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Designova Studio (or: Fontastica, Unique Foundry, NoraLisa Foundry) [Lisha Joseph]

Studio in Kochi, Kerala, India. It seems that Designova is only the distributor of fonts made by Fontastica, formerly Unique Foundry, which in turn is related to NoraLisa Foundry. The early typefaces include Clarion (2016, a connected script typeface), Metzler (2016, geometric sans), Preface (2016, a sans), Berlin (2015, a geometric sans), North (2015, a display sans), Signia (2015), Solo Sans (2013), Reason Sans (2013) and Origin (2014, a Swiss sans).

Typefaces from 2018: Quart (a heavy display sans), Norway (a simplified monoline sans), Signal, Portia Mora (script), Rotterdam (handcrafted), Orion Pro (a 12-style Swiss sans), Detmeroff (handcrafted), Arcadia Nova (script), Roselind (script), Relica (a rounded sans trio), Focus Grotesk (a 10-style geometric sans), Norletta (an unconnected script), Clarette Dior (script), Ego (a wide sans), Tyros Pro (a 15-style geometric sans), Outshine (a script), Gatsby, Mriya Grotesk, Falcon (a slab serif in typewriter style), Foster, Carbon, Hexa, Rounded, Normal, Access, Siegner (a wide sans), Amelia (script), Herz (sans), Renoise (sans), Exensa Grotesk, Lorin (geometric sans), Onix (stylish sans), Hamlin (sans), Artica, Marxure.

In 2020, Fontastica appeared on MyFonts, who credited Lisha Joseph with most of its designs. Lisha's first typefaces on MyFonts were Dope Display, Benedetta, Enchante Script, Tex Writer (a casual hand-printed typeface family), Fun Club (a fat finger font), Quick Silver FS and the fat finger font Great Monday. Lisha Joseph and Jean Johnson co-designed Vegas Nova and Groteska that same year.

Typefaces from 2021: Blum (a bubblegum font), Mee Mee Kids (dingbats for children), Luxora Grotesk (14 styles, minimalist; by Jean Johnson).

EXTERNAL LINKS
Designova Studio (or: Fontastica, Unique Foundry, NoraLisa Foundry)
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INTERNAL LINKS
Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Type design in India ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Dingbats (original) ⦿ Children's handwriting fonts ⦿ Bubblegum typefaces ⦿