Henrician Launches on Myfonts!

After much development, testing and previewing, our Henrician family has launched on Myfonts.com

Henrician can claim two sources of inspiration. One of these was a set of beautiful capital letterforms seen on the cover of a 19th century album of engravings. The engravings contained therein depicted lovely examples of half-timbered Tudor architecture and there was a clear ‘Tudor’ intent behind the letterforms. The second source of inspiration is more conceptual-the title lettering of period films from the 30’s to the 60’s…think if the opening text when Errol Flynn plays Robin Hood, or think of Richard the Lionheart, or even that great comedy Classic ‘Carry on Henry’, and it’s discussion of Sir Thomas de Cobbler….but we digress! Henrician is a set of eight display and text (but perhaps not Body Text) faces in a ‘Tudor Revival’ spirit. Like any good revival design they are somehow at home with a wide range period themed design work, covering the medieval until, perhaps, the 18th century, just so long as we’re more concerned with fun and appearance than strict historical accuracy. The family will be at home in the realms of advertising, posters, cover design and web design. Try Henrician out today!

Here are display banners for each of the eight members of the family….and a few others besides:

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New Releases

Two of our new releases have just launched on Myfonts.com.

Belle Jardin

Belle Jardin is an Art Deco inspired display family of three typefaces,
offered in in-line engraved regular and demi old forms as well as a solid
bold form.  It offers upper and lower case solid slab-built forms that
create an immediate atmosphere of the streamline era of the thirties and
are also at home in post-war revival inspired design work.  The letterforms
are solidly legible and ideal for cover and poster inspired design work.

 

Lavery

Lavery is a calligraphic display face, drawing its inspiration from the
designs of the early years of the 20th century.  It has an extensive range
of ligatures and other opentype features and a delightfully hand-drawn
feel.  Lavery combines a great deal of character with clear legibility and
a spirit of fun.

 

 

New Releases Released…

We’re pleases to announce the launch of our two latest releases, Balbione and Chequers on Myfonts and on Fontspring.

Baldione

Baldione is a highly stylised variation upon a classic Didone typeface, incorporating a globular decorative ‘ball’ or ‘blob’ in each character’s design. The result has a feel of the 1970s about it somehow and works well in poster and advertising designs with a hint of the outré’ about them. Balidone includes an extensive range of ligatures and stylistic alternates.

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Chequers

Chequers was inspired by the all-capitals lettering seen on a 1920s magazine cover. It is a family of six small-serifed display faces, including a selection of stylistic alternates. Use it for a comfortable period feel in your design work.

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New Releases…on Fontspring and Myfonts

Our four new releases have now launched on Fontspring and Myfonts.  The four releases are:

Blout:

Blout is the typeface for those who want to shout their message, but to do so with subtlety.  It brings together elements of sans serif and late blackletter design, and is ideal for poster work.

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Easter Egg Letters:

A fun typeface for Easter, which lets you make banners and headings with  eggs enclosed in letters.  Chocolate anyone?EasterEggLetters_Poster2 EasterEggLetters_Poster1

Merrivale:

Some time ago, when we were working on our Merrivale family, it occurred to us that an adaptation of the design, incorporating selected Blackletter elements, would be in the best traditions of 19th and 20th century blackletter revivals, which combine all the spirit of the middle ages with modern legibility-think of Goudy Medieval as an example.  In the case of Merrivaux (best quality faux-medieval name there!) we’ve produced a typeface which has the ready legibility of Roman titling, but which gives a subtle blackletter feel.  The regular form of Merrivaux is incised with a visible midline, a solid form with identical metrics is also offered.  Both forms include a range of opentype features including ligatures, fractions, old style numerals and terminal forms.  Merrivaux is ideal for posters, signage and design work, where a touch of that ‘Olde-Worlde’ feel is needed. Merrivaux_Poster4 Merrivaux_Poster1 Merrivaux_Poster2 Merrivaux_Poster3

TurvyTopsy:

TurvyTopsy offers all the fun of delightful hand-drawn irregularity, captured in a typeface. Designing this was a wonderful exercise in ignoring all the rules of precise geometric construction to which we normally work. These irregular forms somehow achieve a delightful character & legibility all of their own…
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