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iKern site updated
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
I’ve just update the iKern site too expanding the description stuff. I’ve also added a little section explaining the terms of the service offered.
Meditation XVII box
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Philip Chapman-Bell is an origami designer. He used the Fell Types for his Meditation XVII box where John Donne’s meditation #17 is written in spiral into a 17-sided tato box.
Fontkalender 2009
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Dimitris Kottas of Cuboctaedro has realized a font themed calendar as he did for 2008. Every month a different typeface is used. The Fell Types on April. This year are featured: Jack Usine SMeltery, Kontrapunkt, Eduardo Recife, Christian Swartz, Jan Gerner, Erik Spiekermann, Silas Dilworth, Mugur Mihai, James Puckett, Jos Buivenga and Elena Albertoni.
Dark Times CD cover
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Cam Butler used the Fell English for a CD cover. Enjoy his music on My Space.
Free Font Index 1
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
The Free Font Index 1 cover
The Free Font Index is an indispensable guide to free fonts and thir creators. Over 500 fonts from 35 type foundries in 17 countries have been collected in this book and CD-ROM set. The book includes comprehensive letterproofs of all 500+ fonts and interviews with 6 font designers: Jos Buivenga (exljbris), Lopetz (Buro Destruct), Brode Vosloo (The Sacred Nipple), Shamrock (a.k.a. Jeroen Klaver), Janusz Marian Nowacki and the men behind Fontstruct: Rob Meek and Stephen Coles. The Fell Types are present too! It’s a beautiful book edited by The Pepin Press and written and organized by Hans Lijklema.
Fell Types sample
Fell Types sample 2
Italic 2.0
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Exhibition picture showing The Fell Types and iKern (by nina.ninana)
Italic 2.0
il disegno di caratteri contemporaneo in Italia
contemporary type design in Italy
mostra a cura di / exhibition curated by
Marta Bernstein, Luciano Perondi, Silvia Sfligiotti
inaugurazione / opening
17.10.2008
h. 18.30
Politecnico di Torino
Manica d’approdo Cittadella politecnica
Corso Castelfidardo 39, Torino
la mostra fa parte di / the exhibition is part of
Icograda Design Week Torino
icogradadesignweektorino.aiap.it
Aiap
associazione italiana progettazione per la comunicazione visiva
www.aiap.it
In september 2002, Italic 1.0 was presented at the ATypI conference in Rome: promoted by Aiap, it was the first book dedicated to contemporary Italian type design, and presented the output of less than thirty designers. Although this included some outstanding work, on the whole it seemed that Italy was still on the margins of the global typographic scene. Six years after the publication of that book, Italic 2.0 reflects a very different situation: the number of designers, the average quality and the quantity of projects have all increased, and although we cannot really talk about the rebirth of an Italian “school” of type design, finally we can see some promising developments. Bearing this in mind Italic 2.0 has not only been conceived as a book but also, through a blog (www.progetto-italic.org) and a database where all typefaces designed are collated, it is intended to become an observatory, an active way of monitoring the phenomenon and creating a network of designers, which will be kept updated after the publication of the book. [Excerpt from the introduction]
I myself I’m present with the iKern project. The Fell Types are also shown as example of its first practical application.
Book's cover (by oinoi)
About the license
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
As you know my license asks to give add some credits when the Fell Types are used. It also says that “any other different use has to be authorized”. I’ve added this option because I know that there are cases when it’s difficult, if not impossible, to add such credits beacuse of the small surface available (consider a wine label, for example). Every time I’ve been asked for an exception I’ve always answered positively. For situations where a “colophon” is not present I’ve added a glyph mapped at E054 that can be useful to follow the license without an excessive visual impact.
The Fell Types reviewed
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
The Fell Types have been reviewed by two important web magazines focused on typography and typefaces: I love typography and Smashing Magazine. In both cases the Fell Types have been proposed as useful free fonts. The Fell Types are revival by are meant for actual use! By the way all the ligatures and swash characters are directly accessible in the OpenType version. Historical forms are also accessible through the “hist” feature or as Stylistic Set.
IM Fell English PRO Roman not broken anymore
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
A kind user just let me know that the IM Fell English PRO small caps feature wasn’t functioning. Seems like I have to automatize the production phase too, not only spacing and kerning! I’ve uploaded the corrected version. Please let me know if something else doesn’t function. For those who already downloaded the fonts here’s a link to the corrected file:
Have you used some Fell Types?
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Since the Fell Types’ license asks for letting me know where and how the fonts are used, I have receveid many feedbacks from users. But it happened I’ve lost some of them. I would like that those who used in some way the fonts could send me a picture or a pdf for a potential “in use” gallery. Thank you in advance.
