• John Boardley: Scala, Officina, Template Gothic, Rosadelia, Fournier, MVB Sirenne, Lyon, Photina

• Craig Mod: Neue Helvetica Condensed, Hiragino Kaku Gothic, Feijoa Medium, Feijoa Display, Fedra Sans, Fedra Display, Jenny, FF Meta Serif

• Kris Sowersby: Guardian, Bello, Farao, Arnhem, Lexicon, Balance, Georgia, Verdana

• Doug Wilson: Gotham, Caecilia, Scala, Hellenic Wide, Metro, Adobe Caslon, Centaur, Palatino

• Nadine Chahine: Neue Swift, Adios Script, Palatino Sans, ITC Galliard, Officina, Neue Frutiger, Quench, Parisine Plus Pro

• David Brezina: Adobe Devanagari, Maiola, Neacademia, Tabac, Preissigova Antikva, Sutturah, Pimlico, Signika

• Silas Dilworth & Neil Summerour: Hera Big, Alright Sans, Heroic, Breuer Text, Akagi Pro, Compendium, Kazuraki SP2N, Air

Any guesses on who the artist is? Let us know by mentioning @8faces on Twitter or writing on the wall of our brand new Facebook page!

This is just a quick update to apologise for the delay in sending out your copy (or copies) of 8 Faces #3. They were meant to ship last week, but due to a defect with the paper stock (a problem arising from the actual paper supplier, not our wonderful printer, I should add), we’ve had to get several sheets re-done and naturally this has had an impact on everything else.

In all honesty, we *could* have shipped, but I wasn’t happy with the results: the error had caused the colour to appear very slightly different between the left and right pages, which was especially noticeable on the big double-page spreads designed by Jon. I pride myself on publishing a magazine that is the absolute best it possibly could be — after all, that’s what you paid for — so I hope you’ll agree that this was the right decision to make.

Our printer / distributor has informed me that all orders should ship from their warehouse next Thursday, the 15th.

Thanks so much for your patience,

~ Elliot Jay Stocks, Editor

Here are the selections from issue three. We haven't added links to typefaces that don't have digital equivalents, aren't available commercially (such as in-progress faces or those that are specially commissioned), and of course system fonts like Georgia and Verdana.

• Ellen Lupton: Baskerville, Vag Rounded, Adobe Garamond Pro, Scala & Scala Sans, Interstate, Thesis, Helvetica, Fedra & Fedra Sans
• Frank Chimero: Chaparral, Gotham, Knockout, Caecilia, Hoefler Text, National, Scala & Scala Sans
• Steve Matteson: Gill Sans, Caledonia, Venture, Beorcana, Goudy Forum, California, Menhart, Clearview
• Mark Caneso: Quatro, Vag Rounded, Malaga, Tiempos Text, Ratio, Runda, Sentinel, Neplus Ultra
• Vincent Connare: Scotch Roman, Courier, Comic Sans, Metro, Akzidenz-Grotesk, Beowolf, Alternate Gothic, Caledonia
• Yves Peters: Hydra Text, Quadraat & Quadraat Sans, Odile, Oxtail, Katarine, Eidetic Neo, Truth, Sophisto
• Jason Smith & Phil Garnham: Albert, Sabon, Souvenir, Joanna, Clerkenwell, Pimlico, Isonorm, Fodor

Print #1 was designed by David Bŕezina using his own typeface Skolar and is a logical next step from the promotional poster he designed for Type Together when Skolar was released. We'll be interviewing David soon about his thinking behind the print's design.

In terms of production values, the 8 Faces prints are as high in quality as the magazine: they're printed on 350gsm stock with luminous ink, a matte velvet laminate (which feels lovely!), spot varnishing on the large type, and a hand-embossed 8 Faces stamp. They're pretty special.

Each print will be available (while stocks last, of course) for just £19. If you pre-order the entire series, which we'll release over the course of a year, you get a big reduction: £99 instead of £152.

The prints will ship in sturdy cardboard tubes during the week commencing 11th July.

Get yours now!

Each one will be printed on A3, matte laminated, heavy uncoated stock, with spot varnish coating. All prints will be individually numbered and hand-embossed with an 8 Faces stamp. Most importantly, there will only be 100 copies printed of each.

These are super limited editions — there will be no reprints!

Details coming very soon.

(For more details about our upcoming activities, check out our latest email newsletter and be sure to subscribe to the mailing list.)

Although we’ve sold out of our online allocation, we kept several copies back for the purpose of placing them in physical retail stores. In other words: this lot are still part of the original, limited edition run of 3000. If you didn’t manage to get hold of a copy from our site, now is your chance... in meatspace!

The magazine is in stock right now at Here Gallery (directly below our offices at Mild Bunch HQ in Bristol), and it’s being stocked from Monday 17th onwards by Magma Books (in all three of their stores across London and Manchester), and The Arnolfini Bookshop (also in Bristol).

Yes, sadly we’re limited to the UK at the moment, but we’re planning to expand further afield with #3. If you’re a shop and you’re interested in stocking the magazine, please get in touch.

(You can view more photos on Flickr.)

To be in with a chance of winning Fonts In Focus #7, all you have to do is mention @8faces on Twitter and use the hashtag #fontsinfocus, telling us why you'd like one. The four best answers will be picked on Monday 17th January and once we've contacted the winners for their details, we'll send the copies out shortly afterwards.

There are still a few copies left, but once the online shop has been closed, any remaining copies will be sent to the physical retail shops for them to sell (more details on which shops coming soon). The reason we've decided to do this before selling out entirely is that it makes fulfilment easier for us, since it works better to ship bulk quantities than the odd order here and there.

We're also talking to another online retailer about selling copies through them, although that's likely to start in the new year. The bottom line: if you haven't yet ordered a copy of issue two, doing so today is your best bet of getting one!