Parachute Type foundry
Parachute is a European type foundry with offices in Athens and London. It was founded in 2001 by Panos Vassiliou. It designs fonts for sale and for private 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. Many of its fonts were developed to support Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. The list included several award-winning typefaces such as PF Centro Pro, PF Champion Script Pro and PF Goudy Initials Pro. These typefaces were released for the first time online in 2007 . In 2008, Parachute won a major Gold award at the European Design Awards 2008 for the PF Centro type families which were designed by Panos Vassiliou. Ever since Parachute has won more than 25 awards and distinctions including the prestigious Red Dot: Grand Prix 2012. In 2010, Parachute released the first ever Arabic version of DIN. PF DIN Text Arabic was designed as a collaboration between Panos Vassiliou and Arab designer Hasan Abu Afash. Adamant Sans Pro Das Grotesk Pro Bague Sans Pro Occula Bague Pro Regal Pro Regal Pro Encore Sans Pro Regal Pro Regal Pro Regal Pro Encore  Sans Pro Regal Pro Regal Pro Regal Pro Regal Pro Champion Script Pro Adamant Pro Encore Sans Pro Encore Sans Pro Centro Pro Champion Script Pro Goudy Initials Pro and Goudy Ornaments Centro Pro Archive Pro Libera Pro Manic Attack Niggli Verlag | 2016 October 2015 | Micro-forum October 2014 | Square Sans Just Another Foundry | 2014 Nanjing University of the Arts | 2014 November 2013 | Interview Niggli Verlag | 2013 August 2013 | Regal Operina | 2013 AVA Publishing | 2013 September 2012 | Interview November 2011 | Schatten und Licht Gestalten | 2011 Gestalten |  2011 July 2011 | Typo-Objekte June 2011 | 150 fonts you can’t live without Spring 2011 | London, Tokyo, New York City, Berlin and more Fall 2010 | European Design November 2010 | Top 20 Fonts for Web Design November 2010 | DIN Text Arabic Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz | 2010 Fall 2010 | Encore en Centro Birkhäuser GmbH, Basel | 2010 October 2009 | 114 pro Tips for Type Rockport Publishers | 2009 Fall 2009 | DIN, FF, PF en Next April 2009 | 30 Brilliant Typefaces for Corporate Design March 2009 | Fantastic Typography Blogs for  your Inspiration February 2009 | Parachute: Precision Landing January 2009 | Interview Daab Publishing | 2008 December 2008 | 10 Best Typeface Designs of 2008 December 2008 | Fontnames Illustrated Summer 2008 | Byzantine Ornaments March 2008 | Champion Script Pro September 2007 | Fontlabels, Fonts & Families