Indie Fonts Off the Press

From what I understand, many of the foundries featured will have copies for sale on their own sites, such as typotheque and font diner. Might be a nice way to support your favorite foundry.

. . . And get it autographed!

:D

Those of us attending the planning committee meeting for Typo2003: Counter Culture, were able to see an advance copy of this very nice book! It's amazing the benefits one gets when volunteering to help SOTA!

What I find most interesting is that there seems to be a market in physical sample books even for small font foundries! If there's any proof that print is *not* dead, that's it right there. Not that the web is useless - not at all. I guess the two complement each other.

hhp

I think printed sample books are essential. I think ITC made a big mistake when they stopped printing U&lc and went to online-only.

not to mention the fact that U&lc online seems to serve no function. and it's ugly besides!

I suspect that a lot of foundries are depending on outfits like Precision Type to act as their specimen providers. It's certainly one off my main reference books .

> Precision Type [is] certainly one off my main reference books.

Really?

I mean, I know of its existence, but throughout my "heavy exposure" of the past 4.5 years it's never seemed to be anything central.

hhp

Besides Precision Type's and FontShop's Font Book, are there any other comprehensive font specimen books? Which one dou you guys prefer?

Indie Fonts and Indie Fonts 2 (and of course the inevitable Indie Fonts 3) will no doubt be considered the "most comprehensive Type Specimen reference books for independent type design" ...IMHO

So, everyone loves specimen books. Apparently, most type geeks would even pay a reasonably princely sum to have a decent one. Given the rave reviews that Indie Fonts is getting, there is an obvious pent up demand for well-done, multi-foundry type reference tomes.

So, I ask this question...

What would you like to see in a modern specimen book that isn't being currently addressed by Indie Fonts or FontShop?

My copy arrived minutes ago and I can’t help showing it off to everyone that walks past my office. Thank you Richard, James, Tamye and all involved for creating such a fabulous reference. I can’t say I’m surprised at how professional the book is—given your previous work I wouldn’t expect anything less—but I am extremely impressed.

Congratulations for such a bang-up job. If only I’d thought to get if signed. <sigh>