The American designer Jim Parkinson (born 1941 in Richmond, California) created the fonts ITC Bodoni Six™, ITC Bodoni Twelve™ and ITC Bodoni™ Seventy Two in 1994, together with Janice Fishman, Holly Goldsmith and Sumner Stone.
Further fonts of Jim Parkinson are Bonita™, Commerce Gothic™, Diablo™, Dreamland™, Fancy Stuff, Generica™ Condensed, Industrial Gothic, Jimbo™ (1995), Mojo™ (1960), Montara™ (2002), Pueblo™ and ITC Roswell™ (1998).
Jimbo is an enthusiastic and friendly serif display typeface created by Jim Parkinson, an Oakland, California, lettering artist and designer. Based on an early logotype for Parkinson´s studio, Jimbo embodies the charisma of mid-20th-century advertising and sign painters´ lettering. "It´s like a happy Bodoni", says Parkinson. This two-axis multiple master typeface allows on-demand generation of weight and width variations from Regular Condensed to Black Extended. Designed primarily for use at large display sizes, Jimbo is also clear and readable in short text settings as small as 12 points. Ideal for signs, advertising, and packaging.
