Parachute Type foundry

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.

Parachute
IndustryType foundry
FoundedAthens, Greece, 2001
FoundersPanos Vassiliou
Headquarters
Athens, London
ProductsFonts
Websiteparachutefonts.com

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.

Typefaces
  • PF Bague
  • PF Regal[10]
  • PF Centro[11]
  • PF DIN Text[12]
  • PF DIN Display
  • PF Champion Script[13]
  • 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
  • Communication Arts Typography Competition 2016 | Award Winner[14]

Adamant Sans Pro

  • Communication Arts Typography Competition 2015 | Award of Excellence[15]

Das Grotesk Pro

  • Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014 | Bronze Award[16]

Bague Sans Pro

  • Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014 | Merit Award[17]

Occula

  • European Design Awards 2014 | Bronze[18]

Bague Pro

  • German Design Awards 2014 | Nominee

Regal Pro

  • Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2013 | Silver Award

Regal Pro

  • Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2013 | Nomination

Encore Sans Pro

  • Red dot Design Awards 2012 | Grand Prix Winner[19]

Regal Pro

  • Red Dot Design Awards 2012 | Best of the Best Winner

Regal Pro

  • Communication Arts Typography Competition 2012 | Award of Excellence

Regal Pro

  • German Design Awards 2012 | Nominee

Encore Sans Pro

  • Creative Review Type Annual 2011 | Winner

Regal Pro

  • European Design Awards 2011 | Finalist

Regal Pro

  • EBGE Awards 2011 | Finalist

Regal Pro

  • Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Regal Pro

  • Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Champion Script Pro

  • Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Adamant Pro

  • Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Encore Sans Pro

  • European Design Awards 2010 | Silver Winner

Encore Sans Pro

  • International Type Design Competition 2009 | Excellence Award

Centro Pro

  • International Type Design Competition 2009 | Excellence Award

Champion Script Pro

  • International Type Design Competition 2009 | Excellence Award

Goudy Initials Pro and Goudy Ornaments

  • European Design Awards 2008 | Gold Winner[20]

Centro Pro

  • EBGE Awards 2004 | Merit Award

Archive Pro

  • EBGE Awards 2002 | Merit Award

Libera Pro

  • EBGE Awards 2002 | Merit Award

Manic Attack

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 | London, Tokyo, New York City, Berlin 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

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

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

February 2009 | Parachute: Precision Landing

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

Summer 2008 | Byzantine Ornaments

  • Ministry of Type - Online

March 2008 | Champion Script Pro

  • Slanted - Germany

September 2007 | Fontlabels, Fonts & Families

References
  1. "Panos Vassiliou, Linotype".
  2. "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".
  3. "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".
  4. "Parachute, Luc Devroye".
  5. "Panos Vassiliou, Klingspor Museum" (PDF).
  6. "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".
  7. "PF DIN Text Arabic, Slanted".
  8. Arabesque 2. Germany: Gestalten. September 2011. p. 153. ISBN 978-3-89955-330-7.
  9. International Type Design Exhibition 2013. Iran: Aban. 2013. p. 22. ISBN 978-600-6413-76-1.
  10. "Why it is important to associate letterforms with emotions".
  11. "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".
  12. Gianotten, Henk (2009). "DIN, FF, PF EN NEXT". Publish Magazine. Netherlands (4): 14.
  13. "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".
  14. "CA award wnners 2016".
  15. "CA award wnners 2015".
  16. "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Bague Sans".
  17. "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Occula".
  18. "European Design Awards 2014, Bague Pro".
  19. "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".
  20. "European Design Awards 2008 Gold Winner, Centro Pro".
  21. "Precision landing: Parachute".
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