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FontFont is the library of original typefaces issued by FontShop International. Founded by Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody in 1990, as a foundry where type was made “for designers, by designers”. Acquired together with font distributor FontShop by Monotype in 2014.
Below are some personal writings on web typography, and its potential use on Wikipedia. It focuses on fonts that are installed by default, as these provide a stable installed base. It also focuses heavily on Windows. Information relating to other platforms is very welcome.
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The word font (traditionally spelled fount in British English, but in any case pronounced / ˈ f ɒ n t /) derives from Middle French fonte "[something that has been] melted; a casting". The term refers to the process of casting metal type at a type foundry .
FontShop International was an international manufacturer of digital typefaces , based in Berlin. It was one of the largest digital type foundries . The FontFont library of fonts contains designs by 160 type designers, [1] among them renowned designers such as Peter Biľak , Evert Bloemsma , Erik van Blokland , Neville Brody , Martin Majoor ...
Germany. The now defunct FontFont type foundry was established by legendary Joan and Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody in the 1990 in Berlin, Germany, and acquired by Monotype in 2014. It was and is best known for its wide range of extremely popular typefaces, including FF Din. foundry website.
Nov 10, 2015 · November 10, 2015 by Yves Peters. One of the type families that undeniably shaped the iconic FontFont library is Albert-Jan Pool ’s FF DIN® typeface family. At the suggestion of Erik Spiekermann during a taxi cab ride, Albert-Jan examined the rigid, mechanical shapes of the DIN 1451 Mittelschrift and Engschrift typefaces.
Best of FontFont. From the very beginning in 1989, FontFont wanted to bend the rules and test typographic boundaries, to build a library with a collection like no other: A range of typefaces that had different styles, different purposes, that was contemporary, experimental, unorthodox, and radical. Fast-forward and 30 years later FontFont is ...
