Type Lost &Foundry

Last week, after some work by Joachim Müller-Lancé and I that took a little over a month to complete, Cortina became available once again. This is the first of several of his typefaces that were a part of the TypeBox foundry to be updated and re-released in OpenType format through my foundry, Delve Fonts.

When it first came to my attention late last year that these fonts Joachim did while he was with TypeBox were no longer available, I thought it was a real loss and talked to him about getting them out there again. He agreed, and I’m very pleased with the results of our initial effort with Cortina. In updating the typeface, Joachim lovingly fussed over the details in Cortina—even after all this time—and it really shows in the fonts. The outlines have been refined, kerning revisited, and OT kern classes and features were intelligently applied.

Over the course of the year, there will also be some brand new type designs by Joachim released through Delve Fonts as well, which I’m personally really looking forward to because they represent some of his best work to date.

In the meantime, here is Cortina for you all to enjoy:

Available now at: http://www.delvefonts.com/cortina.html

Serendipity often occurs in typefaces from the hand of international, award-winning type designer, Joachim Müller-Lancé. The design of Cortina was inspired by a small shape spotted by coincidence: a tiny triangular tab in a software panel that resembled a futuristic ‘A’. Like a tailor starting a suit from a button he found, Joachim developed the entire concept from this idea into a family of three styles: Cortina Base, Slate, and Plate. Each is modeled on the same conceptual form sharing proportions, but with different features.

Designed for velocity (to make your designs look faster), “Base” first came into being, echoing chrome lettering and motorism, the skiing resort of Cortina and its namesake, the Ford Cortina sports car. “Slate” places us solidly in the new millennium with a dogged steampunk attitude and angular, utilitarian octagon shapes for the carbon-fiber set. Its heavy-duty construction is further hardened in “Plate”, where Cortina’s modular design approach becomes evident in industrial patches and rivet holes.

This new version of Cortina has been lovingly updated with outline refinements, revised kern pairs and powerful class kerning. It was remastered in the OpenType format by Delve Fonts, and thoroughly tested for quality assurance to provide you with the most reliable, high-quality digital typeface.

Cortina is best used at larger point sizes where the unique forms and details can draw in the viewer’s eye. Put Cortina to work on DVDs and video games, toy packaging, car accessories, book covers, or any project needing a technological edge, or exotic flavor.