Raymond Larabie (born 1970) is a Canadian designer of TrueType and OpenTypecomputer fonts. He owns Typodermic Fonts, which distributes both commercially licensed and shareware/freeware fonts.
Larabie was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Sheridan College with a degree in classical animation. He moved to Nagoya, Japan in 2008; he maintains Canadian citizenship.
Beginning in 1996, Larabie distributed his designs over the internet as freeware, operating as his own independent type foundry LarabieFonts.[1] He released much of his Larabie Fonts library into the public domain in 2020 after he determined the designs were no longer of any commercial value.[2] Larabie was employed at Rockstar Canada and had contributed his designs to multiple video game titles, including the hit series' Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne, before he quit the company in 2002 to focus full-time on type design.[citation needed]
Larabie primarily specializes in novelty typefaces that are intended for use in desktop publishing and graphic design. The logo for Grand Theft Auto, for instance, uses Larabie's Pricedown font, which is based on the logo for the international game show The Price Is Right, as well as for the Disney animated series Fillmore!. In addition to game shows, Larabie has also used 1960s and 1970s graphic logos, computer emulation, and other inspirations to design his fonts; most of his designs are display faces not meant for body text. He is particularly known for his “ubiquitous futuristic and sci-fi fonts”; Larabie specialized in that style early in his career because he felt that, other than a few examples such as Bank Gothic, Microgramma and Eurostile, the market for that style was underserved.[3]
Two of his typeface families, Marion and Superclarendon, are released with macOS.[4][5] Larabie's "Canada 150" is an extended version of his previous font Mesmerize (in turn based on 1920s calligraphic German sans-serifs such as Semplicità and Kabel) with Cyrillic and First Nations alphabets included; it was commissioned by the Government of Canada to be the official typeface for the country's sesquicentennial. The government paid him nothing for the custom work,[6] which he subsequently placed into the public domain.
Larabie has drawn controversy for releasing fonts freely; other professional designers took particular umbrage at Canada 150, stating that the government should have paid for a professionally drawn type since, it was posited, a government has the money to do so. Larabie responded to the criticism by saying "You can’t just throw a couple hundred grand at a problem and that’s the solution for every problem."[7]
TypefacesEdit
Coolvetica—an eccentric neo-grotesque sans-serif based on Chalet and 1970s Helvetica, Larabie's most popular font
^Cabarga, Leslie. Logo, Font, & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction, and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols. Cincinnati, OH: HOW Design, 2004. 237.
^142 Early Typodermic Fonts Released Into the Public Domain. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
^Tselentis, Jason (August 28, 2017). . How. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
^"Fonts included with Mavericks". Apple. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^Larabie, Ray. "Marion". MyFonts. Monotype. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^"Canada's new national font was designed to include aboriginal languages".
^Daubs, Katie (12 January 2016). "Designers fume over free font for Canada's 150th birthday | The Star". The Toronto Star.
^Benincasa, Antonino (March 4, 2014). "Corporate Identity XX Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006". behance.net. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
^"Canada 1500". Typodermic Fonts. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ray Larabie news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Raymond Larabie born 1970 is a Canadian designer of TrueType and OpenType computer fonts He owns Typodermic Fonts which distributes both commercially licensed and shareware freeware fonts Ray LarabieBorn1970 age 52 53 Ottawa Ontario CanadaOccupationTypographerYears active1996 presentKnown forDesigning novelty computer fonts Contents 1 Biography and career 2 Typefaces 3 Samples 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBiography and career EditSnasm SampleLarabie was born in Ottawa Ontario Canada He graduated from Sheridan College with a degree in classical animation He moved to Nagoya Japan in 2008 he maintains Canadian citizenship Beginning in 1996 Larabie distributed his designs over the internet as freeware operating as his own independent type foundry LarabieFonts 1 He released much of his Larabie Fonts library into the public domain in 2020 after he determined the designs were no longer of any commercial value 2 Larabie was employed at Rockstar Canada and had contributed his designs to multiple video game titles including the hit series Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne before he quit the company in 2002 to focus full time on type design citation needed Larabie primarily specializes in novelty typefaces that are intended for use in desktop publishing and graphic design The logo for Grand Theft Auto for instance uses Larabie s Pricedown font which is based on the logo for the international game show The Price Is Right as well as for the Disney animated series Fillmore In addition to game shows Larabie has also used 1960s and 1970s graphic logos computer emulation and other inspirations to design his fonts most of his designs are display faces not meant for body text He is particularly known for his ubiquitous futuristic and sci fi fonts Larabie specialized in that style early in his career because he felt that other than a few examples such as Bank Gothic Microgramma and Eurostile the market for that style was underserved 3 Two of his typeface families Marion and Superclarendon are released with macOS 4 5 Larabie s Canada 150 is an extended version of his previous font Mesmerize in turn based on 1920s calligraphic German sans serifs such as Semplicita and Kabel with Cyrillic and First Nations alphabets included it was commissioned by the Government of Canada to be the official typeface for the country s sesquicentennial The government paid him nothing for the custom work 6 which he subsequently placed into the public domain Larabie has drawn controversy for releasing fonts freely other professional designers took particular umbrage at Canada 150 stating that the government should have paid for a professionally drawn type since it was posited a government has the money to do so Larabie responded to the criticism by saying You can t just throw a couple hundred grand at a problem and that s the solution for every problem 7 Typefaces EditCoolvetica an eccentric neo grotesque sans serif based on Chalet and 1970s Helvetica Larabie s most popular font Foo used for Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars Neuropol a modified version of which was used in the wordmark for the 2006 Winter Olympics 8 Pricedown Stereofidelic Mesmerize Kawashiro Gothic Japanese gothic typeface based on the Mesmerize typeface Canada 1500 based on the Mesmerize typeface supports Greek Cyrillic Vietnamese and Canadian Aboriginal syllabics 9 Samples EditFonts by Ray Larabie Pricedown as seen in the Grand Theft Auto wordmark Coolvetica top compared to its inspiration Helvetica below is according to Larabie his most downloaded font by far Korataki Larabie s most purchased commercial font is used in the wordmark for video game Mass Effect Stereofidelic Neuropol modified in use in the Torino 2006 wordmark Canada1500 Mesmerize in use for its original purpose on the Canada 150 wordmarkSee also EditOpen source Unicode typefaces List of type designers Cartier typeface References Edit Cabarga Leslie Logo Font amp Lettering Bible A Comprehensive Guide to the Design Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols Cincinnati OH HOW Design 2004 237 142 Early Typodermic Fonts Released Into the Public Domain Retrieved December 25 2020 Tselentis Jason August 28 2017 Typodermic s Raymond Larabie Talks Type Technology amp Science Fiction How Archived from the original on April 18 2018 Retrieved October 29 2017 Fonts included with Mavericks Apple Retrieved 8 July 2015 Larabie Ray Marion MyFonts Monotype Retrieved 8 July 2015 Canada s new national font was designed to include aboriginal languages Daubs Katie 12 January 2016 Designers fume over free font for Canada s 150th birthday The Star The Toronto Star Benincasa Antonino March 4 2014 Corporate Identity XX Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006 behance net Retrieved December 28 2020 Canada 1500 Typodermic Fonts Retrieved 18 September 2020 External links EditRay Larabie at MobyGames Typodermic Fonts Twitter page Typodermic on MyFonts Typodermic on Fontspring Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ray Larabie amp oldid 1151611651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
