Font Soup’ is an independent type foundry set up by 23-year-old Phil Kiel, from Merseyside, who is a graduate in Graphic Arts from the Liverpool School of Art & Design.
Every two months, Phil releases a selection of briefs to give designers the opportunity to develop their type skills. After completing a brief, designers can submit their fonts to Font Soup, which are then made available online for either free download or a small fee.
The idea behind Font Soup came from seeing other online type foundries gaining a lot of popularity but not being too friendly about opening their doors to submissions, so I decided to do it myself.
Design for Dylan's Bar A5 flyer front and back. Background pattern originates from a typeface I am currently working on for a new type foundry called Font Soup (www.fontsoup.com). Influenced by Peter Saville's work for Factory Records.
Saville created a numbering system called 'FAC' for everything he designed. This included items such as music releases, promotional graphics, film ect. However, the list was not confined to creative output.
A party (FAC 83), a lawsuit (FAC 61) and a cat (FAC 191) appear on the list.
Full Factory Discography at: http://home.dialix.com/~u3336/factory/
