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Avondale Type Co [Alex Sheyn]

Avondale Type Co is a type foundry established in 2013 and located in the Avondale area of Chicago. It is a type coop that groups several designers. It is a subsidiary of the design studio Bright Bright Great. Its typefaces:

• By Alex Sheyn of Bright Bright Great: ATC Krueger (2013, an ultra-thin compressed straight-edged sans serif typeface), ATC Rosemary (2013, a didone with heavy contrast and shiny exaggerated ball terminals).
• Finki Pro (2013). A layered and beveled type family by Quinn Keaveney.
• Codex (2014). A spurred wrought iron and black death typeface by Justin Siddons.
• ATC Nasty (2015).
• ATC Overlook (2014) is a great grotesque sans family by Alex Sheyn. Almost monolined and genetically geometric, it is characterized by a lower case "e" that has a very short tail. Samantha Dion Baker made a free patterned version called ATC Overlook Baker in 2014.
• ATC Timberline. A wide open sans in 14 styles.
• The connected script typeface ATC Ripley (2014).
• The grotesque typeface ATC Duel (2015): Bold and bolder, ATC Duel is an extended grotesque sans-serif font family comprised of over 500 glyphs in 5 weights and 10 styles. Duel is an ultra wide display font whose rounded shapes and sharp edges are inspired by the letterforms and lines of 1960s cars, the Golden Age of automotive design.
• ATC Fritz (2015): ATC Fritz is a numerals specific display face comprised of over 60 glyphs in 8 layerable fonts. Fritz's numerals are chunky, bold, and soak up color. Inspired by modern sign painting techniques, Fritz works best where numbers need to stand out.
• ATC Saturn. A rounded octagonal techno typeface.
• ATC Yara (2016).
• ATC Arquette (2017). A geometric sans.
• The free handcrafted typefaces ATC John Doe, ATC Jane Doe and ATC Jay Doe (2017).
• ATC Abernathy (2019). Described as a soft humanist serif by ATC.
• ATC Merrin (2019).
• ATC Hal (2019).
• ATC Oneshot (2019). A sign painter's font inspired by bodega signage.
• ATC Doubletap (2019).
• ATC Vera (2020). A unicase sans.
• ATC Monarch (2021). A rhombic medieval display typeface by Christian Dexter.

Behance link for Alex Sheyn. Alex Sheyn's home page.

Behance link. Other people at Avondale or Bright Bright Great include Drew Rios and Jason Schwartz. We also find typefaces by Quinn Keaveney and Justin Siddons.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Avondale Type Co
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INTERNAL LINKS
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