man… just wonderful. Love your typefaces, and love how versatile they are, the ligatures, small caps, true italic… just wonderfull. i have to talk about your typefaces on my blog!
Yeay for your fonts very beautifully done, specially like the spacing of the letters in use. Something barely seen in free (and even non-free) fonts nowadays.
Bought one of your t-shirts too, to bad you offer no womens shirts, but I guess a medium slim-fit mens will fit me too
Unbelievable! Never thought any font can be so beautiful!
It’s like looking at Peugeot 206 for the first time years ago (mind blowing!) – well, at least to me.
The genius of beauty
Thanks man for sharing it!
Dennis ummm all good letting everyone know though your image is not exactly typographically pleasing to me. Are you playing with fonts and treating them with respect… as fonts need respect.
Sorry if I upset others, no disrespect intended, just be respectful fonts that deserve it… EXLJBRIS fonts are in that league.
I saw this font on ilovetypography.com and was instantly drawn to its elegance and subtle serifs.
I was very pleased to find that it was free. Thank you, you are extremely kind!
Hello, this short comment to let you know how much I appreciated Fontin. I just finished the design of a book using Fontin and Fontin Sans. The book is about fishery in Reunion Island (south-west of Indian Ocean), and what ever might be your interest in this particular subject, I’d really like to send you a copy when printed. Before that you will receive a donation through PayPal, of course
And with my renewed congratulations for your work, I end this not so short comment.
Jos, I agree with all the comments about your fonts. I’ve used them for little personal things for quite some time, but I finally have a chance to use them professionally.
I just launched a Web site dedicated to very short fiction (www.flashfictiononline.com), and the stories, which are in PDF, are published using the Fontin family (Fontin, Sans, and SC). The layouts are simple two-column jobs, but the type helps maintain the interest. Thanks very much!
just wanted to take the time to say a word about how I enjoy your fonts. I do quite a lot of text design and I often use your creations, especially when I want something elegant and original, yet simple. Delicious and Fontin are my favorites for this use.
Hi Jos, I truly love your fonts. I’m finishing two academic blogs about a subject for a final examination. However, I’ve run into a problem: I’m using InDesign CS3 and (after I printed 32 pages) I’ve found that the lower part of the g and y doesn’t get printed. Do you have any idea what could be causing it? Thanks in advance.
Hi, my group and I used Fontin for a University project, called “Perchèno?”: the project dealt with the creation of an event that was supposed to increase awareness of the Italian wine culture in 18-35yr. olds.
The logotype was made with fontin and the question mark was slightly modified for it to become a grape!
I like this font, but we in hungary have some glyphs are not in fontin. I can extend the font with Ohungarumlaut, ohungarumlaut Uhungarumlaut and uhungarumlaut what is needed for hunagian texts. But how can i share this with other hungarian people, because the licencing of the font is not allowed to publish the modified font face.
Hi dincsi, I will try to update the Fontin family soon. Sharing is indeed not allowed, because otherwise too much different versions of my fonts would clutter the internet. There’s no need to send me the modified fonts, but thanks very much anyway.
Figured I’d let you know that I’ve made the jump to setting my magazine in Fontin. I began this for the last issue, but the layout of that one was miserable, so I didn’t want to send it along.
However, we have a new issue coming out on Monday and have taken a big leap forward as far as design is concerned. You can see a couple of preview pages here:
I swear to you, if I ever manage to monetize this thing, you’ll be getting a big donation, but presently this magazine is a huge time and money sink. I just make it because I love the subject matter.
Anyway – I hope I’m doing them some justice. Full issue will be out tomorrow at the website my name links to. Thanks again for your incredible work!
@ Schuyler: Thanks for posting this. Never thought Fontin (Sans) would end up on the cover of a locksport magazine, but it does a great job. Nice! Donating is absolutely *not* necessary. I’m glad if my free fonts can help out in case such as this. Thanks for the compliments!
Thanks for Fontin, I am using it for a school branding etc.
I have discovered though that the italic ligature breaks with the combination ffi. Just though it might be worth mentioning… this could however simply be because it is attempting to make a tripple ligature.
Am I missing something? People are talking about ligatures, but I can find standard ligatures only for fontin sans, not for fontin. It’d be great to have them in fontin, too. Will there be an update?
Fontin is a wonderful font. I used it to create a business template. It looks marvelous with a Mac.
After trying to install Fontin on Windows I encounter different problems. OpenType shows the problems in Word 2003 and Word 2007 as decribed above. But when I am using the TTY version is shows the font in the selection but using Arial instead. Very strange.
Although I am no typesetter and have very little to do with fonts and have barely a feeling for it, enough for the very sporadic appearance of that topic in graphics and webdesign (there you have to restrict to common fonts, so… Only buttons remain, that’s the only place where I use fonts), I immediately recognized this font as especially great. Big compliments!
I have a question, though; I’m making addons (objects and routes) for the German train simulator LokSim3D. For elements with texts (e.g. reclam signs) we use an own “font format”: A simple, low-resolution BMP and a xml-file (“*.l3dfont”) mapping, where on the bitmap which character is. All addons, like the program itself, are freeware. May I convert Fontin to that format? Of course I’d link this page in the file comment.
As I stated, the resolution is low (a single character seldomly exceeds 20px on the screen, and is seldomly seen not in motion, no need for high resolution), to low to be really a re-distribution.
I’m a muscian and thus an artist too, so I have respect for somebody elses work, which people not working artistically often do not have; so I always ask in such cases.
@zeryck That should serve them better :) Glad you like Calluna and sorry for misinterpreting your tweet. 2 days ago
@zeryck Max, you can't give Calluna to your teachers since my EULA does not allow that. Please respect all the work I put into my typefaces. 2 days ago
@StephenTiano At least now I am no longer asking myself the question why I need to work :) 3 days ago
61 Comments
March 12, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Fontin is beautiful! Thank you very much for your hard work and for making it free. Looking forward to future fonts.
Best regards
Jorgen Petersson – Sweden
March 12, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Many thanks for this font. I simply love it.
March 16, 2007 at 3:35 pm
man… just wonderful. Love your typefaces, and love how versatile they are, the ligatures, small caps, true italic… just wonderfull. i have to talk about your typefaces on my blog!
March 22, 2007 at 10:26 am
Yeay for your fonts
very beautifully done, specially like the spacing of the letters in use. Something barely seen in free (and even non-free) fonts nowadays.
Bought one of your t-shirts too, to bad you offer no womens shirts, but I guess a medium slim-fit mens will fit me too
March 23, 2007 at 11:05 am
Hi Christa, Thanks for your generous compliments & of course for sponsoring exljbris. I hope the shirt fits well
March 30, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Any idea on when we can expect an updated OTF?
March 30, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Post Script—I wish I could buy a shirt, but it appears they don’t ship to the U.S.?
April 1, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I’ve to make up my mind, what to do first…
• DeliciousX
• Fontin Serif
• Fontin Semi
I don’t know yet… I’ve just finished Diavlo so it’s time for a shor pause…
@PS I didn’t know that, but you’re right. The only way (for me) is to open a US shop. I’ll think about it.
April 10, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I think that’s a good order: DeliciousX, Fontin Serif, Fontin Semi. I can hold off on a Fontin Open-Type.
If there’s a demand for it, then, yes, a US shop would be nice. At the very least, you have at least _one_ order ready to be placed.
May 10, 2007 at 4:31 am
These are beautiful fonts. I just sent you 5 Euro. I hope others send some money as well so it’s worth your effort.
My favorite is probably Fontin SmallCaps.
Thanks!
-Matt
May 10, 2007 at 6:20 am
Thanks Matt! I hope so to
May 17, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Oh man! I LOVE this font! WONDEROUS!!
May 18, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Hello Jos, Excellent job! Fontin is in my opinion the best free typeface I’ve ever known. Congratulations!
May 18, 2007 at 6:55 pm
@ Levi & César: Thanks!
June 23, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Unbelievable! Never thought any font can be so beautiful!
It’s like looking at Peugeot 206 for the first time years ago (mind blowing!) – well, at least to me.
The genius of beauty
Thanks man for sharing it!
July 2, 2007 at 8:39 am
I love your fonts.
I use them overall and donated some money.
July 17, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Used Fontin here:
http://www.fontplay.com/images3/fontin.jpg
I love it. Thanks.
July 28, 2007 at 8:36 am
Dennis ummm all good letting everyone know though your image is not exactly typographically pleasing to me. Are you playing with fonts and treating them with respect… as fonts need respect.
Sorry if I upset others, no disrespect intended, just be respectful fonts that deserve it… EXLJBRIS fonts are in that league.
September 16, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Thanks for this great job! great great Font! (sorry for my little donation I’m really out of founds
December 1, 2007 at 9:14 pm
I saw this font on ilovetypography.com and was instantly drawn to its elegance and subtle serifs.
I was very pleased to find that it was free. Thank you, you are extremely kind!
December 2, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Hello, this short comment to let you know how much I appreciated Fontin. I just finished the design of a book using Fontin and Fontin Sans. The book is about fishery in Reunion Island (south-west of Indian Ocean), and what ever might be your interest in this particular subject, I’d really like to send you a copy when printed. Before that you will receive a donation through PayPal, of course
And with my renewed congratulations for your work, I end this not so short comment.
December 2, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Thanks Hugo for your donation!
@ Roger: Thanks for stopping by! If you ever use Fontin for one of your (web)projects, let me know.
@ Mike: That sounds really great! I’ll mail you my address.
December 3, 2007 at 3:57 am
Jos, I agree with all the comments about your fonts. I’ve used them for little personal things for quite some time, but I finally have a chance to use them professionally.
I just launched a Web site dedicated to very short fiction (www.flashfictiononline.com), and the stories, which are in PDF, are published using the Fontin family (Fontin, Sans, and SC). The layouts are simple two-column jobs, but the type helps maintain the interest. Thanks very much!
December 3, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Thanks , your fonts are great!! –
Ive used fontin on lables for honey jars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21468881@N05/
I love delicious as well.
Thanks again!
- Typegroupie-
December 6, 2007 at 5:05 am
Looking forward to the serifed version of Fontin – love Fontin and F Sans!!!
December 11, 2007 at 4:17 am
Hey,
just wanted to take the time to say a word about how I enjoy your fonts. I do quite a lot of text design and I often use your creations, especially when I want something elegant and original, yet simple. Delicious and Fontin are my favorites for this use.
Keep up the excellent work!
Sincerely,
Laurent, Montreal
December 16, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Jake, roule, BobMac & Laurent: thanks for letting me know!
January 13, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Hee Jos.
volgens mij hebben ze je font nu ook gebruikt bij de kiosk op het station.
January 14, 2008 at 10:08 am
@ Mi: Is het mogelijk om me een voorbeeldje (foto) te mailen?
January 15, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Ik zal het proberen, maar ik kom niet zo vaak op het station.
February 21, 2008 at 4:09 am
Hi Jos, I truly love your fonts. I’m finishing two academic blogs about a subject for a final examination. However, I’ve run into a problem: I’m using InDesign CS3 and (after I printed 32 pages) I’ve found that the lower part of the g and y doesn’t get printed. Do you have any idea what could be causing it? Thanks in advance.
February 21, 2008 at 2:29 pm
It looks like the problem is the one stated here
http://typophile.com/node/29662
I’ve tried typing in Word “gygygy” and both of them are chopped on the descender. It seems it’s a metric problem.
February 21, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Hi Reiem, Yes that’s causing the trouble. Are you on Mac or PC? There is on my fontin page a PC TTF conversion that doesn’t have g and y cut off.
February 21, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I’m using a PC. I’m using the OpenType Fontin and that’s where the issue is. I’m downloading now the TTF format.
February 21, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Big thanks Jos, the TTF works perfectly.
February 21, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Great! I’m very happy for you that it worked out well. Good luck with your final!
March 17, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Hi, my group and I used Fontin for a University project, called “Perchèno?”: the project dealt with the creation of an event that was supposed to increase awareness of the Italian wine culture in 18-35yr. olds.
The logotype was made with fontin and the question mark was slightly modified for it to become a grape!
Thank you for the great font!
images at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abergamini/2058636418/in/set-72157603278900157/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abergamini/2058636292/in/set-72157603278900157/
and throughout my flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abergamini
March 17, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Wonderfull Andrea!
April 27, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I love this font! Thanks so much. I used it in my header and did a little post linking back to you.
A New Look for BlogU
April 30, 2008 at 9:31 am
Thanks for the link. Fontin looks really nice in your header.
May 20, 2008 at 9:28 am
I like this font, but we in hungary have some glyphs are not in fontin. I can extend the font with Ohungarumlaut, ohungarumlaut Uhungarumlaut and uhungarumlaut what is needed for hunagian texts. But how can i share this with other hungarian people, because the licencing of the font is not allowed to publish the modified font face.
Shall i send you the modified fonts?
May 21, 2008 at 10:25 am
Hi dincsi, I will try to update the Fontin family soon. Sharing is indeed not allowed, because otherwise too much different versions of my fonts would clutter the internet. There’s no need to send me the modified fonts, but thanks very much anyway.
June 24, 2008 at 5:41 pm
wonderfull fonts, I really like your work and especially the anivers & delicious – fonts!
Great job!
July 27, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Hello!
Figured I’d let you know that I’ve made the jump to setting my magazine in Fontin. I began this for the last issue, but the layout of that one was miserable, so I didn’t want to send it along.
However, we have a new issue coming out on Monday and have taken a big leap forward as far as design is concerned. You can see a couple of preview pages here:
http://youregone.com/NDE4-Cover.jpg
&
http://youregone.com/ingersoll%20opening.pdf
I swear to you, if I ever manage to monetize this thing, you’ll be getting a big donation, but presently this magazine is a huge time and money sink. I just make it because I love the subject matter.
Anyway – I hope I’m doing them some justice. Full issue will be out tomorrow at the website my name links to. Thanks again for your incredible work!
August 4, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Thanks stefan!
@ Schuyler: Thanks for posting this. Never thought Fontin (Sans) would end up on the cover of a locksport magazine, but it does a great job. Nice! Donating is absolutely *not* necessary. I’m glad if my free fonts can help out in case such as this. Thanks for the compliments!
October 20, 2008 at 5:42 am
i love your tipography design, it´s beautiful a lot
February 6, 2009 at 1:48 am
Thanks for Fontin, I am using it for a school branding etc.
I have discovered though that the italic ligature breaks with the combination ffi. Just though it might be worth mentioning… this could however simply be because it is attempting to make a tripple ligature.
February 17, 2009 at 9:26 am
Hi Rebecca, it is a known “bug” in Fontin. It will be fixed when I update it.
February 23, 2009 at 10:12 pm
thanks for this wonderful font!
Am I missing something? People are talking about ligatures, but I can find standard ligatures only for fontin sans, not for fontin. It’d be great to have them in fontin, too. Will there be an update?
March 17, 2009 at 8:59 am
There will be an update. I’ve planned it for this year.
March 19, 2009 at 10:10 am
I’m the “editor” for am rpg fanzine and I’m using Fontin, Fontin Sans, and Fontin SC for type. I love the font.
Jos, I’ve sent you links to the PDFs by email. If you mail me your post address, I will send you an issue or two (it’s in german, though).
Cheers,
Harald
March 27, 2009 at 10:44 am
Harald, ygm.
July 28, 2009 at 10:27 am
Hi, am I allowed to convert your font to Microsoft’s retarded EOT format so that I can serve it to Internet Retarded Explorer via @font-face?
Thanks a lot for your hard work, I love Fontin and Delicious!
August 4, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Fontin is a wonderful font. I used it to create a business template. It looks marvelous with a Mac.
After trying to install Fontin on Windows I encounter different problems. OpenType shows the problems in Word 2003 and Word 2007 as decribed above. But when I am using the TTY version is shows the font in the selection but using Arial instead. Very strange.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
October 19, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I guess I have to update Fontin and Fontin Sans soon. Thanks for the comment.
October 16, 2009 at 12:43 am
On Win XP :
.otf version is ugly
.ttf version is fine
November 19, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Hi,
I downloaded the font but the readme is Dutch which I can’t read.
So can you specify how to install this font on OS X system.?
Cheers
November 26, 2009 at 9:25 am
Have a look here > http://www.myfonts.com/support/help_install_mac.html
December 8, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Hi!
Although I am no typesetter and have very little to do with fonts and have barely a feeling for it, enough for the very sporadic appearance of that topic in graphics and webdesign (there you have to restrict to common fonts, so… Only buttons remain, that’s the only place where I use fonts), I immediately recognized this font as especially great. Big compliments!
I have a question, though; I’m making addons (objects and routes) for the German train simulator LokSim3D. For elements with texts (e.g. reclam signs) we use an own “font format”: A simple, low-resolution BMP and a xml-file (“*.l3dfont”) mapping, where on the bitmap which character is. All addons, like the program itself, are freeware. May I convert Fontin to that format? Of course I’d link this page in the file comment.
As I stated, the resolution is low (a single character seldomly exceeds 20px on the screen, and is seldomly seen not in motion, no need for high resolution), to low to be really a re-distribution.
December 11, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Sure, that’s no problem in this case. Thank you for asking.
December 11, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Thank you very much!
I’m a muscian and thus an artist too, so I have respect for somebody elses work, which people not working artistically often do not have; so I always ask in such cases.