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.
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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…
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.
Admiral Launched
Posted in New Font Announcements, tagged Admiral, advertising, Art History, art nouveau, capitals, display, font, MyFonts, poster, Roman, Shipping Line, signage, Small Capitals, steampunk, typeface, victorian, Victorian era on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our new art Nouveau inspired release ‘Admiral’ has now released, both on Myfonts and Fontspring. As we’ve already outlined, this family was inspired by lettering on the façade of a local hostelry. The family comprises two faces, Regular and Small capitals. We’ve posted a few sample images below, in the meantime you can try the family out for yourself on either Myfonts or Fontspring.
Fourth of July
Posted in New Font Announcements, tagged 4th, advertising, American, capitals, cowboy, design, display, Fourth, Fourth of July, holiday, independence day, July, MyFonts, poster, Republican, signage, steam, steam era, steampunk, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Alabama, tuscan, U.S., United State, USA, victorian, western, wid west on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As previewed a few days ago, our Independence Day release, especially for our American clients is now available on Myfonts and Fontspring.
Tuscaloosa is a classic American ‘Wild West’ Tuscan typeface-we thought it would make a suitable Independence Day tribute to our many American clients. It’s ideal for wherever that ‘Western’ feel is wanted. Posters, signage, the sides of stagecoaches etc… Three faces are offered, a pristine and sharp regular form, a somewhat distressed ‘Rustic’ face and the rather more distressed ‘Extremely Rustic’. So why not mosey on down the saloon with Tuscaloosa!
