TwoBar Mono in use – Ex Africa Exhibition
February 16th, 2021Muir McNeil’s typographic design for the Ex Africa exhibition at the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac was constructed using the MMcN TwoBar type system. The typographic structure is reconfigurable to suit different formats in print, external signage and on-screen. TwoBar Mono Ex Africa Poster musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
More Laurels for 94
February 8th, 2021Film-maker Adrian Harrison has received another laurel (Impact Docs Award of Excellence) for his documentary short 94 [8000 One-Offs] about the #Eye94 variable data cover designed by MuirMcNeil. Impact Docs Awards 94 Trailer
Two Type System
January 22nd, 2021With the addition of TwoBlock, the MuirMcNeil Two System now consists of 205 fonts across 11 mono-spaced typeface families constructed from a core set of glyphs, mapped to a common grid. Two typefaces can be purchased in family sets or together as a discounted package from the MMcN shop. Two System MMcN Shop
New typeface release – TwoBlock
January 22nd, 2021Based on the same framework as MuirMcNeil’s TwoBar, TwoBit, TwoPoint and TwoPlus collections, Two Block is the latest extension of the MMcN ‘Two’ system. TwoBlock includes four complete typefaces and two related sub-component typefaces, each in nine weights. TwoBlock typefaces Two Type System
New typeface release – Anode
January 7th, 2021Anode completes a trilogy of typefaces produced by MuirMcNeil in collaboration with Natasha Lucas which explore the correspondences between positive and negative spaces in alphabetic forms. In Anode, an interdependent pair of alphabets combine reciprocally to make a holistic design, each containing and informing the other. Anode type system Diode type system Bisect type system
New typefaces – U_Type and U_Pipe
December 15th, 2020MuirMcNeil U_Type is a collection of stencil typefaces constructed on a shared framework from a minimal set of component parts. U_Pipe, a companion set of multilinear fonts, is available separately. U_Type U_Pipe
Natasha Lucas – Typeone magazine
December 8th, 2020The work of super-talented Natasha Lucas, designer of the MMcN Bisect, Diode and Anode type systems, is featured in the launch issue of the new bi-annual magazine Typeone from Type01 / Femme Type. Typeone magazine Natasha Lucas Instagram
Trial Fonts
December 2nd, 2020Demo versions of all MMcN fonts are available by arrangement. Please contact info[at]muirmcneil[dot]com for further information.
New typeface release – Cut Square
November 8th, 2020Cut Square is a straight-edged variant of MuirMcNeil Cut, a stencil type family based on the forms of neoclassical typefaces produced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Cut Square Cut
New typeface release – Diode
November 3rd, 2020Diode is the second modular geometric type system produced by MuirMcNeil in collaboration with Natasha Lucas. The Diode project is a further product of visual experiments examining the interdependence of positive and negative spaces in typographic form, first explored by Lucas in her Bisect typeface system published by MMcN in 2018. Diode type system Bisect […]
