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<![CDATA[MyFonts Search: tag:"cosmopolitan"]]> en-us Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:00:39 -0500 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:00:39 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 ©2009 MyFonts, Bitstream Inc. webmaster@myfonts.com <![CDATA[Generation Gothic™]]> family of 21 fonts from ABC Types

In the United Kingdom, Virgin Trains uses various weights of Generation Gothic extensively.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Houschka]]> family of 24 fonts from G-Type Collection

Houschka has the humanist qualities reminiscent of Gill and Johnston but is quite unique. It is more monolinear with rounded corners giving it a softer appearance, and has a few interesting character quirks like the capitals A, G, Q, W and lower case u and w.

]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:53:11 -0400 <![CDATA[Precious Sans]]> family of 16 fonts from G-Type Collection

In Cooke’s ongoing quest for simplicity and elegance he developed this striking alternative sans family.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:33 -0500 <![CDATA[Scotch Modern™]]> family of 9 fonts from ShinnType

Scotch Modern is a revival of the typeface used in the book New York State Cabinet of Natural History.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:26 -0500 <![CDATA[Colosseum™]]> family of 8 fonts from Alan Meeks Collection

Although a sans serif, Colosseum owes its style to the original Trajan Roman form. Borrowing some characteristics from Friz Quadrata, in its san serif form it is more adaptable to text usage whilst still having a modern and original look which works well in headlines.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:51 -0500 <![CDATA[Astoria™]]> family of 12 fonts from Alan Meeks Collection

Based heavily on Gill Sans especially in the mid weights, Astoria has a subtle top left serif which makes it not quite a Roman and not quite a Sans. Designed specificaly as a text face it still works very well as a headline font.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:51 -0500 <![CDATA[Poster Gothic™]]> family of 4 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Oporto™]]> family of 1 font from Oporto Design

Oporto is a modern font which blends the cosmopolitan and bohemian mood from Oporto city in a elegant and timeless design.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:38:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Urbana]]> family of 6 fonts from César Puertas

Urbana is a contemporary sans-serif typeface inspired in the traditional lettering seen in one of the most popular, massive transportation mediums available in Bogotá (Colombia): “busetas” (small city buses).

]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:46:32 -0500 <![CDATA[Ortem]]> family of 1 font from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:01:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Driver Gothic™]]> family of 2 fonts from Canada Type

Driver Gothic is based on the typeface used for Ontario license plates. Although unique among Canadian provincial license plates, this face is very similar to, if not outright identical with, the face used on car plates in 22 American states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:36:07 -0400 <![CDATA[Orator]]> family of 1 font from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:01:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo]]> family of 6 fonts from URW++

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:39:58 -0500 <![CDATA[Heinemann]]> family of 6 fonts from Heinemann Collection

The Heinemann fonts were initially developed by the in-house design team at Heinemann educational publishing out of the necessity to find the perfect font for use in early primary reading books and literacy products.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:39 -0500 <![CDATA[Geetype]]> family of 1 font from G-Type Collection

Inspired by a piece of cigarette pack lettering by the great A. M. Cassandre, Nick designed the rest of the characters as an experiment. Geetype evokes the 1920s & 30s and is an unusual, eye-catching display face.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:02:18 -0500 <![CDATA[BF Corpa Gothic™]]> family of 4 fonts from Brass Fonts

]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:53:10 -0500 <![CDATA[Alexon™]]> family of 4 fonts from Red Rooster Collection

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Originally in one weight, Steve designed and produced three additional weights.

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]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:30:17 -0500 <![CDATA[Copacabana™]]> family of 4 fonts from Alan Meeks Collection

Copacabana is heavily based on one of my favourite typefaces Goudy Old Style Italic. It is sharper and more clearly defined than Goudy yet still retains it old style characteristics. The face is slightly angled so is basically upright whilst still retaining Italic characteristics.

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]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:20:11 -0500 <![CDATA[Monolith Sans™]]> family of 8 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:24 -0500 <![CDATA[Concept Sans™]]> family of 20 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Generation Uncial™]]> family of 4 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 -0500 <![CDATA[BF Corpa Serif™]]> family of 4 fonts from Brass Fonts

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:33:30 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo Black SB™]]> family of 1 font from Scangraphic Digital Type Collection

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:38:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo™]]> family of 1 font from Bitstream

Another variant of Bayer’s Universal Alphabet, resembling ITC Bauhaus in design, ITC Ronda in proportion and fit, prepared by FotoStar in the mid 1970s.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Minister]]> family of 5 fonts from URW++

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:40:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Terfens™]]> family of 6 fonts from insigne

Terfens is a sans serif with inspiration from chancery scripts like Stefania. Subtly rounded and eschewing harsh technical lines, Terfens is a warm and inviting typeface. Its tall x-height gives it a friendly but not overly informal feel.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Stencil]]> family of 7 fonts from URW++

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:40:27 -0500 <![CDATA[Organda]]> family of 2 fonts from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:33 -0500 <![CDATA[Figgins Sans™]]> family of 4 fonts from ShinnType

The first sans serif types were made in London in the early 19th century. They were severely modern, all caps and bold.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:26 -0500 <![CDATA[Text Gothic™]]> family of 2 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Swaak Centennial]]> family of 1 font from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:01:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Monolith Roman™]]> family of 4 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:24 -0500 <![CDATA[Minister]]> family of 8 fonts from Adobe

Designed by M. Fahrenwaldt for the Schriftguss foundry in 1929, Minister is a contemporary design based on Garalde types.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:39:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Minister SH™]]> family of 5 fonts from Scangraphic Digital Type Collection

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:27:07 -0500 <![CDATA[Generation Headline™]]> family of 12 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Bodoni Campanile]]> family of 1 font from Red Rooster Collection

Designed by R.H. Middleton for Ludlow, circa 1930. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:08 -0500 <![CDATA[Brigade™]]> family of 7 fonts from Alan Meeks Collection

In searching for a Roman to use there were bits of Bembo,Times,Garamond etc., that I liked and bits that I did not. So I set out to take the best bits of all my favorite Romans and tried to create the ultimate Roman typeface.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:51 -0500 <![CDATA[Stencil]]> family of 1 font from Adobe

Two typefaces called Stencil were released in 1937 within a month of each other; this one was designed by Gerry Powell for American Type Founders. The characters are designed to emulate the look of bold, cut-out stencil letters.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:38:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Modern 735]]> family of 1 font from Bitstream

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:05 -0500 <![CDATA[Epicerie One & Two SG]]> family of 4 fonts from Spiece Graphics

This typeface is derived from capital letters found on an old grocery store sign in southern France. The word épicerie means grocery in French.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:46:45 -0500 <![CDATA[Jackson]]> family of 1 font from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:01:44 -0500 <![CDATA[Ranger™]]> family of 8 fonts from ABC Types

]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:17:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Stencil™]]> family of 1 font from Bitstream

Gerry Powell’s stencil version of Clarendon designed for ATF in 1938.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Stencil]]> family of 3 fonts from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:33 -0500 <![CDATA[Landmark™]]> family of 1 font from Oporto Design

Landmark is a modern bold font that mix rounded and square angles.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:38:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Administer™]]> family of 8 fonts from Red Rooster Collection

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. A few weights were originally released by another foundry; but this complete version of the family is a better match to Les’ original drawings!

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:41:34 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo Black EF]]> family of 1 font from Elsner+Flake

]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:00:39 -0500 <![CDATA[Minister EF™]]> family of 5 fonts from Elsner+Flake

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:43 -0400 <![CDATA[EF Stencil]]> family of 1 font from Elsner+Flake

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:02:28 -0500 <![CDATA[Sayer Spiritual]]> family of 2 fonts from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:33 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo Black]]> family of 1 font from Mecanorma Collection

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:13 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo]]> family of 1 font from Tilde

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:21 -0500 <![CDATA[Stencil]]> family of 1 font from Tilde

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:02:16 -0500 <![CDATA[Blippo]]> family of 2 fonts from Linotype

Blippo Black with its constructed style is a typical headline typeface. Its robust figures with their even strokes were composed using the basic forms of the circle and rectangle. Its curves are often not completely closed.

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:43 -0400 <![CDATA[Stencil]]> family of 1 font from Monotype Imaging

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:43 -0400 <![CDATA[Minister]]> family of 8 fonts from Monotype Imaging

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:43 -0400 <![CDATA[Administer]]> family of 5 fonts from Monotype Imaging

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:37:46 -0500 <![CDATA[Stencil™]]> family of 1 font from Linotype

Stencil was designed by Gerry Powell and appeared with American Type Founders in 1938. It is a faithful imitation of a stencilled slab serif alphabet. The alphabet is composed of only capital letters and Stencil’s characters are probably best known and recognized as those often found on crates and boxes.

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:08 -0500 <![CDATA[Minister]]> family of 8 fonts from Linotype

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