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PREFACE

2011

marked the most exciting year in

FontFont history. The innovations
that we launched this year received a warm
welcome in the design and development communities and beyond.

The Wonderful World of Web FontFonts

Almost two years after FontFont became the first

those who prefer subscription services, our coopera-

type manufacturer to release webfonts in the .woff

tion with Typekit offers a safe and easy-to-use alter-

format, the Web FontFont Library has grown into

native. Web developers enjoy designing offline

a Library of 3,500 typefaces. Compatible with more

mockups and webpage layouts with Comp fonts,

than 96 % of all browsers, including Mobile Safari,

packaged with webfonts at no additional charge.

webfonts are here to stay. Hundreds of websites

currently use the popular ffDIN, ffDax, ffMeta,

This year, we also improved the magical FontFonter

ffTisa, as well as many other FontFonts, to set

service. With the help of FontFonter.com users can

themselves apart with beautiful design.

test-drive a large selection of Web FontFonts on any

html site. To date, 42 sans serif and 22 serif families

FontFont set standards not only technically, but

are available to preview in various combinations.

also in terms of user-friendliness. Our customers

appreciate multiple hosting options. They can host

Subsetter.com, our online FontFont optimizer, which

their Web FontFonts on their own servers, or for

debuted in July, also gained a lot of popularity. Using

Subsetter, FontFonts can be individually rebuilt, both

Our website FontFont.com, relaunched in April, was

in terms of file size as well as aesthetics. For instance, awarded, not only with the approval of our custo-

the world. They often express their enthusiasm for

working with our font technicians.

when you want to use oldstyle figures instead of

mers, but also by the jury of the iF Communication

Our technical experts have performed splendidly

tabular figures or do not need any language support,

Design Awards.

once again in 2011: the entire library is now available

in OpenType; the most popular FontFonts are

you can remove unnecessary characters and reduce

the size of the webfont by up to 90 %. When several

Our founder, Erik Spiekermann, was honored with

available also in Office and, of course, in Web formats.

weights are being used, small font files can dramati-

his home countrys highest distinction in the field

In order to achieve a clearer structure, we split our

cally lessen the burden of high traffic and speed up

of design, the Design Award of the Federal Republic

library in three tiers, which takes into consideration

the load of the website.

of Germany, for his lifetime achievement.

diverse technical and conceptual needs and provides

a better perspective to the FontFont Library.

Moving into Mobile

The Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired 23

Recently, the mobile apps market became more

digital typefaces for its Architecture and Design

typographically diverse. FontFont is the first foundry

Collection. Among them ffDIN, ffMeta, ffBlur and

to answer the needs of this market with a customer

2011 was indeed the most exciting year for us

so far heavy emphasis on so far.

ffBeowolf.

friendly offer: Mobile FontFonts. They let you break

from the mold of rather dull system fonts, with a
simple and economical all-inclusive license.

Ivo Gabrowitsch,

Stellar Staff
For us, this successful year served as an incentive to
continue our commitment to being the worlds fastest

Amazing Accolades

growing library of contemporary typefaces. No other

2011 was also an exciting year for many of our type

foundry offers such a high release frequency of quality

designers. FontFont designers received 11 renowned

fonts. With the release of nearly 20 new or extended

awards in 2011, including those from Type Directors

FontFont Families, we set the bar high again within

Club, istd International Typographic Awards, ATypIs

the last 12 months. We are particularly proud of the

Type Design Competition Letter.2 and Communica-

fact that we are typographic home to both establis-

tion Arts.

hed, as well as emerging type designers from all over

Marketing Director

fontfont
in 2011
january

february

march

april

may

entire
FF Library
available
in OpenType
march 30th

typeboard
meeting
may 23rd

typo berlin
may 19th21st
Germany

FF Release Magazine
february 23rd
FIFTY2|3|4

july

august

comp fonts
july 21st
included
in Web
FontFonts
page 12

subsetter
launch
july 7th
page 13

Download

1st web fontfont

anniversary
february 24th
FontFont.com
relaunch
april 4th
moma collection
january 24th
ff Meta,
ff DIN,
ff Beowolf and
ff Blur acquired by
MoMA for its
Architecture and
Design Collection

june

page 8i

release ff55
april 8th
New FontFonts
ff Spinoza
ff More
Updates & Extensions
ff Meta Hebrew

tdc2011 awards
may 9th
ff Suhmo
ff Tundra
page 18

fontbook
ipad app launch
july 22Nd
typecon 2011
july 5th10th
New Orleans,
Louisiana, USA
release ff56
july 22Nd
New FontFonts
ff Sero
ff Tundra
ff Mister K Informal
ff Nuvo Mono
ff Signa Stencil
ff Signa Serif Stencil
Updates & Extensions
ff Info
ff Profile

september october

ATypI 2011
september
14th17th
Reykjavk,
Iceland
Mobile FontFonts
Launch
october 11th
page 14i

release ff57
october 18th
New FontFonts
ff Karbid
Updates & Extensions
ff Nexus
ff Unit
awards
October 14th
istd Award
October 18th
Letter.2 Award
October 21st
Communication
Arts Awards

november december

webfontday/
typotag munich
november
18th19th
Germany
typeboard
meeting
november 14th
release ff58
december 14th
New FontFonts
ff Ernestine
ff Quadraat
ff Quadraat Sans
Updates & Extensions
ff Signa
ff Meta Serif
page 21

Library Tiers
page 15

Skill Sets

page 18 i

uppercase 2011
october 26th
Milan, Italy typo london 2011
october 20th22Nd
United Kingdom

page 17

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23

30

36

d.

FontFont
News
a.

Mobile
FontFonts

b.

ff Karbid,
ff Karbid Text,
ff Karbid Display
b.

ff Signa
(Extension)

c.

ff Meta Hebrew

inside
fontfont

08

a.

15

a.

25

b.

31

b.

37

c.

43

d.

New
fontfont.com

Library Tiers

ff Mister K
Informal

ff Signa Stencil
& ff Signa Serif
Stencil

ff Meta Serif

Facts and
Figures

10

17

a.

Improved
Webfonts

a.

ff Skill Sets

26

b.

32

b.

ff More

ff Spinoza

38

c.

45

d.

ff Nexus

Type
Department

11

a.

18

a.

27

b.

33

b.

39

c.

e.

Websites using
Web FontFonts

Awards

ff Nuvo Mono

ff Tundra

ff Profile

almost
the end

13

a.

new
fontfonts

22

b.

b.

29

b.

fontfont
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35

c.

40

c.

41

c.

50

e.

12

a.

Comp Fonts
included in
Web FontFonts

New !
b.

28

c.

ff Quadraat
& ff Quadraat
Sans

ff Unit

Imprint

Subsetter for Web

FontFonts

ff Ernestine

ff Sero

ff Info

New Web
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Akira Kobayashi

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12

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Xavier Dupr

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ff Meta

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Erik Spiekermann

ff Info Correspondence

ff Sanuk
Xavier Dupr

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Jrg Hemker

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10

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ff Absara Sans Headline

Xavier Dupr

10

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Verena Gerlach

Michael Abbink

Xavier Dupr

10

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Fred Smeijers

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ff Scala Sans

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Martin Majoor

ff Good Headline

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Martin Majoor

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uppercase, lowercase, ascender, descender, rounds, and straights. The

size of each font sample is relative to the family size. A count of styles and

The word Slang represents the main components of the Latin

in 1990, the ff label became the worlds largest library of

making it easier to find the most suitable face among

alphabet uppercase, lowercase, ascender, descender,

families. Today, FontFont represents the work of some of

or categorical order, the poster presents the library in an

the family size. A count of styles and weights is shown in

library is recognized as an aesthetic and technical reference

in which fonts are organized by their visual relationship.

a cast of thousands. Breaking from the tradition of alphabetical

inoriginalorganic,typefaces, containing nearly 750 type a cloud map of typographic forms in which rounds, and straights. The size of each font sample is relative to box next to the font name.
an contemporary intuitive way. It is
weights is shown in the yellow
the worlds foremost typographers by their visual
organic, intuitive
fonts are organizedand graphic designers. The relationship. way. It is a cloud map of typographic forms
among type experts.

the yellow box next to the font name. For further information
on each of the families and the latest releases, please check the
foundry website www.fontfont.com.

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tradition of alphabetical or categorical order, the poster presents the library

Slang

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to find the most suitable face among a cast of thousands. Breaking from the
The FontFont Map sheds new light on the unique collection,

Critzla

ff Tokyo

ff Totem

The FontFont Map sheds new light on the unique collection, making it easier
Since Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody launched FontFont

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Paul Sych

Slang

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Cornel Windlin

ff Dig

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ff Moonbase Alpha

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Barbara Klunder

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ff Scratch

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Max Kisman

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Slang
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ff Golden Gate Gothic

Jim Parkinson

Donald Beekman

Rian Hughes

Slang
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Nick Cooke

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Malcolm Garrett

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Phil Baines

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Max Kisman

Max Kisman

Neville Brody

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ff Eboy

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Martin Wenzel

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Kai Vermehr

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Albert Boton

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Pierre di Sciullo

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ff TradeMarker
Critzla

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18

Steffen Sauerteig

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Neville Brody

ff Beadmap

Slang
6

ff Studio
Albert Boton

Slang

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ff Typeface 4

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Kai Vermehr

Slang
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Othmar Motter

ff Readout

12

Achaz Reuss

ff Call

34

Cornel Windlin

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ff QType

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Albert Boton

Slang
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ff Signa

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Martin LAllier

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Daniel Utz

ff Carolus Magnus
Manfred Klein

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Per Jrgensen

Jrgen Brinckmann

Slang
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Jeremy Tankard

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Just van Rossum

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ff Humanist

Jrgen Brinckmann

ff Brokenscript

Slang

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ff Elegie Ornaments
Albert Boton

Slang

Per Jrgensen

ff Madonna

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Morten Olsen

28

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Hans Reichel

Slang

Jrgen Brinckmann

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Verena Gerlach

ff Max Demi Serif

ff Daxline

14

Slang
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ff Chambers Sans

Slang
18

Hans Reichel

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ff Letter Gothic Text

Albert Pinggera

Xavier Dupr

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ff Ophelia

Jan Maack

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ff Absara Sans

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ff Enzo

10

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ff Plus

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Jim Parkinson

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ff Unit Rounded

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E. Spiekermann, Ch. Schwartz

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14

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E. Spiekermann, Ch. Schwartz, K. Sowersby

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ff Oneleigh

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Erik Spiekermann

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ff Bradlo Sans

ff More

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ff Info Text

Ole Schfer

Evert Bloemsma

ff Parango

28

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Ole Schfer

ff Avance

Slang

Michael Abbink

10

Andrej Krtky

Albert Boton

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ff Clair

16

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Donald Beekman

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Fred Smeijers

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Martin Majoor

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Ole Schfer

Ole Schfer

Jean Franois Porchez

Albert Boton

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10

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10

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Martin Wenzel

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Yanone

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20

Alex Scholing

Slang

Slang

Slang

Xavier Dupr

10

Martin Majoor

Siegfried Rckel

ff Megano

11

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10

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10

14

Slang Slang
10

Slang

Alessio Leonardi

ff Mach

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18

Christoph Kalscheuer

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ff Quill

ff Providence

Slang

ff Engine

Alex Scholing

Slang

Slang

Slang

Slang Slang

ff Karbid

Martin Wenzel

Slang

H. Wagenbreth, S.Sauerteig

ff Roice

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Hyun Cho

Slang

ff Typestar

Max Kisman

Slang

ff Duper

Fedor Hneke

ff Jacque

ff Prater Block

Slang Slang

ff Motive

Stefan Hgerling

Slang Slang
Slang Slang

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Siegfried Rckel

Mindaugas Strockis

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ff Alega Serif

ff Elementa Rough

Erik van Blokland

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ff Cartonnage

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ff Trixie

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Just van Rossum

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Slang

ff Bull

John Siddle

ff Instanter
Frank Heine

ff Tronic

ff Boomshanker

Just van Rossum

John Critchley

ff Confidential

Slang

ff Advert Rough

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Fabian Rottke

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Klaus-Dieter Lettau

D. Raven, J. Critchley

Slang

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Dung van Meerbeeck

ff Marker

Julia Sysmlinen

Erik van Blokland

Slang

ff Mister K Dingbats

Slang

ff Mister K Informal

ff Erikrighthand

ff DuMathieu

Slang

Slang

Slang

ff Bokka

Slang

Vivien Palloks

ff FancyWriting

John Critchley

Slang

Dung van Meerbeeck

Timothy Donaldson

ff Childs Play

Slang

ff Kurt

Slang

ff Murphy

ff Voodoo

Slang

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Claudia Kipp

Just van Rossum

Christian Schwartz

Gerd Wippich

Tobias Frere-Jones

Neville Brody

Slang

ff Iodine

Stephan Mller

Slang

ff Flightcase

ff Oxide

Slang

Jonathan Hitchen

Slang

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Just van Rossum

Cornel Windlin

ff Karton

Stephan Mller

ff Dolores

Slang

ff Blur

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Slang
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ff Chernobyl

Stephan Mller

Ole Schfer

Slang

Roelof Mulder

ff Container

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Andreas Jung

Alessio Leonardi

H. Wagenbreth, S. Sauerteig

Slang

ff Graffio

ff Prater Serif

Slang

ff Layout

Slang

ff Trombo

ff Assuri

Slang

ff Folk Rough

ff Irregular

Alessio Leonardi

Slang

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Slang

Mrten Thavenius

Slang

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ff Rattlescript

Eddie Baret

Alessio Leonardi

ff InnerCity

Slang

Fabrizio Schiavi

Alessio Leonardi

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ff Mister K

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ff Mode01

ff Graffio Visivo

Slang

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ff DuGauguin

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ff Forchetta

Slang

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ff Matto

Slang

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ff Folk

Slang

Slang

ff 9600

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Nick Shinn

ff Dirty Seven

Chester

ff Merlin

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ff A Lazy Day

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Slang

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ff Soupbone

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Just van Rossum

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ff Littles
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ff FontSoup

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Peter Biak

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ff Fudoni

Fabrizio Schiavi

ff Singer Sans

Fabian Rottke

Slang

ff Geb Oil

Slang
Slang

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Slang

Slang

Slang

Slang

Slang

Slang

Slang

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Design Award
2011

Launched on April 4th

New !

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news new fontfont.com

headline: ff Nexus Mix
copy: ff Spinoza
quotes: ff Unit Rounded
names: ff Spinoza
more: ff Mister K Informal

In April 2011 we relaunched

FontFont.com, the online home
for the largest library of contem
porary type designs.
Everything is new and enhanced,
from the visual design and navi
gation to the search functionality
and shopping experience. But
the most radical improvement is
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Marketing Director. After 10

months of intensive work, this is
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is about. That, and big, gorgeous
typefaces, of course! We are
happy to have received lots of
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In February 2010 we released Web

FontFonts, marking the beginning
of a new era for typography and
becoming the first major foundry
to offer fonts in WOFF. Since then,
WOFF has become the webfont standard; a format now
supported by all major browsers. We began with a
simple pay-once licensing model and optimized every
font for the best possible display across platforms.

news improved web fontfonts

headline: ff Spinoza
copy: ff Nuvo Mono

File size
60%

In 2011, to celebrate broad WOFF

support with the most recent version of Safari, our Type Department further improved the files.
Webfonts are now up to 60 % smaller
with additional optimization for
new versions of Windows and improved vertical metrics for consistent
baseline positions in all browsers.
Upgraded files are available at no
additional cost to previous Web
FontFont customers.

www

Thank you for

keeping the web
beautiful.

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ff Brokenscript, ff Nuvo, ff Tisa

www.bryanlevay.com

ff Cocon
ff Dagny

ff Tisa www.friendsoftheweb.com

ff Basic Gothic www.welcometotakeout.com

(small caps used)

www.cargocollective.com
www.upperdog.se

ff Dax

ff Meta Serif www.8faces.com

www.bodieboost.com

www.metia.com

ff DIN
www.worldmusic.net
ff DIN Round www.swim.de
ff DIN Condensed www.bryanbantry.com

www.growsup.com

ff Meta

www.reason.com
www.chicagoist.com
www.mailchimp.com

ff Meta Serif

font: ff Nexus Sans

url: ff Nexus Serif

www.imposemagazine.com

ff Masala

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www.walterthewave.com

ff Enzo

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fontfonts

ff Duper

www.propublica.org
www.8faces.com
www.lagardecosta.com

ff Milo Serif & ff Milo

www.teilharddechardin.org
ff Dagny www.pentagram.com

ff Netto www.workatplay.com

ff Netto

www.audanika.com

ff Prater Script www.healthmonth.com

www.brooklynderby.com
ff Scala
ff Schulbuch

www.foodsense.is
www.jonathan-krause.de
www.tillymoss.com
www.dangersoffracking.com

ff Tundra
ff Milo Serif & ff Milo
www.paulshawletterdesign.com

www.thebrandmanual.com

ff Tisa

ff Kievit www.authenticjobs.com

www.mcachicago.org

ff Speak

ff Sanuk www.saarlb.de

blog.readmill.com

www.jonathan-krause.de

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Comp Fonts

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news comp fonts included

in web fontfonts

Included in
Web FontFonts#

FontFont continues to make

the lives of designers much easier!

headline & copy: ff Profile

Font Font

Its now even simpler to integrate great

typefaces like ff Meta Web, ff DIN Web,
or the new ff Sero Web in all phases of
website creation. We know that during
the design process it may be necessary
to create page layouts of the proposed
design using applications that dont
support woff/eot fonts. Therefore, Web
FontFont archives now contain corresponding TrueType-flavored OpenType
fonts for the offline design phase. As
reflected in the amended Web FontFont
eula, these Comp fonts may only be
used for this specific purpose.#

Launched on July 21th

Free!

subsetter
Choose between old style and
tabular figures; keep or remove
hinting and kerning.

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The improvements and launch of

Web FontFonts and Comp Fonts were
not enough for us. We decided to take
typographic innovation one step
further with Users should have more control over
their fonts. One of the reasons our
the launch of customers rely on FontFonts is because
of their comprehensive character sets,
Subsetter.
but in the web environment cutting back
on file size can be important, especially

news subsetter for

web fontfonts

when speed matters. Thats why we built

headline: ff Sero
teaser and copy: ff Tundra

Subsetter.
Select the character
groups you want to
keep in the font.

Subsetter allows the users to strip out extraneous

glyphs and data that may not be needed, like unused
language characters, punctuation marks and kerning
information.
Smaller files mean faster websites and a better user
experience. Dropping inessential characters from
a webfont can make a big difference in the long term
and give designers the opportunity to use more styles

Upload
Reduce/Customize
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with less of an impact on speed and bandwidth.

Every bit of saved bandwidth saves money, as it reduces
the cost of maintaining your popular and beautifully
designed website.

Mobile
FontFonts
Launched on October 11th

Once again leading the way in typographic technology, we released

Mobile FontFonts tailored specifically for use in iOS apps. Available at
MobileFontFonts.com, the files are optimized to make the design
process for creating beautiful iOS applications as seamless as possible.
When designing a native app for a mobile device, like

Rg Rg Rg Rg Rg
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news mobile fontfonts

headline: ff Nexus Serif
copy: ff Nexus Sans

Rg

iPhone, Mobile FontFonts allow the designer to specify

ff Basic Gothic
Mobile Pro

ff Daxline
Mobile Pro

set apps apart from the crowd. With language support

ff Celeste
Mobile Pro

ff Celeste Sans
Mobile Pro

ff Clifford
Mobile Pro

ff Cocon
Mobile Pro

Rg Rg R g Rg Rg Rg

ff Duper
Mobile Pro

ff Good
Mobile Pro

Rg Rg
ff Yoga Sans
Mobile Pro

ff Suhmo
Mobile Pro

ff Hands/ff Trixie
Mobile Pro

ff Providence/
ff Providence Sans
Mobile Pro

ff Tisa
Mobile Pro

Fourteen Mobile FontFont Packages

are available, containing four fonts each.
www.MobileFontFonts.com

ff Yoga
Mobile Pro

fonts outside the options that come preinstalled. Just

like webfonts, mobile fonts protect brands and help
included, Mobile FontFonts allow for consistent, subtle
branding to a global audience. 56 mobile fonts from 15
popular families are available in 14 packs with 4 fonts each.
Simple Licensing
Licensing for Mobile FontFonts serves the needs of the
iOS developer. A team of up to five developers can share
one license for their app portfolio. Theres no time limit
on the license, nor annual royalty requirements, just a

one-time license fee. Currently, Mobile FontFonts are only available for
iOS, but we are planning to expand them to additional platforms such

.com

as Android in the future.

Finding
Faces
Faster

FontShop International
introduces the FontFont
Library Tier system

ith 2,500 typefaces and

counting, FontFont has
become one of the largest
contemporary type libraries

in the world. Having so many designs

to choose from can be both a blessing
and a curse; leisurely sifting through
thousands of fonts online is pleasurable

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for any type lover, but it can be a daunnews library tiers

ting task at 3 a.m. when deadlines loom.

headline & copy: ff Karbid

initials: ff Karbid Display
details: ff Mister K Informal

FontFont Premium Tier

The Most Popular FontFonts
FontFont Collection Tier
Extraordinary Pricing and
Hidden Gems
FontFont Free Tier
Giving Something Back

nter the FontFont think tank: FSIs dedicated

team of type fanatics and technical gurus
were determined to make font selection as

easy as possible. After countless hours spent on

research and in talking with type users, their mission
was to minimize the amount of time each customer
had to spend on selecting fonts. To achieve this goal,
they decided to split the FontFont library into three
distinct tiers.

Details

Finding
Faces
Faster

The FontFont
Library Tier system.

Free!

Free Tier

The Most Popular FontFonts

Extraordinary Pricing and Hidden Gems

Giving Something Back

The FontFont Collection Tier is a selection

As a bonus to our loyal customers,

most popular FontFonts and will feature

of economically priced typographic treasu- FontFont now offers a variety of free

the latest releases going forward. This tier,

res, including Xavier Duprs FF Reminga,

the largest in the new system, showcases

FF Mambo by Val Fullard, and experimental Dog, Hip,

international favorites like Albert-Jan Pools

designs like the FF FUSE Classics. Visitors

FF DIN, FF Scala by Martin Majoor, FF Dax

to the website will enjoy simple, easy-to- Kai Vermehr (Eboy), and Timothy

from Hans Reichel, and Spiekermanns FF

use navigation when browsing typefaces

Donaldsons FF FancyWriting. Free Tier

Meta and FF Unit.

news library tiers

Collection Tier

FontFonts Premium Tier includes todays

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Premium Tier

in the Collection Tier.

titles contain the complete family in a

Premium Tier FontFonts anchor the

The Collection Tier is offered in full-

library in three formats to address every

family packages onlyfonts are available

needOpenType, Offc, and Web.* By next

support (with a few key exceptions). All

feature Pro language support, including

FF Peecol from Steffen Sauerteig and

in OpenType with Standard language

summer, all fonts in the Premium Tier will

headline: ff Karbid
subheadline: ff Karbid Display
copy: ff Karbid Text

typefaces, including Paul Sychs FF Dig,

single package, and are available in

packages in this tier are affordably priced

OpenType with Standard language support.

Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic in some at less than 100/$, making it easier than
designs. Customers are not restricted to

ever for customers to build a quality type

licensing full packages in this tier, but may

collection.

*  ffc and Web versions of some

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development and will be available
soon.

choose single weights from these bestselling type families.

OpenType
Office
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for 3 categories.

how frustrating it can

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A w a r d s

FontFont is once again the happy publisher

of award-winning fonts. These are this years
winners.

TD C2 2011
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news awards
headline: ff Quadraat Sans Display
teaser: ff Quadraat Display
copy & subheadline: ff Quadraat Sans
speeches: ff Quadraat

ff Suhmo by Alex Rtten and ff Tundra by Ludwig

bele received the Certificate of Excellence in
Type Design at this years tdc2 competition by Type
Directors Club.

2 0 1 1
I S T D A w a r ds 2 0 1 1
ff Dagny by rjan Nordling and Gran Sderstrm,
ff Milo Serif by Michael Abbink and ff Spinoza
by Max Phillips won the Certificate of Excellence
in istd Awards 2011 from International Society of
Typographic Designers.

tdc2 2011

Sixty Randgloves
ff Suhmo

Sixty Randgloves
ff Tundra

max phillips
 d like to thank Andreas Frohloff for pushing every glyph to
I
be its best, Frank Griehammer for helping them sit nicely in
a line, Ugla Marekowa for shooing them out the door,
and Christoph Koeberlin for helping to introduce them to the
istd awards 2011
world. Id like to thank Stephen Coles and Jonathan Hoefler
Sixty Randgloves
for taking the time to give a new type designer valuable
advice. And Id like to thank my wife Kirsten for continuing ff Dagny
to live with me while the work got done.
Sixty Randgloves

alex rtten
 d like to thank my girlfriend Olivia Wood for keeping an
I
relentless eye on the details, Felix Braden for his valuable
ff Milo Serif
and speedy feedback, and last but not least Christoph
rjan nordling
Sixty Randgloves
Koeberlin for his patience and his critique on endless design d like to thank Mario Garcia, John Bark and Mats Oden
I

ff Spinoza
versions.
for commissioning the dn Grotesk, Andr Grtler for teaching
me type and the FontFont crew for encouragement in the
ludwig bele
making of ff Dagny.
 d like to thank an unknown Semitic speaker for inventing
I
our alphabet (which makes it possible for me to create
Latin-based typefaces with a reasonable amount of characters
rather than thousands of logograms).

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T y p o g r a p h y C o m p e titi o n
2011

L e tt e r . 2 A w a r ds 2 0 1 1
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news web fontsfonts

awards
copy & subheadline: ff Quadraat Sans

ff Strada by Albert Pinggera, ff Milo by Michael

Abbink and Paul van der Laan and ff Legato by the
much missed Evert Bloemsma won Letter.2 Awards
2011 organized by the Association Typographique
Internationale (ATypI).
albert pinggera:
 edankt, Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende
B
Kunsten.
paul van der laan
Id like to thank David Brent who once said: Quitters never
win, winners never quit. But those who never win and never
quit are idiots.

The juried competition of Communication Arts

celebrates the best use of typography as the primary
visual element in design and advertising, plus new
typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
ff More by ukasz Dziedzic, ff Sero by Jrg Hemker
and ff Spinoza by Max Phillips won the 2011
Communication Arts Award in the category of
Typeface Design.
jrg hemker
 an I quote Alfred Hitchcock, who accepted his Oscar with
C
only two words in 1967: Thank you.?

letter.2 awards 2011

Sixty Randgloves
ff Strada

Sixty Randgloves
ff Milo

Sixty Randgloves
ff Legato

communication arts
typography competition
2011

Sixty Randgloves
ff More

Sixty Randgloves
ff Sero

Sixty Randgloves
ff Spinoza

 G e r ma n D e si g n A w a r ds
2011

F o n t F o n ts i n M o M A
C o ll e cti o n
copy & subheadline: ff Quadraat Sans
news web fontsfonts
awards

In January 2011, the Museum of Modern Art in New

York announced that 23 digital typefaces have
been chosen to be admitted to its architecture and
design collection among which are ff Meta, ff DIN,
ff Beo olf and ff Blur. Joining MoMAs collection
w
is a great distinction in the design world and we are
honored to have FontFonts included in it.

Photo Credit: German Design Council.

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In addition to the awards for FontFonts, we also

celebrated an important award that went to Erik
Spiekermann, co-founder of FontShop and FontFont.
Spiekermann won the Personality Award at the
German Design Awards 2011. The Design Award of
the Federal Republic of Germany (Designpreis
Deutschland) is the countrys highest distinction in
the field of design.

Andrej Kupetz, General Manager of the German Design Council

presents the Personality Award 2011 to Erik Spiekermann

b.

new
fontfonts
ff Ernestine
ff Karbid & ff Karbid Display (Extension)
ff Karbid Text & ff Karbid Slab
ff Mister K Informal
ff More
ff Nuvo Mono
ff Quadraat & ff Quadraat Sans (Redesign & Extension)
ff Sero
ff Signa (Extension)
ff Signa Stencil & ff Signa Serif Stencil
ff Spinoza
ff Tundra

Yeah! though the FontFont Library is one of the largest font libraries in the
Even
world, our excitement and passion for introducing new fonts to the
typographic world never cease. We are the foundry with the highest number
of new font releases per year.

Affinity
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Standaardbriefje
Taurus & Mountains

alfheartedness

ff Ernestine was born from the search

Straenbahn

for a versatile monoline text typeface

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that would feel warm yet serious,

fonts

ff ernestine

fontfont.com/fonts/ernestine

feminine yet rigid, charming yet sturdy.

Wolfhound

Its rather large x-height and wide, open

, .

.
Armenian

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shapes enable it to work well down to

small sizes; ligatures, stylistic & con alternates (gg), a selection of

textual

filling

arrows, and two sizes of small caps

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enrich its typographic palette.

Rpublique

lmirat d'Armnie
|

Nina Stssinger first drew the Roman

as a study project at the postgraduate
Type Design program in Zurich, and the
Italic in dialogue with Hrant
Light & Light Italic Papazians Armenian design.
Regular & Regular Italic Both the Roman and the Italic
Demi Bold & Demi Bold Italic (which doubles as a harmoBold & Bold Italic nious companion to the Armenian component) are available
in four individually drawn weights. The
four corresponding Armenian weights,
nicknamed Vem integrated in the
Roman and Italic fonts in the Pro version
share the personable character of the
family with the proportions optimized
for the Armenian script.

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& Display & Text
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having a change of heart
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CARS
CARS

The ABC
of
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fonts

ff karbid

fontfont.com/fonts/karbid
fontfont.com/fonts/karbid-text
fontfont.com/fonts/karbid-display
fontfont.com/fonts/karbid-slab

KIOSK

Magazines

FF Karbid Text
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic

FF Karbid
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic
FF Karbid Display
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic
FF Karbid Slab
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic
Gerlach researched and documented

weights and one display version

in 1999, FF Karbid was completely

letterings in Berlins Prenzlauer Berg

redesigned and extended. Karbid

and Mitte quarters. Sadly, they have

now almost entirely disappeared

lettering created between 1900 and

due to the renovation works in the

the late 1930s that was preser-

reunified German capital. However

Stylistic Sets

ved due to the German Democratic

their spirit lives on in the idiosyn-

G G G

Republics economy of scarcity. In

cratic letter forms of the FF Karbid

the beginning of the 1990s Verena

typefaces.

Karbid

1 Family
4 Fonts
5 Weights
each +
Italics

a lot of these storefront and shop

is an interpretation of storefront

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ff

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FF Karbid

The new FF Karbid is a harmonized redesign of the original

typeface. Its letters appear
rounder and less narrow, lending
the shapes more space and
balance. The endings of the
diagonals (w, W, v, V) which

used to be bevelled as reference to the original design have

been straightened for a smoother appearance. Stroke contrast
has been reduced, making the typeface more monolinear and
harmonious without losing its liveliness.
Yet this contrast increases in the bolder weights for optimal

FF Karbid
Display

FF Karbid
Slab

FF Karbid
Text

FF Karbid Display is the

The FF Karbid suite of

The final variant added to

most obvious spin-off of

typefaces now also inclu-

the FF Karbid type system

the original Karbid. The

des a new Slab version.

is the new text version. It

characteristic letter forms

Its sober, newslike cha-

is intended for setting body

were assimilated, then

racter was inspired by

magazine typography in
the 1930s (see Memphis,

(books, magazines etc.). The

ly was extended to five

Rockwell, Stymie etc.).

character shapes are more

weights, complete with

The strong serifs give the

subdued the eccentric,

matching Obliques.

slab serif a dignified and

serif-like swashes in the

assured look. The stroke

lowercase a, d, h, m, n, u and

contrast was increased

capital R were abandoned,

for legibility and balance.

while the lively l, y, z and Z

Obliques.

The 4 Faces
of FF Karbid

mainly for publication design

new concept. The fami-

nated weights from Light to Black, each with corresponding

copy in small text sizes,

subtly revised to match the

legibility and elegance. The family now comes in five co-ordi-

*
There is the
right FF Karbid for
everyone.
*

reveal this variants kinship

to the FF Karbid family.

Features All versions of FF Karbid contain numerous alternate

characters, allowing you to considerably change the appearance of
the typefaces. These alternates are based on Art Deco lettering styles with their sometimes eccentric forms. You can choose between
low- and high-waisted variants of the capitals, a circular O and
G, an A with straight legs and rounded top, and many more which
can all be used interchangeably. The fonts include four figure sets
plus small figures and fractions, arrows and bullets, and offer Latin
Extended language support.

Shopping List

clear &
friendly

Two packages of brown sugar

2 Cat food
One giant tub of mashed potatoes
a package Ginger cookies
Breakfast Tea
Sleeping Pills
Canned soup
Mac n Cheese

something important
that I already forgot

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fonts

stylistic
alternates

Ligatures

Hi,
Im Mister K.

How are you?

ff mster k informal

fontfont.com/fonts/mister-k-informal

Handgloves

Handgloves

May I kiss you then?

On this miserable paper? I
might as well open the window
and kiss the night air.
Mister
Informal

OpenType
Features

This new design by Julia Sysmlinen is the latest

offspring of the Mister K font family. It began in
one of Kafkas Quart Notebooks with handwritten
texts that look astonishingly clear. The letter forms
are carefully placed line after line but still reveal
the authors characteristic writing style. There is
a simple explanation: These are final, rewritten
texts. The first version loaded with heavy editing
and correction marks can be found elsewhere in
Kafkas literary remains. The strong personality
of FF Mister K is often appreciated, but some
designers find it too unpredictable for down to
earth target groups. So enriching the K Family
with a clear and friendly looking member
derived from Kafkas stylistic repertoire meets the
needs of many users.

Its easy to find sans

* 100 *
serif typefaces with The 30-font ff More fills
this void. Five weights
multiple widths and available each in Con-Wide
densed, Regular, and
every
weights, but large widths answerdesign,need
of publication
serif families are from strong headlines to
readable text and spaceefficient information
much less common. graphics. ff Mores sturdy

supports
more than
languages

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serifs and gentle contrast

fontfont.com/fonts/more
withstand the rigors of
magazine and newspaper
production retaining
clarity despite size, background, or substrate. ukasz Dziedzic
built ff More to work alongside ff Good, resulting in a powerhouse
super family, versatile in both its function and aesthetic.
fonts

ff more

Condensed Light & Italic

Condensed Book & Italic
Condensed Medium & Italic
Condensed Bold & Italic
Condensed Black & Italic

Light & Italic

Book & Italic
Medium & Italic
Bold & Italic
Black & Italic

Wide Light & Italic

Wide Book & Italic
Wide Medium & Italic
Wide Bold & Italic
Wide Black & Italic

ng Thp
orlkshfn

Havlkv Brod

f
s

f Nuvo
M
wei
paced
small
cap
g@
altern

Siegfried Rckel expands his magazine typeface

27

fonts

ff Nuvo with a monospaced variant for all

ff nuvo mono

fontfont.com/fonts/nuvo-mono

weights, including small caps and Italics,

offering new options for both traditional and
unusual typesetting. The design retains its

ff
ff
ff
ff
ff
ff
ff
ff
ff
ff

Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo
Nuvo

Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono
Mono

Regular
Regular Italic
Medium
Medium Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
Extra Bold
Extra Bold Italic
Black
Black Italic

mono/

typical stroke endings with chipped corners,

which make the characters appear soft when seen
from a distance or in small point sizes, but
reveal their peculiar forms at a closer look.
However its x-height was somewhat lowered in
comparison to ff Nuvo to emphasize ff Nuvo
Monos typewriter character. The calligraphic
touch in the characters a, g and y make this
typeface stand out among other typewriter-like
faces, as do the alternate characters for aa,
gg, kk, ss and yy, which add typographic
versatility.

o
g
s
a
n

no
hts
tes
uvo

Refined Outlines

before

new

Qua FF
d
San raat
Mon s
o

Cyrillic

Originally developed for the Dutch design

company with the same name (now it is
ff
Quadraat
called the Lab), FF Quadraat combines
Renaissance elegance with contemporary
ideas on construction and form. Upon its release by FontFont as a modest
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fonts

ff quadraat

fontfont.com/fonts/quadraat
fontfont.com/fonts/quadraat-display
fontfont.com/fonts/quadraat-headliner
fontfont.com/fonts/quadraat-sans
fontfont.com/fonts/quadraat-sans-display
fontfont.com/fonts/quadraat-sans-mono

four weight family in 1992, the confident and accomplished type design immediately established the then
31-year-old Fred Smeijers as a force to be reckoned with.
The typeface was born out of careful research in form
and function.

Smeijers wanted ffQuadraat to be as

economical as Times, but with less sparkle; as
balanced as Plantin, but less static. The resulting
typeface is a wonderfully effective text typeface, with
unassuming yet highly original character shapes.
ffQuadraat quickly became one of the flagship type
families for the fledgling independent foundry.
Over the years the family expanded
into a com rehensive type system. And now, almost
p
two decades after the initial release, Smeijers has
completely overhauled the Serif, Sans and Sans
Condensed versions of ffQuadraat. After examining

* ff Quadraat Sans Thin & Italic

* ff Quadraat Sans Extra Light & Italic
* ff Quadraat Sans Light & Italic
ff Quadraat Sans & Italic
* ff Quadraat Sans Demi Bold & Italic
ff Quadraat Sans Bold & Italic
* ff Quadraat Sans Cond Thin & Italic
* ff Quadraat Sans Cond Extralight & Italic
* ff Quadraat Sans Cond Light & Italic
ff Quadraat Sans Cond & Italic
* ff Quadraat Sans Cond Demi Bold & Italic
ff Quadraat Sans Cond Bold & Italic

Qu FF
a
Dis draat
pla
y

FF aat
r
ad er
Qu adlin
He

Alternates

ff
Quadraat
Sans
+
Cond

Sans

FF a t
a
adr Qu s Dis
San lay
p

RaKl
RaKl

* new

FF Quadraat Sans Display Semi Bold

FF Quadraat Headliner Black
FF Quadraat Sans Mono Regular & Italic
FF Quadraat Sans Mono Bold & Italic
Serif

ff Quadraat & Italic

* ff Quadraat Demi Bold & Italic
ff Quadraat Bold & Italic
FF Quadraat Display Regular Italic
FF Quadraat Display Bold Italic
FF Quadraat Headliner Light & Italic
FF Quadraat Headliner Bold & Italic

the original designs, many character shapes were

carefully redesigned and fine-tuned. Furthermore
three delicate light weights were added to the Sans
and Sans Condensed versions, and new Demi
weights for all the variants bridge the gap between
Regular and Bold. Every single weight in Serif, Sans,
and Sans Condensed now has Small Caps, as well as
Pro character sets with Latin & Cyrillic Extended,
adding about 100 languages. Finally the descending
tail of the K and R are now held in check in alternative
glyphs.

8 Weights
black
Italic

bold
Italic

extra
thin
Italic

ff SERO

medium
Italic

plus Italics

thin
Italic

extra
light
Italic

light
Italic
regular
Italic

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fonts

ff sero

fontfont.com/fonts/sero

Aa

Esquirol

Through thick and

Extra Thin

esquilo-vermelho

Almindeligt egern

Rud vvere

Wewjrka

S m a l l Ca p s

w/ F i g u r e s 1 2 3

en masse

Jrg Hemkers versatile sans ff Sero combines the striking forms

of an American Grotesque with the legibility of a Humanist sans serif
typeface. It possesses open counters, a distinct x-height and a
homogeneous grey value. During the seven years of development the
classic letter forms have matured and form a balanced, autonomous
typeface. Eight harmonized weights and an extensive character set
allow for flexible and versatile typography. Crillic and Greek characters
provide an extended language support.

New Weights!

FF Signa

FF Signa Serif

FF Signa a typically Danish

typeface is rooted in architectural

Extra Light + Italic

lettering rather than book typogra-

Light + Italic

phy. This sans serif of concise letter

Semi Bold + Italic

Book + Italic

forms and a minimum of detail

Bold + Italic

Bold + Italic

joined the growing collection of

Black + Italic

sans/serif type systems when the

Extra Black + Italic

serif variant was added in 2005.

Ultra + Italic

FF Signa continues to expand its

Light + Italic

Book + Italic

Black + Italic

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fonts

Condensed

ff signa/serif

fontfont.com/fonts/signa
fontfont.com/fonts/signa-serif

super family with another addition.

In 2011, the face added six fonts

Condensed Light + Italic

Condensed Book + Italic

Serif Street

Sans Serif Street

a companion italic.

Condensed Black + Italic

Extra Black, and Ultra, each with

Condensed Bold + Italic

in three new weights: Extra Light,

Now both versions are available as

Extended

stylish stencil designs.

Extended Light + Italic

Extended Book + Italic
Extended Bold + Italic
Extended Black + Italic

 Ole Sndergaards stencil faces

can be used to produce actual
stencils, but more often
than not they are selected for
their unique aesthetic. It is
fascinating to see how separate

FF Signa Stencil

floating fragments combine

FF Signa Serif Stencil

FF Signa Stencil Book

FF Signa Stencil Bold
FF Signa Stencil Black

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fonts

ff signa stencil

fontfont.com/fonts/signa-stencil
fontfont.com/fonts/signa-serif-stencil

to form recognizable character

shapes. The way those letters

FF Signa Serif Stencil Book

FF Signa Serif Stencil Bold
FF Signa Serif Stencil Black

rhus
Esbjerg
Trollhttan
Lyngby-Taarbk

are cut up gives a stencil design

its specific character.

Kbenhavn
Snderborg

Holbk
Vxj

&
ff Spinoza
an elegant
workhorse

spinoza

Regular

Medium

Bold

Black

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fonts

ff spinoza

fontfont.com/fonts/spinoza

*
ff Spinoza Regular
ff Spinoza Regular Italic
ff Spinoza Medium
ff Spinoza Medium Italic
ff Spinoza Bold
ff Spinoza Bold Italic
ff Spinoza Black
ff Spinoza Black Italic
*

Max Phillips developed ff Spinoza over a period

of eleven years. With the goal of readability in
mind, Phillips named the typeface after 17th cen
tury rationalist and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza, a
man whose job it was to help people see clearly.
The family is meant as an elegant workhorse, a
classic text family with just enough individual
character to hold its own in display sizes.
It was inspired by mid-century German book
faces like Trump Mediaeval and Aldus, and by
the types of Nicolas Kis.
The forms are narrow and economical, with
open counters. The line is firm and distinct.
It has strong thick strokes and serifs to help it
grip the page. Its intended virtues are
firmness, clarity and modesty.

ABCDE
FGHIJK
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RSTUVW
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abcde
fghijklmn
opqrstu
vwxyz
abcde
fghijklmn
opqrst
uvwxyz
01234567890123456789 $

!#$&()*+/%?@[]\

x
x y
x
x
y y
x
x x
x
x
y
x
y
y

A
A
A A O
A O
A OA
O
A
A
AO O

fonts

Shrubs
timberline

ff tundra

fontfont.com/fonts/tundra

lichens
grasses

e
e ne
c n a
a a
n ce
c
a
n

sedges

g
M

O 7
q 8 k
m

j

F b
a
l

mosses

permafrost

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50

100

150

200

6 weigh t s
& Italics

ff Tundra Extra Light

FF Tundra Extra Light Italic
ff Tundra Light
FF Tundra Light Italic
ff Tundra Regular
FF Tundra Regular Italic
ff Tundra Medium
FF Tundra Medium Italic
ff Tundra Demi Bold
FF Tundra Demi Bold Italic
ff Tundra Bold
FF Tundra Bold Italic

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ff Tundra
where no trees grow

line. Ludwig bele combined strong

for continuous text, it is also suitable for

ffTundra is a narrow serif typeface with

serifs, flat shoulders (see n) and open yet

magazines and headlines (specifically

stressed forms and soft contours.

heavy endings (see a, e, c) with a moderate

the Extra Light) and will surely work in

The idea evolved from investigating how

Ludwig beles Award-Winning design

contrast to achieve a balanced, legible

newspapers as well. The family consists

a narrow typeface should look for opti-

typeface with a distinct softness and

of six weights from Extra Light to Bold,

mal readability. To avoid a fence-effect,

humanity.

each with Italics and Small Caps and

ffTundra emphasizes the horizontal

Although ffTundra has been designed

many OpenType layout features.

c.

fontfont
updates
ff Info
ff Profile
ff Meta Hebrew
ff Meta Serif
ff Nexus
ff Unit
New Web FontFonts

ff Info Text FF Info Display

FF Info Correspondence
Erik Spiekermanns and Ole Schfers FF Info Office is the
You

typeface Erik Spiekermann himself feels should be more

are

popular because it works well on screen and is really

here

cool but nobody has found it behind the larger FF Info

Text and Display families. It has been renamed FF Info
Correspondence to avoid confusion with the Office font

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format. The complete FF Info family, one of the best

fonts

ff info

fontfont.com/fonts/info-correspondence
fontfont.com/fonts/info-text
fontfont.com/fonts/info-display
Pictograms: Info Pict One | Two | Three | Four

I
Vci Street
Krakowskie
Przedmiescie

wayfinding type systems, was carefully fine-tuned and

has now been upgraded to Pro language support.

putrajaya
Spreuerhofstrae

Abbey Road

Champs-lyses
Hna Highway

Baldwin Street

 hortcuts are
S
not always good.
Take the long 
road around the 
corners

ff Info Text Regular Italic

ff Info Text Book Italic
ff Info Text Medium Italic
ff Info Text Semi Bold Italic
ff Info Text Bold Italic
FF Info Display Regular
FF Info Display Book
FF Info Display Medium
FF Info Display Semi Bold
FF Info Display Bold
FF Info Correspondence Regular Italic
FF Info Correspondence Medium Italic
FF Info Correspondence Bold Italic

Camden
High Street

Plaa Catalunya

5 AV

Kungsportsavenyn

Strget District

9 de Julio

Tarlaba Bulvar

The
journey
is the
reward

d
s

rdmiecie

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fonts

ff meta hebrew

fontfont.com/fonts/meta

ff Meta
Hebrew

Erik Spiekermanns ff Meta is the

foundation of the FontFont library,
released at the labels inception
and still a signature of the brand.

Its ancestor PT55 (1985) was conceived

for the West German Post Office (Deutsche

Bundespost) as an economical typeface for
use at small point sizes, but once ff Meta was
released to the public it was used for nearly
everything, quickly becoming one of the most
popular typefaces of the computer era. It has
been called the Helvetica of the 90s not
because the two typefaces have anything aesthetically in common but because ff Meta
fulfills so well the needs of modern communication. In 2011 Oded Ezer designed a Hebrew
version for Book and Bold.

http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/

ff Meta
Serif

It took three years and three designers

to develop ff Meta Serif. All through

367
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fonts

ff meta serif

fontfont.com/fonts/meta-serif

Through their combined experience,

ral attempts at designing a counterpart

the designers created a typeface with

for his groundbreaking ff Meta. Fans

metrics that are not mathematically

of ff Meta frequently asked him which

identical to ff Meta, but optically the

serif face would best complement

same. Now what you see is what you

it. He recommended Swift, Minion,

get, a harmonious serif/sans type

ffClifford, and others, until he rea-

system. While it is a typeface that can

lized that he should just buckle down

stand up on its own in a wide range of

and draw his own serif companion.

applications, the extra benefit of

True to his principle of collaborati-

ff Meta Serif is its close relationship

on, Spiekermann enlisted the help of

to its sans serif sister. The two fami-

accomplished type designers Christian

lies can be mixed in the same line and

Schwartz and KrisSowersby.

one can be used to accentuate the

in with the existing ff Meta family.

the 90s, Erik Spiekermann made seve-

The character set has been expanded

to include Greek and Cyrillic

Obviously, a serif Meta needs to fit

other. Using both on the same page

adds variety and meaning to a text.

latin Capital letter M

004d

ff Meta Serif Book

& Book Italic
ff Meta Serif Medium
& Medium Italic
ff Meta Serif Bold
& Bold Italic
ff Meta Serif Black
& Black Italic

cyrillic

greek

ff Meta Serif is available in four

weights: Book, Medium, Bold, and
Black, each with Italics. All styles
include Small Caps, lining 123 and
oldstyle figures 123 in proportional
and tabular widths, and a range of
arrows and other symbols . With
the help of Ralph du Carrois, its character set has now been expanded to
include Greek and Cyrillic.

ff Nexus Serif
ff Nexus Sans
ff Nexus Mix
&
Between 1988 and 1994 Martin Majoor designed
ff Scala and ff Scala Sans. The idea behind ff Scala
was to design a humanistic serif typeface from
which a sans serif version would be derived. Majoor
called it: two typefaces, one form principle, and it
would become the basis of his type

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fonts

ff nexus

fontfont.com/fonts/nexus-sans
fontfont.com/fonts/nexus-serif
fontfont.com/fonts/nexus-mix
fontfont.com/fonts/nexus-typewriter

design philosophy. Since ff Scalas

release, the combination of a serif
and sans version has proven to be

highly successful in corporate, book, and newspaper

design. Ten years later, Majoor expanded his idea of

FF Nexus Typewriter

n
x

ff Nexus Sans
ff Nexus Sans Italic
ff Nexus Sans Bold
ff Nexus Sans Bold Italic

ff Nexus Mix
ff Nexus Mix Italic
ff Nexus Mix Bold
ff Nexus Mix Bold Italic

two typefaces, one form principle into three typefaces,

ff Nexus Serif
ff Nexus Serif Italic
ff Nexus Serif Bold
ff Nexus Serif Bold Italic

one form principle, with a new family of typefaces as

a result. ff Nexus borrows some of its structure
from ff Scala, but adds the slab-like ff Nexus Mix
and monospaced FF Nexus Typewriter to the
set. Its OpenType layout features, such as built-in
small caps, alternate glyphs, and optional swash
glyphs make it an extremely versatile type system.

FF Nexus Typewriter
FF Nexus Typewriter Italic
FF Nexus Typewriter Bold
FF Nexus Typewriter Bold Italic

ff includes Greek
Profile
now

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fonts

ff profile

fontfont.com/fonts/profile

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Martin Wenzels ff Profile is one of the most

beautiful humanist sans serifs in the FontFont
library. This clear, uncluttered and attractive
family based on the broad-nibbed pen was already
available in OpenType Pro format. Its character
set has now been expanded to include Greek.

5
5

and not just Greek

Light Italic
.
Regular Italic

Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic

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fonts

ff unit

fontfont.com/fonts/unit
fontfont.com/fonts/unit-slab
fontfont.com/fonts/unit-rounded

ff unit
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic
Ultra Italic

ff unit slab
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
Bold Italic
Black Italic
Ultra Italic

ff Unit | ff Unit Slab

incl. Greek and Cyrillic
ff Unit was designed by Erik Spiekermann and produced by

Christian Schwartz. ff Unit is the grown-up, no-nonsense sister of

Spiekermanns famous ff Meta. | With ff Unit, puppy fat is off, some
curves are gone and the shapes are tighter. While ff Meta has
always been a little out-of-line and not exactly an over-engineered

disciplined. | It is
, typeface, ff Unit is less outspoken and moresmall and large, but
like ff Meta very suitable for use quite

,
.

.

.

FF Unit lacks some of the diagonal strokes and curves that give
ff Meta its slight informality. | However, ff Unit is not cold or
uptight, just cool: no redundant ornamentation, just a lot of
character. The tighter shapes make it suitable for big headlines
set tight. | Smaller sizes benefit from the increased contrast
between vertical and horizontal strokes and open spacing. Thin
and Light perform well set large, displaying the characters to
their advantage. | There is a great difference in weight between
the Thin and Ultra, providing a good range of weights for contrasting combinations. Alternate characters (a/a, g/g, i/i, j/j, l/l,
U/U, M/M) make for interesting headlines. | The small caps are
a bit larger than normal, making them suitable for abbreviations
and acronyms. The many weights include old style, regular, and
tabular figures. FF Unit Pro is now available with Cyrillic and
Greek character sets. The entire FF Unit super family consists of
FF Unit, FF Unit Slab, and FF Unit Rounded. |

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Web FontFonts
2011

Ra
ff Info Display

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fonts

web fontfonts

headline: ff Quadraat Sans

fontname: ff Unit

Ra Ra
ff Info Text

ff Isonorm

Ra Ra
ff Balance

Ra Ra
ff Ernestine

Ra Ra Ra

ff Magda

ff More

ff Chambers Sans

ff Nexus Sans

ff Info
Correspondence

Ra

ff Nexus Serif

Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra

ff Nexus Mix

ff Nexus
Typewriter

ff Nuvo Mono

ff OCR-F

ff Oxide

ff Profile

ff QType

Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra

ff QType Square

ff Sanuk

ff Sari

ff Sero

ff Signa Serif

ff Signa

ff Signa Serif
Stencil

Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra

ff Signa
Correspondence

ff Spinoza

ff Tartine Script

ff Tundra

ff Utility

ff Zwo

ff Zwo
Correspondence

d.

inside
fontfont
Facts & Figures
Meet the Type Department

Facts &
Figures

in the office

fontfonts
Most awarded
FontFont

Meetings per Year

Average shoe size

40 7

Too many
and a half
Number of Screens

47
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inside

facts & figures

fonts: ff More and ff Good

EU

US

Number of
colleagues
newborns

Pages / Visit

on Site

00:03:51 3.18
Internet
Explorer
12.87%
Firefox
35.62%
Safari
21.39%

Mobile Device Share

iPod
5.49%

Top 5 Content
01. Homepage
02. /find
03. /fonts
04. /free
05. /designers

Search Engines Share

Blackberry 0.71%
Nokia 0.16%
others 0.12%

yahoo 0.76%
bing 0.71%
search 0.22%
yandex 0.17%
others 0.15%

Android
16.02%

iPad
27.9%
Chrome
25.59%

FontFont Designer Distribution

Girls

Average Time

Mozilla
Compatible
Agent and
Others
4.53%

160

Boys

fontfont.com

Browser Share

ff Spinoza

Number of
FontFont Designers

iPhone
50%

google
97.97%

64 germany
17 United kingdom
13 netherlands
12 USA
8 canada
5 france
4 each austria | denmark | italy | sweden
3 each spain | switzerland
2 each israel | slovakia | Lebanon | Finland
1each Argentina | Belgium | Greece | Hungary | Japan | Korea |
Lithuania | New Zealand | Poland | Russia | Slovenia

The smallest
Netherlands Antilles
and biggest
country from Russian Federation
which we
receive orders

800km

17,075,400km

Top 5
FontFonts with
the biggest sales
increase in 2011

01. ff OCRF
02. ff Dagny
03. ff Bau
04. ff Clan
05. ff Milo/ff Milo Serif

Facts &
Figures

from ff designers

twitter

our favorite tweets of the year

The best concert

of the year?

Twitter followers

15,396
Mogwai
Jrg Hemker

Essentially Mogwais music is all

about structure and rhythm, just
like type design.

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(BG and Aquarium)

Julia
Sysmlinen Nizhni Novgorod, April.
inside

facts & figures

fonts: ff More and ff Good

BG (Boris Grebenschikov) is a one

of the founding fathers of Russian rock music and my absolute
favorite artist.

The iTunes song(s) played

the most often in 2011

Number of photos taken

in 2011

Stefanie Schwarz

yanone

01.
02.
03.

Tweets total

1,840

Amy Winehouse
Love is a losing game

The favorite dish

of the year

Red cabbage
salad
Erik van
Blokland

My favorite dish this year is Masaman curry

because Ive eaten this curry for years but
recently, I learnt to cook it by myself. This is
a Thai curry with coconut milk and peanuts.
Aroy mah khap!

zero

Pete Warren

I pissed on my cat last

night (neither of us are
proud of it)
Timothy Donaldson

@fontlaberrors
Oh FontLab, you son of a
software!

dont LOL when you can!

Dont !! when you can! And
never !? OR ?! when you
can

Yanone

*on December 19th, 2011

426

(it was more than that but I delete the

bad ones on the spot)

If you are reading this

then stop it and GET BACK
TO WORK.

Gran Sderstrm

Red cabbage salad with red onions and spicy

dressing. Or homemade pumpkin soup with
ginger.

digital

Timothy Donaldson

Your eyes doesnt change

when looking at type
on different devices. A
good typeface is a good
typeface.

analog

David Bowie
various albums
Amy Winehouse
Back to black
Pink Floyd
Dark side of the moon

Johannes Erler

01.

If writer Philip K. Dick

were still alive and on
facebook, one could get
Poked by Dick

Masaman
curry

Timothy Donaldson

I have nothing to tweet

and Im tweeting it.
Timothy Donaldson

Just paid a woman to

clamp my jaw open, stick
her fist in my mouth, stab
me with needles & drill
holes in my bones. Ah,
lamour du dentiste.
Pete Warren

New Font Classification:

Category 1: The Fonts I
Need Right Now. Category
2: The Fonts I Do Not Need
Right Now.

Fact: Google.com gives

better results if you add
please to the query.

Just mispelled larger and

typed lager. Mmm. Lager.

Letteror (EvB)

Pete Warren

Letteror (EvB)

Xavier Dupr

Meet the
Type department
Have you been curious about the team
behind the production process of
all of our FontFonts? Heres a short
interview with the characters in our
type department.

45

inside

Andreas

Inka

Jens

Christoph

type department

headline & copy: ff Sero

questions: ff Nexus Serif
Caption: ff Mister K Informal

Andreas Frohloff

Christoph Koeberlin

Head of Type Department

Font Technician

If you were a FontFont which one would you be and why?

If you were a FontFont which one would you be and why?

ff Amman because the family is well designed in the sense

ff Quadraat Sans SC Web Pro Condensed Extra Light Italic,

that its not so digital-smooth and glossy.The characters of

DirectWrite rendered at 31 px for obvious reasons!

the fonts have character :)

ff quadraat sans condensed

ff Amman Serif / Sans

What is your favorite music?
I like a broad range of music e.g. Jethro Tull, Neil Young,
Keb Mo or Norah Jones

What was the biggest challenge for you in 2011?

The biggest challenge was to successfully perform
calligraphy workshops at the TYPO London.

What is your favorite music?

Gebrder Marx, currently.

What was the biggest challenge for you in 2011?

Answering these questions!

 Would you like to know more

about our Type Department?
Check out this video: www.vimeo.com/15232514

Inka Strotmann
Chief Font Technician

Font Technician

If you were a FontFont which one would you be and why?

46

Jens Kutilek
If you were a FontFont which one would you be and why?

I would be ff Schmalhans Bold. Schmalhans is a very coninside

type department

headline & copy: ff Sero

questions: ff Nexus Serif

I actually had to ask my wife about this, its always hard to

densed font with a large x-height and was first drawn in the

compare yourself to something like a typeface

70s. Like me, I was born in the 70s. I have wide legs, I am

I would be ff Spinoza. At first sight, it looks quite sober and

not really fat but I am broad in the beam so I look like con-

not very fancy, but once you get to know it better, you will

densed bold. Schmalhans is very clear and I am also very

discover interesting details and how it can take you a long

straight in the things I like to do.

way. Im also more book than display type.

FF Schmalhans Bold

ff Spinoza

What is your favorite music?

My favorite band is, for over 20 years now, Current 93.

What was the biggest challenge for you in 2011?

What is your favorite music?

My all-time favorite band has to be The Magnetic Fields, for
their stylistic experiments and unparalleled lyrical wit. Earlier

I had to draw my first uppercase German double s. It will be

this year I kept listening to the various Johnny Cash concerts

interesting to see if this glyph will be used and which form

recorded in prisons. It was fascinating how different the

will be the favorite. My big private event this year was my

atmosphere and performances were between them.

first individual time trial. I trained a lot with my triathlon

What was the biggest challenge for you in 2011?

bike to achieve a good result and I was very happy with my

To move into a new flat. I had completely forgotten how

time at the end.

time-consuming and work-intensive that was.

e.

almost
the end
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hans reichel
19492011

The Wuppertal musician, instrument builder, graphic designer

The ff Dax family was gradually augmented with

and type designer Hans Reichel suddenly and unex-

compact, condensed and wide versions, and italics

pectedly passed away in his studio on November 22,

for all variants.

2011. Designers and typographers know him as the

creator of the popular Barmeno and the world-renowned ffDax family. Other type designs by Reichel are
ffDaxline, ffSari, ffSchmalhans, and ffRoutes.
Hans Reichel appeared on the type scene with his first

Also ff Dax was subsequently revisited. Seeing Akira

Kobayashis lecture about Adrian Frutigers Avenir
Next at TYPO Berlin 2004 inspired Hans Reichel to
start working on ffDaxline. The improved proportions
and increased stress make it better suited for text

design Barmeno, an idiosyncratic sans serif released

in 1983 by Berthold. He would revisit this concept of a

better typeface it is clearer, airier and more

rounded spurless design in 1999 with ffSari. Expan-

versatile. Reichel toyed with the idea of creating a

ding on his original ideas he devised a more versatile

condensed version, but wasnt sure if hed still be

and complete interpretation, with a wider range of

able to swing it at his retirement age. Sadly, now

weights and a comprehensive character set.

Photo: Marc Eckardt

use. Personally Reichel thought ff Daxline to be the

we will never know.

Although Barmeno and ffSari enjoyed seizable success,

Through the music he created, through the instruments he

Hans Reichels real breakthrough as a type designer

built, and through the typefaces he designed Hans

came with the typographic powerhouse ffDax.

Reichel shone as a fiercely original voice. With the

Slightly more angular and systematic than its prede-

disappearance of this multitalented maverick artist

cessor, this immensely popular type family has

the type and music world is left a little poorer.

become arguably one of the most used advertising

faces worldwide since its release fifteen years ago.

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ff Sero

ff Signa Serif Stencil

ff Tundra

&

ff Profile

ff Profile

ff Karbid

ff Tundra

ff Spinoza

ff Karbid Text

ff Spinoza

not quite an

FontFont
in 2011

ff Nexus Sans

ff Sero

&

ff Meta Serif

ff Unit

ff Profile

annual report

ff Ernestine

ff Unit Slab

ff Profile

ff Spinoza

ff Karbid

ff Nexus Serif Italic

ff Meta

ff Quadraat Sans

the end
and yet, the beginning.

See you in 2012.