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Archive free font

Mirko — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:10 +0000

A great sans-serif free font Designed by Slava Kirilenko. You can download it for free on Font Fabric.

Calico font

Mirko — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:27:27 +0000

A monospace font created for the city of Amiens, based on the architecture of the traditionnal “Amienoise” house. Created by Studio B C.

Free font: Accent

Mirko — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:52:13 +0000

Accent™ is a free for commercial use display typeface designed by Nelson Balaban, available exclusively on Behance Network.

The making of the banana font

Mirko — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:35:52 +0000

An interesting video that presents the making of a banana font for a Chiquita campaign. Check out a few screenshot under.

Presidencia Sans

Mirko — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:23:49 +0000

Inspired by Toltec and Aztec architecture, the letterforms of Presidencia follow a humanist sans-serif scheme that combines Mexican character with Latin structure. This grand family was commissioned by the Mexican Federal Government, to suit its new identity program, impeccably designed by Mexican firm Ideograma. More on Behance.

Homestead font

Mirko — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:27:00 +0000

A great slab-serif font by Lisi Design. You can get it on a pay-what-you-want model on Lost Type.

Novecento font family

Mirko — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:10:11 +0000

The revised version of the Novecento font family, an uppercase-only typeface. This font face is designed to be used mostly for headlines, visual identities or short sentences, both in big and small sizes. Lighter faces provide a more contemporary and design look&feel, while the bolder ones definitely look retro. You can download 6 weights for free, you’ll have to pay for the rest.

New fonts: Georgia Pro and Verdana Pro

Mirko — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:56:57 +0000

Georgia and Verdana had two things in common so far: they were designed by Matthew Carter and meant to be optimized for on-screen use. Now they have another thing in common, they each get a pro version.

The pro versions add many features like new weights, numerals, small caps and more.

If you are interested in getting those fonts, you can buy them on Fonts.com: Georgia Pro – Verdana Pro.

Free font: Adec 2.0

Mirko — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:59:36 +0000

A pretty cool decorative font that comes in three styles, get it on Behance.

The Ubuntu font

Mirko — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:41:16 +0000

One of the reasons of the great success of Ubuntu is that they were the first Linux distribution to understand the importance of good design, branding and marketing.

Their branding effort becomes a bit more obvious with the release of an official font family: the Ubuntu Font Family. They created a sub-site dedicated to introduce and promote the font.