Paul Harpin

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Paul Harpin British designer who worked for Condé Nast in the 1980s. Paul Harpin created his first typeface, Laura---a twelve-weight typeface family--in 2014, assisted by Paul Hickson. It is named after his niece Laura, who died of cancer, and has Display, Stencil, Ribbon and Regular styles. In 2017, he co-founded London Type. At London Type he published these typefaces: LDN Mammoth Woodblock and LDN Mammoth (2019), which is based on a hand drawn letterpress style headline typeface by artwork expert Peter Taylor. LDN CircleLine (2019), with single, double and triple line typefaces. He writes: LDN CircleLine is an eclectic slab serif in eight overlapping styles [...] to work well on their own or as stackable layers. Paul drew inspiration from several sources; the Post Office Double Line typeface designed by John Miles (Banks & Miles), the simplicity of the London Underground symbol, and by Lance Wyman's designs for the 1968 Olympic Games. London Hoxton Square (2019). An extra black, slab serif headline font, where every character is the same width and fits into a square for alignment purposes. The high contrast fashion mag typeface Kondon Modern (2019). London Mixed (2019). Three styles, from a humanist sans to slab. London Grace Roman (2019). A roman inscriptional caps typeface. LDN Southbank (2020). A sturdy slab serif inspired by London during the Festival of Britain era. Accompanied by its art school and more experimental cousin LDN Northbank (2020). LDN Queenstown (2020). A single weight slightly quirky ultra light monolinear typeface that takes inspiration from a sketch of an early sans by the Victorian calligraphic artist John Vinycomb Esq. Paul writes: Vinycomb was probably about 120 years ahead of the game, and Queenstown faithfully retains some of the charmingly unusual letterforms of JV's early modern sans serif. Characters of note include a gorgeous pince-nez letter g and a long tailed cap Q, one of four Q alternates.	EXTERNAL LINKS Paul Harpin MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ Letterpress ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Fashion mag typefaces ⦿ Typefaces inspired by the Trajan column in Rome ⦿