For November 2004

Holiday Gift Giving ideas
Special sale prices on several popular P22 items.


P22 type foundry acquires Lanston Type.
Lanston Type (www.lanstontype.com) joins International House of Fonts (IHOF) and the Sherwood Collection as a distinct component of P22. The acquisition of Lanston adds a major collection of significantly important historical type designs to P22's already impressive overall offerings. For more information and examples click here.


Four More New IHOF Designs

Frau Jenson
IHOF announces several new type designs from new IHOF designer, Frau Jenson of Germany. Included are the first OpenType offerings from P22. In addition to TrueType and PostScript formats, Frau Jenson's original calligraphic designs, Cilati and Tulda, are available for download in OpenType format. All designs can be seen online and the expanded PDF specimen sheets can be downloaded from individual pages .

 

For October 2004

Four New IHOF Designs

P22 Bifur
Bifur was originally designed by poster artist A.M. Cassandre in 1929 as a single font and also as a two-part, two-color font. The P22/IHOF version adds a lower case while keeping the upper case and all original characters true to the original design. The six-font set allows for a range of decorative uses.

P22 Mexican Relics
Mexican Relics is a collection of over 100 dingbats in font format based on images found on a variety of clay stamps primarily from pre-Columbian Mexico. This font brings ancient artwork featuring fantastic animals and geometric shapes into the computer age.

P22 Durer Caps
Durer Caps is four fonts in one. Based on master artist Albrecht Durer's 1525 geometric construction of Roman capitals, this font features A to Z caps only. But there are three variations included: 1) filled; 2) unfilled; and 3) letters only. The last two feature a unique two-color overlay option.

P22 Sniplash
Sniplash is a lively font inspired by cartoons and comics of the 1960s and '70s. Curly lines, irregular weights, and a fun attitude make this font excellent for parties, retro packaging or any number of uses where you want a spontaneous and not-so-serious effect.

FREE MUG

The P22 type-specimen playing cards are now out of stock, But, if you order over $150 in fonts or merchandise from P22, you will receive a free 10th anniversary coffee mug. AND, as always with all orders over $105, we will apply a 10% discount to your total. It will appear automatically—you don't have to ask for it!

MORE PANGRAMS

Our great customers submitted hundreds of entries to our Pangram contest. Many of the offerings were so terrific that we wanted to share some of the "close but no cigar" entries with you, not just the winners.

 

For September 2004

Two New Font Sets

As autumn approaches, we take refuge in introspection, warm sweaters, and of course... fonts. P22 type foundry responds to the season's requirements by presenting two new font sets.

One of our new font sets is titled, appropriately enough, Autumn. P22 Stanyan Autumn is a set of three fonts based upon a casual hand lettering text created for the deluxe 1969 edition of "...and autumn came" by Rod McKuen. 62 extras in this font include images of autumn leaves, snippets of pastoral scenes, and various McKuen-related icons.

The other new font set is called Ed Rogers. Ed Rogers (1925-2002) was an unlikely and unintentional art figure. His art career began in 1981 when he met David Greenberger, the creator of The Duplex Planet, an ongoing project that introduces us to people who are old or in decline. As a resident of the Duplex Nursing home, Ed became a contributor to The Duplex Planet magazine. David included his drawings in many issues. Ed's dynamic lettering was a primary focus of nearly all his drawings. Later, Ed was commissioned to create lettering for R.E.M. as well as releases by other musicians. Since 1994, Ed's drawings have been featured in a traveling exhibition of outsider art. Ed Rogers' vibrant lettering is compelling in its characteristic inconsistency. The Ed Rogers font set features digitized versions of his lettering for truly unique design possibilities.

Both font sets are available for an introductory price of $23.95 each (regularly $29.95 each set) or get both sets for a special price of only $39.95! This introductory price good only until September 30, 2004.

 

Cezanne is Fit to Print

The New York Times mentions our Cézanne font as one of a select few digital fonts that may well become one of the new classics! For other P22 in the news sitings, visit our Press page.

 

Fonts-in-Use Contest

Have a look at August's winning entry in our ever-popular Fonts-in-Use Contest. You can enter too. Click here for details.

 

For July 2004

Singles Going Steady

P22 type foundry is proud to announce that P22 single fonts, previously available only in "sets", are now available for individual download. Each single font is $19.95 for immediate download. The option for choosing single fonts is available from a drop menu on each font set page. For those in favor of the option of P22 "sets", they are still available both for download and CD-Rom formats for the new price of $29.95 (shipping not included).

 

P22 Sticker Spotting Contest Winners

The P22 bumper sticker spotting contest has concluded. A selection of
the stickers in-use can be seen here. We believe that some may have been faked in Photoshop...but thanks to all who entered. Winners of the contest are listed here.

 

For May 2004

Two new contests


The P22 pangram contest and the P22 Spotting contest are two new ways for you to win great prizes and achieve fame. Deadlines are not far off so do not delay!

 

Mr. Hunter Unbound

We have discovered a box of unbound press sheets of our book "Dear Mr.
Hunter". These additional unbound sets of sheets are being offered for
private binders to do their own unique binding of this limited edition book. For March 2004

 

Two new P22 font sets

Frederic Goudy's Aries set and Woodtype are two brand new historical font sets from P22. These fonts also are presented in the new website format that will soon be implemented for all P22 fonts. For the month of March these two font sets can be ordered as a combination for the great price of only $39.95

 

A new print from P22 Editions

P22 editions and Dard Hunter Studios have jointly published a poster-print. It is "Arts & Crafts Of The Homelands", a limited edition serigraph designed by Vojtech Preissig in 1919. If you like the Arts & Crafts style, you will probably like the print. See info here

 

The Terminal redesign

Our on-line magazine of Typography and Lettering arts is back and better than ever!
The Terminal features a new article on the Goudy Aries typeface as well as updated links and a clean, classic look that it so deserves.

 

For February 2004

Type Specimen Playing Cards

Our latest type specimen in in the form of a deck of regulation Poker size playing cards. While supplies last, you can get a free deck with any order over $100!

 

The Masta Casta

As you may already know, our famous font testing tool, The Typecaster™, allows you to type your sample text in any of our fonts in P22, IHOF or the Sherwood collections. Now we have combined all three typecasters in one convenient MasterCaster™. For January 2004

 

New family members

Some favorite P22 fonts have expanded into families: The Garamouche set now includes a bold variation of this popular face as well as a font of 72 wonderful complementary ornaments. The Woodcut set features a trimmed down version of woodcut along with 54 extras in the woodcut style.

The Arts and Crafts font now has four siblings of varying weight for expanded design possibilities.
Registered users of Garamouche, Woodcut, or Arts and Crafts will receive additional discounts on these sets. Please contact support@p22.com for discount codes.

 

P22 Club 2004

The P22 Club was an experiment for 2003. We only offered membership in January and for the rest of the year, members received a potpourri of new releases and several that are still not released to the public. The P22 Club is back for 2004 (for a very limited time)

 

Site re-design continues

We present the next phase of our website redesign: quick and easy browsing of the P22, IHOF and Sherwood collections by art style, type style or time period.

 

For December 2003

P22 Dollars make a great gift!

Perfect for the that hard-to-shop-for fontaholic on your holiday gift list. P22 Dollars are almost too nice to spend, but they are just like real money to us! buy em, give em, spend em.

 

New Calligraphic fonts from Rob Leuschke

5 new diverse script fonts from lettering artist Rob Leuschke. Order all 5 as a set at a discount!

 

For November 2003

New T-Shirt Color Option

Cranapple replaces Eggplant in the P22 Euro T-shirt flavor selection- Now with Pantone color matching for unprecedented accuracy.

 

New Odiorne T-Shirt

P22 Records recording stars Odiorne have a very nice limited edition T-shirt. You should get one while you can!

 

New IHOF Fonts From James Grieshaber

The P22 Operina set is based on a 16th-century lettering model of the scribe Ludovico
degli Arrighi used in his 1522 instructional lettering book which contains what is considered to be the earliest printed examples of Chancery Cursive. There are three fonts in this set that range from simple italic lettering to rather ornate swash calligraphy. Letters from all three fonts can be used interchangeably to create just the right style for your needs.

 

Tip of the Month

Operina and other script fonts have extra long appendages that can cause confusion. Click here for details on how to work with these unique fonts and their special needs.

 

For September 2003

New IHOF Fonts From Japan

Fun new fonts from Hajime Kawakami feature playful picture and text fonts. Ching Mang, Relax and Relax-Mix are lively fonts and, for the month of September, you can get the set of three at a special discount.

 

2003 Edition of the Constructivist Mug

Repeated editions of the ever-popular P22 Better Coffee for Better Workers mug have sold out and now the 2003 version has just arrived from the factory. Be sure to stock up before this edition runs out as well.

 

Got Wood?

Wood type blocks have an alluring look all of their own. P22 is the exclusive outlet for this unique collection of Royalty-free photos of wood type alphabets from John Housely. Buy this collection in September and get a special free bonus!

 

Sherwood Type Collection Sale extended

The Sherwood Type Collection features over 24 historically-inspired fonts. The 20% discount on the entire collection has been extended another month, but don't wait too long to buy this great collection.

 

For August 2003

Indie Fonts 2 - Now Shipping!

The much anticipated follow-up to our very successful Indie Fonts book. This new volume features 19 more independent foundries and 38 fonts!

 

New Rod McKuen CD

In 1963, Epic Records released the Rod McKuen LP, In Search of Eros. 40 years later P22 and Stanyan Records release the LP on CD for the first time...with added tracks and, of course, a new font!

 

New Home page

You may have noticed the handsome redesign of our home page. This is merely the first phase in the P22 mega-site overhaul. Now that we have over 400 pages and foundries within foundries, we hope to get things a bit more organized in the coming months.

 

For July 2003

New IHOF T-shirt

The strikingly handsome IHOF Logo is now available in T-shirt form. The phrase on the back is poor German grammar for "I am a Typeface". What does this mean you ask? Well... it looks good anyway!

 

TypeCon2003

Once again P22 was a proud sponsor of this fine-affordable-fun-educational conference. Next year: the SF Bay area.

 

For June 2003

The Sherwood Type Collection

40 years worth of font designs from Ted Staunton are available for the first time!
The Sherwood Type Collection features over 24 historically inspired-fonts with great attention to detail. A welcome addition to the P22 font collections.

 

Downloads with CD backup

We have added an option in which you can download your fonts immediately and get a CD backup shipped to you as well. This option is only $5 plus shipping. Click here for more information

 

For May 2003

New IHOF fonts from Hajime Kawakami and Stephen Rapp!

The two new styles from Mr. Kawakami feature Japanese language fonts (Katakana and Kiragana alphabets) as well as the Latin versions.
Hiromina03 and Rakugaki

...and from Mr. Rapp
Tai Chi evokes the Orient with its calligraphic approach.

This months IHOF releases are being offered as a special "Orient Express" bundle for 40% off their regular prices! ...only $59.95 ---extended

 

Fonts-in-Use Contest

Have a look at April's winning entry in our ever-popular Fonts-in-Use Contest. You can enter too. Click here for details.

For April 2003

A new font collection!

We're offering four new fonts from professional calligrapher Michael Clark:
Michael Clark crafted these fonts with unusual names using a pen and brush and then digitized them for exclusive release by P22's International House of Fonts®. These new designs give a nod toward classic 1940s signage but have a timeless appeal. They are perfectly suited for a wide variety of contemporary uses.

P22 Frenzy Set™ brings two new design variations to the Frenzy font for added effects and design options.
P22 Pooper Black™—Despite the odd name, it is a wonderful face for packaging, titling and short bursts of text.
P22 Shibumi™ is a brush-titling face that has an "Eastern" feel. Its sheer weight exudes authority while the Eastern influence and gentle curves lend a sense of grace. The Michael Clark Collection is offered for a special price of only $59.95

 

Tip of the Month

Many fonts such as Frenzy allow for 2 part font overlapping. Click here for details on how to get started with muti-font layering

For March 2003

Two New Fonts!

P22 type foundry and International House of Fonts are pleased to introduce two new lively free-form fonts. These new font designs, licensed by two separate talented designers, bring a new twist to the IHOF family.

P22 Catalan™ is inspired by the influential Barcelona-area artists, Antonio Gaudi, Joán Miro, and Salvador Dali. The cognoscenti will also detect glimmers of the work of Jean Arp and Pablo Picasso. Surrealist shapes and motifs dance in this highly creative alphabet. This new design has a fresh immediacy that makes it perfect for festive occasions.

P22 Aglio™ is a font with an epicurean angle. Aglio is the Italian word for garlic and the font has an organic construction and bold brush strokes that evoke the spirit of this most assertive culinary favorite—tasty indeed!

For February 2003

Hedonic Family

P22 and International House of Fonts are pleased to present a brand new
font family: Hedonic, created by Robby Woodard of California. This 12-font family
employs several unique features—the most striking of these features is the 2-part Chisel set which allows for the look of stone incised lettering. Proclamations of wisdom and historic declarations will gain the attention they deserve when they're announced in Hedonic. For a limited time only, this set will be available at a special introductory price.
Click to obtain the details and to download the pdf specimen sheet: For January 2003

Typeco

P22 collaborator James Grieshaber has started his own boutique type foundry. You may remember Jim from such fonts as Gothic Gothic and Dard Hunter-Arts and Crafts Vol.2. Visit Typeco and say hello!

 

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