspirational display face released through his Image Daddy vehicle and Lucasfonts continue their quest to keep Thesis out in front as the largest super family known to man with the addition of the ultra fine TheSans Hair in OpenType.
Brand new Chank OpenType fonts are available to browse, test drive and buy. Superior updated versions of old Chank display favourites like Brubecks Cube are now complemented by the addition of the extensive new Adrianna family containing 30 fonts in 3 widths (Regular, Condensed, Extended), Chank's first serious text face which also includes Cyrillic & CE language coverage. To celebrate, we have an exclusive free font for you to download and keep, Adrianna BigSmalls.
Freelance type designer Robbie Smith trades under the moniker of ‘Smith Hands’, his first release Hoplight is a hybrid modern serif overflowing with character and calligraphic personality.
Fontworks is producing 4 radical double page type spreads for the Birmingham Post newspaper to coincide with the Plus design festival in the city. Featured designers will be Nick Cooke (G-Type), Darren Scott, Identikal and Christian Küsters (Acmefonts). Each designer will use his own fonts and the brief is to break the typical newspaper layout mould. PDFs available to view soon.
Vinnie Connare, whose dubious honour it is to be the man responsible for Comic Sans, goes some way to redeeming himself with the unveiling of his new release for Dalton Maag. Magpie is a quirky condensed serif in Regular, Bold & Italic styles and it was the italic's cursive qualities which provided the backdrop for the roman designs.
Browse all Dalton Maag fonts here
Adrian Williams' respected UK foundry ClubType have lowered the price of their OpenType Std fonts to 18.95 GBP each (previously 24.95 GBP per style), which is great news if you're in the market for a stylish new text face such as Congress Sans. In other news, CT's popular Mercurius family has been renamed simply, er, ClubType!
Fontworks is collaborating with illustrator Simon Spilsbury to create a new handwritten type style promoting Cobra Beer in the UK. Images appearing on our custom fonts page soon.
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has stepped up its font licensing awareness campaign with the launch of a best practice guide aimed at educating businesses on the need to pay for their fonts and comply with copyright laws. If you're in need of advice please refer to our licensing page or contact us in total confidence and we'll be able to help.
Luc[as] de Groot's mighty Corpid typeface, a fine choice for Corporate or publishing environments, now boasts a brand new Semi Condensed set to add to the Standard and Condensed widths. The three sub-families come as OpenType fonts in a range of five weights, from Light to Black. All family members come with small caps and include a CE character set. What's more, the E1 versions also cover Greek and Cyrillic for perfect pan-European typesetting. Download the free Corpid specimen PDF here
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