Cristoforo t-shirt orders! »
T-shirts promoting my new Kickstarter-funded typeface Cristoforo are now available! There are six different t-shirt designs available, many full-color and double-sided! For my Kickstarter backers at $77+, your t-shirt was included in your pledge. For backers at lower levels and other readers who see and like the t-shirts, see below for costs and payment instructions. I do not expect to print these shirts again, so this may be your only chance!
To order your shirt:
– Download the PDF (Cristoforo t-shirt designs, 2.5 MB) for a high-quality reference on the different designs. Background colors are carefully matched to the shirt colors now.
– use my shirt order form on SurveyMonkey
If you have not pre-paid as a $77+ backer, you can still order a shirt! Or you can add shirts. See below. Note that most of these are double-sided and involve full-color images.
The window for orders will remain open until I have all the required backers’ orders in hand (maybe May 21?). The order form will just stop working when I cut it off, and I will update this post as well.
My massive page of type design info »
I just finished creating an organized page of type design info and links. Enjoy!
Cristoforo promo draft t-shirts »
I’ve been having higher-level backers of my Kickstarter for the Cristoforo typeface vote on t-shirt designs the show off and promote the fonts, my revival of Hermann Ihlenburg’s Columbus (1892) and American Italic (1902). I will be printing several of the most popular designs for my backers.
Most of the votes are in, so I have finalized designs for the four most popular options so far. I am just waiting a couple of days to tally any straggling votes and maybe tweak the designs a tiny bit.
A) Front based on a design by Andrea Leksen, featuring art by Steve Kick.
B) Front design by me, with art by Steve Kick. Back design by Andrea Leksen.
D) From the design by Andrea Leksen (colors changed for light shirt).
Thomas Joins FontLab »
As reported yesterday, I have joined the good people at FontLab, as Vice President.
I am very happy for the opportunity to work more directly in the field of type design software. FontLab is a great company with a long history. I still have my original FontLab manual (from before it was FontLab Studio) from 20 years ago!
It has its challenges, what with getting new app versions on a new codebase out the door, and new competition in recent years, but these are all part of a healthy evolution. I am enjoying getting up in the morning to tackle new things each day!