Phinney on Fonts

Tag: Kickstarter

  • Cristoforo t-​shirt orders!

    Cristoforo t-shirt thumbnails
    Cristoforo t-​shirt thumbnails. These are double-​sided so A1 is the front and A2 is the back for a single t-​shirt design, etc. Relative sizes of front vs back elements are not necessarily to scale. (click for 2.5 MB PDF)

    T-​shirts promoting my new Kickstarter-​funded typeface Cristoforo are now available! There are six different t-​shirt designs available, many full-​color and double-​sided! For my Kickstarter backers at $77+, your t-​shirt was included in your pledge. For backers at lower levels and other readers who see and like the t-​shirts, see below for costs and payment instructions. I do not expect to print these shirts again, so this may be your only chance!

    To order your shirt:

    – Download the PDF (Cristoforo t-​shirt designs, 2.5 MB) for a high-​quality reference on the different designs. Background colors are carefully matched to the shirt colors now.

    – use my shirt order form on SurveyMonkey

    If you have not pre-​paid as a $77+ backer, you can still order a shirt! Or you can add shirts. See below. Note that most of these are double-​sided and involve full-​color images.

    The window for orders will remain open until I have all the required backers’ orders in hand (maybe May 21?). The order form will just stop working when I cut it off, and I will update this post as well.

  • Cristoforo Backers

    As I’ve been posting about lately, Cristoforo is a family of three fonts I am developing, reviving Columbus & Columbus Initials (Ihlenberg, 1892) and American Italic and American Italic Initials (Ihlenberg, 1902) as well as adding a symbol font. I am the lead designer, with the assistance of my new intern, Andrea Harrison.

    I funded the development of Cristoforo through a Kickstarter campaign, which raised over $10,000 from backers. Woot!

    Current ETA on finished fonts? February 2013. However, limited pre-​release versions will be available to appropriate levels of backers starting in mid-July.

    Here are my awesome backers, in tiers by their level of support.

    Elder Gods

    Gerry Leonidas
    “Hanover Fiste”
    Laura Worthington
    Lanny Maude
    Michael Grzesina

    Great Old Ones

    Daphne Pfister
    Andrew Leman
    Adam Crossingham
    Andy Watson
    Harbs
    Dorian Henao
    Christian Mayland
    Philip M. Payes
    Sean Stewart
    Mark Simonson
    Eric Menninga

    Greater Servitors

    Steve Burnett
    Owlglass
    Shaun Huston
    Robin Layfield
    Alan Shutko
    M Sean Molley
    John Butler
    Juris L. Purins
    Ned Holbrook
    John Bragg
    Jens Kutilek
    Ed Hurtley
    Dean EngelHardt
    Shaun Huston
    Jens Kutilek

    Unspeakable Horrors

    H James Lucas
    Rachael Stevens
    Katherine Schroeder
    anarch
    Sarah E Canzoneri
    Tom Orzechowski
    Atarun
    Alexander Y. Hawson, M.D.
    jshallri
    Adam Jury
    Matt Goczalk
    Eric Schild
    Michael Mellinger
    Genghis Kern
    Tom Carlson
    Josh Rensch
    Justin Hernandez
    Joerg Sterner
    Kimlin
    Emrys Hopkins
    Jonathan Biddle
    Bobn Gorski
    trit
    Bret Kramer
    David Marshall
    Melissa Bube
    Christopher
    Trampas Johnson
    John Velonis
    Alan Ackerman
    Bruce
    Jonathan Harnum
    Brendan Sheehan
    Val Lucas
    Shelby Cinca
    Solarom
    Damon Loren Baker
    Gene Breshears
    Shabier Raffee
    Battlefield Press, Inc.
    James Hannum
    Adrian Rector
    Stephen Kick
    Eric Havir
    Trevor Stamper
    Open Design
    Marc Teppo
    Ben Levy
    Jim Ramsay
    Luke Ovitz
    Rick Ernst
    Seth Godin
    Reed Savory
    Frédéric Gaudet
    Skye
    Steven Scherbinski
    Ed Possing
    Simon Rogers
    Rob Kaughan
    Filipe
    Steve Huntsberry
    Bugmaster
    Christine Doyle
    Gerald Saul
    Raymond Michaud
    Peter Miller
    Fred Hicks /​ Evil Hat Productions
    Brett Bozeman
    Bryant Durrell
    Mike
    Mark Ho-Kane
    Derek M. Koch
    James Todd
    Bill Walsh
    chris
    Mark L Pappin
    Chris Huning
    Michael Jacob
    Dan Reynolds
    Rod McDonald
    Gerolf Nikolay
    David Wolske
    John Hawkinson
    Galahad de Corbenic
    Justin Unsworth
    Rob Pinkerton
    Tom Conder
    Eric Nielsen
    Terry McKelvey
    David Occhino Design
    Jean-​Claude Tremblay
    Randy
    Chris Jarocha-Ernst
    Jason Williams
    Kate Eakman
    Richard Kegler
    Yukihiro Terada
    Robert “Rev. Bob” Hood

    Lesser Servitors

    Zachstar2014
    Jonathan Krell
    Alex Kim
    Torrain
    Scott Dorward
    Brien Croteau
    Brian Schoner
    Hans de Wolf
    Jon Michaels
    Andreas Welch
    Jessica Kozaki
    Benjamin Bangsberg
    Gerald Kowarski
    Blaine Horrocks
    Rob
    Knighthawk 2112
    Angela Patel
    Candace White
    Thomas Taimre
    Jeff
    Darin DuMez
    Antoine Bertier
    Jed McClure
    Stacey Van Keuren
    Maika
    Threemoons
    Jon N
    Rork
    Haakon Sjursen
    Tobias Svalås
    Andrew Lee
    James Allenspach
    Akma
    Rt Andrez Mora
    “Rambo”
    Curt Miyashiro
    Elliott C. Bäck
    Adam Hunter Peck
    Munchezuma
    Scott Morrison
    THomas W. Holt Jr.
    Dave Borne
    David Barton
    Nathan Clarenburg
    Mike Hurd
    Kathleen TInkel
    arfunk
    Candace Carpenter
    Brian Moe
    Micah Wright
    rampantbicycle
    Lila Symons
    Gem Newman
    Nikola Skopec
    Brandon Holfeltz
    Marcos Nogas
    Phil Vance
    Don Hosek
    Eric Eslinger
    Victor Hammersley
    Dennis Wilkinson
    Edward Iglesias
    Jeremy Tavan
    Adrian Rector
    _Zed_
    Christopher Harris
    Jorg Rødsjø
    Jeanette
    AH
    Mike Nutt
    Mitchell Olson
    Patrick Heagany
    Sean Molley
    Juan M. Escribano
    Wayne A Arthurton
    Brian Platt
    Steph McW
    Glenn Fleishmann
    Laura
    Ann Voelkel
    Jesse Garrison
    Michael Bowman
    H. James Lucas
    Raphael Solomon
    Marty Barnett
    Stephanie Schorr
    Pablo Impallari
    Dennis Kelley
    Tieg Zaharia
    Ernst Tedeschi
    Dougal Campbell
    Lorenz Thor
    Halstead York
    Ian Lovecraft
    Richard Simon
    Rebecca Evans

    Byakhee

    Ezra Claverie
    Samuel Velasco
    Daniel Steinbock
    Lori

    Ghouls

    Missa
    Justin Marsten
    Michael Gerber
    Steven Zeck
    Alisha
    Josh M
    Caleb Stokes
    Nicholas
    Karen Babyak
    Alex
    Jenny Franck
    Julian F
    James Turnbull

  • Cristoforo: back my new crowd-​funded typeface

    Cristoforo promo image

    [UPDATE 26 May 2012: The first try didn’t quite make it, so I revised the reward structure and re-​launched! Link now points to the revised project.]

    Yes, I’m starting a Kickstarter campaign to find backers for my new typeface, Cristoforo, a revival of some classic Victorian typefaces by Hermann Ihlenburg. It’s also known as the typeface of Call of Cthulhu (the H.P. Lovecraft roleplaying game), and as the original logo for Cracker Jack. The campaign will only last until midnight on Saturday May 19 [revised: June 17], which is 26 days from now. Basically, people pledge money up front for the fonts (and other goodies) so I know the project is viable. Reward options for backers depend on their funding level, and include not only the fonts, but computer desktop wallpaper, postcards, T-​shirts and posters.

    Kickstarter is all or nothing. Only if the total pledges exceed the minimum funding target are people’s credit cards charged and the project moves forward.

    If funding exceeds the minimum by enough of a margin, I can add more language support for central/​eastern Europe (including Cyrillic), and even pay an intern!

    Check it out!