Alias:

To highlight the expanding Alias range we have made available a 376k sample PDF to our downloadable PDFs page.

Alias:

To highlight the expanding Alias range we have made available a 376k sample PDF to our downloadable PDFs page.

Alias:

New Alias Fonts from Fontworks

Gareth Hague has expanded his wonderful ALIAS type collection with the introduction of six brand new families, distributed exclusively in the UK by Fontworks.

The Alias library already contains high-profile classics such as 'Elephant', 'Sister' and 'Metsys', favourites with magazine designers and publishers, and these new additions are sure to boost the foundry's popularity still further. The diversity of styles on show in the new typefaces is testament to Hague's typographic skills.

• Perla
• Aminta
• Aminta Italic
• Intimo
• Civility
• Key
• Sylvia

virus fonts:

Jonathan Barnbrook has released Infidel, a font set that comes with four alternate versions for each letter for you to mix and match and create beautiful slogans. If you would like to see samples of his fonts you can download the virus fonts PDF .

The GType Foundry:

For reasons best forgotten we neglected to inform regular readers of this section of the release of Chevin by Nick Cooke's G-Type foundry. Recently expanded to 12 weights as it now includes italic versions, Chevin is a wonderful rounded typeface named after one of Cooke's local beauty spots. Equally at home in body text, display and especially signage, check it out by viewing the CHEVIN PDF .

Ündt TypeFaeces:

Introducing Ündt TypeFaeces:

Welcome to Ündt TypeFaeces. The foundry features the dark, humorous and sometimes difficult type designs by Marcus McCallion. This award-winning designer studied graphic design at Nene College, Northampton (1990-92) before embarking on his freelance career. He enjoys working for a number of clients - including his current employment with Jonathan Barnbrook (Inoui id, roppongi hills) and is art director for Loca Records (locarecords.com). Ündt has produced custom type for a variety of companies, including MTV, Nickelodeon and TWB. See Also: Ündt TypeFaeces' Website .

Elsner + Flake:

New Fonts from Elsner + Flake

134 new fonts in addition to 2686 existing ones are available now from Elsner+Flake Design Studios. Most of the fonts are based on handwritten typefaces such as EF ABCSchrift, EF BasisSchrift and EF Elysa with its numerous swash characters by Hans Eduard Meier, EF Optiscript from KomaAmok and EF Suetterlin from Manfred Klein. Viktor Kharyk, a Russian Designer who has lived in Germany for two years, has produced EF Kiev, EF Lanzug, EF RoseGarden and EF ViktorsRaven. A 535k sample PDF has been added to the list of downloadable PDFs from our site.

EF Tilp Serif, EF Bank Gothic and picture fonts such as EF Autograph Sketch, EF Optiscope, EF BuchZeichen, EF FlyingOpArt, EF PoetConcrete and EF StarsNSpirals add a broad variety to the 2003 Update.

The Fathom Foundry:

Darren Scott Typographics:

Fontworks are pleased to announce the inclusion of two more Type Foundries to our Digital Retail site. A debut collection by Anthony Roberts, director of Manchester design agency, Fathom, as well as an introductory collection of quality typefaces by Darren Scott, Senior Designer and Typographic Consultant at McCann-Erickson Manchester. Follow the links above to view the full range.

Development Of New Corporate Fonts For Citroën

Fontworks UK Ltd, Europe’s leading type and custom font services supplier, has completed the design and production work on a set of new corporate typefaces for Citroën. The new fonts have been introduced across a wide range of media including national and regional press, television and internet to inject fresh impetus into Citroën's branding campaign, particularly for the new 'C3' and 'C8' vehicles. The new typeface was developed by Fontworks' Special Projects Team in partnership with Andy Breese, senior typo at Citroën's London advertising agency Partners BDDH. Breese drew up the original concepts which required Fontworks to produce a unique, engraved style font with real presence. A major requirement was that it should have high visibility numerals for use in Price advertising which comprises a substantial part of the Citroën business. Three weights (Roman, Bold, Extra Bold) were created together with an Alternates set incorporating non-lining numerals. The end result is a fresh, open, highly legible typeface that has greatly enhanced the Citroën brand. "I am extremely pleased with the finished typeface", comments Breese, "and have had a very positive response from everyone I have spoken to at Citroën. It was a highly enjoyable process working to this end and as a result I would not hesitate in recommending Fontworks. I look forward to working with you guys in the future." Other recent custom work by Fontworks includes fonts for Freeserve, Nicorette, Transport For London, Vauxhall and Scottish Power.

For press enquiries please contact Joe Graham (020 7226 4411 or joe@type.co.uk .)

Shinn Type Foundry:

All these typefaces are innovative designs by Nick Shinn, with full character sets and kerning available for both Mac and PC. 

The Berthold Foundry:

Berthold Releases a New Berthold Exklusiv: Whittingham

H. Berthold have announced the release of Whittingham, a new Berthold Exklusiv typeface designed by Günter Gerhard Lange, renowned master craftsman and exclusive artistic consultant to Berthold, and his colleague Dieter Hofrichter, also a Berthold Exklusiv designer (Vergil).

Whittingham is a rendition of the type used around 1840 by Charles Whittingham, founder of the Chiswick Press in Birmingham, England. The Chiswick Press was one of the most successful commercial printing houses of the 19th Century. Berthold's Whittingham retains characteristics of the Modern typefaces, like Bodoni and Walbaum, from the 18th Century, yet introduces a steel engravers' appearance - especially in Whittingham's italic weights - similar to the other examples of 19th Century Scotch types (e.g. Pica Roman No. 2, Scotch Roman, Caledonia).

G.G. Lange and Hofrichter began developing Whittingham in 1992, and recently completed the family. They chose this typeface particularly for its distinguishing characteristics from other revivals of the same period. As with each Berthold Exklusiv, Whittingham was subject to multiple trial settings, submissions of enlargements and reductions, and numerous revisions. G.G. Lange and Hofrichter's minute examination of every graphic nuance results in a finely tuned, new serif face.

Guenter Gerhard Lange to Receive the Coveted TDC Medal

On June 2, 2000 the Type Directors Club of New York announced that internationally acclaimed type designer Guenter Gerhard Lange will receive the Medal of the Type Directors Club, which is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to typographic excellence. The TDC will present the coveted TDC Medal to Lange in September 2000 at the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) conference in Leipzig, Germany.

Emigre New Release: Solex by Zuzana Licko

Licko's first release in 2 years and yet another name using her favourite letter X (Elektrix, Lunatix, Matrix, Triplex Roman, Variex). Fellow Emigre contributor John Downer (Triplex Italic, Brothers, Council, Vendetta) says of the family:

"It is a more conservative and studious exploration of the industrial sans serif genre and its past than she has undertaken before. Inspiration for Solex reportedly came from two principal sources: Alternate Gothic and Bauer Topic. Furthermore, Solex revisits postmodern themes seen in Erik Spiekermann's digital milestone, Meta Sans, and its cousin, Officina Sans.

In both Licko's and Spiekermann's designs we find a measure of rigidity, linearity, and noncalligraphic monotone. Indeed, Solex even shows faint signs of going in the direction of Matthew Carter's series, Bell Centennial, with respect to the narrow (almost trapezoidal) bowls, slimmed interior strokes, and pronounced traps. All the same, Solex has a look of its own in text settings, and it will likely find a place for itself among numerous other condensed grotesques in the years ahead".

The Jeremy Tankard | Typography Foundry:

We were proud to stage a pre-Christmas lecture from Jeremy Tankard, creator of 'Bliss' and one of the UK's leading type designers.

Read more about the event.

The Berthold Foundry:

Chicago, Illinois (January 4, 2000) - Today Berthold Types Limited announced the appointment of Guenter Gerhard Lange as artistic consultant to Berthold Types. Under this long-term arrangement, G.G. Lange will develop and design new typefaces exclusively for Berthold Types. In addition, G.G. Lange will guide the direction of the Berthold Exklusiv Collection.

With the appointment of G.G. Lange, Berthold Types is releasing its first "GGL Exklusiv": an enhanced version of G.G. Lange's acclaimed Imago series. This new release adds bold and bold italic weights as well as small caps and old style figures for the entire weight range of Imago.

As H. Berthold AG's artistic director from 1961 to 1990, G.G. Lange was responsible for the creation, meticulous production standards and attention to quality found in each of the Berthold Exklusivs. G.G. Lange's type designs include his classic revivals: AG Book, AG Old Face, Berthold Garamond, Berthold Baskerville Book, Berthold Bodoni Old Face and Berthold Caslon Book; as well as his original designs: Arena New, Boulevard, Champion, Concorde, Concorde Nova, El Greco and Imago. G.G. Lange's skill and craftsmanship elevated Berthold's type program producing one of the most significant libraries in the world.

After 10 years of retirement from his position as Berthold's artistic director, G.G. Lange's reunion with Berthold Types will provide an indispensible element in the continued development of the Berthold Exklusiv Collection and solidify Berthold's position as a leading type foundry.

Berthold Types is the legal successor to H. Berthold, the highly regarded German type foundry. The H. Berthold foundry, founded in 1858, is renowned for crafting high quality typefaces. Berthold Types continues this tradition and offers one of the world's leading type collections, the Berthold Exklusiv Collection, which consists of 800+ quality-crafted typefaces created under the guidance of G.G. Lange. Berthold Types is located in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. For more information, send eMail to sales@type.co.uk .