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Ladies of Letters

Late last year Melbourne based studio buddies, Carla Hackett and Amy Constable, collaborated to produce these wonderful, hand-made ‘Alphabet City’ prints.

Lettered by Carla and hand-printed Amy of the Saint Gertrude press, the aim was to move beyond just running a business together but to play an active part in creating a better world – a percentage of the profit goes to support The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation whose charter is to raise literacy levels nationally in Australia.

Check the big list below and click the name you want:

Galano Grotesque by Rene Bieder

Nexa Rust by Fontfabric

Glober by Fontfabric

Adorn by Laura Worthington

Selfie by Lián Types

Trend Rough by Latinotype

Lulo Clean by Yellow Design Studio

Harman by Ahmet Altun

Brandon Printed by HVD Fonts

Texta by Latinotype

Campton by Rene Bieder

Quickpen by Trial by Cupcakes

Distillery by Sudtipos

Eveleth by Yellow Design Studio

Boucherie by Laura Worthington

True North by Cultivated Mind

Core Circus Rough by S-Core

Signyard by Albatross

Local Market by Cultivated Mind

Ropa Soft Pro by lettersoup

Stereotesque by Stereotypes

Scripta Pro by John Moore Type Foundry

Catalina by Kimmy Design

Choplin by Rene Bieder

Gist by Yellow Design Studio

Microbrew by Albatross

Festivo LC by Ahmet Altun

Risotto Script by Calderón Estudio Type Foundry

Westcoast Letters by Cultivated Mind

Brix Sans by HVD Fonts

Ilya FY by Fontyou

Voltage by Laura Worthington

Mariné by TipoType

Estandar Rounded by Latinotype

Libertad by TipoType

Wonderhand by Martina Flor

Courtesy Script Pro by Sudtipos

Nautica by Resistenza

Cereal by Andinistas

Newcastle by FaceType

Horizontes Script by Sudtipos

Showcase by Lationtype

Macarons by Lationtype

Pinto by FaceType

Garden by Los Andes

Arquitecta by Latinotype

Hollyhock by Angie Makes

Australis Pro Swash

Fantasy by Typesenses

Bowling Script by Sudtipos

Ridewell by Intelligent Design

Gloriola by Suitcase Type Foundry

Flirt Script by Positype

Din Next Slab by Linotype

Nanami Handmade by Thinkdust

Elise by Context

Uberschrift by FDI

Emblema Headline by Corradine Fonts

Suarez by GRIN3(Nowak)

Abelina by Sudtipos

Rufina by TipType

Roper by Andrew Footit

Factoria by Fort Foundry

Adria Slab by FaceType

Wollen by Magpie Paper Works

Adagio Sans by Borutta

Silver by Fenotype

Aguda by Graviton

Bookeyed Martin by Tart Workshop

Darwing by Los Andes

Industry Inc by Fort Foundry

The Carpenter by Fenotype

National Champion by Kyle Wayne Benson

Larry by Fenotype

XXII YeahScript by DoubleTwo

Kansas Casual by Kyle Wayne Benson

Ciao Bella by Cultivated Mind

Amoretta by Tart Workshop

Veronia by Cultivated Mind

Naive Inline Sans by La Goupil Paris

Accura Sans by dooType

Sparhawk by Albatross

In An Out by Fenotype

Minimo by Ahmet Altun

Powder Script by Fenotype

Dream Script by Lián Types

Sanelma by Mika Melvas

Servus Slab by Dada Studio

Dalle by Stawix

Montague Script Bold by Stephen Rapp

Gubia by Graviton

Ganache by Laura Worthington

Samui Script by Schizotype

Predige by Type Dynamic

Filson Pro by Mostardesign

Logotype Frenzy by Decade Typefoundry

Brilant Typeface

King Bloser by Misprinted Type

Tansy by Eurotype

Lichtspielhaus Handmade by Typocalypse

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Typographer’s top typefaces

If you could use just eight typefaces, which would you choose? In each issue 8 Faces magazine asks this question to eight leading designers from the fields of lettering, typography, and of course type design itself.

So far we interviewed 48 world-renowned designers including Erik Spiekermann, Jessica Hische, Yves Peters and Ale Paul, plus owners of type foundries such as H&FJ, Font Smith and Process Type. Between all of them 336 typefaces have been chosen so far.

With well over 100,000 possibly options there is some surprising consensus on their favourite fonts. Here’s the list so far, together with the number of times each typeface was chosen:

Georgia (9) Matthew Carter, 1993. Designed for screen display for Microsoft and still features on millions of websites. Jason Santa Maria: “A gorgeous technical achievement”.

Gotham (7) Tobias Frere-Jones, 2000. Famously used for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. H&FJ: “Each character just feels ‘normal’ and ‘right’.”

(Caslon) Adobe Caslon (5) (William Caslon I) Carol Twombly, (1722) 1990. Gave rise to a printer’s saying “When in doubt, use Caslon” Also a favourite of Benjamin Franklin.

FF Scala (5) Martin Majoor, 1990. FontShop International’s “first serious text face”. John Boardley: “Scala and Scala San are just about perfect”.

Akzidenz Grotesk (4) Berthold Type Foundry, 1896. The first widely used sans serif typeface. Nina Stössinger: “It’s spark of charm and character are still most welcome today.”

Alternate Gothic (4) Morris Fuller Benton, 1903. Currently used on YouTube’s homepage logo. Mark Simonson “Very well designed and drawn. It’s a standard that I strive for in my own work”

Fedra Sans (4) Peter Bilak, 2001. With a very large x-height this typeface was designed to work equally well on paper and screen.

FF Meta Serif (4) Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby 2007. The serif companion to Spiekermann’s influential sans serif, FF Meta. Also designed to work well with FF Unit and FF Unit Slab.

Metro (4) William Addison Dwiggins, 1930, Designed out of a dissatisfaction with the san serifs of the time like Futura.

Caecilia (3) Peter Matthias Noordzij, 1990, A humanist rather than geometric sans serif aiding its legibility.

Chaparral (3), Carol Twombly, 2000 A “hybrid slab-serif” text face that mixes the legibility of 19th Century designs with 16th century panache.

ITC Franklin Gothic (3) Morris Fuller Benton, 1902. Designed for the American Type Founders Company named after Benjamin Franklin.

Gill Sans (3) Eric Gill, 1926, A quintessential British design though it’s eccentricities make it notoriously tricky to use well. A mix of humanist and geometric shapes.

Helvetica (3) Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann 1957. Helvetica needs no introduction as the planet’s most famous typeface—it even inspired a very good film.

Hoefler Text (3) Jonathan Hoefler,1991. Designed for Apple to demonstrate advanced type technologies it reintroduced type design traditions once central to fine printing like ligature sets, engraved capitals, Ornaments and Arabesques.

ITC Officina (3) Erik Spiekermann, 1990. A paired family of serif and sans serif faces, originally designed as a typeface for business correspondence but found a much wider trendier audience.

Sentinel (3) Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones, 2009. “For everyone who’s ever wished Clarendons had italics”. Three of our interviewees so far had. A slab serif suitable for both text and display.

Trade Gothic (3) Jackson Burke, 1948/1960. Michael Bierut described it as “the ultimate ‘I don’t give a damn’ typeface. No style, no nuance, just blunt, in-your-face, straightforward attitude.”

Superheroes - Past/Present Series by Khoa Ho

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