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Olduvai
Hello Typophiles.
Attached is a fun side project I've had going. It a handlettered serif with gravy on top. The glyphs were drawn at 1cm high and digitized. There are some color issues with the smallcaps, but overall I was pleasantly surprised by the nice texture. If you can think of other fun addition to the set I'd love to extend it. It kinda reminds me of emigre's journal with a bit more tooth.
Enjoy,
Randy 
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21 Apr 2004 — 2:54pm
Congrats Mr. A.Toad!! --and also to Christian--
Hey Grant, can we camp outside the Veer offices the weekend before the release, like they do for rock concert tickets?
21 Apr 2004 — 3:10pm
I'd promise to hand out free coffee and TimBits
21 Apr 2004 — 3:34pm
here's a funny story...
i actually wanted to drop by the veer offices, and i saw that provo address on the catalog, so last time i was up in UT, i drove by there. shoulda figgered that's just where they mail the catalog from.
where are the veer offices anyway?
21 Apr 2004 — 4:01pm
Utah is home to our third-party, outsourced warehouse and fulfillment company - hence the Provo address. Head office is in Calgary, Alberta. We do have a shingle hanging in NYC now though...
28 May 2004 — 10:59am
Just saw Olduvai in my new Veer catalog. Looks great, Randy--congrats again. I hope someone picks up more of your stuff.
-Addison
31 May 2004 — 8:47pm
Dig in! { sorry }
http://www.veer.com/products/typedetail.aspx?image=UMT0000054
Olduvai should be Flont
1 Jun 2004 — 12:16am
thanks for the early birthday present randy and veer! it's absolutely beautiful!
1 Jun 2004 — 5:14am
Grant, Free coffee and TimBits?
Thanks for all you've done.
Paul, you are most welcome. Pineapple ahoy! Thank you, and all
the other typophiles for your comments and contributions to
this and other discussions going on here. It's been an essential
part of my continuing education. Cheers. R
3 Jun 2004 — 12:56am
what did you decide on the remastered version, Randy? is it on a back burner? out the window? (that last scenario would ba sad)
3 Jun 2004 — 2:48pm
I have run into issues in the Roman Caps. Grinding on the rocks right now as I try and figure out how curly to make them. Non-typographic duties keeping me pinned down otherwise.
R
22 Jun 2006 — 4:10pm
how the heck did you make the banner with the "aquatoad design" inside? i can't seem to find the right keys....
LOVE IT btw.
23 Feb 2004 — 12:54pm
My Randy Jones worship continues. I made a list of handlettered
romans last month and yours is better than all of them, sir.
23 Feb 2004 — 1:00pm
BTW, I think it works better for display than text. But that doesn't
mean it needs a change.
24 Feb 2004 — 3:53am
Grant - I'm pretty sure Randy's pineapple is ripe for the picking.
24 Feb 2004 — 12:38pm
Hrant, I think the idea is to provide both styles. This remastered
version succeeds in rounding out the family, facilitating both
display and text. It maintains the character of the original perfectly.
21 Apr 2004 — 4:41pm
...and one in Stockholm (but that one is just a self-appointed honorary).
5 Dec 2006 — 3:19pm
Hi Polly,
Just saw your post, but since you have a license it may yet be useful:
Short answer: I cheated!
Long answer: I made a flat banner using the ends and middle. Then arched the whole thing using Adobe Illustrator's envelope feature. After, I added the text along the path. So you're not missing the super secret arched version, you have to make it. I couldn't figure out how to make an arched version as a font since the amount of arch would depend on how long the text was. Anyhow, glad to hear you're enjoying Olduvai.