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Looking for a font designer....
Who can design a TrueType font based upon the original font design sheets for the house number font made by Danish industrial designer Knud V. Engelhardt.
I got some photos of the letters a-j, but would like someone to design the rest of the alphabet.
Interested? Please let me know a est. time and price.
Thanks for your time.
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20 Jan 2010 — 5:27am
Hi rkawaii.
Maybe its better if you show us a sample of the letters you have. Its possible that there is an existing font similar or even based on the letters.
best regards. Steven
20 Jan 2010 — 6:21am
Mårten Thavenius has designed a sans serif family based on the work of Engelhardt (primarily the Gentofte street signs, I believe) which he calls Skilt Gothic and which should be released by Font Bureau some time in the first half of this year.
You might contact Thavenius via this contact page to see if he might have already done some work on the house numbers style that you seek.
20 Jan 2010 — 7:01am
Thanks for your help so far. Here is a scan.
20 Jan 2010 — 7:17am
That is a jolly 7! Lovely project for some lucky person ;)
21 Jan 2010 — 1:43am
As Ken mentions, my upcoming release is based mostly on the Gentofte street signs and to some extent the design Engelhardt made for the Baltic Exhibition in 1914. Those designs are far from the curly figures in the sample above.
The street signs Engelhardt made were in a very rough gothic tradition with a lot of local flavor and a strong personal style.
21 Jan 2010 — 5:31am
Love that g! :-)
26 Jan 2010 — 7:38am
The tittle on the j is also cute.
26 Jan 2010 — 7:54am
f & 4 for me ;-)
This could turn into something really nice in the right hands...
26 Jan 2010 — 2:49pm
That is wicked cool. Good luck.
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from the Fontry...
27 Jan 2010 — 8:17am
FWIW,
Bo Linneman(n?) of Kontrapunkt Denmark had also once digitized the Gentofte street sign letters (complete with the heart-shaped dot asw an alternate):
--Kai
18 May 2010 — 4:55am
Hi rkawaii.
The tittle on the j is also cute.
Karambir singh rohilla
India
18 May 2010 — 8:58am
– Settled?
If not, I’d apply to do it. Never done a crude font like this.
Must be really funny…
19 Jul 2010 — 8:18am
I'm a type designer with over 20 years experience. Would love to help.
Contact me directly.
Alex Kaczun
akaczun@verizon.net
Cheers!
19 Jul 2010 — 8:22am
Aw man... I wish I was a type designer!