Proxima Nova Complete Family (42 Fonts) (Mark Simonson)
About this font
Although remarkably similar to Gotham, Proxima is a design originally named Zanzibar and conceived by Mark Simonson in 1981 whereby predating Gotham by more than 20 years. In 1994, the name was changed to Proxima Sans and released through FontHaus as a family of six fonts - three weights with matching italics. The name Proxima was chosen to acknowledge that it was near other sans serifs in design and also because the letters in the name displayed some of the more identifiable characteristics of the design. In the early 2000s, Mark began working on fonts again, and started to get suggestions to expand the Proxima Sans family. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine chose it as part of their latest redesign. Inspired by this success, Mark began work on a new Proxima Sans family even more ambitious than he had originally envisioned. The result is Proxima Nova, a family of 42 fonts—seven weights and three widths with matching italics—built from the ground up for the OpenType format, with advanced typographic features and a range of styles wide enough to take on the most demanding typographic applications.
About this supplier (Mark Simonson)
I started out as a graphic designer and illustrator in 1976. During the early part of my career I worked as an art director on a number of magazines and other publications including Metropolis (a Minneapolis weekly, 1977), Machete (a Minneapolis broadsheet, 1978-80), TWA Ambassador (an inflight magazine, 1979-81), Minnesota Monthly (Minnesota Public Radio's regional magazine, 1979-85), and the Utne Reader (1984-88). I was head designer and art director for Minnesota Public Radio (1981-85) and an art director for its sister company, Rivertown Trading Company (1992-2000). During that time, I designed over 200 audio packages, including most of Garrison Keillor's, along with several hundred products (t-shirts, mugs, rugs, watches, etc.) for the Wireless, Signals, and other mail order catalogs. I frequently did lettering as part of design projects I worked on. This was always my favorite part, so in 2000 I opened my own shop specializing in lettering and typography. I've also been interested in typeface design since my college days. I started licensing fonts to FontHaus in 1992, and since starting my new business, stepped up my efforts in developing original typefaces. I now have more than 100 fonts on the market with many more to come. View fonts from Mark Simonson |
Purchase/Format OptionsFontClub™ member Delivery MethodImmediate DownloadSupplier (View all suppliers)Mark SimonsonSource SupplierMark Simonson StudioLicense AgreementView EULA for this productTrademark / Font FamilyProxima NovaFontFind® Categories (View FontFind)Geometric SansSuper Family Corporate Sans Serif DesignerMark SimonsonDesign Date1981Revival Date2009KeywordsAkzidenz-Grotesk | Futura | Gotham | corporate | geometric | industrial sans | informal | sans-serif | super family | workhorse | clean |PDF Specimen Download PDF Specimen
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