Tornac was designed by French type designer and calligrapher, Jeremie Hornus, between the years 2008 to 2014. Tornac is described as a spontaneous calligraphic font with a pleasing, rhythmic flow, underscored by the controlled movements of a skilled calligrapher. Its wide proportions lend an air of elegance. I choose this typeface because the style is…
Futura is a font designed by Paul Renner in 1927. It is a more contemporary approach to the complex and intricate designs that were common at the time, as the font is entirely based on geometric forms. He was inspired by the Bauhaus movement, embracing the beliefs of modernity. The design of Futura helped usher…
Anisette Standard Bold was designed by Jean Francois Porchez at the type company Typofonderie. It was first created in 1996 by Porchez but only made available for use and publication in 2014. The typeface draws inspiration from the geometric and rectilinear style from the Art Deco era. I chose this font to represent me because…
The font that I chose is “Metalista”, designed by Tomáš Brousil in 2008. Tomáš Brousil founded Suitcase Type Foundry in 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic, the independent type foundry creates retail and custom fonts. The font is part of the blackletter typeface which was used in Gutenburg’s bible, one of the first mass printed books…
Zooja was designed by Stephan Miggas for Aerotype. Aerotype was founded in 1995 and features a lot of script fonts. Zooja has a light version, which is the font I picked. The regular version of Zooja seems more formal, while the light version is more relaxed and casual. I like how Zooja appears to be free-flowing…
The font Bree was designed by TypeTogether founders Veronika Burian and José Scaglione who created the company to release new innovative types of typography into the market. This font in particular was released in 2008 and received a big new update in 2019. This update edited and added new shapes as well as new weights…
Designer Chank Diesel of Chank Co (1996), created this font along with several other typefaces. Diesel created these typefaces out of his home office in Minnesota. He strives to achieve characteristics such as “humor, strength, and personality” in his typeface family. I chose this font to represent me simply because it challenges traditional fonts. This…
The Blenny typeface was designed by Spike Spondike from Dalton Maag. Spondike’s inspiration for Blenny was her trips to the beaches at St. Leonards in England. The font has a vintage, sea-faring theme that was inspired by the beachside. I chose this typeface to represent me because of its bold lettering and curvy edges. I…
This design for the album merchandise for the metal band Trivium immediately caught my attention because of the contrast between the style and connotation of the typeface of the word versus the style of the logo above it. The typeface is very obviously reminiscent of Roman stone-chiseled letters, with tall all-capital letters, thin stems, arms,…
I chose Fira Mono to represent me because it is the precursor to one of the most widely used programming fonts. In 2013, Erik Spiekermann (designer of FF Meta, a popular typeface in the 1990’s) was commissioned by the Mozilla Foundation to develop a font for the Firefox mobile operating system. The Fira typeface has…
Cottonwood has an interesting history. The font was created by three different artists; Kim Buker Chansler, Barbara Lind, and Joy Redick in 1991. It was designed specifically to mimic the lettering styles of America’s Wild West, also drawing inspiration from the wanted posters popular in classic western movies from the early to mid-1900s. Its got…
The font “Taurunum Ferrum Iron” was designed by Nikola Kostic. Nikola’s father, Zoran Kostic, began making fonts in the 80’s and 90’s. Nikola followed suit which led to the Taurunum font family to be made in the 2000’s. The only other font in this family is called “Taurunum Ferrum Steel” which looks similar to the…
Cinque Donne means “Five Women” in Italian. It was named in honor of Debi’s sisters as well as the group of five “Club Girls” that she has known since she was fourteen years old. Also, it honors all the women who continue to show up in their lives and the lives of those they love.…
I chose the font ‘Chandler 42’ in its regular style. Chandler 42 stuck out to me immediately because it is incredibly similar to the font that a few of my tattoo’s are written in. I’ve always thought that the typewriter was an interesting medium of written language and so various font’s like this remind me…
Juniper Designed by Joy Redick The font I chose that exemplifies me is called Juniper. It is designed by Joy Redick. Joy Redick discovered her interest in typeface while studying calligraphy at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. She then began her career in typeface design, working for several companies along the way. I…