Typefaces by OkayType aka. Jackson Cavanaugh.
Frontage Typeface
Frontage is a charming layered type system with endless design possibilities using different combinations of fonts and colors. Achieve a realistic 3D effect by adding the shadow font or just use the capital letters of the regular and bold cut for stark artwork. The typeface’s design is based on a simple grid which creates the friendly, handcrafted look of facade signs. It is generously spaced for maximum impact of your message. As a display typeface Frontage loves color and is suitable for headlines and logotypes. Details include 224 characters in five styles and manually edited kerning.
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HypeForType commissioned designer Ryan Atkinson to produce a zine/showcase zine for their exclusive faces range.
Take a look at the final outcome here.
Nice student project by Nour Tabet.
Exploring the stories behind typefaces named after women, the final product of woodcut ligature necklaces is packaged with a design reminiscent of a business card giving the personal information of the inspiring women.
See more here.
Tony Lee, Jr. works in New York at Pentagram - however his personal portfolio has some gems in, including this experimental book of William Faulkner’s ‘As I Lay Dying’.
The book contains fifteen characters all of whom contribute voice and tone in streams of consciousness as the book goes on.
The experiment here sees each of the voices allocated a different typeface before being typeset within the whole book. Typographically not the easiest feat to pull off, but interesting to take a look at. However the grid is simple, and the use of images help to break up the spreads and make the content more manageable.
Take a look here.
Erler Dingbats was released last week. It consists of over 800 symbols across 12 fonts - and modernises the Dingbats we know an love for today’s age.
It’s also free! Take a look and download it here.
Garcon Grotesque is an up and coming font by Thomas Jockin - designed to be a more usable version of Copperplate Gothic, or as Jockin puts it
Garcon takes artistic license on Copperplate Gothic to make a grotesque for today’s designer.
He gives a brilliant rundown of the design and thinking behind the new font that you can take a read through here.
At the start of the month, Type Foundry E-Types opened up a concept store, where they can sell their typefaces and accompanying merchandising in a physical store.
Mugs and prints also available, the main product being sold is typefaces on usb sticks, to be loaded onto computers when customers get home.
The store can be found in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is open for one year.
Check out more photos here.
Shelby White made his ‘Typefaces of the World’ poster back in January, but has now made it round all the problems faced in printing it and it looks great.
The detailed process to achieve white text on a black stock involved printing two layers of silver before overlaying the white on top. The result is a vivid and clear print though…nice.
Buy your own here.
See more shots here.
Áron Jancsó is an incredibly gifted typographer and designer.
This poster was made to display his Ogaki typeface. You can see more applications as well as its characterset at his behance profile here.
Came across this great vintage advertisement for Helvetica.
It’s rare you see advertising for fonts these days, and it’s even greater to see it with such a human approach reminiscent of vintage cigarette adverts and pretty much anything else from 1950s America.
See the hi-res here.
Darren Newman designed this fantastic poster for the documentary film ‘Typeface’
Rather enjoying the Solomon font family from Font Fabric.
Styles: 6 Weights + 6 Deco Styles
Compatible: PC & Mac
Details: 438 Character Set, Manual Kerning, Tracking / Pairs
Price: 40 $ each style 279 $ all pack (12 styles)
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