Schriftguss and Woellmer called it Hermes; Berthold called it Block. Heinz Hoffmann’s 1908 design inspired FB Hermes, which evokes the German grotesks that were workhorses of factory printing 100 years ago. Blunt corners suggest...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 13, 2015
In 1994, Tobias Frere-Jones completed Hightower for the Journal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. For as long as he had drawn letters, he had wrestled with the problems posed by any modern...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 16, 2015
Jill Pichotta captures the driving rhythms of hip hop music in the gesticulating forms of this dancing pair of typefaces, HipHop Demi and its syncopated twin, HipHop Inline. The repeated hesitations in the music...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 15, 2015
Richard Lipton designed the Hoffmann family from letters drawn and then cut out of paper as free-standing forms by contemporary Michigan lettering artist Lothar Hoffmann. Lipton follows creative development of contemporary lettering forms closely…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
A travel poster from the 1940s for Mexican tourism provided the inspiration for this voluptuous font with a strong architectural feel. A few unexpected idiosynracies in the letterforms add to its charm. Both versions...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This typeface takes its inspiration from Will Bradley’s Ultra Modern Initials, released by American Type Founders in 1934. Unlike the caps-only original version, both versions of this font contain complete Unicode 1252 (Latin) and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 16, 2015
The sixteen styles of Giza bring back the colorful power and variety of the original Egyptian letterforms, a glory of the Victorian era. Designer David Berlow based the family on showings in Vincent Figgins’...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 17, 2015
Of all his work, C.H. Griffith claimed one type, Bell Gothic, as his own design. Griffith Gothic is a revival of the 1937 Mergenthaler original, redrawn as the house sans for Fast Company. Tobias...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 6, 2015
The incisive appearance of the economical Herald Gothic headline is given by the bevelled corners to the characters, a practice common in the eighteen-seventies for news heads. This font family is based upon a...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
This in-yer-face kinda face is based on a broad brush font from “The New ABC of Showcard & Ticketwriting” by C. Milne, published in Australia in the late 1930s. Brought to my attention by...