Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Font Bureau

The Font Bureau, Inc. was established in 1989 by publication designer Roger Black and type designer David Berlow. Berlow started drawing letters by hand early in his career in 1978. In 1981 Berlow started using and experimenting with digital typography. Black was a director of magazines for Rolling Stone, New York, and Newsweek. In 1989 he started his own business with a focus on the design of newspapers and magazines. Which was the same year that he and Berlow established Font Bureau. Black led numerous publication design and Font Bureau created type families; the company has more than 1,500 typefaces today. Font Bureau has a vast and well-rounded collection of typefaces and type families from traditional serifs to less traditional.
David Berlow designed:1. Giza- (pictured above) designed in 1994, font based on Vincent Figgins’s 1845 specimen
2. FB Titling Gothic- designed in 2005, Ideal for newspaper titling due to its nearly 50 styles
3. Moderno FB- designed 1994-2008, Evolving for various clients strting with Esquire and Gentleman and ending with Montreal Gazette
Other fonts by Font Bureau:
4. Sloop- (pictured below) designed by Richard Lipton 1994-2002, Inspired by the calligraphic work of Raphael Boguslav
5. Miller- Designed by Matthew Carter 1997-2000
6. Quiosco- Designed by Cyrus Highsmith 2006, Allows for compactness without compromising legibility

I really enjoyed at looking at the variety that was in the FB titling Gothic font (pictured below). The variety made it fun to look at and the font was eye catching because it looks like headlines to newspapers.

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