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The latest batch of FontFonts includes three new designs: FF Polymorph™, an exploration of global forms in the foundry’s experimental tradition; FF Unit™ Rounded, in which our founder reveals the softer side of his “strict sans”; and FF Utility™, a hard-working sans serif for text and information design. Also new is an OpenType® version of FF Celeste® Sans and numerous character set extensions to FontFont favorites for multilingual typography. Scroll on! |
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FF Polymorph is a typeface inspired by characters from all over the world. For her creation Stefanie Schwarz selected about 500 Unicode characters from 43 scripts with the shape (not meaning) of Latin letters. Schwarz divided these characters into four groups: Decoration, Serif, Loop and Interruption. |
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The result is a basic typeface that morphs into four styles — or rather four directions. Within each direction are elements which differentiate that style from its family members. This abstract code of loops and lines can be layered over its legible equivalent or used for decoration, making every use of FF Polymorph an experiment and exploration in itself. Explore the possibilities of FF Polymorph. Download the PDF (128K) » |
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Designer and FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann notes that “round typefaces keep going in and out of fashion, for many reasons. One of them always has been the media the face would be used for: type on screens and back-lit signs suffers from radiant light. Sharp type will look blunt, and the amount of bluntness that occurs is usually unpredictable. Then came Web 2.0 and rounded typefaces made a major comeback. I think they are here to stay, both as a fashion statement and for physical reasons, like in the old days. There will always be bad media which needs indestructible fonts.” | |||
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To blunt the corners on his FF Unit, Spiekermann turned to Erik van Blokland, whose technical wizardry took care of a lot of the issues common to rounding letterforms. While it is soft, FF Unit Rounded isn’t a sausage face or one only suited for comic strips. It looks friendly without losing its precision.
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Originally conceived as a headliner, Lukas Schneider’s thesis project has developed into a functional text typeface. Inspired by sans serifs from both Europe (DIN) and America (Franklin Gothic) the typeface combines a slightly technocratic impression with a humanistic touch. FF Utility contains five weights, four figure sets, and alternate ‘g’ and ‘a’ glyphs for typographic flexibility. |
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The OpenType Standard (Western language) upgrade for FF Celeste Sans enhances Chris Burke’s design with built-in small caps, fractions, figure sets, and context-sensitive forms. Use our new character set viewer to browse all the features and glyphs. |
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FF Language Extensions In keeping with its mission to offer enhanced options to designers with a global reach, FSI has announced language extensions to sixteen important FontFont families. FF Meta® Condensed Italic is now available with Baltic, Central European, Turkish, and Greek language support. FF Dax® Condensed, FF Fago™ Condensed, FF Fago™ Extended, FF Profile®, FF Sari™, FF Signa™ Condensed, FF Signa™ Extended, FF Zwo™, and FF Zwo™ Correspondence now include Baltic, Central European, and Turkish character sets, while FF Eureka®, FF Eureka® Mono, FF Eureka® Mono Condensed, FF Eureka® Sans, FF Eureka® Sans Condensed, and FF Fago™ have been upgraded to support Baltic and Turkish. |
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... Fonts used in title graphic: FF Polymorph, FF Unit Rounded. |
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