His work can be partitioned into time periods. In 2019, he announced that he would stop making typefaces altogether. He operates as APT and more recently as AJPT. He advertizes himself as a leader in PostScript Open Type Font development specializing in the revival of print-only letterforms into digital typographic materials. Originally from Greenfield, MA, he graduated from Saddleback College, and worked for some time as a typesetter in New York. Pottstown (Philadelphia)-based designer and PostScript font hacker who ran Prescott Design and now Alan Jay Prescott Typography, but was also involved in other ventures such as the Black Walnut Winery. Marx created the monospaced programming font Smooth Bunny (2009). Creator of the display sans typeface Duma Font (2014). ĭuring her studies in Pittsburgh, PA, Adella Guo created the charcoal typeface Beatnik (2016, with Lily Fulop at CMU). Graphic designer in Pittsburgh, PA, who created the decorative caps Anatomy Typeface in 2014. Basswood was also historically used to make shields by ancient Germanic tribes. It's lightweight but strong, which also makes it a popular choice for electric guitar bodies, as well as woodwind instruments and drum shells. The wood of the basswood tree is commonly used in fishing lures. Basswood takes its name from a family of trees, also called Lime or Linden trees. Calling to mind slab-serif wooden type styles from the Industrial Revolution era, Basswood is actually based off of the shape of a spinning fishing reel.
Basswood takes up two seats on the bus, and gets sweaty when it has to climb a lot of stairs, but its low center of gravity makes it hard to knock over. It's loud and somewhat obnoxious, shouting its message at the reader in a deep, booming voice. He writes: Basswood is a high-contrast attention grabber. Īs a student at Kutztown University, Lewisberry, PA-based Adam Leisenring designed the attractive display or poster typeface Basswood (2015). Tony Mayers has died.Īscender also sells its collection. The latest address for ABC Types was in Cedars, PA. The typefaces are now digitally available from Cedars, PA-based International Type Founders (ITF), which was created by Steve Jackaman. Before ABC Types, he ran Absolutetype, where he sold the typefaces mentioned above. He created Concept Crisis (grunge face), Concept Sans, De-Generation, Generation Gothic, Generation Graffiti, Generation Headline, Generation Lost, Generation Open, Generation Pixel, Generation Uncial, Monolith Roman (2004), Monolith Sans, Poster Gothic, Ran ger, Society, and Text Gothic. In 1979, he moved to Manchester, where he founded The Quick Brown Fox Company. He learned the craft of phototypesetting. Tony produced film titles in London's West End. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated onĪBC Types is Tony Mayers' foundry.
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