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FONT 

Base & Ferrugem 

COMPANY 

Fabrika De Typos 

DESIGNER 

Marcio Hirosse 

LOCATION 

Brazil 

URL 

http://www.fabrikadetypos.com.br 

EMAIL 

contato@www.fabrikadetypos.com.br 

QUESTIONS 

1. Pode fornecer alguma introspecção à fundo/inspiração para a 

criação desta font? 

A: SEMPRE PROCURO COMO FONTE DE INSPIRAÇÃO A MÚSICA, 

FILMES, PAISAGENS DO DIA-A-DIA, COISAS QUE ESTÃO AO MEU 

REDOR, AS VEZES COSTUMO PROCURAR REVISTAS ANTIGAS, 

FANZINES PUNK, CAPAS DE DISCOS, ENFIM ESSAS COISAS ME 

INSPIRA MUITO. 

2. O que tem planejou para 2006? 

A: PARA 2006 PRETENDO CRIAR UM ACERVO MUITO MAIOR DE 

FONTES, JÁ POSSUO VÁRIOS ESTUDOS, MAIS AINDA COM 

MUITAS ALTERAÇÕES PARA SEREM FEITAS. MEU TRABALHO 

TAMBÉM É VOLTADO PARA MOTION GRAPHICS E IDENTIDADE 

VISUAL E COM ISSO ACABO COLOCANDO A CRIAÇÃO DE FONTES 

COMO UM PASSA TEMPO, MAIS NESSE ANO DE 2006 VOU 

PROCURAR ME EMPENHAR MAIS. (RISOS) 

3. Por favor fontes 5ive de lista que você nunca pode viver sem. 

A: 1.TRABALHO 

2.MUSICA 

3.INTERNET 

4.FEIJOADA 

5.MINHA CACHORRINHA. 

4. Por favor sugira qualquer elos de teia, livros, recursos, música 

etc. que sente-se nossos leitores saber sobre. 

A: Livro 

Los Logos 

This End Up 

Sites 

http://www.designinmotion.com 

http://www.adobe.com 

http://www.dafont.com 

Música 

BLACK FLAG 

PIXIES 

SMITHS 

DEAD KENNEDYS 

SEX PISTOLS 

LALI PUNA 

POPULOUS etc...

FONT 

Arch 

COMPANY 

Solographic 

DESIGNER 

Sean Kelly 

LOCATION 

Philadelphia, PA USA 

URL 

http://www.solographic.com 

EMAIL 

sean@solographic.com 

QUESTIONS 

1. Can you provide some insight to the background for the 

creation of this font? 

A: I wanted to make something different. I started experimenting 

with something other than classic bracketed or slab serifs. The 

initial sketches I drew were almost exactly what you see in the 

finished version. As of now there are only capitals -- it's meant for 

large display. Also, I must thank Inge Druckrey whose advice during 

the creation of this typeface was a big help. 

2. What do you have planned for 2006? 

A: I'm graduating from school in May. After that I'm moving to New 

York in search of a job! The purchase of a surf board is also likely. 

3. Please list 5ive fonts that you could never live without. 

A: Trade Gothic 

Clarendon 

Caslon 

Avant Garde 

Requiem 

4. Please suggest any web links, books, resources, music, 

etc. that you feel our readers should know about. 

A: Current inspiration: 

Matt Curry - amazing art 

http://ninjacruise.com/nc06/portal.htm 

Daily Type 

http://www.dailytype.ru 

Die Getsalten 

http://www.die-gestalten.de/

FONT 

Human? 

COMPANY 

fontmonster 

DESIGNER 

Andre Nossek 

LOCATION 

Eurpoe 

URL 

http://www.fontmonster.org 

EMAIL 

dave@fontmonster.org 

QUESTIONS 



A: The Human? font was a total surprise to us regarding the project. 

Andre Nossek sent it to us as part of his submission from 

Viagrafik. He sent it along with a great video and amazing print 

piece, oh, as well as a playing card. A very strong submission and 

really lifted the spirit of the project. 


A: We are looking at a huge online project for 2006. It's all top 

secret but promises to be exciting should it fail or succeed. I'm 

also working on a animated tv show with a life long pal. It's still 

in the planning stage but he is writing and I'm busy developing 

thedesigns and scenes as well as learning as much as I can about 

3D, animation and compositing. I have a little background in all 

of those so It's all shaping up. That should be ready for approaching 

TV companies in 2007 if we get our heads down. 


A: I used to always use helvetica but now I just use whatever is 

around and try to switch from project to project. If it's work related 

as in my full time job I just use whatever they tell me to use. 

It's like that there. 



A: I think a shameless self plug is appropriate here, Freewave by 

Booth-Clibborn has over 40 fonts, sounds, code, illustrations and 

photos as well as a bunch of other stuff so thats a great resource. 

I also love the Designer Shock book DSOS1, if you can get a hold 

of that it's definitely worth having. As for information I think 

http://digg.com and www.boingboing.net are a must have in your 

faves.

FONT 

Duerer & Halcyon 

COMPANY 

l´Abécédarienne 

DESIGNER 

Amy Conger 

LOCATION 

USA 

URL 

http://www.abecedarienne.com/ 

EMAIL 

abc@abecedarienne.com 

QUESTIONS 



A: Halycon was designed by accident while I was trying out 

FontLab's drawing tools. I drew the capitals (somewhat inspired 

by Moderne type) quickly in one go and then went back some 

months later and filled in the lower case. To finish it, I worked 

with Mark Clarin, a young designer who helped me slog through 

all the little details. I owe a debt of gratitude to the critique team 

at TypeCon 2004 (Matthew Carter, John Downer, and Akira 

Kobayashi) who gave me great suggestions for refining the font. 

It turned out to look more whimsical than it would have had I 

planned it, and I love it 

With Duerer Capitals, it was a matter of my seeing the drawings 

and saying, "Ooh, I want to make that into a font!" Albrecht 

Duerer and so many of his contemporaries did their best to 

quantify what makes a Roman capital letter pleasing to the eye. 

While I am not sure that can ever be expressed entirely mathematically, 

they certainly made some beautiful drawings while trying 

to do so. They are, to me, evocative of the architecture of the 

time, of flying buttresses and stained glass windows.. 


A: I have a font in the works that is inspired by "naïve" lettering 

from a lost cat flyer, everything else is is still in the "maybe" column. 

I may also follow up the Duerer fonts with fonts based on 

the constructions of Pacioli or de Yciar. I am also considering an 

OpenType version of Respess which would automatically alternate 

between the four weights. This may be the year I get around 

to making the flowing script that is always hanging around in my 

brain, but no promises! I like to work slowly, for the love of it. 

I plan to offer lettering and font design classes at City College of 

San Francisco as I did last Fall. Also, in the summer I would like 

to take on a couple of students interested in learning font-making 

who want to intern. 


A: 1. Georgia 

2. Syntax 

3. Nars 

4. Unibody8 

5. the rest are negotiable 



A: Typophile.com 

http://www.typophile.com 

How to draw thorn and eth 

http://briem.ismennt.is/2/2.11/ 

Gentium 

http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_i 

d=Gentium 

The Alphabet Synthesis Machine 

http://alphabet.tmema.org/ 

Calligraphy: From Calligraphy to Abstract Painting by Claude 

Mediavilla 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9080332518/qid=1138341 

905/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-5016008- 

1248953?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 

The Story of Writing by Andrew Robinson 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500281564/qid=1138341 

986/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-5016008- 

1248953?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 

Letter Perfect : The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A to 

Z by David Sacks 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- 

/0767911733/qid=1138342040/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102- 

5016008-1248953?v=glance&s=books 

HP Lovecraft Historical Society fonts collection 

http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/PropFonts.html 

Manfred Klein's collection at Typoasis 

http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/klein/index.htm 

My instructional page at City College of San Francisco 

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~aconger/ 

in case anyone's interested in classes

FONT 

Frakturika & Sodium'76 

COMPANY 

Stereo-Type 

DESIGNER 

Clément Nicolle 

LOCATION 

France 

URL 

http://www.stereo-type.net 

EMAIL 

clementnicolle@orange.fr 

QUESTIONS 



A: Frakturika is a Fette Fraktur - Helvetica mixed font. Basically, 

though I couldn't get an idea of the result, the goal was to mix 

two very trendy fonts. I was surprised to see that it resulted like 

an error, a typographic failure, a bastard font. So I decided to add 

here and there some graphic signs reffering to spam mail (Re : 

your letter ; Re : your software...). Many people asked me to send 

another font because it was corrupted ! The goal was reached. 

But I preferred to included a "not corrupted" version of the font. 

Sodium'76 was first designed to illustrate a book about history of 

circus. But now, I think that it has a trendy style and I really like 

how it works for big titles. I like this handcut effect too. 


A: My new website (www.stereo-type.net) entirely dedicated to type 

experiment will be online very soon. I'm planning to set up an 

online payment system for a few font but, it will also contain free 

fonts of course. 

But above all, I've planned for 2006 to keep much more time for 

my family and friends. 


A: Helvetica (of course !), Din, FF Info, Parisine Plus, Mest, but 

honestly, I couldn't live with only 5 fonts. 



A: Tons of useful links here : http://www.newstoday.com ; there : 

http://www.surfstation.lu and there: http://youworkforthem.com 

Don't miss "No Logo" by Naomi Klein, but I'm sure everybody 

already read it!

FONT 

Destroyed License Plate 

DESIGNER 

Damien Gosset 

LOCATION 

France 

URL 

http://mgosset.free.fr/cv/ 

EMAIL 

daaams@laposte.net 

QUESTIONS 



A: "Destroyed License Plate" has been created from pictures I took 

with my camera, of old broken license plates i found in the 

streets of the City of Lights (Paris). I wanted to create a font that 

have a true trash feeling, so i thought the best thing to do was to 

find real trashed letters. Then i had to create some letters and 

special caracters you cannot find on licence plates... 


A: Nothing special... find a new job, and find some time tocreate 

new fonts. Having a nice girlfriend (hi Lilly !) takes a lot of time... 


A: Verdana (as i'm a webdesigner), Yanone "Kaffeesatz",Linotype 

"Banco", Linotype "KursivSchrift", Umbrella "Ministry Script". 

Can I add Underware "Bello Pro" ? 



A: weblinks : 

http://www.dafont.com (the best free fonts) 

http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc (Luc Devroye's font listing, 

really complete!) 

books : 

Coin Locker Babies (Murakami Ryu, JP) 

Jiu Guo (Mo Yan, CN) 

music : 

Carreer Suicide (CA, 80's hardcore) 

DFA (CA, thrashcore) 

Municipal Waste (USA, thrashcore) 

Dead Stop (BE, hardcore) 

Svinkels (FR, hip-hop) 

Mano Solo (FR, singer)

FONT 

CyberScript 

COMPANY 

K-Type 

DESIGNER 

Keith Bates 

LOCATION 

UK 

URL 

http://www.k-type.com/ 

EMAIL 

keith@k-type.com 

QUESTIONS 



A: CyberScript was inspired by some lettering from Bond and 

Coyne Associates in Charlotte Rivers' excellent book about custom 

fonts, Type Specific (RotoVision). The lettering had been 

made out of metallic security tape. I took the basic shapes of 

their lower case, made a few changes and added a whole new 

upper case and a full range of symbols and accents. Even on K- 

Type freebies we always like to provide a full compliment of 

Latin keyboard glyphs - none of those missing sterling or euro 

symbols, etc. 

CyberScript Shimmer is the wobbly 'n' wavy freebie. It just 

seemed like a good idea at the time, a bit of fun that proved perfect 

for Typeology. The straight version will probably prove more 

useful for designers, that's going to appear soon as a pay font 

on the K-Type website. 


A: I've got a couple of other fonts also close to being ready to put 

up. 

Rick Griffin and Rick Griffin Contour are based on Rick's beautiful 

poster lettering from the San Francisco Sixties. If you've seen 

the font 'Hendrix' by David Nalle you've got the idea. True to K- 

Type form, Rick Griffin and Rick Griffin Contour are full fonts, all 

the usual Latin keyboard characters and an all-new lower case 

that Rick himself would be proud of (hopefully). 

http://www.k-type.com/kernel/ 

I must write a piece about Typeology for the Kernel on the K-Type 

website! 

FlatPack is a modular font made from the square fits-together 

flat pack pieces I received from Gavin Peacock, also known as 

the mailartist 'The Man from Icon'. I couldn't think of what to 

make from his cardboard pieces so I made a font. 

I'd like this year to give up teaching Art in a high school. My partner 

Leanda has just launched her graphic design business and 

I'd like to be her slave, tea-boy, gopher and student of CSS. 

She's a brilliant designer and takes marvellous photographs too. 

We live in hope and are working hard to make it happen. 

http://www.leandaryan.com/ We'd both like to go to New York 

again if we ever make any money. 


A: First off the starting block would be Helvetica. It's not perfect but 

it is fab. I know it's unfashionable to say so, but I quite like Arial 

too, infectious solution to the fussy G of Akzidenz Grotesk. 

In fact, I don't need five fonts, if I've only got five I'll just stick 

with Helvetica thanks. I suppose I should choose a serif, Georgia 

looks nice on the web and Minion is great for print, and a script, 

Zapfino is a beauty. No, it's no use, I'll stick with Helvetica or you 

give me the five hundred I need to stay sane! 



A: I found Chank Diesel's 'How to make your own fonts' pretty 

inspirational when I started - http://www.chank.com/howto/ 

The Swedish foundry Fountain is well worth a peek - 

http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/ericsans.asp 

I really enjoyed '3 Found Fonts' by Jake Tilson 

+ Lewis Blackwell's '20th Century Type' 

John Lennon's Dirty Mac with a great guitar solo from Eric 

Clapton - 

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/0510/dirty_mac_-_yer_blues.mpg

FONT 

Don Giovanni Makin Enemies 

COMPANY 

Pennyzine 

DESIGNER 

Jason Ramirez 

LOCATION 

USA 

URL 

http://www.pennyzine.com/ 

EMAIL 

pennyzine@gmail.com 

QUESTIONS 



A: Basically, I like to make stuff that looks like it got pulled out of a 

gutter and then punched in the face. Coming from a punk rock 

background, I like to use type that is distressed and unconventional, 

and I tend to cater to punk bands who like my fonts for 

thier flyers, etc. 


A: I plan on drinking a lot of beer and coffee, and making a few 

fonts in between. 


A: Budapest, Base 02, Blue Baby, Boycott, Cartaz, Dirty Ego, 

Downcome, Arial 



A: punkvoter.com, propagandhi, alkaline trio, getup kids, atmosphere, 

the dan band, sarahasaturday.com, stimtv.com, realultimatepower.com, 

designiskinky.com, punkplanet.com, "the best 

democracy money can buy" - Gregg Palast, "Lies my Techer Told 

Me" - James Loewen, "State by State with The State" - The 

State..... I could go on, but I won't,...haha.

FONT 

Cinquenta mil meticais & dinarjev republika 

COMPANY 

polenimschaufenster 

DESIGNER 

Hannes Siengalewicz 

LOCATION 

Austria 

URL 

www.jestyle.net/polenimschaufenster/ 

EMAIL 

hannes.siengalewicz@chello.at 

QUESTIONS 



A: Both fonts are inspired by characters from banknotes that 

friends brought me from various trips around the globe. 

"Cinquenta mil meticais" is based on a banknote from mosambique, 

"dinarjev republika" on letters on banknotes from a former 

yougoslavian country. Dinarjev features some kyrillic letters 

and with its heavy outlines the crumpled and slightly distressed 

look from the old banknotes it gets this special "ostblock" 

kind of feel. 

There are some more old banknotes that lost its value that I 

collected over time and im planning to complete them to a bigger 

collection or font family someday. 


A: Im currently working on the launch of polenimschaufenster.com 

which is gonna be part portfoliosite, featuring my recent works 

for various austrian bands and record labels and part font 

foundry. There are gonna be some commercial fonts for the first 

time, but there will still be the old free fonts and also some new 

ones, available for free. Also expect some reworked and updated 

versions of fonts that I already published. 

For my diploma that I just finished, I experimented with openType 

programming and created a font family based on inscriptions on 

gravestones, called EpigraphFonts, which will also be available 

for purchase. 


A: This one is tough. I recently fell in love with Chaparral, I use it 

over and over again. Other favourites? AvantGarde, Dolly, Absara 

and Akzidenz Grotesk. 



A: Everybody already knows all those fontresource-sites around so 

I'll go with music. bands with beards rock! and you should love 

them too! aereogramme, he is legend, bear vs. shark, JR Ewing 

(ok, its a moustache, not a full one), dredg and facing new york. 

Go out an buy their cds or LPs, now! 

And for people who know german: go and get the book "Fleisch 

ist mein Gemüse" by Heinz Strunk. This is one of the few books 

that makes me laugh out loud and spray tears out of my eyes. Get 

it now!

FONT 

Shell Shock 

COMPANY 

Characters 

DESIGNER 

®ené Verkaart 

LOCATION 

Netherlands 

URL 

http://www.characters.nl/ 

EMAIL 

rene@characters.nl 

QUESTIONS 


A: I have a lot of exiting plan for this year, but my first priority in 

2006 is to *finally* get my font family Nordic Narrow ready. Peter 

Bruhn from Fountain has been waiting much too long for it (sorry 

Peter). A lot of people are asking me where they can buy it so I 

really need to finish it. I've been working on it on and off for the 

last two years. If I wait longer the font will be outdated. ;-) 

Last year I got into contact with Grant Hutchinson at Veer. They 

liked my fonts and we agreed to release 6 of my fonts in their 

Umbrella collection. We will spread the releases out over the 

year. I loved Veer from the beginning so I'm exited about our 

cooporation. 

I do a lot of custom typefaces for friends and clients, so I have a 

few interesting releases coming up. Three new font releases are 

planned for february 2006. 

Last but not least, my website will be upgraded. I feel more and 

more the need to give background information about my fonts 

and share knowledge with the typograpical community. This will 

be reflected in my website, because that's my channel to talk to 

the people out there. 


A: It's hard to give you five names, because I like to always change 

the fonts around me. I guess my most favourite fonts are: 

Helvetica Neue, Scala, Meta, Insider and Verdana. 

. Please suggest any web links, books, resources, music, etc. 

that you feel our readers should know about. 

A: Websites 

An absolute must!!!: www.typophile.com 

http://www.lounge72.com/ 

http://ventilate.ca/ 

http://www.newstoday.com/ 

http://www.designaside.com 

http://www.core77.com/ 

Blogs 

http://www.fontblog.de/ 

http://www.technorati.com/tag/typografie 

http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/ 

RSS 

http://www.justincone.com/wordpress/wp-rss2.php 

http://www.lounge72.com/root/xml.php 

http://houseind.com/showandtell/?rss=1 

http://blog.veer.com/index.xml 

http://www.fontblog.de/rss.xml 

http://www.characters.nl/rss/rss.xml 

Music 

Anything from Prince, Bjork, Global Communication, Grandmaster 

Flash, Whodini, Boards of Canada, 4Hero, The Jacksons and 

Cashmere. 

Books 

Learn FontLab fast, by Leslie Cabarg

A CD that contains all of the fonts contributed to 

Issue One is available for purchase at 

http://www.typeology.com 

Thanks! 

Keep a look out for Issue 2 in March!

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