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Geotica released by exljbris Font Foundry
Posted by Jos Buivenga in
3 Sep 2010 — 5:19am
3 Sep 2010 — 5:19am
The idea behind Geotica was to build a font out of -more or less- simple geometrical line elements. The open wire frame could then be left open or (partially) filled.
Geotica comes in four different grades or line thicknesses (One, Two, Three and Four) so it’s suitable for a broad use. Each grade has four styles and is loaded with swashes, final forms, lots of ligatures and ornaments. There are 16 fonts in total.
More info on availability you can find > here.
Also don't forget to have a look at the pdf attached below.
Hope you like it!
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3 Sep 2010 — 5:57am
Congratulations!
3 Sep 2010 — 6:18am
super Jos!
3 Sep 2010 — 6:28am
This kicks ass. See you in a few days!
3 Sep 2010 — 6:34am
Looking forward to Dan!
Thanks all!
3 Sep 2010 — 6:35am
Very cool font!
3 Sep 2010 — 6:41am
I'm really excited about this. Congratulations, Jos! (& see you soon!)
3 Sep 2010 — 6:44am
Wonderful work!
3 Sep 2010 — 7:01am
Thanks Tom & Bill!
Nina, thanks! Looking forward to seing you too. Maybe we should all have a Guiness together :)
3 Sep 2010 — 7:36am
Very charming. Congrats!
3 Sep 2010 — 7:40am
Thank you, Craig!
3 Sep 2010 — 7:54am
Excellent; congratulations on another release.
3 Sep 2010 — 8:19am
Congrats, Jos! Looks like a top seller to me!
3 Sep 2010 — 8:28am
Chris, I knew you were a playful character, but you keep amazing me! :) Thanks!
Thanks James! (Hope you got my email).
3 Sep 2010 — 9:01am
Doing this reminds of how easy production art is these days compared to my earlier years. This took me 20 minutes this morning. In the 1970s, it would have been days of film neg opaquing and reversing with even more time doing camera ready art, followed by:
Reverse board art and come back as Pantone 123, surprint layer B as Pantone 456 printed last. Print layer C first as Pantone 789 and Spread to trap. Do not choke hairlines on overlay A. Dull varnish board art and Reprint layer A as gloss varnish. Must see composite proof before printing. See you at press check...
Best wishes and continued success, Jos!
ChrisL
3 Sep 2010 — 10:27am
Beautiful stuff!
3 Sep 2010 — 11:03am
Thanks Yotam.
Great story, Chris! :)
3 Sep 2010 — 11:48am
Wonderful job, Jos! You are the best.
3 Sep 2010 — 12:51pm
Wish I was, but reading it sure felt good :) Thanks!
3 Sep 2010 — 1:22pm
This makes me super excited for Questa!
3 Sep 2010 — 1:57pm
I think I'll leave out the TV for a few days and watch Geotica instead. Amazingly great work, Jos!
3 Sep 2010 — 2:12pm
Great, Andrew. It will take a still take a while though.
Robin, I did that too :) Thanks!
3 Sep 2010 — 2:44pm
Very nice, Jos!
3 Sep 2010 — 6:48pm
Fantastic work Jos!
3 Sep 2010 — 8:13pm
> Maybe we should all have a Guiness together :)
We're gonna need more than one.
Jos, congrats on a very cool release!
hhp
4 Sep 2010 — 1:08am
Beautiful, this looks like fun! Looking forward to finding a suitable project for it.
4 Sep 2010 — 1:36am
Thanks a lot Nick, David & Mili!
> We're gonna need more than one.
Also another "n" I noticed :) First round is on me! Thanks, Hrant!
4 Sep 2010 — 3:35am
Congratulations from Kolkata, Jos. This has turned out really beautifully ;)
4 Sep 2010 — 4:20am
Thanks, Ben! Kolkata must be a tremendous place to be. Holidays?
4 Sep 2010 — 5:10am
Very nice :)
5 Sep 2010 — 1:15am
Thank you, Gornji.
6 Sep 2010 — 2:02pm
I still don't see this on MyFonts. I wonder what the holdup is?
6 Sep 2010 — 2:31pm
Apparently they missed my first email. I hope that it will be live tomorrow or the day after...
6 Sep 2010 — 3:25pm
A swing and a miss! :-)
7 Sep 2010 — 12:11am
:)
7 Sep 2010 — 3:46pm
Big round of applause from here. Wow. Good job.
7 Sep 2010 — 3:49pm
Impressive work. Congratulations!
7 Sep 2010 — 4:10pm
A technical term in classical aesthetics: SWEEETTTTTTT !!!!!
Mikey :-)
7 Sep 2010 — 6:56pm
Many thanks Alex, André & Mike!
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It's finally live at MyFonts > Geotica
8 Sep 2010 — 4:35am
Yep, holidays Jos, back to the UK end Sept then will get to work on finishing one of these fonts, really hoping to have something done by the end of the year! They take a while, yes? All best :)
8 Sep 2010 — 3:26pm
Looking forward to see what you will choose to finish :) Enjoy the few days left there!
9 Sep 2010 — 4:06pm
We want a t-shirt! ;^P
Really nice work, Jos.
10 Sep 2010 — 9:36am
Ha :) thanks!
11 Sep 2010 — 3:04am
In the 1970s, it would have been day […]
Hmm… Yes Chris, but it would have been something different. And it would have involved a kind of work which maybe wouldn't have been merely "routine", since you could have changed your mind while working on it.
I no longer like the overall feeling of letters built by an excess of basic geometry. That's why I'm still struggling with some of my experiments… :-)
11 Sep 2010 — 7:25am
Yes, Claudio, I learned to love what spilled opaque would do and to see the thrilling happenings of shape when films fell on each other on a light table. It was a different world but still an exciting world of discovery--different than today but with the same opportunities if you looked for them ;-)
14 Sep 2010 — 4:53am
"Gorgeous Geotica" on MyFonts Blog
14 Sep 2010 — 7:37am
I just got my copy of the book "Creative Characters" and there is an interesting "Character" beginning on page 38 ;-)
27 Sep 2010 — 1:26am
Hey, somehow missed your comment... still haven't recieved my copy.
27 Sep 2010 — 8:44am
Give them a call, published author ;-P
27 Sep 2010 — 10:45am
I'll send a someone an email :)