TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on
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In 2012, they published Stink Lines (multilined typeface) and Penang (art deco signage face seen on Penang by the creator). Straights Light is a beautiful pair of bilined all caps faces. Dale Kids is a children's book typeface. Hokkien (2012) is an art deco typeface with Chinese influences. Mister Mustard is a chubby rounded art deco typeface. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian designer (b. 1981) of the free PARCH fonts (2003). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Designer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Creator of an ornamental caps typeface called Steampunked (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian graphic artist, nicknamed Boom Yee. He created the experimental decorative face Reindeer (2008) while he was a student at Tunku Abdul Rahman College. No downloads. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
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Chinthye Law is an art director for Band China in Shanghai, but was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2011, she made some typefaces, includig a paperclip face. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
CMONSTA (or: treasure-c-hest)
| Free techno fonts such as Atomic Regular and Photonica by Liew Kheng Huat from Selangor, Malaysia. Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Miri, Malaysia-based designer of the script face Shadow Scribe (2008). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian-born graphic designer (b. 1983), who works out of Shanghai. Behance link. In 2009, he created the experimental grungy typeface Between Skin for issue No.6 of Territory magazine, in collaboration with Chris Wong [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian designer of the oriental simulation face shown here (2004, no name yet). It is based on the Chinese Sung-Ti typeface. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian designer of GG SignDings (2007), a set of traffic signals. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Kuala Lumpur-based designer (b. 1985) of the typographic poster Smoking Typography (2008). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Jayhan
| An archive with 36 display style katakana fonts. Main page with more blogging on Latin and other typography. It is run by Sim Jun Han ("Jayhan") who graduated in graphic design from KBU International College, and now works in a games production company called John Galt Games Malaysia, located in Kuala Lumpur. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Malaysian woman who lives in the UK and who has made the pixelish face Puzzle (2010). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
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Lady Mona Lisa
| Siti Nur Aleena Che (Lady Mona Lisa) is the Malaysian creator of the interesting fly-in-letter font Fly Away (2002) [no downloads]. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
LayarBahtera
| Foundry in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, run by Mohd Razali Mohamad Raub (b. Johor, 1975, aka Morabira). In 2010, he designed Morabira Doomsday, Merge Doomsday (2010), Layar Bahtera Kiamat (2010, an ink trap / packaging family with a left tilt, now free), Kiamat Doomsday (2011), Fire Doomsday (2012, techno font), Wind Doomsday (2012, a signage family), Earth Doomsday (2012, techno) and Ark Doomsday. Another MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Malaysian student at UWE in Bristol, UK. FontStructor known as Skipper Lee, who made Control Points 001 (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Creator of the white-on-black pixel face Luqman (2011). Luqman (b. 1998) is from Kedah, Malaysia. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Tamil fonts at Agfa Monotype: Monotype Tamil (280 Light, 580, 708 Medium, 340 Bold), ITR Cheran, ITR Cholan, ITR Nedumaran, ITR Nellai, ITR Palm Leaf, ITR Pandyan, ITR Vijayan. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Designer in Kuala Lumpur, who created the ribbon face Take Turn (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Tamil Software company. Free Tamil fonts here as part of the Murasu Anjal software pack. "InaimathiTSC (proportional) and ArulmathiTSC (fixed width), developed by Mr.Muthu Nedumaran of Murasu Systems, Malaysia, comes with the integrated tool Murasu Anjal 2.0, which also contains an integrated editor, keyboard drivers, conversion tools." For TSCu_InaiKathir, see here. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian desiger of Nee (2012, hand-printed). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Graphic design student in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who created the Lucky Bamboo typeface (2012). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malayalam font link and jump page by Omniglot. Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken by about 22 million people in the Indian state of Kerala, as well as in Singapore and Malaysia. This syllabic alphabet emerged around 1000AD and then gradually evolved from the Tamil-Grantha script over a period of 600 years. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Born in Malaysia in 1955. From the Adobe web site: Designed in 1993 by Chong Wah of Monotype, Ocean Sans is a two-axis multiple master typeface that ranges from normal to extended in width, and light to extra bold in weight. In 1986, he designed Footlight at Monotype, where he also made the sans serif family Abadi (1987) and the serif family Delima (1993). FontShop link. In 2009, he created Chong Old Style and Chong Modern, two beautiful sans families: Chong Modern is a sans serif interpretation of the classic modern, or neoclassical, designs of Bodoni and Didot. More than a Bodoni without serifs, Chong Modern also has an elegant, Art Deco demeanor, according to Monotype. It has a bit of the Peignot feel. Chong Old Style is a sans family in the tradition of Goudy Old Style. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
One free Tamil font, TneriTSC.ttf. By the Tamilneri Association in Malaysia. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Kuala Lumpur-based designer of the experimental faces MissKiss (2009) and Function (2009). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Illustrator and deesigner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He created an ornamental alphabet of digits in 2010. Devian Tart link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Rotary International Logos Font
| Rotarian Alp Bekisoglu from Rotary Club of Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, created the RotaryInternational dingbat font (2000). [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Malaysian designer of an alphabet (probably not a font) made up of bras (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Graphic and type designer from Penang, Malaysia, who is currently in The Netherlands. Graduate of the Type and Media program at KABK, 2009. There, Tan tried a revival of Bembo (2008) and created Callie Text and Callie Display (2009), a text family, as his graduation project. In 2010, in collaboration with Martin Frostner, she created the custom octagonal / calligraphic face Biskop Arnö for Nordic Folk High School, Biskops Arnö at Mälaren. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Malaysian graphic designer who created a very pink typographic Valentine poster in 2012. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Tamil Neri font | Free font TneriTSC in truetype format, developed by Mr. Arivan of Tamil Neri Kazhagam, Malaysia. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Graphic design student in Kuala Lumpur. She created Cracker (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Graphic designer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2010, he created The Diskettes, a modular fat face inspired by he form of old PC diskettes. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Graffiti artist and graphic designer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Behance link. He created some graffiti fonts in 2010. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Thunaivan (MicroMart, 1998) is a free Tamil TrueType ont following the new TSCII 1.6 Tamil font standard. ThunaivanTSC, developed by Ravindran Paul, Malaysia is based on Thunaivan font face widely popular in Malaysia and Singapore. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
The typophiles are listing traffic system typefaces used in various countries. Here is a partial list extracted from that thread. Images collected by Ralf Herrmann.
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Malaysian creator (b. 1989) of the experimental faces Reindeer (2011) and Ohm (2011). No downloads. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
visualsanity
| Graphic Design student at IACT College, Malaysia, in 2011. He lives in Selangor. Devian tart link. Creator of the water droplet face Oasis (2011), which was based on images from the Gaia project. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Malaysian designer of the stick font Let There Be Light (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
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Malaysian type foundry. Creator of the grunge stencil face 
Malaysian creator (b. 1984) of 
Kuala Lumpur-based animation designer. He ceated the experimental typeface 
