Doyald was a graphic designer, typographer, teacher, lecturer and self-published author of Logotypes & Letterforms, Fonts & Logos (a Western Art Directors Club silver medalist), and The Art of the Letter, an extravagantly printed and engraved book about his work published by SMART Papers. The book was given to attendees of AIGA events in his 40-city lecture tour. Most recently, a promotional book for The Ligature, a Los Angeles engravers & lithographers, The Ligature on Ligatures, designed by Kuhlmann/Leavitt with additional text by Penny Benda.
Max Kisman graduated in 1977 in graphic design, typography, illustration and animation at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and started his own business in graphic design and illustration for various publishers, institutes and museums.
One of the biggest changes in the world of type and typography is a geographic one. A sector that was once was almost exclusively in European and North American hands, is now truly global — MyFonts sells typefaces from six continents. The typographic rise of Latin America has been especially remarkable, and this month’s newsletter is proof of that. Of our four Rising Stars, three come from South America. They combine a strong sense of purpose and tradition with the charm and novelty that we have come to identify with fonts from that part of the world. Europe, true to its tradition, is strongly represented in the text font section. Enjoy!
Typography is like fashion: trends come and go, and each season has its new favorites, with different shapes and novel concepts. As we noted last month, the one persistent trend this year is chromatic fonts: fonts that can be layered in different colors, combining basic lettershapes with outlines, fills, patterns, shadows and three-dimensional effects, much like in the old days of chromatic wood type. The saga continues: two of this month’s most popular fonts are made for layering. It’s attractive stuff — once you start spicing up your layouts with some of it, it might even become addictive. For the less exuberantly minded, this newsletter offers typefaces that show more restraint: check out our opening sample, as well as the ever-interesting Text Fonts of the Month selection. Enjoy!
This quarter brings us a very impressive number of designers and foundries new to MyFonts, and releases from many already-established MyFonts designers.
The third quarter of 2008 brings possibly the most varied – and largest – number of new additions we have seen in quite some time. From delicate calligraphic scripts to mannered and complete families of sans-serif text faces, MyFonts continues to bring you the most (and most unique!) type in the world.
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