Join Us for June’s Type Roundup - New Fonts & New Discounts Await!

[Fonts.com Logo] [View in Browser]( Summer’s Started, School’s Out, and June’s Type Roundup is Here! Summer’s started, school’s out—and we’ve got some terrific new fonts to tell you about. First, check out the [Zooja]( family from Aerotype. It’s big, bold and grabs like a trinket salesman at a summer carnival. [Isabel]( from Letritas is pretty as a party dress, and [Blithe]( from Laura Worthington is a delightful confectionary with a basketful of ligatures and alternate characters. How about a family to publish some light summer reading? Look no further than TypeTogether’s [Garalda](. Also find out what’s around the corner from [Mark Simonson](. Could it top his Proxima designs? Learn why Monotype designer [Carl Crossgrove]( doesn’t pull new typefaces out of thin air. And, if you need a square-jawed sort of typeface for those summer get-together or beach party posters, be sure to check out his [Burlingame]( type family! Rounded]( [Betm Rounded]( 20 styles by Typesketchbook sans serif [Buy Now]( [Zooja]( 7 styles by Aerotype casual script [Buy Now]( Pro]( [Opinion Pro]( 64 styles by Mint Type geometric sans [Buy Now]( Empire]( [British Empire]( 8 styles by Alan Meeks sans serif [Buy Now]( [Isabel]( 15 styles by Letritas neoclassical [Buy Now]( Sans hand]( [Sofa Sans Hand]( 18 styles by FaceType decorative [Buy Now]( Russo Sans]( [TT Russo Sans]( 10 styles by TypeType square serif [Buy Now]( # [Garalda]( 8 Styles # [Somersault]( 2 Styles # [Moewe]( 1 Style # [Minerva Modern]( 6 Styles # [Aegean]( 3 Styles # [Daddys Hand]( 1 Style # [Blithe]( 1 Style # [Browser Serif]( 4 Styles # [Astoria Classic Sans]( 8 Styles #[Mark Simonson]( Featured FOUNDRY: [Mark Simonson]( Before there was Mark Simonson Studio, there was Mark Simonson freelance designer. Although he drew his first typeface in the late 1970s, shortly after graduation from design school, Simonson spent the first part of his career as an art director and graphic designer. Working in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, paying gigs for the likes of Garrison Keillor, took precedence over speculative typeface design projects. But then the type bug bit him again. “In the early 1990s, I was working at a magazine that used Gill Sans as a house design,” he explains. “I love Gill Sans, but I wanted something that was a little bit plainer. I didn’t want to use Helvetica or something like that, however, because it’s so overused. I was thinking, ‘what if I had something that was sort of like Helvetica in a way, but a little bit more geometric and didn’t have its European overtones.” This was the beginning of [Proxima Nova™]( family. But Proxima Nova wasn’t to be Simonson’s first commercial typeface. That would fall to [Felt Tip Roman]( an adaptation of his own handwriting. Simonson began to sell fonts of the design in 1992. Shortly thereafter he founded Mark Simonson Studio with the intention of doing lettering, illustration and typeface design. From these beginnings, Simonson has gone on to design a bevy of typefaces – including the many flavors of Proxima Nova. The studio has also released the Art Deco [Mostra Nouva™]( the sturdy serifed [Kandal™]( and the chubby [Snicker™]( family. The [Bookmania™]( series pays homage to the Bookman craze of the late 1960s and early 1970s, while [Coquette™]( is a delightful upright script. And there’s more to come. After a hiatus of sorts, (typographic pun intended) Simonson is working on several new designs. “I’m excited to be finally working on new stuff again,” he says. “No promises on exactly when anything will be released, but I’m hoping to get several things out this year.” (Keep an eye out for them.) [Check out]( all the Mark Simonson Studio fonts available from Fonts.com now! #[Carl Crossgrove]( Featured designer: [Carl Crossgrove]( Carl Crossgrove’s love of the graphic arts began as an adolescent infatuation and grew into a life-long love affair. “I started exploring book arts, ceramics, botanical illustration, drawing and painting in high school,” he recalls. “In college, I studied the fine arts: drawing, painting and printmaking. After two years, however, language, and printing became my passion. My eventual degree was in printing, with a concentration in typography – which brought me full-circle back to the book arts.” After college, Crossgrove had a variety of jobs – all in the graphics industry. This included advertising agencies, small graphic design studios, and the design departments of several magazines. Staying true to his passion, however, he also designed typefaces in his free time. “It was during this time I drew [Minska]( for ITC, [Origami]( for Monotype, and [Reliq]( for Adobe.” I had a regular job doing graphic design when Monotype stole me away and let me make typefaces for a living – and I haven’t looked back.” “I try to respond to an actual need or requirement rather than pull design ideas out of thin air,” explains Crossgrove about what drives his work. Drawn in the early 1990s, the Mundo Sans™ family was born out his frustration with the quirks and awkwardness of many humanist sans typefaces available at the time. The impetus for his [Burlingame™]( family was a branding typeface for a gaming company – which meant that the design had to perform well on small screens. While it was not incorporated into a video game, Burlingame was eventually licensed for use in human-machine interface displays for automobiles. Crossgrove’s [Cavolini™]( script was also designed for digital screens, but here his goal was to create a versatile casual hand-written style, making the design an ideal “personality” font for a variety of on-screen applications. He drew the [Biome™]( family to be “both futuristic and organic, with a sense of calm.” In addition to creating new typefaces for the Monotype Library, Carl has also worked on several type projects for corporate branding. When asked, what part of his work he finds most rewarding Carl’s answer was “I feel most gratified by seeing the typeface used as intended; when the client or designer takes advantage of a typeface's strengths and produces a compelling design with it.” [Check out]( all of Crossgrove’s designs available from Fonts.com now! 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