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Mailart Rubberstamp now has an additional Bold weight and complimentary Obliques. The typeface has also been updated with subtle outline improvements, a bigger repertoire of European accented characters, and more consistent, slightly tighter spacing; increase the tracking to recreate the more relaxed, rustic appearance of the earlier version. The fonts are derived from the individually rubber-stamped letters on printed and collaged envelopes received from mailartists, and the typeface Clarendon Condensed.]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=532 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2727 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2727#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:25:19 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2727
Brush Hand New is a full font based on a copy of Flash Bold called Brush Hand marketed by WSI in the 1990s and more recently distributed through free font sites. Brush Hand was an anonymous redrawing of Flash which simplified, slightly lightened, smoothed out ragged edges, and improved the legibility of the original classic created by Edwin W. Shaar in 1939. ]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2727 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2538 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2538#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:01:00 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2538
Enamela (rhymes with Pamela) is based on condensed sans serif lettering found on vitreous enamel signage dating from the Victorian era and widely used for road signs, Post Office signs, the plates on James Ludlow wall postboxes, railway signs, direction signs and circular Automobile Association wayfinding plaques throughout the first half of the twentieth century. In addition to the Medium and Bold weights found on old enamel signs, a new Regular weight and the addition of lowercase letters to match the original capitals, make Enamela Condensed a flexible and highly usable typeface. ]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2538 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2487 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2487#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:00:40 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2487 http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2487 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2458 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2458#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:14:27 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2458
Mythica is a slightly condensed roman with spur serifs, derived from incised lettering on early twentieth century memorial stones and monuments. The typeface is available in 3 weights each with a complimentary italic.]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2458 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2395 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2395#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:06:01 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2395 http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2395 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2353 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2353#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:09:07 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2353
Bank of England is loosely based on the blackletter lettering from Series F English twenty pound banknotes introduced in 2007. The font also takes inspiration from German Kanzlei (Chancery) typefaces and the 17th century London calligrapher, John Ayres.]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2353 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2199 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2199#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:27:40 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2199
Keep Calm is a family of fonts developed from the now famous World War 2 poster that was designed in 1939 but never issued, then rediscovered in 2000. As well as the original Keep Calm font, the medium weight of the poster, new weights are now available – Keep Calm Book (regular weight), Heavy and Light – and each weight now comes with a free italic. The family contains Central European and Western European accented characters.]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2199 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2292 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2292#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:03:20 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2292
Adequate is a basic geometric sans serif typeface comprising 6 weights plus a free italic with each. The family has modern, workaday letterforms with a tall x-height for clarity and legibility. Adequate does the job; it doesn't claim to be beautiful and lacks the fashionable mannerisms of many contemporary faces, but there is something timeless, perhaps elegant, about its mathematical simplicity.]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2292 0 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2332 http://www.k-type.com/?p=2332#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:16:48 +0000 keith http://www.k-type.com/?p=2332
Component evokes the aesthetics of machine-readable matrix barcodes such as QR and Aztec codes, but it could just as easily invoke ancient rituals from a lost civilization. Component is a book-weight, condensed goemetric font with patterns of meaning that lie somewhere between mechanization and magic. And there’s a free italic.]]> http://www.k-type.com/?feed=rss2&p=2332 0