Parachute Typefoundry is a

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type foundry A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Before digital typography, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces for hand typesetting, and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and ...

company established in 2001. Parachute offers a variety of fonts designed to support

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scripts, some of which have received recognition for their quality. Notable typefaces like PF Centro Pro, PF Champion Script Pro, and PF Goudy Initials Pro were introduced online in 2007. In 2008, Parachute received a Gold award at the European Design Awards for its PF Centro type families designed by Panos Vassiliou. Subsequently, Parachute has achieved over 25 awards and distinctions, including the Red Dot: Grand Prix 2012. In 2010, Parachute introduced PF

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, the first Arabic version of the DIN typeface, created through a collaboration between Panos Vassiliou and Arab designer Hasan Abu Afash.

Typefaces

*PF Bague *PF Regal *PF Centro *PF DIN Text *PF DIN Display *PF Champion Script *PF Beau Sans *PF Square Sans *PF Adamant *PF Encore Sans *PF Das Grotesk *PF Handbook *PF Fuel *PF Occula *PF Benchmark *PF Monumenta

Major Awards

Publications

*YearBook of Type 2 – Germany – Niggli Verlag , 2016 *BranD magazine – China – October 2015 , Micro-forum *Slanted 24 / Istanbul Issue – Germany – October 2014 , Square Sans *Size-specific adjustments to type designs – Germany – Just Another Foundry , 2014 *New Graphic – China – Nanjing University of the Arts , 2014 *BranD magazine – China – November 2013 , Interview *YearBook of Type – Germany – Niggli Verlag , 2013 *Slanted magazine / Babylon Issue – Germany – August 2013 , Regal *The Briem Report: Letterforms 2012 – United States – Operina , 2013 *Understanding Type – United Kingdom – AVA Publishing , 2013 *Slanted magazine – Germany – September 2012 , Interview *Page magazine – Germany – November 2011 , Schatten und Licht *Type Navigator – Germany – Gestalten , 2011 *Arabesque 2 – Germany – Gestalten , 2011 *Page magazine – Germany – July 2011 , Typo-Objekte *Computer Arts – United Kingdom – June 2011 , 150 fonts you can’t live without *Quotation magazine – Japan – Spring 2011 ,

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and more *KAK magazine - Russia - Fall 2010 , European Design *.Net magazine - United Kingdom - November 2010 , Top 20 Fonts for Web Design *Page magazine - Germany - November 2010 , DIN Text Arabic *Brush ’n’ Script - Germany - Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz , 2010 *Publish -

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- Fall 2010 , Encore en Centro *Typolyrics - Germany - Birkhäuser GmbH, Basel , 2010 *Computer Arts - United Kingdom - October 2009 , 114 pro Tips for Type *1000 Ideas by 100 Designers - Spain - Rockport Publishers , 2009 *Publish -

- Fall 2009 , DIN, FF, PF en Next *Smashing magazine - Online - April 2009 , 30 Brilliant Typefaces for Corporate Design *Smashing magazine - Online - March 2009 , Fantastic Typography Blogs for your Inspiration *Novum - Germany - February 2009 , Parachute: Precision Landing *Font magazine -

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- January 2009 , Interview *Graphic Design Inspirations - Germany - Daab Publishing , 2008 *Visual Evasion - Online - December 2008 , 10 Best Typeface Designs of 2008 *Slanted - Germany - December 2008 , Fontnames Illustrated *Typo -

- Summer 2008 , Byzantine Ornaments *Ministry of Type - Online - March 2008 , Champion Script Pro *Slanted - Germany - September 2007 , Fontlabels, Fonts & Families

References

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