Psy--Ops Type Foundry

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Psy--Ops Type Foundry [Rodrigo Xavier Cavazos] Psy/Ops is Rodrigo Cavazos's foundry which initially consisted of artists and designers from the San Francisco Bay Area mainly interested in experimental type, type on the fringe. Their early work included Ruzena Antikva (1998) and the gorgeous RetabloAntiguo (1994). Other Rodrigo Cavazos creations: Faceplate Sans (free demo; see also at T-26), Adaptive Mono, Trillium (1995, T-26), Eidetic (EideticNeo at Emigre, 2000; the unicase version is called Eidetic Neo Omni), Eidetic Modern (1998, the sans version of Eidetic Neo), VM74 (1996), Spanner, Slag, Alembic (1995, T-26), CrucibleBurnin, DefaultGothic, DevilleThruster, Faceplate, Gnomad (1997, T-26), Oculus (1996, T-26, an organic face), Peregrine and Peregrine Titling (1996, Monotype), Phalanx (1996, chunky; Monotype), Philomela, Caligrafia de Bula and Caligrafia de Bula Regio (decorated initials), Transaxle Script (1994, a fifties font), Faceplate Sans, and Skiffledog. Other designers include Tomi Haaparanta, Gábor Kóthay, Lars Bergquist, Julien Janiszewski, Stefan Kjartansson, Stefan Hattenbach, Robert Beck, Todd Masui, Evan Sornstein, Michel Valois, and Steve Mehallo. Cavazos' Alembic, Gnomad, Skiffledog, Stigmata and other fonts are also available from T-26. Is also called Roderigo Zscori-Cavaz. Under this name, his families Crucible, Phalanx and Retablo may be viewed here. Creator of the free pixel faces CR21 (2009) and CR21 Modern (2009), downloadable from Dafont. Involved in 21 Lab, a design studio which started at the design school in Monterrey, Mexico. In 2010, he did custom work via T-26. For example, three prominent lettering styles from the famous Jack Daniels; Black Label (ca. 1904) were developed into complete fonts. Jasper is based on the familiar logo lettering (and bearing Jack Daniel's given first name). Lynchburg Script (2010) is based on the Tennessee lettering in the label. Finally, the solid mechanical typeface Motlow is named for Lem Motlow, the nephew of Jack Daniel who managed and later inherited the Distillery. View Rodrigo Cavazos's typefaces. Klingspor link. FontShop link. View the Psy-Ops typeface library.	EXTERNAL LINKS Psy--Ops Type Foundry [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Dafont page MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Experimental type ⦿ Type scene in California ⦿ Pixel/bitmap fonts ⦿ Type design in Mexico ⦿