Parachute Type foundry

Parachute
Industry Type foundry
Founded Athens, Greece, 2001
Founders Panos Vassiliou
Headquarters Athens, London
Products Fonts
Website parachutefonts.com

Parachute is a European type foundry with offices in Athens and London. It was founded in 2001 by Panos Vassiliou.[1] It designs fonts for sale and for private customers such as Bank of America, European Commission, UEFA, Samsung, IKEA, Interbrand, National Geographic, Financial Times, National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank and many others.

Many of its fonts were developed to support Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. The list included several award-winning typefaces such as PF Centro Pro,[2] PF Champion Script Pro[3] and PF Goudy Initials Pro. These typefaces were released for the first time online in 2007.

In 2008, Parachute[4] won a major Gold award at the European Design Awards 2008 for the PF Centro type families which were designed by Panos Vassiliou.[5] Ever since Parachute has won more than 25 awards and distinctions including the prestigious Red Dot: Grand Prix 2012.[6]

In 2010, Parachute released the first ever Arabic version of DIN. PF DIN Text Arabic[7][8][9] was designed as a collaboration between Panos Vassiliou and Arab designer Hasan Abu Afash.

Typefaces

Major Awards

Adamant Sans Pro

Das Grotesk Pro

Bague Sans Pro

Occula

Bague Pro

Regal Pro

Regal Pro

Encore Sans Pro

Regal Pro

Regal Pro

Regal Pro

Encore Sans Pro

Regal Pro

Regal Pro

Regal Pro

Regal Pro

Champion Script Pro

Adamant Pro

Encore Sans Pro

Encore Sans Pro

Centro Pro

Champion Script Pro

Goudy Initials Pro and Goudy Ornaments

Centro Pro

Archive Pro

Libera Pro

Manic Attack

Publications

Niggli Verlag | 2016

October 2015 | Micro-forum

October 2014 | Square Sans

Just Another Foundry | 2014

Nanjing University of the Arts | 2014

November 2013 | Interview

Niggli Verlag | 2013

August 2013 | Regal

Operina | 2013

AVA Publishing | 2013

September 2012 | Interview

November 2011 | Schatten und Licht

Gestalten | 2011

Gestalten | 2011

July 2011 | Typo-Objekte

June 2011 | 150 fonts you can’t live without

Spring 2011 | London, Tokyo, New York, Berlin and more

Fall 2010 | European Design

November 2010 | Top 20 Fonts for Web Design

November 2010 | DIN Text Arabic

Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz | 2010

Fall 2010 | Encore en Centro

Birkhäuser GmbH, Basel | 2010

October 2009 | 114 pro Tips for Type

Rockport Publishers | 2009

Fall 2009 | DIN, FF, PF en Next

April 2009 | 30 Brilliant Typefaces for Corporate Design

March 2009 | Fantastic Typography Blogs for your Inspiration

February 2009 | Parachute: Precision Landing

January 2009 | Interview

Daab Publishing | 2008

December 2008 | 10 Best Typeface Designs of 2008

December 2008 | Fontnames Illustrated

Summer 2008 | Byzantine Ornaments

March 2008 | Champion Script Pro

September 2007 | Fontlabels, Fonts & Families

References

  1. ↑ "Panos Vassiliou, Linotype".
  2. ↑ "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".
  3. ↑ "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".
  4. ↑ "Parachute, Luc Devroye".
  5. ↑ "Panos Vassiliou, Klingspor Museum" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".
  7. ↑ "PF DIN Text Arabic, Slanted".
  8. ↑ Arabesque 2. Germany: Gestalten. September 2011. p. 153. ISBN 978-3-89955-330-7.
  9. ↑ International Type Design Exhibition 2013. Iran: Aban. 2013. p. 22. ISBN 978-600-6413-76-1.
  10. ↑ "Why it is important to associate letterforms with emotions".
  11. ↑ "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".
  12. ↑ Gianotten, Henk (2009). "DIN, FF, PF EN NEXT". Publish magazine #4 (Netherlands): 14.
  13. ↑ "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".
  14. ↑ "CA award wnners 2016".
  15. ↑ "CA award wnners 2015".
  16. ↑ "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Bague Sans".
  17. ↑ "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Occula".
  18. ↑ "European Design Awards 2014, Bague Pro".
  19. ↑ "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".
  20. ↑ "European Design Awards 2008 Gold Winner, Centro Pro".
  21. ↑ "Precision landing: Parachute".
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