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A font family
by Pryds

TolleOne - a display font family of three weights, named after my wife, whose nickname is Tolle. The "One" indicates that she is number one, of course, but also that this is the first set of fonts I have published.

Before making it into a digital font, I have used the TolleOne way of handwriting for many many years - in invitations, brochures, posters, catalogues, signs, love letters and much more. The first version that made it into print - I think - were the lettering for the official poster and catalogue for my graduation exhibition from the School of Arts and Crafts in Kolding in 1987. So when the three weights of TolleOne were finally digitized in 2001, they had come a long way!

Get TolleOne at

MyFonts.com:
www.myfonts.com/fonts/tolstrup-pryds/tolle-one/

Fonts.com:
www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.asp?nCo=AFMT&pid=415265

ITC:
www.itcfonts.com/fonts/detail.htm?pid=415265

Another font family
by Pryds

TPGDontBlurry Regular

TPGDontBlurry Bold

TPGDontBlurry Black

TPGDontBlurry Ultrabold

Get TPG DontBlurry at

MyFonts.com:
www.myfonts.com/fonts/tolstrup-pryds/tpgdont-blurry/

Fonts.com:
http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=426349

ITC:
www.itcfonts.com/fonts/detail.htm?pid=426349

A picture font family
by Pryds

TPGFaceFont-Left

TPGFaceFont-Right

TPG FaceFont - a picture font where the lower case letters are baby faces, and the upper case letters grown ups'. Well, at least, that was the idea to begin with, but it can be hard to tell if a face is young or old. Don't you agree?
The family of the mostly happy faces (but a few are sad, sleepy, proud, angry, and much more) comes in a "left" and a "right" version, named so from the direction they look. Each font contains about 100 glyphs.

Get TPG FaceFont at

MyFonts.com:
www.myfonts.com/fonts/tolstrup-pryds/face-font/

Fonts.com:
http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=426350

ITC:
http://www.itcfonts.com/fonts/detail.htm?pid=426350

New Font
under
construction

PrydsPensel - a typeface drawn with a brush. Originally thrown down on paper in five minutes and then made into a font at www.fontifier.com - more or less for fun. Then cleaned up a lot, modified, and additional characters drawn. What seemed to be a quicky ended up in a lot of work...

New Font
under
construction

TPG Katalog - this is a font I have wanted to make for a long time. Actually, too long. I have already one version nearly finished, but the result is not quite the way I want it. So a new version is in the works - and only when I'm completely satisfied with the look and feel of the typeface will it be released for download. Please be patient!

The letterforms of the TPG Katalog are built around the 12 squares of a rectangle measuring 15 by 20 mm. The first few glyphs were originally cut in cardboard as a stencil for spray painting a logo on the cover of an exhibition catalogue, and any new letterforms I include will have to go through the cut, spray paint, scan, and digitize process before being added to the font. This rather slow process will - I hope - preserve some of the characteristics of the hand drawn original stencil type.

A beta version of the nearly finished font is used in the logotype and the graphic identity of the Scandinavian Design Seminar, "Copenhagen Crash", held in Copenhagen in May 2008. Here, the font will make its debut in real life - in print, in onscreen animations, on the web and maybe even on t-shirts. Read about the seminar at www.snds.org/crash2008

September
Eleven

September Eleven - a font designed by font creators from all over the world, published by SoTA shortly after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center 2001. The font had only question marks, and the only Danish one included was - mine. Read on

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