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Industry | Type foundry |
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Founded | Athens, Greece, 2001 |
Founders | Panos Vassiliou |
Headquarters | |
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.[ citation needed ]
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.
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
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 City, 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
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