dalton maag

edit: not sure about the handwriting bit though!...

I've done quite a few, (my own and other people's) - ITC Dartangnon, Olicana, Gizmo, Hotels.com, Tesco Every Little Helps, and this one:

http://typophile.com/node/75222

With the malapropism “fontographers,” the lower case, the spelling errors, and the generally dodgy mission, surely this is the least-confidence-inspiring post of the year. (I was going to say “skankiest.”)

Welcome to Typophile, Daisy.

Pay no attention to the man in the hat :-)

Malapropism or not, I would not care if they called me a fontographerer... it is better than a calligraphist :-)

P.s. Nick is your man!

Joe, for someone so picky about grammar, it's ironic that you would misuse "malapropism".

What do you suppose "Fontographer" sounds like, but isn't?
Photographer? Pornographer?

This is more neologism than misuse.
Deriving a generic noun or verb from a brand name may be considered as neologism, a form of proprietary eponym.

Fontographer, as a noun used to describe a person who makes fonts, is quite logical, because it avoids the ambiguity of using "typographer" for type designer

If there is no allusion (intended or otherwise) to the software product, "fontographer" follows the non-professional trend that assumes "font" to mean "typeface". If "typographer" exists, why not "fontographer"?

Nonetheless, I still prefer to call myself a type designer.

And you are a good one Nick... even if I consider you a fontlabber :-)

Other london based and recommended foundries are:

Fontsmith
Foundrytypes

I personally would recommend
Nick Cooke (see the review of his beautiful Olicana on Typographica)
or
Sebastian Lester

P.S.: Nick: haven’t found any individual homepage from you (in a hurry) …?!?

Rainer - After many years I'm finally in the process of having my own site produced.

Thanks for the recommendations Michael and Rainer.

Fontist?
Fontorist?
Fontorrist?
…
Fontlabourist?

cheers, A. St.

Typist, obviously.

Daisy: I'm not sure it is apparent in all the joshing about, but for future reference, the usual term is “type designer”; Fontographer is the name of a computer program used for type design, though no longer the dominant one.

Cheers,

T

I would recommend myself having done things for Sky, MTV and various UK musicians...but I need a few years to catch up with Nick; he's a powerful practitioner of the lettering arts - who really should have that site complete!