Font versions, updates, upgrades

Fonts are no longer hardware (type used to be made of metal), but are now digital software. As is common with any software, Typotheque constantly publishes updated versions of our products. We spend countless hours ensuring the highest possible quality of our fonts, testing every published font thoroughly. Yet because our clients are creative individuals, it is impossible to predict how our fonts will be used, and sometimes it does happen that we are completely astonished to see new applications which we could not have anticipated. In some rare cases we find situations in which our fonts are not performing ideally; this may happen with any published font. Because traditionally the type designer was not the person who distributed the type, it was very difficult to correct these imperfections. Instead, users either learnt to live with the imperfections, or hoped that the designer would notice and correct them in future releases. Typotheque, on the other hand, is both the developer and direct distributor for its fonts, which allows us to maintain full control over our products. Every time we receive a sample of our fonts in use we examine it thoroughly, paying attention to unusual letter combinations in the given language, and to any other factors affecting the font's appearance. If there is something worth correcting we do not hesitate to correct it.

Fedra Sans 2.3
Originally published in October 2001, it was significantly upgraded (to version 2.0) after about 18 months in use. We added italicised small capitals after feedback from several users, while other improvements such as a lighter italic, better spacing and improved kerning, resulted from samples we received. Now we are releasing a new set with further minor changes, most having to do with optimised shapes of accented characters and an expanded kerning set.

Fedra Greek 1.1
Although Fedra Serif Greek won a prize for best typeface in a national Greek design competition (EBGE 2003), there was still room for improvement, and only now is it being published in full. Most of the lowercase set has undergone significant design changes, notably alpha, beta, gamma, nu and mu, as well as most of the accents in the polytonic set.

Fedra Serif 2.0
With the release of Fedra Serif Pro, we have had a chance to revisit the design of Fedra Serif (originally released in April 2003) and upgrade it to version 2.0. The most notable changes are: redesigned diacritics, improved kerning, and adding italicised small capitals.

Fedra Mono 1.2
Fedra Mono has been slightly modified as well, and its latest version is 1.2.

Jigsaw 3.2
Jigsaw, the monolinear sans serif, has finally been expanded with a complementary italic. Instead of slanting the characters mathematically, entirely new outlines have been drawn up, creating dynamic cursive shapes based on handwritten forms.

All of these version upgrades are available free of charge to all our licensed users of previous versions of each particular font. After each update we send out email to notify our customers, so they can download these updated fonts and access the new features. Only significantly new designs or new additions to existing families (e.g. Jigsaw Italic) are offered as a chargable upgrade. Information about continuing improvements to our font catalogue is also sent to everyone on our mailing list. So please, do continue to contribute to the further improvement of Typotheque fonts by sending examples of our fonts in use. You, the users of our fonts, make our work complete.