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Kingfisher, a new typefaceFootnote04introducesourlatesttypeface,Kingfisher™.Thistypehashadalongdesignperiodbeingoriginallystartedinearly200�,butnotcompletedduetoothercommitments.Bymid2004workstartedagainandKingfisherwasfinallycompletedinMay2005.Theoriginsofthetypefacecameaboutfromadesiretoknowwhymorenewtypefacesarenotusedinbookprintingtoday.Whilenewtypesarecommontothe‘coffee-tablebook’,aswellasforhigherqualityhardbackeditions,theinteriorofthehumblepaperbackstillsuffersfromalackofsuchattention.Resultinginpoortextbothvisuallyandactualproductionquality.

Kingfisherhasbeendesignedwiththerequirementsofpublishinginmind.Thetypehasagoodcolourforcontinuoustextsetting.ThereisanextensivecharactersetthatallowsforthesettingofmostlanguagesthatusetheLatinalphabet.Itprovidessmallcapitalswithassociatedsortsandfigurestomatch,superiorletters,pre-builtvulgarandnutfractionsandtheadditionof‘plug-in’swashelements.

Cover and page spread from the Kingfisher specimen book

InadditiontotheRegularandBoldweights,thereisaHeavyweightandaDisplayvariant.TheDisplayfontsaremoresharplydetailedthantheothersandareintendedforuseatlargesizeswheresuchdetailingwillbecomeapparent.

Informationandsamplesettingscanbefoundatwww.typography.net/type/kingfisher.htm

Opening pages from the Kingfisher specimen book

Kingfisher Regular set 10 on 13

C*DisplayC*Regulare*

C*BoldC*Heavy

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Microsoft WindowsIn2003JeremyTankardwascommissionedtodesignasansseriffontforpartoftheClearType®collectiontobeincludedinthenewMicrosoftWindows®OS,codenamedLonghorn.The

ClearTypecollectionwasfirstshownattheATypIconferenceinPragueinSeptember2004.Abooktitled‘Nowreadthis’waspublishedbyMicrosoftillustratingthenewcollection.Ourtypeface,calledCorbel™includesnotonlyLatinbutalsoGreekandCyrilliclanguagesupport.MicrosofthasabriefintroductiontotheClearTypefontcollectionatwww.microsoft.com/resources/design/ClearType.htmlAreviewofthefontscanbefoundatwww.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683Themagazine,Typo,haspartofanarticleaboutthefontsinthePDFversionwww.magtypo.cz/download/TYPO_2004_��.pdf.WhenthenewWindowsOSshipsweaimtoproduceanissueofFootnotedescribingCorbelinmoredetail.TheCyrillicofCorbelhaswonanawardatTypeArt’05,someinformationcanbefoundatwww.typeart.ru

The city of SheffieldCommissionedbyLondondesigngroupAtelierWorks,wehavedesignedatypefacetobeusedfortheConnectSheffieldwayfindingprojectthroughoutthecitycentreofSheffieldintheUK.ThetypehasrecentlybeenjudgedbestofclassinthetypographysectionoftheSpanish-basedLAUSawards.Thetypewillbecomeavailabletothepublicwithawidercharactersetin2006.

Spread from ‘Now read this’ published by Microsoft

Early development sketches for Corbel Latin and Cyrillic

Sketches for the Sheffield Sans typeface