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This month we are launching a set of six font packages: combinations of like-minded fonts which quite simply means more bang for your buck.<\/p>\n
The first package, Cynical Scripts<\/em>, contains Echelon<\/a>, Nixon Script<\/a> and Sarcastic<\/a>; superb for some sardonic statements.<\/p>\n Some information about the fonts in Cynical Scripts<\/em>:<\/p>\n Echelon<\/a> is a font based on eastern Europe 70s \u2018pipe-style\u2019 typefaces, Echelon is named after the massive government surveillance system, which listens to our every move.<\/p>\n Nixon Script<\/a> is very loosely based on a piece of lettering on the front of a 1960s camera. It quickly developed from the retro script to something which had the spirit of the \u2018American dream\u2019 and a pious religious feel.<\/p>\n Sarcastic<\/a> is based on some of the 1950s script display fonts and the rhythmic forms created from the connecting points of neon lettering, re-interpreted in a contemporary style.<\/p>\n Package number two, Hostile Encounters<\/em>, includes Bastard<\/a>, False Idol<\/a> and Infidel<\/a>; vital for vitriolic vociferation..<\/p>\n Some information about the fonts in Hostile Encounters<\/em>:<\/p>\n Bastard<\/a> is a blackletter font drawn with a contemporary eye. Historic forms have been reinterpreted using a set of modular parts and a new aesthetic appropriate to the contemporary technology it was produced on. In recent history these kinds of letterforms have been identified with the Nazis but blackletter type has been central to the development of typography for over five hundred years.<\/p>\n False Idol<\/a> is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made religious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based were trying to mimic a feeling of ‘glamour’ but succeeded in just looking seedy. Somehow that seediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts.<\/p>\n Infidel<\/a> is based on letters from the Lindisfarne Gospels and other similar manuscripts and bibles from the middle ages. These wonderfully idiosyncratic forms, some beautiful, some ugly are so far away from what we recognise as legible letters today. The name In?del is intentionally confrontational. The typeface was designed as a response to September 11th contrasting these serene, religious, historic forms with the surge in negative energy that pervaded people’s attitude towards religion.<\/p>\n Lucky number three, it\u2019s the Orwellian Nightmare<\/em> package, including Doublethink<\/a> and Newspeak<\/a>; delightful for designing your dreadful dreams.<\/p>\n Some information about the fonts in Orwellian Nightmare<\/em>:<\/p>\n Doublethink<\/a> was originally drawn in the 1960s in Yugoslavia as a logo for the shopfronts of the state-owned clothes company Standard Konfekcija by Vinko Ozic-Pajic. The experimental design was reinterpreted with the construction of a two weight typeface – Doublethink Medium and Doublethink Bold Inline. The name Doublethink comes from the book 1984 by George Orwell. It means \u201cthe power of holding two contradictory beliefs, simultaneously, in one’s mind and accepting both of them.\u201d An appropriate name for a font produced in a Communist regime.<\/p>\n Newspeak<\/a> is based on architectural forms from Stalinist Russia and the Cyrillic alphabet, letterforms which show a decadent visual language with a sinister political undertone. The name Newspeak comes from the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Newspeak is a language invented so that people cannot express themselves or think in a way outside the political doctrine enforced by the dictatorship in power.<\/p>\n Farcical yet flamboyant, it\u2019s package number four: Psychosomatic Fantastic. Including three complete fonts: Coma<\/a>, Melancholia<\/a> and Tourette<\/a>; it’s unbelievably appropriate for any unconscious utterance.<\/p>\n Some information about the fonts in Psychosomatic Fantastic<\/em>:<\/p>\n Coma<\/a> was originally designed to be used with Japanese alphabets, the font is based on a square so that it can be easily used horizontally or vertically. However its sleek, modern feel means that it stands up very well to being used in a number of different ways.<\/p>\n Melancholia<\/a> is a delicate & usable sans serif font featuring an alternative font with swash style characters normally only used In calligraphy. The italic in melancholia is not a redrawn sloped version of the sans roman, but a sans based on \u2018original italics\u2019 such as Garamond. Altogether it makes up a subtle and beautiful typeface.<\/p>\n Tourette<\/a> is a whimsical and delicate font, based on light slab serif letterforms from the 18th and 19th century and available in two versions, \u2018normal\u2019 and \u2018extreme\u2019. \u2018Normal\u2019 is a delicate but legible font. \u2018Extreme\u2019 is full of little flourishes which will give your designs an exquisite, but slightly frivolous feel.<\/p>\n Fabulous number five, it\u2019s the Super Future<\/em> package including Delux<\/a>, Prototype<\/a> and Prozac<\/a>; superb for some stylish sloganeering.<\/p>\n Some information about the fonts in Super Future<\/em>:<\/p>\n Delux<\/a> is a retro-futuristic font available in plain and ultra to satisfy your every desire. The drawing and construction are very simple, almost na\u00efve, inspired by type found on old military aircraft and redrawn with a contemporary voice. Delux is one of our most well known and popular fonts.<\/p>\n Prototype<\/a> is a universal alphabet with a very contemporary identity crisis – is it old or new? uppercase or lowercase? serif or sans serif? Experimental letterforms but with an irritating familiarity of a cover version of a played-to-death pop song. Prototype tries to be all things to all people.<\/p>\n Prozac<\/a> was an experiment to make a universal alphabet with as few shapes as possible. After much work we managed to generate the whole font using just six shapes which are flipped or rotated. The name Prozac comes from the aesthetic of the font. It looks like it was designed by scientists in a ‘utopian’ genetically engineered society. We also wanted to hint at the relationship between simplifying letterforms and the complexity of meaning conveyed through words.<\/p>\n Like a sick sojourn, it\u2019s package number six: War Tourism<\/em>. Featuring the fonts Patriot<\/a>, State Machine<\/a> and Shock and Awe<\/a>, it\u2019s the perfect package for that peaceful proclamation.<\/p>\n Some information about the fonts in War Tourism<\/em>:<\/p>\n Patriot<\/a> is the sans version of our very popular font Exocet<\/a> released through Emigre. This font is of course also based on early greek and roman stone carving. However without the serifs and some redrawing its looks a little bit more modern and a little bit more mechanical.<\/p>\n State Machine<\/a> is based on lettering used on Russian and American military vehicles in the Cold War, additionally in the lower case some more na\u00efve characters have been included which are taken from hand-made political banners from the 1970s. Altogether it makes it one of Virus\u2019s most usable and bold fonts.<\/p>\n The Shock and Awe<\/a> series was created to release fonts of special historical and political significance. This package contains 2 fonts \u2013 the first is a full font based on the nose cone lettering of ‘Enola Gay’, the b-29 aeroplane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. The second is from the lettering on the Tomahawk cruise missile. 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\nCynical Scripts = Hosni Mubarak<\/a>
\nHostile Encounters = Laurent Gbagbo<\/a>
\nOrwellian Nightmare = Saudi Interior Ministry<\/a>
\nPsychosomatic Fantastic = Muammar Gaddafi<\/a>
\nSuper Future = Design Observer: Lost In the Supermarket<\/a>
\nWar Tourism = Banned Israel Tourism advert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"