Newlyn (was: TextPref, x&y)

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Newlyn (was: TextPref, x&y) [Miles Newlyn] Miles Newlyn (b. 1969) graduated from St Martins College of Art, London, in 1991. He worked with various London agencies, including Wolff Olins. x&y in London was Miles Newlyn's web site where you could buy his creations from 2002-2004. In 2004, he set up Newlyn.com. Around 2015, he founded TextPref. Many of his typefaces are retail (via, e.g., Emigre), but he speciaizes in commissioned type as well. He is well-known for his logo work (Honda, Cadillac, Saab, Land Rover, Sky, EE, two Olympics). He is based in London. Creations: TP Atten (2015). A rounded sans typeface named after David Attenborough. Rejuvenated as New Atten and New Atten Round in 2018. Becker (LED font). Bugini (1996). Democratica (Emigre). Roman with a Greek touch, 1991. EE Nobblee. A family of dot matrx fonts. Ericsson Sans (2006) and Ericsson Capital. Ferox (a blackletter face, 1995; see Umbrella Type). FNB Sans (2010). A rounded sans typeface family. There are vey few, if any, differences with the Frank typeface family. Frank (2010-2011). A humanist sans family done with Francesca Bolognini. Now available as TP Frank and as New Frank. HTC Script (2009). A fat finger font for HTC Corporation. Luvbug (a 3D font). The curly Missionary (1992, Emigre). Modena (2008). A corporate type family. There are also IR Modena and HMRC Modena. Neulin 9 Roman (1994). In 2021, Miles Newlyn, Riccardo Olocco and Krista Radoeva co-designed New Spirit, a 10-style typeface that revives the comfort food font Windsor. Nuke Plain (1994). In the early nineties style of Democratica and Barnbrook's atheist-meets-crusader style. Remington German and Remington Plain. Heavy typefaces made in 1994. Rubrik (2011). A well-rounded monoline sans family reminiscent of architectural drawings. At Type Network, you can buy New Farm (2013). Sabbath Black (1994, Emigre). A blackletter font. Sky Text (2009). A custom sans typeface for BSkyB Ltd. Style (2004). A painters font. Tonnage Sans and Tonnage Serif (Emigre, 1996). An homage to David Harris's Chromium typeface. Verona (2007). A sturdy condensed text typeface. A set of six typefaces for David Carson to use in Raygun Magazine. TP Hero (2015). TP Zen (2015, rounded sans) and New Zen (2017, developed in collaboration with Elena Schneider). TP Farm or New Farm (2015). In 2016, Elena Schneider and Miles Newlyn co-designed the almost reverse contrast typeface family New Herman. Bio at Emigre. Most of his typefaces can be bought from Veer and MyFonts. Klingspor link. FontShop link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Newlyn (was: TextPref, x&y) [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Pixel/bitmap fonts ⦿ 3D fonts ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Architectural lettering/typefaces ⦿ LED / LCD fonts ⦿ Neon tube or faux neon typefaces ⦿ Corporate typefaces ⦿ Curly typefaces ⦿