FIG Script
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| Category | Script |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Eric Olson] |
| Foundry | Process Type Foundry |
FIG Script is a script typeface designed by Eric Olson in 2002 for Process Type Foundry, a digital foundry which he co-founded.
The name FIG,/small> is an acronym for "Frank (Sheeran), Ian (Chai), and Glenn (Chappel) who collaborated in the development of the FIGlet computer program developed to generates text banners, in a variety of typefaces, comprised of letters made up of arrangements of smaller ASCII characters. Olson used FIGlet in creating his ASCII-based FIG typefaces. Olson describes the Fig types as an "exploration into the generative possibilities type design software and simple grid structures." While suggestion of a raster is clearly visible in the face, a hominess similar to that found in nineteenth century cross-stitched samplers. Many characters have swashes,
References
- eye. 62/06, Winter 2006. "Practice and Process: Eric Olson." By Beborah Littlejohn, pages 21-24.
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