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Ole Berntsen Søndergaard
Danish graphic designer and signwriter, b. 1937, who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen and has taught there since 1966. He has designed signage systems for banks, offices and public buildings in Denmark, Sweden and the Middle East, and did a lot of corporate design for Danish banks and Danish industry. He had his own design studio since 1972. He created the FF Signa family in 2000, originally for signage, but also useful in text. This was complemented by FF Signa Extended and FF Signa Condensed in 2001, FF Signa Serif in 2005, FF Signa Correspondence Pro in 2006, FF Signa Stencil Pro and FF Signa Serif Stencil Pro in 2011, and the 70-style FF Signa Slab Pro in 2013. He created Thule Letters (2005) based on carved letters on Knud Rasmussen's monument. Other faces include Public (1980, sans), and Helsingør (1980, a serif typeface for the town signs in Elsinore). With Morten Rostgaard Olsen, he set up Fontpartners. Together, they made FP Dancer (2007, an upright part script part sans part serif concoction), FP Palina (Futura Stencil face, 2006-2007), FP Quality (rounded stencil, 2006-2007), FP Silly (wavy stencil, 2005; free at Fontshop), FP Stage (2006-2007, wide display grunge). Custom fonts at Fontpartners include Elsinore (2005, serif), Public (2005), Signa Tryg (Søndergaard, 2003). FP Dancer (2007) is described by Jan Middendorp as follows: In the sans serif realm, spelling out human and warm, while avoiding to become childish or silly, isn't as easy as some type designers assume. Morten Olsen's Dancer is one of those new, and newly conceived, text faces that seem to do the job. It strikes a balance between typographic quality and charisma, between conventional wisdom about legibility, and expressiveness. Also, it has an equally eloquent serifed companion. |
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file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Dancer Pro Book 2006
file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Dancer Serif Book 2006
file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Elsinore 2006 2007
file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Palina 2006 2007
file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Quality 2006 2007
file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Stage 2006 2007
file name: Ole Sondergaard F P Stage 2006 2007b
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa 2000 2013
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa Condensed Black 2001
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa Correspondence Pro 2006
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa Serif Stencil Pro 2011
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa Serif Pro Demibold 2013
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa Slab Pro 2013
file name: Ole Sondergaard F F Signa Stencil Pro 2011
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