You've heard of such names as Frederick W. Goudy, Monotype, Caslon, Giambattista Bodoni, Jensen, and Gerald Giampa? Well P22 has acquired The Lanston Type Foundry, originally under the design direction of Frederick W. Goudy, to revive a remarkable tradition in classic type styles. Enjoy just a brief sampling, and the story of Gerald Giampa's return with The Lanston Type Foundry
... as we continue our quest for fonts and typography, I've updated the Festival pages and added a whole pile of new fonts and font links to the Loading Dock. (If you don't know the address, ask for it.)
* Join me now, as I visit new faces and new places on the typography trail... P22 Foundry Anniversary, and TypeCo Foundry... the fabulous sights of the Letterheads and Chank foundries ... in the Typography department.
Read about the Bitstream OpenFonts collection featuring "Charter" font, then read our tribute to Charter's creator, and the creator of the very font you are now reading ... Matthew Carter
Kenn Munk designs wonderfully different fonts and dingbats, some of which are inspired by urban typography. Travel to his neighbourhood, Frederiksbjerg Denmark, for an insightful visit with typography of bygone days; urban typography in ... My Type of Hood!
P22 releases a nice new font set inspired by Rod McKuen's latest works, and throws in some fresh drawings (ding-bats) and even some MP3 tunes to sweeten the deal... P22 Stanyan Autumn
Visit four new font sets, totalling more than 24 individual faces covering history from ancient Mexican relics, through Durer, into Art Deco and through to the '50s -- it's a fun romp with some rather unique twists and turns you don't want to miss... October Fonts
Kenn Munk designs wonderfully different fonts and dingbats that allow the user to "build" words, or in the case of dingbats - images. This obsesion is probably due to the hours and hours spent playing with LEGO bricks in his childhood. Shhhhh... be quiet!
In this article, Fred talks about experiences with some of the greats of typography... and helps to answer the question with a quote from Jan White -- Look for Typographic Voice
A reader in Canada wanted to have names such as Garamond, Bodoni and Jenson put into perspective. So here is our understanding of The Famous Names in Typography
H.M. from Liverpool UK writes:
"What is the font used for the main bulk of your articles? Its used quite a bit and I can't seem to find what its called?
* Hmmmm, that's a tough one because the style sheets call for several sans-serif fonts, and what you are seeing depends on what fonts you have installed. Try: Verdana, then Arial then Helvetica. After that you're on your own. :) See ... Verdana Font
A reader in Canada wanted to have names such as Garamond, Bodoni and Jenson put into perspective. So here is our understanding of Famous Faces
The first half of the Fall Fonts Festival is over, and we continue on through November -- so, if you haven't entered, get to it. The following winners will be receiving the Fonts CD package from Fonteam International --
Neil Minshall, Ottawa, Ontario; Christopher Quereau, Oneonta, NY; Mark A. Gordon, Rolla, MO; and Nick Seabrook from Pensacola.
Special thanks to Fonteam for being our anchor sponsor during October and November. Even if you don't win, folks, please take a look at this great fonts CD... which keeps the "deep" discount just for DTG readers. While you're there, you're invited to read the comments from our first five Font CD winners!
All through November, we continue the fonts festival with a "Heritage" typography theme.
We'll pick up after the Renaissance (where we left off last month) and journey through the 1700s to the return of the Quill as typographical instrument, and the invention of points and picas as the measurement system for type. Finally, we'll pay a little visit to one of the first printers in the new world, Colonial America -- way back in 1735! Just in time for the... November Holidays
Max is the creative force behind Union Fonts -- bringing lively typography into today's digital world greatly influenced by the "60s" rock-n-roll scene. Amazing new fonts from Union Fonts
Everyone loves the autumn and holiday season! We continue the Festival with more "Heritage Fonts" including: Plymouth a typeface reminiscent of the original Thanksgiving story; Pushkin, aunique font based on the handwriting of Pushkin; Bete Noir a tribute to the sexy screen star of the 20s; Black Jack the casual script that defies its name, and several others! Check them out at the Festival page Oh, and don't forget you can download them in the Publishers' Warehouse!
We'll also see the perfect "Ornamental" initial caps font for the holidays from Gallo Fonts
As part of our "Spring Fonts" topic, you're invited to take a look at two new fonts from the pen of Gerald Gallo -- classic illuminated caps and a very cool, hard-edged, Chiseled, 3D font!
You say you want a revolution? Then you'll want to use the powerful new sans serif from Mike Kohnke. The rounded corner sans also includes a sister font; the killer square "stencil" face. Manifesto Font
Good friend and colleague Chuck Davis has been busy in the Letterheads site and has sent us a whole list of new font creations -- both commercial and freeware! What I liked best is the new gallery showing knock-out samples of their fonts in use for dazzling signage of all kinds. We'll give you the full details in this month's &Type! columnSpring Fonts
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