Alexis Giles

Download New Yorker Type Classic Font Family From Wiescher Design New-Yorker-Type was one of the first typefaces I tried my hand at in 1985. I meant it as a revival of the typeface used by the New Yorker magazine. I did not scan it. I just looked at the type and redrew it completely by hand. Only much later did I come to know, that there is a bundle of similar typefaces of that period. Rea Irvin's design for New-Yorker magazine was just one of them, maybe the best. In the next step I repaired some of the mistakes that I made more than thirty years ago. Now on the eve of 2020 I gave the font a complete overhaul and added a set of Swash Initials, Cyrillic and Greek glyphs and many ligatures. The font now has 1075 glyphs and is all set for most latin writing systems. On top of that I made two versions, a Classic one with rounded corners and a pointed Pro version for a more up-to-date look. Take your pick. Yours sincerely, honoring Rea Irvi...

Download Tara Fonts by Indian Type Foundry Tara is a family of serif fonts designed for immersive reading. Its design considers a tall x-height, balanced with high contrast letter-forms and wedge-shaped serifs that propose an elegant character functional at reading sizes. The axis of stress running through the letters is almost vertical; however, Tara is inspired by oldstyle typefaces, characterized by their use of diagonal axes. The family includes four weights that range from Regular through Bold with matching italics. Many of Taras lowercase letters retain calligraphic traces in their details, such as the terminal on the upright lowercase a and the ear of the g. The italics contain a few dozen swash alternates, for use in headlines, titles as well as logo designs. All of the fonts include small caps, 14 f-ligatures, and case-sensitive punctuation. The default numeral style is set at proportional oldstyle figures with tabular and lini...