Sombra was inspired by painted letters in a bull ring in Ronda de la Frontera, Spain. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 1997.
Vitrina was part of PM's MFA thesis project in which he designed three typefaces based on his photographs of hand-painted signage in North Bergen, New Jersey. Vitrina was influence by lettering painted on a the store-front window of a Cuban restaurant. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 1996.
North Bergen was named after the Northern New Jersey town that was the basis for PM's MFA thesis. It was modelled after lettering painted on the wall of a magazine store on Bergenline Ave. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 1996.
There is a store called "Gringer" on 1st avenue and 2nd street in Manhattan with an old neon sign that inspired the design of this font. The font is simply a high contrast photgraph of the sign deconstructed. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 1999.
Remember those plastic letters that went in movie marquees? That's where the idea came from for this font. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 2001.
These blocky, dimensional letterforms are typical of a type style for hand painted signs across Latin America. They were inspired by the signage for "La Flor de Cuba," a restaurant on Bergenline Ave, in North Bergen, NJ. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 1996.
24Hrs was an exercise in creating flat artwork from neon lettering's three dimensional forms. All of the neon tubing's overlapping and twisting was documented and taken into account in the design of the letterforms. Designed by Christian Acker in 2002.
Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, sailors popularized this lettering aesthetic literally, by wearing it on their sleeves. A family of four fonts representing these traditional tatoo lettering styles is now available here as a digital font. Designed by Christian Acker in 2002.
Medina Gothic was designed in response to the 2002, Altos de Chavón design conference in The Dominican Republic, which celebrated utilitarian driven gestures in graphic design. Designed by Pablo A. Medina in 2005.
