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ULGA Type (was: Creative Goats) [Michael Gills]

Michael Gills is a British calligrapher and graphic and type designer. He founded Creative Goats in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, and later set up ULGA Type. He worked first at Letraset (1988-1995) where he made typefaces such as Charlotte and Charlotte Sans, Elysium, Gilgamesh, Fling, Forkbeard, Frances Uncial, Isis, Katfish, Prague and Type Embellishments. He is currently an art director at The Folio Society: Book publishers, London. His fonts:

• ITC Iris (1990). A tall condensed all caps typeface.
• Elyseum Book (1992), originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC.
• Charlotte Book and Charlotte Sans (1992), originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC.
• Figural Book (1992; art direction by Colin Brignall; based on a typeface of Oldrich Menhart), originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC.
• Isis (1990, Letraset, then ITC). An open inline all caps typeface.
• Katfish (1994, Letraset, then ITC). An angular script typeface.
• Prague (1991, Letraset, sold by ITC; based on a typeface of Oldrich Menhart).
• Fling (1995), an upright connected script originally published at Letraset, but now an ITC font. Recently used for Martha Stewart's Blueprint magazine.
• Gilgamesh Book (1994), Gilgamesh Book Italic, Gilgamesh Medium, Gilgamesh Bold, all originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC. Plus Gilgamesh Titling (Fontek).
• Spidercave (Fontek).
• Type Embellishments Three (with Martin Wait, 1994, originally at Letraset, later at ITC). With Colin Brignall, Type Embellishments One (1993) and Type Embellishments Two (1993).
• Forkbeard (Letraset, then ITC).
• Frances Uncial (1995, Letraset).
• Avalanche Script (originally from Letraset).
• Rahere Sans (2019), a humanist sans with little contrast. He explains: Way back in 1992 I designed my first sans serif, Charlotte Sans, and although it was relatively successful, I was never really satisfied with the end result: not enough weights & italics, a small character set, lack of accented characters, and my design skills were still in their infancy. Whilst Rahere shares many common elements with Charlotte Sans, it is much more than just a reworking; it represents over 20 years of accumulated knowledge and experience as a designer. In 2021, he released the flared lapidary typeface Rahere Roman Display, which pays homage to Berthold Wolpe's Albertus. In 2022, he added the gothic version Rahere Esoteric and in 2022 Rahere Sans Inline.
• Agatized Informal (2020). A rough-edged stencil typeface with chunky letterforms and tight spacing. Accompanied by Agatized Formal (2020).
• Ulga Grid (2020). A modular, monospaced typeface reminiscent of the old Letraset LCD and Quartz typefaces from the 1970s and 1980s.
• Steel Grrrder (2021). A 12-style industrial strength stencil family. Followed by Steel Grrrder Script (2021), Steel Grrrder Groove (2021) and Steel Grrrder Nutjob (2021).

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