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Finally after 1.5 years of not always intense labor the release of Calluna is a fact. Be sure to have a look at the PDF specimen. Hope you like it!
It's available at MyFonts.com.
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24 Jul 2009 — 7:13am
Bravo! Bravo Bravo!!!
ChrisL
24 Jul 2009 — 7:18am
:-) Thanks x3!!!
24 Jul 2009 — 7:19am
ChrisL
24 Jul 2009 — 7:21am
I am not sure which is prettier... the flower of the common heather or your font.
Michael
Edit: That is a compliment by the way : )
24 Jul 2009 — 7:27am
Excellent! Congratulations.
24 Jul 2009 — 7:31am
Wonderful!
24 Jul 2009 — 7:53am
How cool, Chris! It's soothing my type senses :P
I understand, Michael :)
Thanks, Stephen & Bill!
Forgot... if you (think you) like it, do give the free regular a spin.
24 Jul 2009 — 8:46am
And there was indeed much rejoicing. I hope you sell a million licenses, Jos.
24 Jul 2009 — 9:11am
Congratulations, Jos! I’ve had a chance to really look Calluna over, and if anyone is on the fence about buying this one, trust that it would be a bargain at triple what Jos is selling it for.
24 Jul 2009 — 9:41am
Congratulations, as well. It looks excellent. I agree with Mr. Puckett—it is a bargain.
24 Jul 2009 — 10:23am
If I could sell a million licenses I would just offer 'm for a dollar :)
Thanks, James & Steve! I'm curious if other people will think so too.
24 Jul 2009 — 11:05am
Congrats! Looks beautiful.
24 Jul 2009 — 1:02pm
Thank you, Craig!
24 Jul 2009 — 1:18pm
Bravo, bravo! This is looking fantastic! I'm still amazed how lovely your italic is!!
24 Jul 2009 — 2:25pm
Looking great! Congratulations Jos!
24 Jul 2009 — 4:47pm
Way to go, Jos!
Just printed it out: the reading flow is great, don't worry about it!
Cheers!
25 Jul 2009 — 12:59am
Thanks Ben & Brian!
I didn't worry about the it, Fábio :-) It was designed to flow.
25 Jul 2009 — 7:06am
Well done!
25 Jul 2009 — 11:29am
Thanks!
25 Jul 2009 — 1:06pm
Jos,
First of all, Calluna is hot like wow! Absolutely beautiful! The directional serifs work so well with the spiky serifs. And the result is not distracting at all, very easy to read.
Second, the two Rumi poems in the specimen are priceless. Wonderful way to show off Calluna's love for poetry. And not just any poetry, but poetry from one of the greatest poets who ever lived, East or West.
Third, your talent is unstoppable. I haven't met a typeface of yours I didn't like. Your work is worth far more than you charge for it.
Thank you for pouring more beauty into our lives.
Rahim
25 Jul 2009 — 2:10pm
Very well crafted. Congratulations!
25 Jul 2009 — 7:26pm
Rahim, thank you for your overwhelming compliments! Fortunately I can pass some credit to James [Pucket] whose suggestion it was to encorporate the poems from Rumi (& Dickens) in my specimen.
Thanks, Satya!
26 Jul 2009 — 12:42am
Jos, this is another beauty of yours. Straight to the shopping list!
26 Jul 2009 — 5:08am
Thanks, Mili.
26 Jul 2009 — 9:53am
Mili,
I highly recommend it! It does great multiple umlauts :-)
ChrisL
26 Jul 2009 — 10:01am
Excellent work. Flow, to my untutored eye, is fine.
Banging on Myfonts door right now.
Thanks for you efforts.
John
26 Jul 2009 — 11:45am
Wonderful! Must find a project to justify snagging this one!
26 Jul 2009 — 1:27pm
That's nice, Chris! Curious what Mili thinks about the Finish umlauts. They have the same height and size as the dot on i.
Very welcome, John.
Thanks, Darrel. Hope something will come along.
26 Jul 2009 — 4:30pm
That is why I was joking with Mili, Jos :-)
ChrisL
26 Jul 2009 — 11:45pm
About umlauts, my first impression on the MyFonts sample page was that they were a touch high. After downloading the regular for sample purposes I compared it with some other serif fonts and changed my mind. I like the size of them and I think they sit very nicely, better than most, the sameness with the i dot is good in my opinion.
This weird sentence means "My aim at Easter is to eat mämmi in Töölö day and night". Mämmi is an Easter dish and Töölö part of Helsinki.
27 Jul 2009 — 12:09am
Thanks for the lovely sample, Mili. And for your opinion. Never saw that many umlauts in one sentence :)
@ Chris: Thought so. But too late :)
27 Jul 2009 — 3:35am
That's a really nice serif. I like the overall smooth feel. :)
Will you make italics for the Light and Black weights?
Goed gedaan en ga zo door! :)
Kind regards,
Martijn van Berkel
27 Jul 2009 — 6:26am
Think not, but I'm not 100% sure. Maybe if there is a big enough demand.
Dank voor de vriendelijke complimenten!
27 Jul 2009 — 9:04am
The famous Mämmi which people love :-)
Thanks for sending umlaut heaven words, Mili!
ChrisL
27 Jul 2009 — 9:17am
Thats a nice roman you have there Jos. Beautiful work!
27 Jul 2009 — 10:03am
Nice one Jos! Loving italics, ligatures.
27 Jul 2009 — 6:39pm
Great Work! I really love the serif. Congratulations.
27 Jul 2009 — 7:02pm
excellent.
it's beautiful.
27 Jul 2009 — 8:40pm
I see that Calluna is already up to number 6 on the "Hot new fonts" list on MyFonts! Congrats on a well-deserved success!
ChrisL
28 Jul 2009 — 12:41am
Thanks all. Very much appreciated!
@Chris — I noticed this morning :) Thx!
29 Jul 2009 — 12:21am
A little more about Calluna now on iLT.
29 Jul 2009 — 11:47am
sweet!
30 Jul 2009 — 6:17am
Thank you, Mike!
30 Jul 2009 — 8:43am
Calluna just reached number 2 on the "Hot New Fonts" list at MyFonts after only a few short days on the market!
http://new.myfonts.com/hotnewfonts/
Being number 2 makes you try harder so I expect the number one status will be achieved in just a few more days!
Go for it, Jos!
ChrisL
31 Jul 2009 — 5:21am
The #1 on the hot list is also #4 on the bestsellers. Calluna is no Museo, Chris :)
31 Jul 2009 — 7:22am
But the #1 is nothing special. I don't see what the market sees in it.
Oh well, we labor for the love of what we do.
ChrisL
31 Jul 2009 — 7:48am
If we were to strand on a desert island we probably would spend a considerable time drawing letters in the sand. (After we did HELP).
31 Jul 2009 — 9:19am
We would at least do HELP in CE and smallcaps :-)
ChrisL
31 Jul 2009 — 9:54am
I can imagine you two drawing and redrawing the HELP over and over again, get the kerning right…
31 Jul 2009 — 9:55am
and then the wind would blow it away :-)
ChrisL