type.co.uk news / march 09

NEW RELEASE: ALPINE SCRIPT

Borges Lettering continue their love affair with glorious brush drawn typefaces, Alpine Script the latest addition to a beautiful collection. Ideal for invites, signage or anything needing a hand drawn calligraphic touch. Available in OpenType format and includes 30 alternate characters.   Test and buy Alpine Script

NEW FOUNDRY: DSTYPE

We're delighted to announce the addition of Portugal's finest, DSType, to our stable of foundries. Dino dos Santos is equally adept at designing both corporate and editorial type systems or striking single weight display and script faces. Perhaps best known for the art deco Estilo Script, other notable releases include contemporary sans Priva Pro which includes Greek and Cyrillic glyphs and the versatile Leitura Type System.

DSType's new premium type series has been launched with the professional Glosa and Prelo families.

 

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NEW ITALICS: FOCO

Dalton Maag have added true italics to their popular modern sans face Foco, now making it an even more attractive proposition for all-round publishing and packaging work. Available in OpenType format with Western & CE character sets.

 

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SPECIAL OFFER: FREE LTD EDITION NOTEBOOK WHEN BUYING SUOMI

Very simple really. Buy the complete Suomi OpenType family and receive a gorgeous 'minimemo' wallet sized notebook designed by Diederik Corvers completely free while stocks last. Two colour, limited edition, very cool.

Browse and buy Suomi family      

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MORE NEW TYPE YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

	Amitié is a warm and charming 2 style garalde revival from URW++, designed by Ralph M. Unger. Bags of personality and includes Central European glyphs. Try and buy Amitié
	Toms Handwritten isn't just another bog standard handwriting font, oh no. We think Tom Bernard Anyz's informal script surpasses its peers on account of its exceptional multi-lingual coverage which includes CE, Cyrillic and Greek, rare for this genre. Try and buy Toms Handwritten
	With large x-height, semi condensed proportions and short descenders, Nick Shinn's Pratt Pro OpenType family is a hard-working oldstyle face that maintains readability in the most demanding of layouts. Try and buy Pratt Pro
	"Citizen" Stuart Brown, Tooting resident and Hamburgerfonts chief, pays homage to the south London suburb with his latest release, Tooting Sans, a well-crafted, contemporary humanist sans boasting over 800 glyphs. Try and buy Tooting Sans
	Regime is a new modern Slab Serif family from Virus, awarded the typically unique type treatment by Jonathan Barnbrook to mark the dawn of a new era in the White House and world politics. Eight weights plus alternates and italics. Try and buy Regime

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