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Remember this image of some lettering below a clock face in London Court, Perth’s ‘Tudorbethan‘ shopping arcade?
You might also remember that we suggested that this image might soon be the basis of a typeface design. Well, here is progress to date:
Fairly true to the spirit of the original, we think, but much work still to do…
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A travel poster from a present day that wasn’t, using “Birmingham New Street” as a typeface…
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Myfonts is offering Alfrere Sans at a 35% introductory discount. Click on the banner below to try it out:
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Here’s the latest sampler of work on our Secombe project…
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Alfrere Sans has now released on Myfonts and Fontspring.
Alfrere Sans is a clean Sans Serif display family inspired by a well-known 1950s television caption. The family of seven faces have been designed for independent use, but they also have an extra feature. All faces have identical metrics and can be overlaid with each other, to yield an unending range of multi-coloured lettering effects. Bring a touch of the 5o’s to your next poster design. Better yet, explore the world of multi-coloured overlaid typefaces….
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We heartily recommend perusal of the ‘Writing on the Wall’ collection of street jewelry and signage posted on Flickr by Beamish Museum…
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Alfrere Sans is a clean Sans Serif display family inspired by a well-known 1950s television caption. The family of seven faces have been designed for independent use, but they also have an extra feature. All faces have identical metrics and can be overlaid with each other, to yield an unending range of multi-coloured lettering effects. Bring a touch of the 5o’s to your next poster design. Better yet, explore the world of multi-coloured overlaid typefaces….
We’ve just dispatched the family to our resellers, so here are a few preview images:
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We’ve added the final two family members to the Alfrere Sans family, so here’s the whole thing. A particular feature of the family is the ability to overlay the different typefaces over each other to achieve multi-coloured effects:
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