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Five faces I would like to see
Posted by riccard0 in
10 Jul 2010 — 6:11am
10 Jul 2010 — 6:11am
Often here on Typophile’s Critique forums are presented some beautiful typefaces.
As it happens, some of them gather a good deal of attention, while others will receive just a comment or two.
What I very rarely have seen happening is the designer coming back to the thread announcing the release of the font.
That said, here’s a short chronological list of fonts I would really like to see released in my lifetime:
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Tierra Nueva, by Sebastian Nagel * RELEASED! (see first comment by Jens)
http://typophile.com/node/15535 -
Epiphany, by Oleg Macujev
http://typophile.com/node/47571 -
Ernestine, by Nina Stössinger
http://typophile.com/node/50670 -
Ambicase Modern, by Craig Eliason
http://typophile.com/node/60316
And, while to my knowledge it wasn’t ever submitted for critique, I would add the regular guest of the Type ID Board:
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Noir, by Frode Helland
http://typophile.com/node/62447
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10 Jul 2010 — 6:19am
One down, four to go: http://www.fonts.info/info/tierra-nueva.htm
Lucky you ;)
10 Jul 2010 — 8:13am
I knew I should’ve double-checked!
But that just confirms my statement about the lack of announcements… ;-)
And there are typefaces you would like to see published?
10 Jul 2010 — 9:14am
Assuming you're in good health, you will see Ambicase Modern released in your lifetime. In fact, I think before summer is gone.
I'd add
10 Jul 2010 — 12:06pm
These are good news! :-)
And good additions too.
10 Jul 2010 — 11:45am
I'd like to see Gecko by Ben Mitchell released.
11 Jul 2010 — 12:01am
It seems that Ben will feel a lot of pressure… ;-)
10 Jul 2010 — 6:14pm
Wow. Thanks! I’d love to see Sindre’s stuff too. And Ambicase Modern is just sick!
11 Jul 2010 — 12:25pm
i apologize for not announcing it here yet - you just came a few days early with this thread :)
tierra nueva was released just two days ago - on ralf herrmanns label fonts.info. as this site is quite germany/europe centred, i wanted to wait until it is available on myfonts.com too, which should happen in just a few days.
I'll update the developement thread right after that, and I guess ralf will post a thread in the release section too.
12 Jul 2010 — 7:26am
Thanks! Ernestine is in progress.
And no worries, I'll announce it for sure. :-)
18 Aug 2010 — 8:49am
Wow, I'm feeling bashful! Thanks Craig for pointing me to this thread :D
Once I'm back at my desk, I'll have to decide which order to try and finish these fonts in. You bet I'll keep you updated! For me all this has to fit around my career in comms too. And some day I really hope to make it to one of these type events, and meet some of you guys too!
In addition to the above mentioned fonts (which I wholeheartedly agree with), I'm very fond of Peggo's Farola and probably some others that I can't find on this — aah — slow connection right now.
4 Sep 2010 — 3:30am
Here's one more I'd like to see Pomona Display, looks like it might have gone off the boil unfortunately.
4 Sep 2010 — 4:09am
I think Pomona actually shipped as Patchouli (with swashes!):
http://www.bvfonts.com/fonts/details.php?id=88
8 Sep 2010 — 4:36am
Ah well there we are...very nice indeed. Thanks for the link Riccardo :)
13 Oct 2010 — 9:57am
Ambicase Modern has been released!
13 Oct 2010 — 3:25pm
Wonderful news, Craig! :-)
Two down, three to go, and one seems very near…
26 May 2011 — 3:57pm
The “one very near” seems lost again…
But Noir is finally up for critique! :-)
http://typophile.com/node/82518
30 May 2011 — 1:00pm
It's looking like Mint is going to be my first one published, possibly by the end of the year.
15 Dec 2011 — 2:17am
Here's a sentence I've been looking forward to writing for years:
FF Ernestine is now available. :-)
https://www.fontfont.com/fonts/ernestine
Edit: And there's a website for it:
http://ernestinefont.com
15 Dec 2011 — 2:10am
!!!
Herzliche Glückwünsche, Nina!
:-)
15 Apr 2012 — 7:08am
Word is that Telefon (on my list of long-awaited releases) is coming soon!
15 Apr 2012 — 7:46am
And I don’t know why, but i think the word could be “Monokrom” ;-)
19 Apr 2012 — 3:00pm
The mention of Ernestine in this thread reminds me... while a Latin character set in Arek is yet to be made available, somehow I remember seeing in recent web searches something that resembled what I would expect it to look like...
EDIT: A web search has convinced me that I am mistaken. Even though I did find something that almost looks like Arek in the Latin alphabet: Alice, designed by another typographer who came from the same educational institution... and thus at almost the same time and place.
http://typemedia09.com/index.php?/graduates/marta-bernstein/
http://www.martabernstein.com/index.php?/type/alice/
But I don't think it was what I imagined I saw before.
EDIT: Legionary, from Tkachev, also resembles or suggests Arek, although being quite different from Alice.
5 Dec 2012 — 3:36am
Vinter (née Noir) + Telefon is out today: Monokrom.no. So is Satyr, Faunus and Aften Screen.
5 Dec 2012 — 5:08am
Frode, I love the website, it shows off the typefaces perfectly. Really great work.
5 Dec 2012 — 5:44am
Thank you, Karl!
5 Dec 2012 — 10:42am
At last! how long did it take Frode? Looks great - congrats. I'm sure you'll be on to a winner there, well done.
5 Dec 2012 — 11:18am
Is Vinter the type we have been enjoying in the Bay’s fashion flyers this year?
5 Dec 2012 — 11:45am
Nick: Yes, we made a customized version for them a while back. Do you have images?
5 Dec 2012 — 11:46am
Other Nick: We’ve been at it at least three years now.
6 Dec 2012 — 3:12am
Wonderful news about Monokrom.no! (and pretty impressive releases too :-)
Congratulations and thanks to all involved.
Now, after just about two and half years, of the five I listed, it seems only Epiphany isn't yet released.
6 Dec 2012 — 11:08am
Epiphany was entered into Paratype's 2009 design competition, and is listed among the fonts on his website.
I didn't find anywhere that it could be obtained, however.
- Herb
6 Dec 2012 — 11:36am
Sorry, I don’t have images.
You should get them to send you some of the flyers.
7 Dec 2012 — 12:42am
Frode,
I may have some images. I'll email them to Monokrom. The Bay was using the type in their windows a few months back -- but my friend wouldn't stop the car for me to photograph it. I got one on the fly though. It looked great and it reminded me of Noir. And now I see why.
Cheers.
4 Apr 2013 — 3:23am
Vinter is awarded a certificate of excellence in type design by the Type Directors Club. More on our website: https://monokrom.no/
4 Apr 2013 — 9:36am
Wonderful!
hhp