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 unusual and noticeable Linotype Grassy™ was created by German designer Inka Menne during her communication design studies at the FH Potsdam. One project involved the development of a writing utensil. Menne designed a wooden stylus with a rubber eraser as the writing tip. "The result of this pen and a bit of 'puffing' were the basis for Grassy... As I found out that Grassy had won a prize in the 3rd International Type Design Contest, I decided to extend the typeface family to include three
[...]Jim Parkinson is principal of Parkinson Type Design, specializing in design of typefaces and typographic logos, including those for Newsweek, Rolling Stone, the San Francisco Examiner, The Atlanta Journal, Parenting, and (in collaboration with Roger Black and Ann Pomeroy) Esquire. He has drawn display typefaces for Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and was one of the designers of ITC Bodoni.
Min Wang, Adobe graphic designer, and Jim Wasco, Adobe type staff member, have always been fascinated by mythology from around the world. They carefully studied illustrations of legendary beasts from various cultures. And together they created Mythos™.
Min Wang, Adobe graphic designer, and Jim Wasco, Adobe type staff member, have always been fascinated by mythology from around the world. They carefully studied illustrations of legendary beasts from various cultures. And together they created Mythos™.
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Font Designer: Christian Goetz, 1997
Linotype Minos™ is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. The font was designed by Swiss artist Christian Goetz, who named it 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
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Font Designer: Jim Parkinson, 1960
The Mojo™ typeface is an adaptation of a lettering style that was popularized by 1960s poster artists like Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, and Rick Griffin. During the heyday of rock concert impresario Bill Graham, their psychedelic posters were seen all over the San Francisco Bay Area. The style itself is rooted in the Art Nouveau period, and is unmistakably influenced by turn-of-the-century Viennese poster designer Alfred Roller.
Jim Parkinson
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F2F Monako Stoned, Linotype Grassy and Linotype Minos are trademarks of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Mojo and Mythos are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
