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An "Animated" Font from House Industries: Burbank

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Submitted by Miss Tiffany : 18.Dec.2006 1.17pm

HOUSE INDUSTRIES INTRODUCES “BURBANK” COLLECTION OF ANIMATED FONTS
(YORKLYN, DE) December 18, 2006 — In a tribute to the golden age of animation, House Industries is introducing
Burbank, a versatile new collection of 20 animated fonts. The collection will be available January 1, 2007.

The collection features Burbank Big, in three widths and four weights, and Burbank Small, in four weights of both
Roman and italic. Designed for mixing and matching, Burbank offers a nearly endless array of combinations.

“Until now, animated typefaces were drawn as single, stand-alone display fonts. They rarely had relatives or a
supporting cast,” says Burbank designer Tal Leming, who was inspired by the versatility of his favorite cartoon
characters and the hand-lettered titles of classic animation.

Often stymied by the lack of typographic options for his own graphic design projects that called for animated fonts in display and text weights, Leming set to work nearly a decade ago to create the Burbank “super family”
of typefaces. The collection features hand hewn fonts from big to small, wide to condensed, light to black and
nearly everything in between.

“Designers need a coordinated, animated font family like this. I know that I sure did,” Leming says.

House Industries is offering the entire Burbank collection of 20 fonts for $299, including a free T-shirt. Or you
can purchase the display and text sets separately, for $199 each. Burbank Big features the 12 display fonts
(condensed, regular and wide in light, medium, bold and black weights). Burbank Small includes eight fonts total,
four Roman and four italic, for use in text sizes.

Order online at www.houseindustries.com or call 1-800-888-4390.

About House Industries
House Industries is a Delaware-based independent type foundry, illustration studio and design firm that markets
unique fonts and artwork worldwide. Noted for its typographic synthesis of popular culture, House Industries
creates functional fonts and lettering that permeate every facet of our visual landscape.

About the Designer
Tal Leming is a type designer based in Baltimore, MD. His work can be spotted around the world on screens
large and small, in magazines and newspapers and on everything from packaging to clothing. His previous work
includes United, the largest-known American typeface family, released by House Industries in 2006.

House Industries
1145 Yorklyn Rd.
P.O. Box 166
Yorklyn, DE 19736-0166

For more information visit www.houseindustries.com

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