Valentype | Testify and win the FontFont you love! 
Image PhotoDisc Object Series 43077 Typeface FF Elementa
If you know what it’s like to passionately love a typeface, here’s a golden opportunity. Declare your love for a FontFont (only FontFonts apply!) and win a full official license to four (4) weights in OpenType format of that FontFont (for example Regular, Italic, Bold, Black). This love declaration can take any form you like: a poem, an image, a short text, whatever you feel like creating. Accepted languages for text entries are English, Dutch and French (terribly sorry but my German is rubbish). Just make sure that I don’t have to do anything to post your entry in the gallery which will be appended to this post (see technical details below).
The contest starts now and ends tomorrow (Friday) night February 15th at midnight. But there is one catch – we want at least sixty (60) submissions or the contest is void, annulled, nihil, zilch, nada. Fortunately you can enter up to three (3) submissions, so in theory if twenty very motivated people compete we’re good.
The contest is open to anyone, customers and non-customers alike, students and professionals, men and women, straight and gay, all races, all religions, no restrictions, no boundaries. So get busy in the name of love, you’ve got a little under 48 hours! And remember – sleep is highly overrated. ;)
Procedure
Send me an e-mail (unzipper{at}fontshop{dot}be) with Valentype and the name of the FontFont in the subject line. This is crucial because I filter my incoming e-mails: no Valentype in the subject line means I won’t see your submission. Include your name and address in the message and your love declaration in attachment.
Poems or short texts should be saved as text or MS Word format.
Typographic art or design must be saved for web (Save for Web... command in Adobe Photoshop) as a simple JPEG (no progressive JPEG!) High Quality RGB image, measuring exactly 440 pixels wide and minimum 100 to maximum 500 pixels high.
The file name must read “YourFullName_FontFontName" (plus the file extension of course). Substitute "YourFullName with your actual name (no spaces) and "FontFontName" with the name of the FontFont you covet.
Valentype Gallery
01 | Zennie McLoughlin loves FF Meta Serif
02 | Leon Hulst loves FF Typestar
03 | Ruud Ruttens loves FF Extra
A graphic designer from Ghent
Loved Hydra to such an extent
That he’d try any ruse
To get hold of his muse
But he wasn’t allowed to contend.
Bummer... :/
04 | Yves Peters loves FF Hydra ;)
05 | Zennie McLoughlin loves FF Meta Serif
06 | Bart van Haren loves FF DIN
07 | Kerwin Groot loves FF Meta Serif
08 | Kitty Molenaar loves FF Disturbance
09 | Stéphane de Schrevel loves FF Bau
To be sung in doo-wop style
O! FontFont
You’re the one that I want want
There’s nothing better to get
I got brochures I gotta set
O! FontFont
Oh! FontFont
You’re the one that I want want
I have my FontBook at the ready
I don’t mind if it’s too heavy
Oh! FontFont
Oh! FontFont
You’re the one that I want want
Super Grotesk’s just the best
Although I want all the rest
Oh! Font Font
10 | Dan Gayle loves FF Super Grotesk
FF Clifford: The Font, The Legacy
It all started many years ago, when I was but a lad. My father wanted me to carry on the proud family tradition of being a bucket maker, but all of my buckets ended up having holes in them and thus leaked water all over the place.
Then along came FF Clifford, and made everything better.
The end.
11 | Dan Gayle loves FF Clifford
To the tune “Only you” by The Platters
Oneleigh you can make this world seem right
Oneleigh you can make the darkness bright.
Oneleigh you and you alone
can thrill me like you do
and fill my heart with love for Oneleigh you.
Oneleigh you can make this change in me,
for it’s true, you are my destiny.
When you hold my hand,
I understand the magic that you do.
You’re my dream come true,
my one and Oneleigh you.
Oneleigh you can make this change in me,
for it’s true, you are my destiny.
When you hold my hand,
I understand the magic that you do.
You’re my dream come true,
my one and Oneleigh you.
One and Oneleigh you.
12 | Dan Gayle loves FF Oneleigh
13 | Sylvia Klop loves FF Signa
14 | Ruben David Marques loves FF Legato
15 | Jan Erdmann loves FF Unit
16 | Joe Chang loves FF DIN
17 | (The Man from) Gotcha! loves FF Roice
Hydra, oh Hydra — Your love is so pure.
Oh my dear Hydra — I love you for sure.
18 | David Hubner loves FF Hydra
Oh lovely Zapata, so smooth and so wide,
Do you, oh, do you, want to be my bride?
Marry me — be my one and only font.
Love me, oh, love me, don’t say you don’t.
19 | David Hubner loves FF Zapata
20 | Adriano Esteves loves FF Milo
21 | Lucian Enasoni loves FF Dax
22 | Lucian Enasoni loves FF Dax
Letters, ga door met vallen als de onvervangbare regen op mijn weg.
23 | Toine Post loves FF Nexus Serif
Alone in the dark,
I can’t find the light;
I can’t make this card
Shine so bright.
I don’t have the font
To make it just right;
Don’t know about the front,
But the back will be white.
Please, come to me, Legato…
I just can’t live without you…
This is my life:
I design postcards.
But finding the type that fits right
Always seems like a lost fight…
You already have
A place in my heart;
But one day I’ll have you
Going through my graphics card.
Please, come to me, Legato…
I just can’t live without you.
24 | Ruben David Marques loves FF Legato
25 | Prof. Nora Gummert-Hauser loves FF Absara
26 | Kitty Molenaar loves FF Disturbance
27 | (The Man from) Gotcha! loves FF Roice
Although it’s made of vectors,
I still love my Scala.
28 | Alex Klages loves FF Scala
29 | Frederico Leonardo loves FF Clan
There once was a woman from Nantucket,
Who knew her designs really sucket.
She needed some type
That would bring her some hype
And put lots of bling in her bucket.
30 | Sharon Van Lieu loves FF Meta Serif
31 | Sharon Van Lieu loves FF Oneleigh
32 | Sharon Van Lieu loves Taz III, which is no FontFont so this one can’t win
33 | Nick Shinn loves FF Beowolf
34 | Joe Chang loves FF Meta
35 | Patricia Fabricant loves FF Atma
Last week my parents came to visit. They never had to do anything with design or typography in their lives. I wouldn’t have expected them to care about type at all. So, they sat on my couch next to my desk with all the foundry catalogues stacked on it that I keep handy to score on the Typophile Type ID Board. My mother picks up the 2007 FontFont catalogue and starts looking through it. Suddenly she reads out loud «Legato». «Legato is a beautiful typeface», I say. «Yes, it’s beautiful», she answers, obviously meaning it. Man, was I proud of my mother. True story.
36 | Jan Erdmann loves FF Legato
37 | Zachary Quinn Scheuren loves FF Quadraat
38 | Michael J. Young loves FF Absara
39 | Lex Kominek loves FF Zapata
40 | Lex Kominek loves FF Zwo
41 | Irène Ellenberger loves Auto, which is no FontFont so this one can’t win
42 | Russell McGorman loves FF Meta Serif, but his image is not the right sie so this one can’t win
43 | Florian Hardwig loves FF Angie
To the tune “Angie” by The Rolling Stones
Angie, Angie, when will your flare serifs disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will JFP lead us from here?
With no swash caps in our slots and no dlig in our code
You can’t say we’re OpenType
But Angie, Angie, you can’t say we’re unjustified
Oh, Angie, don’t you weep, all your counters still look neat
I hate that ink spread in your eyes …
44 | Florian Hardwig loves FF Angie
45 | Irène Ellenberger loves Auto, which is no FontFont so this one can’t win
46 | Nick Shinn loves FF Fontesque
47 | Curtis Soderborg loves FF DIN
48 | Curtis Soderborg loves FF Meta
50 | Jan Erdmann loves FF Danubia
51 | Doug Thomas loves FF Scala Sans
FF Angie, don’t you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet.
52 | Chris Lozos loves FF Angie
Scala is the Stairway to my heart.
53 | Chris Lozos loves FF Scala
I Bau to you, my love!
54 | Chris Lozos loves FF Bau
55 | Sharon Van Lieu loves FF Absara
56 | Darrel Austin loves FF Clan
57 | Russell McGorman loves FF Meta Serif, but his image is not the right size so this one can’t win
58 | Russell McGorman loves FF Meta Serif, but his image is not the right size so this one can’t win
59 | Irène Ellenberger loves FF Maiola
60 | Neil Caldwell loves Bastard Even Fatter, which is no FontFont so this one can’t win |
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Haha this is awesome, if I find the time I'll try to create something.
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This is a printing office
and we will make love on the copier
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cool
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Pieter, I can assure you -- I did the test and my entry took me a little over ten minutes to make. Don't miss out on this opportunity to grab some cool free FontFonts. You'll regret it later on if you don't give it a go. ;)
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A little under 12 hours left and we still need 3 times the number of entries so far. So get off your collective arses and create something nice! :)
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Niiice. (My favourite so far, The 'Legato' one, by Ruben David Marques.)
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Dav(id): you just made my day. xD I did make another entry, but I think it might not be accepted? =( Hey Yves, I hope you can at least use the text! ;P
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I'm terribly sorry but we seem to have exceeded the maximum number of images for Unzipped. Please bear with us while we remedy this situation.
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This is fun. There is a taz III. http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/lucasfonts/taz_iii/
Does it have to say FF? No problem anyway. :-)
Sharon |
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I really would like to see how much Nick Shinn loves FF Fontesque.
;-}
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Yes Sharon, if you look at my introductory text you'll see the foundry name FontFont highlighted. Click it, and you'll see the full list of FontFont faces. You can still change your typeface of choice for your entry. ;)
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Jan, you have to see the image for his entry to understand the meaning of his message. It's actually quite funny.
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That?s what I meant. I?d love to SEE it. ;-)
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And the winner is...
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Unzipper, why did you have to apply this 60+ rule anyway?
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Dear all, I'm in Berlin for an OpenType crash course on Monday. The problem with the Unzipped image library hasn't been resolved yet so we'll probably have to wait until somewhere this week to see all the entries and pronounce the winner.
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Stéphane, the 60+ rule was instated because we'd like it to be worth our while if we're going to give away free fonts. Especially since this one was open to literally everyone, and other contests on Unzipped have been attended quite poorly until now. The more people participate in these thingies, the more fun it is and the more motivated we are to give away nice stuff.
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Bee mine!
Uber clever, Lex
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Et voil? , all the entries have been posted. I'd like to thank everyone who participated. There were some witty submissions, some clever ones, and some that were exceptionally good. I'm really sorry for those who submitted wrong fonts or whose image wasn't the right size, but if you misread an exam question you flunk too. Life's a bitch. The final results will be communicated later this week.
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I'm turning 30 next Sunday! *hint*hint* :o)
Now (more) seriously, great stuff from almost everyone. I think we need more of these "10 minute design" contests. It really sparks up creativity!
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I agree completely. We will definitely follow this up. :)
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Laydeeez and gennelmun -- epic discussions ensued, heroic battles were fought, but in the end we took our game of darts, printed all the entries, pasted them to the wall and... Nah, just kidding. :D
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The winner is ... Ruben David Marques for his first entry for FF Legato because (a) it is a true love letter (b) he very cleverly integrated the designer's name in the declaration (c) it is genuinely funny (d) it looks good as well and (e) frankly almost everyone I've shown the gallery picks his entry as the best one. Dear Ruben, FF Legato 1 OpenType (Light, Light Italic, Bold, Bold Italic) is coming your way. Congratulations! :)
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Congratulations, Ruben. Yea. Absolutely deserved.
(And as I said back 'then': 'My favourite so far, The 'Legato' one, by Ruben David Marques.' ;)
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I love you. Seriously. You have no idea how happy you just made me! I've been eagerly coming here every couple of hours like a little kid just hoping my name would come up! I know it may seem silly, but who cares! I won something! :P Thank you! SERIOUSLY: THANK YOU! Oh, and it worked: I'm definitely coming back more often! Hope you post more stuff in english! xD Thank you, Yves! And thanks, Dav(id)! :D
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Congratulations, Ruben, well deserved! :D
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Congratulations to Ruben by Hillary & Obama :-)
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