font_foundry: Canada Type

Gallery

Gallery font

Browsing through film archives at an independent film and audio production company in Winnipeg, Patrick Griffin spotted some unique set letters on a sign and a lawn chair in a 1980s B-movie entitled “Canada:...

Bruschetta

Bruschetta font

The problem with scripts in general, and brush scripts in particular, is that the majority of them cannot be set in all-caps words or sentences. So as a rule of thumb most designers try...

Cougar

Cougar font

It is still a mystery to us why Martin Wilke’s 1968 Konzept design was ignored by the digital age. It certainly has the elements of attractive yet realistic handwriting, as well as a few...

Dancebats

Dancebats font

According to the two most popular statistics companies in England and North America, eight out of every ten people like to dance. Talk about useless information! But with such a market statistic, we thought...

Mascara

Mascara font

Mascara is one of those organic extremes that usually make people’s jaw drop in big silent awe. The way such things are built is usually quite simple, given the right software and/or tools. In...

Santini

Santini font

Santini began as an experiment in mixing historical art deco, art nouveau, arts and crafts, and to a lesser extent Bauhaus sources. Surprised at the pleasant outcome of the experiment, we expanded it to...

Quiller

Quiller font

Quiller is another catch from the hot metal days, another one that managed to slip through the fingers of both the photo-typers and digitizers of last 4 decades. JJ Sierke’s Privat design from 1966...

Rhino

Rhino font

This is Canada Type’s second Helmut Matheis revival. Rhino is what Matheis did under the name Mobil for the Ludwig & Mayer foundry in 1960. It’s an informal text face with some attractive irregularities...

Showboat

Showboat font

You are looking at the friendliest, happiest and most faithful of puppies. It comes to greet you as soon as your eyes see it, radiates its joy, wags its tail, jumps in circles, and...

Boondock

Boondock font

Boondock is another Imre Reiner design resurrected from the ashes of hot metal type for digital use. This wild paint font is a revival of the fascinating Bazaar brush type from 1956. Boondock has...