When it comes to stylish typography, the name Connary Fagen is one we know very well. The graphic designer has seen incredible success with his type designs over the years, consistently crafting fonts that have been among the top sellers on YouWorkForThem.
Connary found his way into the field of typography after he began designing letter sets for his own graphic design projects. You’d be surprised at just how many typographers began their careers that way; when they can’t find the exact font they’re looking for, sometimes it just makes perfect sense to create one out of the blue to suit their needs. “As a designer, I noticed early on how much typography affected the quality of my work,” Connary shared with us. “I wanted to better understand the mechanics behind good type, which led to me developing original typefaces.”
Connary eventually made some of his fonts commercially available, and their success in the font market is what helped to drive Connary further into the art of typography. Over the years since he began working with font design, he’s seen his work licensed by notable corporations that include Land’s End, Discovery Digital Networks, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
“That I’ve had any measure of success in this field surprises and humbles me,” Connary said. “It’s a crowded market, with thousands of typefaces to choose from, so I’m grateful for every customer. I put a great deal of care and attention into each typeface, and I take it seriously, but it’s also fun and relaxing work.”
Connary’s background in branding, identity, UI and web design have given him an intrinsic sense of what graphic designers really need when they’re searching for the perfect font. While a font’s architecture is certainly an important part of Connary’s design process, he goes to great lengths to ensure that every font passes a rigorous routine of testing before it’s released because he wants graphic designers to have the very best products he can offer them.
While Connary still accepts commissioned projects for bespoke type designs, he offers almost 20 products through YouWorkForThem, a stunning collection of serifs, slab serifs, sans serifs, and display fonts to suit a variety of design projects.
One of his more recent releases is Roxborough CF, an expressive serif font with deep calligraphic roots. Roxborough CF’s architecture was inspired by hand lettering, an influence that has resulted in a contemporary font that’s rich in tradition and sophistication. This font truly does “transform text into art,” with italic lettersets that are classically beautiful wherever they are used.
Roxborough CF is available in Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Demi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold, and Heavy, with corresponding italics for each. The range of weights makes it perfectly suited to a number of design projects, including headlines, editorials, magazine layouts, publishing, advertising, presentations, professional correspondence, stationery, invitations, product packing, elegant web copy, logos, menus, and so much more. Roxborough CF is a gorgeous choice for identity and branding projects, giving designers plenty to work with when they’re designing for multiple types of media output.
Additional features include contextual alternates, discretionary ligatures, standard ligatures, ordinals, oldstyle figures, lining figures, and stylistic alternates for greater design flexibility. Roxborough CF’s multilingual support extends to Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, and Pan African Latin for global accessibility.
Connary Fagan currently offers 19 products through YouWorkForThem. Visit his portfolio to view the rest of his work, and bookmark it so you can keep an eye on his upcoming releases. If you purchase anything from Connary, don’t forget to check back every now and again. He regularly releases new updates for his past products and you’ll always have access to those – absolutely free!
