From: Marc Foley
-Shantell Sans, from Shantell Martin, is a marker-style font built for creative expression, typographic play, and animation.
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-It includes Latin and Cyrillic characters to support a wide array of languages throughout the Americas, Europe, Central Asia, and Vietnam.
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-To learn more about Shantell Sans and read about the design process behind it, check out its website at:
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-â shantellsans.com
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-Project conception & creative direction by Shantell Martin, based on her artwork, handwriting, and creative philosophy.
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-Type design & font development by Arrow Type.
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-Cyrillic design by Anya Danilova.
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-To contribute, see github.com/arrowtype/shantell-sans
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- British visual artist and philosopher
- Shantell Martin
- is famous for using words in her artwork in the
- Oculus
- at the World Trade Center, in New York City, and for her
- music and art collaboration with Kendrick Lamar
- at Art Basel in Miami. Her art has taken over the
- screens of New Yorkâs Times Square
- and the
- Lincoln Center
- stage, home of the New York City Ballet.
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- Back in school, she was scared of spelling tests. However, outside of school,
- she felt that words were art and provided emotional relief. A discovery in her
- early 20s opened her eyes to why reading and writing were so difficult for
- her, and set in motion her desire to create the
- To inspire others to have fun with
- writing and words, she teamed up with Stephen Nixon of
- Arrow Type to create Shantell Sans.
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- Shantell Martin, Stephen Nixon, and Anya Danilova share their experiences of
- the making of Shantell Sans.
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- To learn more, visit
- The Story of Shantell Sans.
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+ Back in school, she was scared of spelling tests. + However, outside of school, she felt that words were art and provided emotional relief. + A discovery in her early 20s opened her eyes to why reading and writing were so difficult for her, and set in motion her desire to create the + + + To inspire others to have fun with writing and words, she teamed up with Stephen Nixon of + + Arrow Type + + to create Shantell Sans. +
++ Shantell Martin, Stephen Nixon, and Anya Danilova share their experiences of the making of Shantell Sans. +
++ To learn more, visit + + The Story of Shantell Sans + + . +