font_designer: Patrick Griffin

Soft Press

Soft Press font

This is the rounded, softer version of Canada Type’s popular Press Gothic. Originally done in 2011 for a global publisher, this font has already seen plenty of magazine and book cover action, perhaps even...

Tabarnak

Tabarnak font

Tabarnak started out as an assessment and correction of an old concept by George Wilkens. The original idea was for a bold upright alphabet reminiscent of Oz Cooper’s work, but ornamented with some shocard/signage...

Monte Cristo

Monte Cristo font

Monte Cristo picks up where Libertine left off, then makes a great leap forward to attain its luxuriously seductive personality. With a minimum of 4 variations on the uppercase letters, and up to 38...

Pipa

Pipa font

Originally made for a health food store chain we cannot name, Pipa is the embodiment of organic display typography. Although it draws inspiration from some cold type ideas, like the uncredited Atlantis from VGC...

Common Comic

Common Comic font

The Common Comic volume is the fifth in Canada Type’s ever-growing series of comic book fonts, which really is the expression of Patrick Griffin’s continued obsession with the genre. Common Comic joins Collector Comic,...

Aragon ST

Aragon ST font

Aragon ST is a special version of Hans van Maanen’s Aragon family. It was developed for science writing, and it serves as the very first introduction of SciType, an innovative new way of building...

Dutch Mediaeval Pro ST

Dutch Mediaeval Pro ST font

Dutch Mediaeval Pro ST is a special version of the popular Dutch Mediaeval Pro family, engineered specifically for science writing. It is equipped with SciType, a combination of additional characters and OpenType programming included...

Roos ST

Roos ST font

Roos ST is a special version of the Roos family, engineered specifically for science writing. It is equipped with SciType, a combination of additional characters and OpenType programming included in the fonts to help...

Dutch Mediaeval Book ST

Dutch Mediaeval Book ST font

Dutch Mediaeval Book ST is a special version of the popular Dutch Mediaeval Book text fonts, engineered specifically for science writing. It is equipped with SciType, a combination of additional characters and OpenType programming...

Social Gothic

Social Gothic font

When Social Gothic first launched in 2007 as a basic single font, it became an instant branding and advertising favourite. It was used widely by a few major fashion outlets and department stores, then...