About
He initially worked in print producing event graphics for the Leadmill in Sheffield. Jonathan joined Mainartery in 1999; a progressive design studio based in London working solely for the music industry. Over a 3-year period he produced a range of unique music packaging that crossed boundaries between 2D and 3D media. Clients include R02, Universal Music, EMI and Azuli Records.
On January 3, 2006 Jonathan founded 'The Northern Block' with the goal to design & develop new and original typefaces. The foundry has soon established a reputation for producing contemporary typefaces with a high technical value that work in the commercial market place.
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Regan Slab - Typeface
A precision cut slab serif typeface. Simple curves are combined with sharp angles to provide a readable font with subtle characteristics. Regan Slab is ideally suited to wide range of applications including magazines, newspapers and handheld devices. Details include 10 weights with italics, 540 characters, 5 variations of numerals, small caps, stylistic alternatives, manually edited kerning and Opentype features.
Savile - Typeface
A modern san serif typeface with a humanistic influence. The intention was to create a clean, functional design that would also have an elegant appearance. Careful attention has been paid to proportions and purity of form to help improve readability across text layouts. Details include 8 weights with italics, 540 characters with old style and tabular numerals, stylistic alternatives, manually edited kerning and Opentype features.
Submit your best piece of work with the chance to win a Foundry Collection of you’re choice worth over £500.
The Northern Block wants to see the best examples of their typefaces used in a commercial project. The font can either be a freeware or full licensed product from The Northern Block but the work must be an actual commercial job, no personnel or portfolio work.
Please email the work in either pdf or jpg format with a project description of no more than 50 words to: info@thenorthernblock.co.uk
Make sure files are under 2mb.
Closing date for submissions is 01/03/12
An elegant modern typeface with a subtle monoline appearance. The simplicity of the design creates clean forms best suited to identity, editorial and advertising uses. Details include 6 weights with italics, an extended European character set, cyrillic lettering, manually edited kerning and Euro symbol.
The complete family is available from The Northern Block at 50% off until the end of February. Please enter the following discount code into the shopping cart: TNB5041
Borda - Typeface
A carefully drawn geometric typeface. Exacting angles are combined with smooth corner details to form a clean, legible font with a modern appearance. The compact nature of the letterforms allows for great use of space across text layouts. Details include 6 weights with italics, an extended European character set, manually edited kerning and Euro symbol.
50% OFF all typefaces from The Northern Block Foundry.
Please enter the code: TNB5000
OFFER Ends 31/12/2011
The best selling font by The Northern Block just got better. The Planer typeface has been updated with the addition of 2 new weights, ExtraLight and ExtraBold. Also the characters have been extended to 460 which covers language support in Western, Central and South Eastern Europe. Other details include italics, smoother curves, consistent letter spacing and improved kerning.
A precision drawn sans-serif typeface. Simple geometric forms are combined with accurate detailing to create a charming, straightforward and uniform font. Careful attention has been paid to white space areas making the font appear brighter across text layouts. Details include 9 weights, over 460 characters, manually edited kerning and Euro symbol.
Available from:http://www.thenorthernblock.co.uk/kuro.htm
A precision drawn sans-serif font. Simple geometric forms are combined with accurate detailing to create a charming, straightforward and uniform font. Careful attention has been paid to white space areas making the font appear brighter across text layouts.
Available from The Northern Block as a FREE FONT DOWNLOAD.
http://www.thenorthernblock.co.uk/kuro_regular.htm
