Birmingham New Street is the latest updated development of a typeface family inspired by the hand lettered title on a 19th century railway map. The map, prepared by the London and North Western Railway was headed “Birmingham and environs”. New Street, meanwhile is the great 19th century commercial road linking the city centre of Birmingham with the train station of the same name. So, in a spirit of 19th century enterprise, we present “Birmingham New Street”, a fun family of three display faces, laden with open type features and late Victorian charm, ideal for posters, book covers and any other high flown design you might have in mind.
Posts Tagged ‘Birmingham New Street’
Showcasing Birmingham New Street
Posted in Miscellany, tagged 19th century, advertising, Birmingham New Street, Birmingham New Street railway station, decorative, display, edwardian, font, glyphic, London and North Western Railway, poster, signage, steampunk, typeface, victorian on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How Things Might Have Been….
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Airship, Birmingham New Street, poster, steampunk, travel, typography on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A travel poster from a present day that wasn’t, using “Birmingham New Street” as a typeface…
Spirit of the Sunny South
Posted in Miscellany, Preview Announcements, tagged Birmingham, Birmingham New Street, edwardian, England, holiday, locomotive, steam, typography on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’ a typographic specimen we were having fun with. It uses Birmingham New Street and the forthcoming Merrivale to recreate the spirit of Edwardian summer holiday travel, sitting comfortably in a steam-hauled Pullman carriage, heading for England’s sunny south coast.
Chocolate & Fonts
Posted in Miscellany, Preview Announcements, tagged Birmingham New Street, chocolate, Chocolate Ambrosine, Confectionery, font, Food, typeface on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another visit to the product range of “Chocolate Ambrosine”-our favourite hypothetical product for hypothetical test pieces. this time we’re showcasing our newest release, Birmingham New Street, with a set of full page magazine advertising designs that have a distinctive period feel. Anyone for that most traditional of treats, a Violet Cream?
Two New Releases on Myfonts.Com
Posted in New Font Announcements, tagged 19th century, advertising, Birmingham New Street, Birmingham New Street railway station, bold, capitals, decorative, design, display, edwardian, fun, funny, geometric, glyphic, grotesk, heavy, heavy serif, MyFonts, poster, signage, simple, Small Capitals, small caps, steam, steampunk, Stout, typeface, victorian on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve just launched two new typeface families on Myfonts, Birmingham New Street and Stout.
And Counting…
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged Birmingham New Street, display, edwardian, fancy, font, numerals, typeface, Victoria on October 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the latest progress on ‘Birmingham New Street’. A rather charming (we think) set of numerals. In this instance we’ve deliberately not tied our hands two much with the calligraphic exactitude of where thick and thin strokes should fall. Rather, we’ve gone with what gives a pleasing look to each glyph while keeping a more general eye on overall harmony.
Before and After
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged Birmingham, Birmingham New Street, decorative, font, New Street, typeface, victorian on October 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sometime in the early 1990s our principle designer released a freeware typeface family called Birmingham, inspired by some hand drawn lettering appearing on a 1911 map published by the London and North Western Railway. The map was headed “Birmingham and Environs”. Over the years the Birmingham typeface family prospered appearing as a downloadable set of fonts on numerous websites, in the titles of at least one television show, as well as on props used in several others and as part of the cover design on an impressively large number of books.
That said, when we look at the Birmingham designs we think we could do it so much better now…so that’s what we’ve set about. Here’s a sampling of the original Birmingham Regular alongside the soon to be released “Birmingham New Street”.
