Footnotes *†‡§
Just a quick one: not sure how I missed this the first time around, but the entire FontFont catalogue can be viewed online over at issuu. You can flip through the 2009 catalogue, zoom in for higher resolution, and even download it (though you’ll need to sign up).
In addition to that, this page, has a list of every single FontFont PDF specimen — brilliant! There are still some foundries that do not offer PDF specimens. I’d never, ever purchase a typeface without first seeing it — un-metaphorically — on paper.
And a pretty cool little movie for FF Trixie:
And then there’s the Trixie microsite:
Trixie isn’t new, but it’s now available in all its OpenType glory. And, if you’re not all trixied out by now, there’s a desktop wallpaper. Enjoy!
Thanks to Christoph Koeberlin for the masthead, which is set in Trixie HD OT Light.
— Hochuli & Kinross
20 comments * comment * trackback
Esben Thomsen
wget -r -l 0 http://www.fontshop.de/news/FontFont_pdfs.html here I come :-)
Nov 20, 2008
johno
Esben
Sorry your comment was marked as spam initially. I’ve resurrected it :)
Nov 20, 2008
Esben Thomsen
Yeah I the url is the sinner :-)
Is there anyway I can communicate with you, where you have a human chance of reading it? :-)
Nov 20, 2008
Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo
Sweet Specimens, batman! I’ve been thinking about printing out a bunch and cover a wall.
Nov 20, 2008
johno
Esben
Try my Gmail address. I’ll be looking out for it.
Tor
Nice idea. Be sure to show me, if you do.
Nov 20, 2008
Alex Charchar
hey johno, thanks for the tip about the FontFont catalogue being over at issuu.. I’ve often thought I wouldn’t mind picking up a copy (especially when you mention it here) but wanted to have a flick through a copy first.. now i can! Thanks for making it easier to justify picking this one up :)
and the typewriter font is loooovely, especially in the header..
Nov 20, 2008
johno
Alex
I thought you might appreciate FF Trixie :)
Nov 20, 2008
Robert
Gatta love them type specimens. Nice Trixie wallpaper
Nov 21, 2008
Enrique
Excelente, adoro las tipografías retro, y este tipo en concreto mucho más. La nostalgia corre por mis venas.
Un saludo desde España.
Nov 21, 2008
Christoph Koeberlin
John,
I’ll send you a real-deal header image of Trixie HD … I don’t like seeing duplicate glyphs and the old outlines! ;)
Thanks for teh warm words!
Nov 21, 2008
Jens
The FontShop Germany page doesn’t have the newer FF PDFs, it seems to stop somewhere around mid-2007. You can see all of the PDFs via the small info button on the font package listings on http://www.fontfont.com/shop/ - though not all in one place.
Nov 21, 2008
johno
Christoph
Your masthead is up there. Thanks. Really like it, and much more in the spirit of Trixie.
Jens
Thanks for pointing that out. Perhaps they’ll add a prettier page with access to the complete library of PDFs.
Nov 21, 2008
Carla Coulson
Hi, I just discovered your website. I love it. such wonderful fonts and ideas. I have published two books and would have loved to have seen your website beforehand. Thanks Carla
Nov 21, 2008
Ivo [FontFont]
Thank you for your article. Nice to see that you like to browse through our catalog online. Soon you’ll find more PDFs online.
Btw., you can watch the FF Trixie movie on our FFacebook page as well.
Nov 21, 2008
Torbjørn Vik Lunde
Trixie HD is quite a beaty. I really like their promo postert. I really agree with them. I’m missing analog even though strictly speaking, it’s before my generation. I remember once when I was a kid & I was visiting my uncle I noticed his typewriter. I was quite fascinated by how you could see how the letters where inked onto the paper. Unlike the printers which was this mystic machine that spat out papers with text on them.
Nov 23, 2008
Roxanne @ Free Resume Templates
Nice, trixie’s a real nice ideea. Oh… by the way, bought a nice pack of fonts, i simply love them! :) Love typography too!
Nov 24, 2008
tae wong
Why is Bravefont video ratings disabled?
Please flag the Bravefont video as violence so comments can be disabled.
Dec 8, 2008