February 2014

Cynapse Font

Several years ago I was faced with a project that required very small type to be used in a directory. In general, there was a need for a lot of ‘fine print’. Faced with this, all of the tests I

Guinevere Pro Font

Guinevere Pro is a typeface designed by Icelandic art director Sigurdur Armannsson. It started in 2001 as simple hand-drawn sketches of a few letters built from modules, then became an experiment with four goals: – Construct an original alphabet from

Cuadrifonte Font

Cuadrifonte was freely inspired by the lettering from a 1917 poster – the only recorded poster designed by the architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld. It is a hand-drawn bold and boxy typeface, available in 3 handcrafted styles. The family

Kaapeli Font

I’ve had mixed feelings about Kabel; It is a brilliant headline font with a lot of character, but it’s the characters I have problems with. The versions of all big foundries have the same flaws (in my opinion), especially lowecase

Granby Elephant Pro Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman & Ashley Muir. The Granby family of typefaces was first produced in 1930 by Stephenson Blake, Sheffield, UK. Granby Elephant contains all the high-end features expected in a quality OpenType Pro font. Published by Red RoosterDownload

Flash Font

Flash was originally designed by American graphic designer Edwin W. Shaar in 1939. Flash contains a great visual presence of hand-painted signage from the mid 1900’s. Fun Facts: Did you know Edwin W. Shaar also contributed work on Renner’s Futura

Atrament Font

Another new, beautiful script design by German type designer Ralph M. Unger. Atramant is casual and easy, ideal for any setting in larger sizes. Still, due to its excellent legibility, it can also be used for littel text blocks in