Our three new releases are now available on Myfonts and Fontspring. …… ……
Posts Tagged ‘typeface’
Three New Releases – Released
Posted in New Font Announcements, tagged font, typeface, blackletter, decorative, new, display, release, MyFonts, Harry Secombe, ComicSans, Tectura on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just Dispatched…
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged decorative, display, font, London, london bridge, Tudor Revival architecture, typeface, Veno's cough cure on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We have just dispatched Secombe and London Court to our resellers, so they should be available in the next few days. Meanwhile, here’s a preview of each.
Tudorbethan
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged decorative, display, font, forthcoming, new, tudorbethan, typeface on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
We’ll soon be sending ‘Secombe’ and ‘London Court’ off to our resellers. In the meantime, here’s a preview of the latter.
Lively Fun…
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged display, font, fun, Secombe, typeface, vintage on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’re nearly finished work on the Secombe family now. Here’s a little taster. Anyone for a spot of home weaving?
Civic Pride
Posted in Miscellany, tagged civic, poster, pride, town hall, typeface, Wolverhampton on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Wolverhampton family of typefaces does its bit to promote its namesake.
An Experiment…
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged 9th century, display, engraved, masthead, stylised, typeface on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an experimental variation on our Secombe project. This is meant to capture the essence of early 20th century decorative lettering. We’d be interested to know if our readers think it’s an idea worth pursuing. Secombe Grande anyone…..Maybe?
Wonderfully Inspirational…
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Birmingham New Street railway station, London and North Western Railway, Standard Gauge, Trains and Railroads, typeface on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Seen today on Vintage Me Oh My! A collection of classic design as embodied in traditional hotel luggage labels. This example below originates with Britain’s London and North Western Railway and contains inspiration for two wonderful alphabets.
London Court Develops…
Posted in Preview Announcements, Uncategorized, tagged decorative, display, London Court, Tudor Revival architecture, tudorbethan, typeface on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Our ‘London Court’ project has been developing nicely, and is a nice demonstration of the competing pressures of artistic fidelity and ascetics. If you peruse the earlier specimens and photographs of the source material, you’ll see we’ve departed from the original somewhat, especially in the case of the letter ‘H’ and in the development of our dropped capitals. We think the result is much more readily useable however, and we have kept the original ‘H’ as a stylistic alternate….
