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Overpass is a new typeface designed at Delve Fonts by Delve Withrington with Dave Bailey and Thomas Jockin between 2011ā2015. Red Hat, Inc. commissioned Delve Fonts to create the typeface with a keen interest in releasing it as an open source family of fonts. Direction was provided by Andy Fitzsimon, Jakub Steiner and Ben Dubrovsky at Red Hat. Special thanks goes to Jason Campbell for hinting the Regular and Bold weights. The design of Overpass is an interpretation of the well-known āStandard Alphabets for Traffic Control Devicesā published by the U.S. Federal Highway Authority, which has been a touchstone for typefaces in the genre of transportation inspired type for decades. Its naive geometric aesthetic a familiar sight on road signage worldwide. Starting from those specifications for the initial work in 2011, critical adjustments were made to the original letterforms to create an optimal presentation of the Regular and Bold at smaller sizes on-screen for use in the user interfaces of the Red Hat's various linux-based software titles and intranet sites. That environment served as a proving ground of sorts for a period and led to the continued development of Overpass to increase its versatility and utility by adding new weights and styles. In 2014ā2015 the Light, Extra Light upright weights and Italic counterparts were created bringing the total to eight fonts. The approach to designing the lighter weights focused on their use primarily at display sizes. The italics for Overpass were carefully drawn to yield the highest fidelity and remain visually consistent with the upright fonts ā a much harder task than simply slanting the glyphs or making them oblique. The character set of Overpass is comprised of over 430 glyphs covering dozens of Latin alphabet based languages. It includes OpenType features and powerful class-based kerning. Thanks to Red Hat, the Overpass family is freely available to the public in desktop and webfont formats under the SIL Open Font License. An interview with Andy Fitzsimon of Red Hat on Overpass: http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/red-hat-releases-free-libre-overpass-typeface Overpass mini site (first draft): http://overpassfont.org Download Overpass from the Red Hat Brand github repository: https://github.com/RedHatBrand/overpass
Full-steam ahead on production for TYPOSF goodie bag items.
Kern Baby Kern: Metrics Inferno (at Basilica of St. Joseph, Alameda)
Creation of the Beleren Typeface
Following right on the heels of completing a typeface for their newest trading card game, KaijudoĀ®, the Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast commissioned me to create a bespoke typeface to better serve the brand of their flagship product Magic: The GatheringĀ® in late 2012. Magic: the Gathering is the first trading card game produced and today is played by more than twelve million people worldwide. Since the inception of Magic in 1993, off-the-shelf typefaces were used for the trading cards. Matt Cavotta, the Senior Creative Director for Magic saw an opportunity to bring the spirit of the game to the typography on the cards, packaging, online, and elsewhere. I visited the Wizards offices to jump-start the creative process and knew I was in the right place when I discovered by chance that they were already planning to use one of my retail typefaces, Eulipia for the Modern Masters logo (they weren't aware it was one of mine). In this age of working remotely using email, Skype and such, I believe it is always easier to work together when you've actually met your clients and collaborators in person. Cavotta and I immediately connected on a creative level. He brought a wealth of talent, knowledge and experience with the game to bear on the aesthetic development of the typeface.
Humble beginnings: Initial ideas sketched on a whiteboard during the kickoff meeting. The design had to reflect the many facets of Magic but also make it edgier and propel it forward. There was a shared thought among us that it should look a little dangerous and a phrase jokingly bandied about during the early phase of development was āWeaponize those letters!ā
Explorations from Delve's sketchbook done soon after the meeting. Throughout the process every detail in glyph construction was scrutinized and labored over with multiple variations and iterations (I can't recall how many lower case t's I did) to find optimal solutions that met the needs of this unique game. When I hit upon the asymmetric shape treatment of the bracketed serifsāone curved, one wedgeāit was a turning point for the design. Cavotta recognized the importance of that juxtaposition and how that feature expressed in a simple way, the nature of Magic and its otherworldliness. The typeface had to bring some zing to display settings without sacrificing legibility and potentially hampering gameplay. For this purpose, swash versions and other glyph variants with differing features were included to be applied via OpenType features such as contextual alternates. That built-in flexibility empowers the designers for Magic with better control over details in the typography. They can turn the volume up to eleven to intensify the style on an as-needed basis for display sizes or at their discretion, reign it in to keep it clean and simple for text sizes.
Red = Dead: Some design feedback provided by the Magic creative team. Somewhere along the way, the typeface was named after a main character in the game, Jace Beleren a planeswalker. Under continued guidance from Cavotta, the design experience and critical eye(s) of Lisa Hanson, Nathan Greene and Robert Drawbaugh were brought in on the project to assist with the creation of additional weights and styles. They provided invaluable feedback and diligently kept production on track.
The Beleren type family as of January 2015. With the launch of Magic 2015 ā Duels of the Planeswalkers in July 2014, the Beleren typeface was officially placed into service as the primary display type for Magic 2015. Beleren can now be seen on the game cards, in apps, product packaging and elsewhere. The Beleren type family is comprised of nine fonts in total. Its fantastical nature integrates perfectly with the stunning, highly original art that is a perennial signature of Magic: The Gathering. The typeface performs reliably both onscreen and in print, helping to unify the Magic brand in a variety of applications.
Magic 2015 products featuring the new Beleren typeface.
A card with Beleren in use. Beleren is the result of a successful creative collaboration between many talented and smart people. My gratitude goes to Wizards for the opportunity to work with them in creating this fabulous typeface. Special thanks goes to (in no particular order): Erin Lester, Ryan Rosenberg, Steve Nashem, Erik VanHorn, Jesse Raymond, Tom Jenkot and many others at Wizards who had a hand in this great project.
Tony Nik's Cafe #signage #neon #sanfrancisco (at Tony Nik's)
Proofing the layered shadow fonts for the next Delve Fonts release, āDiscourseā by @bezierwrangler (at Delve Fonts)
Piggy Sketch with my son #sickday #fun #lettering #doodle (at Delve Fonts)
Oribiki #tank #sake (at Takara Sake Museum & Tasting)
Decisions, decisions⦠(at Kelly-Moore Paints)
Thank you @Jessicahische and @pinterestfavs for the fabulous screenprinting workshop and drinks last night! It was a lot of fun and a good group of people. (at Pinterest)
TYPE #signage #dimensional #can #letters (at Delve Fonts)
Some days are not about fonts or signage. #plumbing #diy #gas #pipe #wrench (at Delve Fonts)
Hotel Joyce #latergram #signage #neon #portland
Guild Theatre #latergram #signage #neon #portland
Henryās 12 St. Tavern #latergram #signage #neon #portland (at Henry's 12th Street Tavern)
Not a fan of TypeCon; it takes his daddy away for too long. š±š¢ (at Delve Fonts)