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Phill Grimshaw

Successful British designer, b. Bolton, 1950, d. Manchester, 1998. He studied at Bolton College of Art. Obituary in Serif, the magazine. List of typefaces:

  • Arriba (1993) and Arriba-Arriba (1993) are Mexican simulation typefaces.
  • ITC Banco (1997, +Light). Based on Roger Excoffon's Banco (1952).
  • Bendigo (1993).
  • ITC Braganza (1995).
  • ITC Choc Light (1997). Based on Roger Excoffon's famous brush typeface Choc (1955).
  • Gravura (1995, ITC). A formal calligraphic typeface.
  • ITC Grimshaw Hand (1995).
  • Hazel (1992).
  • One of his best families and in its kind one of the best anywhere is the ITC Kallos family (1996), which has high ascenders, and an aristocratic yet calligraphic feel, 1996.
  • ITC Kendo (1997), ITC Kendo Initials.
  • ITC Klepto (1996).
  • Locomotive (Letraset). This was copied as OPTI LenLen by Castcraft.
  • ITC Mistral Light (1997).
  • ITC Noovo Light (1997).
  • ITC Obelisk Medium (1996).
  • Oberon (1986-1994, Letraset).
  • Pristina (1994).
  • The calligraphic ITC Regallia (1998) was one of his last typefaces before he died.
  • ITC Rennie Mackintosh (1996), ITC Rennie Mackintosh Ornaments (1996): based on the handwriting and drawings of Scottish designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. See also ITC New Rennie Mackintosh (2017, by the Monotype design team).
  • Shaman (a great Jurassic Park type font, 1994).
  • ITC Samuel.
  • ITC Stained Glass (1997).
  • ITC Stoclet (1998).
  • The wedding invitation font Striptease (1995).
  • ITC Tempus (1995, +Sans and Sans Italic).
  • Latin flavors should check Zaragoza (1995).
  • Zennor (1995): a brush face.

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file name: Phil Grimshaw Banco 1997 based on Roger Excoffon 1952


file name: Phill Grimshaw I T C Obelisk 1996


file name: Phil Grimshaw I T C Choc Light based on Roger Excoffon Choc 1955


file name: Phill Grimshaw I C Rennie Mackintosh


file name: Phill Grimshaw Gravura I T C 1995


file name: Phill Grimshaw Gravura I T C 1995


file name: I T C I T C New Rennie Mackintosh 2017 237956


file name: I T C I T C New Rennie Mackintosh 2017 237958


file name: I T C I T C New Rennie Mackintosh 2017 237959


file name: I T C I T C New Rennie Mackintosh 2017 237959


file name: I T C I T C New Rennie Mackintosh 2017


file name: Phill Grimshaw I T C Rennie Mackintosh Ornaments 1996


file name: Letraset Oberon


file name: Oberon Let Plain Letraset 1994


file name: Phil Grimshaw Zaragoza 1995


file name: Phil Grimshaw I T C Stoclet Light 1998


file name: Phill Grimshaw I T C Noovo 1997


file name: Phill Grimshaw I T C Tempus Sans 1995 Poster by Morina Sok 2016





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