font_foundry: Mark Simonson
Bookmania (2011) combines the sturdy elegance of the original Bookman Oldstyle (1901) with the swashy exuberance of the Bookmans of the 1960s. With 687 swash characters, more than any previous Bookman, the possibilities are...
Proxima Soft is a rounded version of Proxima Nova. With the same forty-eight styles (eight weights in three widths, plus italics), Proxima Soft fits the bill when you want something a bit warmer and...
Acme Gothic (2018) is based on the thick and thin gothic lettering style popular in the U.S. in the first half of the twentieth century. There have been typefaces in this genre before, but...
Parkside (2018) is a script typeface inspired by typefaces and lettering of the 1930s and 1940s. Unlike metal typefaces from that era, it takes advantage of modern digital typography, where letters may overlap and...
Etna was inspired by the Aetna wood type style of the late nineteenth century. Etna tames this quirky Victorian design into a complete family subtable for modern use, adding a full range of six...
Proxima Vara is a variable version of the Proxima Nova type family. In a single font file, it contains all the weights and styles of Proxima Nova—plus any style between them along any of...
Mark Simonson’s Proxima Sera answers the question that designers and typographers have asked for more than fifteen years—what serif typeface should I pair with Proxima Nova? Proxima Sera is a hybrid design, combining characteristics...
A typeface nearly 20 years in the making, Dreamboat is Mark Simonson’s take on the bold script style popular during the first few decades of the 20th century and revived later in custom lettering...