Parachute, Font Label aus Athen

Demnächst erscheint der Font Champion Script Pro von Parachute, einem Font-Label aus Athen. Das besondere an dieser Schrift mit nur 2 Schnitten? Panos verlieh der Schrift 4.174 Glyphen! Hammer! Keine Ahnung, wie einer das hin bekommt. Auf der dritten itcv in Thessaloniki traf ich ihn und war sehr beeindruckt von dem umfangreichen Portfolio dieses mir bis dahin unbekannten Labels.

Parachute® landed in 1999, but it wasn’t till 2001 that it started operating as a full-scale type foundry. By then several designers had joined in to form a select group of open-minded, free-spirited indivinduals/friends. Graphic designers, illustrators, educators, typographers, with fresh ideas and a strong desire to design sophisticated typefaces which reflect current cultures and trends. The year 2003 marked the beginning of a new era for Parachute® with the release of a major 200-page catalog, which contained Greek and Latin typeface specimens. This catalog/book included several classic revivals of historical importance, as well as many original font designs. Since then an emphasis was placed on multilingual support and OpenType® technology. In the spring of 2004 Parachute’s first opentype “Pro” font was released. “Archive Pro” an award winning typeface with multilingual support, kerning for all European languages as well as advanced typographic features, was first presented at the “Adobe Creative Days 2004" forum. From then on, all Parachute® fonts have been redesigned to offer multilingual support, which includes major scripts such as Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
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