Thomas Vree

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Thomas Vree Dutch type designer, b. 1967, Amsterdam, who now works in Dundas Valley, Ontario, Canada, in pre-press and the print trade. He has had wonderous encounters with other type designers. He made 47 digital typefaces. As far as I can tell, no sales, and no downloads. Behance link. A partial list: Amazon (1996). Most letters are didone, but some serifs are Bodoniesque. Amsterdam: A compendium of experimental typefaces done starting in 1988. He writes: My initial forays into type consisted of hacking Letraset, distorting it on photocopiers, playing around with it on stat cameras, then adding to that with tech pens, etc. Then in early 88 I started drawing type on the computer. I was doing fanzines, gig posters, logos, tape covers, etc. and I knew instinctively that I wanted to use typefaces other than the ones I had at my disposal. My choices at the time were very limited, and nothing I had access to accurately conveyed the look I thought would be appropriate for say an experimental electronic combo. So I started drawing my own typefaces. Bass Bin (1997). A first hint of grunge. Boloni (1996). A Bodoni face. Cosmodrome (1992). Cryptonym (1995). A mishmash of fonts reconstructed to give something magical. Dirigible (1993). A slightly convex display face. Dread (1991). In the style of Kisman's Fudoni and Makela's Dead History. Engravers Initials 2 and 3 (2011). These are Victorian über-ornamental semi-blackletter typefaces based on designs found in Dan X. Solo's Gothic and Old English Alphabets from Dover Publications. Faith. Thomas writes: Back in 94, 95 Paul Sych of Faith asked me to do the production work on a typeface package he was going to release through Thirstype. I created the analphabetic, accented characters, set up the kerning tables, and in some cases, created variants (italic, bold, outline, etc.) One of the typefaces was Wit, which was inspired by the experimental typography of Kurt Schwitters. The set of typefaces Thomas did included Wit, Fix Plain Mix, Fix Sin Mix, Fix Ram Hog Mix, and USeh. Freddy. A digital version of an art nouveau typeface that Morgan Press had been using in the 1960s [those psych typefaces were mostly inspited by art nouveau]. Gyrosol (1997). Jarkko. Based on old sign painter lettering. Lucas: a sans family. Lucifah: comic book lettering. Mau Gothic: a bold weight of W.A. Dwiggins's Gothic, on commission for Bruce Mau Design. Nephilim (1996). Penetralia (1990). An ultra-condensed face. Percolator. An organic face. Poser (1995): A comic book face. Puffage (2010): a typeface made up of pot leaf elements. Ray Gun: a type done for a Ray Gun flyer. Reklame. With hints of Avant Garde. Snug Industries Font (a logotype done with Tony Elston). SubRosa (1992). A squarish condensed face. Thornaments. A set of symmetric ornamental symbols. Behance link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Thomas Vree Behance page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Dutch type design ⦿ The Canadian type scene ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Psychedelic types ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Comic/cartoon fonts ⦿ Dingbats (original) ⦿ Avant Garde typefaces ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Victorian typefaces ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿