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BACKGROUND: The seed for Shabash was planted during an identity design project for Kashmir, an Indian restaurant in Stockholm. The locale, with its artistic decor, pleasant staff, and harmonious atmosphere left a deep impression on me, as did the brothers who owned the restaurant. Ejaz Khan’s esoteric knowledge and Nisar Khan’s artistic sensibilities were captivating to no end; while Chef Sita Ram’s culinary skill provided easy incentive to drop by often. Our initial business meeting blossomed into a lifelong friendship and inspired me to travel to India. It was the people I met there, along with the explosion of colours and flavours that compelled me to create Shabash Pro... a Swede’s tribute to the Near East! :: The word shabash means something like bravo, well done or excellent in Urdu, and so I fully dedicate this typeface and its name to my friends Ejaz & Nisar Khan. —GS
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BY: GöRAN SöDERSTRöM
Göran Söderström (b. 1974) is a self-taught type designer and font developer from Sweden. The project that started his obsession with type in 1994 was the initial sketches for Exemplar, but it was not until 2006 (when PSY/OPS decided to publish his typeface) that he took this obsession seriously, and started his own type studio, Autodidakt.
Today, Göran believes that his mission in life is to create "the missing typefaces", which according to himself are not that many, and of course, having fun while doing them.
Pre font obsession, Göran has worked at various advertising agencies in Stockholm, where he has always had a typographic focus. He currently works at Pangea Design. When not working on typefaces, he likes to pick up one of his favourite instruments, the acoustic guitar or the acoustic bass guitar.
SPECIMEN FOR SHABASH PRO: COMING SOON
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Shabash Pro Complete
Shabash Pro Complete Buy: 6 fonts for $149 |
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Shabash Pro Roman Subset
Shabash Pro Roman Subset Buy: 3 fonts for $99 |
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Shabash Pro Italic Subset
Shabash Pro Italic Subset Buy: 3 fonts for $99 |
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Light |
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Light Italic |
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Regular |
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Italic |
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Bold |
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Bold Italic |