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New release: Ambicase Modern
Teeline Fonts is proud to announce the the arrival of Ambicase Modern.
Ambicase Modern takes the next step in unicase font design, offering not "either/or", but rather "both/and". Each letter in Ambicase Modern is a combination of its traditional upper- and lowercase forms, in a modern (didone) style. The inventive, hybrid forms that result are intriguing and handsome.
Ambicase Modern stands out as a carefully crafted experimental font: its eccentric forms do not hinder its readability. It is suitable for high-style display settings.
Ambicase Modern offers a large character set and extensive OpenType features. Most notably, in modern OpenType-aware applications, Ambicase Modern can be set in swash mode, which features sophisticated decorative flourishes that differ depending on whether the letter is at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.
Ambicase Modern is available in two optical sizes: Regular and Poster. At very large sizes, the Poster cut, with its finer details, is recommended. An attractively-priced set of both cuts is available.
Ambicase Modern is available in .otf and .ttf format for purchase and download at MyFonts or FontShop.
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13 Oct 2010 — 10:11am
Good work and congratulations!
13 Oct 2010 — 10:21am
Dude, that is soooo f***** up.
Way to make a splash!
13 Oct 2010 — 10:28am
FANTASTIC !
13 Oct 2010 — 10:29am
I like it.
13 Oct 2010 — 10:32am
I like the clever Q which has a lowercase q in the design. Looks like a really fun font to use.
13 Oct 2010 — 11:00am
What a way to make an entrance indeed. :-)
13 Oct 2010 — 11:04am
Way cool, Craig! Great banners too! :)
13 Oct 2010 — 11:21am
This is soo crazy and soo wonderful! Congratulations on your work! The swashy curly taily upper/lowercase Q is a true masterpiece:)
PS: Does that ij ligature read to me as "Ÿ" just because I'm not Dutch?
13 Oct 2010 — 11:29am
Congratulations, Craig. Nice job.
13 Oct 2010 — 3:01pm
Congratulations! :-)
13 Oct 2010 — 3:30pm
Übercool!
13 Oct 2010 — 3:49pm
Impressive work Craig – wonderful to see this out. Much respect!
13 Oct 2010 — 5:55pm
Thanks for the kind words, all.
PS: Does that ij ligature read to me as "Ÿ" just because I'm not Dutch?
That very issue came up on the crit board for Ambicase - see the 9 February posts on this page. In sum, the /ÿ/-looking form has precedent in Dutch (particularly in handwritten Dutch) that inspired it here. But to be clear, it's a user-selectable alternate, and only in Dutch, so it won't appear in Dijon, hijack, frijole etc.
13 Oct 2010 — 10:47pm
...only in Dutch...
14 Oct 2010 — 12:05am
That's beautiful! Congratulations Craig!
14 Oct 2010 — 3:11am
That's goddamn cool.
14 Oct 2010 — 4:07am
It’s interesting how you start seeing things in the shape of letters once you’re not used to them.
I especially love that A/a.
This is grand!
14 Oct 2010 — 4:14am
Will there be an italic version in the nearer future? ;)
Lovely presentation BTW
14 Oct 2010 — 4:40am
Several letters are impressive, I especially like the A, E. Great work!
14 Oct 2010 — 4:52am
Congratulations!
14 Oct 2010 — 5:23am
Way Funky design! It's Gorgeous!
14 Oct 2010 — 7:17am
Impressive! I like it very much.
14 Oct 2010 — 7:29am
Yes.
14 Oct 2010 — 11:51pm
This great to see it released. Congratulations
15 Oct 2010 — 2:09am
The a glyph is the weekest, in my humble opinion. And the R could be much more sexy (see D, Q). Some hairline thicknesses are a bit unbalanced.
Apart from that it’s a *wonderful crazy typeface*.
15 Oct 2010 — 3:52am
Crazy indeed. Love the attitude. Congratulations.
15 Oct 2010 — 5:16am
Great
15 Oct 2010 — 9:51am
Sweet!
15 Oct 2010 — 9:58am
so beautiful
15 Oct 2010 — 12:18pm
Bravo, my friend!
15 Oct 2010 — 3:43pm
Thanks again for the feedback and compliments, all!
16 Oct 2010 — 10:57pm
Nice stuff Craig!
Playful...
17 Oct 2010 — 1:21pm
Ambicase Modern takes the next step in unicase font design, offering not "either/or", but rather "both/and".
Well, in fact the same experiment was carried out by Jon Barnbrook with Prototype.
I mean conceptually; of course yours is also permeated by decorative intents.
Very nice.
18 Oct 2010 — 8:49pm
You're right, Prototype is a precedent (which came to my attention after Ambicase development was well underway). And even more ambitious in that it melds serif and sans forms. Useful in different contexts than my font, I think.
Thanks, Neil and Claudio, for the compliments!
19 Oct 2010 — 6:24am
Conceptually Prototype is actually quite different, as it must be categorised as an experiment in deconstruction/reconstruction, using existing letter forms (Gill Sans and Perpetua respectively) to create a new typeface. Ambicase is an entirely original design. They may be similar design concepts, but there is an important nuance IMNSHO.
26 Oct 2010 — 4:47am
Of course it has a different additional premise, and of course came earlier, otherwise it wouldn’t have been called "Prototype", right? ;-)
But it was "collaged" just conceptually. Jon did draw the forms.