‘Exciting, Neue, Romance! Adventure!’
‘Love Boot’ prints, cards and postcards.
Vintage, repeating playbill poster design featuring type and boot dingbat from my Jeanne Moderno fonts.
And . . . Save $10 on your order of $35 or more at my store. Restrictions apply, go here for details/to get the discount.
(The prints come out really nice too)
Niedermann Grotesk is my newest font and it’s been sitting in the hopper for awhile.
It became a side project that appeared while I’d been working on my update to Jeanne Moderno (which is Jeanne Texte, which has been in a little limbo due to other projects) (I plan on getting back to it next month).
Along the way I fell in love with types that were part of the German Sachplakat (object poster) style pioneered by the great Lucian Bernhard – a lot of which can be seen (as backgrounds) in their original zeitgeist settings in the 1927 Ruttmann film I posted on Sunday.
Plakat lettering was drawn as needed, typically painted. For my adaptation, I went back to brush – and included a handful of alternative characters, ligatures, plus a few dingbats.
Grab your copy here.
And . . . Save 31%! Niedermann Grotesk is on sale right now at MyFonts. Sale ends September 22, 2011.
‘Another inspiration was the film MAX (2002), written and directed by one of Emigre magazine’s founders, Menno Meyjes . . . I decided Jeanne would be a fictional typeface that was released in 1918, the timeframe from the movie.’
Ascender is running a little sale on some of my fonts. 25% off until March 5, 2011. Offer only available thru Ascender’s website. For details, go here.
(and watch the trailer for MAX here)
Nina Stoessinger does great work. Pictured, a bilingual birth announcement she designed for a friend, using my Jeanne Moderno Titling font, paired with FontFont’s Dagny Thin.
She dropped a few to me in the post. It’s always great to see how my fonts end up being used.
Congratulations to the new parents – and Laura!
‘I walk into a sea full of beauty’ -Brooke Burke, host
Another Jeanne Moderno spotting: Used for titles on TV Land’s third season of She’s Got The Look.
Judge Robert Verdi (above) can be really funny too. Been a fan since he was on that reality show where he used to sneak into people’s houses, redesign their rooms and make them cry at the end.
Click the above image to watch a preview/jump.
Found via Shandi Pierzina
Jeanne Moderno spotted in the logo for Know-It-All Grrl Vintage’s Ebay shop. Though not too surprising. Know-It-All Grrl (Michelle, above) is a friend.
‘Baskerville, a bad asskerville’
This spring, my Digital Typography students set out to make a short film about type history.
The class – held at The Art Institute of California Sacramento – was set up like a working design studio – with myself as ‘hands off creative director.’ All students had a role, from art direction to project management, web design, editing and production.
At one point, songsmith John Slingerland threw a party at his home – and invited a few unwitting guests – just to record the background vocals for the film’s gets stuck in your head musical number.
And, featured in the credits, a very early beta version of Jeanne Texte – which I had to prep for them as my homework assignment.
It was a fun quarter; this was a great team to work with, their enthusiasm snagged everyone in their handmade typographic web.
Here’s a sneak peek of some of the PROUNS-inspired dingbats that will be part of my upcoming Jeanne Texte font package.
The basic letterforms are now in technical review at Psy/Ops and I hope to have the new fonts completed and available by end of year. Crossing fingers.
Jeanne Texte is my sequel to Jeanne Moderno, which is available thru Psy/Ops, MyFonts and Ascender. Webfonts via Typekit.
‘I was at a department store here in Basel and this in-store magazine caught my eye. The focus is Barcelona and all the headings are set in what must be Jeanne Moderno!’ -Nina
Nina Stössinger not only snagged me a copy of Globus Savoir Vivre‘s Barcelona issue; she also popped it in the mail. It just arrived a couple days ago.
It’s always great to see my fonts in use. Especially when the designer uses my funky accents.
First two photos by Nina Stössinger, the rest by mehallo
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