Jul 30, 2009 0
Just saw this via @stewf on Twitter. If you’ve ever had to comp environmental ads, or packaging this is a godsend.
LiveSurface image templates are high-res, pre-masked, multi-layered images with built-in 3D surfaces. They make creating finished photographic images from your artwork as quick as cut + paste.
Jul 28, 2009 0
TypeTogether the foundry that brought us the highly popular Skolar, has released the new workhorse face Edita. From TypeTogether.
Edita is a gentle typeface, humanistic in concept yet with a contemporary feel, where softness and fluidity play a very important role. This can be seen especially in its italics, which are loosely based on handwriting.This book typeface family is intended to be used in books where text is set together with photographs and other graphic elements. However, Edita is a general book typeface, versatile enough to be used in many other contexts, from novels to promotion material.Edita’s large character set, covering most languages which use Latin script, and styles give the designer the possibility to work with a big typographic palette, allowing complex typesetting with several levels of information.
More info on Edita is here: link
Jul 24, 2009 0
Jul 22, 2009 0
I’ve completed more on the font. Most glyphs are now complete. The biggest addition is accented characters and old-style figures. Small Caps are coming, and then I commence to kerning.
Jul 22, 2009 0
Society of Typographic Arts: Archive ’09 Show
For those who live in the Chicagoland area, don’t for get about the STA archives. The submission deadline is looming. Naturally, I am still vacillating on what to submit.
Entry Form is here. (please pay attention to the submission guidelines)
Jul 21, 2009 0
Always a fan of H&FJ, they recently emailed a great primer on the features for their various fonts as it relates to financial and annual reports.
H&FJ Tabular Figs
They highlight tablular figures, indices (numbers in circles), graded fonts, and extended character sets. The full e-Blast can be seen here.
Jul 21, 2009 0
At Typecon Linotype announced the availability of Neue Frutiger. Akira Kobayashi—working closely with Adrian Frutiger— redesigned the iconic Frutiger type face. Full info here.
From Linotype’s site:
2009′s Neue Frutiger is a rethink of the 1977 Frutiger family, now revised and improved by Akira Kobayashi in close collaboration with Adrian Frutiger. Despite the various changes, this “New Frutiger” still fits perfectly with the original Frutiger family, and serves to harmoniously enhance the weights and styles already in existence. The perfect mix, guaranteed Neue Frutiger has the same character height as Frutiger. As a result of this, already existing Frutiger styles can be mixed with Neue Frutiger where necessary. Likewise, Neue Frutiger is perfect for use alongside Frutiger Serif.
Jul 17, 2009 0
If you have not been following the recent .webfont proposal by Tal Leming and Erik van Blokland check it out. The proposal is rational and workable. Quite a few foundries have voice their support including (these were gleaned from the H&FJ twitter feed)
Typotheque has an excellent expalnation and demo here.
