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OurType holds a special place in FontShop’s heart because it was co-founded by the clever captain of our Benelux operation, Rudy Geeraerts. The foundry was born in 2002 when Rudy teamed up with Fred Smeijers who is internationally known for his writing and lectures, but above all, for his type designs. Smeijers’ work is sought after by designers seeking to dip into the deep well of contemporary Dutch typography. |
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Despite its nineteenth-century roots, Parry is a modern type family. It produces a rounder and softer image than the often rigid slab serifs of the Victorian era. Think of it as a contemporary alternative to Clarendon with the substantial bonus of a complementary sans serif family, plus italics, small caps, and text figures. |
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As its name suggests, this is a modern sans serif. Its shapes are more elegant and also better tuned to each other than the traditional grotesk. André Leonardt’s design is suitable for composing longer texts, and will also work extremely well in contemporary editorial and corporate typographic environments. Neue Sans Professional Pro Neue Sans Professional |
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Nikola Djurek began drawing Amalia in 2004 while practicing with a pointed pen and named it after his grandmother who was extremely handy with the instrument. The first alphabet was soon expanded to a full-fledged, four-weight family. Amalia is an elegant typeface suitable for composing texts of various lengths — from poetry to novels — and its distinctive serif details can set a striking headline. Amalia Professional Pro Amalia Professional |
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With Sansa, Fred Smeijers subtly incorporated some of the liberties taken in recent type design while exhibiting a crop of his own ideas. The result is a suite of fonts that can serve in a wide range of daily uses. Slabbed and soft-edged variations are new additions to the family.
Sansa Slab Pro, Sansa Soft Pro |
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Fresco, Fresco Informal Sans, Fresco Sans
Like Smeijers’ Sansa family, the Fresco clan forms a versatile group of related designs. Fresco’s character can be described as a rejuvenation of traditional and conventional concepts. While certainly a contemporary design, it shamelessly embraces all the wisdom of tradition. Professional users will appreciate its typographical reach. The sans and serif companions can be used to set serious reading matter, but they blend equally well in the corporate and magazine world. Fresco Informal is clearly the playful member of the family, but because it shares its dimensions with its text siblings it can mix freely in the same setting. Fresco Professional Fresco Plus, Fresco Sans Plus |
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Named after the warm, organic work of ceramicist Eva Zeisel, Eva defies the popular image of a sans, thanks to the contrast in its strokes and the freedom with which they have been drawn. This friendly personality provides added interest at larger sizes, yet Eva also has a notable clarity, and it works well for setting continuous text. Indeed, it was Zeisel’s “playful search for beauty” that is the crucial connection between her and her audience. Designer Merel Matzinger and Smeijers hope their typeface achieves a similar feeling. |
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Arnhem, by Fred Smeijers, was initially designed for the Nederlandse Staatscourant, the daily newspaper of the Dutch state. It is a very functional design suitable for setting text in large quantities. Its strong colour lets Arnhem perform very well at small sizes and in less than optimal printing circumstances. The text faces are accompanied by Arnhem Fine, a delicate titling roman and italic especially designed for use in larger sizes. |
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Fresco Script |
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Custodia |
Monitor, Monitor Pro |
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Versa, Versa Pro
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Versa Sans, Versa Sans Pro |
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Fresco Semi Bold is just one member of a large and flexible type family by Dutch design legend Fred Smeijers. Download the font for a limited time and experience the exceptional quality of OurType’s goods. |
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