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SuperUltra: I just saw again

piccic — Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:18:57 -0800

SuperUltra: I just saw again this thread.
If you are still curious to see how Inga looks, I could do a scan.
I think Lennart has a digital version (I have not asked him), however, although it seems it is no
t available from the Mecanorma catalogs of digital type from distributors.
This happens with many faces…

About Novarese: you can’t imagine how much of his typefaces do not exist in digital forms.

I should add to the two entries above, Richler by Nick Shinn (a custom typeface).
From what I recall, I really could use it.

Archer is no longer an

SuperUltraFabulous — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:16:28 -0800

Archer is no longer an exclusive font:

http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100033

Mikey :-)

I’ve always hoped for a

wesmo — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:11:02 -0700

I’ve always hoped for a complete set of Serif Gothic, with all the alternates as seen in this great movie title.

It is NiceTry who wants the

userone — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:25:36 -0700

It is NiceTry who wants the bells and Whistles. I was wondering what was meant by this as-well! Perhaps double s, alternative ampersands, Sans-serif fist?

Unica Deux (because is closest to an archetypal form) is a development platform for me - so I’m using it to learn and try out ideas. My next task is to try out versions of the Cap R. This still bugs me. Even though the original is undoubtedly the correct way - there’s no harm in trying alternatives and see if any do the trick.

I also like Mercator - I have just ordered a type specimen to have a better look at it, as I have only ever seen it as its own title in a Berthold type specimen book form the 80’s with no setting or character set. (ill drop a scan when I get it).

Mercator really gives off 60’s vibe and is really direct. Great for massive one word Poster headings. The cap M is really broad. Nice.

My wish for what I want but cant have starts with Adonis by Stephenson Blake. It is a grotesk type which was made by filing off the serifs of a copperplate style font. The result is intriguing. Looking a bit like akzidenz buch extended but with something else??? I first saw an example when I was studying at Manchester, where there was a beautiful Purple and Blue specimen sheet. I should have xeroxed it! I have since found another sample, which I will put here in the future.

hernan: I’m loving this

SuperUltraFabulous — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:59:58 -0700

hernan: I’m loving this Unica Deaux face you are working on. Previously you had mentioned that you like a good swiss sans with all the bells and whistles.... any special features you plan on adding to this baby?

Mikey

Unica Light

userone — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:15:38 -0700

Unica Light Lowercase.
Redrawn from scratch with some modifications to suit my purposes.
Shown: 1st Draft.

I was unable to arrange to buy font/licence at this time from Elsner&Flake (due to naming copyright issues in Europe) so redrew for use on a logotype project in progress.

I won’t go into the modifications unless anyone is interested but I can tell you being a lover of Swiss sans serif the exercise has been an eye opener into the creation of the forms and optical considerations.

Thanks to hrant for putting me onto special Unica edition of Typografische Monatsblätter which I was able to use as a basis.

hernan

I love the Nokia typefaces,

typofoto — Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:17:38 -0700

I love the Nokia typefaces, I almost want a new Nokia phone, just so I can see text messages arrive in the bitmap font. I like Miles Newlyn’s faces for the Three network. And I miss seeing Miller in the Guardian, so that’s another I’d like to have around me but can’t.

Martha Stewart’s fonts -

pattyfab — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:44:32 -0700

Martha Stewart’s fonts - nearly all of them. Love the script, especially.

Hello

Pieter van Rosmalen — Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:37:30 -0700

Hello SuperUltraFabulous,

Thanks for the compliment.

Pieter

Pieter van Rosmalen> I LOVE

SuperUltraFabulous — Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:15:19 -0700

Pieter van Rosmalen> I LOVE LOVE LOVE your work for KPN! When I sell my house in LA I plan I on commisioning a custom typeface for myself... we will be in touch for sure!!!

Nice Try> I like Luxury too. I’m glad House put on their website a section for their up an coming creations!!!
Mercator??? I was unable to find anything than on that design...do you have something? And you are right about having a swiss sans that has all the opentype feature you can shake a stick at. I still love Helvetica no matter what though :-)

piccic> Inga? Do you have images to share? I would love to see it. Also I have heard of Aldo Novarese’s Andromeda too- and he be so prominant in history- I find it strange no has has done a digitization.

Mikey

Hmm… There are so many. It

piccic — Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:20:23 -0700

Hmm… There are so many.
It came to my mind Inga, designed by Lennart Hansson and published by Mecanorma France (I think it existed just as a transferable type). I have it in a book Lennart sent me years ago. It’s really a typeface I could use.
And then Andromeda by Aldo Novarese (existing probably in phototypesetting format only). It could be considered a sort of display companion to his own Mixage.
See if you can find samples of those two online…
Too tired to do a scan…

1. Dick Dooijes’ Mercator

NiceTry — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:13:58 -0700

1. Dick Dooijes’ Mercator Light from Amsterdam Type Foundry.
2. A decent Swiss grotesque with all the bells and whistles.

The latest on Luxury coming

paul d hunt — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:07:52 -0700

The latest on Luxury coming soon to a CPU near you...

Hee-hee. Luxury is

NiceTry — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:06:14 -0700

Hee-hee. Luxury is hilarious. So tongue-in-cheek.
That Textaxis stuff looks an awful lot like DTL Prokyon.

Thanks for the compliments

Pieter van Rosmalen — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:00:45 -0700

Thanks for the compliments about the typeface I designed for KPN. I also did the Cito Sans typeface (still not used).

Pieter

The best fonts you can't have...

SuperUltraFabulous — Sun, 7 May 2006 02:43:38 -0700

Okay folks! Here are three of my favorites that you can’t have. These are unreleased- and most likely, will never be released- fonts that rock my little typographic socks.

Volvo Sans... used on all Volvo controls and switches. Its like Handel Gothic only more swedish-er.

Bloomindales... This swanky typeface has been strutting its stuff while the folks who made Chalet were not even born yet. [And no, Horatio doesn’t cut the mustard]

Lumene Script from Suomi... This is my favorite handwriting font ever! Perhaps when Lumene Cosmetics will change campaigns will then we have access to this genius face. Think of it as Emma Script with less caffeine. Plz Script is a significantly less refined alternative however the up-and-coming Suomi Script would be fascinating.

But good news in 2011 we get access to Dereon... a luscious scotch face and in 2008 Parisine Office from Porchez. :-)

Do you have exclusive fonts that you wish you could have... post images, names, and foundries.

Mikey