Fontworks Newsletter | November 2002 Fully ensconced in our fabulous new premises it's time for us to swap interior design for type design and tell you what we're up to at the moment. The move itself was not without incident and the major casualty was our website, as many of you will have noticed. The good news is that normal service has now been restored and you may resume online purchasing forthwith! Please take the time to update your address books and start using our new contact details . - GREAT VALUE NEW CD COLLECTIONS FROM LINOTYPE The fourth release of the popular and successful TakeType Library is now available. The TAKETYPE 4 CD for MAC and PC contains 182 new and funky fonts in PostScript for MAC and PostScript and TrueType for PC. TakeType fonts are fresh and original, experimental and freaky and above all contemporary, while at the same time maintaining excellent Linotype standards. Retail price is £99 GBP ex VAT & delivery. Bargain of the year is probably the ITC (International Typeface Corporation) Collection , 840 fonts strong, available for an unbelievably low price of £399 GBP ex VAT & delivery while stocks last. Stuffed full of classic text faces ( Franklin Gothic , Garamond etc) and must-have Fontek display weights, this library will more than satisfy the needs of design studios and companies working to a budget. Linotype ESSENTIALS 1 & 2 CDs , sold formerly as the popular Classic Collection, is another recommended option for those looking to purchase a quality font library at an affordable price. Broad range of fonts including age-old gems Futura , Univers , Frutiger , Neue Helvetica , Gill etc, all containing Euro symbols, designed and manufactured to Linotype's exacting standards. - NEW GENERATION OF ACME FONTS! Ground-breaking foundry ACME FONTS unleash the award-winning AF GENERATION typeface this month, available exclusively from Fontworks. Composed of 25 weights split across five families, designer Dirk Wachowiak used angular and rounded styles as two extremes and interpolated the intermediate forms to stunning effect. The Type Directors Club of New York agreed and awarded Dirk, creator of AF Diwa amongst others, with top honours. - TRAVELLING TYPOGRAPHER #8 Eagle-eyed Neil Macmillan returns with expert analysis and fascinating insight into everyday type usage, including gastro-pub and supermarket signage! Issue 8 . - COMING SOON.... ...tons of new PDF downloads, new releases, new foundries. Stay tuned. |