The Showcase pages display some recent emfoundry type designs and typographic projects, published or exhibited type specimens as well as the ongoing practice based research of Jon Melton.
Jon Melton produced a boxed set of card designs using emfoundry fonts, for the ongoing Type Tarts Project organised by uktype.com. These specimens are ultimately going to form part of the St Bride Library collection. They were exhibited in London at KKOutlet from the 22th - 29th June 2009 to coincide with the launch of the special 'Sex' July issue of Wallpaper* magazine. The collection of cards were also displayed online in the magazines website. The Tart Card exhibition came to the Ruskin Gallery at the CSA in April 2010. When Jon exhibited a new card in context to celebrate the face Classic Soane. The cards 'on tour' - will be exhibited at the Birmingham School of Art in December 2011, and then at the Plymouth College of Art in January and in Manchester Media City in February 2012. A book of the project containing (amongst many others) the emfoundry Type Tart Card series, is hopefully still planned for publication and launch next year.
Emfoundry's Russian Revolt was utilised for headings to create an authentic 'Constructivist' feel in the article on the Russian Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the 2010 June issue of BBC Music magazine. But it's a pity they didn't use it for the main title! The poster specimens of both Russian and Cuban Revolt were published back in Issue 2 of Ultrabold with the latest specimens for Classic Soane planned for release within a historical article in Issue 9.
Simon Loxley designer, author and the editor of Ultrabold, used Empire Initials in a recent book design proposal, but sadly an alternative design was selected. But a specimen of Empire Initials was used as an example of Ornamental Revival on p.95 of Will Hill's revised edition of The Complete Typographer published by Thames & Hudson last year. And more recently for a cover design by Simon Loxley on 'How Britain won the war of 1812' written by Brian Arthur, published by Boydell Press.
Jon Melton has more recently been engaged in designing period style gothic hoodmoulded and mullioned windows that utilise the latest technology of ultra slim double glazing units. This argon filled and coated glazing technology allowed his design to achieve fine glazing bars in slow-grown softwood frames - appropriate to the Regency 'cottage orné' period of the building.
The new Classic Soane Type Tart Card
p.95 of The Complete Typographer
BBC Music magazine June 2010 issue