Libowsky-Type

Firmin Didot was a type founder, printer, and engraver born April 14, 1760 in France, dying on April 24th 1838. Alongside Bodoni, he created Modern style typefaces by the use of extreme contrast between strokes and thin serifs. As a result of this typeface, millions of fonts to date are based off this innovative script style. What I like about his way of script is how elegant it looks. When I see it I get a feeling of simplicity and professionalism. Seen with Vogue’s logo, this font is a perfect use for titles, making them stand out. A perfect everyday font that everyone has used.
 * Didot by Firmin Didot **



The willow typeface has a discreet history, in which all the tracks were covered as to who and where this font was created. However one thing is sure: this font is ingenious. The original font that I tried to research was The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Font, created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. However there are so many variations of this font, and so many pre-existing fonts that Charles Mackintosh was based off of. The original font, ITC Willow, was created by Tony Forster in 1990. There is not much evidence as to who he was, but he was a type founder. Tony Forster worked with Charles Rennie Mackintosh to create The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Font. As stated before, there are multiple variations of this font. Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an architect, graphic designer, and interior designer from Glasgow, born 1868, dying on 1928. Today the font is used by millions of individuals and business’ due to its individuality between the unique lettering. In addition, the font was recently used for the TV show American Horror Story — a breakthrough for using such fonts in the horror genre. Not only has creation of the cutting-edge font been innovative, but the application and legacy of it remains. The part I like the best about this font is the secrecy of it, and that it was created by an Architect.
 * Willow -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh **



Steve Jackaman is a company boss, and type designer born 1954 in Greenwich, London. Steve is still living today, and has published 112 font families. His designs reflect the type that was used during 40’s, 50’s and early 60’s, mostly using Modern, Serif, and Decorative. However his style uses quite a lot of variety, also incorporating San Serif, Slab Serif, Script, and more.The application of the fonts designed are mainly used for heading, or titles. Jackaman’s Raleigh Gothic font has been featured by the artist Lana Del Rey, using it as the font for her album name’s on each of her albums.
 * Raleigh Gothic by Steve Jackaman **