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Christian Schwartz has partnered with Paul Barnes to form Commercial Type, a new type foundry based in London and New York. Please click here to visit our site.
RETAIL FONTS
Commercial Type:
Austin
Duplicate Sans (NEW)
Duplicate Slab (NEW)
Giorgio
Giorgio Sans
Graphik
Guardian
Local Gothic
Publico
Stag
Stag Sans
Stag Sans Round
Stag Stencil
Emigre:
Los Feliz
Font Bureau:
Amplitude
Farnham
Fritz
Pennsylvania
FontFont:
FF Bau
FF Meta Headline
FF Meta Serif
FF Oxide
FF Unit
FF Unit Slab
House Industries:
Casa Latino!
Luxury
Luxury Text
Neutraface
Neutraface Condensed
Neutraface No. 2
Neutraface Slab
Simian
Linotype:
Neue Haas Grotesk
CUSTOM FONTS
UNFINISHED WORK
EARLY WORK
ABOUT
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2004. Art Directed by Ken Barber and Andy Cruz. Released by House Industries.
Everyone involved with Neutraface was surprised by its popularity, so I immediately started work on this condensed version so we could follow it up while people were still interested. Unfortunately, it turned out to be grueling work; decisions that had been easy in the original (in which everything stemmed from the O and o being near-perfect circles) were very difficult in the condensed. It took three versions to settle on the right width, and two more to get the caps and lowercase looking like they belonged together. There was also the problem of differentiating it from a crowded field - it couldn't look too much like Futura, Nobel, Gotham, or Relay, or it wouldn't be worth doing. In the end, the quirks inherited from the original and the open apertures make it somewhat unique, as far as condensed geometric sans serifs go. Unique enough, I think.
Thin, Light, Medium and Bold weights, plus Titling.

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