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G-Type [Nick Cooke]

Nick Cooke is a British type designer based in Otley, West Yorkshire, and/or Newent, UK, who has been at it since 1982 as a lettering artist. He founded G-Type in 1999. Nick started as a lettering artist in London in 1982 crafting type by hand for book jackets. His typefaces:

• Accent Graphic (1997, a Peignotian fashion mag sans).
• Amulet (2002, a Celtic look face).
• Avocet (2006).
• Chevin (2003, sans family, +Std, +Chevin Pro, +Chevin Eco, a version with perforatons).
• ITC Dartangnon (1998). A hand-printed script probably named after Dartagnan.
• Digitalis (2000).
• Geetype (an upright script inspired by cigarette pack lettering by the great A. M. Cassandre).
• Gizmo (a beautiful chaotic handwriting face).
• Houschka (an Avenir lookalike; see also Houschka Rounded (2006), Houschka, Houschka Rounded Alt (2011), Pro (2009), and Houschka Alt Pro (2011), featuring weights from hairline to extra bold).
• Morpeth (2008, a sturdy sans family).
• Nubian (sans family).
• Olicana (2005, a nice casual connected script face), Olicana Rough, Olicana Smooth (2007) [note: everyone likes Olicana: Eben Sorkin writes The primary reason it was so powerfully and instantly popular was the font's voice, a personality both complicated and unique. On the one hand it has a casual and authentic sense of vivacity and fun. On the other hand this expressiveness is intermittent; it continuously but gently teases the eye.].
• Organon Sans and Organon Serif (2009). These families are lapidary---they have tapered stems.
• FF Penguin (1995).
• Precious Sans (2002), Precious Serif. In 2014, he followed that up with Precious Sans Two.
• Rollerscript (2012). A connected informal script with enough bells and whistles to evoke true handwriting.
• Sovereign Display (2008: an engraved or dollar bill style typeface; one free weight of this serif family could be found here).

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