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Parachute
Industry	Type foundry
Founded	Athens, Greece, 2001
Founders	Panos Vassiliou
Headquarters	Athens, London
Products	Fonts
Website	parachutefonts.com

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Parachute® is an acclaimed European type foundry with offices in Athens and London. It was founded in 2001 by Panos Vassiliou^[1] who was joined later by 13 other designers all coming from diverse design fields.

Apart from its commercial line of typefaces, Parachute®^[2] offers bespoke branding services with corporate typefaces and lettering. For over a decade, Parachute has provided custom and corporate font services to high profile international customers such as Bank of America, European Commission, UEFA, Samsung, IKEA, Interbrand, National Geographic, Financial Times, National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank and many others.

During its first 2 years Parachute^[3] focused in the local market by offering a select number of Latin and Greek typefaces including a few revivals of historical importance.

The year 2003 marked the beginning of a new era for Parachute with the release of the book/catalog “Trendsetting Typography”^[4] which won an award from the Print European Design Annual 2004. Since then an emphasis was placed on developing multilingual support for its existing type library as well as for new releases.

The following 4 years (2003-2007) were spent developing a considerable number of original typefaces which supported simultaneously Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. The list included several award-winning typefaces such as PF Centro Pro^[5], PF Champion Script Pro^[6] and PF Goudy Initials Pro. These typefaces were released for the first time online in 2007.

In 2008, Parachute^[7] won a major Gold award at the European Design Awards 2008 for the PF Centro type families which were designed by Panos Vassiliou^[8]. Ever since Parachute has won more than 25 awards and distinctions including the prestigious Red Dot: Grand Prix 2012^[9].

In 2010, Parachute released the first ever Arabic version of DIN. PF DIN Text Arabic^[10]^[11]^[12] was designed as a collaboration between Panos Vassiliou and Arab designer Hasan Abu Afash.

Designers

Panos Vassiliou
Charis Tsevis^[13]
Vedran Erakovic^[14]
Chad Lindemann^[15]
Lucas Brusquini
Saad Abulhab
Dimitris Foussekis
Hasan Abu Afash
Alexandros Papalexis
Aggeliki Skandalelli
Falko Grentrup

Most known typefaces

PF Bague
PF Regal^[16]
PF Centro^[17]
PF DIN Text^[18]
PF DIN Display
PF Champion Script^[19]
PF Beau Sans
PF Square Sans
PF Adamant
PF Encore Sans
PF Das Grotesk
PF Handbook
PF Fuel
PF Occula
PF Benchmark
PF Monumenta

Major Awards

Communication Arts Typography Competition 2016 | Award Winner^[20]

Adamant Sans Pro

Communication Arts Typography Competition 2015 | Award of Excellence^[21]

Das Grotesk Pro

Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014 | Bronze Award^[22]

Bague Sans Pro

Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014 | Merit Award^[23]

Occula

European Design Awards 2014 | Bronze^[24]

Bague Pro

German Design Awards 2014 | Nominee

Regal Pro

Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2013 | Silver Award

Regal Pro

Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2013 | Nomination

Encore Sans Pro

Red dot Design Awards 2012 | Grand Prix Winner^[25]

Regal Pro

Red Dot Design Awards 2012 | Best of the Best Winner

Regal Pro

Communication Arts Typography Competition 2012 | Award of Excellence

Regal Pro

German Design Awards 2012 | Nominee

Encore Sans Pro

Creative Review Type Annual 2011 | Winner

Regal Pro

European Design Awards 2011 | Finalist

Regal Pro

EBGE Awards 2011 | Finalist

Regal Pro

Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Regal Pro

Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Champion Script Pro

Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Adamant Pro

Granshan Awards 2010 | Excellence Award

Encore Sans Pro

European Design Awards 2010 | Silver Winner

Encore Sans Pro

International Type Design Competition 2009 | Excellence Award

Centro Pro

International Type Design Competition 2009 | Excellence Award

Champion Script Pro

International Type Design Competition 2009 | Excellence Award

Goudy Initials Pro and Goudy Ornaments

European Design Awards 2008 | Gold Winner^[26]

Centro Pro

EBGE Awards 2004 | Merit Award

Archive Pro

EBGE Awards 2002 | Merit Award

Libera Pro

EBGE Awards 2002 | Merit Award

Manic Attack

Publications

YearBook of Type 2 - Germany

Niggli Verlag | 2016

BranD magazine - China

October 2015 | Micro-forum

Slanted 24 / Istanbul Issue - Germany

October 2014 | Square Sans

Size-specific adjustments to type designs - Germany

Just Another Foundry | 2014

New Graphic - China

Nanjing University of the Arts | 2014

BranD magazine - China

November 2013 | Interview

YearBook of Type - Germany

Niggli Verlag | 2013

Slanted magazine / Babylon Issue - Germany

August 2013 | Regal

The Briem Report: Letterforms 2012 - USA

Operina | 2013

Understanding Type - United Kingdom

AVA Publishing | 2013

Slanted magazine - Germany

September 2012 | Interview

Page magazine - Germany

November 2011 | Schatten und Licht

Type Navigator - Germany

Gestalten | 2011

Arabesque 2 - Germany

Gestalten | 2011

Page magazine - Germany

July 2011 | Typo-Objekte

Computer Arts - United Kingdom

June 2011 | 150 fonts you can’t live without

Quotation magazine - Japan

Spring 2011 | London, Tokyo, New York, Berlin and more

KAK magazine - Russia

Fall 2010 | European Design

.Net magazine - United Kingdom

November 2010 | Top 20 Fonts for Web Design

Page magazine - Germany

November 2010 | DIN Text Arabic

Brush ’n’ Script - Germany

Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz | 2010

Publish - Netherlands

Fall 2010 | Encore en Centro

Typolyrics - Germany

Birkhäuser GmbH, Basel | 2010

Computer Arts - United Kingdom

October 2009 | 114 pro Tips for Type

1000 Ideas by 100 Designers - Spain

Rockport Publishers | 2009

Publish - Netherlands

Fall 2009 | DIN, FF, PF en Next

Smashing magazine - Online

April 2009 | 30 Brilliant Typefaces for Corporate Design

Smashing magazine - Online

March 2009 | Fantastic Typography Blogs for your Inspiration

Novum - Germany^[27]

February 2009 | Parachute: Precision Landing

Font magazine - Czech Republic

January 2009 | Interview

Graphic Design Inspirations - Germany

Daab Publishing | 2008

Visual Evasion - Online

December 2008 | 10 Best Typeface Designs of 2008

Slanted - Germany

December 2008 | Fontnames Illustrated

Typo - Czech Republic

Summer 2008 | Byzantine Ornaments

Ministry of Type - Online

March 2008 | Champion Script Pro

Slanted - Germany

September 2007 | Fontlabels, Fonts & Families

References

^ "Panos Vassiliou, Linotype".
^ "Parachute, Slanted.de".
^ "Parachute, Novum".
^ Trendsetting Typography. Greece: Typografica/Parachute. 2003. ISBN 960-87731-0-5.
^ "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".
^ "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".
^ "Parachute, Luc Devroye".
^ "Panos Vassiliou, Klingspor Museum" (PDF).
^ "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".
^ "PF DIN Text Arabic, Slanted".
^ Arabesque 2. Germany: Gestalten. September 2011. p. 153. ISBN 978-3-89955-330-7.
^ International Type Design Exhibition 2013. Iran: Aban. 2013. p. 22. ISBN 978-600-6413-76-1.
^ "About Charis Tsevis".
^ "About Vedran Erakovic".
^ "About Chad Lindemann".
^ "Why it is important to associate letterforms with emotions".
^ "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".
^ Gianotten, Henk (2009). "DIN, FF, PF EN NEXT". Publish magazine #4. Netherlands: 14.
^ "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".
^ "CA award wnners 2016".
^ "CA award wnners 2015".
^ "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Bague Sans".
^ "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Occula".
^ "European Design Awards 2014, Bague Pro".
^ "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".
^ "European Design Awards 2008 Gold Winner, Centro Pro".
^ "Precision landing: Parachute".

[1] "Panos Vassiliou, Linotype".

[2] "Parachute, Slanted.de".

[3] "Parachute, Novum".

[4] Trendsetting Typography. Greece: Typografica/Parachute. 2003. ISBN 960-87731-0-5.

[5] "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".

[6] "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".

[7] "Parachute, Luc Devroye".

[8] "Panos Vassiliou, Klingspor Museum" (PDF).

[9] "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".

[10] "PF DIN Text Arabic, Slanted".

[11] Arabesque 2. Germany: Gestalten. September 2011. p. 153. ISBN 978-3-89955-330-7.

[12] International Type Design Exhibition 2013. Iran: Aban. 2013. p. 22. ISBN 978-600-6413-76-1.

[13] "About Charis Tsevis".

[14] "About Vedran Erakovic".

[15] "About Chad Lindemann".

[16] "Why it is important to associate letterforms with emotions".

[17] "How this versatile award-winning type system was designed".

[18] Gianotten, Henk (2009). "DIN, FF, PF EN NEXT". Publish magazine #4. Netherlands: 14.

[19] "10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made".

[20] "CA award wnners 2016".

[21] "CA award wnners 2015".

[22] "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Bague Sans".

[23] "Hiiibrand Typography Competition 2014, Occula".

[24] "European Design Awards 2014, Bague Pro".

[25] "Red dot Design Awards 2012 Grand Prix Winner, Regal Pro".

[26] "European Design Awards 2008 Gold Winner, Centro Pro".

[27] "Precision landing: Parachute".

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 The following 4 years (2003-2007) were spent developing a considerable number of original typefaces which supported simultaneously [[Latin]], [[Cyrillic]] and [[Greek alphabet|Greek]]. The list included several award-winning typefaces such as PF Centro Pro<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.typorn.org/article/how-versatile-award-winning-type-system-was-designed|title =  How this versatile award-winning type system was designed}}</ref>, PF Champion Script Pro<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.typorn.org/article/10-steps-creating-most-advanced-script-ever-made|title =  10 steps to creating the most advanced script ever made}}</ref> and PF Goudy Initials Pro. These typefaces were released for the first time online in 2007.