FONT MAGAZINE – News about typography

A rediscovered classic in the style of the Art Nouveau era: ITC Benguiat …
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May 2013

Exciting new typefaces published by various foundries

We have put together a selection of what we consider to be the most remarkable and interesting typefaces published by a range of different foundries in the recent past.
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May 2013

Rediscover a classic font: ITC Benguiat

The extravagant launch of ITC Benguiat in issue 4-4 of U&lc proved to be an accurate predictor of its future.
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April 2013

DIN 1450 – the German standard on legibility of texts

The new German standard DIN 1450, which will come into force in mid-2013, will not only regulate how text is displayed on public signage systems, but will also set out clear guidelines for the appearance of other forms of text.
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April 2012

eText fonts – the optimum of on-screen text quality

With our new eText fonts that have been optimised for on-screen use, you can ensure that your texts remain readily legible when displayed on smartphones, tablets or e-readers.
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April 2013

Fruitygreen: a biologically inspired, very contemporary font with a high recognition factor

Fruitygreen is Indonesian designer Andi AW. Masry’s second typeface following Coomeec.
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April 2013

Nine exceptional fonts from different foundries

Sometimes it is possible to recognise a typeface at a single glance. These include those whose overall concept is so unique that it difficult to forget them.
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March 2013

Xenois: a typeface microcosm created by Erik Faulhaber in which clarity and diversity are combined

Xenois is Erik Faulhaber’s third major font family after Generis and Aeonis.
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March 2013

Kimberley Geswein Fonts

When Kimberley Geswein is not busy teaching her two daughters at home, she dedicates her time to her other great passion: calligraphy.
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March 2013

Moviefonts 2013: Lernen Sie die Schriften auf den Plakaten der Oscar-Sieger kennen

Gehören Sie auch zu den Menschen, die sich nicht nur an ausgezeichneten Filmen, sondern auch an der Typografie auf den Plakaten erfreuen können?
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February 2013

Ability and Always: two highly individual calligraphic typefaces designed by Anton Scholz

Within its collection of more than 100 typefaces, Scholz Fonts offers abundant unusual calligraphic forms, two of which we describe in more detail in the following.
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February 2013

The Aviano hyperfamily by Jeremy Dooley: variations on the theme of Copperplate Gothic suitable for use in innumerable applications

In the early years of the 20th century, Frederic W. Goudy designed a quite remarkable Grotesque typeface for American Type Founders in Jersey City.
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January 2013

The most popular releases of 2012

On your behalf, we have looked into which new fonts proved most popular in 2012.
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January 2013

Bookmania: Ein Revival der Bookman Oldstyle

Bookmania is how Mark Simonson calls his revival of the familiar Bookman Oldstyle.
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December 2012

Brewery No 2: a contemporary, formally elegant typeface that combines features of Grotesque and Antiqua fonts

An entry in the Second Linotype Design Contest, Linotype Brewery, designed by Gustavs Andrejs Grinbergs, became part of the TakeType Collection in 1997.
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September 2012

Smile please: Say Cheese!

Behind the original concept for Say Cheese is calligrapher Alan Blackman, who laboured for several years on getting the form of the characters right.
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November 2012

Linotype Freytag: one of the best Bauhaus-style typefaces currently on the market

New italic styles have extended the range of uses of Arne Freytag’s Linotype Freytag.
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November 2012

Agmena: a perfectly designed, poetic book typeface

Created by Jovica Veljović, the Antiqua typeface Agmena has been designed to be the perfect book font.
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January 2009

A solid, stylish slab serif design: the new Egyptian Slate from Rod McDonald

Just as the camera adds weight to human faces, serifs can add weight to typographic faces. Rod McDonald trimmed and adjusted his new Egyptian Slate™ design as it emerged from its sans serif predecessor, the Slate™ design.
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October 2012

A classic antiqua in modern dress: Capitolium 2 and Capitolium News 2 by Gerard Unger

An update has not only extended the glyph range of the classic antiqua font Capitolium by Gerard Unger but has also improved its typesetting qualities thanks to adaptation and augmentation.
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September 2012

Parfumerie Script by Sabrina Lopez: an original calligraphic font with a sensational range of characters

Parfumerie Script by Sabrina Lopez published by the Typesenses foundry is a new calligraphic font that is truly original.
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September 2012

Classic Grotesque by Rod McDonald: a traditional font with a modern face

An update of Monotype Grotesque that was first published in 1926, Rod McDonald’s Classic Grotesque combines both traditional and contemporary elements of typography.
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August 2012

A fresh and original calligraphic design: George Ryan’s Koorkin

Koorkin
George Ryan describes his new design, Koorkin, as “a calligraphic typeface through and through”.
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August 2012

A space-saving calligraphic typeface with a unique flair: Coomeec by Andi AW. Masry

Coomeec
Although Andi AW. Masri designed his Coomeec typeface with one eye on comic books, this is more than just another cartoon font.
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August 2012

Bomparte’s Fonts

The type foundry launched in 2006 offers the typefaces designed by John Bomparte.
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July 2012

EmilyLime Design

The Emily Lime Design type foundry distributes the fonts designed by Emily Conners.
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