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The repetition of simple geometric shapes forms a daily part of our environment. Throughout the 20th century – and into the 21st – typefaces whose designs have taken advantage of this have remained popular. But finding exactly the right mood can be tricky. For your convenience, we have grouped some of our favorite geometric typefaces (mostly sans serif and symbol) into four categories: circles, squares, ovals, and triangles.
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[...]The work of the American designer and calligrapher Jill Bell is full of joy and luminosity. Her typefaces are suited for a wide array of applications, and each conveys its own, personal touch.
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ITC Caribbean™
ITC Caribbean is earthy yet exotic. Jill Bell combined in her typeface experiment unusual angles and curves to produce tall, thin letters whose stroke style completes the suggestion of palm trees which this typeface brings to mind. The typeface contains capitals
[...]Biography of Akira Kobayashi:
Studied at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo, and later followed this up with a calligraphy course at the London College of Printing. Freelance type designer since 1997.
Professional experience
April 1983–March 1989
Sha-ken Co. Ltd, Japan Typeface design department
December 1990–June 1993
Jiyu-kobo Ltd, Japan
September 1993–March 1997
TypeBank Co. Ltd, Japan
March 1997–April 2001
Freelance type designer
April 1998–April
[...]David Quay – born 3. 1. 1948 in London, England – graphic designer, type designer, typographer, teacher.
1963–68: studies at Ravensbourne College of Art & Design. 1968–75: works in London as a graphic designer. 1983: co-founder of Quay & Gray Lettering (with Paul Gray). 1987: launches David Quay Design in London. Clients include Monotype, H. Berthold AG and the International Typeface Corporation (ITC). 1988: founds Letter Exchange, an organization for aspects of typography and type. The c.
[...]The German designer Anne Boskamp created Linotype Merlin™ in 1994 and Goodies™ in 2002.
Linotype Merlin is part of the TakeType Library, which features the winners of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contest from 1994 to 1997.
The alphabet of Linotype Merlin consists exclusively of capital letters. At the same time aggressive and sensitive, Merlin looks as though it were scratched onto paper with a pen tip saturated with ink. Like characters from another time, the letters fall
[...]The British designer Timothy Donaldson created the following fonts: ITC Airstream™ (1995), ITC Angryhog™ (1997), Banshee™, Coriander™, Cult™ (1995), ITC Cyberkugel™ (1997), ITC Digital Woodcuts™ (1995), Etruscan™ (1995), ITC Farmhaus™ (1995), Flight™ (1995), Green™ (1995), ITC Humana™ Serif (1995), ITC Humana™ Sans (1995), ITC Humana™ Script (1995), Immi™, ITC Jellybaby™ (1997), John Handy™ (1995), Klee™ (1992), ITC Musclehead™ (1997), Neo Neo™ (1995), Orange™ (1995), Pink™ (1994), Pneuma™
[...]The designer Arthur Baker created the following fonts: Amigo™, Baker Signet™, Kigali™, Marigold™, Oxford™, Pelican™, Sassafras™, Visigoth™.
Colin Brignall – born 1940 in Warwickshire, England – photographer, type designer, art director. Started work as photographer for the fashion trade, the press and industry.
1964: joins the Letraset Type Studio as photographic technician. Since 1974: type designer for Letraset International. Since 1980: type director for Esselte Letraset in London.
Fonts: Countdown™ (1965), Aachen™ (1969), Premier™ Lightline (1969), Revue™ (1969), Premier™ shaded (1970), Superstar™ (1970), Octopuss™
[...]The German designer Ronny Edelstein created the fun font Linotype Mineru™ in 1997. This font is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the entries of the 2nd International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. Linotype Mineru contains three weights: Linotype Mineru regular, Linotype Mineru bold, Linotype Mineru outline.
The designer Kerstin Fritsche created the font Linotype MMistel™ in 1997. Linotype MMistel is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the entries of the 1999 International Digital Type Design Contest.
The Swiss designer Christian Goetz created the font Linotype Minos™ in 1997. This font is part of the TakeType Library, which features winners of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contest. Christian Goetz named Linotype Minos after King Minos of Crete of the Bronze Age. Typical of scripts of this time were the ornamental borders around the characters, found on palaces of Knossos, Phaistos and Mallia. These borders surround every character of Linotype Minos, making it exclusively for
[...]The late Phill Grimshaw was a prolific designer who delighted in the sheer fun and challenge of drawing display typefaces. His fonts reflect his understanding of calligraphy, his own imagination for dynamic letterforms, and his knack for drawing a great variety of styles. After studying at the Royal College of Art in London in the 1970s, he settled in his native Manchester in northern England to work as a lettering artist. He developed a specialization in type design, influenced and encouraged
[...]The British lettering designer David Harris created the fonts Becka Script™ (1985), Chromium One™ (1983) and Julia Script™ (1983).
Becka Script, Chromium One and Julia Script are included in the Linotype Library.
The Chicago-based lettering designer Charles Hughes created the font Indy™ in 1990. The lowercase letters link together to evoke the look of true handwriting and complement a generous and graceful capital alphabet. Indy is a refined handwriting script ideal for anything needing a touch of elegance.
German designer Andreas Karl created the fonts Linotype Fluxus™ and Linotype Mailbox™ in 1997. Both fonts are included in the TakeType Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997.
The wavy contours of Linotype Fluxus give the font a restless, choppy feel. Its relatively strong strokes make Linotype Fluxus particularly good for headlines.
Linotype Mailbox has an entire alphabet, only lower case letters, with the look of @
[...]American designer Frank Marciuliano created the following fonts:
Linotype Abstract™ (2002), Linotype Automat™ (2002), Linotype Breeze™ (2002), Linotype Constitution™ (2002), Linotype Isilda™ (2002), ITC Jaft™ (1996), ITC Jambalaya™ (1996), Linotype Labyrinth™ (2002), Linotype Lindy™ (2002), Linotype Mediterraneo™ (2002), ITC Schizoid™ (1997).
Designer Alan Meeks (born 1951 in London) created the following fonts: Ambrose™, Aachen medium and bold (with Colin Brignall, 1969/1977), Algerian™ Condensed (1988), Astoria, Belwe™ Mono (1976/1989), Bertie™ (1985), Bickley™ Script (1986), Bramley™ (1979), Brigade, Burlington™ (1985), Cabaret™ (1980), Campaign™ (1987), Cancellaresca™ Script (1982), Candice™ (1976), Chalfont, Champers™ (1991), Chesterfield™ (1977), Claude™ Sans (1988/1990), Copacabana, Dynamo (with
[...]Austrian designer Otmar Motter (born 1927) created the fonts ITC Motter Corpus™ (1994), ITC Motter Femina™ (1981) and ITC Motter Sparta™ (1997).
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).
The American designer David Sagorski created the fonts Bang™ (1993), Bluntz™ (1994), Dancin’™ (1995), ITC Dave’s Raves™ (1994), Expressions™ (1995), Faithful Fly™ (1994), ITC Juice™ (1995), Moderns (1994), Mo’s Funky Fresh™ (1993), ITC Snap® (1995), Tag™ (1994), Wildlife (1994).
German designer Gunter Schwarzmaier created the font Linotype Leggodt™ in 1997. The font is based on the forms of the first fonts intended for multimedia, for example, OCR of Adrian Frutiger. These fonts could not yet be seamlessly displayed on a screen and look 'pixel-y'. Because of this extremely technical look, such forms have appeared in the typography trend of the 1990s.
The British designer Andrew Smith created the fonts Barbed Wire, Chiller™ (1995), Chipper™ (1995), Jokerman™ (1995), Retro Bold™ (with Colin Brignall, 1992), Scratch™ (1995) and Smudger™ (1994).
American designer Eric Stevens created the fonts Baker, Goitre, ITC Kumquat™ (1998), ITC Lintball™, Miscreant, ITC Pious Henry™ (1997), Slappy, and ITC Tapioca™ (1997).
German designer Martina Theisen created the fonts Linotype Astrolo™, Linotype Creatures™, Linotype Improfil™, Linotype Maenneken™, Linotype Smileface™ and Linotype Typentypo™ in 2002.
The British designer Martin Wait created the following fonts:
Artiste™ (1991), Balmoral™ (1978), Banner™ (1986), Bertram™ (1991), Challenge™ (1982), Conference™ (1978), Emphasis™ (1989), Forest™ (1986), Freestyle Script™ (1981/86), Hadfield™ (1980), Horndon™ (1984), Informal Roman™ (1989), Julietrose™ (2006), Laser™ (1987/88), Pendry Script™ (1981), Pritchard™ (1990), Rapier™ (1989), Refracta™ (1988), Riva™ (1994), Roquette™ (1993), Scriba™ (1992), Wild Thing™ (1995).
The Polish designer Piotr Wozniak created the font Linotype Kropki™ in 1997.
Characters made out of jumping balls that jump on the floor. This could have been the inspiration for Piotr Wozniak to create letters in such a form. Its just a caps font. The uppercase letters are positive and the letters on the lowercase positions are reversed. Ideally to be used for Tennis clubs. A fun font which could create a nice logo.
Jill Bell Design is involved in many forms of letter crafting: calligraphy and signpainting, handlettering, logotypes and icons for advertising, packaging and entertainment, as well as type design. She has designed and/or digitized fonts for ITC, Adobe, Agfa/Monotype and for clientele such as Disney and Johnson & Johnson. Her designs are informed by her broad knowledge of letter creation: from ancient inscriptions and writing through contemporary graffiti and tagging, and from diverse cultural
[...]German designer Stefan Pott created the following fonts Linotype Henri™ (1999) and Linotype Konflikt™ (1997).
Linotype Konflikt is part of the TakeType Library, which features winners of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contest from 1994 to 1997. Stefan Pott was inspired by the conflict between the appearance of a typeface in print and on a computer screen. Out of this conflict came a font in which every character has aspects of both flowing handwriting and angular pixel-like
[...]German designer Thomas Nagel created the following fonts:
F2F El Dee Cons™ (1993), F2F HogRoach™ (1995), F2F Pixmix™ (1995), F2F Screen Sream™ (1996), F2F Shakkarakk™ (1996), F2F Shpeetz™ (1996), F2F Tyrell Corp™ (1996), F2F Whale Tree™ (1994), F2F ZakkGlobe™ (1994).
These fonts are part of the new Take Type No. 5 which contains 204 exclusive, contemporary fonts for electronic publishing.
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Thomas Nagel.
Designer Franko Luin created the following fonts: Ad Hoc, Baskerville™ Classico, Birka™, Bodoni™ Classico, Carniola™, Caslon Classico™, Devin™, Dialog™, Emona™, Esperanto™, Fortuna™, Garamond Classico™, Griffo Classico™, Humana™, Isolde™, Jenson Classico™, Jesper™, Jonatan™, Kalix™, Kasper™, Kis Classico™, Marco Polo™, Memento™, Miramar™, Norma™, Nyfors™, Odense™, Omnibus™, Pax™, Pax™ #2, Persona™, Ragnar™, Res Publica™, Rustika™, Saga™, Semper™, Transport™, Vega™.
Franko Luin, born 6. 4.
[...]CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in 1947 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Graduated from the Faculty of Geodesy of Belgrade University and completed post graduate studies of photogrammetry at ITC Enshede, The Netherlands. Started professional career as a programmer for geodesy and photogrammetry and continued working in the Research and Development Department of the Institute of Photogrammetry in Belgrade. At that time I felt that this field held no more challenges for me.
In 1986, inspired by articles
[...]The Algerian designer Taouffik Semmad created the fonts ITC Atmosphere™ (1997) and ITC Shadowettes™ (1998).
Taouffik Semmad grew up speaking Algerian-Arabic dialect and French, studied Russian, and is now living in Montreal. This could perhaps explain his current passion, to "find a universal writing", which he admits is a Utopian idea. Created with brush and Chinese ink, the characters of ITC Atmosphere came from Semmad's hand but only after they were fully formed in his mind's eye.
ITC
[...]Janet Murphy created the font ITC Wild West™ in 1997.
Janet Murphy's professional background is in graphic art and illustration. Janet has lived in Idaho for many years creating logos, commissioned illustrations, murals and originals for small businesses, corporations and individuals all over the West. Many of her illustrations have been published in magazines, travel guides, and catalogs. Some of her diverse clients include: American Fisheries Society & Idaho Fish and Game, Canyons
[...]Linotype previously had three design studios located around the globe:
Mergenthaler Linotype, in the United States, was founded in Brooklyn, but later moved to Melville, NY, and then to Hauppauge, NY. Mergenthaler Linotype's design studio employed at varying times up to 80 designers under the direction of Chauncey H. Griffith, Jackson Burke, Mike Parker, and Matthew Carter.
In continental Europe, Linotype typefaces were produced by the D. Stempel AG typefoundry in Frankfurt, Germany.
[...]British designer Alan Dempsey created the fonts Montage™ (1995) and ITC Tremor™ (1998).
Like the name suggests, the design of the font Montage was inspired by the arrangement of elements such as torn paper, cut-outs, scratch board and stencilled letters. Montage is a creative, eye-catching alphabet of casually drawn letterforms set on a background of daub-like brush strokes.
You might think that ITC Tremor looks like the letters are in a seismically lively geological zone, but Dempsey had
[...]Designer Joe Pepitone created the font ITC Home Improvement™ in 1997.
Designer Frank McShane created the font Incidentals™ in 1993.
Designer Jannine Cabossel created the font Inspirations™ in 1995.
Designer Eric Hanson created the font Journeys™ in 1993.
Japanese designer Akira Kobayashi is Type Director at Linotype. Since joining Linotype, he has been responsible for the futher development of classic typefaces like Avenir, Optima, and Zapfino. He has created numerous typefaces of his own, many of which have received prizes from all across the typographic spectrum.
ITC Luna
Akira Kobayashi turned to the designs of the 1930s for his inspiration for both ITC Luna and ITC Silvermoon. "Luna is designed to fill the gap between a pure Art Deco
[...]3rd International Design Contest
The Winners of the Category Fun
Font Designer: Frank Marciuliano, 1996
ITC Jambalaya™ is the work of New York designer Frank Marciuliano, an adventurous, energetic display typeface. Marciuliano treats each character like its own work of art, resulting in a detailed and eclectic alphabet. The ITC Jambalaya is a lively typeface perfect for funky, upbeat display applications.
Font Designer: Michael Gills, 1994
Katfish™ is the work of Michael Gills, a unique and inventive script font. Initial capitals are complemented by a lively lowercase and a number of alternative characters, ligatures and swash elements. Katfish has a fun, irregular style and includes charming cat, fish and dolphin illustrations.
Font Designer: Frank Marciuliano, 1996
ITC Jambalaya™ is the work of New York designer Frank Marciuliano, an adventurous, energetic display typeface. Marciuliano treats each character like its own work of art, resulting in a detailed and eclectic alphabet. The ITC Jambalaya is a lively typeface perfect for funky, upbeat display applications.
Font Designer: Michael Gills, 1994
Katfish&trade is the work of Michael Gills, a unique and inventive script font. Initial capitals are complemented by a lively lowercase and a number of alternative characters, ligatures and swash elements. Katfish has a fun, irregular style and includes charming cat, fish and dolphin illustrations.
Font Designer: Michael Gills, 1994
Katfish™ is the work of Michael Gills, a unique and inventive script font. Initial capitals are complemented by a lively lowercase and a number of alternative characters, ligatures and swash elements. Katfish has a fun, irregular style and includes charming cat, fish and dolphin illustrations.
