Fishmonger is a functional, clean design, free of any buoyant, ornamental shapes, almost minimalist. Maybe this is what lends the type family its unique appearance.
Relase date: 2003/2007
Number of glyphs per font: 403
Number of fonts in a family: 50
Extra Condensed Thin
Extra Condensed Thin Italic
Condensed Thin
Condensed Thin Italic
Medium Thin
Medium Thin Italic
Extended Thin
Extended Thin Italic
Extra Extended Thin
Extra Extended Thin Italic
Extra Condensed Light
Extra Condensed Light Italic
Condensed Light
Condensed Light Italic
Medium Light
Medium Light Italic
Extended Light
Extended Light Italic
Extra Extended Light
Extra Extended Light Italic
Extra Condensed Regular
Extra Condensed Regular Italic
Condensed Regular
Condensed Regular Italic
Medium Regular
Medium Regular Italic
Extended Regular
Extended Regular Italic
Extra Extended Regular
Extra Extended Regular Italic
Extra Condensed Semibold
Extra Condensed Semibold Italic
Condensed Semibold
Condensed Semibold Italic
Medium Semibold
Medium Semibold Italic
Extended Semibold
Extended Semibold Italic
Extra Extended Semibold
Extra Extended Semibold Italic
Extra Condensed Bold
Extra Condensed Bold Italic
Condensed Bold
Condensed Bold Italic
Medium Bold
Medium Bold Italic
Extended Bold
Extended Bold Italic
Extra Extended Bold
Extra Extended Bold Italic
Case Sensitive Forms (case)
Ligatures (liga)
OpenType only
Afrikaans
Albanian
Basque
Belorussian (Latin)
Breton
Catalan
Chamorro
Crimean Tatar (Latin)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Faroese
Finnish
French
Frisian
Galician
German
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish Gaelic
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Maori
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Rhaeto-Romanic
Romanian
Sami
Scots Gaelic
Slovak
Slovene
Sorbian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Fishmonger originated from a commission of two fonts for the corporate identity of a fishmonger shop. When sketching the elementary principles for the lettering, the idea for a modern, extensive font family with a large number of styles was born. The first step consisted of defining the range of widths and weights. Then the master design Medium Regular was completed. The next step was adjusting the Extra Condensed Thin, the Extra Condensed Bold, The Extra Extended Thin and the Extra Extended Bold weights, as they are the vertices of an imaginary square map of the face. This meant that, in order to achieve a harmonious result, the x and y axis needed to be defined. From top to bottom, from the widest to the most condensed cut, the proportions are linear. However, from light to black, the line curves gently, allowing lesser difference between the light cuts, and a dramatic one between the heavier cuts. To ensure the original parameters were respected each position on the vertex was checked against the Medium Regular. After sorting out the ideal set-up, the remaining characters of each of the weights were drawn, and the remaining cuts were interpolated according to the principles above. Fishmonger is a functional, clean design, free of any buoyant, ornamental shapes, almost minimalist. Maybe this is what lends the type family its unique appearance.
