Milla Bowman

Kiperman is a text typeface designed in honor of Henrique Leão Kiperman, founder of the publishing house Artmed, now Grupo A.
Its forms are simple and straightforward, with no unnecessary embellishments that could disturb the reading. The fonts are slightly narrower than normal, which yields higher efficiency without compromising reading comfort. Besides that, its italics are not just a slanted version of the romans, but rather a separate drawing. With a slope of 8°, its calligraphic structure provides the right amount of emphasis when necessary. The Kiperman typeface works best when setting books, magazines, ebooks and websites. It will also work very well in branding and packaging projects where a sober typeface is needed.
The inspiration for the design came from the personality of the honoree. Just as Henrique always wanted to stay away from spotlights, the Kiperman typeface was designed so that it would not call attention to itself or impose any obstacles in the understanding of the text. In this way, the fonts revere Henrique’s legacy by respecting and honoring the published content.
Henrique Leão Kiperman began his career in 1958, selling medical books in travels through the interior of the Brazilian states of Paraná and Santa Catarina. In 1973, he opened a bookstore in downtown Porto Alegre, the Artes Médicas Sul, and a few years later edited his first book. Since then, his company has grown to become one of the most important publishers in Brazil in the area of scientific, technical and professional books, with more than 2400 active titles distributed among the McGraw Hill, Bookman, Artmed, Penso and Artes Médicas imprints. Henrique passed away in 2017 at the age of 79. The Kiperman type family has been commissioned by Grupo A and is available for licensing. This was the way found for the fonts to be read by more people, spreading some of his spirit around the world.

The 1933 sheet music compilation entitled “Kate Smith Memories Song Book” had the singer’s name hand lettered in a bold, spurred serif typeface.

This lettering design became the basis for Radio Show JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

A 1902 publication entitled “Lettering for Schools & Colleges” had an example of an ornate, hand drawn stencil alphabet in the Art Nouveau style.

This is now available digitally as Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL, in both regular and oblique versions.

Comic books based on popular characters have been around pretty much since the advent of comic books themselves.

An edition of the “Car 54 Where Are You?” series published by Dell (and based on the hit TV show created by Nat Hiken) displayed “Car 54” in a bold hand lettered stencil design on the cover.

These few characters became the inspiration for Patrol Car Stencil JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

An ad spotted in a 1960 issue of Billboard magazine promoting a 45 rpm release by Randy Lee doing the old song “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?” featured the song title in a casual, brush lettered style.

While the ad made a perfect model for a digital font design, the record itself tanked.

Quick Titling JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

I haven’t been sleeping well lately: I wake up every night around 5 and I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the Bogeyman! Wait… Bogeyman? Excellent name for a new font!

Bogeyman is a handmade display font. It comes in two varieties: regular and eroded, both with their Italics.
Use it for your posters, book covers and packaging, but you’ll have to promise not to scare your kids with it!

Meet my new signature script Ludwig!

Ludwig includes 158 ligatures, full set of uppercase and lowercase letters, multilingual symbols, numerals and punctuation. This is so perfect for invitations, monograms etc. It includes Multilingual support and 158 Ligatures.