Philatype

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Philatype [Kosal Sen] Kosal Sen (b. 1982, Philadelphia) is a graphic and identity designer, aka Koleslaw. He used to live in Philadelphia, but is now in Anaheim, CA. His early typefaces, some of which were free, include the graffiti typeface Drupal (2005), Unnamed Sans (2009), "Kosal Says Hy" (sic, 2003), Olney (2010, a basic square sans), Gravity Sans (2010, slab serif; +GravityNova, Gravity Supernova), Merge (2011, a plumpish round monoline sans family), Philly Sans (2008, comic book style face) and the comic book typeface Arfmoochikncheez (2006). In 2009, he founded Philatype. At Philatype [Twitter link], he created Olney (2010; inspired by the Bank Gothic style; Olney Light is free), Ryno Slab (2009, macho), Markup (2007, a fresh hand-printed comic book style face), Gravity (2010, slab serif), Tryst (2013, transitional: free download), Lovato (2014, a 5-style wedge serif family with a free Lovato Light style), and Merge (2011, free). Merge Pro Greek and Cyrillic (2012) are co-designed with Elexei Vanyashin. Creator of this heavy slab face (2006) in true Western wood type style. Regalia (2014) is a heavy angular typeface. Sen is a free 3-style geohumanist sans. Toddle (2015): a sans modeled after Google's logo. In 2016, he started work on Grotesque MetaUltra. Regalia (2018). Inspired by Emigre's typeface Brothers. Tylerwolf (2018). An architectural marker font. In 2021, he released the octagonal typeface Brothers Circus. Lansen (2021). Bourse (2021). An all-caps wedge serif typeface based on the letters adorning the entrance of the historic Philadelphia Bourse building. Has a chiseled version as well. . Kosal was embroiled in a minor controversy. He claimed that Wilton's commercial font Shallow (2005) was based on Kosal Says Hi. Wilton subsequently removed it from its site. Also called Typophilesal Ko, and Koleslaw. 1001 Fonts link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Dafont link. Behance link. Fontspring link. Alternate URL. Creative Market link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Philatype [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Fontspring link [Buy fonts] Dafont page Behance page Creative Market page Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Comic/cartoon fonts ⦿ Type scene in Pennsylvania ⦿ Graffiti fonts ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Type scene in California ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Greek/Coptic ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Architectural lettering/typefaces ⦿