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- November CondensedNovember Condensed18 styles
- November StencilNovember Stencil9 styles
- November CompressedNovember Compressed18 styles
- NovemberNovember18 styles
- November SlabNovember Slab18 styles
- November Slab CondensedNovember Slab Condensed18 styles
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November Tamil: Designing with purpose
Essays by Aadarsh RajanNovember, October and November Stencil Tamil are a family of low-contrast, monolinear Tamil typefaces. Following a rigorous overhaul of the original, they have now been redesigned for better reading and unambiguous communication in text and display sizes.Conceptual Type?
Essays by Peter BiľakIn November 2010 Peter Biľak was invited to give a talk at a one-day conference ‘Conceptual Type – Type led by ideas’ in Copenhagen about the underlying ideas behind typefaces. This lecture questions the possibility of conceptual type and compares type to other disciplines.Designing Fonts for Two Billion people
by Peter BiľakTypotheque tackled the unprecedented task of designing a comprehensive set of fonts for South Asia.Taking Credit: Film title sequences, 1955-1965 / 10 Bibliography
Essays by Emily KingThe bibliography for Emily King’s dissertation for the V&A/RCA M.A. Course in the History of Design. The dissertation focuses on the relationship between graphic design and film in the middle of the past century.Malayalam: Scripting Tradition and Modernity
by Karthik MalliThe article explores the rich tradition of Malayalam script and its evolution in the face of modern technologies. It delves into the challenges and innovations in adapting the script to digital platforms while preserving its cultural heritage.Syllabics typographic guidelines and local typographic preferences
Essays by Kevin KingThis essay provides guidelines to fine Syllabics typography through identifying its general and inherent concepts, as well as detailing the nuances found in local preferences within individual communities.
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November, utilitarian street signage typeface
New fontsNovember is a rational, utilitarian typeface inspired by street signage. Unlike most signage types it also handles long texts with ease.Major update of November multilingual font family
New fontsUpdatesNovember has been completely revised, redesigned and reengineered and are now available in both static and variable font formats.November Slab, a robust slab serif typeface
New fontsNovember Slab is a functional, no-nonsense addition to a rational, utilitarian family inspired by street signage. Its blocky serifs create stable, robust letterforms that are surprisingly elegant in its thinnest variations, making it well suited for print purposes.November / October support extended to Devanagari and Tamil
New fontsNovember and October, global font families inspired by an industrial heritage, now support the two most widely used Indian scripts.November — a comprehensive type system for South Asia
November Type System is a versatile and highly accessible collection of fonts, extensively researched to meet the preferences and needs of readers of hundreds of languages of South Asia.November Stencil, a heavy-duty stencil typeface with playful layering styles
New fontsInspired by industrial signage, November Stencil gives a unique flavour to short texts and also provides surprising possibilities for colour typography and motion graphics.
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- Shiva Nallaperumal is a Graphic Designer, Art Director and Typeface Designer. In 2018 he partnered with Juhi Vishnani to form November, a plural design practice focusing on the intersection of design, culture and typography. Through November, he has worked with a wide variety of clients in Fashion, Publishing, Tech and News industries. Aside from studio practice, November reflects the founders' interest in Indian design and cultural history through the initiative November Library, archiving and researching the history of India's design heritage. As a typeface designer Shiva has published or worked with Typotheque, Bold Monday, Sharp Type and Lost Type Co-Op. In 2017 Shiva was one of Forbes India's 30 Under 30, the first graphic designer to be selected.
Watch a mini documentary with the interview with Shiva Nallaperumal on Vimeo.
- Seulki Kim is a type designer at Sandoll based in Seoul, South Korea. She is in charge of retail font production at Sandoll, and has produced Sandoll November, Sandoll CT Sans, Sandoll Heuksong and Sandoll Comp Sans. Also, Seulki has participated as a speaker at ATypI Paris in 2023.
- Arya Purohit is a Type Designer and Graphic Designer from Mumbai. After completing an internship with Seenk, Paris and working as a designer for ASDS, Mumbai he started his independant practice in multi-lingual typeface design. He has designed typefaces and lettering pieces in Devanagari, Bangla, Tamil and Gujarati scripts for various clients. November and October Devanagari and Tamil are his first official typeface releases.
- Xi Yanjun is a designer who developed a deep appreciation for traditional Chinese painting early in her career. After completing an Latin typography design course in 2017, she discovered her passion for typeface design and began to explore this field further. In 2020, she joined the November Hanzi Typeface Design Project, where she found great joy in crafting intricate and expressive characters. With a strong background in both graphic design and typography, Xi Yanjun is well-equipped to create visually stunning and culturally rich designs.