can we see the typefacves?

Muzz

I’d change the name of Neutra if I were you, to avoid any confusion or possible lawsuits:

http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=showfont&id=18

Nick Cooke

I have tweeked the font since, but to give you an idea of the first I have developed:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k59/jamesbluesky/Neutra.jpg

Thanks for the great advice Nick!

I think i will have to change it. Any suggestions for the rename will be greatly received.

Many thanks

James

Isn’t “Rhona Gillmore” just Peignot Light extended slightly?

In the same way Gotham is just Avenir with slight changes?

No, Gotham and Avenir are not anywhere near this similar. “Rhona Gillmore” could be recreated in any program that can horizontally scale type, starting with Peignot Light.

Yes I agree. With these characters it does look like an extended Peignot Light.
Although, when you see the other characters it starts to look very different.

In my opinion Peignot is almost a very nice typeface. It has some very elegant characters, others look ugly. I intend to create a new font simular to Peignot but elegant throughout.

“I am looking to develop a famous foundry by producing the highest quality fonts.”

James, you seem to have the ambition of your uncle Donald. I wish you the best of luck in your enterprise.

mate your better off doing iy yourdself, no one will really want to be your production monkey!

Muzz

James there are production guns for hire. You should google it. I have ran into several of them, so they excist. The cost of developing a small family could be very high though. Designing, producing and testing is a very time consuming full-time job. We’re talking months here. Best of luck.

Are you willing to pay somebody up-front to “manufacture” the fonts for you? If not, this is only likely to work out if the fonts are exceptional (tough call) and you settle on some profit-sharing scheme. There are too many fonts out there, at low prices, for it to be otherwise.

> I intend to create a new font simular to Peignot but elegant throughout.

There are possibly legal, and certainly ethical, complications when doing something like this. Excoffon, a contemporary of Cassandre once did the same sort of thing to Peignot early on (by some accounts even before Peignot was officially released) and the uproar was a trigger for the creation of ATypI.

Furthermore, concerning Peignot in particular, it’s important to note that it was much more than just another font - in essence it was actually an attempt to reform the Latin script. As a result, any “taming” of it (presuming that’s what you’ve done - maybe not) involves complications beyond merely the formal.

Not trying to be confrontational, just trying to help.

hhp