The Algerian designer Taouffik Semmad created the fonts in 1997. Taouffik Semmad grew up speaking Algerian-Arabic dialect and French, studied Russian, and is now living in Montreal. This could perhaps explain his current passion,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Genevieve Cerasoli created the font in 1997. ITC Arnova is a calligraphy typeface with pronounced stroke contrast and rough contours. The characters have pointed strokes and sit on the baseline leaning diagonally sometimes toward...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Canadian Serge Pichii was inspired by decorative lettering produced during the early 1920s by Jan Tschichold to create Ironwork. Similarly, his ITC Ancestor family was influenced by early work, but in this case, much...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
The name Angryhog came out of nowhere out of free association. “When you’re working on a typeface on the Mac it demands a name from you which I find a bit confrontational” says Donaldson....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Timothy Donaldson creates letterforms anywhere using anything: he is just as happy making letters with pens and brushes, many of which he makes himself. Applying his personal commitment to the beauty of hand-drawn letterforms...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
ITC Abaton, by Argentinian designer Luis Siquot, is an exercise in geometry and simplification. “It is done,” says Siquot, “with few elements, with modules of only straight lines (horizontals, verticals and diagonals of almost...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Bob Alonso’s Aftershock was designed to resemble woodcut or linocut lettering; its irregular shapes make it stand out from its background. Dominant features of this typeface are its generally square forms and its emphasized...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 6, 2024