Fontworks Newsletter | April 2003 - SENSATIONAL LINOTYPE SALE CONTINUES! Due to an exceptional response to our price slash promo we're holding the Special Offer Price of £15.95 on all Linotype single weights bought online for another couple of weeks. You're spoilt for choice with around 4,000 fonts to select from so get clicking and saving. For the completists out there or for anyone who just doesn't deal in single weights we've put a must-have package offer together - for a limited time you can acquire the entire LINOTYPE GOLD EDITION hybrid CD (over 4,000 fonts) for just £4,495 plus VAT (RRP £5,250). We will also include the TakeType 4 CD (182 new fonts) and a raft of exclusive type ephemera and literature. Call +44 (0)20 7226 4411 or e-mail sales now. - AWARD FOR HERMANN ZAPF Continuing the Linotype thread, Fontzone report that SOTA (Society of Typographic Aficianados) is to present its inaugural award for typography to celebrated type designer Hermann Zapf in Chicago on May 20th. Sample the majesty of the great man's 'Zapfino' family on eCD and you'll understand what all the fuss is about. Or view and download Zapfino PDFs. - TRIBUTE BOOKLET FROM EMIGRE Emigre have published a new booklet to promote the wonderful new typeface 'Tribute' by Frank Heine, the man behind 'Remedy', 'Motion' & 'Dalliance'. The first 10 people to e-mail us ( sales@type.co.uk ) with a subject line of "Tribute" will get a free copy sent to them in the post. This is a collector's item so be quick! - NEW E+F RELEASES Elsner + Flake have issued a bunch of new fonts, including distinctive scripts like ABC Schrift, Hans Eduard Meier's 'Elysa' and language versions of Morris Fuller Benton's popular 'Bank Gothic'. All 134 fonts can be viewed on our PDF download page. - FREE LUCASFONTS PDF BOOKLET Download the PDF version of our recently published 'Lucasfonts' booklet, a must for Corporate Identity specialists. - TRAVELLING TYPOGRAPHER RETURNS! Missing from our last missive but back again this time with reports from the supermarket, cinema and more Cooper Black! - HOW 'SOON' IS NOW? Fathom have unveiled their latest face called 'Soon', a block head(line) font ideal for poster and record sleeve design. - PRESET ADDITIONS FROM CLUB 21 Julian Morey has extended his popular square matrix family with new cuts 'Preset O' and 'Preset X'. Download a free Club 21 poster PDF. - NEW 'AGGREGATE' FONT MOVIE View the superb mini promo movie from Darren Scott to promote his refreshing condensed sans face 'Aggregate'. For a fuller sample download and print the DS PDF or just bite the bullet and buy the font from our digital retail server. - DEVICE TURN UP THE HEAT If you've been wondering what that belting typeface is in your girlfriend's copy of HEAT magazine it's the stylish and classical 'Paralucent' from Rian Hughes' Device foundry. Seven uprights with condensed and italic variants can be purchased from our digital retail server. |