Here’s an illustration of terminal letter forms developed for our forthcoming release Secombe. The joys of Opentype!
Posts Tagged ‘opentype’
Experiements With Terminal Forms
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged character, final, opentype, Sexome on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fun With Opentype
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged display, edwardian, font, incised, opentype, Roman, typeface on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another sampling of Merrivale-we’re thinking of designating the Merrivale faces by number…Merrivale No.1 and so forth-this time we’ve been experiementing with an extensive range of Opentype features to make this a really characterful face. Here’s a sampling of the results to date…
Alternatives
Posted in General Announcements, Preview Announcements, tagged alternates, edwardian, font, ligatures, opentype, opentype features, typeface, victorian on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Birmingham New Street is getting close to release (when it will release along with the ‘Stout’ family). It is going to be a typeface with extensive Opentype features,offering both contextual and stylistic alternates. Here’s a sampling of some examples: and here’s a piece of text designed to give you an impression of Birmingham New Street [...]
Fun With Ligatures
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged Bronzetti, design, opentype, Typographic ligature, typography on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some more design sketches for our Bronzetti project. As you’ll see we’ve been trying out some ideas for ligatures-one sure way to bring a charming touch of the past to modern typesetting.
Showcasing Howlett
Posted in General Announcements, tagged @font-face, decorative, font, fonts in use, Howlett, opentype, rustic, Text figures, Titling capitals, typeface on July 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Howlett combines great character with extreme legibility. It’s a simple display face that offers a sense of coziness and order, that speaks of all being well with the world. It is a modern design which pays due acknowledgement to the past. An extensive range of Opentype features, including old-style numerals, terminal forms, ligatures and stylistic alternatives are included. Use it for headings and titles as well s eye catching poster work. Howlett is offered in regular and bold from Myfonts, Fontspring, Linotype and Fonts.com.
Corsham Also Launched on Myfonts
Posted in New Font Announcements, tagged 1800s, 18th century, 1900s, 19th century, carved, character, Corsham, display, distinctive, engraved, formal, fun, funny, graveyard, ligatures, mason, opentype, period, plaque, Roman, serif, stonemason, Stonemasonry, text, victorian, vintage on April 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Corsham family is now available on Myfonts. Corsham was inspired by traditional stonemason’s engraved lettering designs. Designed to be used alone, or in combination with our Corton family, ithas wonderfully lively air, with distinctive lively serifs and beautifully swashed downstrokes. Four faces are offered-regular bold and black weights as well as a condensed form. All faces include a range of Opentype features, including ligatures and old-style numerals. The Corsham faces merge ‘olde-worlde’ charm with fun character, yet remaining clear and legible for text use.
