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The renowned New York’s Type Directors Club has just announced that our typeface Lavigne Display has received a TDC2 2010 award. Thanks a lot, TDC. We are delighted.

‘Lavigne Text‘ is in development. The regular version is almost ready and soon italic and bold versions will follow. Here is a little sample. Stay tuned for more related news.

Inaugurating a new period in ReType’s short history, FontShop — the most important type distributor — now sells our library. We still have some champagne in the fridge and this is a good opportunity to drink it.

We are very glad to announce the german weblog Typefacts has chosen our Lavigne as one of its ‘Best Fonts of 2009‘. Vielen Dank, Typefacts!

It’s nice to see the portal ‘Nieuws uit Amsterdam‘ —News from Amsterdam—has chosen ‘Kurversbrug‘ for its nameplate. Thanks mates!

Museum Het Schip is an institution devoted to preserving the work of the Amsterdamse School of architecture. It is located in Spaarndammerplantsoen 140 in one of the most beautiful building complexes in the city. Among its latest publications is a well-illustrated cycling guide ‘On the Waves of the City.’
The booklet is packed full of useful information, fine photography—by Floris Leeuwenberg—and is elegantly designed by studio Barlock from The Hague, It is an invitation to discover, by bike, the many architectural marvels of this socially-motivated group of artists of the early XX century.

We, at Re-Type, were pleasantly surprised to find the guide using our font family ‘Kurversbrug‘ (the Amsterdam’s bridges revival) for its cover and titles. As admirers of the Amsterdamse School movement, we are honoured to take part in this great little book. Many thanks to Barlock and Museum Het Schip.
The book exist in separated english and dutch version and can be ordered here.

We are glad to know the latest Items magazine used two of our fonts, ‘Lasagna’ and ‘Tomate’. ‘Lasagna’, a Yomar Augusto’s design, has been chosen for the headlines and my funky brush script ‘Tomate’ for the intros. Thanks to Dennis Koot, Viveka van de Vliet and the rest of the staff.

Esta es una prueba de «Lasagna», fuente diseñada por Yomar Augusto que será lanzada en ReType en poco tiempo. Una fuente geométrica, modular, ecléctica, irreverente y pesada apta para ilustrar flyers que invitan a los sitios a los que gustamos asistir e ilustrar las portadas de esos discos que solemos comprar.

La «International Society of Typographic Designers» ha elegido Kurversbrug para componer la portada de su último número (#67). El mismo está dedicado por completo a Holanda y refleja en gran parte las impresiones de su editor, David Quay, respecto de la atmósfera local de diseño y las diversas tendencias que conviven es este país.
El número cuenta con artículos y contribuciones escritas por Jan Middendorp, Arie lenoir, Chantal Hendriksen, el mismo Quay y quien escribe esta columna.

Ayer terminó el taller que brindamos con Laura Meseguer en Congreso Internacional de Tipografía de Valencia. A pesar de que la demanda de trabajo fue alta y grande el desafío de utilizar técnicas nuevas, los asistentes faenaron duro y cumplieron con las consignas de cada etapa arribando a resultados de calidad.
La ocasión representó para nosotros una experiencia muy grata que esperamos poder reiterar en otra oportunidad.

Imágenes del taller y los trabajos en Flickr.

Grupo en Flickr de imágenes del Congreso de Tipografía.