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Padraig Nua

Padraig Nua

by Tony Fahy Font Foundry
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Padraig Nua Font Family was designed by Tony Fahy and published by Tony Fahy Font Foundry. Padraig Nua contains 4 styles and family package options.

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About Padraig Nua Font Family


Padraig Nua is a font conceptualized and designed by Tony Fahy. It is a European Celtic font, contemporary to many languages, not just of Europe but of the world.


It’s origin is influenced by events in Ireland in the 1960s when it was decided that the uncial letterform should not be used further in Irish schools for the Irish language—Gaelic—and that it should be replaced by the Roman letterform—the Cló Romhanach as it was called afterwards. This happened overnight without any apparent discussion. It probably had a lot to do with Ireland joining the EEC, as the EU was called then. It had a massive effect on the Irish language and culture, in that the distinguishing factor that gave the language it’s identity—the half uncial/uncial fonts that were in use in all school, government and society documentation and merchandise—were lost overnight. No one said how or why. It was just done. To this day, all documentation is bi-lingual in government and Gaelic is taught in schools and universities—and decreed so by the European Union—but the presentation for both languages is the Roman letterform. Throughout the world, there are millions of Irish Americans and Irish Canadians, Irish Europeans, Australian Irish, African Irish and many living in the Middle East and Asia—and this new font—Padraig Nua, will appeal to many of them, visually recalling their roots.


No one had thought, in those days, of commissioning a design that might update the Gaelic language to a more contemporary appearance that would keep the cultural nature of it intact with a revised and updated font—at one with Europe, the US and the world.


Tony Fahy designed Padraig Nua (New Patrick) to address the problem. It keeps an appearance that lends towards the Gaelic language but steers it in the direction of Roman fonts. Some characters reflect letterforms from the Irish/Gaelic manuscripts and uncial fonts.

Designers: Tony Fahy

Publisher: Tony Fahy Font Foundry

Foundry: Tony Fahy Font Foundry

Design Owner: Tony Fahy Font Foundry

MyFonts debut: Apr 11, 2020

Padraig Nua

About Tony Fahy Font Foundry

The Tony Fahy Font Foundry creates new original fonts through Type Designer Tony Fahy. Tony has designed two customized font families for two European companies and currently has a font available through MyFonts: 'Artane Elongated'. He currently has new fonts in production which will be available in 2020.

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