Tony de Marco Reveals An Ad-less São Paulo

In Font 006, Tony de Marco clears away the clutter to reveal São Paulo’s ban on advertising. His photographs tell the story of what remained earlier this year when Brazil’s economic capital enacted new “clean city” legislation that outlawed all forms of outdoor advertising.

Here are some of de Marco’s remarkable shots that couldn’t make it into the print version of Font 006. See more in his personal gallery.
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Extra Bold, Ultra Black Fonts: Hit Hard with Heavy Duty Type

In an effort to get noticed, a lot of folks turn to the most obvious item in their font menu: Impact™. In concept, it plays the role well. It is heavy and condensed, yet still legible, with short descenders that enable the user to stack headlines big and tight. The problem: overuse. No matter how loud it looks, a typeface can only shout so many times before it loses its voice.

Fortunately, when a powerful vehicle is needed to carry an important message, there are plenty of capable, but less obvious typefaces for the job. Have a look at our Extra Bold newsletter and see more heavy duty headline options in the list below.

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Join Us at TypeCon2007 in Seattle

This August 1–5 we’ll be in Seattle for TypeCon, the only North American conference dedicated to typography, where FontShop is a proud sponsor of the Typophile Film Fest, an annual celebration of type in motion.

Please join us. Registration is still open. TypeCon is always an enjoyable and enlightening experience, and surprisingly inexpensive. Highlights of this year’s conference include Matthew Carter, Robert Bringhurst, Roger Black, Modern Dog, Marian Bantjes (a Font magazine contributor), and a showing of Helvetica, the movie.

Fonts of a Feather

We’re proudly aflutter these days as we gaze at the newest stock on the FontShop shelves. Discover new releases from Fountain® and Font Bureau®, as well as a new member of the FontShop family, the distinguished Red Rooster Collection®, known for their careful revivals of undiscovered pre-digital type.

Our July newsletter contains just a few highlights of the library. Stroll their entire aisle for more type you probably haven’t seen but could surely put to use.

2007 FontShop Calendar: July

July Featuring ARS Twenty and ARS Region

Angus R. Shamal designed our July 2007 Calendar with two of his typefaces: ARS Region, the sum of everything he’s “always liked and appreciated in a workhorse sans serif”; and ARS Twenty, a monospaced font built on a 4 x 5 grid. Established in 1994, Shamal’s ARS Type is an independent studio based in Amsterdam.

• printable 11×17 (1.9MB PDF)
• desktop wallpaper (360K JPG)
• widescreen desktop wallpaper (424K JPG)