In the gallery you will find images created by designers and typographers to express the essence of the type and convey their take on a particular typeface.
![]() Bodoni Designed after the work of Giambattista Bodoni, an 18th century typographer. Bodoni is a good representative of the Modern typeface. |
![]() Caslon Designed after the work of William Caslon, circa 1732, this is an archetypal Old Style font. |
![]() Industria Designed in 1990 by Neville Brody, one of the most influential designers of the eighties and nineties. |
![]() Univers Designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1957, this typeface is the archetypical sans serif font. |
![]() Dr. No Designed by Ian Anderson of the Designers Republic in 1992, it is a typeface that pushes the limits of legibility without conforming to the cliches of grunge typography. |
![]() Platelet Designed by Conor Mangat in 1993. Platelet is a good example of Post Modern type design and the effect of Emigre on contemporary typography. |
![]() OCRB Designed by Adrian Frutiger, OCRB is a sans serif face designed for optical character recognition adapted for human readers. |
![]() VOLT Designed in 1996 by Taylor Deupree to cross legible text fonts with experimental typographic elements. Often looks "normal" at first glance, but shows its unique elements subtly. |
![]() Campbel Designed by Alexander Smith in 1996, this typeface was inspired by a drainplate in Central Park. |
![]() Snell Designed by Matthew Carter for Linotype in 1965. Carter derived the typeface from the handwriting of Charles Snell, the English writing master and author. |
![]() Courier Originally designed by Howard Kettler for IBM and redrawn by Adrian Frutiger, Courier is the prototypical typewriter font, and one of the most popular fixed-width fonts. |
![]() MoonBase Alpha Designed by Cornel Windlin for Fuse in 1993. Derived from bitmapped printouts, this font is designed for graphic form rather than superior legibility. |
![]() Clarendon Clarendon was designed by Hermann Eidendenz in 1951, adapted from Robert Besley's original design done in 1845 for Thorowgood & Beseley. |
![]() Amoeba Designed by Marius Watz to resemble the style of fonts used in early Space Invaders games. Protozoan delight - a fist full of fun. |
![]() Pilot Designed by Magnus Rakeng in 1995. An aerodynamic font for the next millennium. Available from Magnus Rakeng |