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Na Na Na Na Neutra Face: Ode to a Typeface

Posted by Andrew Davies

You gotta love it when people take the time to put together a video homage to their favorite font.
Well, YOU don’t gotta love it… but we do.

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Local Design: Leoci’s Trattoria

Posted by Andrew Davies

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Downtown natives have probably already noticed the newest addition to our restaurant selections, Leoci’s just around the corner from us on Abercorn Street. We’re always glad to see existing buildings being rennovated and reused, especially when they serve up sumptuous Italian food. But what really excited me (after I got over the smell of basil in the air) was their logo. Anyone know who’s responsible?

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Free Font Friday: LOT

Posted by James Donaldson

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I have been trying to keep from putting up overly stylized fonts, just because they can be more difficult to use [correctly].  But I couldn’t help myself when I saw this one.  Lot comes to us from FontFabric and really brings a bold style and some amazing lettering (the “Q” is my favorite).  Check it out.  And if you want to see more, you can find it on the Behance Network as well.

LOT free font is applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like logos, pictograms.

» Download LOT

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Free Font Friday: FONCE SANS

Posted by James Donaldson

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This typeface was created by Ryan Ford, and is intended solely for non-commercial use. In the event you would like to use this typeface in a commercial setting, please contact Ryan Ford for licensing inquiries.

Fonce Sans is an all-original sans serif typeface which Ryan spent several months designing. The typeface includes old style (hanging) numbers, a ton of english and non-english lettering, some additional symbols, complete punctuation, and more stuff I doubt anyone will need (but hey, it’s there).

Please also be aware that the item you have downloaded is incomplete. More complete versions will be released in the future, but as of now not all letterforms are finished and perfected. This typeface is being released as a sort of “beta,” in which people might become accustomed to the typeface and also voice their opinions on its usability. Furthermore, this typeface is considered a Trial Version, in which certain letterforms have been replaced.

» Download the Trial Version of Fonce Sans

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Free Font Friday: MUSEO

Posted by James Donaldson

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Museo… it all started with my love for the letter ‘U’. This uppercase letter just came to me as an image in a daydream. The top of both stems bent into semi-slab serifs. From this principle I worked out the rest of the uppercase letters. My first intention was to make it an all-caps display font but after a while I changed my mind. I wanted it to be a bit more versatile, so I decided to add lowercase and adjust spacing and kerning to increase legibility.

This OpenType font family comes in five weights and each weight also offers supports CE languages and even Esperanto. Besides ligatures, contextual alternatives, stylistic alternates, fractions and proportional/tabular figures, Museo has a ‘case’ feature for case-sensitive forms.

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Free Font Friday: PATAGONIA

Posted by James Donaldson

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Haley Fiege, the canadian typographer and owner of Kingdom of Awesome released a free typeface at MyFonts. The font Patagonia is a sans-serif face based on 19th century aesthetics. Get Patagonia at MyFonts.

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Free Font Friday: CHUNK

Posted by James Donaldson

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Another Free font for you all.  Chunk is an ultra-bold slab serif typeface that is reminiscent of old American Western woodcuts, broadsides, and newspaper headlines. Used mainly for display, the fat block lettering is unreserved yet refined for contemporary use. It is featured by the League of Movable Type.

» Download Chunk

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Free Font Friday: COLDI

Posted by James Donaldson

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The free font Coldi is a personal project by Alessio Avventuroso, a young designer from Italy. COLDI is a modular typeface applicable for print, brand identity, posters, invites, t-shirt, motion-graphic and perfect for title in the book and magazine.

» Download Coldi Here

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Free Font Friday: PUBLIC GOTHIC

Posted by James Donaldson

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Check out the cool* and free font by the minimalists at  Antrepo Design Product. They have crafted a font that is a little industrial, little vintage, little condensed, and little bold. My favorite is the square version, but with 4 styles you can pick your own.  The font works on both Windows and Mac, and is only free while it is in beta, so get it now.

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