TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on
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AfroBreak
| Crazy Sao Paulo-based Brazilian designer (b. 1986) of the grunge face Antropofagia (2010). Born in 1986. He also made Afronsu (2011), Estaktu (2012, influenced by Sao Paulo's graffiti or pixacao), and Abstract Rua (2012). Aka afronsu Afronsu. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Afronsu Afronsu
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Aidfonts (was: Antropos)
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Baar published these typefaces with Linotype: Atlantis, Linotype Kaliber, Linotype Balder (1994), Linotype Ordinar (2000), Linotype Pisa (1997), Feltpen, Nordica (chiseled typeface). Nice fonts at old Antropos site included: Aristoteles, Platonia, Andromeda, Zeitgeist, Artemis, Andromeda Engschrift, BaarAntropos, BaarAntroposAidfont, BaarAntroposBold, BaarAntroposBoldItalic, BaarAntroposCaps, BaarAntroposDisplay, BaarAntroposEngschrift, BaarAntroposItalic, BaarGoetheanis (2002), BaarLemuria (2002), BaarMetanoia (2002), BaarMetanoiaBold, BaarMetanoiaBoldItalic, BaarMetanoiaItalic, BaarPhilos, BaarPhilosBold, BaarPhilosBoldItalic, BaarPhilosItalic, BaarSophia (2002), BaarSophiaBold, BaarSophiaBoldItalic, BaarSophiaItalic, BaarZeitgeist. He founded Menschengeist and Aidfonts (2005), where one can download his Sophia, Metanoia and Philos families. Dafont link. Linotype link. FontShop link/ Klingspor link. Fontspace link. Catalog of Lutz Baar's commercial typefaces. See also here. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Cuttlefish Fonts
| Cuttlefish Fonts offers free original fonts by Cupertino, CA-based graphic designer Jason Pagura, such as Rutaban (2001), Bernur (1996, sans), Gemelli (handwriting), Gohan (fat finger comic book lettering, updated into ShinGohanSix in 2007), Bolonewt (2003), Antherton Cloister (2003, insect antenna influences! Discussed here) and Rutager (2001). He was working on Palormak (2006, futuristic). From 2006-2010, he published Agamemnon, a large and warm transitional slab serif typeface with wood type influences that covers Latin, Cherokee, Cyrillic and Greek. Later typefaces include Cartmeign and Posterony (2007, anthroposophic). Dafont link. 1001fonts link. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Brazilian designer (b. 1990) of the hairline informal face Antropofagia (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Erica Sirotich (San Francisco) iwsmages inspired by children, animals and anthropomorphic critters. She designed Creature Alphabet (2012) for a children's print for Cuddlefish Press. These letterforms are based on the Adelle Basic font from Type Together. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Designer in Anderson, SC, who made Anthro (2012), a slab serif face based on Gotham. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
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+ism
| The gorgeous fonts by London-based Matius Gerardo Grieck at this commercial foundry include: Dysthymia, Typographiction, Idiosynoptium (very very original), Arsmagna, Transhuman, Xyperformulaic, Requiem (phenomenal face!), Karoshi, Nanoscopics, Kunstware (techno font), Circumcision (1999, simulating Hebrew), CQN-Molecular, Anthropolymorphics (2000), Arsmagna, Dysthymia, Hypertexturion, Karoshi, Metastases, Netopath, Transhuman (has a katakana component), Transkryption (one of the latter fonts in the family was done by Tsuyoshi Nakazako). Great web page (but a bit slow). Some of the fonts are also available at T-26. Another MyFonts link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Jack Yan
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Jack Yan and Associates
| Jack Yan (b. 1972, Hong-Kong) now lives in Wellington, New Zealand, where he founded Jack Yan and Associates (JY&A) in 1987, the first kiwi digital typefoundry. He designed over 100 typefaces, which mostly share calligraphic roots---his lower case f is like a signature Yan glyph. He designed the extensive family Aetna, digitized based upon 16th century work by Francesco Griffo and Giovanni Antonio Tagliente. It is Yan's version of Bembo. His other font families include (2011, a sans companion for JY Décennie), Integrity JY (2002), Pinnacle JY (1995-1996, +Bold), Rebeca JY (1993), Tranquility (1994-1995) and Yan Series 333 (1987-1993). JY Koliba (by Jure Stojan, 2001) is a sans serif typeface family based on Slovenian architects' lettering of the 1940s. Other typefaces include Dandy JY (2012: Originally created for a theatre project at Massey University, Dandy is reminiscent of Pablo Ferro's hand-lettering), Comic Pro JY (1999, by Antonio Gonzalez de Santiago for Jack Yan), Novalis JY (2008, an anthroposophic family), Boum-Boum (2002) and Alia JY (2008-2009, an aldine serif family). JY Pressly (2012, a serif family) was originally designed for Lucire, and destined for web and print use. Arts and Crafts alphabet by JY&A. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Jason Pagura
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Joachim Frank
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Nürnberg-based painter and illustrator (b. 1539, Zürich, d. 1591, Nürnberg) who created some ornamental alphabets, including an anthropomorph alphabet (1567) that shows some influences of Peter Flötner. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Luciano Vergara
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Lutz Baar
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Designer in Krakow, Poland, who made the anthroposophic typeface Gardela (2013). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Manfred Klein
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Manfred Klein
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Matius Gerardo Grieck
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Mendoza&Vergara
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Vergara created these typefaces between 2004 and 2010: the sans face Conce (2004), Pepona (2006, T-26, a pixel face), Sketch (2008, T-26), Trauco (2006, T-26, a wonderful display face), Otto (2006, T-26, another pixel face), Roket U (2007, T-26, rounded anthroposophic unicase typeface) and Hisla Negra (2004), the serif face Patua (2003; Patua One is free at Google Web Fonts), the pixel face Xerif (2004), the pixel face Sinaptix (2004), the pixel face UNXERIF (2004), the pixel face Don Paul (2004, named after Paul Renner), the liquid display face Revolución (2006), the pixel family Renex (2004) and the pixel face O'Higgins (2003). At Latinotype (which Vergara co-founded with Daniel Hernandez in 2007), he created the dingbat face Chilean Bugs (2006) (free at Dafont), as well as Patua (serif), Regia (2008, hairline condensed sans). At FontStruct, he experimented with Flaca (2008). At his Flickr site, check out more commercial typefaces: Fidel (strong sans), Regia and Trasans (two light, even hairline, sans faces), Biotech, Working on a short-ascendered sans face called Midas (2010). Typefaces from 2011: Biotech, Cachiyuyo (a pixel family), Machi (titling sans), Los Lana Pro (an angular poster face; a stone age font), Fidel Black (a strong rounded sans, +Stencil Black), Patagon (Latinotype: a rounded wood-inspired poster face done with Miguel and Daniel Hernandez), Suisside (a humanist sans). Typefaces from 2012: Julius Sans One (Google Web Fonts), Pantano Pro (Pantano is a handmade grunge typeface inspired by the rustic style of Amazonia), Antartida (an 8-style family at Latinotype), Antartida Rounded (a rounded sans family), Kahlo (2012, Latinotype, designed for magazine headlines), Frida (Latinotype: a Latin style hipster sans typeface), Schwager (a steampunk slab serif). Typefaces from 2013: Moderna (a monoline organic sans, with unicase styles thrown in). Klingspor link. Dafont link. Behance link. View Lucian Vergara's typefaces. Fontspring link. [Google]
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Nicolas Schreyer (Schreyer Design) created the square anthropogenic (rounded octagonal) font Quadrat NX (2011, FontStruct). Aka geuzle. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Artist who probably comes from Thurgau, and who lived roughly from 1485-1546. Creator of an alphabet (now known as Flötner's Menschenalphabet) in 1534 that shows each letter made up with human figures. Picture. Another picture. Another picture. Another picture. He also made a more sexually explicit anthropomorphic alphabet font [see also here and here]. One of his alphabets was scanned and fonted by "Character" and posted on abf on November 25, 2002: called Flotner, it can be found here. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Robert E. Leuschke
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Australian designer of Princess (curly script), RV Park, Sunset (anthropomorphic face), all made in 2003-2004 at StockBucket, a company she founded in 2004 with David Phillips. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
TYPEsetIT
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Fontsquirrel link. Fontspace link. FontShop link. Fontspace link. Interview. Pic. Another Fontspace link. An incomplete list of his creations: AlexBrush, Cherish, Ephesis, Hurricane, Ingrid Darling, Inspiration, Jackie-O, Licorice, Kolker Brush (2004, Western version of Japanese calligraphy), Love, Neanderthaw, Ruge Boogie (2004), Saliere, Send Flowers, Updock, Whisper, TheNautiGal (2006, connected script), Water Brush, Love Light, Passions Conflict, Mea Culpa, Beau Rivage, Good Vibrations, Great Vibes, Lovers Quarrel, GrechenFuemen, Moon Dance, MsMadi, Lavishly Yours, Bonheur Royale (2005), Fuzzy Bubbles, LA Heat (2005), Qwigley ROB (2005), Vujah Day, he added Kings Honor (2006), Kings Quest (2006), Kings Dominion (2006), RUSerius (2007, curly handwriting), QwitcherBychen (2007, calligraphic), Arizonia (2007, calligraphic, based on lettering seen on a truck), Road Rage ROB (2008, grunge), GreyQo (2008, calligraphic), FleurDeLeah (2008, flowery calligraphic), MySoulOne (2008), MooLahLah (2008, cow-spotted letters), SassyFrassROB (2008, calligraphic). MyFonts sells Alex Brush, Allison, Ambiance BT, ITC Arid, Arizonia, Babylonica (2008, a great connected brushy script), Beau Rivage, Bilbo, Bilbo Swash Caps (2011, Google Web Fonts), Bonheur Royale, Caramel (Crunch, Candy, Nuggets), Carattere, Cherish, ITC Chivalry, Corinthia (calligraphic but with slope errors on some connections such as between "o" and "r"), Ephesis, FleurDeLeah, Fuzzy Bubbles, Good Vibrations (2003), Grapenuts, Great Vibes (2012, Google Web Fonts), GrechenFuemen, GreyQo, Gwendolyn, Holiday Font, Hurricane, Imperial Script, Ingrid Darling, Inspiration, Jackie O, Kings, Kolker Brush, LA Heat, Lavishly Yours, Licorice, Love Light, Lovers Quarrel (since 2012 at Google Web Fonts), Mea Culpa, MooLahLah, Moon Dance, Ms Madi, MySoulOne, Neonderthaw, Oh Ley, Oooh Baby, Passions Conflict, Petemoss, Qwigley, QwitcherBychen, RoadRage, Roelandt BT, RUSerius, Ruthie (2003), Saliere, SassyFrass ROB, Send Flowers, Shalimar, Square Peg, Tapestry, TheNautiGal, Twinkle Star, Updock, VujahDay, Water Brush, and Whisper. Fonts made in 2009 at P22: Babylonica, RobsPickles, RoadRage, QwitcherBychen, the Caramel family (including Crunch, Candy, Nuggets). In 2009, he also published Italianno ROB. Typefaces made in 2010: Allura (see Google Web Fonts), Estonia Nouveau (based on calligraphy by Villu Toots), Estonia Regular, Estonia Swash, Island Moments, Neon Derthaw (neon light face). Typefaces from 2011: Robs Pickles, Waterfall, Monte Carlo (formal script), Genos (anthroposophic; includes Cherokee), Bilbo (free at Google Web Fonts), Playball (free connected signage or baseball script face at Google Web Fonts). Designs from 2012: Fuggles, Explora (a delicate calligraphic script face). Typefaces from 2013: Style Script. Showcase of Rob Leuschke's typefaces at MyFonts. View Rob Leuschke's fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
TypOasis, 2002
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TypOasis 2005
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Waldorf Fonts
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Alternate URL. Alternate URL. MyFonts URL. Mike Diaz pointed out that Waldorfschrift is really really close to Ingrid Liche's FF Liant (1995) about which FontFont writes: In 1976 Ingrid Liche began designing Liant Medium for the packaging of the natural cosmetic company Weleda AG in Germany. Since then this face has defined the corporate identity of Weleda worldwide and because of this company's prestige, the look to the entire natural cosmetic and biologically oriented industry. Because of a split of opinions in the international company in 1994, the mother company in Switzerland decided to introduce a new house face; thereby giving up the brand name recognition that had been established over twenty years... Because of the turn in events and since Liche still owned the rights to Liant, she decided to distribute the face exclusively over FontShop International. She re-digitized the font, adding several ligatures and expanding the face to a three weight family. The most noticable characteristic of the font is its lively lines, the forms for which are taken from nature. Within the individual characters there is an exchange of sinking and rising points, which are connected by taut curves. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
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