Tag: renaissance

Paradigm Font

Originally released in 1995 as a three font family, Paradigm forcefully addressed the emaciating effect that digitization was then exerting upon traditional serifed typography. Investigating the new media of a much previous era, Nick Shinn deconstructed the first roman type,

Madrid Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman, Madrid is based on the typeface Nacional by Carlos Winkow from the Spanish foundry, Nacional (1941). Published by Red RoosterDownload Madrid

Copacabana Font

Copacabana is heavily based on one of my favourite typefaces Goudy Old Style Italic. It is sharper and more clearly defined than Goudy yet still retains it old style characteristics. The face is slightly angled so is basically upright whilst

Cavole Slab Font

Cavole Slab is a new slab serif, designed in early 2011, that has a strong influence from Dutch typography. The name is an altered form of the Portuguese word for feather, emphasizing the typefaceís soft and friendly character. Slab serifs

Coliseum Font

Coliseum was designed by A. Pat Hickson/Julie Hopwood. An original design and release by Red Rooster. Published by Red RoosterDownload Coliseum

Vatican Font

Vatican is a calligraphic face. The lower case is influenced by the lettering of Arthur Baker but the caps are more formal, the shape of the Cap V reminded me of a Bishops Mitre which led eventually to the name.

Portobello Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman, Portobello is loosely based on Pontecorvo, a design by Aldo Novarese. Published by Red RoosterDownload Portobello

Brigade Font

In searching for a Roman to use there were bits of Bembo,Times,Garamond etc., that I liked and bits that I did not. So I set out to take the best bits of all my favourite Romans and tried to create

Poor Richard Font

Designed by Paul Hickson. Based on the Keystone Type Foundry design, circa 1919. The l/c ‘g’ appears as an alternate character in our font. Published by Red RoosterDownload Poor Richard

Caslon Extra Condensed Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman, Caslon Extra Condensed is based on the Ludlow/ATF versions of this great typeface. Published by Red RoosterDownload Caslon Extra Condensed

Zambesi Font

Zambesi is a font design released for the Mecanorma Type Collection. Copyright 2004 Trip Productions BV. Published by MecanormaDownload Zambesi