FSI FontShop International announced the latest additions to its award-winning FontFont® typeface library. The independent foundry released two new type families from innovative European designers, along with language extensions and OpenType® upgrades to a selection of popular FontFonts.
The New FontFonts
FF Clan™ is an extensive family from Warsaw’s Lukasz Dziedzic. A fresh take on the contemporary sans model, FF Clan is comprised of seven weights in six widths. Dziedzic’s experience in publication design is evident in these strong, readable types, which feature a large x-height, short descenders, and small caps for all weights. The thin weight is delicate but substantial, ideal for fashion and cosmetic campaigns. On the other end of the spectrum, the ultra weight makes a powerful statement in posters and dramatic headlines. No stranger to experimentation, the self-taught Dziedzic imbued FF Clan with a distinct personality that engages the reader while remaining truly legible.
FF Soul™ is the creation of Amsterdam’s Donald Beekman. A musician, DJ, and chief of an underground record label, Beekman also develops branding and packaging for his colleagues in the entertainment business. FF Soul evolved from a logo he drew for Dutch club/house label Hardsoul. A brash, meaty face, Hardsoul has hard edges and a rock-and-roll feel. Softsoul’s rounded corners show the softer side of this family, mixing the spirit of the 1970s-80s disco and new wave music scenes with a modern tone. FF Soul boasts a pair of display styles with five weights each, and is best suited to graphic display work and larger text settings.
FontFont Language Extensions and OpenType Versions
In keeping with its mission to offer enhanced options to type users, FSI has announced important extensions to a number of FontFont designs. FF Clan™, FF Signa™ Correspondence, and FF Seria® have been extended with Baltic, Central European, and Turkish character sets. FF Signa™ and FF Signa™ Italic now support the Turkish character set.
Type designers and type users worldwide have embraced the cross-platform OpenType format, which offers a wealth of advanced typographic features and extended language support. FontFont has released OpenType Standard (Western language) and Pro (multilingual) versions of FF Clan, FF Seria, and FF Signa, as well as OT Standard versions of FF Blur and FF Soul.
New FontFont designs and additional upgrades are currently in production. For more information about the FontFont collection, its designers, and other news, please visit www.fontfont.com <https://www.fontfont.com> .
About FontFonts
Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody launched the FontFont brand in 1990 with the goal of producing innovative digital typefaces by designers for designers. FontFonts represent the work of 130 designers worldwide, with over 3,900 contemporary fonts in the collection. The FontFont library features some of the most popular typefaces in use today, including FF Meta, FF DIN, FF Scala®, FF Eureka® Sans, FF Kievit™, and FF Fago™.
This article was last modified on January 10, 2022
This article was first published on January 3, 2007
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