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For immediate release JY&A
Fonts
New Zealand’s leading font foundry announces “workhorse”
serif family, JY Alia
JY&A Fonts, one of Australasia’s longest-running
and most experienced typefoundries, has added a robust text family
to its extensive range
Wellington, February 16 (JY&A
Media) JY&A Fonts, founded by Jack Yan in 1987, has announced
a new, classically inspired typeface family, JY Alia.
The New Zealand-based foundry was the first to branch
into digital type in its country, and has spent the last several
years working on private commissions. JY Alia marks its return to
releasing retail fonts.
Initially in four variants only, with extra weights,
more complex OpenType versions and a second subfamily to emerge
in 2009, JY Alia is described by its designer, Jack Yan, as a workhorse
serif typeface, based on an aldine model.
It is meant to complement his 1994–5 release,
JY Ætna, which was based around the original Bembo design.
JY Ætna was a successful family for the foundry and helped
establish its reputation as a source of dependable, traditional
designs.
‘The problem with JY Ætna, as I saw it,
was that it wasn’t robust enough for text usage,’ says
Mr Yan.
He sees JY Alia, which is stronger but still approachable
as a design, as a rival for other workhorse typeface families such
as Adobe Garamond or Monotype Bembo.
In technical aspects, JY Alia has between 3,200 and
3,300 kerning pairs and a full complement of eastern European and
extended Latin characters in its OpenType and TrueType versions.
Mr Yan cites both his own JY Ætna, based on designs
by Francesco Griffo and Giovantonio Tagliente, and Plantin, by Robert
Granjon, as his inspirations. However, he says JY Alia does not
slavishly follow any historical model and merely has an aldine skeleton.
The name originates from a role once played by American
actress Alicia Witt.
A PDF specimen for JY Alia can be downloaded from the
JY&A Fonts website, currently being revamped, at <http://jyanet.com/fonts/font145.htm>.
Mr Yan expects JY Alia to be available for licensing
at MyFonts.com shortly, then at
other retailers.
Images
Images for this release may be downloaded at <http://jya.net/090215pr0.htm>.
About JY&A Fonts
JY&A Fonts (http://jya.net/fonts)
is part of Jack Yan & Associates, an independent global communications
company founded in 1987. It is the oldest digital typefoundry in
New Zealand and one of the longest-running in the southern hemisphere.
JY&A Fonts, which has created typefaces both for retail sale
and for private commissions, is known for its meticulous attention
to detail, its careful and extensive use of kerning pairs, and elegant,
restrained designs. JY&A Fonts represents designs from Jack
Yan, Jure Stojan, David Philpott, Greg Bastin, Todd Hallock, Mark
Geard, and Antonio González de Santiago.
Notes to editors
All trade marks are the properties of their respective owners and
are only used in a descriptive fashion without any intention to
infringe.
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