TypeTogether newsletter May 2009

NEW RELEASE
Adelle: A real multiple-purpose slab serif

TypeTogether is proud to present it's new release. Adelle is a 12-weight slab serif typeface conceived specifically for intensive editorial use, mainly in newspapers and magazines. Iits personality and flexibility make it a real multiple-purpose typeface. The unobstrusive appearance, excellent texture and slightly dark color allow it to behave flawlesly in continuous text setting. As it becomes larger in print, Adelle shows its personality through a series of meassured particularities that make it easy to remember and identify.

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AWARDS
Bree wins at ED-Awards

Bree, the popular upright italic designed by Veronika Burian & José Scaglione in 2008 was awarded a Bronze prize in the Original Typeface category of the ED-Awards competition. Bree, a typeface based on TypeTogether's own logotype, is a sleek sans serif that delivers a polished and modern look and feel for branding or headline usage. It was originally released in five weights, ranging from thin to extrabold, and then expanded with matching obliques.

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Type in use
Skolar

The German design studio Rastersysteme, based in Berlin, Germany, used Skolar as the main typeface for a new series of business cards, printed in letterpress. Studio owner Stephan Zavodny, webdesigner, webdeveloper and photographer, is also a typography lover, and says about Skolar: "I fell in love at first sight.."

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Type in use
Bree

Karacters Design Group choose Bree for the rebranding of a product line of sliced breads for their client Silver Hill Bakery, a Canadian company. The redesign clearly freshens up the otherwise rather dull food category by using solid, matte colours on biodegradable bags with witty illustrations by Robert Hanson. Bree is used in nearly every text in the packaging.

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ARTICLES
Bree and Givry selected as favorites of 2008

Two of our typefaces appeared on yet another Best-of-list. Givry, a rotunda batarde designed by Tom Grace, and the best selling upright italic Bree. Ricardo Cordoba and Dan Reynolds wrote very nice reviews for the famous Typographica list: Our Favorite Typefaces of 2008.

Read Dan Reynold's review of Givry
Read Ricardo Cordoba's review of Bree

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