Walburn
Condensed “modern” family based on the early 19th Century Walbaum typeface. A variety of treatments for use at sizes ranging from text to large display, where the micro-detailing comes into full effect.
font_designer: Nick Shinn
Alphaville
All has been said, unless words change their meanings and meanings their words.
Shinn
Designed by Nick Shinn. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Humanist sans serif with a calligraphic cut and tall ascenders. Light, Medium and Extra Bold designed by Nick in 1985 for Typsettra; Steve added the...
Paradigm
Originally released in 1995 as a three font family, Paradigm forcefully addressed the emaciating effect that digitization was then exerting upon traditional serifed typography. Investigating the new media of a much previous era, Nick...
Paradigm Pro
Originally released in 1995 as a three font family, Paradigm forcefully addressed the emaciating effect that digitization was then exerting upon traditional serifed typography. Investigating the new media of a much previous era, Nick...
Duffy Script
An interpretation of the lettering of contemporary illustrator Amanda Duffy. Each font contains four glyphs for each character (including all numbers, punctuation, and symbols), which OpenType coding sets in “random” order for a subtle,...
Figgins Sans
The first sans serif types were made in London in the early 19th century. They were severely modern, all caps and bold. The Figgins foundry, inventor of the term sans serif, showed a fine...
Scotch Modern
Sporting pot-hook serifs and a tiny aperture, the Scotch Modern was an evolution of the Didone and Scotch Roman classifications, becoming the default type genre of the 19th century. Recontextualizing the 10-point type of...
Nicholas
Nicholas is a headline version of Goodchild, Shinntype’s version of Jenson. It has been specially modified with very fine details and an ultra-tight fit for headlines that really get noticed.
Softmachine
Everything about Softmachine—the rounded terminals, the bold weight, the letter forms and proportions—is designed with one objective: to create a uniform distance between letter strokes, in and between characters. This is achieved by the...