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What we’ve been looking forward to all year is finally upon us: Typo Berlin! Sonja and I are hanging out there all weekend, so hopefully we can meet up sometime. My talk “I ♥ India (& why you should too),” comes in late Saturday afternoon so be sure to stick around and keep that time-slot free!

And when you see us be sure to ask us about snagging postcard #00 from an upcoming project! We only have a limited number there, so act fast! (We’ll post more about this in a few days, but for now the Typo attendees get first dibs.)

In the wake of the tragic earthquake in Haiti, the Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) has organized the Font Aid IV benefit. Dubbed “Coming Together,” this project brought together and inspired almost 400 designers to draw ampersands to this charity font. The result is a massive collection of ampersands (485) which you get for the unbelievably low price of $20. All the proceeds go directly to Doctors Without Borders to help with their relief efforts in Haiti.

For our part, we donated these three &’s. The first one is something we threw together for this project. It’s a little difficult to display here because it is only 1 unit thick; ideally, it should be rendered much larger. The second design is from an upcoming family, but it will probably change more along the way before it's done. The final ampersand is a modified version from Mota Pixel.

So if you haven’t already, it would absolutely be worth your while to drop a Jackson (~€15, ~£13, ~CA$21, ~Rs922, ~R$36, ~RUB600)* for a good cause while picking up 485 sweet &’s for your collection. Font Aid IV is available through all these fine resellers: Veer, FontShop, and MyFonts.

*Order reflects the most common visitor’s currencies

Our first major type family, Vesper, is a design three years in the making. Started in 2006 at the University of Reading, it has evolved and expanded from scattered/naïve ideas into a versatile text family. Now you can see some behind-the-scenes design process that made it what it is today and some hints of where it is going. Read all about the project over at I Love Typography.

As a thank you to all our early newsletter subscribers, we have a special offer: 10% off all purchases for the rest of 2009!

Sign up for our newsletter by the end of October (31st 2009) and we will automatically deduct 10% off all of your orders for the rest of the year*. This promotion is also combinable with any other sales or deals we may be offering during this time.

Simply click on the envelope icon at the bottom left of the screen and enter your e-mail address to register. You are also able to manage your subscription through your account page.

If so inclined, you can read our full privacy policy here. In short, we won't spam you or give away your info.

As a special thanks to our infinitely patient colleagues as well as to our new friends, we are holding a short, but significant, Grand Opening Sale.

For the first three days (October 6, 7, 8, & 9) we are offering Vesper for 30% off! This includes all versions and configurations: packages and single fonts, and Pro, WEB, and Basic character sets. Deal good until midnight Friday (Berlin time).

In addition, if you sign up for the newsletter you will automatically get an another 10% off.*

Want to try out some fonts before committing to the entire family? No problem. You can always buy a few single fonts, or fonts with the basic character set, then upgrade to the packages or Pro character set later!


*Stay subscribed to the newsletter and you will get 10% off all other purchases for the rest of the year!

We would like to welcome you to Mota Italic!

After many many months of work the site is up and running, the first two font families are ready for their debut, and we have some special deals to get things rolling.

After checking out Vesper and playing with it in TypeShow, be sure to download our free family Mota Pixel. You can also take advantage of our 40% off sale for the first 2 days and get 10% off the rest of the year. Simply sign up for the newsletter by the end of October to get the discount for the remained of 2009.

Feel free to contact us with any questions, comments, or just to say hi.