{"id":274,"date":"2009-01-23T02:39:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T09:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2009-10-30T05:32:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T12:32:48","slug":"introducing-jeanne-moderno-9-new-modernist-fonts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/274","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Jeanne Moderno, 9 new modernist fonts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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get modern[o]<\/strong>
\nThis is what I’ve been up to for the past year. Instead of plopping down in front of the tee vee, I decided to do something a bit more productive. <\/p>\n

Last January I started working on a font idea I’ve had brewing for about 10 years. Sketched a lot, poured thru my collection of type books, fired up Fontlab, put on some music (bands of choice: theSTART<\/a> and iVellora<\/a>) (and actually, I could only draw these letters when listening to Aimee, Chelsea + co) and I basically took myself through one letter after another  . . .  and<\/p>\n

with some final tweaks this week by Rod Cavazos and his team at Psy\/Ops in San Francisco, I am happy to announce today the release of my newest fonts!<\/p>\n

Jeanne Moderno is a synthesis of Bodoni Italic, 19th Century Fat Faces and elements from early 20th century (pre-bauhaus) modernism.<\/p>\n

Jeanne Moderno is a ‘revisionary’ typeface, in that it incorporates elements that sort of existed, and also didn’t exist. Kind of modern, a bit steampunk, with a twist of fashion  . . .  all together raw and elegant.<\/p>\n

With a geometric version<\/a> just for anyone who wants a change from Futura Black<\/a> or font menu standby, Braggadocio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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purchasing options<\/strong>
\nYou can download your very own copy of Jeanne Moderno thru the steve mehallo foundry<\/em> at MyFonts<\/a>. MyFonts also has a set of my historical ‘specimen’ images in the gallery section.<\/p>\n

Psy\/Ops was the first foundry to release Jeanne Moderno, and you can order your copy here<\/a>. Jeanne Moderno is also available thru my friends at Ascender<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’ve set up a few different purchasing options for Jeanne Moderno. We have the fonts available as a superset (9 fonts for 99 bucks US) or individually (32 bucks US) – basically, whatever you choose, Jeanne Moderno is about the same price you’d pay for a really good book.<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to everyone who has supported me in this endeavor. Especially my wife, who is the namesake of this particular type family. <\/p>\n

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