type.co.uk Newsletter // july 2004 Hi there and welcome to another short missive from Fontworks and the type.co.uk team. In this newsblast: // Lucasfonts & Red Rooster libraries added to Digital Retail // // new releases from ShinnType & G-Type foundries // // Indie Fonts 2 Book offer // // forthcoming developments // - LUCASFONTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Our type.co.uk worker bees have been busy of late adding more quality collections to the website for you lucky people to buy. First up is the high quality Lucasfonts library, a superb collection of alternative sans serifs (Corpid, Sun, Spiegel) perfect for Corporate Identity and publishing purposes. Most families feature an extensive range of weights plus Caps and Condensed variants. Check out the amazing 30 weight OpenType version of contemporary sans face Taz III. The library also includes the most extensive family in the world, the legendary Thesis typeface; many of you will be familiar with TheSans, TheSerif and TheMix (144 weights!) but take a look at the beautiful and more traditional serif derivative TheAntiqua, in particular the wonderful lighter weights. Download a free PDF copy of our Lucasfonts Booklet. - RED ROOSTER COLLECTION NOW ONLINE A large and varied type collection of historical significance is now at your fingertips. Featuring digital interpretations of classic Les Usherwood (Stanhope, Lesmore, Goudy 38), Stephenson Blake (including Eric Gill's Jubilee) and Ludlow types, the Red Rooster collection also includes modern favourites like Shinn Sans by Nick Shinn and Steve Jackaman's popular Glasgow face. Start browsing here. - NEW RELEASE INFO Check out the following new fonts: G-Type's Sovereign; an impressive serif caps/semi-serif lower case family fusion. ShinnType's Panoptica; a monowidth unicase alphabet with regular, egyptian, octagonal and script versions. ShinnType's Eunoia; 6 weights, endless possibilities. ShinnType's Preface; a 12 weight open sans family. Alias's Progress; pinched forms, 5 round and organic weights. - BOOK BARGAIN: INDIE FONTS 2 ON SPECIAL OFFER! Normally retailing at 25 GBP you can now order this fantastic compendium of digital type from the world's finest independent foundries for 20 GBP while stocks last. Marvel at the Sauna family from Underware, a real gem! Comes complete with 38 bonus fonts on CD. See more information and an animated gif of the book images here. - FORTHCOMING... Look out for a fabulous printed G-Type specimen booklet and Library Offer coming your way soon. Also some very sexy royalty-free image CDs from Digital Vision, new ACME fonts, more new foundries... |