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Font family Odile has the feminine touch

Yesterday I discovered what I think could be my new favourite font. Designed by Sibylle Hagmann in 2006 and awarded the Swiss Federal Design Award in the same year, it comes in around 15 weights with quirks such as an upright italic and a set of ornaments.

I hope to be rolling it out in some new work soon.

Sarah x

Having had a great year (despite the doom and gloom still out there) we at Cherry decided to give ourselves a well-earned break to the continent for our AGM. Amsterdam was the destination of choice; it’s a fantastic city with a real passion for design. It’s also a great place to unwind – plenty of canals, wonderful architecture and a welcome lack of speeding motorists (not to mention the extracurricular activities on offer).

On arrival we visited Ewald’s typography studio. It’s a treasure trove for creative types with an interest in typography, we were in our element – we couldn’t resist sharing a few photos…

Ewald's amazing studio

Ewald explains the complexities of traditional typography

The experience took everyone back to the heady days of Art School. Perhaps it was this nostalgia that was responsible for the subsequent ’studentesque’ behaviour later in the evening? We’ll never know…

Ewald's legendary library of lettering

All in all a fantastic time was had, with some fairly sheepish looking faces back in the office on Monday morning.

Sarah, Mark and Gimp-Mannequin

So this 5 minute clip is just for the opening credits and it looks beautiful. Make sure you have the sound up as the sound track is also great!

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.