22.10.10 / A BIG WELCOME TO HVD FONTS
We're delighted to have added the beautiful and inspirational HVD fonts to our list of premium type collections. HVD is Berlin based designer Hannes von Döhren's own foundry, he of Klint Pro fame, a stunning recent addition to the Linotype Library. HVD offers Hannes a vehicle for his more personal and experimental ideas. Versatility's the name of the game; Brevia is a cute and friendly text face, his Subway Types is perhaps the most extensive study in graffiti styles, while Cowboyslang is a gung-ho homage to the wild west. Explore them all!
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22.10.10 / VIRUS FONTS NOW IN OT FORMAT
All Virus fonts are now available in OpenType format. Classic designs by Jon Barnbrook and Marcus Leis Allion such as Regime, Bourgeois, Delux, Echelon & the newly expanded Expletive family.
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17.10.10 / SENSE & SENSIBILITY
Nick Shinn's latest offering was originally designed for Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper in 2007. Sense is modernist, Sensibility is a humanist sans and together the complete Sense & Sensibility super family of 32 fonts offers designers 2 new contrasting sans options but with common stem widths and dimensions. Fantastic value at under £5 per font. Download the extensive PDF specimen.
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14.9.10 / NEW RELEASES FROM TOUR DE FORCE
Serbian foundry Tour De Force continue an impressive release schedule with 2 new headline faces, a delightfully playful wedge serif called Demis and a model of quirky simplicity called Enforcer. Also new is the solid and modern Sensor and the sophisticated Oblik Classic.
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24.8.10 / GARAGEFONTS OT COLLECTION
The varied Garagefonts collection is now available in OpenType for automatic download. Notable families include District, Metroflex and the expansive Freight series designed by Joshua Darden.
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18.6.10 / NEW NORTHERN BLOCK FONTS
Jonathan Hill's Sheffield based micro foundry The Northern Block have just released the eye-catchingly fat n' quirky Mekon display face which works brilliantly at very large sizes. Other notable TNB new releases include Nu Order and Draftwerk.
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8.6.10 / PAYPAL PAYMENTS NOW ACCEPTED
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We're happy to announce that PayPal is now offered as a new payment option when shopping on fontshop.co.uk and our sister sites.
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3.6.10 / NEW GROTESK ON THE BLOCK
Dalton Maag's keenly awaited new killer sans family is called Aktiv Grotesk, a contemporary take on the grotesque designs which first surfaced towards the end of the 19th Century. Available in 4 weights with matching italics, the OT Std version includes CE, Baltic and Turkish layouts.
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21.5.10 / APUD BY DSTYPE
Dino dos Santos' impressive release schedule continues with the narrow proportioned, sharp serifed Apud family. The more delicate Apud Display is also available.
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10.5.10 / CHEVIN NOW AVAILABLE IN OT STD & PRO
Nick Cooke's popular Chevin family, as used by Royal Mail and the Post Office, is finally available in OpenType. The Chevin Std family contains CE glyphs whilst the extensive Chevin Pro set includes Greek and Cyrillic layouts plus many more OT features.
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4.5.10 / ENGLISH ENGRAVERS
English Engravers Roman was designed by Robbie Smith for Smith Hands and was inspired by the many beautiful examples of English letter carving produced in the fruitful period between 1930 and 1980....read more
1.3.10 / CO TEXT & HEADLINE CORPORATE EDITIONS
Dalton Maag have extended their popular Co Text & Co Headline families to include Greek and Cyrillic. The Co fonts, used extensively by Barclaycard, can be purchased as individual language versions or pan-european Corporate Editions featuring CE, Greek and Cyrillic in one font.
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26.2.10 / PRELO PROMINENT IN OBSERVER REDESIGN
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The Observer re-design has had a mixed response but the use of Dino dos Santos' Prelo & Prelo Slab families, licensed by Fontworks to the paper, works fantastically well.
DSType's Prelo is a premium OpenType face in 54 styles including Condensed & Compressed variants.
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22.2.10 / NEW FROM FONT BUREAU: STARLING & TRILBY
North America's classiest foundry, Boston's
Font Bureau Inc., have two significant new releases out this month.
Starling is dubbed as "A Revival for Our Times", a reworking by Mike Parker of William Starling Burgess' superior precursor to the legendary Times typeface. Download the
PDF specimen.
Trilby, on the other hand, transcends mere novelty as a wholly useful contemporary design with offbeat charm and subtle wit. Download free
PDF specimen.
24.2.10 / MORE NEW TYPE YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
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29.1.10 / 26&26 Type Calendar
Ultra limited edition Type Calendar designed by The Chase. Last few copies available on a first come first served basis for £20 each (UK) including shipping. Email sales@fontshop.co.uk to buy one. Read more details.
18.1.10 / Parachute lands at fontshop.co.uk
Parachute is a multi award winning Greek foundry based in Athens with a growing reputation for creating professional, feature rich multi-lingual OpenType Pro fonts. All Parachute releases offer a Pan European language solution which includes CE, Greek and Cyrillic. Notable typefaces include the PF Centro series (Sans, Serif & Slab), a comprehensive DIN range and the quite wonderful PF Champion Script Pro, the world's most powerful and complete script face with over 4,000 glyphs in its locker.
