Knut, 666 is not the name of the font, Diavlo is… When doing the first sketches it appeared a bit ‘devilish’ to me. I typed 666 just to get some attention for it. And it worked
Hey there! I’ve been a fan of your wonderful typography since I first discovered Fontin (still one of my old trusty standbys), but you’ve really, really outdone yourself with Diavolo! The kerning and ligatures are outstanding. Bravo, exljbris!
I agree with Billifer, the Fontin is a classic and that you have outdone yoursefl here. Great to see such a typographic font show novelty value as well. Tops!
Good job with CE diacritics, especially “ogonek” (which is often misunderstood and it’s a rarity to see it formed right). It would be nice (and very helpful for some of us;) if You could find some time and revise the rest of your fonts for CE set. Some short and useful materials about diacritics (in english): http://diacritics.typo.cz/ http://www.twardoch.com/download/polishhowto/intro.html
just stumbled upon your work and download your fonts. Fantastic work, I really apreciate it. We’re thinking about launching a magazine on culture and literature here in Germany (Potsdam, Berlin) and it very well might be that we’ll end up using some of your work.
I’ve started working on a broader expansion for Diavlo. Diavlo will not only come Bold but in: Book, SemiBold, Bold, Book Italic SemiBold Italic and Bold Italic.
Mr. Buivenga… I love Diavlo. I’ve used it in a few projects, and I love the new weight additions. I even used Diavlo in a full-page ad that is running in SPIN magazine soon. Keep a look out for it! Email me if you want more details.
Exljbris you really designed a very unique font face! I like the style, this kind of style is seen in Jan Maack’s Speak (for the FontFont label). This font face does also remind me of another font face but I dont know the name anymore.
Keep on going! And you probably will end up with your own Font library soon;-)
i’m from brasil/bahia/salvador.
and really loved diavlo. dont’ you think at a true italic for her family?
maybe you want to see a work that a just dine with this amazing font.
Your font is really beautiful. I’ve used it to build a logo for my guy, you can see on his blog : http://k10dpentax.blogspot.com/ and we have credited you for the font.
I also have made a post with the link to your site on my blog, but I don’t know if you understand French ,-)
Thank you very much for this good job, I think I will come regularly to see your new works.
oh man,
i like your fonts very ….. and i like to see that some people have a talent and don´t wanna make only money with this. i hope your never will lose your passion for fonts. big respekt..
sorry my english is not very well… hope that you understand me….
The ct ligature has no codepoint. If you are using a programm like InDesign you can obtain it by selecting ‘Discretionary Ligatures’ (OpenType options).
Jos — I saw Diavlo used in an advert in SPIN Magazine. I flipped the page and I said, “Hey, I know that font!” Although Diavlo is not my favorite of your fonts (Fontin is!), it’s still very good and easy to spot. If you’d like to see a scan, it’s available at my blog. Keep rocking the gorgeous design!
Thanks for spotting my fonts in the wild! What a really overwhelming generous article on your blog! This is indeed the ad ‘crump’ mentioned some entries above (May 8th, 2007 at 5:18 pm).
Haha, I didn’t even see that crump had left about that. I’m glad you got to see it before I ripped down the blog — I have to reinstall it and redesign it.
Before this, I didn’t know it was possible to fall in love with a font. But I have fallen in love with Diavlo. I set it as the default font for my OS (Ubuntu), and since then I’ve often caught myself just staring at letters on the screen. Just… wow. I know nothing about professional typeface design, but even I can tell how much care and consideration went into this. Keep up the good work Jos–but you’re gonna have to really outdo yourself to beat this one.
(Even now I’m staring at this comment as I’m typing since I set Firefox to use Diavlo. Dammit it looks good!) =D
I really like all of your fonts! Great work and I hope I’ll see more quality fonts from you
I used Diavlo in the redesign of my blog. Take a look and tell me what do you think..
76 Comments
March 17, 2007 at 5:20 am
Look really good!
I can’t wait to see the finalised result
your fonts are simply excellent
March 22, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Thx Omar! More progress can be seen at this page:
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/diavlo.html
March 26, 2007 at 8:30 am
666 is _not_ hot. Why this crude name for such a ‘modern’ font???
March 26, 2007 at 11:23 am
Knut, 666 is not the name of the font, Diavlo is… When doing the first sketches it appeared a bit ‘devilish’ to me. I typed 666 just to get some attention for it. And it worked
April 1, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Diavlo finished! Check it out at http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/diavlo.html
April 1, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Hey there! I’ve been a fan of your wonderful typography since I first discovered Fontin (still one of my old trusty standbys), but you’ve really, really outdone yourself with Diavolo! The kerning and ligatures are outstanding. Bravo, exljbris!
April 1, 2007 at 9:31 pm
I agree with Billifer, the Fontin is a classic and that you have outdone yoursefl here. Great to see such a typographic font show novelty value as well. Tops!
April 2, 2007 at 8:28 am
Guys, thanks! I really appreciate these posts! Keeps me going
April 2, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Awesome font! (just like the ones before it)
April 3, 2007 at 9:57 am
Good job with CE diacritics, especially “ogonek” (which is often misunderstood and it’s a rarity to see it formed right). It would be nice (and very helpful for some of us;) if You could find some time and revise the rest of your fonts for CE set. Some short and useful materials about diacritics (in english):
http://diacritics.typo.cz/
http://www.twardoch.com/download/polishhowto/intro.html
Thanks, anyway!
April 3, 2007 at 9:44 pm
looks nice, but delicious is still my fav font.
nice work, take care CHR!$
April 4, 2007 at 2:20 am
just stumbled upon your work and download your fonts. Fantastic work, I really apreciate it. We’re thinking about launching a magazine on culture and literature here in Germany (Potsdam, Berlin) and it very well might be that we’ll end up using some of your work.
Especially Devilish rocks.
thanks again.
blorges
April 4, 2007 at 10:32 am
@ CHR!$: LOL, I thougt you more a Diavlo guy
@blorges: Sounds very interesting. Please keep me posted!
April 4, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Thank you Jos for this awesome work !
I’m totally found of this type of fonts wich are really original while remaining really obvious !
Et comme je suis vraiment pas sur de mon anglais et que mon hollandais est trois fois pire
:
Merci pour ce boulot fantastique !
J’adore ce genre de typo ! Vraiment originales et qui restent pourtant simples et évidentes !
Merci mille fois !!!
April 6, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Because the responses are so generous and overwhelming (thanks everyone!) I’ve desided to make a bold version of Diavlo.
April 6, 2007 at 2:28 pm
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/images/dia11.gif
April 7, 2007 at 11:22 pm
we had great fun with your previous font, and now another _delicious_ font came out of your hands, great, thank you!
April 8, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Another great font designed by Jos Buivenga
. I used in several design projects on work and at home. Thanx J. for this great free font.
April 10, 2007 at 8:57 pm
[hot!] Diavlo broader expansion will come soon
I’ve started working on a broader expansion for Diavlo. Diavlo will not only come Bold but in: Book, SemiBold, Bold, Book Italic SemiBold Italic and Bold Italic.
April 11, 2007 at 10:19 am
Hey…these fonts are too exceptionnal they are great.
Keep on the good work.
From Lebanon
Graphic Designer
April 11, 2007 at 12:50 pm
diavlo rocks! thanks!
April 11, 2007 at 8:54 pm
[update] new pre-release: two more weights added
I’ve added two more weights besides Book: SemiBold and Bold. Italic (oblique) versions will follow soon.
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/diavlo.html
PS thanks all for supporting me with your generous compliments!
April 14, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Just to say… THANK YOU!
April 17, 2007 at 6:35 am
hello… drop in just to say – Thanks a lot! Ur font is always wonderful. May the Font be with you
April 19, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Good work ! Thankf much for that. I really appreciate.
April 21, 2007 at 10:41 am
The Diavlo font ’s kinda cool.
Looking forward to use it.
April 24, 2007 at 3:13 am
Thanks for the extra weights, exljbris! You’re awesome! No one has better type design than you — including a fair number of expensive foundries!
April 24, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Thanks very much! I’ve nearly finished another (heavy) weiht… and it’s going to be called… Black
Maybe (not sure) I’ll do a light weight…
April 28, 2007 at 5:04 pm
This is a very nice font – I like the subtle curves that make Diavlo unique and yet usable! Its a good name too! The devil is in the details…
April 28, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Thx Ben. I hope Diavlo will prove it’s bite to you
April 28, 2007 at 5:30 pm
As of today (april 28, 18.00 hrs GMT), Diavlo makes it’s final realease in 5 weights…
Light, Book, SemiBold, Bold & Black.
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/diavlo.html
April 28, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I like the breve mark a lot. It strongly implies the white space it encloses, plus of course it looks devilish.
April 29, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Hi,
Is there any way to extend Diavlo to cover Vietnamese glyphs? Vietnamese is a Latin language with some special characters:
â, ấ, ầ, ậ, à, á, ạ, ằ, ắ, ặ, ó, ò, ọ, ô, ộ, ố, ồ, ơ, ớ, ờ, ợ, í, ì, ị, đ, Đ, ý, ỳ, ỵ, ư, ứ, ừ, ự
April 29, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Others characters are: Â, Ậ, Ấ, Ầ, Ặ, Ắ, Ằ, Á, À, Ạ, è, ò, ê, ế, ề, ệ, Ê, Ế, Ề, Ệ, Ô, Ố, Ồ, Ộ, Ị, Ì, Ọ, Ó, Ò, Ỳ, Ý, Ĩ, ĩ, ẽ, Ẽ, , Õ, õ, ã, Ã, ỡ, ễ, Ễ, Ẫ, ẫ, ữ
April 29, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Hi pcdinh,
I’ll look into it, but if (not sure) I’m going to implement this, it will be in a future release…
Jos.
May 2, 2007 at 6:44 am
Hi,
Your fonts looks awesome. Thank you for sharing. Great Work.
Regards
Goutham
May 2, 2007 at 5:06 pm
You’re very welcome. Thanks for complimenting.
May 8, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Mr. Buivenga… I love Diavlo. I’ve used it in a few projects, and I love the new weight additions. I even used Diavlo in a full-page ad that is running in SPIN magazine soon. Keep a look out for it! Email me if you want more details.
May 8, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Thanks for commenting. YGM
May 9, 2007 at 8:16 am
I just found my personal font which I am going to use for EVERYTHING!!!! Wow, Diavlo is great!
Thanks for sharing your brilliance!
May 9, 2007 at 9:22 am
Everything? I’m honored
Just kidding… Thanks for complimenting!
May 16, 2007 at 9:07 am
super! bedankt voor dit font.
May 17, 2007 at 8:39 am
Geweldige lettertypes.
Really great. I’ve already found a fitting place to use this.
June 10, 2007 at 9:07 pm
You just have no idea how happy your fonts make me! Diavlo is wonderful
Dank je
June 11, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I didn’t have any idea untill know
Graag gedaan
July 11, 2007 at 12:25 am
Exljbris you really designed a very unique font face! I like the style, this kind of style is seen in Jan Maack’s Speak (for the FontFont label). This font face does also remind me of another font face but I dont know the name anymore.
Keep on going! And you probably will end up with your own Font library soon;-)
Thanks and I am deeply impressed!
Take care!
July 15, 2007 at 11:14 am
Thanks! Maybe that other face might be FF Cocon by Evert Bloemsma…
July 15, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Hello exljbris,
Yes you are right the FF Cocon. I forgot the name but indeed the FF Cocon font face!
Keep on swinging;-)
July 28, 2007 at 11:28 pm
i’m from brasil/bahia/salvador.
and really loved diavlo. dont’ you think at a true italic for her family?
maybe you want to see a work that a just dine with this amazing font.
you are great!
July 30, 2007 at 2:37 pm
great fonts. congratulations. link from impresionalex blog
August 6, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Hello Jos,
Your font is really beautiful. I’ve used it to build a logo for my guy, you can see on his blog : http://k10dpentax.blogspot.com/ and we have credited you for the font.
I also have made a post with the link to your site on my blog, but I don’t know if you understand French ,-)
Thank you very much for this good job, I think I will come regularly to see your new works.
See you !
August 9, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Brilliant fonts, keep up the excellent work.
August 9, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Thx! @ iansa: I don’t know… maybe someday… There’s so much I want to do first…
August 21, 2007 at 3:23 am
Your fonts are absolutely brilliant!
August 30, 2007 at 8:25 am
oh man,
i like your fonts very ….. and i like to see that some people have a talent and don´t wanna make only money with this. i hope your never will lose your passion for fonts. big respekt..
sorry my english is not very well… hope that you understand me….
September 4, 2007 at 5:49 am
Hey there. Can you email me at my supplied address? I’m interested in donating money for your font. Very nice!
-A
September 4, 2007 at 7:39 am
ygm
September 5, 2007 at 11:28 pm
You do excellent work.
September 7, 2007 at 12:17 am
Thank you for such a nice font family!
If you are preparing another version, maybe you could possibly improve the dot accent. See either
http://www.twardoch.com/download/polishhowto/kropka.html
or
http://diacritics.typo.cz/index.php?id=15
Some languages have very popular words when letters with dot accent are next to “i”, and your beautiful font harmony suddenly disappears…
Your ogonek and lslash are already perfect!
September 7, 2007 at 7:39 am
This is a very useful comment! I’ve just looked into it and you’re absolutely right. I will correct it in a future release. Thanks!
September 14, 2007 at 1:36 am
I may be being ultra-stupid, but what’s the codepoint for that lovely ct ligature?
September 14, 2007 at 10:15 am
The ct ligature has no codepoint. If you are using a programm like InDesign you can obtain it by selecting ‘Discretionary Ligatures’ (OpenType options).
September 18, 2007 at 9:09 am
Jos — I saw Diavlo used in an advert in SPIN Magazine. I flipped the page and I said, “Hey, I know that font!” Although Diavlo is not my favorite of your fonts (Fontin is!), it’s still very good and easy to spot.
If you’d like to see a scan, it’s available at my blog. Keep rocking the gorgeous design!
September 18, 2007 at 9:29 am
Thanks for spotting my fonts in the wild! What a really overwhelming generous article on your blog! This is indeed the ad ‘crump’ mentioned some entries above
(May 8th, 2007 at 5:18 pm).
September 20, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Haha, I didn’t even see that crump had left about that. I’m glad you got to see it before I ripped down the blog — I have to reinstall it and redesign it.
September 20, 2007 at 8:05 pm
See it? Man, I’ve made a back-up of your blog (twice).
Succes with the redesign…
October 2, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Truly beautiful font, Jos. I used it here:
http://www.gegebe.com/2007/10/02/the-real-guitar-hero/
October 2, 2007 at 5:18 pm
This is my personal favorite! Keep up the good job
October 11, 2007 at 3:59 am
My whole blog? I could use an older backup!
October 30, 2007 at 10:07 pm
@ Gerard – Looks great. Thanks for posting this.
@ Billy – Two months ago I downloaded the internet. Your blog must be somewhere …
November 18, 2007 at 10:02 am
Before this, I didn’t know it was possible to fall in love with a font. But I have fallen in love with Diavlo. I set it as the default font for my OS (Ubuntu), and since then I’ve often caught myself just staring at letters on the screen. Just… wow. I know nothing about professional typeface design, but even I can tell how much care and consideration went into this. Keep up the good work Jos–but you’re gonna have to really outdo yourself to beat this one.
(Even now I’m staring at this comment as I’m typing since I set Firefox to use Diavlo. Dammit it looks good!) =D
November 18, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Very nice. The best compliment a typographer can get I guess
Thanks!
Yesterday a friend visited me with his MacBook. He was showing me Leopard … When looking at ‘Mail’ I was surprised: he had set Anivers as default font
November 20, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I really like all of your fonts! Great work and I hope I’ll see more quality fonts from you
I used Diavlo in the redesign of my blog. Take a look and tell me what do you think..
Regards,
Tiago
November 20, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Sorry, the link is wrong…. you can see it here.
November 21, 2007 at 8:45 am
Very nice. Like the ornament.
December 10, 2007 at 12:01 am
There’s a new release of Diavlo … You can comment on it here.
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