P22 is an independent design house, that has been making computer fonts inspired by historic lettering styles since 1994 and currently has over 1,000 unique designs in its font offerings. P22’s attention to historical accuracy, along with acknowledgment of the source material, has made it a go-to source for iconic and important fonts including those associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Bauhaus, famous artists' handwriting and the legendary London Underground lettering.
For over a century, despite technological growth and change in the industry, Monotype’s mission has remained steadfast. The company’s goal to provide creative professionals and OEM customers with a broad and reliable selection of high-quality typefaces has grown to meet today’s publishing and new media needs.
ITC is a library that was created by creative professionals, for creative professionals in the 1970s. Its founders worked not only in type design, but in advertising, graphic design and photocomposition. The collective expertise of these men gave them the perspective necessary to know not only what holes existed in the industry, but how to fill them as well. ITC’s founders, Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin and Ed Rondthaler, were each awarded the TDC Medal; an award presented by the Type Directors Club to individuals “who have made significant contributions to the life, art, and craft of typography.”
Contemporary German calligrapher, teacher, book designer and type designer associated with Stempel, Linotype, Hell, ITC, and Bitstream.
The big news of the last month is that MyFonts is now an official distributor for FontFont, one of the world’s most influential type collections. For details, take a look at the news section below. These days the world of type design is even more “democratic” than when FontFont got started – any designer with a well conceived, well executed, well marketed font has the chance to succeed at MyFonts. So, like every month, we know that any of this month’s stars could still be shining brightly in 20 years’ time.
It’s that time of the year again. Festive scripts reign, supported by a cast of restrained text fonts and sans-serifs. That, basically, sums up what the December newsletter is about: a joyous dance of swirls and swashes to end the year in beauty — and a parade of all-purpose typefaces to enter 2012 with a set of brand new tools. Charm meets usability in this last Rising Stars newsletter of the year. Enough said. A big hand for the month’s most successful new fonts.
He is one of those rather modest designers who let their work speak for itself. He is not on every student’s list of “great names in type design.” Yet he has been in the business of making letters – be it with a brush, a pen, or a computer mouse – for decades, and has worked for some of the most innovative type companies, including Bitstream and Adobe. Now he is a staff designer at Boston’s Font Bureau, and as productive as ever. Meet Richard Lipton, a master of many scripts.
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