Ok, great news! Andreas Pihlström (Suprb) have today launched his new type foundry. It’s called Subtype (former Typisc). Subtype is shorten of ‘Suprb’s Typography’. All his great typefaces will be available here and not surprisingly the site looks darn hot! Well done.
Nick Cooke (Olicana, Chevin, Precious) has completed his long-awaited Houschka Rounded typeface, a softer new companion to the original Houschka family launched in 1999. The new 6 weight family (Thin, Light, Medium, DemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold) retains the same humanist qualities of the original typeface, a design which is elegant, clean, effortlessly legible and yet full of character. Houschka has already branded the likes of Cadbury Schweppes and Tesco.
In 1980, the Haas type foundry, birthplace of Helvetica, contracted Team’77 to audit the Helvetica typeface and reissue an improved version. Team’77, consisting of André Gürtler, Erich Gschwind and Christian Mengelt, set out to “correct” common issues found in grotesk typefaces.
Click here to view scans of a promotional publication by Team’77 outlining the strategy and realization of Haas Unica. Presently, the Linotype and Scangraphic foundries both claim ownership of the type family and thus, Haas Unica is commercially unavailable.
Underware is a graphic design studio which is specialized in designing and producing typefaces. These are often conventional in terms of legibility - yet functional, having concepts that seek for new visual, typographic and linguistic possibilities. These typefaces are published for retail sale or are custom designed.
The company was founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs and Sami Kortemäki. We are based in Den Haag, Helsinki and Amsterdam.
“I was recently diagnosed with cancer and have begun down the treatment road. I have learned to saturate each moment in front of me with all of my energy, as well as many other tremendous lessons. I decided to create a poster series with some quotes that have driven close to my spirit throughout this whole ordeal. Proceeds from the sale of these posters will be donated towards the Live Strong Foundation. Please purchase one, or three, and spread words of hope and inspiration. They are 11″× 17″ and printed on a nice recycled matte paper.”
Designed by IDRAWALLDAY
When a robot is made of Helvetica it gets the name Helbotica. Found via FFFFound.
Swedish graphic designer Jens Nilssons beautiful typeface Dancemade is so worth the money. Actually I don’t know if it’s available for purchase, but be sure too check all of his work!
Monotype Imaging Introduces the Soho Gothic Typeface Family! Soho Gothic is based on the original Soho design, which was successfully introduced last year. Designed over a three-year period by Sebastian Lester, Soho Gothic was developed to be effortlessly modern, with all seven sans serif weights and corresponding italics designed in tandem to ensure that they complement each other. The design also features stylistic alternates which have been an intrinsic part of the Soho project. These give designers greater flexibility and help bridge the gap between Soho and Soho Gothic, with a suite of semi-slab alternates that are accessible through some of the 25 OpenType features of Soho Gothic. Be sure to check out the great promotional video. The font itself is available from fonts.com and faces.co.uk.
FS Mencap was designed for and in consultation with a group of people who have a learning disability. Mencap has teamed up with leading font designer, Jason Smith, to create a font which is easier to read but still stylish to look at. Via Typophile. Edit: James Windsor also informs us of a font designed for dyslexics, Read Regular, by Dutch designer Natascha Frensch.
Kasper Ledet is a 20 years old graphic designer and illustrator living in Copenhagen, Denmark. His latest project is a hand made type base on Helvetica made by printing a pattern on sticker sheets and cutting out the letters using a scalpel. Be sure to check all his work!
A wealth of inspiration from the work of Ken Meier to sink you teeth on. On the drop down select “Mercator Vet”. Does anyone have any information on this. Google turns up empty.
I’ve always loved the work that Hort made. With the launch of their new website it is noticeable that their inspiration has had a new release of creative design ideas. This poster was made for the Berlin Music Commission to pitch for their new corporate identity. check it out
