Today we look at a fun and casual relationship between Paula Mastrangelo’s Laski Slab (made with the production help of Ramiro Espinoza) and Ryoichi Tsunekawa’s Graphie.
Laski Slab was initially created for an online children’s magazine. Though spare, its inviting qualities are evident in the carriage of its bowls, the interplay of round and square contours, and small details such as its terminal treatments. Graphie does well as a complement to Laski Slab with its strong, wide dominance, ultra low contrast, and subtle mischief. Note the terminal angles of characters such as lowercase e and s. Such sign-painterly cues seem to be coming back into style forcefully this year. Together, the two create the kind of tension that holds well the reader’s consideration.
That’s it. Great Pairs continues here Wednesday.
April 29, 2014 – 12:00 PM
New Fonts
Consuelo by Latinotype
Jugo Script by Sudtipos
Rumpus Room Filled by Sideshow
Continuing Promotions
Nitti Grotesk by Bold Monday – 30% off until 30 April
P22 Wedge by IHOF – 25% off until 30 April
Bodoni Classic Fleurs by Wiescher – 50% until May 1st
Caboom by Wiescher – 50% until May 1st
Dylan Copperplate by Wiescher – 50% until May 1st
Marianina FY by FONTYOU – 80% off until 4 May
Coco FY and Chelly FY by FONTYOU – 50% off until 4 May
Exquise FY, Kaili FY, Bruum FY by FONTYOU – 70% off until 4 May
All Laski Slab in Web and OT by ReType – 30% off until 7 May
Business Penmanship by Sudtipos – 30% off until 22 May
Consuelo by Latinotype – 50% off all products until May 28th
Jugo Script in OT and Web by Sudtipos – 30% off until June 6th.
Want detailed showing of new fonts straight to your inbox? Make sure you’re receiving them in your inbox. They maybe getting lost in the promotions section. If you use Gmail then you can drag and drop the FontShop Newsletter from your Promotions Tab to your Primary Tab.
Founded by Richard Starkings and John Roshell in 1992, Comicraft is credited with pioneering digital lettering in the comic book industry. With studio clients that include Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Mad Magazine, Nickelodeon, Graphitti Designs, View Askew, Scholastic, Todd Mcfarlane Productions and NBC, and lettering and design work over the last 20 years they have won many awards including the coveted Eisner. So if you are looking for that authentic comic book look, then you’ve found your perfect foundry. Check out Flame On, Onomatopedia, and Destroyer on FontShop.
Basic EULA Rights
- Desktop use supports up 5 CPUs and 1 output device.
Restrictions
- You cannot share the font with users that do not have a license for the same font.
- You cannot embed the font software into a Website or Application.
See Comicraft EULA
If you have additional questions you can always email FontShop’s Support Team for help.
EULA highlights will be posted every other Monday. Next up is Gestalten.
April 25, 2014 – 10:00 AM
We know you’re busy and the Internet is a crowded place, so we’ll try to give you a little reminder on Fridays of what’s going on out there. Below please find five recent FontShop-related threads that you may have missed.
New Fonts
We have a great assortment of new fonts this week from FONTYOU, Wiescher and Astype. Also, a bunch of continuing promotions!
Buyers Guide
Theresa takes us through the rights and restrictions of the Red Rooster EULA.
Welcome back, Great Pairs!
We’ve all been eagerly waiting for it! David is back with a new installment of Great Pairs. This week he covers William Addison Dwiggins’s New Caledonia (digitized by Alex Kaczun), and Nick Shinn’s Brown Gothic.
FontFeed
Yves discussed the arrival of typography at TEDtalks on the FontFeed earlier this week. See Matthew Carter speak on “My Life in Typefaces”.
Defaults in Design
A new issue of Using Type is here! David reflects on Sibylle Hagmann‘s talk at TYPO San Francisco and introduces defaults which will be covered in several future installments. Check back for the continuation next week!
Starting the series back up on the subject of defaults, I spent some time thinking about how the limits imposed on the work we do ultimately influence our work’s form.
Though we’re the designers, and we make the stuff look the way it does, a flip-through sampling of the pages of any advertising or design annual from the last fifty years will reveal its decade of origin—not by looking at the cover, or even the content, but just by examining the processes used. I say limits meaning both those we prescribe and the external constraints imposed by the job or environment. Sibylle Hagmann gave a great talk at TYPO San Francisco on advertising design in the GDR (Germany behind the Iron Curtain) where she pointed out that it was the great shortage of material related to typesetting and design production that led to the development of manual processes and a diversity of interesting and highly refined illustration and lettering styles.
Sibylle Hagmann speaking on Typography and Culture; Photo by Amber Gregory
Seeing how an entire subgenre of design grew out of a set of constraints further opened my eyes to the idea that the look and function of our work is largely a matter of the defaults we accept. And that learning to recognize the previously unconscious decisions we make both frees us and constrains us to use and invent new processes and to be aware of the effects of our choosing.
To introduce a more practical side to this discussion, I thought it would be interesting to look specifically at the defaults I accept, so, over the course of the next few weeks I’ll walk through some InDesign, Illustrator, and HTML/CSS defaults I find handy, as well as touch on some manual processes I go through when designing for screen and print.
That’s all. Thanks to Kent Lew’s Whitman Display for setting the title. Catch the first iteration on defaults here next Thursday. This is Using Type.
April 22, 2014 – 12:00 PM
New Fonts
Continuing Promotions
Sofia Soft by Mostardesign Studio – 75% off until 23 of April
DIY Time by Latinotype – 75% off until 23 of April
Nitti Grotesk by Bold Monday – 30% off until 30 April
P22 Wedge by IHOF – 25% off until 30 April
Bodoni Classic Fleurs by Wiescher – 50% until May 1st
Caboom by Wiescher – 50% until May 1st
Dylan Copperplate by Wiescher – 50% until May 1st
Marianina FY by FONTYOU – 80% off until 4 May
Coco FY and Chelly FY by FONTYOU – 50% off until 4 May
Exquise FY, Kaili FY, Bruum FY by FONTYOU – 70% off until 4 May
All Laski Slab in Web and OT by ReType – 30% off until 7 May
Business Penmanship by Sudtipos – 30% off until 22 May
Want detailed showing of new fonts straight to your inbox? Make sure you’re receiving them in your inbox. They maybe getting lost in the promotions section. If you use Gmail then you can drag and drop the FontShop Newsletter from your Promotions Tab to your Primary Tab.
With a collection that started in 1990, Steve Jackamen and his team of highly-skilled type designers, typographers and software experts have produced over 700 original and exclusive typefaces. Check out Kingsley, Relish, and Glasgow on FontShop.
Basic EULA Rights
- Desktop use supports up 5 CPUs.
- You can create a non-editable secured PDF for view and print only for non-commercial purposes.
Restrictions
- You cannot share the font with users that do not have a license for the same font.
- You cannot embed the font software into a Website or Application.
- You cannot embed the font software into an ePub document.
See Red Rooster EULA
If you have additional questions you can always email FontShop’s Support Team for help.
EULA highlights will be posted every other Monday. Next up is Comicraft.
April 18, 2014 – 10:00 AM
This week on Pinterest, we are highlighting our newest In Your Face board with FF Mark!
“Designed with versatility in mind, it breaks tradition with its family of 10 weights ranging from Hairline to Black, with the extreme weights “engineered” to shine bright in large sizes and middle weights optimized for body copy.” You can see more FF Mark on FontFont‘s specially designed website.
April 15, 2014 – 12:10 PM
New Fonts
Continuing Promotions
Anglecia Complete Pro, Anglecia Display Pro, Anglecia Title Pro, Anglecia Text Pro by Mint Type – 80% off until 15 April
Courtesy Script Family by Sudtipos – 30% off until 20 April
Sofia Soft by Mostardesign Studio = 75% off until 23 of April
DIY Time by Latinotype = 75% off until 23 of April
Nitti Grotesk by Bold Monday – 30% off until 30 April
P22 Wedge by IHOF – 25% off until 30 April
Marianina FY by FONTYOU – 80% off until 4 May
Coco FY and Chelly FY by FONTYOU – 50% off until 4 May
Exquise FY, Kaili FY, Bruum FY by FONTYOU – 70% off until 4 May
All Laski Slab in Web and OT by ReType – 30% off until 7 May
Business Penmanship by Sudtipos – 30% off until 22 May
Want detailed showing of new fonts straight to your inbox? Make sure you’re receiving them in your inbox. They maybe getting lost in the promotions section. If you use Gmail then you can drag and drop the FontShop Newsletter from your Promotions Tab to your Primary Tab.
By Margaret Shum
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Posted in New Fonts, Uncategorized
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Tagged Arlt Lanzallamas, Bookeyed Martin, Comicraft, Como, Compasse, Ferry Black, Flat-it Type Foundry, Graphie, Kiro, Letters From Sweden, new fonts, Pampatype, Pero, Pleasure Point, Tart Workshop
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Here are the top five help topics that may help you when you are looking to license a font on FontShop.
What do all these abbreviations mean?
An in-depth article on all the abbreviations that you my encounter on FontShop.
I can’t find the font in Microsoft Word on Mac OS X
Experiencing frustation over not finding your licensed font in MS Office on your Mac, well you are not alone. This guide is a solution to a common problem.
Can I install EOT or WOFF on my computer?
You cannot install EOT or WOFF and use it on desktop programs.
When and how will I get my fonts after I buy them?
A quick explanation on the download process.
FontFont OpenType Formats Explained
If you need help choosing the format for FF DIN, or other FontFonts, then this article is for you.
We know you’re busy and the Internet is a crowded place, so we’ll try to give you a little reminder on Fridays of what’s going on out there. Below please find five recent FontShop-related threads that you may have missed.
TYPO Live Streaming
Day one of TYPO San Francisco was a blast and now we are on day two for more fun and inspiration! If you aren’t able to join us in person, live streaming is available. You can catch these speakers today:
Friday, April 11, 10 a.m.: Lisa Congdon, Embrace the Abyss & Other Lessons
Friday, April 11, 1 p.m.: Elliott Earls, Money, Sex, and Power – The Mechanics of a Hybrid Practice
Friday, April 11, 6 p.m.: Aaron James Draplin, “Tall Tales from a Large Man” with Aaron Draplin of the Draplin Design, Co.
Buyer’s Guide: TYPO SF Anagram Scavenger Hunt
Don’t forget, we’re having our scavenger hunt and everyone who participates wins a prize! Clues will be given via Twitter and Instagram to find the FontShopper with the missing character.
New Fonts
A ton of new fonts have been added to FontShop this week! Great designs from foundries like Fontpartners, Typonine, OurType and new foundry Brownfox!
Next FontShop
We’ve been receiving some great feedback on the new site. Keep them coming! But, if you haven’t noticed, we recently released our beta version of the next FontShop! It’s raw and unfinished, but we launched it anyway and want to know what you think! Check out the new site here.
Pinterest
In dire need of some inspiration? Check out the plethora of boards on our Pinterest page!
Friday Five Fonts: FF Karbid and FF Karbid Slab by FontFont
Ready for two days of design inspiration from around the globe? TYPO San Francisco Rhythm, presented by FontShop, takes over the YBCA Theater and Screening Room at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) tomorrow and Friday. Can’t make it to SF? We’ve got you covered with a small taste of the magic that will happen over the next two days.
New York-based curator of the popular Brainpickings site, Maria Popova, will deliver the keynote at 10 a.m. PDT on Thursday. Her talk “The Science of Productivity and the Art of Presence” will be available via live streaming at typosf.com.
Also live streaming throughout the two-day conference will be:
Thursday, April 10, 1 p.m.: Gemma O’Brien, Crafting Authenticity
Thursday, April 10, 6 p.m.: Norman Hathaway interviews Victor Moscoso, Poster Legend
Friday, April 11, 10 a.m.: Lisa Congdon, Embrace the Abyss & Other Lessons
Friday, April 11, 1 p.m.: Elliott Earls, Money, Sex, and Power – The Mechanics of a Hybrid Practice
Friday, April 11, 6 p.m.: Aaron James Draplin, “Tall Tales from a Large Man” with Aaron Draplin of the Draplin Design, Co.
Of course the best way to experience TYPO is to be there in person. But hurry! Only a limited amount of tickets are left before 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
New Fonts
Continuing Promotions
Anglecia Complete Pro, Anglecia Display Pro, Anglecia Title Pro, Anglecia Text Pro by Mint Type – 80% off until 15 April
Courtesy Script Family by Sudtipos – 30% off until 20 April
Sofia Soft by Mostardesign Studio = 75% off until 23 of April
DIY Time by Latinotype = 75% off until 23 of April
Nitti Grotesk by Bold Monday – 30% off until 30 April
P22 Wedge by IHOF – 25% off until 30 April
Marianina FY by FONTYOU – 80% off until 4 May
Coco FY and LolaLola FY by FONTYOU – 50% off until 4 May
Exquise FY, Kaili FY, Bruum FY by FONTYOU – 70% off until 4 May
All Laski Slab in Web and OT by ReType – 30% off until 7 May
Business Penmanship by Sudtipos – 30% off until 22 May
Want detailed showing of new fonts straight to your inbox? Make sure you’re receiving them in your inbox. They maybe getting lost in the promotions section. If you use Gmail then you can drag and drop the FontShop Newsletter from your Promotions Tab to your Primary Tab.
By Margaret Shum
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Posted in New Fonts
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Tagged Brownfox, Brutal Type, Fakt Slab Stencil, Filmotype Homer, Filmotype York, Formular, FP Dancer Tango, Geometria, Institut, Karol Sans, Kocturno, Laski Slab, Mislab, OurType, Parisine Gris, Rumpus Room, Typonin Sans, Typonine
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Join the FontShop team at TYPO San Francisco this week, April 10-11, and take part in the Anagram Scavenger Hunt. Clues will be given via Twitter and Instagram to find the FontShopper with the missing character. Everyone participating in the game gets a prize! First person to find the missing character gets something extra, and we’ll share the glyph with all the attendees via Social Media.
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Attendees will get a postcard in their goodie bag, with additional clues. Once you solve the anagram, you can use it to take 30% off your next FontShop purchase the following week.
If you still haven’t bought a ticket for TYPO San Francisco, you still have time. There are only a few seats left. Buy a ticket now!
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