Parachute

PARACHUTE WINS THREE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS - SEPTEMBER 30/2009

We are happy to announce that Parachute® received 3 awards from The International Type Design Competition "Modern Cyrillic 2009" which took place in Moscow and was held by ParaType with support by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of Russia. It was dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Russian Civil Type - Peter the Great's historic reform of Russian typography. ...(more)

LIVE AT THE GRAPHICA EXPO 2009 - MAY 29 - JUNE 1/2009

Graphica is the leading Graphic Arts Trade Fair event that takes place every 2 years in Athens. Anything from multimedia, creative workshops, publications, visual communication, printing materials, software, paper manufacturers. Companies like Agfa, Canon, Epson, Heidelberg, HP, Kodak, Roland, Xeikon, Xerox and many others, exhibited their products for 4 days at the end of May. This year, the trade fair moved to a brand new exhibition center the Athens Metropolitan Expo. ...(more)

ENCORE SANS PRO - NEW RELEASE - FEBRUARY 16/2009

Encore sans is a brand new contemporary typeface a perfect alternative to your overused classic sans designed by Panos Vassilíou. Encore Sans Pro does not pretend being different but it does claim its own personality. It is simple and stylish. Encore Sans Pro is a humanistic sans serif which projects an image of reliability, authority and competence making it ideal for corporate applications. Its subtle round characteristics such as the slightly curved-in edges, ...(more)

PRECISION LANDING IN NOVUM MAGAZINE - FEBRUARY 02/08

The February issue of the premium German design magazine Novum just came in. This month you may find among other interesting articles a special feature on Parachute® under the title “Parachute: Precision Landing”. Here is an excerpt “Greece, as the word alphabet indicates, is the birthplace of European writing, but in the past it can hardly be said to have excelled in typographic production. For several years now, the independent type foundry Parachute® has been getting things moving ...(more)

DESIGN PANORAMA 2008 - PARACHUTE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF... - DECEMBER 6-7/2008

Once again, Parachute® will be a major sponsor of the Design Panorama 2008. This event runs its 5th year and is organized by the bi-monthly magazine +design, a well-known publication about graphic, industrial, interior, web and motion design in Greece. The conference will be held at the ACS Art Center in Athens on December 6 & 7, 2008. Several award winning agencies will present their best work. Design agencies and designers like PetPunk (Lithuania), Tribal DDB, Frank, Yossi Lemel (Israel), ...(more)

ORNAMENTAL TREASURES FEATURED IN SLANTED #6 - DECEMBER 05/2008

These Germans never cease to amaze us. The new issue of Slanted magazine which focuses on signs, symbols and ornaments, is once again a winner. This edition is filled with interesting interviews and names such as Hubert Jocham, PetPunk, Kurt Weidemann, Raban Ruddigkeit and Jan Middendorp, contributions from personalities such as the incredible Canadian designer Marian Bantjes who also designed the cover, visual essays and student projects. ...(more)

PARACHUTE APPEARS IN TYPODARIUM 2009 - NOVEMBER 27/2008

Typodarium brings daily typographic inspiration to creative types around the world. This is the first tear-off calendar showcasing 365 different fonts. Discover a new font everyday, learn the background behind its creation and several other interesting details. Fifty foundries and designers from all over the world -including Parachute®- were asked to contribute with their favorite fonts. The result is a surprising insight into the inexhaustible world of letters and numbers. ...(more)

PARACHUTE AT THE ADOBE D-DAY 2008 - NOVEMBER 22/2008

Adobe D-Day is a conference which takes place around the world and features top international and local talent discussing issues on inspiration, innovation and latest design solutions. They offer a high degree of expertise in a variety of fields such as video, web, motion graphics, print and much more. Furthermore, the event includes a showcase of hardware and software vendors which offer creative solutions to the design industry. ...(more)

UPSCALE TYPOGRAPHY - OCTOBER 23/2008

We created a new blog at an independent location. The new parachute blog "Upscale Typography" was officially launched on October 8 with several new features. This blog posts articles in 6 main categories, all about typography. For instance, under the gadget category you'll find fresh new products made with type and under history references to great typography from the past. Contemporary designers will be interviewed, new releases and pre-release notifications ...(more)

PARACHUTE WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD - MAY 18/2008

We are very pleased to announce that this year's award for Original Typeface at the EDAwards2008 went to Parachute® for the Centro Sans Pro, Centro Serif Pro and Centro Slab Pro typeface superfamilies. The elite of European designers showed up for 5 days in Stockholm May 15-19, 2008 to celebrate and award excellence in communication design. The European Design Awards is the premium venue that honors the best in European design and this ...(more)

THE CENTRO PRO PROJECT. A MIXED TYPE SYSTEM - MAY 05/2008

A very comprehensive and informative article was posted today on the making of the Centro Pro superfamilies. The Centro Pro Project started out as a small serif family of eight, but it grew to become the largest and most versatile set of related superfamilies. The result is a series of three families, Centro serif pro, Centro sans pro and Centro slab pro for a total of 40 weights. Each font contains 1519 glyphs and supports simultaneously Latin, Greek and Cyrillic ...(more)

HIDDEN ORNAMENTAL TREASURES UNEARTHED - APRIL 16/2008

East meets West. Byzantine art –mostly a religious art- is the result of a cross-fertilization of ideas that led to a resurgence in creative thinking and aesthetic stimulation. The two basic sources from which it is derived are the Hellenistic and Eastern art. View samples of this craftmaship and examine an exciting new series of layered typefaces which are based on this art and enable the discriminating designer to create with an unlimited combination of colours ...(more)

THE MAKING OF CHAMPION SCRIPT PRO - FEBRUARY 29/2008

This is the first in a series of articles that reveal techniques and methodologies followed during the design process of contemporary typefaces. We start with PF Champion Script Pro which is the most advanced and powerful script ever made. Developed over a period of two and a half years, each one of the 2 weights is loaded with 4280 glyphs, offering simultaneous support for all European languages based on Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. The decision to develop such a typeface ...(more)

NEW RELEASE - CHAMPION SCRIPT PRO - OCTOBER 10/2007

PF Champion Script Pro is finally out. Two and a half years of development have paid off. We are very excited with the result and we believe you will too. This the most advanced and powerful script ever made. A wide selection of alternate forms and ligatures is included for all languages, in order to accommodate diverse design aesthetics. These alternates are either applied automatically through an advanced programming scheme, or manually through several ...(more)

ICTVC 2007 - BE COOL BE GREEK - JUNE 18-24/2007

What happened when everybody else was inside attending the ICTVC conference? Who are these guys in the paparazzi-like photos? Well, here you get to see typographic personalities like Peter Karow, Adam Twardoch and Akiem Helmling doing the cool thing; relaxing at the Parachute® booth. Also get a glimpse of Alessandro Segalini as well as Panos Vassiliou and Charis Tsevis carrying Parachute's big 'alpha' to the booth. Finally, why is this guy squeezed under the toilet door? ...(more)

ICTVC 2007 - MOST POWERFUL SCRIPT EVER MADE - JUNE 23/2007

Panos Vassiliou was invited as a guest speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC), which was held in Thessaloniki, June 18-24. His presentation was scheduled for June 23rd and included an overview of the upcoming PF Champion Script Pro. This is promising to be the most sophisticated and powerful script typeface ever made. It includes 4253 glyphs per font, two weights and support for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic ...(more)

GRAPHICA 2007 - NEW FACES FROM PARACHUTE - MAY 18-21/2007

Graphica is an exhibition which is organized every two years, promoting the services and products of well-known Greek and foreign houses in the field of Graphic Arts. The exhibition's main target is the wider and more substantial briefing of the professionals, concerning the evolution of the market. This year Parachute® was there for one more time presenting a large number of new typefaces, the first after 4 years in development. Hundreds of designers visited Parachute's ...(more)

EVGE AWARDS 2007 - PARACHUTE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF... - APRIL 14/2007

The Greek Graphic Design & Illustration Awards (EBGE) is an institution which has the purpose of viewing and celebrating Greek creativity on the premises of graphic, visual and interactive design, both in the domestic and international market. The 2007 EBGE Awards was held in Thessaloniki, Greece and celebrated accordingly. Parachute® once again supported and sponsored the event which drew designers and spectators from Greece and abroad. View highlights of this venue and ...(more)

DESIGN PANORAMA 2006 - PARACHUTE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF... - DECEMBER 2-3/2006

We are glad to have supported and sponsored Design Panorama, one of the majors events about design in Greece. The 3rd Greek Design Panorama, was organized by the bi-monthly magazine +design at the cultural and sports center Dais in Athens on December 2 & 3, 2006. Several design agencies presented their best work for 2006. Design agencies like Beetroot, Less Rain (England), Mouse Graphics Serial Designers, Design Shop and many more. Host for the two evenings ...(more)

GRAPHICA 2005 - SECOND TIME AROUND - APRIL 24-28/2005

This is the second time that Parachute® participated in this major exhibition. Graphica is organized every two years, promoting the services and products of Greek and foreign houses in the field of Graphic Arts. Visitors had a chance to get involved in typographic discussions with our designers, try our opentype fonts and explore their capabilities in different programs, pick up some posters, get a brief on upcoming releases and of course listen to the best music in the house ...(more)

ADOBE CREATIVE DAYS 2004 - OPENTYPE FONTS - MAY 26-27/2004

Panos Vassiliou, was invited to participate as a guest speaker at the Adobe Creative Days 2004 forum which was held May 26-27 at the National Research Center in Athens, Greece. The event was organized by Anodos SA the local distributor of Adobe products and included several presentations by Adobe experts as well as an exhibition by local designers. Focus was placed on Opentype fonts, so Panos Vassiliou had the opportunity to present the award-winning typeface 'Archive Pro' ...(more)