Jack Yan and Associates (or: JY&A Fonts)

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Jack Yan and Associates (or: JY&A Fonts) [Jack Yan] Jack Yan (b. 1972, Hong-Kong) now lives in Wellington, New Zealand, where he founded Jack Yan and Associates (JY&A) in 1987, the first kiwi digital type foundry. He designed over 100 typefaces, which mostly share calligraphic roots---his lower case f is like a signature Yan glyph. In 2013, he turned to politics and is running to become mayor of wellington. He designed the extensive family Aetna, digitized based upon 16th century work by Francesco Griffo and Giovanni Antonio Tagliente. It is Yan's version of Bembo. His other font families include Decennie Express Pro (2011, a sans companion for JY Décennie), Decennie JY Titling, Integrity JY (2002), Pinnacle JY (1995-1996, +Bold), Ray JY, Rebeca JY (1993), Tranquility (1994-1995), Artemis JY, and Yan Series 333 (1987-1993). JY Koliba (by Jure Stojan, 2001) is a sans serif typeface family based on Slovenian architects' lettering of the 1940s. Other typefaces include Circles JY, Dandy JY (2012: Originally created for a theatre project at Massey University, Dandy is reminiscent of Pablo Ferro's hand-lettering; created by Danielle Smith), Comic Pro JY (1999, by Antonio Gonzalez de Santiago for Jack Yan), Novalis JY (2008, an anthroposophic family), Boomerang JY (by Greg Bastin), Boum-Boum (2002) and Alia JY (2008-2009, an aldine serif family). JY Pressly (2012, a serif family) was originally designed for Lucire, and destined for web and print use. Arts and Crafts alphabet by JY&A. Personal and political web site. Interview. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Jack Yan and Associates (or: JY&A Fonts) [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Fontspring link [Buy fonts] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Hong Kong font scene ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in Slovenia ⦿ Type in Australia ⦿ Type in New Zealand ⦿ Arts and Crafts Movement ⦿ Anthroposophy and type design ⦿ Bembo ⦿