ITC Kristen and Demos

ITC Kristen is the work of American designer George Ryan. He describes it as "not your average text or display font." The inspiration for the design came from the handwritten menu at a neighborhood restaurant. With time, the forms moved away from the originals and towards something more like a child's scrawl. The result is singularly unique. ITC Kristen remains legible without losing any charm.

Designed in 1975 by the Dutch typographer Gerard Unger, Demos™ was one of the first digital typefaces. It was initially developed for use on the Digiset composing machine manufactured by the German firm Dr.-Ing Rudolf Hell GmbH, where coarsely pixelated letters were formed by a cathode ray tube. Early digital technology had a weakness that metal type did not have, regarding the optical... Read More