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Montalbano Releases Alfon
Add James Montalbano's Terminal Design to the list of foundries offering OpenType fonts. Their new Alfon, with it's long narrow serifs, reminds me of Foundry Form Serif, which I always wanted to like, but seemed too mechanical somehow. Alfon doesn't have that problem — as the description on the extensive showing site says, it is "crisp yet soft, constructed but flowing, friendly yet formal".
Speaking of Montalbano, I mentioned his Clearview last year about this time. He just presented it at TypeCon, but I was up far too late playing cards with the likes of T. Phinney and L. Penney (yes, I place the blame squarely on them) and missed his talk in the morning. Those who saw it, please comment below.
Posted by Typographica | August 06, 2003 | LINK|
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We have been offering OpenType fonts since our site went up last November. Besides Alfon, there is Giacomo, Rawlinson, Rawlinson Condensed, and even ClearviewHwy is an OT font (although being a TrueType version, and not digitally signed it appears to be TrueType, but there are a few OT features hiding in it as well). James Montalbano | Aug 6, 2003 01:54 PM
Alfon has some nice detailing. And you gotta love those hybrid numerals - and the ampersand. The italic is especially interesting, with its richness of half-serifs making it look nicely more Roman. I think Alfon might be worth a shot in the rigorous world of newspaper setting. hhp
We will probably address that icon issue in the next version of the OS. One plan is for fonts containing OpenType features (GSUB, GPOS or CFF outlines) to get an 'O' icon even if they've not been signed. Signed OpenType and TrueType fonts will get a special version of the 'O' and 'TT' icon signifying that they've been signed. James' talk was one of the highlights of the event for me. Especially enjoyed the bits about the research studies and James interaction with the engineers and scientists. Si | Aug 6, 2003 02:43 PM
Yeah, James's talk is what most made me regret not being able to make it to TC2003. SoTA should really videotape the talks and sell DVDs of them, or maybe have them streaming on-line. hhp
Yes sir. The talk was first thing Sunday morning, but well worth it. It was my favorite along with Peter Bilak. As for the interaction with engineers and scientists, if I were to recreate James's excellent impersonations, it would just kill it. Hopefully James will be taking (or has taken) his presentation on the road to other type events. Eric Olson | Aug 6, 2003 03:58 PM |
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