New fonts, updates, and news from The Crown Type Company.
When we started working on Atencio, we prioritized the M rather than the typical H and O, as the M defines the style of Rubens . Our initial sketches were nearly identical to the original wood type, which led us to ask what the point was of making it all over again. Was our goal to merely create a better digital replica, or did we have more to say? From this side-by-side comparison, you can see…
The original logo for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire —a multimedia line consisting of a book, soundtrack, comics, action figures, and a video game—makes use of a late 1800s font called Woodblock , similar enough to Rubens , with 45-degree-angle corners. With our newly-released Atencio in its place, the condensed logo feels both familiar and new. This lockup also features our ultra-bold Womprat…
Hello, I’m Louie Mantia . Crown has a blog now. You can subscribe via RSS . In the process of making fonts, Ender and I often imagine how they could be used by making our own samples and sending them to each other. I thought rather than keep these kinds of images to ourselves, we could post them here in the hopes that they inspire others or are at least nice to look at. Also, of course, if you…
Introducing Atencio , a font with history, charm, and a variable weight axis.
Introducing Nabouveau , a font with art nouveau flair, perfect for parades and palaces.
Introducing Boxcrate , a font with variable stencil cut-outs.
Introducing Womprat , the font you’re looking for.
Introducing Urayasu , a font imbued with the dream of the 80s.
Introducing Pandorica , a font that’s bigger on the inside (when it doesn’t use crossbars).
Introducing Spectre , a font with a rebellious attitude.
Introducing Sacul , a font from yesterday, for tomorrow… today?
Introducing Isomorphic , a font for the digital frontier.