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1871 Project
[Alex Joganic]

Alex Joganic (1871 Project) is the Birmingham, AL-based designer of Matches (2016, an octagonal typeface), Ciclista (2016, a casual monoline typeface), Superior (2016, a handcrafted sans), The Victor (2016, handcrafted), Zara Elyse (2016: script), Fernweh (2016, a handcrafted typeface with a vintage wood type look) and Xander (2016, in Sans and Serif: 19th century all caps typeface family with a wood type look).

Typefaces from 2017: Garment District (a free monoline script designed together with Jeremy Vessey), Crafter (a free vintage metal sign emulation font), Grandfather (brush script).

Typefaces from 2018: Forward, America (a free brush script), Tradesmith (free), Grit & Caliber (vintage set), Nature Spirit, Messenger (a free vintage font).

Typefaces from 2019: Kinder (a heavy fashion mag titling typeface), Moral Varnish (a vintage stencil typeface), Noble Company (a monoline script), Rowan Royal (+Brush: a free blackletter).

Typefaces from 2020: Understock (vintage).

Typefaces from 2021: Doric (a display typeface by Alex and Emma Joganic), Darker, Clever (a sharp-edged display typeface with negative angle and the coathanger lower case f that is de rigueur in 2021), Sonder (a decorative serif with diagonal stress).

Typefaces from 2022: Roslyn Leigh (combining art nouveau with hipsterism). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

29 Letters
[Pascal Naji Zoghbi]

Madrid (and before that, Lebanon)-based Arabic type designer who runs the Arab type news and blog site called Arabic Typography. KHTT link. An ex-student of the KABK in 2006, he currently is a part time instructor of design and typography at Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon, as well as a part time instructor of typography at the American University of Beirut (AUB), both since 2007. His Arabic type foundry is called 29letters.

At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, he ran a workshop on the Arabic Kufi script. Speaker at ATypI 2010 in Dublin on the topic of political resistance and expression through graffiti in Lebanon and Palestine. His contributions to type design:

  • Massira. He has embarked on a project with Martin Majoor to design some Arabic fonts that fit Majoor's designs. He writes: Massira is my graduation typeface at Type&Media postgraduate course at The Royal Academy of Arts [KABK] in The Hague. Huda AbiFares contacted me while I was finalizing Massira and presented the opportunity to collaborate with the Dutch type designer Martin Majoor to design an Arabic typeface, which is part of the Typographic Matchmaking 01 project organized by Khatt Foundation. At first I was a bit worried due to the fact that it would be my first professional type design work and that the due date was too close. However, after taking a closer look at Martins type FFSeria and analyzing its characteristics, I noticed that the treatment of the stroke and the structure of the letters shared similarities with Massira. In both fonts the use of sharp broken curves and crispy feel is present. Consequently, I grew confident in project and decided to use Massira as a starting point for the new Arabic companion of FFSeria. Echo, which is Sada in Arabic, is the repetition of a sound caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. Accordingly, Sada is the echo of FFSeria. The modifications on Massira consisted of making Sada perform like FFSeria. It had to have the same point size, line space, color, contrast and feel as FFSeria. Concerning the details of Sada and the inclined angle of the vertical strokes, it was derived from the FFSeria Italic. So Sada has the same feel as the Roman but is inspired from the Italic. More on the Sada project. In 2009, Sada was renamed FF Seria and published by FontFont.
  • Another project of Zoghbi involves a type family being developed for newspaper headlines.
  • In 2007, he created a 3-style Phoenician type family called Fniqiya.
  • Alef Pixel Caps Type for Alef Magazine (2008). Done with Huda AbiFares. This is a Latin ornamental type family.
  • Al Rouiya Arabic Type for the Al Rouiah Newspaper in Kuwait, 2008.
  • Bukra display type for Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, 2008. This Futura-like typeface saw a variable part added in 2020. Adrien Midzic and Swiss Typefaces aided with the Latin.
  • A corporate font under the heading, Arabic for Univers (2008). Zoghbi: An Arabic corporate typeface for a global shipping and transport company. The Arabic is intended to work with the Latin type Univers. Unfortunately, I can't mention the name of the company nor the design firm I did this Arabic type work for. I was the Arabic type consultant/specialist and associate type designer alongside Leah Hoffmitz. The font will used in all Arabic publications, ads and packaging for the company.
  • Baseet (2009) is a hybrid Neo-Naskh / Modern Kufi geometric typeface. It is a mixture of straight vertical, horizontal and diagonal pen stokes incorporated in-between curved corners and edges. In 2020, Pascal Zoghbi (29LT) and Ben Wittner released the monospaced Arabic / Latin typefaces 29 LT Baseet Variable and 28 LT Zawi Variable.
  • At FontStruct, he made Arapix (2009).
  • UAE Embassy Corporate Type (2010). This is a commissioned Latin typeface based on the same concept as of an Arabic font. Each of the 26 Latin letters has Caps, Initial, Medial and Final shape enabling the letters to connect as in the Arabic script. The drawing of the letters was all done using the Arabic calligraphic bamboo stick and based on the Naskh Calligraphic Style. Opentype help from Erik van Blokland.
  • The Mathaf Corporate Arabic-Latin Font (2011). Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art opened its doors to contemporary Arab art lovers in December 2010 in Doha, Qatar.
  • Nada Debs (2010): a contemporary geometric Kufi type commissionewd by Nada Debs.
  • For Ascender, he did Droid Arabic Naskh (see OFL), Droid Persian Naskh, and Droid Arabic Kufi (2010, OFL).
  • 29LT Azer, done with Ian Party and Wael Morcos: Azer in Arabic means friendly, ready to assist and lend a hand. This multilingual typeface combines simple lines with careful detailing to create a serious but approachable look. The Arabic is a Naskh / Kufi hybrid and retains a balance between calligraphic angular cuts and unadorned construction. The Latin is a humanist sans-serif with crisp cuts based on the broad nip pen calligraphic structure and contemporary outlines. The fonts include Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Latin variants. Azer won an award at TDC 2014.
  • Pascal Zoghbi revived the 1950s font system by Nasri Khattar called Unified Arabic as UA Neo B and UA Neo B.
  • LT Makina. An old typewriter font.
  • LT Kaff.
  • LT Zarid (+Sans, +Stencil, +Slab, +Serif). Pascal Zoghbi designed all Arabic components. 29LT Zarid Display won an award at 23TDC in 2020. The whole family has variable styles since 2020. Jan Fromm designed the Latin for Slab, Sans and Stencil. Regarding the Latin parts: Zarid Serif Display and Text Upright were designed by Ramiro Espinoza; Serif Upright was designed by Ramiro Espinoza and Khajag Apelian; Serif Slanted and Text Slanted were designed by Jan Fromm. The Cyrillic and Greek extensions were designed by Krista Radoeva and released in July 2020. Finally, 20 LT Zarid Sans features a variable style with a single (weight) axis.
  • LT Zeyn. A great high-contrast fashion mag style typeface.
  • Other custom types include Expo 2020 Dubai, Swatch, Noor, MIA, Noto Naskh, Shawati, Hamsa, Fdx, Emirates Headlines, AlWatan Headlines.
Speaker at ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

2D Typo
[Lukyan Turetskyy]

Lviv-based Ukrainian designer (b. 1979) of the octagonal stencil typeface Depot Trapharet (2006, brutalist), and of the free car rallye dingbat typeface Rallye Symbols (2008). Dafont link.

In 2010, he went commercial as 2D Typo. The first typeface at 2D typo was the modular pixelish Pressure Drop 2D (2010). This was followed by Ornamental Deco 2D (2010, art deco ornaments), Rally Symbols 2D (2010), Mascaron2D (2010, by Iryna Korchuk), Depot Trapharet 2d (2010, a stencil based on the tram lettering in Lviv), Ascetic 2D (2005-2010), Hutsulyandiya (2010, extraordinary ornaments by Iryna Korchuk), Simeon (2010, calligraphic), Cranked Pipe 2D (2011), Tripyllia 2D (2011, ornaments of the neolithic Trypillya culture), and Ukrainian Barokko (2010, a calligraphic typeface by Genadij Zarechnjuk), Historism Border (2011, border ornaments), Moreske 2D (2012, ornaments), Geomanticus (2012, modular squarish sans).

Typefaces from 2013: Bandelwerk (borders), Digital Stitch, Modern Wave (ornaments based on Alphonse Mucha), Hopferian (Roman caps after engravings by Daniel Hopfer (1470-1536)---typeface completed with help of Mariya Sokil), Simple Ribbon (art nouveau dingbats).

In 2014, he created Angusto (an elegant narrow shaded display typeface family), Vindemiam (ornamental borders), Squamish (ornamental borders), UA Map (maps of Ukraine dingbats) and Bohemian Border.

In 2014, Dmitry Rastvortsev, Lukyan Turetsky, and Henadij Zarechnjuk cooperated on the design of the free Latin / Cyrillic handwriting typeface Kobzar KS, which is based on the handwriting of Taras Shnvchenko, a famous Ukrainian poet, artist and philosopher.

Typefaces from 2015: Finetitle (ornaments for headers), Gothic Herbarium (a floriated ornamental font based on the Gothic Revival ornaments developed by Augustus Pugin (1812-1852)), Old Depot (rough stencil), Francesca (decorative caps).

Typefaces from 2016: Geometric Harmony (geometric ornaments), Dubster (which he describes as a technocratic modular font).

Typefaces from 2017: Military Symbols.

Typefaces from 2018: Strapwork (four ornamental typefaces with friezes, borders and motifs modeled after Balthasar Bos (1554) and 16th century mannerism).

Typefaces from 2020: Lo Fi Copy (grungy and pixelish).

Typefaces from 2021: Kolm Keltek (classical ornaments), Microdot (a dot matrix font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

3MoDuDe

FontStructor who made these fonts in 2010: Reeph (wedge serif face), Theen (techno sans), Pewma (fat lettering as in the Puma logo), Clean (a gorgeous rounded elliptical sans), Ambdx (Treefrog-style hand), Twynn Open (dot matrix face), rnd0m, Arcbk-Open (stencil), Arcbk-Regular, Djeom (athletic lettering), Skwar (squarish), Bletr, Serif, Stens (white on black stencil), Strux, Outln (Regular, Shady: art deco meets athletic lettering), Kyrst, Phatt (ultra fat), Psych (a "Western", Italian face), Bloks, Twynn, Zilch, Cyrth (runic), Reimu (blackletter), Kaway (stencil), Kewte (rounded monoline), and Kurvh (dot matrix).

Typefaces made in 2011: t4le (a tall piano key face inspired by In Her Memory by Softhunterdevil), Theek, Theek Open (blackboard bold face), Tukan, Theen, Fluid, Sharp (angular).

Typefaces from 2012: Lined (stencil), amcbl. [Google] [More]  ⦿

42 Studio
[Lili Lieber]

Aka Lilco and Co, and as Lili Lieber-Lövei. Born and raised in Hungary, Lili Lieber lives in Copenhagen and/or Budapest. Designer of (mostly) handcrafted type. Her typefaces include Apolline (2019: a deco sans), Floyd (2019: a display sans), Shifter (2018: reversed letters), Fulio (2018), Oliwe Sans (2018), Lotto Sans Serif (2017: circle-based and monoline), Jenice (2017), Bilbao (2017), Honey Beast (2017), Azille (2017), Easy Tiger (2017, counterless), Maxetti (2017), Argenta (2017), Yeahsayer (2017, a Bohemian sans), Twin Pines (2017), the avant garde sans typeface Avellino (2017), the neat hand-printed typeface Quimper (2017), Copertino (2017), Pompidour (2017), Bolden (2017), the display typeface Gin & Tonic (2017), Shiraz (2017, primitive script), West Coast (2017, sans), and the monoline sans typefaces Quest (2016, +Stencil) and Knots (2016, +Knotted).

Aka Lilco and Co. Behance link. Creative Market link. More recent Creative Market link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

4th February
[Sergiy Tkachenko]

Sergiy Tkachenko (b. 1979, Khrystynivka, Cherkasy region, Ukraine) lives in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, and has been a prolific type designer since 2008. Sergiy graduated from Kremenchuk State Polytechnic University in computer systems and networks in 2007. Various other URLs: Microsoft link, Identifont, 4th February, Behance, Klingspor link, Revision Ru, Russian creators, CPLUV Fontspace, Twitter. Kernest link. Sergey Tkachenko's typefaces:

Abstract Fonts link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Hellofont link. Open Font Library link.

View Sergiy Tkachenko's fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

538Fonts
[Dan P. Lyons]

Or Daniel Lyons. American founder of Story Choice 102. Creator of the series The Rodfellows and Tequila and Cider, and the three family movies Greeny Phatom ABC's, The Rodfellows Marathon Movie, and Tequila and Cider 20-Episode Marathon. As a type designer active at FontStruct between 2014 and 2021. His typefaces there include DLEFS Lowblock (a squarish family), DLEFS Boulder, DLEFS Boxing (stencil), DLEFS Three Dee, DLEFS Initials (+Solid), DLEFS Mobile Gap (mosaic), DLEFS Shine, Corefont (Solid, Outlined) and Font (a kitchen tile font).

At Fontspace, he showed 280 free fonts at the end of 2021, most of whgich were made around 2016: 4Music, 5-Text-Uppercase, 538EurofanEurovision, 538LyonsFont, 538LyonsLogoText, 538LyonsRounded, 6061, AFLD, AcerSupplement, AdigianaExtreme, AdigianaToybox, AdigianaUltra, AfricanCulture, Akalai, Anodyne, Armegoe, ArtificialBox, AutoToyfont, AverageCustomLevel2, AverageCustom, Azbuka-Lowers-538Lyons, Azbuka, BRFCaps, BSBTextClassic, BTTelecom, Backflash, Backstreet, BeachResort, BigOrangeCyrillic, Bloq, Blurry, Bubblewump, Burger-Queen, Busch-Three, CCColon, Cheese, Chevelure, Chicken-Butt, ChildsSans, Chompy, Circle-Outline, Cloud-World, Comial4448, ComialUnicode, Comial, ComicStrip, Condension-Pro, ConstructiveBuddy, Coolwonder, CountandSpell, Crayawn, CustomHandwriting#1, DLEDigital, DLE-Futuristic, DLEGeometWeb, DLEGeomet, Dan'sDisneyUI, DansDisney, Daniel'sHandwriting-BoldItalic, Daniel'sHandwriting-Bold, Daniel'sHandwriting-Italic, Daniel'sHandwriting, DanielDeluxe, DeejayDisco, DennorLight, Dennor, Dinamight, DobotoBlackItalic, DobotoBlack, DobotoBoldItalic, DobotoBold, DobotoItalic, DobotoLightItalic, DobotoLight, DobotoThinItalic, DobotoThin, Doboto, DokiLowercase, Doki, DooperWhooper, DressedlessProRegular, DressedlessRegular, Dressedless-Three, DuoCircle, E4ASCII, E4Craze, E4-Digital-(Lowercases), E4-Digital-Arcade-V2, E4DigitalCondensed, E4DigitalExtended, e4digitalv2, e4digitalv2, E4DigitalV2Hollow-Italic, e4digitalv2hollow, E4DigitalV2-Italic, E4-Digital-V2-Light-Italic, e4digitalv2light, e4digitalv2, EMEN-Text, EOne, EarlyHalloweenAdventures, EasterABCEggTwo, EatFreshLowercase, EatFresh, EgNew-Thick2, EgNew-Thick, EggsFor3Yrs, EgmontText-BoldItalic, EgmontText-Bold, EgmontText-Italic, EgmontTextLight, EgmontText, ElPerroYElGatoWords, ElPerroYElGatoWords, Election2016, E4DigitalFinal, Eurotype2016, EurovisionChoir2017, EurovisionSongContest2015V2, EurovisionVienna2015, Every-Movie-Every-Night, FS-Serif-Condensed, Familex, Fintaro, FlashingLights, Florid, Florid, FontCreatorProgram4-1, FreebrushScript, Fridays, Funhana (a wide sans from 2016), FunZone3Pro, FunZoneThree, FunZoneTwoAlternates, FunZone-Two-Bold-Italic, FunZoneTwo, FunZoneTwoCondensed, FunZoneTwoEPYEG, FunZoneTwoHelv, FunZoneTwo-Italic, FunZoneTwoLight, FunZoneTwo, FunZoneTwoProCondensed, FunZoneTwoProExtended, FunZoneTwoProRegular, FunZoneTwoSerifBold, FunZoneTwoSerifCondensed, FunZoneTwoSerifWide, FunZoneTwoSerif, FunZoneTwoWide, FunZoneTwo, Garde, Garinty, GarintySkew, HBOFamily, HalloweenTime, Handpower, Hargroty, Hearts, Hemico-Greek, High-Five-Techno, Highstruct, Hisel, History-Lowercase, Homestile, Hopscotch, Hotpepper, InsideOutLowercase, InsideOut, Into-the-Future, Irresistible-Hollywood, JonesCombo, JonesOutline, Jones, Kazuke, KidZonePro, KidZone, KidsClub, Kon-System, LateNite, Lecid, LegibSqueeze, Legibility, LifeIsARightTime, LifelogoEasy, LifelogoHard, Light-Your-Fire, Littoral, LivedMasNEW!WithNumbers, LyonsPrint, 629Supplement-V2, LyonsSecondaryBold, LyonsSecondaryLight, LyonsSecondaryRegular, LyonsSerifBlack, LyonsSerifBold, LyonsSerif-Italic, LyonsSerif, Lyons, MTVLowercase1, MTVLowercase2, Made-with-Paint, MandarianFood, Meerken, MemoriesAngular, MemoriesRoundBold, MemoriesRoundExtraBold, MemoriesRoundLight, MemoriesRound, Memories, Mentabrush, MicEdge, Mickorama, Mixmatch, MockLatin, More4-Logo, MoreFour-v2, MotivotaCombo, Motivota, MovieBill, Mraz, Musieer, MyShapes, NES-Lowercase, NES2, NeonFeel, NewFlourinaFontfor2014, New-LiteBulb, New-Walt-Disney-Font, NewWaltDisneyUI, Nine-Network-logo-font, Nine-Network-logo-font-v2, NiseBuschGardens2, NiseBuschGardens, NoUndo, Oilpainter, OrderPizza, OutofCn'R, POEFoo, POEGalaxy, POEHeadlineBold, POEHeadline-Italic, POEHeadlineOutline, POEHeadline, POEMonospace, POENewUnicaseMedium, POERedcoatNewBold, POERedcoatNew, POESansDemo, POESansDemo, POESansNewBlackItalic, POESansNewBlack, POESansNew-BoldItalic, POESansNew, POESansNew-Italic, POESansNew, POESansPro-BoldItalic, POE-Sans-Pro-Bold, POE-Sans-Pro-Condensed-Bold-Italic, POE-Sans-Pro-Condensed-Bold, POESansProCondensedItalic, POESansProCondensed, POE-Sans-Pro-ExpandedBoldItalic, POE-Sans-Pro-ExpandedBold, POESansProExpanded-Heavy-Italic, POESansProExpanded-Heavy, POESansProExpandedItalic, POESansProExpanded, POESansPro-Extra-Light-Italic, POESansProExtraLight, POESansPro-HeavyItalic, POESansProHeavy, POESansPro-Italic, POESansPro-Light-Italic, POESansProLight, POESansPro-MediumItalic, POESansPro-Medium, POESansPro-Semi-boldItalic, POESansPro-Semi-bold, POESansPro-ThinItalic, POESansPro-Thin, POE-Sans-Pro-Ultra-Condensed-Bold-Italic, POE-Sans-Pro-Ultra-Condensed-Bold, POESansProUltra-Condensed-Italic, POESansProUltra-Condensed, POESansPro, POEText, POEUnicaseCondensed, POEUnicaseToo, POEUnicase, POEVeticaMonospaceBold, POEVeticaMonospace, POEVeticaNewReincarnatedBoldItalic, POEVeticaNewReincarnatedBold, POEVeticaNewReincarnatedCondensedBold, POEVeticaNewCondensed, POEVeticaNew-Italic, POEVeticaNew-LightItalic, POEVeticaNewLightReincarnated, POEVeticaNewMediumItalicReincarnated, POEVeticaNewMediumReincarnated, POEVeticaNewMono, POEVeticaNewThinItalicReincarnated, POEVeticaNewThinReincarnated, POEVeticaNewReincarnated, POEVeticaUI, Paintbrush, Paramountain, Paris-France, Paul, Pelham, PennyPinch, PersonalFontMix, PlayoffsSerif, Playoffs, PoorLittlePeppina, PowerhouseSansBold, Powerhouse-Sans, PresarioText, Presario, Proudance, Radeon, RaiText1983Lowercase, RaiLowercaseRegular, Remedy, Retrahaus, RodfellowsWacky, RodscriptTwo, Rodscript, RollerCoaster, RollyOlly, RollySqueeze, RoundFitLowercaseExtended, Roundling, SM-Grid-Text-Rounded, ScriptME3, ScriptMENew-Bold, ScriptMENew, Scroller, Seez, Serioucity-3, Serioucity, Seuss, Sigg, SillyDilly, Simplicity, Simplicity, Smear, SomethingRandom, Spikes, Splotch, Starzy3, StarzyDarzylowercaseletters, StarzyDarzy, StoryChoiceSansSerif-BoldItalic, StoryChoiceSansSerif-Bold, StoryChoiceSansSerifHeavy-Italic, StoryChoiceSansSerifHeavy, StoryChoiceSansSerif-Italic, StoryChoiceSansSerifLight-Italic, StoryChoiceSansSerifLight, StoryChoiceSansSerif, StoryStrip, SuperMario286, TUBAn, TWOHeadline, TY, Technomite, Teereks, TeknoBeat, TeletoonLowercaseV2, TeletoonLowercase, TertiaryWriting, Thanksgiving2016, TheCheddarCakeFactory, TheRealWoman, TickleToesInfanity, TightMan, Tootall, ToySans, Trans-AtlanticFilm, Triangleshape, Tricrown, Turbo, Turkishye, Ursula, VertaboyAmore, Vertaboy, Weaselic, Wilde, Wood, WoodyDLE, Work-of-Fortress, World'sHeaviestFontEver, YG-Lowercase, YTV2000, YTVPresent, ZiricIsComing, dvcc, E4DigitalFinal, Vivendi-caps. 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7GUN

Design site in Moscow. Creators of the geometric figure (Latin) stencil typeface Caribe Modular (2013), which was created as a project for the British Higher School of Art & Design. Intrnal Hybrid (2013) was also completed at the British Higher School of Art & Design in Moscow. Deriz (2013) is a high-contrast didone titling face. Intrnal Hybrid (2013) is a grungy techno Cyrillic typeface. Vintage and Coupage Font emulates various wood type and letterpress styles. [Google] [More]  ⦿

A2 Type
[Henrik Kubel]

A2-Type (or simply, A2) is a type foundry set up in the autumn of 2010 by the London based design studio A2/SW/HK. The designers are Henrik Kubel and Scott Williams. A2's bespoke type design is mainly the responsibility of Henrik Kubel, though every typeface is developed and approved by both partners. Kubel is self-taught, making his first typefaces while studying at Denmark's Design School from 1992 until 1997. Their typefaces:

  • 4590
  • 60 Display.
  • Amplify (2013) won an award at TDC 2014.
  • Antwerp (2011). A readable text family designed by Kubel during an Expert Type Design Class in 2011 at Plantin Genootschap in Antwerp.
  • A2 Archi (2005, Henrik Kubel): an octagonal face.
  • A2 Aveny-T (2000, Henrik Kubel): Poster typeface commissioned as aprt of the identity of the Aveny-T theatre in Copenhagen.
  • Agriculture.
  • Archi.
  • Banknote.
  • A2 Battersea (1999, Henrik Kubel): inspired by Meta, DIN and Transport Alphabet. Followed in 2012 by Battersea Slab.
  • Bauhouse.
  • A2 Beckett (2008). A condensed sans family with the masculinity of Impact.
  • Boing.
  • Copenhagen
  • A2 CPH Tram (2009, Henrik Kubel): revival of an odd mini-serifed type found on the exterior of Danish trams, ca. 1920.
  • A2 CWM (2008, Henrik Kubel): constructivist type designed for the headlines and cover of Cold War Modern Design 1945-1970. Octagonal.
  • Dane.
  • A2 Danmark (2008, Henrik Kubel): a display stencil family.
  • A2 Ergonomics (2011).
  • Flavin Medium. A neon tube font.
  • A2 Flowers (2005, Henrik Kubel): arrows, fists, flourishes, ornaments.
  • A2 FM: slab serif family.
  • Foundation (2018) in Sans (Number 44, Condensed, Wide), Serif, and Serif Didot subfamilies. These are all revivals of skeletal typefaces. Foundation Sans Number 44 was inspired by Circular Gothic No. 44 (1879, Charles E. Heyer, for the Great Western Type Foundry). Foundation Sans Condensed and Foundation Sans Wide are derived from two types described as Caractères pour Marques de Linge (typefaces for marking on linen) in the Signes section of the first volume of Spécimen Général des Fonderies Deberny et Peignot (ca. 1934). Foundation Serif is based on Caractère No. 7, another Caractère pour Marques de Linge in that 1934 Deberny & Peignot specimen book. Kubel's inspiration for Foundation Serif Didot was a sheet of lettering (dated 1939) he discovered in the archive of the influential Danish architect and graphic/industrial designer Gunnar Biilmann Petersen, 1897-1968.
  • Grand. A stencil typeface.
  • A2 Grot 10 (2009, Henrik Kubel): a take on the Grot Series by Stephenson Blake. Grot 12 followed in 2015.
  • A2 Impacto (2005-2011, Henrik Kubel): Impact?
  • A2 Klampenborg (1997, Henrik Kubel): industrial style sans.
  • Kunstuff.
  • London (2010).
  • Magna.
  • Maximum.
  • A2 Mazarin (2017). A2 writes: Originally designed as a Garamond-inspired metal typeface by Robert Girard ca. 1921-1923, and published under the name Astrée by Deberny Peignot, the typeface was soon recut and renamed Mazarin by the English foundry Stephenson Blake in 1926. That single style original has now been expertly restored and reimagined as a contemporary typeface in multiple styles.
  • Melissa Script (2010).
  • A2 Monday (2003-2016, Henrik Kubel): based on 19th century English vernacular serif signage type.
  • Moscow Sans (2014-2015). Award winning custom fonts and pictogram system for Moscow Metro. Art directed and designed by A2 (Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel) with Margaret Calvert as type and pictogram consultant. Cyrillic script designed in collaboration with Ilya Ruderman.
  • Naive.
  • New Grotesque Square series (2015). A newspaper typeface modeled after a Stephenson Blake typeface. Followed by New Grotesque Round in 2015-2016.
  • New Rail Alphabet (2009). A refreshed and expanded version of Margaret Calvert's alphabet from the 1960s which saw nationwide use with British Rail, BAA, and the NHS. Developed in cooperation with Margaret Calvert.
  • New Transport (with Margaret Calvert). A digital version of Transport, the Jock Kinnear and Margaret Calvert typeface for the British road signs. New Transport will be commercially released in September 2013.
  • Register (2012-2017). A text typeface family inspired by French renaissance types.
  • Regular (2012-2016). Think Futura in new clothes. Accompanied by Regular Slab.
  • Sans, Slab and Serif typefaces for a redesign of The New York Times Magazine in 2015. The starting point for the Serif font is the Stephenson Blake Garamond-ish metal typeface Mazarin also known as Astrée from French foundry Deberny & Peignot. The slab fonts used for pull quotes and headlines are a continuation of the magazines existing Stymie font but in a condensed format. The sans fonts are linked to the industrial grotesque types, with metal type specimen versions of Futura and Akzidenz fonts as loose models for inspiration.
  • Nosferato.
  • Ole.
  • Outsiders (+Outsiders Light and many other weights). A slab serif family.
  • Parsons Green Medium.
  • A2 Record Gothic (2019, Henrik Kubel), after Robert H. Middleton's American grotesk, Record Gothic (1027, Ludlow). Kubel writes: In celebration of Record Gothic's eclectic history, we designed four related but independent styles: Slab, Mono, Stencil and Outline.
  • Square.
  • Staton.
  • Tagstyle.
  • Test.
  • Triumph.
  • A2 Typewriter (2000, Henrik Kubel): based on Olivetti Typewriter 22.
  • A2 Vogue Floral: a fashion mag modern display face in two styles.
  • Vogue Paris. Granshan 09 Type Design Competition. 1st Prize, Display fonts.
  • A2 Zadie (2005, Henrik Kubel): inspired by Edwardian railings surrounding the Royal Army Military College in London. Used on the cover of the Zadie Smith bestseller On Beauty (2005, Penguin Press, NY). Granshan 10 Type Design Competition. 3rd Prize, Display fontt described as an ornamental blackboard bold type.
  • In 2014, Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel (A2 Type) co-designed A23D, a 3d-printed letterpress font. It was fabricated by model making specialists Chalk Studios. The font is presented by New North Press, which specializes in traditional letterpress printing. Adrian Harrison made a short film about the birth of the font, charting its progress from preliminary sketches to first inking and printing at New North Press. A23D won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.
  • English 1766 (2017). Kubel's take on Caslon.
  • Regular (2017). A sans family inspired by Memphis, Karnak, Stymie and Futura.
  • Schwiss (2018). Inspired by Akzidenz Grotesk and Helvetica.
Custom type by them include an alphabet for Qantas Airlines (2017), a masthead for Toronto Life (2010), a custom typeface for Banca Sella (2018), Qualcomm (2017), Arne Jacobsen (2018?), Evening Standard Newspaper (2018: 43 fonts), New York Times Magazine's Olympics issue (2018: a monowidth font for stacking), Eurosport Pyeongchang 2018, Weekendavisen (2007-2010), Design Museum London (2010), Faber&Faber (2009-2010), Afterall Publishing (2006-2010), Faulkner Browns Architects (2007), Penguin Press (2005), and Norrebro Bryghus (2005).

At ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, he spoke about New Transport. Winner of the type design prize at the Tokyo Type Directors Club TDC 2019, with Matt Willey, for the New York Times Magazine Olympic font. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Aaron Chiffers
[Arctype]

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Aaronaps2

Designer who used FontStruct to make Jack Simple and Jack Fancy (a hairline stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aarya Purohit

Indian designer of the technoid sans typeface Demo (2018, Indian Type Foundry) and the modernist stencil font family Styro (2019; in 8 piano key styles; free at Fontshare).

Designer of the Indic versions of Oli Grotesk (2019, Typotheque), a typeface family by Shiva Nallaperumal. They plan to support all the writing scripts of India (Devanagari, Bangla, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Urdu, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada) in the same wide range of weights as its Latin fonts.

In 2017, he designed Pramukh (commercial at Fontstore) and Pramukh Rounded (free at Fontshare), a rounded condensed sans family in 16 styles.

Bevellier (2019-2021; by Arya Purohit and Barbara Bigosinska) is a 16-style (+variable) rounded condensed organic sans family. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Abdul Malik Wisnu
[Almarkha Type]

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Abraham Type

Indonesian designer of the stencil typeface Stenciland (2019), the brush typefaces Blackball (2019) and Baleria (2019), and the script typefaces Landmark (2019), Painted (2019), Vonday (2019), Evallia (2019), South Walles (2019), Better Caller (2019) and Wanted Signature (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Abram Foster

Houston, TX-based designer of a thin custom stencil typeface in 2017. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Abyme

Abyme is a type foundry founded by Adrien Vasquez and John Morgan. Their typefaces:

  • English Egyptian (2011-2017, by John Morgan and Adrien Vasquez). English Egyptian is an interpretation of William Caslon's Two Lines English Egyptian of 1816, considered by some to be the first sans serif printing type to be sold commercially.
  • Nizioleti (2011-2017). An all caps stencil typeface designed by John Morgan and Adrien Vasquez, Nizioleti is named and modeled after the nizioleti, or Venetian street signs. Nizioleti is a typeface consisting of painted letters stencilled within white plaster panels directly onto the city walls, in use since the early 19th century.
  • Berthe (2011-2018), designed by Charles Mazé. Berthe is designed after another typeface called Série no. 16, whose first cuts were produced at the end of the nineteenth century by the Parisian type foundry Deberny & Peignot. It was engraved by Constant and Auguste Aubert under the direction of Charles Tuleu, the adoptive son of Alexandre Deberny whose mother, Laure de Berny, had bought from her lover Honoré de Balzac the printing house he didn't manage to transform in a profitable company. Série no. 16 quickly became a popular choice among printers and found its way into many editions of classic and popular texts. Review by Hrant Papazian, who wrote that it presents a congenial evolution of the theatrical Didone style of type. Lower contrast, fluid structures, humane proportions. It is like a Didot or Bodoni taking leave of the catwalk and relaxing among friends..
  • Mercure (Charles Mazé, 2010-2021). Mercure is based in part on Beaudoire's Elzévir, and also goes back to the epigraphic origins of Perrin's Augustaux.
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Acces Design
[Beate Limbach]

Gifted designer from Epalinges, Lausanne, Switzerland. One of the most talented creators of typefaces with FontStruct.

Typefaces made in 2009: DB72, DBColon, DBPoints Sans, DBCube, and DB13, mostly dot matrix or octagonal fonts.

In 2010, these were followed by db Outline, db Stickers, db Stick, DB Cube New, db MOKI (stencil), db Ciao, db Ticket Light, db 72, DBpoints (dot matrix), DBPoin2, and db Kopix (blackletter), db New Points Italic (dot matrix face).

In 2011, we find dB Stick, dB Sticker, dB Sticker Mono (a monospaced typewriter face), db Prague (fat sans), db Backjumps (an extraordinary fat poster stencil), db Perl, db Perl 1.2 (texture face), db Quarz (2011, +Mix), and db Nox and db Nox II.

Fonts made in 2012: db Como (a simple monospace sans), db Sticker (hairline sans), db Rocko v2 (stencil face), db Today v1 (a beautiful black slab face), db Today v2, db Etroite (2012, in several weights: constructivist), db N3, db Drops (fat counterless face), db Quarz Mix, db Soda, db Klacks, db NQ, db Boxer, db Como (monospaced), db Smoothie (fat stencil face), db Quick Cut (stencil), db Karton (stencil), db Frieda.

Typefaces from 2013: db Etroite, db Concierge (hairline serif), db Lineo, db Lucky, db Boxer III, db SIL.

Typefaces from 2014: db Darling. db Oh Darling, db Melitta (a fantastic brush emulation typeface), db Sticker T, db Points Sans Oblique (dot matrix font), db Como Splitt, db Quirlo (fat rounded poster typeface), db Quirlo Mix, db Limo (angular angry anthroposophic sans), db Limo N, db Slow (a German expressionist typeface), db Bargo Condensed, db TwoLines (an inline font).

Typefaces from 2015: DB Caryptis, DB Oleumi, DB Caroli Plain, DB Caroli, DB Seimeins Serif, DB Seimains, DB Sago, DB Sago II, DB Sthlm (+Light), DB Gertrude, DB Track, DB Track Too.

Typefaces from 2016: DB Maquette, DB Largo, DB For You (winner in the 2016 Fontstruct Love competition), DB Bargo Slanted.

Typefaces from 2017: DB Jojo, DB Scrape, DB Tape Noir, DB Tape Slab, DB Tape, DB Pins, DB Monoto Sans, DB Mrs Back n Black, DB Dr. Bob, DB Tilda, DB Rondo Mix, DB Rondo, DB Shop.

Beate set up Acces Design ca. 2017. The typefaces available there are ad Backjumps (stencil), ad Bargo, ad Como, ad Concierge, ad Darling, ad Oh Darling, ad Frieda, ad Klacks, ad Limo, ad Lucky, ad Magritte, ad Melitta, ad Mill, ad Points, ad Quirlo, ad Slow, ad Soda and ad Soda Plex.

Typefaces from 2018: ad Falter (blackletter).

Typefaces from 2019: ad Dorma (sans), ad Flieger, ad Louise, ad Hobby, ad Journal, ad Juli (sans), ad Tape, ad Violetts (handcrafted), ad Tape (sans).

Typefaces from 2020: ad Ander, ad Sticker Mono, ad Juli (sans), ad Magritte (sans and serif; for posters).

Behance link. FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Acer Jack

FontStructor who made the Bauhaus stencil typeface Stencil Boom (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Achaz Reuss

In house type designer at Elsner&Flake. He designed an elegant high-contrast art deco display typeface Miami EF in 1994, the broken black lettering typeface EF Splitter, the horizon lettering typeface EF Eastside in 1995, and Nivea in 2000 (for Beiersdorf).

Designer of the Bank Gothic style gaspipe sans family FF QType (2004, FontFont) in Condensed, Compressed, Extended, SemiExtended and Square versions.

In 2007, he created Bodoni Stencil (URW++). Other URW creations include Latin, Nimbus Roman Modern Compress, URW Compress and URW Oklahoma (art deco).

  • In 2022, FontFont released FF DIN Stencil (by Albert-Jan Pool, Achaz Reuss and Antonia Cornelius) and its variable sidekick, FF DIN Stencil Variable.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. Linotype link.

    Catalog of his typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

  • Ache Rodriguez

    Barcelona-based designer of the rounded stencil typeface Gordita (2015) and of the tangram-inspired Tangrama (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ACME Fonts (or: CHK Design)
    [Christian Küsters]

    Started in 1996, by Christian Küsters and Andy Long (from South London), ACME Fonts is a London-based foundry, offering fonts by Küsters and these designers: Anthony Burrill, Gérard Paris-Clavel&Johannes Bergerhausen, Jean-Lou Désiré, Paul Farrington, Robert Green, Paul Kehra, Henrik Kubel, Simon Piehl, Alex Rich, Carsten Schwesig, Sandy Suffield, Dirk Wachowiak, Anne Wehebrink and Paul Wilson. Christian Küsters is an ex-student of Matthew Carter at Yale. Born in Germany, he now lives in Oberhausen. Buy the fonts at MyFonts. The company evolved, I guess, into CHK Design.

    MyFonts link. Interview. Klingspor link. The ACME font list:

    • By Christian Küsters: AF Angel (1998, based on an old woodblock typeface), AF Satellite, AFWendingen, Cashier 1 AF (1998, dot matrix), AF Champ Fleury (1996, a Codex-like face), AF Hybrid (1996), AF Hadrian Roman (1998, art nouveau), AF Interface One and Two (1998, grotesque sans), AF Retrospecta (1998, exaggerated wedge serif family), AF Track AF One and Two (1998, white on black dot matrix printing), Unzialis (1994), Zip Code AF 30, 40, 50 and 60 (2001, hairline squarish sans family). Christian had a nice connection at Plazm, where he published Hadrian (1996), Retrospecta (1994), Unzialis (1994), Hybrid (1996) and Interface One (1996).
    • By Robert Green: AF PAN (1997, octagonal).
    • By Henrik Kubel: 4590, AF-Battersea (1999, a grotesque family), AF-CENTERA, AF-Copenhagen, AF-Klampenborg (2000, grotesque sans), CPH-ArabicNumbers, CPH-Medium, Grot-25.
    • By Sandy Suffield: CarPlatesCarPlates, AF Carplates (1998, squarish, including Carplates AF Bold Stencil).
    • By Paul Wilson: AF Screen (1999).
    • By Pete McCracken: INKy-black (1994).
    • By Carsten Schwesig: Nicoteen 13 AF (1998, grunge), AF Syrup (1998, slab serif).
    • By Paul Farrington: Camberwell AF One (1998, grotesque sans), AF Tasience (1998), Amateur 69 AF (1998, grunge).
    • By Dirk Wachowiak: AF Diwa (2002, large squarish sans), AF Generation (2002, huge squarish sans families called A, A2, A2A, Z, and ZaZ).
    • By Jean-Lou Désiré: Kub AF (2002, experimental).
    • By Johannes Bergerhausen and Gerard Paris-Clavel: LeBuro AF (2003, grunge in weights called Breau, Crade, Louche, Extra Crade, Demi Beau).
    • By Sylvia and Daniel Janssen: AF Nitro (2004, techno family in subfamilies called Intro, Riton, Trion).
    • By Anne Wehebrink: Oneline AF (1998, squarish sans).
    • By Paul Kehra: PostSoviet AF (2001, geometric sans family; with Cyrillic and Latin letters; weights called Culture, Free Latvian, Free Revolution, Ideology, Revolution).
    • By Simon Piehl: Spin AF (1998, squarish sans).
    • By Anthony Burrill: Video Wall AF (1998).
    • By Christian Küsters, based on lettering of H.T. Wijdeveld: AF Wendingen (1998, LED simulation).
    • Other: AFConstants (1998), Allen, Indy 500, Interface, AFLogotype (1998).

    View ACME's typefaces. Acme's typeface library. Typefaces made by Christian Küsters. MyFonts selection for ACME. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    ACPS Creative

    London-based studio. In 2015, it published the stencil typeface A.S. Koops. In 2016, they added the high-contrast typeface Apposite. In 2018, they published the beveled arched typeface Sushi. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Active Depth
    [C.C. Marshall]

    C.C. Marshall (b. 1985, Richland Center, WI) is a type designer in Madison, WI. He graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and founded the multimedia shop and font foundry Active Depth in 2000. Designer of Catenary (2010, an organic sans family). This family includes a Stencil style and a grungy Guerrilla style. At Dafont, one can download the grungy Catenary Stamp (2011).

    In 2018, he designed Blackscript. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Acute Studio
    [Diana Ovezea]

    Born close to the Black Sea coast in Romania, Diana moved to Austria as a child, where she attended the American International School. After graduating from the New Design University in St. Pölten, she worked as a graphic designer, mainly on book and corporate design projects. In 2013, she graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag. Some time later, she set up Acute Studio in Amsterdam under the motto: We like sharp outlines, tight curves, and edgy designs.

    Creator of the hairline face Opium (2010) characterized by teardrop terminals. Creator of Paige (2011), developed at the tipoRenesansa 3rd international type design workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This is an attractive and bouncy papercut display face. Marge (2011) is edgy and highly legible even at very small sizes---it was developed at the tipoRenesansa 2nd international type design workshop. Paige Italic (2012) was done at tipoRenesansa 4 and TypeClinic 5 (2012).

    Her KABK graduation typeface was Editura (2013), a a type family for serious publications, magazines, as well as non-fiction books.

    At The 8th International Typeclinic in 2014, she continued work on an untitled text typeface. At Die Gestalten, she published Paiper, an extraordinarily balanced and readable 6-style text family with angular flared glyphs that are genetically related to folded paper strips.

    In 2014, Diana collaborated on the design of HF Stencil with Bold Monday and Studio Thonik. Made for Holland Festival, HF Stencil is based on Glaser Stencil.

    In 2016, Diana published Equitan Sans and Equitan Slab at Indian Type Foundry, marrying industrial era rustiness with modern functionality. In 2017, she designed Tiny Sans and Albert Samuels Clock Type.

    Codesigner in 2017 with Samo Acko and Sabina Chipara of the typefaces Passenger Display (2017) and Passenger Serif (released in 2019: a Clarendon). Passenger Display is a high-contrast didone-style font family. It is intended for use in headlines, signs, or posters. Passenger Display is a high-contrast didone-style font family. It is intended for use in headlines, signs, or posters. In 2019, Diana Ovezea and Samo Acko added Passenger Sans, which is characterized by horizontal and vertical terminal strokes and small apertures, and delivers a relaxing read in long texts.

    With Sabina Chipara, she co-designed the 8-weight simplified sans family Bega at Indian Type Foundry. Diana Ovezea also published the sharp-edged 14-style Matteo in 2017.

    At Future Fonts, she published Bizzarrini (together with Sabina Chipara) and Silverspoon, ca. 2018. She writes about the wonderful Bizzarrini: Though the idea originates from a Stefan Schlesinger ad sketch for a Paris couture house, we straightened up this typeface and made it seem engineered and sharp. It gets its name from the Bizzarrini Manta, a wedge-shaped concept car designed in 1968 by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Bizzarrini has extremely long wedge serifs. Following Schlesinger's sketch, it features very tall capitals with an out-of proportion middle-line (very big heads on S, B and R). Silverspoon is a contemporary take on Copperplate Gothic.

    In 2019, she released the connected monoline sans script Akin (done with Sabina Chipara) and the geometric sans family Matteo at Indian Type Foundry.

    Typefaces from 2020: Silverknife (a tall and skinny version of Silverspoon), Capra (a headline typeface with a bouncy baseline. This project started as a one-day challenge to recreate a piece of lettering on the Glass Menagerie poster designed by David Klein in 1958).

    At Fontshare, Diana Ovezea and Sabina Chipara released the free calligraphic script Britney.

    In 2021, Barbara Bigosinska, Rafa Buchner and Diana Ovezea set up Blast Foundry. At Blast Foundry, she published Granblue, a great experimental typeface family for boxing titles.

    Typefaces from 2022: Duplet (a 14-style geometric sans with a techno vibe; by Diana Ovezea and Rafal Buchner at Indian type Foundry), Duplet Rounded (also 14 styles), Duplet Open (the 14-style companion of Duplet).

    Home page. Behance link. Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    A-D Foundry
    [Daniel Westwood]

    A-D Foundry is a small independent type foundry established by Daniel Westwood (of Family) in the UK in early 2010. Their typefaces include the inline typeface Mason Regular (2010), Kläda (2011, a bilined typeface made for a UK-based online fashion label), Retail (2011), Process (2011, stencil), and the monolined Agostin family (2010).

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ada Krawczak

    Polish type designer who is based in Szczecin. At the 13th Typeclinic in Slovenia in 2016, Ada Krawczak designed Easy-a (sans typeface). At the 15th Typeclinic, held in 2017, she added Sciaga, a sans that has regular, inktrapped and stencil styles. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adam Augustyn

    Brooklyn, NY-based designer and illustrator. He created these typefaces in 2009: Dutch Serif (black counter face), Dutch Serif Stencil, Hand Sign. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adam Bell
    [Belldorado]

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    Adam Cottam

    Fleetwood, UK-based designer of the monoline (DNA-inspired?) stencil typeface Wharf (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adam Eargle
    [American Eargle]

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    Adam Gorton

    Manchester, UK-based typographer and digital artist who studied at Pendelton College in Manchester and at The University Of Salford. His stern display typeface High Rise (2010) was inspired by concrete city monsters. In college, he created several other (unfinished) alphabets: i, ii, iii, paper cut typeface, Weekender (counterless, paper cut-out face), Elena (2014, an extreme contrast wedge-serif typeface), McGowan, Mercury (2014, a minimalist stencil typeface), Kraftwerk (2014, octagonal and techno).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adam Ladd
    [Adam McIntyre]

    Graphic designer in Cincinnati, OH. FontStructor, who made the octagonal typeface Ladd Block (2011). MyFonts link. His commercial typefaces include Cut Block (2012: white-on-black sketched letters), Tape Back (2012), Inked Balterm (2011, a monoline hand-drawn sans with ball terminals added in) and Inked Classic (2011, blackboard bold).

    Free typefaces from 2015: Poster Cut, Poster Line. Poster Cut Neue followed in 2021.

    Typefaces from 2016: Oilvare (an 18-style layered font family), Cheddar Gothic (handcrafted letterpress emulation family; followed in 2018 by Cheddar Gothic Rough).

    Typefaces from 2017: Neato Serif (followed in 2018 by Neato Serif Rough), Highest Praise (brush script), Citrus Gothic, Bakerie (42 hand-drawn typefaces), Trailmade, Farmhand (Farmhand is a textured, hand drawn, condensed font family featuring serif, sans, inline, italic, and extras styles suited for display titling), Garlic Salt, Likely (brush script), Likely Sans, Active (an upright brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Config (a condensed geometric sans; see also Config Condensed and Config Ultra in 2019), Config Rounded, Quiche (in Text, Display, Fine and Stencil substyles, for a total of 52 ball terminal-themed fonts), Quiche Sans (Peignotian), Cheddar Gothic Sans Two, Botany, Braisetto (connected signature font).

    Typefaces from 2019: Skie (a big gothic sans family with low contrast, small x-height and tall ascenders), Quiche Flare, Magdelin (a 40-style gothic sans), Fractul (a geometric sans characterized by its dramatic squarish "a"), Gopher (a reverse contrast family), Konnect (a geometric sans family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Lufga (an 18-style low-contrast sans with large x-height and short ascenders and descenders), Gopher Mono (a 16-style reverse stress monospaced sans), Quiche Display, Neulis (a sans typeface with a script lower case "l" and "s"), Zuume (a high impact condensed all-caps sans family), Zuume Rough, Zuume Soft.

    Typefaces from 2021: Serca (a 40-style sans with some tension), Otterco (a condensed geometric sans in 32 styles).

    Typefaces from 2022: Zuume Edge (a 32-style high-impact all-caps condensed octagonal typeface), Fromage (a stylish 14-style Peignotian sans).

    Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Adam McIntyre
    [Adam Ladd]

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    Adam Roe
    [Lunchbox Design]

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    Adam Twardoch

    Adam Twardoch (b. 1975) was raised in Tychy, Poland, and graduated from the University of Frankfurt/Oder, Germany. He worked at for Agentur GmbH, a Frankfurt/Oder-based design firm. Since 1991, Adam has advised numerous type designers on Central European extensions of their typefaces and has created localized versions of over fifty fonts. He frequently writes on type-related matters, and is the founder of Font.org, a (now defunct) website featuring articles about typography in English and Polish. Adam Twardoch is Director of Products of FontLab (since 2004), and is typographic consultant at Linotype (since 2002) and Tiro Typeworks (since 2001), and general font specialist at MyFonts (2000-2012). Since 2012 he is based in Berlin.

    Adam Twardoch is working in the field of font technology, multilingual typography, CSS webfonts, Unicode and OpenType.

    His typefaces:

    • Andromeda SL (1997-2006). The unicase Andromeda SL font was inspired by a 1970's-like logo design for the "Andromeda" cinema in Tychy, Poland.
    • Nadyezhda SL One (2007). Intended for testing of OpenType Layout features support in an application, this font is an extension of the Bitstream Vera Mono font, originally designed by Jim Lyles.
    • In 2016, a team of designers at Lettersoup that includes Ani Petrova, Botio Nikoltchev, Adam Twardoch and Andreas Eigendorf designed an 8-style Latin / Greek / Cyrillic stencil typeface, Milka, which is based on an original stencil alphabet from 1979 by Bulgarian artist Milka Peikova.
    • In 2017, Adam released the free 163-font collection Schticks, which is based on STIX Two.
    • In 2019, Adam Twardoch published the free Robert Sans typeface family at Open Font Library. Robert Sans is a fork off Christian Robertson's Roboto font. It was further developed by Cristiano Sobral in Bert Sans (2020).

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw and at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Addictype

    Designers of Gasline (2016, grainy stencil), Watshot (2016, signage font), Weyouth Script (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adelina Apostolova

    Adelina Apostolova is a graphic designer from Bulgaria, living and working in Germany. In 2020 she released the fat piano key stencil typeface Apura. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    ADGY
    [Maximilian Hesse]

    Design studio of Maximilian Hesse and Marina Kraus in München, Germany. Creators of the organic sans typeface Grey (2013), which is advertized as a free typeface, but there are no download buttons. In 2013, ADGY also designed the stencil typeface Monor and the ultra-fat display typeface Meat.

    Typefaces from 2014: Nova, Linea, PX (pixel face). The condensed organic sans typeface Schwabing Sans was published in 2015.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adila Rahma

    FontStructor whose typefaces in 2012 include the De Stijl stencil typeface DThree Stencil Bold, DFive Other Bricks (dot matrix), DFour Small Bricks (horizontally striped typeface), DTwo Monster Mouth, and One Time. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adobe Originals: Hidden Treasures of the Bauhaus Dessau

    Five of the Bauhaus treasures were revived in 2018 by him under the supervision of Erik Spiekermann:

    • Joschmi by Flavia Zimbardi. A piano key typeface named after Joost Schmidt.
    • Xants by Luca Pellegrini. A stencil typeface adorned with ball terminals. Named after Xanti Schawinsky.
    • Carl Marx: a typeface by Hidetaka Yamasaki based on a design by Carl Marx.
    • Alfarn: a typeface by Celine Hurka based on poster lettering by Alfred Arndt.
    • A typeface, Reross, by Elia Preuss based on designs from 1929 by Reinhold Rossig and posters by Hermann Werner Kubsch.
    [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adrián Fernández

    Spanish graphic designer who made DIN Stencil (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Adrian Kimball
    [WTF (or: Workhorse Type Foundry)]

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    Adrian Talbot
    [Talbot Type]

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    Adrien Menard
    [Edition Studio]

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    Adrien Midzic

    Fatnobrain was Adrien Midzic's design studio in Paris. Born in 1982, he co-founded Pizza Typefaces with Luc Borho in 2018. Midzic designed these typefaces or type families: Fine (lineal), Blokus (free pixel font, 2009), Cimen (strong sans, designed for Smacl Entraide), Mesquine (lineal), Blitz, Cucha, Stencil Reverse, Huit (2009, a gorgeous didone headline face), Stenha (stencil).

    Fonts made in 2010: The ETH family (art deco sans).

    Custom typefaces by Midzic: Aquitaine (2013, for Région Aquitaine), Nilka (2013, for his personal identity), No End (2013, a fat didone), Ethon Serif (2013, a perked up serif typeface for Penguin Books), Kasai Est (2011, for the Congo-based Kasai Est Magazine), Festival De Film Documentaire (2011), Nevenka (2011, condensed sans).

    In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. It was renamed Vanille FY after a few days. Still in 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the very humanist sans family Saya FY and Saya Semisans FY. Adrien Midzic and Joana Correia co-designed Saya Serif FY (2015).

    At the free font cooperative Velvetyne, he published the sans typeface Lack (2014).

    In 2015, he made the 3-style sans typeface Suber for an art fair in Paris. The roman transitional typeface Bota Serif (2015), which was inspired by Cochin (designed by Charles Peignot in 1912) is a custom font designed for Hotel des ventes de Poitiers. In 2017, it was finally released for retail.

    In 2016, Adrien designed the bold titling typeface Debeo and the modern condensed Latin/Arabic typeface 29LT Adir (with Naji El Mir; at 29 Letters).

    In 2017, he published the piano key typeface Mixal, which became a large experiment on variable fonts and is free for everyone.

    Typefaces from 2018: Kern, Kern Office (a sans with some Futura features), Forno (sans), VTF Lack (a free single weight monoline geometric sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic, published by Velvetyne), Metal (an all caps multi-width variable font originally designed for marché Dauphine), Orelo (a 120-style high-contrast fashion mag font family; +Orelo Hangul, 2020).

    Typefaces from 2019: Ultra Solar (experimental), 1871 Mane (a custom sans typeface), Wasa (a tense sans in seven styles), Shrill, Gangster Grotesk (free), Stupid (a hacker / hipster font), Kern (geometric sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Shreck Issue (very tall and ultra-condensed), Metal (brutalist), Version ACT (a two-axis variable font), Debeo (a heavy sans), Dozza (a hybrid family named after ITC Mendoza by Jose Mendoza Almeida), XMX (experimental).

    Typefaces from 2021: Campingo (a roundish informal typeface inspired by camping and outdoor life), Bota (with Ines Davodeau: first designed for Boissnot&Tailliez, Bota is a modern interpretation of Georges Peignot's Cochin (2012)), Pleasure (hipsterism pushed to the fringe of addiction), Model Standard (ModelStandard Mono, ModelStandard SemiMono, ModelStandard Sans).

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Another Behance link. Hellofont link. Velvetyne link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Adrien Vasquez

    Adrien Vasquez is from Grenoble, France. He studied in Valence and the University of Reading (class of 2011). He lives in London and teaches type design at ESAD Valence. His graduation typeface at Reading was Modern Seven (2011), a didone family for Latin and Cyrillic that comes with its own Modern Slab Serif.

    With John Morgan, he founded Abyme in 2017. At Abyme, he published these typefaces:

    • English Egyptian (2011-2017, with John Morgan). English Egyptian is an interpretation of William Caslon's Two Lines English Egyptian of 1816, considered by some to be the first sans serif printing type to be sold commercially.
    • Nizioleti (2011-2017, with John Morgan). Named and modeled after the nizioleti, or Venetian street signs, Nizioleti is typeface consisting of painted letters stencilled within white plaster panels directly onto the city walls, in use since the early 19th century.
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    Adult Human Male
    [Alex Hy]

    Adult Human Male is the type foundry of Malaysian designer Alex Hy, who is located in Berlin or Ireland. His Twitter account says that he is New York, Paris and Coolock. His Dafont account calls him Irish. Whatever. Alex has two aspects, a commercial one, expressed in his commercial foundry Adult Human Male, and a free one via his Squack site on Dafont.

    The commercial Alex created the grunge stencil typeface Butterworth (2011), the hand-drawn Teksi (2011), the monoline squarish family Ebdus (2011), Valis (2011, futuristic), and the thin avant garde monoline typeface New Slang (2011). Gordito (2011) is a graffiti style bubble font that says Smurf.

    In 2012, Alex published the poster caps typeface Areaman, Stink Lines (multilined typeface) and Penang (art deco signage typeface seen on Penang by the creator). Straights Light is a beautiful pair of bilined all caps typefaces. Dale Kids is a children's book typeface. Hokkien (2012) is an art deco typeface with Chinese influences. Mister Mustard is a chubby rounded art deco typeface. Barkley (2012) is a textured caps typeface with a chalk board feel. Liner Notes (2012) is a bilined hand-drawn typeface. Bartleby (2012) is a hand-drawn all caps display font.

    The free font foundry Squack has the hand-printed typefaces Barker Allcaps (2012), Scrapist (2012, sketched), Billy Boy (2011, 3d), Quito Chicken (2011, 3d), Fred Wild West (2011, a grungy western face), Coolock Black (2011), Zapftig (2011), Ringworm (2011), Suicide Draft (2011), National Granite (2011, a 3d stone chisel face), Whiskey Fingers (2010), Wank Hands (2010) and Middle Man (2010), and the irregular typefaces Zapftig (2011), Shock Corridor, Pollo Asado, Middle Woman, Ghost Words, Late Puberty, Parrannoyed (2010, ransom note face), the hairline typeface Rexic (2011), Black Grapes (2012), Chump (2012, hand-printed capitals), Areman OT (2012), and the grungy Skidmarks (2012).

    Typefaces from 2013: Salas (a chunky cartoon face), Rabid (a crayon font), Strokin (a great brush face---part charcoal part paint strokes), Bevel Hands, Bunk (a layered beveled type system absed on a monoline fat rounded sans, Bunk Base 2), Spengler (inline face), Vastra (Bauhaus style, organic), Swingers (curly and cartoonish), Chump Change, Treves Sans (crayon face), Quincey (2017).

    We read that the fonts are designed by EircomTest. Aka Squack, MiddleMan and Alex H.

    Dafont link. Creative Market link. Twitter link.

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Aenigma
    [Brian Kent]

    Aenigma is the free font foundry of New York-based Brian Kent. The fonts often carry the string BRK in the name. Yet another site. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Typosasis backup. Backup at Fontfreak. Backup at 1001 fonts. Backup at Fortunecity.

    The free fonts: Arthritis BRK (2013), Alpha Beta BRK (2013), Amalgamate BRK (2013), Revert (2006), Gyneric (2006), Key Ridge (2006), 18 Holes (2006: Encircled letters and monograms), Double Bogey (2005), Hairball (2005), Whatever (2005), Dyphusion (2005), Blackonimaut (2005, blackletter), Snailets (2005), Vigilance (2005), Wager (2005), Janken (2005), Dented (2005), Syracuse (2005), Symmetry (2005), Nucleus (2005), Underscore (2004), Gesture (2004), Rough Day (2004), Sarcastic (2004), Galapogos (2004), Reason (2004), Slender (2004), Gather (2004), Quadratic (2004), Saunder (2004), NostalgiaBRK (2004), Kinkaid (2004), Jeopardize (2004), Pincers (2004), Fascii (2004), Grapple (2004), WaywardBRK, WaywardShadowBRK (2004), Obstacle (2004), False Positive (2004), Goosebumps (2003), Jargon (2003), Bewilder (2003), 90Stars (2003, snowflake font), Chumbly (2003), Synthetic (2003), Jawbreaker (2003), Mobilize (2003), GreatHeightsBRK (2003), Graveyard (2003), Bend 2 Squares (2003), Redundant (2003), Homespun (2003), Galvanize (2003), Dastardly (2003), Vantage (2003), Quarantine (2003), Knot Maker (2003, with a program for weaving Celtic knots), Combustion (2003), Knot (2003), Enthuse (2003), Weaver (2003), Foreshadow (2003), Rambling (2003), Mincer (2003), Intersect (2003), Technique (2003), Nominal (2003), Unlearned (2003), Brass Knuckle (2003), Quarterly (2003), Zirconia (2003), Zephyrean (2003), Whippersnapper (2003), Ryuker (2003), Discordance (2003), Graze (2003), Gravitate (2003), Edit Undo (2003), Persuasion (2003), Encapsulate (2003), Nymonak (2003), 36DaysAgo (2003), Vertigo (2003), Lights Out (2003), Sequence (2003), Rehearsal (2003), Yearend (2002), SupraGeniusCurvesBRK (2002), SupraGeniusLinesBRK (2002), Faux Snow (2002, snowflakes), Mishmash (2002), Brigadoom (2002), Gyrose (2002), Dystorque (2002), Upraise (2002), QuacksalverBRK (2002), Ravenous Caterpillar (2002), Bumped (2002), Tonik (2002), Jupiter Crash (2002), Mysterons (2002), Sideways (2002), Scalelines (2002), Pneumatics (2002), Granular (2002), Volatile (2002), Aspartame (2002), Bleak Segments (stencil font), Genotype, United, Lynx (2002), Lyneous (2002), Alpha Beta (2002, pixel font), Licorice Strings (2002), Syndrome (2002, futuristic font), Your Complex (2002), Nanosecond (2002), Binary (2002), Dynamic (2002, techno), Qbicle (2002), Flipside (2002), Amplitude (2002), Pindown (2002), Kurvature (2002), Euphoric (2002), Bobcaygeon (2002), Zoetrope (2002), Overhead (2002), Zelda DX (2002, pixel), Telephasic (2002), Hearts (2002), Lamebrain (2002), Compliant Confuse (2002), Line Ding (2002), AE Systematic, Acknowledge, Mini Kaliber, Upheaval (2002), The Code of Life font (2001), Amalgamate (2002), Bandwidth (2001), ClassicTrash (2001), XmasLights (2001, alphadings), Setback (2001), Qlumpy (2001), Regenerate (2001), Konector (2001), registry (2001), Stagnation (2001), Elsewhere (2001), Claw (2001), Cleaved, 8-bitLimit (4 weights), 10.15SaturdayNight-BRK-, Automatica-BRK (2001), Bendable-BRK (2001), BitBlocksTTF-BRK-, Kickflip-BRK-, Withstand-BRK-, Hyde-BRK-, Ecliptic (2000, a bold rounded monoline techno sans), Jekyll-BRK-, Larkspur-BRK-, NotQuiteRight-BRK-, Quandary-BRK- (an LCD font), Thwart-BRK-, Weathered-BRK-, AEnigmaScrawl, Aftermath, Blox (1999, 3d), CandyStripe (1999), Circulate, Collective (1999), Conduit, Corpulent Caps (2001), DarkSide, DashDot (1999), Dephunked (1999: halftone texture emulation), EmbossingTape (3 fonts), Exaggerate, Frizzed, FullyCompletely, Grudge, Hassle, Hillock, Impossibilium, Inertia, InkTank, Lethargic, MoronicMisfire, Numskull, Opiated, Phorfeit, PixelKrud, Powderworks, Pseudo, QuantumFlat, QuantumFlatHollow, QuantumRound, QuantumRoundHollow, QuantumTaper, Ravaged-By-Years-, Raydiate, Relapse, Sorawin-Plain, Spastic-, Splatz-, Stranded-, Swirled-, TRAGIC-, VacantCapz, Wobbly, XeroxMalfunction(BRK), Zenith, ZeroVelocity, Zoidal, simplton, Waver, SaffronColdWars, 3DLET, Bri's-Scrawl, TRAGIC-, AcidReflux, Arthritis, Ataxia (1999), AtaxiaOutline, BlockTilt, ChintzyCPU, ChintzyCPUShadow, Decrepit BRK (1999), Detonate, Draggle (2000), Draggle[overkerned], FatboySlimBLTC, Gasping, Hack&Slash, HeavyBevel, Jagged, Jasper, JasperSolid, Katalyst[active], Katalyst[inactive], LucidTypeA, LucidTypeB, LucidTypeBOutline, LucidTypeAOutline, Neural, NeuralOutline, ObloquyOutline, ObloquySolid, PlasmaDrip, PlasmaDrip[Empty], Queasy, QueasyOutline, Rotund, RotundOutline, SkullCapz (dingbats), Tearful, Tetricide, Turmoil, Ubiquity, Underwhelmed, UnderwhelmedOutline, Vanished, Xhume, Yonder, Yoshi'sStory, ZurklezOutline, ZurklezSolid, Gaposis, Naughts, Ink Swipes, Irritate, Perfect Dark, Forcible, Loopy, GaposisOutline(BRK), GaposisSolid(BRK), Head-DingMaker(BRK), JoltOfCaffeine(BRK), KirbyNoKiraKizzu(BRK), Orbicular(BRK), Xtrusion(BRK).

    Commercial fonts at CheapProFonts: Lamebrain BRK Pro, Dynamic BRK Pro, Phorfeit Bundle, Phorfeit Slanted BRK Pro, Genotype Bundle, Genotype S BRK Pro, Genotype H BRK Pro, Classic Trash BRK Pro, Vigilance BRK Pro, Technique Bundle, Technique BRK Pro, Technique Outline BRK Pro, Galapogos BRK Pro, Visitor BRK Pro (pixelish). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Aeolien
    [J. Fürst Gardiner]

    Creator at FontStruct of Aeolien (2011, alphadings), Gazebo Line Aeo (2012), Chateau d'Air (2013, castles), Like Fabergé (2013, oval), Fold Line (2013, a sewing font), Toothache (2013), Linoleum (2013), Sandor Basic Stripes (2013), Compass Norden (2013, a dot matrix font), Sambuccus (2013), Abneuroniques (2013, neurotic typeface), Zebra (2013, horizontally striped), Amazed (2013, maze font), Card Reading (2013), 3paths (2013), Raidho (2013), Floraeolien (2013, flower dings), the Art of Square series (2013), and Ostara Egg Box (2013, ornamental caps for Easter).

    Typefaces from 2014: Ceques (op-art), Indentional, The Tunnels of Tralyoxx, ClickPop Beads, Blue Moon, Nurdal's Walk (LED font), Dumultix (techno, in De Stijl fashion, based on Mondrian), Wever Ding, My Unintended, Haltero, Linuta, Murexa, Abfahrt, Arrivee Mercredi, Mabon (vintage slab serif, art nouveau), Treat or Trick, Aerix Stencil Serify, Noba M, Plaque Emaille (white-on-black), Gleiteri, Strega nona, Kubetus (artsy), Kubetuffo, Pixiel, Werner, Free Masonry, Airy Brickwork, Aerix Stencil Sans, Sim Card, Kerbe, Fool's Beans, Gift Tag (alphadings), Tag Letters, Varsity Outline UC.

    Typefaces from 2015: 3Fino, S-chablo Sans (stencil), August, Shifted (op-art), Arroed, Apprentice Quill, Spitze, Melusine.

    Aka Jutta Gi. FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Aerotype
    [Stephen Miggas]

    Aerotype is a foundry in Camarillo, CA (formerly in Glendale, CA). It sells the typefaces of Stephen Miggas. Many types were designed around 1998, and most were rejuvenated and updated in 2005. A list of Aerotype's typefaces typefaces:

    • Pixel fonts: Airlock, AirlockWebDings, Fronteer One, Fronteer Two, Microtooth, Microtooth Web Dings, No Biggie One (+Bold), No Biggie Two (+Bold).
    • Old typewriter fonts: Obsolete (+Bold, XBold, Light, XLight).
    • Handwriting or informal scripts: Fave (2019), Arbordale (2014, calligraphic), Bountiful, BountifulBold, Khaki (2007, fun script), Khaki Alternate, Mission, Sanscripta (+Heavy), Siesta, Southbee, Stay True (2011, tattoo-inspired), Turbinado (2018), Boundless, Chillin, Angeleno, Game Street, Jumpshot.
    • Stencil typefaces: Expedition Stencil (+Heavy, +Thin), Hogwild (2010).
    • Blackletter: Octoberfest, Kingshead (+Alternate, Alternate Gothic, Alternate Light, Gothic, Light), Ladybat (+Alternate, Alternate Light, Light), Ravenwood One (+Bold, Condensed), Ravenwood Two (+Bold, Condensed), Wilhelmschrift, Ravenwood, Octoberfest (blackletter), Gothicus (2006, after Rudolf Koch's Maximilian), Dractura, Dracena.
    • Destructionist: Derailer (2016), Americanus (2016, emulating 1800s newsprint type), Dogjaw (2009), Thunderhouse (2009), Sluicebox (2008), Americanus, Conquistador Medium, Derailer (2006), Fiesta, Indigo Medium, Rebound (+Bold, Light, Super, XLight), Coldsmith, Blackstock, Boilerplate, Geoduck, Ghost train.
    • Techno: Durandal (+Black, Flat, FlatBlack, FlatLight, Light, Recycle.
    • Octagonal typefaces: Expedition (+Heavy, Thin, Super, StencilSuper), Protocol (+Alternate, Alternate Light, Alternate Bold, Bold, Light).
    • Dymo label simulation typefaces: Recycle Alternate, Recycle Alternate Reverse, Recycle Reverse, Recycle Standard), Public Works.
    • Display typefaces: Pacifico (2009), Rebound, Roughneck, Fiesta (Mexican style), Mediterano, Pitchfork, Serendipity.
    • Western style: Buckboard (2009), Bootstrap (2010, a estern wood-inspired slab serif), Planchette, Protocol, Leadville (Egyptian), Saloon After, Saloon Before, Boxwood, Caboose, Copperjack (2006, Egyptian), Silverton (Egyptian).
    • Pre 1999 typefaces that have been discontined or renamed: Clique Serif, Bevel-Broken, CliqueWedge, Vector, Corrode, Looneywood.
    • Dingbats: Antique Macabre Ornaments (2007).
    • Wood type: Coldsmith (2016), Sluicebox (2016, letterpress style), Applewood (+Alternate, 2009), Blackstock (2015).
    • Brush scripts: Zooja (2016).
    • Script typefaces: Fave (2019-2020).
    • Calligraphic typefaces: Duende (2016), Meritage (2014, a contrast-rich brush face)), Keepsake (2012, also advertised as a tattoo script typeface family), Spindrift (2012).

    Creative Market link. View Stephen Miggas's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Afrojet Type Foundry
    [John Skelton]

    John Skelton is a type designer from St. Paul, MN, b. 1973. He is currently based in Portland, OR. He started out in 2008 as afrojet on FontStruct, making many free fonts there. Late in 2009, he set up Afrojet Type Foundry at MyFonts.

    FontStructions in 2008: Playtime (an original stencil family), Playtime Pattern Motifs (dings), Playtime Rounded (+Bold), Playtime Cutouts, Mango Solid (ultra fat, rounded), Mooch (experimental), Mooch Squared, Zombies Are The New Black, Jettison Stencil, Micromoog, hewett, hewett_bold, hewett_extended, Mikey (a Mickey Mouse font). Other creations there include Summer Grillz (about which he writes More gangster than Gill with more gold than Garamond, Summer Grillz is type jewelry for your mouth. All letterforms are diamond-kut using the finest type constructing software on the market today. Customize your grill with different fills., Lovestruc, Konstruct (multiline face), Steeplechase, Sawhorse, Sawhorse Braumarks (dingbats of a brewery), Alfred, Chesterfield, Hydroplane, Jettison-Stencil, Pop-Drops (kitchen tile face), Starstruc, Lovestruc, Chesterfield Prince, Chesterfield King, Chesterfield Queen (piano key font), Brainfreeze (ultra fat).

    Fontstructions in 2009: the Sans Serious family (a tribute to Dutch Bauhaus designer Jurriaan Schrofer), Factory (stencil), Hunstrüct (blackletter), Slug, Micromoog Remix, Get To The Falcon, Jetstream and Perforate (octagonal, loosely based on several styles of letter and numeral forms observed on various aircrafts at the Evergreen Aviation&Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon), Get To The Falcon (multiline face), StacheStruct (moustache font), Factory (stencil), Playtime Bolda, Thunderball, Gaga, Gaga Stencil, Pinpression, Sessions (a take on type by Josef Albers; he writes: Having previously played around in Fontstruct with Anni Albers' textile patterns, I thought it time to turn my attention to her husband Josef's work. Josef Albers' constructivist typographic experiments are a perfect match for Fontstruct. Other Fontstructors have done great work with Alber's ideas. Most notably, Saberrider's fontsract and Stewf's Leaflet family. Using Josef Albers' Kombinationsschrift alphabet (1928-1931) as my foundation, I've been having a lot of fun remixing and experimenting with his letters.).

    Fonts made in 2010: Whoopee (piano key face), Prog.

    Commercial fonts: Sessions (2009, modular).

    The commercial fonts by Afrojet type foundry include Sessions, Playtime, Hydroplane, Lovestruc, Dansa, Pinpressions, Micromoog, Widjiwagen, Mooch, Hunstrüct, Slug, and Brutal Exchange.

    Cargocollective link. Behance link. Home page. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Agent Demonic Ladybug

    FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: Tessa (an über fat face), Pomegranate, Archipelago Serif, QQQQQ.

    In 2011, these typefaces were created: Barnhaus (+Lite), Not My Font (clone of zalamera eYeFS by Antonio J. Morata), Mission Design Sans, Soundproof, Naturally Blonde, Sector12 (an army stencil face), Industrial Sans Better, Elegantite, Grey Hand (texture face), Ubnshufr II Hellllp, Havoc, Havoc Thin (scratchy face), Pixels Redefined (texture face), Capitas Lite (texture face), Capitals Woodcut, Adl Capitals (hand-printed), Useful Sans, Spirit (tattoo/blackletter face), Wanted 2.0, Detaile, fs Greener Grass (grotesk headline face), Bean (pixelish), Small Sans, Doundproof.

    In 2012, Agent Demonic Ladybug made these typefaces: Mechans (upright connected script), Tessa Revived, Minimalist No. 2 (piano key face), Laceys (dot matrix typeface), Roundsclean, Squareup, Barnhaus 2012, Mission Design Sans, Barnhaus (+Lite, +Mono; named after Bauhaus), iFontStruct, Squishypixel, Moredetailes, Who Needs Nonconformity (heavy octagonal), Stuckinneurone Error, Stuckingranite, 220a, Boldish (piano key face), Strategy Bold. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Agi Pramudiman
    [Loch Typography]

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    Agne Matulionyte
    [Ideabuk]

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    Agung Syaifudin
    [Vuuuds]

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    Ahmad Ramzi Fahruddin
    [Arterfak Project]

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    Ahmad Zamzami
    [Zamjump]

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    Ahmed Tarek

    During his studies at University of Lower Silesia in Wroclaw, Poland, Ahmed Tarek designed the monoline and rigorously geometric sans typeface Abo (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ahmed Tellawi

    Designer in Abu Dhabi. Creator of the thin stencil typeface Teto (2011) and the thin geometric family Arwena (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ahsancomp Studio
    [Sukoco Sukoco]

    Solo, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1984) of the free typefaces Saqorie (2018), Estherilla (2018) and Bripokus Stencil (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Aidan Cooke

    Blackpool, UK-based designer of the hipster typeface Penultimate (2013), which was created during his studies at the University of Huddersfield. In 2014, Aidan created the squarish typeface Second and the geometric all-caps sans typeface Enigma.

    Behance link. Issuu link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ainsifont (was: Atelier Telescopique, or: Fonderie Nordik)
    [Xavier Meurice]

    Fonderie Nordik was a French type foundry in Wasquehal near Lille, which published some fonts such as Tomica (2009, a geometric sans done for Wéo Télé Nord Pas de Calais), Le Dixca, Le Cicerond, LaNormal, La Lienne. Founded in 1998 by Xavier Meurice and Sébastien Delobel, it changed its name in 2007 to Atelier Telescopique and then to Ainsifont. Stéphane Meurice and Guillaume Berry are also involved.

    Font list: Font list: Scard (2000, Xavier Meurice), Stonehenge, Dixca (free pixel font), Fish, Delory, Lienne (2001, with Delobel), Bizeau, Raoul, La Cidulée, Ader (Xavier Meurice, 2002), Tex (2002, pixel font by Xavier Meurice), Normale (free), PSUS (Xavier Meurisse, 2000), Bépierre, Péro, SV01 (dings), Cicerond (free dot matrix font), Réka (2001, Meurice and Delobel), Nuk, Stéroide, Rosoir (2002, Xavier Meurice, dingbats), Equinox, Acropik, Wazemmes, Kune, Stoneheure (2001, Xavier Meurice), Sphiquesie (Xavier Meurice, 2002, an octagonal font), Nyctalope (2002).

    Xavier Meurice participates in the type cooperative Ainsifont in Lille. His typefaces there include:

    • The rounded sans typeface Fluo (2012, with Stéphane Delobel).
    • AF Singolo (2012, with Stéphane Delobel). A stencil typeface created for Lille Design.
    • Mento (2015, with Stéphane Delobel). Original from 2007.
    • Playtime (2012-2018). A stackable sans typeface by Xavier Meurice and Sébastien Delobel.
    • Raoul (2007, with Stéphane Delobel). Original created for the Kursaal in Dunkirk, and named in honor of Lille-based singer Raoul de Godewarsvelde.
    • Rubal (2011).
    • Screenex.
    • Stone Heure (2011). A prismatic typeface.
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    Aircraft SIGs

    A couple of Luftwaffe truetype fonts. Page by Ralph R. Forehand. Luftwaffe is a pretty blackletter font from the WSI collection, and din1451 is a gorgeous stencil font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    AJPT
    [Alan Jay Prescott]

    Pottstown (Philadelphia)-based designer and PostScript font hacker who ran Prescott Design and now Alan Jay Prescott Typography, but was also involved in other ventures such as the Black Walnut Winery. Originally from Greenfield, MA, he graduated from Saddleback College, and worked for some time as a typesetter in New York. He advertizes himself as a leader in PostScript Open Type Font development specializing in the revival of print-only letterforms into digital typographic materials. He operates as APT and more recently as AJPT. In 2019, he announced that he would stop making typefaces altogether. His work can be partitioned into time periods. For this reason, Prescott's oeuvre is split over several pages:

    • His late period (2017-2019). In these three years, he showcased his work on Facebook, and was mainly involved in reving 19th century typefaces, about half of which were from the Victorian era. The annotations in the list below are quoted from Prescott's pages.
      • Absolution Cursive (2017). When I was a typesetter in New York City, I had one of the largest collections of typefaces from CompuGraphic's library available for setting. One of the faces I never used in two decades of work was a rather ungainly decorative font called Abel Cursive. Apparently it was designed by Bernie Abel (perhaps one of CompuGraphic's employees) and I'm not sure it got much use, since I don't recall seeing it anywhere except my type catalog. Before I sold my equipment and closed my business for good, I made a scan of every typeface at 72-point size that I owned for future development, if there ever came a time to work on something crazy like that. Most of those 2,000 scans were lost when I changed computers a long time ago, but Abel Cursive survived and I made a down-and-dirty mow-and-blow font back then. I have recently worked on it extensively to make it usable as a multilingual slightly redesigned font in OTF format. I would classify it is as neo-Victorian medium-contrast decorative italic. It is definitely an oddball and may never see use.
      • Algol (2017). Based on a scan from Dan X. Solo, Algol is a vastly expanded character set for Algernon, a typeface that clearly presages Machine and other "octics." I don't have any source material for the original design, but it may have been a Dan Solo original.
      • Aloysius and Aloysius Ornamented (2017). This is a digital revival of the original Algonquin, cut by J.F. Cumming in the late 1880s for the Dickinson Type Foundry in Boston. While this was not my most challenging project, it was a doozy.
      • Alpenhorn Roman (2017). Another oddball typeface is revived here, renamed from the design called Alpine by Henry Schuenemann for the Cleveland Type Foundry in the 1880s. Buried in the "gingerbread" of this weird face is technically a Latin serif, but otherwise it is an entirely unique letterform for which I had a heart soft enough to revive here in digital form.
      • Androgen Roman (2017). I know next to nothing about this ultra-geometric blackletter called Anderson that I found displayed in a Dan X. Solo catalog, but it is another oddball that is attractive and very simple to revive in digital format. It is one of those projects I would recommend to a beginning revivalist who wanted to cut his or her teeth on a moderate challenge after mastering some basic tools in font development software.
      • Angolan Text (2017). I found Angular Text in a Solo catalog and revived it as a digital font with diacritics and other characters for expanded typesetting possibilities. It was designed by Herman Ihlenburg in 1884 for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, which information I found in a link from Tom Cruz for a fellow named Toto who revived the font as well; he has several glyphs I do not have and I like his showing better. Interesting to see what others have done with the exact same typeface and scan and some research for tantalizing missing glyphs...kudos.
      • Antiochia Series (2017). This collection of typefaces represents a revival of several bold slab-serif wood types with the name Antique that are related. Their individual histories will follow at another time, but note that several here are useful derivatives that add to the variety of this letterform's impact.
      • Azurine Roman (2017). Azurine is a digital revival of a typeface known as Aztec, drawn by an unknown designer for the Union Type Foundry before 1889.
      • Beltane Roman (2017). The very complicated story behind the work on this revival is too long for this space (and perhaps too boring to most), but suffice it to say that this letterform started out in 1886 as drawn by the great Herman Ihlenburg as Artistic and assigned to MacKellar Smiths & Jordan. Dan Solo called this face Belmont but only showed caps and was suspect anyway. I was able to find specimens elsewhere and a motherlode of other interesting things in the Inland Printer. I developed my first full-featured OTF using this typeface and designed Greek and Cyrillic glyphs as well. I also fitted it out with a set of small caps to make a font that now has 4,000 glyphs for nearly every non-Asian language. To top it off, Robert Donona revived the decorative caps for this typeface, an excruciating task that I once considered for myself but was lucky enough to have this other crazy person take up. The number of hours dedicated between Robert and myself in reviving this complete series digitally is probably unprecedented.
      • Bernhard Swirl (2019). This is a digital revival of the letterform of the same name. It is equipped only with the upper case, an ampersand, a spacer dingbat and the numerals. The numerals are quirky, not only in design, but the fact that they seem to have been intended as old-style figures with the exception for the 4 and 7. Lucian Bernhard is either the designer of this limited-use typeface or inspired a reworking of his "wobbly" poster typefaces for which he is known as an innovator. I have reworked the scanned samples I had used as templates and drew them with a little more consistency than the originals to improve color on the page.
      • Bireme Roman (2017). Below is a digital revival of a typeface called Bijou. As I have come to understand, several people have revived this face already. It is similar to Flirt in many respects. I will update information as I come across it, but I wanted to post my version here for your appreciation.
      • Blackguard (2018). This is a digital revival of a typeface known as Black Cap. William E. Loy writes that Black Cap was designed and cut by Charles H. Beeler Jr. for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. The earliest-known commercial specimen was advertised in the January 1891 edition of The Inland Printer, so he probably created it in 1890.
      • Blackminster (2017). One of the more interesting treatments of blackletter forms in the 19th century is this beauty called Black No. 544 designed by Henry Brehmer in 1889, who assigned the rights to Bruce Type Foundry. Originally I was unable to locate certain key glyphs in this font, but they were graciously supplied by others in our crazy network of type geeks. More information on the people behind these projects will follow in other articles.
      • Bleak (2017). Bleak is a series based closely on a typeface called Stark. As with nearly all typeface names, there are several unrelated fonts developed in recent years that bear no resemblance to this gorgeous sans serif.
      • Brotherly Roman (2017). Among many "antiqued" letterforms developed in the late 19th century, Ben Franklin was offered by Keystone Type Foundry in Philadelphia. Several glyphs were missing from my best showing of the font, but I was luckily able to find them, as well as logotypes, two ornaments, several alternate characters and some punctuation. There had already been a digital revival of this typeface kicking around as shareware in the 1990s, but it was very poorly drawn and incomplete. I believe it has been rendered nicely and consistently here for posterity.
      • Busker Contour (2017). Burlesque was the name given by Solo to a typeface originating through Caslon or Figgins around 1843 and shown in German specimens a couple of years later.
      • Cane Gothic (2018). Cane Gothic was designed and cut by Edwin C. Ruthven c.1886; he patented it in March–April 1886 and assigned the rights to David Wolfe Bruce (son of George Bruce, holder of the first design patent in US history). The Bruce catalog number is unknown. The tradename Cane Gothic, an apt description of the caning patterned background, may have been assigned by Dan X. Solo, who had revived the face for his photo-lettering service, but it has previously been considered impossible for digitizing. Although the average character in this font contains something like 3,000 Bézier control points, it turned out to be doable once I figured out the original mathematics that Ruthven must have used to guide his design objectively. It is digitized for posterity and I thank Anna Allen once again for the patent specimen (No. 16,643) indicating, if extremely faintly, five missing glyphs from my otherwise excellent scan. Thus I've generated the border glyphs and a pound Sterling symbol to augment this letterform. As far as I can determine, this character set is complete, and I have generated three fonts in order to accommodate chromatic typesetting with very little effort.
      • Cantini Casual (2019). This is a digital revival of the typeface of the same name (or at least that is the name Solo gave it in the type specimen book from which it was scanned). It is a great example of the exuberant fancy characters that came to ascendance during the 1960s and 1970s. It is a medium-weight Latin italic with unusual decorative details in addition to crazy swash choices. I do not have any information on the history of this trippy face, but it is likely it was revived at some time in the recent past. It includes a large number of alternate glyphs as well.
      • Capulet (2017). This is a revival of a typeface called Caprice that was patented in 1888 by Arthur M. Barnhart and assigned to Barnhart Bros. & Spindler of Chicago. This letterform is a prime example of the explosion in design ideas occurring before the turn of the century, hundreds of which remain to be translated into digital format.
      • Carmenite Roman (2017). This beautiful digital revival covers a letterform drawn by the Bauer Type Foundry of Stuttgart, Germany sometime before 1896. It was originally called Carmen and has been referred to as Carmencita in the Solo books.
      • Centrum Text (2017). This is my digital revival of one of the more complex decorated blackletters, among my favorite and most difficult projects to work on and just finished today. It is identified as Celebration Text on p. 18 of Solo's "Gothic and Old English Alphabets." The lowercase for this letterform is also presented for two other typefaces, Testimonial Text and Innsbruck in his larger catalog, presenting some confusion. But I believe all three were drawn by the same designer, although I have no idea how old they are. The lowercase may simply have been used for all three decorated capitals, since they are a very good match. Intentional, who knows? It is a real beauty and I'm going to perhaps revive the other two in this triplet of great examples of decorated capitals.
      • Chapterhouse Roman (2017). This is an interesting typeface known as Ecclesiastic from Caslon around 1870. It was also known as Albion and Chapel Text No. 30. Most of those names were applied to completely unrelated designs, adding to the confusion that permeates typographic development and history to this day (and only gets worse over time). There are probably more alternate characters out there, but this is the best showing I could make with the resources I have and it is now available from me as a digital font.
      • Chapterhouse Roman (2017). This is an interesting typeface known as Ecclesiastic from Caslon around 1870. It was also known as Albion and Chapel Text No. 30. Most of those names were applied to completely unrelated designs, adding to the confusion that permeates typographic development and history to this day (and only gets worse over time). There are probably more alternate characters out there, but this is the best showing I could make with the resources I have and it is now available from me as a digital font.
      • Clarence Roman and Dotted (2017). Clarence Roman is a revival of Clown Alley and Clarence Dotted that of Cooktent (also called No. 515). Wood typeface Cooktent comes from W.H. Page before 1890 and the other looks to be a back-formation from it.
      • Commissioner Script (2017). The typeface known as Commercial Script was designed by Morris Fuller Benton in the early twentieth century and enjoyed widespread use for decades. There have been many variations from other foundries, varying mostly in contrast; but as far as I know there was ever only one rather bold weight produced. I have redesigned the letterforms for consistency on the way to producing the ten weights shown here. It is interesting to see the font in lighter weights that accentuate the beauty lurking in this standard, and the heavier weights to see that the design still holds up under even heavier lifting.
      • Courtesan Roman (2017). Among the dozens of wood types I have revived digitally is Courier, here called Courtesan. Many of these letterforms have been revived by others, all slightly different in their interpretations. More information on wood types will follow in articles I plan to write in the future on various areas of interest in the field of revival in particular and typography in general.
      • Cranston Ornamented (2017). This is one of the most difficult digital revivals I have worked on. It started as Crayon, another masterful design from the prolific Ihlenburg, available at MSJ in 1885. There are sister fonts in an Open and a Solid that differ slightly in design and will be available from me at some point in the future.
      • Creekside Playful and Calligrapic (2018). These are two digital casual scripts of my own creation based loosely on hand-drawn types from the 1950's. One is a calligraphic interpretation and the other is a more mono weight design that is a bit more slanted, both available for multi-language setting.
      • Criticism (2017). This is a digital revival of Critic, a typeface designed by William F. Capitain in the mid-1880s with rights assigned to Marder, Luse & Co. Several logotypes had been designed for this letterform and many alternate glyphs. I added a few of my own, as well as diacritic marks, for balance to this surprisingly modern face that can be rendered multilingually as well.
      • Crosby Roman (2017). This is a digital revival of the typeface known as University Text, designed in 1862 and shown by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan in 1869 as Crosier. It was also known much later as Morningside. It is a stylized Latin with great charm.
      • Crossan Roman (2017). This is digital multilingual OTF revival of a typeface called Cross Gothic, another one of those unique, nearly unusable letterforms I adore. I got a million of 'em.
      • Cullane Roman (2017). Cullane is a digital revival of Herman Ihlenburg's Culdee, patented in 1885 and offered through MSJ. Others helped me scour the literature for missing glyphs and no one is sure we've got them all, but this is a wonderful showing of what we think is available until something randomly shows up in the future.
      • Currier (2018). J.B. Lieberman, Ph.D. identifies it as Deberny & Peignot Lettres Ombrés Ornés (ornamented shaded letters) and adds that it was originally cut by Gillé in 1820, thus making it one of the oldest typefaces I have revived digitally. It is an exuberantly decorated engraved shadowed heavy-weight Egyptian.
      • Danuvius (2017). Danube is the original name for this letterform, again found in a Solo catalog, and its links with medieval letterforms is obvious despite the trends toward modernization at the time it was first produced. I otherwise have no information on this face.
      • Devonian Roman (2017). This is a digital revival of a wood typeface known as DeVinne. More information updated later.
      • Dorothy Series (2017). The original Doric Chromatic was designed as a wood typeface and made its appearance in the United States in the 1850s, though it probably got its start in France in the 1840s according to Rob Roy Kelly.
      • Doughboy Roman (2017). This series of decorative caps is shown as Dodge City in Solo. I am not sure it is very old; it may very well have been a photographically slanted version of an older wood typeface in the Thunderbird category with flourishes added on at the same time. This has been revived before because of its simplicity, but I made my own version a little more consistent and they make attractive drop caps.
      • Enclave Roman and Expanded (2017). These two related digital revivals represent Enchorial in two versions. The roman came out of the Caslon Type Foundry in 1884 and was extremely popular (sometimes known as London). Petzendorfer showed the expanded Enchorial around 1903.
      • Esteban (2017). Esteban is an original design I developed around 2010, named after the recently deceased Esteban Arriaga, a leading seascape painter in the area of Málaga in Spain. It is a medium-contrast sans serif produced in nine weights plus italics. Currently it is available only for the Macintosh OS, but an OTF cross-platform font is anticipated.
      • Euclid, Euclid Initials,Euclastic, Elberon, Astral, and Auroral (2018). Elberon existed by November 1886 from Cleveland Type Foundry in The Inland Printer. Euclid (a lighter version of Elberon with a few different glyphs) is an obvious derivative from Illinois Type Founding Co. in Chicago in August 1890. Euclid appears with several Euclid Initials, a full sample of which appears as "Grant Iniitials" from Minnesota Typographic Co. Auroral (basically a shaded form of Elberon) appears in January 1887 from Central type foundry. Astral, also from Central type foundry, (the almost exact shading concept) whose base form is a condensed, heavier form than Euclid) appears in December 1886. Euclastic is my name for a complete set of weights, from a Hairline at the extreme end of lightness, through Black at the other extreme, using redesigned examples of Euclid and Elberon.
      • Farmerboy and Farmergirl (2017). Although these two typefaces have both been called Fargo in the past, they are distinctly not the same letterform despite sharing some characteristics. They are both probably late 1850s, early 1860s and some sources say they are German. In any case, two interesting oddballs with no usage in the last century-and-a-half are revived digitally by AJPT.
      • Fastidious Series (2017). The typeface known as Fashion started out in 1876 and was patented by Andrew Little for A.D. Farmer & Son. There are a total of five related typefaces in the same design: the prototype, condensed, ornamented, antique and extra-condensed. It turned out that the samples I had available when I originally revived these two were rather suspect and I have to consider going back to these and try to figure out what the "real" glyphs are. I believe that the Solo ornamental showing was rather a hatchet job on the base font, so I consider these two on hold pending further research, but they are interesting to view how they are so far.
      • Flare Serif Striped (2018). This is a digital revival of a face called Ornamented 1,079. This over-the-top candy-cane-with-curls design was created by Henry Brehmer, who patented it in December 1884–January 1885. The application was submitted and approved on the same days as Ornamented No. 1,077 (Hermann Ihlenburg), and the rights to both were assigned to David W. Bruce of the Bruce TF (New York) [USPTO D15748]. It was advertised in The Inland Printer of October 1885. Thanks again to Anna Allen Conroy for the background on Ornamented 1,079 and for the patent samples giving a good idea of the design of glyphs missing from the catalogs. I have produced AE and OE ligatures as well as a decent set of diacritical marks for setting in a few important languages, but it is not at OTF font at the moment and exists only as PostScript for Mac only.
      • Flippant Roman (2017). This fun font is a revival of a typeface known as Flirt. Although it has that 1960s feel, like many fonts popular then, I believe it has a much older pedigree. I will supply more information as I come across it. (There is currently an unrelated script font called Flirt on the market now, designed in 2009.)
      • Fusion (2017). i developed three weights (including small caps) for the popular typeface Futura, all of them lighter than the Futura Light that is widely available. You can never be too thin.
      • Gallantry Roman (2017). The earliest known specimen of the original Gazelle is found in the 1893 catalog of ATF in Cleveland and designed by Henry Schuenemann. This digital revival has multilingual capabilities and is quite unusual, demonstrating again the almost limitless possibilities of type design over the centuries.
      • Gamut (2017). The Gamut series of very condensed sans serifs is based on a wide range of typefaces that all began with the letter "G": Galaxy, Gable, Garfield, Giant, Gamma, etc. (Their italics began with the letter "E", perhaps to come at a later time). I produced these typefaces under the same name to keep them all in one place, all ten weights that are floating around somewhere undigitized until now. They are currently available from me as Mac-only fonts, but OTF may be developed over time. They are members of the large "family" of typefaces whose members can be difficult to separate, such as the Helveticas, Trade Gothics, Standard Gothics, etc. I believe this was a well-designed condensed face that has nice nuances.
      • Gironde and Gironde Extended (2017). Giraffe is the original name for this digital revival. It has been difficult to find a complete character set for this typeface, as I'm sure whatever existed in the roman also existed for the extended version. I revived what I could find, but it is a rather simple design and other characters can be imagined that are congruent with what is seen here. I'm not sure how much use these two oddball typefaces got in their time, but they were designed by Charles Beeler, Jr. in 1891for MacKellar , Smiths & Jordan.
      • Gothic Decorated (2018). This is my temporary name for the digital revival of a typeface once called Ornamented 1,078. In the past couple of weeks, I have revived the "ornamenteds" on either side of this number. I have no information on this other than that it appears in the Inland Printer of October 1885 from George Bruce's Son & Co. TF in New York City.
      • Goudy Flare Extra Bold (2019). This is a digital revival of another typeface in the Goudy superfamily, titled originally as simply Goudy Flare. I don't know the provenance of this particular letterform, but it was found in a Solo publication and could very well be one of his own creations, since I have never seen it used in print. It turns out that this is a modification of Goudy Old Style Extra Bold, and so I was able to find a suitable digitized version that matched the base forms very closely and modified the existing characters to accommodate these rather simple swashes. A reader added: "Goudy Flair was created by Mr. Phil Martin of Alphabet Innovations, that is he took Goudy Extra Bold and added swashes to this."
      • Goudy Long Fancy (2019). This is a digital revival of the typeface of the same name, again another addition to the large Goudy family. There is a tremendous selection of swashes and alternate characters in this font, especially the upper case. It is an extra bold italic Goudy whose slant is less steep than normal for this family. There are no figures or punctuation provided for this letterform; those provided in the scan from which I worked were incorrect, and possibly back-formations from a different Goudy, so they were not produced for this version.
      • Goudy Swash Heavy Italic (2019). This is a digital revival of the typeface of the same name. There are literally hundreds of revivals of letterforms in the Goudy "family" of typefaces. Nearly every foundry has produced its own version of this popular form, with many nuances between them. There are many weights, italics, various alternate characters and swashes galore, but I haven't seen a revival of this particular set of gorgeous swashes and alternates. Thus, I worked on very good printed samples, perhaps from a photolettering catalog half a century ago.
      • Goudytype Antique (2019). This is digital revival of a typeface designated as Goudytype in a Solo catalog, with a slight twist. There is no punctuation for this font, but several nice swash alternates, a dollar sign and an ampersand. I decided to draw this as an "antique," because the ink spread in the original lent itself to this sort of treatment. Although a bit tedious, it can be used in the same way as other faces, such as Packard, Benjamin Franklin, Caslon Antique, Papyrus (heaven forbid) and others. Although one would assume this is in the Goudy superfamily, there are some characteristics that set it apart. The stresses and some other features are rather reminiscent of Palatino. And the slant is so slight as to make it unlike both typefaces' italics.
      • Gracile (2019). Gracile is based closely on Greyhound Script, but has been expanded and standardized to include weights on either side of the two available in Solo. It is a semi script, since not all characters can be joined, and thus has a more casual feel. It is a strictly monoweight letterform in all six stroke thicknesses, with several alternate glyphs. There are digital versions in two medium strokes available from others, but those I was able to locate are rather poorly realized despite having diacritical marks for foreign languages. They can readily be designed and added to my interpretations, but I have chosen to do this later if anyone requires them.
      • Griego Wood Series (2017). Several typefaces classified as Grecian were produced in wood for large sizes. Here I show Full Faced (William Page, 1859); Condensed and X Condensed (Wells & Webb/L. Johnson, 1846); X Condensed Bold (probably handmade, Nebraska, before 1885), and XX Condensed (John Cooley, 1859). I had revived some of these digitally years ago, but I revisited them recently and gave them a real facelift. They have undoubtedly been revived before because of their relative simplicity.
      • Grosgrain (2017). This is a revival of a typeface called Grotesque No. 120. The lineage of the most famous typeface in the world, Helvetica (and, sort of, Arial) is evident in the early "grotesques." Although there are distinct differences in many of the characters of this very light typeface designed for mostly display use with alternate flourished glyphs, its resemblance to the later sans serifs of the twentieth century is striking. Marder, Luse & Co. of Chicago shows this face in 1885. Another similar typeface from around the same time called Circular Gothic is even closer to the Helveticas and derivatives of today. The alternate characters are revived from the sister font called Grotesque Fancy.
      • Grounded Series (2017). I have revived Abramesque again, this time in congruence with the series from which it originated, thus it is called Grounded Ornamented. The original types started with Gothic Rounded. There was a Roman, an Outline, an Open and an Ornamented. The story behind these beauties is (as usual) too long, but briefly, information from Anna Allen: Old Bowery and Abramesque were originally called Rounded Open and Rounded Ornamented and have led interesting lives. Nicolette Gray identifies them with Caslon c1844. As a teenager, Rounded Open visited the Bruce TF (c1854), where she was called Ornamented No. 1007. After a suspected Bruce facelift as Gothic Round Shaded (≤1869), she was reintroduced by ATF as Old Bowery in 1933. McGrew writes, “Old Bowery is an ATF revival, in 1933 and again in 1949, of Round Shade No. 2, originated by Bruce , one of its predecessor companies, about 1854, as Ornamented No. 1007.“ Only an ornamented version, different from Abramesque and not illustrated by Gray, is shown in Bruce 1856. At a recent Oak Knoll event, Nick Sherman shot a photo of the page in Caslon's 1844 catalog showing Rounded, the solid prototype of these faces (not documented by Gray) and shared it at flickr.com. Albert-Jan Pool (designer of DIN and keen historian of sans-serif faces) observed that the footer is dated “September 1836,†so it was reprinted (probably as a stereotyped page) from an earlier Caslon publication. Until then, the earliest specimen examined by THP is shown in Caslon 1841. All agree that, so far, it is the earliest-known rounded sans-serif face in history—and this pleasingly plump family of three is as appealing today as ever! Of a very similar wood-type face tradenamed Gothic Round, Kelly reports: “First shown by George Nesbitt in his 1838 specimens. … The Nesbitt design was an Outlined or Rimmed Gothic Round. The Caslon Foundry issued several Gothic Round designs, of which an ornamented one (Abramesque), in particular, came into general usage in America around mid-century.†George Nesbittt, a New York printer, distributed wood types produced by Edwin Allen (Windham, CT ). Sherman adds that “Miguel Sousa at Adobe is in the process of making a digital revival of this face (Gothic Round|Old Bowery) for the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry.â€
      • Heraldry Roman (2017). This is a digital revival of a typeface called Heraldic, patented by John K. Rogers in 1880, an agent of the Boston Type Foundry.
      • Hinterland (2017). Attached is a revival of an exuberant, heavy sans serif called Hibernian in Solo's catalogs. I've included alternate glyphs that I know of, but there may be some floating out there somewhere. The origin of this typeface is obscure, but there is some evidence it may have been from Genzsch & Heyse around 1893 according to one knowledgeable source.
      • Hopscotch Roman (2017). Hopscotch is a revival of a wood typeface known as Hopkins.
      • Jackdaw (+Open) (2017). This is a revival of a wood typeface known as Jackpot in Solo's catalogs, but was originally named Tuscan Shade No. 1. I have also produced a derivative called Jackdaw Open. Otherwise, I have little information on this bizarre beauty.
      • Jeffers Contour (2017). Another decorative cap discovered as Jeffrey in a Solo catalog has been digitally revived here.
      • Jeremiad (2018). A digital revival of Jenson Old Style, a typeface cut by Hamilton with the permission of American Type Founders in 1906. It has undoubtedly been revived before, as many wood types already have, but this is my interpretation and has been given a measure of consistency without losing its charm. I post this now, but it was produced a couple of years ago and I overlooked posting
      • Joshua Contour (2017). I found a rather odd display typeface called Joseph in a Solo catalog, and it seems not to have a history longer than that, so who knows?
      • Juvenilia Roman (2018). Juvenilia is a revival of a semiserif medium-weight typeface called Jumbo. Anna Allen's description follows: This slick stylized sans serif was designed and patented by Ernst Lauschke in 1887; he assigned the rights to Arthur M. and Alson E.Barnhart. This letterform is very unusual in having the tops of the characters generally devoid of the expected serif. Overall the design has medium contrast, which would be expected of a serif face. Several characters reflect missal-style influences (e.g. T, M), which was common for the time, but they are sprinkled in with standard types. The ampersand is influenced by wood types of the era. It is a distinctly odd species, another Lauschke innovation and unique.
      • Katy Beth (2017). I discovered in the Inland Printer typefaces called Katherine and Elizabeth that were identical to each other and I was able to piece together a complete set of glyphs between the two to make a full digital revival.
      • Kodiak (2017). Kodiak is a revival of Komet, an exuberant calligraphic sans serif produced by Roos & Junge Type Foundry around 1902
      • Latchkey Roman (2018). This is a digital revival of Lattice, a face designed by Carl/Charles E.Heyer (1841 Berlin–1897 Chicago). He patented it in October–December 1883 and assigned the rights to Arthur M. and Alson E. Barnhart by name (the firm was not yet incorporated). Among other things, his unique hooked C was probably inspired by the hint of a hook in Copley (a sign-painter face dated before or in 1877 and cut by J.F. Cumming in 1881-1884). As Heyer's talent flourished at BBS (Chicago, 1868–1929), he led his new employer from one loathed by traditional TFs for bartering stolen designs for newspaper advertising space to one at the forefront of truly innovative display types. In the history of this TF historically regarded as great, he conceived at least 50% of their designs. Thanks to Anna Allen for the background on Lattice. Thanks to Dan X. Solo for the complete specimen, which although inconsistent and ink-heavy for some characters, was complete as far as I know. I have substantially reworked this typeface to bring a consistency for modern-day typesetting, but it is entirely faithful to the original cutting. Several of the characters are adventurous for their time (the C and ampersand, for example).
      • Latin Fancy (2018). The Latin Fancy Engraved Shade version of these three fonts (the two others are derivatives) started life as Ornamented No. 1,077. Thanks again to Anna for the research that follows and for a patent specimen that gave a very rough idea of glyphs that did not appear in the catalog showings. It has ben digitally revived for posterity and is available for now as Mac-only. It appeared in October 1885 in the Inland Printer. Herman Ihlenburg, usually associated with MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan (Philadelphia), designed and cut this sizzling all-caps Latin face for the Bruce TF (New York). The patent application, submitted and approved on the same days as the one for Ornamented No. 1,079 (Brehmer), was likewise assigned to David W. Bruce (New York) [USPTO D15752]. A caveat for purists out there: The "A" has been drawn to compensate for a cutting or design error that appears in all examined versions of the typeface. No alternate has been provided for the misdrawn A.
      • Lipo Caps Series (2017). Lipo Caps is a typeface series whose members are related in the sense that they have never existed as digital fonts (as far as I know), they are hand-lettered (probably by the same person), they were unlikely ever to have been developed as typefaces at the time they were drawn, and they were found in the same publication of bizarre letterforms. I have given them consistency without sacrificing the hand-drawn qualities and produced two versions of each one that I found, five fonts altogether (with "undecorated" versions as the lower-case keystrokes in each case). It is interesting to see great drawing technique that nevertheless never resulted into typography until now.
      • Livornese Roman (2018). This is a digital revival of Livonia, an art nouveau-inspired typeface for which I have no information. There is a full set of alphanumerics, but no punctuation. It is a monoweight bold condensed sans serif with minimal descenders and an x-height that is at the maximum allowed visual percentage of cap height. This is another example of a face I revived in the 1990s but has been tightened up considerably for consistency and professional typesetting.
      • Lubricious (2018). This strictly monoweight rounded sans serif typeface was referred to as Lute Medium in a Dan X. Solo publication, but I otherwise have no information on this letterform. It is influenced by the Art Nouveau movement and I have drawn a plausible Light and Bold as well; it seems that either one or both must have existed if it was referred to as a medium and I have made a rough guess as to the stroke weight. I think this face is quite pretty and has several innovations that are not over the top.
      • Luring Series (2017). Luring is a faithful rendition of MacKellar , Smiths & Jordan's Luray and patented by Charles H. Beeler around the mid-1880s. Because the lining work in each was different depending on the point size of the metal type used (in order to achieve the same visual "grayness" when printed), I have developed each of these in such a way that when the same size is selected for each font, the optimal relative size is actually produced. The same technique was used for the equally challenging typeface called Tinted.
      • Luscious (2017). This is a revival of a typeface called Lulubelle found in Solo's catalogs. It has been rendered in 7 weights, several of which correspond to known weights of this interesting sans serif condensed Art Deco-influenced letterform.
      • Maggie Tried (2018). This is my digital revival (there have been others) of a typeface called Margit. According to sources I believe to be reliable, it was designed in 1969 by Phil Martin. An inquiry from a follower of this page generated a look back at a face I had once revived in the 1990s, but it was not as well-rendered as it could have been. I started from scratch and brought it back to life in a way more congruent with my current skills. It is a lovely example of letterforms developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
      • Maltic (2018). In the six original sizes advertised and an additional three sizes to fill the gaps: This is a revival of the typeface by the same name, since it may not have been patented or trademarked by anyone until further notice. This typeface may never have been used and certainly is rather odd, but it can be seen that it must be one of the oldest forerunners of typefaces that were built from discrete "pieces" into a dot pattern, presaging the use of pixelation on monitors a hundred years later, as well as many other examples of typefaces built from pixels, dots, rectangles, stars and numerous other doodads and dingbats. In this case, the strict grid is violated for diagonals and many other interesting work-arounds; there are actually three different shapes used to build this geometric sans serif letterform. Information by Anna Allen: "Maltic is an interesting sans-serif face built from geometric motifs, was shown by the Illinois Type Foundry in The Inland Printer edition of December 1886. The specimen is marked patented, but extensive THP research finds no verification of this claim. This typeface is a complete mystery to me, as is the Illinois TF [Chicago, 1872–1892]… Annenberg (who bewails the lack of history details) reports that it was originally a distributor for the BruceTF (New York) and no record exists of any types that were originated by the Illinois Type Foundry. A showing of ornamental borders in the August 1890 edition of The Inland Printer advertises that they were Western Agents for Conner (New York) types as well."
      • Margarethe (2017). It is hard to believe, but the original typeface was shown by Eduard Haenel (Berlin) in 1847 and was later adopted by American type houses. Eventually it was called Marble Heart, but most samples show only the upper case. Eventually I was ably to put together a large character set for multilingual setting after a rare, complete lower case specimen was discovered. This digital revival also covers typefaces variously known as Ornamented No. 11, 13 and 33. It is an early forerunner of faces known as grotesques (sans serifs that resemble Helvetica, Standard Gothic, etc.) This is another very difficult drawing exercise, but made all the more enjoyable after valuable sleuthing for missing glyphs by Anna at Type Heritage Project.
      • Minster (2018). Minster was yet another style ground-breaker by Herman Ihlenburg, who patented the design in May–June, 1878 with assignment to MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. This rimmed dual-case ornamented Latin beauty was consistently shown by MSJ and by ATF as late as 1897. It was also distributed by the Franklin TF (Cincinnati) [aka Allison & Smith]. Charles H. Smith, foreman, was the son of Lawrence Johnson's former partner (Johnson & Smith, 1833–1843). It has been digitally revived for posterity and took about two weeks to produce the full set of glyphs. Thanks to J. Choi and Anna Allen for very good specimens of printed materials.
      • Molto (Fiorito, Ombreggiato and Nero) (2018). Molto Fiorito is a digital revival of MoléFoliate, whose history below has been researched by Anna Allen. Ombreggiato is a derivative with just the shadow, and Nero is the central characters adapted for separate setting, Bodoni or Didone letterform with high contrast and thin slab serifs. It has been produced in multiple sub-fonts for a wide variety of pin-register multicolor setting. Researching the topic on Fonderie Générale (Paris, 1834–1912) raised some perplexing questions about the history of this famous ornamented Didone. Twentieth-century historians attribute the design to Joseph Moléin c1819. Indeed, the conservative styling is compatible with fonts intended for title pages of scholarly and literary books, mainstay of the publishing industry during this period. The 1835 catalog issued by Tarbé (Molés successor) states that text, titling and display faces are offered therein. Even so, none resembling MoléFoliate is shown by any Molésuccessor in five digital specimen books dated 1835–1896. On the contrary, surface ornamentation is limited almost exclusively to Tuscans and Egyptians. Jaspert et al. (2001) note the then-current letterpress font source as Stephenson Blake & Co. Ltd. (Sheffield). Millington explains that the face was "redrawn by S.L. Hartz from a design by the Parisian typefounder Molé". Sem L. Hartz was associated with the Enschedé TF (Haarlem). SB introduced it in 1958 as "An Exotic Display Type". Did Molétransfer rights to this design before Tarbé's acquisition in 1835? If so: to SB? Enschedé? Another TF in existence at the time? Did Moléhimself design the leafy ornamentation attributed to him today? Or… Did Hartz superimpose his own concept on the surface of a MoléDidone roman? An anonymous developer digitized free revivals of this font and a matching plain one in 1997. They are difficult to find now [and are poorly executed].
      • Montrose Roman (2017). Montrose is a display typeface with many interesting features, an example of numerous "banner style" letterforms produced at the time, such as Stephen Ornate and Arboret. It was called Motto (a design claimed by John P. Rogers for the Boston Type Foundry in 1879) and I understand there is still a typesetter who has the original metal matrices. Mine was produced from rather poor scans, so some interpretation was necessary. It came out quite nicely, but not quite exacting enough for some standards. It is definitely of historical interest.
      • Moocher Roman and Moocher Open (2018). These digital revivals are based on Moorish and Moorish Open as described below: Moorish was designed, cut and patented by German immigrants Julius Schmohl and Ernst Lauschke, who assigned the rights to Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in April–May 1891. Commercial specimens consistently showed Moorish Open on the same page or in a spread. As advertised, this handsome stylized Latin was meant for multi-color effects.
      • Morton Roman (2017). It is plausible for reasons too long to explain here that Ludwig S. Ipsen of Boston designed the typeface known as Mother Hubbard sometime before 1886 when it was offered by Dickinson Type Foundry. There were numerous swashes and alternate characters for this typeface, and I'm certain some will never be discovered. (The unadorned caps of this font bear a close resemblance to Monopol from Petzendorfer in 1903 and I have heard a rumor that a lower case alphabet was designed in modern times. As with many typefaces, the stories behind the letters are sometimes fascinating to those who are interested to know more.)
      • Muralla Text (2017). This is a digital revival of Music Hall text. I have no information about it except that it appears in one of Dan X. Solo's publications, but it is quite pretty. Robert Donona added: "This was called Teuton Text, shown in MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan type specimen books, it is also shown in the 1898 book entitled Shriftatlas by Ludwig Pfetzendorfer of German and also shown in some German Printing periodicals entitled Archiv für Buchdruckerkunst by Alexander Waldow, this publication ran from 1864 to the early 20th century."
      • Mystica (2019). Mystica was found in a Dan Solo publication on swash alphabets. It consists of the upper and lower case only, but is a very pretty example of a slightly quirky calligraphic letterform that appears to have been hand-drawn. There are several features that I retained when digitizing, and there are others I standardized without sacrificing the overall feel. I'm not sure whether this was ever really a typeface; until now it probably would have been classified as ephemera.
      • National Pride (2018). This is a digital revival of a typeface known as National or National Gothic that is surprisingly old, and more surprisingly, not digitized until now despite being a rather obvious project. It was completed a few weeks ago, but it required a little massaging to get a few parameters more in line with afterthoughts I had. Thanks to Anna again for research and some good specimens to go with mine. In his correspondence with William E. Lo , German immigrant Julius Herriet Sr. (then in his 80s, with a life-long career in type design/cutting) recalled producing this face during the few years he worked in Philadelphia. As was customary at the time, his boss, the "hyper-active" Lawrence Johnson, patented it in 1856 [USPTO D760]. Johnson's patent affidavit explains that the design was geared to chromatic separations for printing with blue and red inks with white paper as the third color. What a great idea 150+ years later! Incidentally… It is said that Mr. Johnson [1801-1860] "worked himself to death." In the process, he promoted three of his employees to partners and groomed them to succeed him: Thomas MacKellar, John F. Smith and Richard Smith (sons of his first partner, Johnson & Smith). Together with Peter A. Jordan (the CFO of his time), these men built on Johnson's foundation to become the "largest and most celebrated type foundry in the world."
      • New Orange (2017). New Orange is a revival of a typeface called New Orleans but originally called Romantiques No. 3 in catalogs from the 19th century. The Decorated is the original design and the roman is one I created for special interest. Like many of these decorative typefaces from the 19th century, they can be produced as dual fonts for chromatic separations on special request.
      • Nile (2017). Nile is an original work based loosely on typefaces called Egyptians, particularly that of VGC. I've greatly expanded the possibilities of this letterform by generating 8 weights with accompanying italics and small caps, suitable for a wide range of languages as well as English, both text and display.
      • Nova Sandra Script (2017). Novelty Script has been revived as Nova Sandra. I've produced the typeface as an Extra Light, Light, Roman, Medium, Bold, Extra Bold and Black. (The Bold is a revival of the Novelty Script available from specimens.) The six other weights were added as an extra-special challenge. It is a beautiful connected script that has many unusual quirks unique to this design. There are several alternate characters and I have supplied a full set of “beginning forms†as well. I have also created a reasonable set of punctuation that did not exist in the original. It is a connected script, and therefore, one of the most difficult projects to undertake.
      • Octic Latin Drop Shade (2018). This is my digital revival of a typeface that started out life around 1884 at Illinois Type-Founding as Octagon Shaded. Several typefaces over the years have had "Octagon" somewhere in their name, but this is really an octic Latin with distinctive features such as a certain curviness where one would expect linearity, so not a true octagon type, and it in any case has a Latin serif, which was itself applied differently in later Latin designs. It has a wonderful drop shade that gives it great depth. There is no known lowercase for this font and the showing in Inland Printer was nearly complete.
      • Octuple (2017). This is a digital revival of a very old wood typeface called Octagon, which seems to have been first shown by George Nesbitt in specimens from 1838, believed to have its origins in France.
      • Partisan Ornamented (2017). One of the most challenging projects I've undertaken in the digital preservation of antique letterforms is this remarkable typeface that started off as a reference to "French 1838" and what Figgins showed as Parisian in 1843. Johnson & Smith showed it as Ornamented in 1841, but it was also known elsewhere as Dandy and Ornate No. 6. The principal trouble (beyond the sheer work involved in reviving this monster) lies in assembling anything like a complete character set. Showings in catalogs for nearly all typefaces have been several letters and perhaps a figure or two, but it is often impossible to get enough glyphs from even a dozen showings; Q, X, Z, J are commonly not shown. I revived the letter N to see whether it was even feasible to start the project and estimated it would take two months to complete, even if the missing letters could be found. Beyond my wildest dreams, several people were able to track down every missing letter and even the numerals and the AE and OE ligatures, in varying degrees of resolution from ancient catalogs. I was able to generate this type over many enjoyable, hellish hours.
      • Pattycake Condensed (2017). Attached is a digital revival of a lovely monoweight casual serif font called Pastel Condensed. I have seen revivals of this typeface, but I believe mine is a more complete and consistent version, and includes diacritical characters for setting in a wide variety of languages.
      • Paymaster Roman (2017). This wood typeface was called Painter's Roman and cut by both Page and Wells, being made available in the 1870s. It was revived a while ago by a major font developer with many glyphs added, but my cut retains some of the quirkiness of the sample I had available from Rob Roy Kelly's masterpiece, American Wood Type 1828–1900. Its numerous specimens are the source of many of my wood type digitizations.
      • Pencilings (2018). Pencilings has been digitally revived in three versions known to exist. Pencilings One was originally shown as Paragon Pencilings. Pencilings Two was originally shown as Paragon Pencilings No. 2 and uses the same caps as Pencilings with the lower case characters at 75% the size of No. 1 and with different cuts; both showings have several ligatures and alternates. Pencilings Three is a rendition of Solo's version, which was much heavier and was shown in "Grunge Alphabets" on page 65. The alphabet I scanned for One and Two is shown by Marder, Luse & Co., January 1885 in The Inland Printer. This is a lovely if somewhat inconsistent example of early explorations of typefaces that mimicked handwriting, particularly printing as opposed to calligraphy or penmanship. As such, these irregular examples are sometimes called casuals, a large group that includes brushes and bounces.
      • Pisa Semiscript (2017). A seldom-used font available from Bitstream, Piranesi Italic is nevertheless a lovely letterform whose designer I do not know. I have discovered that there was also a bolder version at some time in the past, but have never seen it except in type catalogs existing before digital typography, so quite rare. Despite its being called an italic, there never was a "Piranesi Roman." I have produced nine weights, both lighter and heavier than the original, completely redrawn for consistency and available in OpenType PostScript multilingual cross-platform fonts.
      • Precocious (2017). Preciosa was the original name for this little gem and it dates from around 1898 from Bauer & Co. in Stuttgart. It has been fonted before as freeware from Klaus Johansen of Svendborg, Denmark, but did not include lowercase. I'm not quite sure the lowercase I came across is the one designed for that face, as it comes from a Solo catalog, and occasionally he used lowercase alphabets from other faces to accompany his perhaps all-caps blackletter fonts, so who knows? More on that subject later as I revive a couple other drop-cap Gothic beauties whose lowercase characters are the same.
      • Protagonist (2018). This series is a digital revival of a face known as Program. Thanks to Anna Allen for the following research as well as a few critical scans from materials I didn't have in my possession: According to William E. Loy, this typewriter-like Egyptian was designed and cut by William F. Capitain [1851–1915]. Carl Müler, an executive of Marder, Luse & Co. (Capitain's employer since November 1874), patented the design in November 1881–April 1882 and assigned the rights to [USPTO D13862]. Contrary to USPTO regulations effective in 1874, he got away with identifying the intended commercial tradename. It was advertised in The Inland Printer of April 1885. In February–May 1885, Capitain himself patented Inclined Program, a dual-case back-slant derivative [USPTO D161054]. Like Program, it was shown in the Marder, Luse catalogs issued in 1889 and 1890. Unlike Müler, he retained the rights.
      • Rochelle (2017). This series is intended as an extension of Herb Lubalin's 1970 creation, Ronda. It has always been available in several weights, but I extended the utility of this face to some lighter forms as well as the inclusion of small caps (except in the bold).
      • Rose Madder (2017). This is another example of reviving a letterform that may never have been a typeface. It was found unnamed in Carol Belanger Grafton's "Bizarre & Ornamental Alphabets" on pp. 96–97.
      • Rosemary Series (2017). Rosemary is a revival of various Roman woods found in "100 Wood Type Alphabets," by Rob Roy Kelly. Ornamented (p. 230) first shown by George F. Nesbitt in 1838 specimens (Shadow and Expanded are derivatives); X Condensed (p. 234) same Nesbitt; Condensed (p. 233) same; Extended (p. 231) same; Roman (p. 232) first shown by Darius Wells 1828.
      • Ruinous Titling (2018). This is a digital revival of a face called Parable that appears in one of Dan X. Solo's publications. It would be strange if no one has revived this face, and I do so solely as a demonstration of how it is that people get into doing the sort of work I do, even as an occasional hobby and nothing more. With the right software and a little determination to learn something new, the average person can produce a typeface in a few hours, albeit one this simple and lacking anything more than the capital letters. It whets a lot of folks' appetites for something more challenging, but rarely ending up where I am at a level of astonishing self-inflicted pain! The typeface was less than two hours from turning on the scanner, through drawing and spacing to a usable font.
      • Rye Roman (2017). This is a digital revival of a typeface identified as Ryan Jackson on p. 85 of Solo's "Victorian Display Alphabets," but I have found no other reference so far as to its origins before that publication. Technically, it is a moderately decorated low-contrast Latin.
      • Saluzzo font (2017)> Giambattista Bodoni, one of the first rockstars of typography and printing, flourished in the latter half of the eighteenth century in Parma, Italy. His fans included Benjamin Franklin, Napoleon and Pope Pius VII. The typeface we know as Bodoni has been developed by numerous foundries, particularly in the late twentieth century, no two of which are identical. It has generally been drawn as a high-contrast serif and was itself based on some of the transitional forms originating in Baskerville's studios at the time Bodoni ran his printing business. I have developed a unique Bodoni myself, slightly lower in contrast to render it more readable at smaller sizes. I have produced the letterform in Open Type PostScript format for cross-platform use in eleven different weights, italics and small caps (in the roman only), for a total of 33 multilingual fonts. Saluzzo is named for Bodoni's birthplace in Italy.
      • Santa Claus (2018). This is a self-named digital revival of Santa Claus and Santa Claus Initials, both No. 1 and No. 2. This irresistible pair of fun faces was introduced by Central TF in the December 1885 edition of The Inland Printer. A patent pending notice was displayed in at least one commercial specimen; no such patent exists and none was claimed in the post-ATF catalog issued by the Central /Boston TFs in 1892. According to policies of the US Patent and Trademark Office in effect at the time, Santa Claus was positively new, novel and non-obvious and absolutely worthy of a design patent. No approved applications for design patents were filed by Central executives nor assigned by others after 1886. Apparently this notice was of the "beware of the (non-existent) dog" variety. The designer is unknown. William E. Loy does not account for Santa Claus in his biographies of Gustave F. Schroeder or Nicholas J. Werner, Central's staff type designers/punch-cutters until 1889, when they partnered an independent business. In 1891, Schroeder moved to California; he and Werner continued to contract design commissions from Central and other clients.
      • Saprophyte Roman (2018). Saprophyte is a digital revival of a typeface that started out as Ornamented No. 1060. Thanks to Anna Allen for the commentary on its provenance. This Latin gingerbread face was designed and patented by Julius Herriet, Sr. in 1878–1879. He assigned the rights to David Wolfe Bruce , the last family member involved with the Bruce TF. After the USPTO established the trademark division in 1870–1874, the Bruce TF switched from naming its new faces to numbering them. Presumably, this expedient circumvented payment of additional attorney and registration fees. The name Safari may have been dubbed by Dan X. Solo. Those comparing my version with Solo's and the patent specimen will find there to be discrepancies with Solo. The patent specimen was poor but indicated significant changes that occurred by the time Solo had samples. I went as best I could by indications from the patent application of 1878 in regards to overall form and design and had to rely on Solo for only several details. It is my creation based on the information I have available and is nevertheless stunning and unique.
      • Shifty Wide (2017). Shifty is a revival of a typeface identified as Shimmer Wide in Solo's "Victorian Display Alphabets," p. 88. I don't otherwise know the origin of this letterform, but because of its regularity I don't believe this was a wood type, or at least the version I'm seeing comes from a metal face that may have been based on a wood design. There is a resemblance to Antique Tuscan No. 1, a wood face from the 1850s.
      • Snitch Script (2017). Based squarely on one of the most familiar scripts, Snell Roundhand, my version has several major design changes. Charles Snell developed this letterform many decades ago and it was translated by Matthew Carter into phototype in the mid-1960s with a total of three weights made available. I have developed a total of 12 weights of this very difficult connected script, all the way from a Hairline to an Extra Black, beyond the ranges previously available—keeping in mind that this form has some very different glyphs in place of the originals, and quite a bit of standardizing in ways the original designer would perhaps find offensive. But I love it, so there.
      • Solomonic, Cliffhanger and Deerfield (2017). I revived Solar, Climax and Dearborn Initials consecutively, since they had been shown in many catalogs adjacent to one another and were offered by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in the late 1880s. They are decidedly modern-looking display faces, and as I always say, all of our best ideas were stolen by designers of the past!
      • Spiral Swash (2019). This is a digital revival of the typeface of the same name, found in one of Solo's publications. Technically it is a higher-contrast extra-bold, wide, extreme flare-serif with ball swashes. It is reminiscent of the Euclids I revived last year and would work well as drop caps with the entire range of undecorated forms from that revival. It is equipped with a very nice range of alternate characters, but there is no punctuation supplied. I don't know the designer of this face or the time period, but it looks to be something that would have appeared in a photolettering catalog in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
      • Springfield Roman (2017). This is a revival of a previously undigitized typeface called Spangle in some catalogs but has been also named Uncle Sam, Carnet de Bal, Ornate No. 3, Ornamented No. 851 and Romantiques No. 1; which demonstrates with one font the tremendous problem in type identification. In any case, it's hard to believe this was designed in the 1830s by Laurent & de Berny of Paris, calling it Ornamented No. 1071.
      • Sprinkle Roman (2017). Based on the original typeface called Spring, this is a display letterform that I digitized a few years ago from one of Dan X. Solo's catalogs. It is notable for containing a huge number of alternate characters that make it a lot of fun to work with for a distinctly retro feel. Also called Bonaparte by Photo-Lettering, and Radiant Flair by OptiFont.
      • Stakeholder Roman (2017). This wood typeface was called Staccato by Solo, but was originally released as Tuscan Extended by W.H. Page before 1872. I suspect this is another letterform that has been revived by others.
      • Stengel Roman (2018). This is a digital revival of Sterling. There have been other unrelated typefaces with the same name, but the history of Sterling follows. Again, thanks to Anna Allen for the sleuthing: A far cry from ATF Sterling (Morris F. Benton, 1917), this suave stylized Latin has just the right slinky curves! The designer, Charles E. Heyer, reprises his trend-setting hooked C and extends the style to the G with a new interpretation for this stunning all-caps alphabet [with two alternates, an E and an L]. His patent application was promptly approved in September–October 1890; rights were assigned to Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, his employer since 1878. It was shown by BBS until at least 1909. A few of my own comments on this letterform follow. For its time, it is certainly a departure from standard interpretations of alphabets. To begin with, we are finding terminals in some of the characters that are unexpected, swashes where we would expect traditional terminals. The A is square with a swash crossbar, echoed in the H, and the H itself is like the M and H in being bandy-legged. The W is practically an inverted M. The J and the U are very wide. All characters are quite a bit wider than usual, in line with Clipper, which it resembles in some respects; but the question mark is super-condensed. The A, B, E, F, H, P and R have compressed upper stories, giving the face a top-heavy look, which became very popular in the Art Nouveau craze. The curves are much thicker than expected, perhaps a bit outside acceptable for good color, so a high contrast in places where you would not expect. The serif is minimal and difficult to discern in my specimens, so I interpolated somewhat. Its modern sort-of-equivalent look is like Newtext, Americana or the modern Copperplates. I worked mostly from the patent specimen, because it was quite different from all the printed materials I examined.
      • Stigmata (2018). Only rock-solid project management, determination and a tolerance for tedium will get a typographic revivalist though the gantlet in bringing back to life one of the most complex typefaces ever designed, Stipple. The history of this unique letterform is provided by Anna Allen as follows: The brilliant Herman Ihlenburg completed design of this masterpiece in 1889; in January–February 1890, he patented it and assigned the rights to MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan [USPTO D19660]. Concurrently, he patented a set of related ornaments for line finials and a semi-rectangular frame [USPTO D19659]. The earliest commercial specimen examined was shown in the June 1890 edition of The Inland Printer by Shniedewend & Lee Co., then MSJ's Chicago agent. Widely considered unvectorizable, it was thus a challenge I undertook because the number of good specimens was high enough to consider the challenge. The rest of the story of this revival is too long and technical to relate, so I will describe this is as a maximally decorated modified bold Latin banner typeface. Just one of these characters contains around 2,000 data points, close to the maximum possible to create a font that will not crash. Thanks to all and sundry for a few rare specimens and particularly the US Patent Office for its poor but complete specimen of the 48-point characters; and several others for the serendipitous discovery of a couple important 36-point characters. The bang, question, period, comma and colon were designed by me to make the font more usable. Stipple is now available for the first time in 130 years.
      • Sundog (2019). This 9-weight series is a revival of a typeface shown as Sunningdale (in three weights from Dan X. Solo). It is a slab face Egyptian italic with very nice swashes, but there is no punctuation for this letterform. It contains a large range of alternate characters. Although I don't know the origin of this typeface, it is almost certainly the same designer as Whitley Sans, revived most recently by me. The lighter weights in this series are almost strictly monoweight, but there is an increase in contrast from Light through Heavy, as in the original forms.
      • Sunnybrook Script (2019). This is a very light monoweight upright semiscript of my own design with a lot of features found in traditional scripts of 150 years ago. The exuberant swash capitals are very loosely based on Flemish Script but have been modified a great deal and standardized across several glyphs. It can be set in a wide variety of languages.
      • Superior (2018). This is a digital revival of Superior, whose first showing I have as April 1886 from Great Western Type Foundry in Chicago. It is a slightly decorated extra-light condensed Latin existing only in caps as far as I can tell. There is a full set of numerals and minor punctuation. Superior is a rather simple revival in relative terms and requires only a few hours because of that simplicity and paucity of other glyphs. It has perhaps been revived by other developers, but I am not sure.
      • Tanglewood (2017). This revival ranks in the top five of the most difficult projects I've undertaken, not only because of the sheer amount of work involved in drawing the characters but in addition because of the number of glyphs that happened to be available. The name of this face was originally offered as Conner Ornamented No. 43, patented by James M. Conner in 1881. My undying thanks must go to Robert Donona, who supplied an incredibly good specimen from Graphic Compositions, Inc.'s phototype specimen book wherein the typeface is called Tangier. Diacritical marks, superior and inferior characters and basically enough glyphs to complete a large OTF file were evident in the specimen. Specimens of such completeness are rare in the world of typography, but having them available for viewing makes the revival process a time-consuming, if satisfying, venture. It required an absolutely stupid amount of time to finish. Several people have said this is my magnum opus...so far at least!
      • Tasty Gothic (2018). This is a digital revival of typefaces variously known as Tasso, Gotham and No. 205). 1890 (Tasso, Gotham), Barnhart Bros. & Spindler; 1895 (No. 205) George Bruce's Son. Some hunting around was necessary to find missing glyphs, but my version appears to contain everything that was originally designed for this very pleasant monoweight gothic.
      • Tender Regard (2018). This is a digital revival of a graceful letterform originally known as Tendril. The design for Tendril was patented by Herman Ihlenburg [1843–1905] in 1878. Along with Camelot (Goudy-Phinney/ATF Boston 1900), his application was one of the fastest-approved in 19th-century history. Rights were awarded in less than three weeks during November and assigned to MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan [MSJ ] of Philadelphia.
      • Thursday Roman (2017). Attached is my digital revival of Thurston, a letterform appearing in one of Dan Solo's numerous type specimen books. I don't have any information on the source of this form, but like other postings here, this will be updated at some point in the future for the curious. This face is strongly reminiscent of the Peignot types, sans serifs with relatively strong contrast, but in this case with quirky ornamentation.
      • Tiberius (2017). Tiberius is a revival of a typeface called Tirolean. This is another strange letterform that has distinct Art Nouveau influences, but I'm not at all sure of the history of this face except that it was found in a Solo catalog.
      • Tinting Series (2017). Tinting is a faithful rendition of MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan's Tinted and patented by Charles H. Beeler around 1885. Because the lining work in each was different depending on the point size of the metal type used (in order to achieve the same visual "grayness" when printed), I have developed each of these in such a way that when the same size is selected for each font, the optimal relative size is actually produced. The same technique was used for the equally challenging typeface called Luray.
      • Trinitro (2018). This super-sophisticated stylized Latin (known originally as Trinal) was patented by British immigrant William F. Capitain [b1850] of Chicago in September–October 1888. The Marder Luse Type Foundry (a.k.a. Chicago Type Foundry ), his employer since 1874, advertised it in The Inland Printer edition of November 1888. It was shown by ATF until c1900. Trinal has been digitized, containing many of the variously decorated characters that make up a large font. I am not at all sure I found everything, and it took the sleuthing of several other fanatics to find anything like a final set of everything that may have been produced.
      • Tunbridge Shadow Ornamented (2017). This is a revival of Tungsten, another oddball ornamented style probably originating in the late 19th century.
      • Unitary Roman (2017). Unitary is a revival of a wood type published as Unique. I have no other information as to the provenance of this typeface except that it was taken from a Dan X. Solo publication.
      • Valor Shade and Rimmed Shade (2017). These digital revivals started out in 1847 at V & J Figgins and there were several other variants in wood type at the time. Van Horn, Zebra and Tuscan Condensed Shade were other names used over the years, but the latter best describes the letterform. This is a moderately challenging revival that can be made available for chromatic separations, as many of these complicated characters were intended originally.
      • Venetian Tulip Wood (2018). The story of this revival is unfolding, but to make it short, this was digitized from a very large point-size specimen of what purports to be wood type from Kelly's collection. But upon further investigation, it is unclear whether this sample was a drawing made from an impression (or printed specimens) or whether it is an actual impression of wood type itself. I suspect the former, but it is indeed a legitimate typeface (and an important early 19th-century face) that existed in several different decorated forms. It is unclear which came first, the metal or the wood letterform. Technically this is an exuberantly decorated drop-shadow concave Tuscan.
      • Vicarage Initials (2017). This challenging revival took many hours to complete for digital font use, but well worth it. Vatican Initials was found in a Solo publication and much has been done here to achieve consistency of color and design without sacrificing the nuances of this rare beauty.
      • Warpath (2017). Warpath is a revival of a wood typeface called Wampum in Dan Solo's publication; otherwise, I don't know the provenance of this letterform.
      • Whitestone Sans (2019). This is a digital revival of a very unusual face called Whitely Sans, found in a Solo publication. It is a medium-weight sans serif italic with very nice swashes and an interesting treatment of shading. There is a wide variety of alternate glyphs, including rare "ending forms," several of which I produced on my own to make it a little more consistent with typefaces supplied with ending forms.
      • Wood Types Numbers 154, 500, 506, 508 & 510 (2017). These are five unrelated wood types that were occasionally used in foundries setting metal type because of their availability in large sizes. No. 154 is a modified Tuscan; Nos. 508 and 510 are flared sans serifs; and Nos. 500 and 506 are Latins. Like most wood types, the character availability was usually quite limited.
    • The free sans typeface families done in 2003: Clemente, Ultima, Passion Sans (a Peignotian family).
    • His 19th century series, all made in 1995 or 1996: APT New Abramesque, APT New Alferata (psychedelic), APT New Armenian, APT New Belmont (Victorian), APT New Brenda, APT New Cabinet, APT New Caprice, APT New Dawson, APT New Euclid, APT New Linden, APT New Madison, APT New Moorish, APT New Mystic, APT New Rollo (Victorian), APT New Slapstick (wooden plank font), APT New Spiral, APT New Stephen Ornate, APT New Teahouse, APT New Viola, APT Novelty Script.
    • The wood type collection of Alan Jay Prescott.
      • APT Antique Wood Double Outline Shaded 1995, APT Antique Wood Extended 1996
      • APT Caslon Wood w: Alts 1996
      • APT Clarendon Wood Extended 1996
      • APT Columbian Wood w: Alts 1996
      • APT Courier Wood 1997
      • APT Doric Wood 1995
      • APT Gothic Wood (+Alts) 1997
      • APT Grecian FullFaced Wood 1996
      • APT Jenson Old Style Wood 1996
      • APT Kurilian Wood w: Decorated Alts 1997
      • APT Modified Gothic Wood Cond 1997
      • APT New Venetian Wood 1996
      • APT New Woodcut Shaded Initials 1995 (Houtsneeletter)
      • APT Roman Wood 1994-1995
      • APT Tuscan Antique Wood (+Alts) 1995-1996
      • APT Tuscan Concave Wood 1996-1997
      • APT Tuscan Contour Wood 1996
      • APT Tuscan Gothic 1 Wood 1996, APT Tuscan Gothic 2 Wood Cond w: Alts 1996, APT Tuscan Gothic 3 Wood Cond w: Alts 1997, APT Tuscan Gothic Pointed Wood w: Alts 1997 (Ironwood)
      • APT Tuscan Italian Wood 1997
      • APT Unique Wood 1995
      • APT Wood 1995-1997
      • APT Wood No. 501 1996 (orig Wm.H. Page 1887), APT Wood No. 508 1997, APT Wood No. 51 1997, APT Wood No. 510 1997, APT Wood No. 515 1996
    • Stencil typefaces designed in 1995 and 1996: APT Crystal Ship (1995), APT New Acapulco Light (1995; after the phototype Acapulco Light VGC), APT New Alpha Midnight (1996; after a typeface from 1969 sold by John Schaedler), APT New Beans w/ Alts (1996, after Beans by Dieter Zembsch, 1973), APT New Checkmate (1995---not a stencil type, really, but rather a modular typeface; after the film type Checkmate), APT New Zephyr (1996).
    • Computer fonts designed in 1995 and 1996: APT Bugsy (1995), APT New Quote (1996: bilined).
    • Art nouveau typefaces designed in 1995 and 1996: APT New Abbott (1995; after Joseph W. Phinneys' abbott Old Style, 1901), APT New Ambrosia (1995, after Peter Schnorr's 1898 Jugendstil typeface), APT New Baldur (1996; after Baldur by Schelter (1895) and Julius Klinkhardt (1903)), APT New Jagged w/ Alts (1996), APT New Jason (1996), APT New Livonia (1996), APT New Margit w/ Alts (1996), APT New Nightclub (1995), APT New Quaint (1995), APT New Quaint Open (1995).
    • Decorative typefaces designed between 1995 and 1997: The Bizarre series (decorative caps), Advertisers Gothic PD (2010: a large family based on Robert Wiebking's ugly original from 1917), APT Antique, Crayon PDS (2013, a decorative Victorian family), APT Caslon 76 (1997, based on a Compugraphics original), APT Feinen Inline (1997, after Henry Mikiewicz, 1983), APT Millais (1995, unknown origin), APT New Abel Cursive (1996, a revival of Bernie Abel's Abel Cursive (Compugraphic, 1974)), APT New Artcraft (1996), APT New LSC Book (1996, after a 1970 original by Lubalin Smith Carnese), APT New Classic Rubber Stamp (1996: based on DeVinne by G.F. Schroeder, 1890; F.W. Goudy 1898), APT New Hearst (1995, based on an original from Inland Type Foundry, 1901, which was famously ripped off from Goudy; the Italic was by Carl Schraubstadter, 1904), APT New Ticonderoga (1995-1996), APT New Woolly West (1995), APT Horizon Initials (1995), APT New Gill Floriated (1995), Old Gothic Initials Plain (1995: Lombardic caps), Pfister Bible Gothic APT Cameo (1997, blackletter caps), APT Saint Nick (1995: snow-themed caps), APT Black Dog (1995), APT Blacksmith Heavy (1995), APT New Airedale (1995, after an original tattoo / poster from the 1930s), APT New Blade Display w/ Alts (1996), APT New Cugat (1995; a wedge serif letterpress emulation typeface), APT New Fieldstone (1995), APT New Static (1995), APT New Trump Gravur (1995; after Georg Trump, 1954), APT New Yagi Bold (1996), APT New Courtier Italic (1996, Vanity Fair), APT New Harlequin (1996), APT New June (1996, after Fournier le Jeune).
    • Avant Garde typefaces: APT Avant Garde Alts and Display (1997), APT Lubalin Graph Alts (1997; to be used with BT Lubalin Graph, Ed Benguiat, 1974).

    Local download of some of his fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Akashsingh Sisodiya

    Nagpur, India-based designer of the stencil typeface Edge (2016) and the hexagonal typeface Hex (2016). In 2017, he designed the techno typeface Curved. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Akcsel Tara
    [AT Studio]

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    Akiem Helmling

    German cofounder of Underware (b. Heidelberg, Germany, 1971), a typographic design studio based in Den Haag, founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling, Sami Kortemäki and Bas Jacobs. Akiem studied from 1998-2000 at the KABK. He co-designed all Underware fonts: Dolly, Bello, Sauna (2002; +Sauna Mono Pro), Liza (2009), Auto (1, 2 and 3) (2004-2014), Unibody 8 (free) and Fakir (a blackletter typeface). In 2015, Bas Jacobs, Akiem Helmling and Sami Kortemäki published the stencil family Tripper Pro.

    In 2017, Underware developed the super-adaptive and parametric typeface family Duos Pro.

    MyFonts page. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Speaker at ATypI 2017 in Montreal. At ATypI 2018 in Antwerp, Bas Jacobs and Akiem Helmling introduced the high order interpolation system for fonts called HOI. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Akihiro Oya
    [Family Font Mart]

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    Akira Kobayashi

    Born in 1960 in Niigata, Japan. Studied at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. He also studied calligraphy at the London College of Printing. He became a freelance designer in 1997. Akira Kobayashi, who was based in Tokyo prior to his move to the Franfurt area, is an accomplished type designer who has created numerous typefaces for Sha-Ken, Dainippon Screen (where he made the kanji font Hiragino Mincho), TypeBank (from 1993-1997), ITC and Linotype, where he is Type Director since 2001. Interview. His numerous awards include the Type Directors Club awards in 1998 (ITC Woodland), 1999 (the art deco styled ITC Silvermoon, and ITC Japanese Garden), and 2000 (FF Clifford), the 1999 Kyrillitsa award for ITC Japanese Garden, the 3rd International Digital Type Design Contest by Linotype Library (for the informal and quirky 4-style Linotype Conrad (1999): Linotype states that Kobayashi took his inspiration from a print typeface of the 15th century created by two German printers named Konrad Sweynheim and Arnold Pannartz), and the 5th Morisawa International Typeface Competition (in which he received an Honourable Mention for his typeface Socia Oldstyle). CV at bukvaraz. Interview in 2006. His typefaces:

    • Helvetica Neue eText Pro (2013).
    • Dainippon Screen: the kanji font Hiragino Mincho.
    • ITC: ITC Scarborough (1998), ITC Luna, ITC Silvermoon, ITC Japanese Garden, ITC Seven Treasures (1998), ITC Magnifico Daytime and Nighttime (1999), ITC Vineyard (1999), ITC Woodland Demi (1997).
    • Adobe: Calcite Pro (sans-serif italic at Adobe, in OpenType format).
    • Linotype: Akko Sans and Akko Rounded (2011; Akko Rounded is situated between DIN, Isonorm and Cooper Black, while Akko Sans is an elliptical organic sans related to both DIN and Neue Helvetica), Akko Condensed (2015), Akko Pro Condensed (2015), Akko Pan-European (2015), Eurostile Next (2008, after Aldo Novarese's original), Eurostile Candy and Eurostile Unicase, Cosmiqua (2007, a lively didone serif family based on 19th century English advertising types, and in particular Miller&Richard's Caledonian Italic), Metro Office (2006, a severe sans after a family of Dwiggins from the 20s), Neuzeit Office (2006, modeled after the original sans serif family Neuzeit S, which was produced by D. Stempel AG and the Linotypes design studio in 1966. Neuzeit S itself was a redesign of D. Stempel AG's DIN Neuzeit, created by Wilhelm Pischner between 1928 and 1939), DIN Next (2009, based on the classic DIN 1451), Times Europa Office (2006, modeled after the original serif family produced by Walter Tracy and the Linotypes design studio in 1974. A redesign of the classic Times New Roman typeface, Times Europa was created as its replacement for the Times of London newspaper. In contrast to Times New Roman, Times Europa has sturdier characters and more open counter spaces, which help maintain readability in rougher printing conditions. Times Europa drastically improved on the legibility of the bold and italic styles of Times New Roman.), Trump Mediaeval Office (2006), Linotype Conrad (1999), Optima Nova (2002, a new version of Optima that includes 40 weights, half of them italic), Linotype Avenir Next (2003, 48 weights developed with its original creator, Adrian Frutiger, and to be used also by the city of Amsterdam from 2003 onwards), Avenir Next Rounded (2012, in conjunction with Sandra Winter), Avenir Next Paneuropean (2021: 56 styles), Zapfino Extra, Palatino Sans and Palation Sans Informal (2006, with Hermann Zapf; won an award at TDC2 2007). Frutiger Serif (2008) is based on Frutiger's Meridien and the Frutiger (sans) family. Diotima Classic (2008, with Gudrun Zapf von Hesse) revives Gudrun's Diotima from 1951. In 2008-2009, Akira Kobayashi and Tom Grace unified and extended Trade Gothic to Trade Gothic Next (17 styles). Neue Frutiger (2009, with Adrian Frutiger) has twice as many weights as the orifinal Frutiger family. Later in 2009, the extensive DIN Next Pro, co-designed with Sandra Winter, saw the light. I assume that this was mainly done so as to meet the competition of FontShop's FF DIN (by Albert-Jan Pool).
    • Fontshop: Acanthus (2000, large Fontfont family), FF Clifford (gorgeous text face!). In 2009, he and Hermann Zapf cooperated on Virtuosa Classic, a calligraphic script that updates and revives Zapf's own 1952-1953 creation, Virtuosa.
    • Typebox: TX Lithium (2001, The Typebox).
    • Oddities: Skid Row (1990), Socia Oldstyle.
    • Suntory corporate types (2003-2005), developed with the help of Matthew Carter and Linotype from Linotype originals: Suntory Syntax, Suntory Sabon, Suntory Gothic, Suntory Mincho.
    • In 2014, Akira Kobayashi, Sandra Winter and Tom Grace joined forces to publish DIN Next Slab at Linotype.
    • Alexey Chekulaev and Akira Kobayashi (Monotype) won a Granshan 2014 award for the Cyrillic typeface SST.
    • In 2016, Akira Kobayashi and Sandra Winter co-designed Applied Sans (32 styles) at Monotype. It is in the tradition of vintage sans typeface such as Venus and Ideal Grotesk and competes with Rod McDonald's splendid Classic Grotesque (2011-2016)..
    • Member of a type design team at Monotype that created the Tazugane Gothic typeface in 2017. Designed by Akira Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Yamada and Ryota Doi of the Monotype Studio, the Tazugane Gothic typeface offers ten weights and was developed to complement Neue Frutiger. It is the first original Japanese typeface in Monotype's history. Followed in 2018 by the more restrained Tazugane Info. Variable fonts published in 2022: Tazugane Gothic Variable, Tazugane Info Variable.
    • SST (2017). A set of fonts for Latin, Cyrillic, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic and Japanese.
    • DIN Next Stencil (2017). Developed together with Sabina Chipara.
    • DIN Next Decorative (mostly textured styles such as Rust, Slab Rust, Stencil Rust and Shadow).
    • Univers Next Cyrillic and Univers Next Paneuropean, both released in 2020, extending Adrian Frutiger's Univers.
    • Shorai Sans (2022) and Shorai Sans Variable (2022). A 10-style Latin / Japanese sans by Akira Kobayashi, Monotype Studio and Ryota Doi, designed as a companion typeface to Avenir Next.
    At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, he ran a Linotype student type design workshop.

    Speaker at ATypI 2012 in Hong Kong: Rounded sans in Japan.

    View Akiro Kobayashi's typefaces.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link. Eurostile Next review. Linotype link. Monotype link. MyFonts interview in 2017. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Akufadhl (was: Alternatype, or: Akutype, or: Alterna Type foundry)
    [Fadhl Waliy Ul Haqq]

    Cairo, Egypt-based designer, who hails from Surakarta, Indonesia, b. 1996. Akufadhl, or Fadhl Waliy Haqq, or Fadhl Waliy Ul Haqq, started Alternatype, then Akutype, then Akufadhl, and finally Eyetype.

    Creator of the free brush typeface Bruss (2015), the handcrafted Talisman (2015), Labours (2015) and Summer Time (2015), the vintage sans typeface Manufactur (2015), the vintage titling typeface Kertayasa (2015), the marker typeface Halfway (2015), the watercolor brush face Hale (2015), the free display typeface Biliru (2015), the handcrafted Supreme (2015), and the spurred display typeface Travelo (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Amarylis, Protea, Geda Brush (thick and inky), Tarquin AT (+Stencil), Macaron (elegant handcrafted style), The Falcone, Supreme (handcrafted), Rolade (rounded sans).

    Typefaces from 2017: Labours (handcrafted poster font), Rolade (a rounded condensed sans), Karmilla (upright didone script), Egalite (slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2018: Kruda Handcrafted Sans, Serafina (a calligraphic script, attributed to Insannita Muthiahs), Kertayasa (a layered and textured typeface family), Naratif Condensed.

    Typefaces from 2019: Generisch Mono, Macaron (a playful take on the blackboard bold genre), Generisch Sans, Hailgen (a reverse contrast text typeface), Genia, Crude Sketch Sans.

    Fontspace link. Creatice Market link. Behance link. YWFT link. Creative Market link for Alterna Type. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alan Birch

    British designer of LCD (1981, Letraset, ITC, and then Linotype), Crystal (1981, cyrillicized in 1993 by A. Kustov), Letraset Bitmax (1990), Rubber Stamp (1983, a grungy military stencil), and Synchro (1984).

    Digital versions of LCD include LCD SH (2004, Scangraphic) and Quartz (2019, SoftMaker).

    MyFonts write-up. Linotype link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alan Hernandez

    During his studies in Philadelphia, Alan Hernandez designed a stencil typeface (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alan Jay Prescott
    [AJPT]

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    Alan Meeks

    Prolific type designer, b. London, 1951. Alan started working in 1970 for Graphic Systems as a lettering artist. In 1975, he joined Letraset as the Senior Type Designer and Studio Manager where he was responsible for all the artwork produced by the Letraset studio. During his tenure at Letraset, he designed over 40 popular typefaces, including Bramley, Candice, Bickley Script and Belwe. Most of these typefaces also showed up in the Scangraphic collection. Together with type director Colin Brignall, Alan contributed to the success of Letraset. All the original typographic artwork produced at Letraset was produced by hand cutting the fonts in Rubylith, a highly-skilled technique known as stencil cutting. Alan was responsible for training the entire Letraset studio in this art. Most of the original Letraset artwork has now been archived at St. Brides Printing Library, London. Today, Alan works independently, specializing in all facets of corporate identity including type design, typography, packaging, and development of logos and symbols.

    His oeuvre (sold via MyFonts) includes:

    Galadriel, Kornelia and Sparky are floating around freely in cyberspace.

    FontShop link. Linotype link.

    View Alan Meeks's typefaces. Yet another page with Alan Meeks's typefaces. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alan Parley

    Aka Alan Alan and as I Like Fonts. Edinburgh, Scotland-based designer of the freeware fonts Meat Raffle (2016), Milk (2002), Jobby (2002, grunge), Matchbox (2002), Dirty Fox (2012, nice grungy caps), Laundry Day (2011), Gorestep (2011, dripping paint font), Stylo (2011), Cable Guy (2011), Bodypump (2002), Aztec Hipster (2012, Mexican simulation typeface), Afro House (2012, tribal), Mashed (2012: a grungy stencil take on the Mash logo), Original Junglist (2012: white on black poster face), Tower Blocks (2013), and AP Digibats (2002). Many of these fonts have no punctuation.

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alanna Munro

    Graduate of the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, class of 2013. During her final year in the communication design program at Emily Carr, Alanna Munro created the dot matrix typeface Pig (2012).

    In 2016, at Lost Type, she designed the 8-weight sans typeface family Tofino, which is advertized as a West Coast Swiss. I hope that the name will stick, but surely, Greg Nicholls (designer of an earlier typeface called Tofino) and the foundry Tofino Type in Kelowna, BC, can't be too thrilled.

    Designer of the stencil typeface Sahlia (2020).

    Designer of the calligraphic typeface Avona (2020) and the text typeface Avona Serif (2021): The Avona family of fonts are inspired by fantasy games and calligraphy. Avona Serif is intended for flavourful user interfaces. Avona Serif draws inspiration from Carolingian letter forms and aims to captured the calligraphic round, wide structure.

    Typefaces from 2021: Formulate (a rounded sans typeface family that inludes dotted outlines for youngsters learning to write).

    Cargocollective link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alber

    Spanish graphic designer in Alicante, b. 1986. His free fonts include Alber (2009, grungy stencil), Globus (2009, almost counterless atrsy face), Industrial (2009, virile face) and Wind and Bubbles (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Aldo Dattoli

    Born in 1995, aldo Dattoli created the simple hand-printed typeface Aldo Dattoli (2012).

    In 2013, he created the all-caps rounded monoline stencil typeface Kiss & Tell. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alejandra Lamenza

    During her studies at Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo, Alejandra Lamenza designed the jazzy display typeface Swingtronica (2016) and the poster typeface Alquimia (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alejandra Lozano

    Graphic design student in Monterrey, Mexico.

    In 2012, she created the quirky stencil typeface Kayab. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alejandro Cabrera Avila
    [Cabrera Typo]

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    Alejandro Cruz

    During his graphic design studies in Monterrey, Mexico, Alejandro Cruz created the wonderful stencil typeface family Gaona (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alessandro Fulciniti

    Alessandro Fulciniti (Axel or Alex Fulton) is the designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Digg (based on the Digg.Com logo), SmartShop, Triple-X, Last Brick (3d brick face), Last Brick Neon, Bubble Gum, Maxxell, Pico (pixel face), Omino (dingbats of men), jelly_fish_1, pixel_runner, red_light_district (dot matrix face), three_am. Son of Statement and Statement are heavy block fonts. Other typefaces: Acchooga (condensed), Dottic (2008, pixel face), Headshop (2008), Three AM (2008), Red Light District (2008, dot matrix face) and Fat Bit Lova (2008, pixel face), Brooklin Bros (2008, octagonal), Absurd, Dottic (pixel face), Hybrid Boost, Five AM, Futuristica (Bank Gothic-inspired), HeadShop, Americana (American flag-themed glyphs), Elevator (lightbulb signage font), Bombay (Indic simulation), Regent (octagonal, between two horizontal lines), Spaceman (pixel meets kitchen tile), Faster Baby, Fontharrt, Subpixel, Promises, Best-before-end (horizontal stripes), Weekend (fat headline face), Predator's Alphabet, Futures, Magnus (constructivist), Zeppa (great---Far West meets LED), Wide Horizon, Pixelity, Wide Horizon Rounded, Snipers' Font, Gunny (heavy metal stencil), Pinball Special 5, Gallop, Horizon Condensed, Western Zappa (Far West font), Wide Horizon Rounded, Nano Spaceman (nice fat kitchen tile style), Black Sheep, Best-before-end, Black-Sheep, Bubble-Gum, Crazy-Pixel, Faster,-baby!, Gallop, Horizon-Condensed, Last-Brick, Little-Spaceman, Magnus, Pinball-Special-5, Promises, Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Font, Weekend, Zeppa, maxxell, pic. Born in 1975 in Northern Italy, he is a columnist for the Italian web design portal html.it since 2003, who has written extensively on CSS, javascript and web design. Web site. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alessandro Segalini
    [Izmir University of Economics]

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    Alessio Agnello

    London, based-designer of the stencil font Vacui (2020). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alessio D'Amico

    During his studies at Istituto Vittorio Emanuele III di Palermo, in sicily, Alessio d'Amico created the stencil typeface Just Me (2015). He also designed the absolutely wonderful experimental typeface Morse Code in 2015. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alessio D'Ellena

    Originally from Lazio, Italy, Alessio d'Ellena (b. 1985, Frattocchie, Rome) graduated from ISIA Urbano (Italy) with a thesis entitled Tipografia Parametrica e Matematica (2012). Graduate of the Typemedia program at KABK, class of 2016.

    He created some typefaces such as Corso (2013, text family) and New Banco (2013, after Roger Excoffon's Banco from 1951).

    In 2007, he co-designed Saffran with Erasmo Ciufo and published it at CAST in 2015. Saffran is a stencil sans with squarish letterforms.

    His graduation typeface at KABK in 2016 is the 9-12 point text typeface Laica, which is characterized by tall-hat terminals on glyphs like the 4, the a and the t. Like Trump's politics, Laica surprises---no glyph is what one would expect. It won an award in the TDC Typeface Design competition in 2017. Laica A sports chiseled transitions that guarantee good rhythm and balance from small-sized text use to eye-catching billboard applications. Laica B has straight transitions at its joints and therefore an overall more simplified, elegant tone. Laica was released by Dinamo in 2020, where Alessio was supported by Franziska Weitgruber, Igino Marini (kerning) and Chi-Long Trieu (font engineering).

    In 2017, he designed the sans typeface Juventus Fans. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alessio Pompadura

    The Due Studio (or: Due Collective) of Alessio Pompadura and Massimiliano Vitti, both based in Perugia, Italy, co-designed the grid-based stencil typeface Nodo in 2017.

    In 2018. they developed PVF Display for the identity of Palazzo Vertemate Franchi.

    In 2019, they designed Grotta, and wrote: Grotta is an irreverent contemporary neo-grotesk typeface with strong geometric accent and sharp contrast in its form. Characterized by tight apertures and an overall dynamic feeling it is suited for both display and text sizes. It is our interpretation of the 21st century grotesk, exuberant, irruptive and [...] winks at [...] Venus-Grotesk and Monotype Grotesque. It shows influences of hipstertism in the way strokes are joined in the 1, N, M, V, W, and other letters.

    The semi-pixel typeface Analo Grotesk was codesigned in 2019 by Alessio Pompadura and Massimiliano Vitti.

    In 2020, he released Decay White: Decay is a modern serif that brings the idiosyncratic philosophy of Decadent Movement into our darkest future, mixing sinuous curves with eccentric pointed serifs and drastic ligatures between multiple and single letters. A typeface on the border between irrational aesthetics and rational function.

    Typefaces from 2021: Autaut Grotesk. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex A'Hearn

    Cedar Rapids, IA-based designer of the video game typeface Arcade (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Chavot
    [Apex Type Foundry]

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    Alex Etewut

    Moscow-based artist who created these typefaces in 2016: Buena Onda, Londa (a connected script), Foie Gras (signage script), Fuego, Cama (a thick connected script), Blackthorn, Savoiardi (connected monoline script), Savoiardi Sans, Savoiardi Display, Zimbra (a zebra stripe font), Signal, the Vincent Van Gogh-inspired Absinth, the Russian fairy tale font Anchor, the handcrafted Swan, the weathered Cliché Font, the constructed extraterrestrial font Structure, the geometric solid typeface Forma, the semi-calligraphic Absinthe and Glasgow, the calligraphic oriental brush typeface Yakudza, and the brush typefaces Augenblick and Barbada.

    Typefaces from 2017: Curator (a curvy decorative didone), Gluck (a rounded monoline sans family with outlined and double outlined styles), Laser Dots, Zarathustra (a soft blackletter typeface family), Pedrera and Pedrera Script, Hooley (advertized as a party font), Forma (free counterless typeface), Fuego (calligraphic script), Arc Boutant (a vintage ballpoint-laden text typeface), Moloko (script), Etalon (a 33-style organic sans family), Molodos All Caps, Click (Stripes, Black), Geometry Pair, Venzel (an interesting experimental deco typeface), Batllo (inspired by Gaudi), Pluma (handwriting).

    Typefaces from 2018: Pistoletto (a jelly or toothpaste script inspired by the work of Roy Lichtenstein and Michelangelo Pistoletto), Lento (a monoline script family), Rajomon (a dry brush typeface), Solomonk (an inky script), Ma Tilda, Warka, Abudabi (connected script), Lunar, Tilda (a monoline sans with character), Jeunes (connected script), Danken (a textured all caps typeface family), Salud (a hand-drawn slab serif, with some interesting sketched and arched styles), Hoochie, Brutto (stencil with alyering and coloring potential), Hvala, Mafond (slab serif), Tadaam, Liberal (a simple monoline sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Etewut Serif, Etewut Sans, New Lobster (sigange script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Vulgary (a glistening oily font family), Spiro 2020 (a rounded sans), Chakra (script), Baker ST (spurred, all caps), Geraldica (a monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Domosed (sci-fi), Riley Wow (a round oily font for emulating glows).

    As Etewut Graphics in Florence Italy, he published Pronto (2018, a monoline sans) and Allora (2018).

    Typefaces from 2022: Domosed Slab Serif. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Fuller

    Creator of the pixel typeface Five by Five (2013) and of the custom stencil typeface Fresh Flesh (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Griendling

    Art director and graphic designer in Minneapolis, MN. He created the grunge stencil typeface Graffetica (2010, named for grunge or graffiti Helvetica). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Haigh
    [HypeForType]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Haigh
    [Thinkdust]

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    Alex Hy
    [Adult Human Male]

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    Alex Jacque

    Alex Jacque (b. 1986, Virginia) is a designer and developer based in Oakland, CA (was: Baltimore, MD). He studied at the University of Michigan School of Art&Design and was located at that time in Ann Arbour, MI. He obtained an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

    Creator of Coop Blackletter (2016, a soft blackletter version of Cooper Black), Dequindre (2015, based on the capitals of Fette Buhe Fraktur by Walter Buhe, 1914-1915), Teip (2014, a multiline layerable all caps typeface), Pila (2014, techno stencil), Handu (2012, hand-drawn sans-serif inspired by the hand-painted type and signage on the streets of Kolkata, India), Atrium (2012, a squarish sans family based on the pen art of W.E. Dennis), Saugatuck (2011, grunge) and Sello (2011, a unicase hand-drawn, geometric sans-serif with a touch of retro).

    Behance link. Klingspor link. MyFonts foundry link. Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Joganic
    [1871 Project]

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    Alex Khoroshok

    Ukrainian graphic and product designer. In 2020, he created the 113-strong vintage layered font family called Chamelton (it was first called Stratison though). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Makki

    Leesburg, VA-based designer of the colorful stencil typeface Cut Font (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex O. Kaczun
    [Type Innovations]

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    Alex Power

    Melbourne, Australia-based designer of the stencil typeface Elo (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Townsend

    Kerikeri and/or Matakana, New Zealand-based multidisciplinary designer whose company is called New Royal Standard. He created the athletic lettering inline typeface Lockout (2012).

    In 2013, he created the beautiful art deco typeface New Royal Stencil, and simple and iconic Stackable Animal Illustrations. Other typefaces include the free pixelish typeface Stopwatch. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alex Zoltowski

    Ann Arbor, MI-based designer of the multiline stencil display typeface bard (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexander Bobrov
    [Indian Summer Studio]

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    Alexander Gordon

    Graphic designer in Johannesburg, South Africa. Behance link.

    He created some experimental typefaces, alongside some display fonts. Examples: Kokface (a constructivist beauty), a circle-themed stencil face, Revolt, and an octagonal face. In 2012, he made another set of experimental typefaces called Engineering. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexander McCracken
    [Neutura]

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    Alexander Nedelev
    [Typedepot]

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    Alexander Rodchenko

    Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rodtschenko (1891-1956), or Rodchenko, emerged in the 1920s as one of the most influential Russian constructivists. Their lettering is always austere and geometrical, and they influenced all visual arts. A typical Cyrillic family of typefaces was recreated by Tagir Safayev at ParaType in 1996-2002, called PT Rodchenko. Other reincarnations include the Latin&Cyrillic family Rodchenko Constructed ML and Rodchenko Grotesk ML (2010, Tom Wallace). At Gaslight, the Teco Sans and Teco Serif typefaces (2012) are also said to be influenced by Rodchenko. Also, check P22 Constructivist by Richard Kegler (1995).

    MyFonts link.

    A list of digital typefaces influenced by Rodchenko's constructivist alphabets. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alexander Sheliketo
    [No Regular Fonts]

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    Alexander Sizenko

    Russian creator of the free chess font Chess 7 (2008), the free pixel fonts LED Stadion 7 (2013), Dash Dot Square 7 (2013), Enhanced Dot Digital 7 (2013), Small Dot Digital 7 (2013), Modern Dot Digital 7 (2013), Square Dot Digital 7 (2013), Bold Dot Digital 7 (2013), Serif Dot Digital 7 (2013), Serif LED Board 7 (2013), Modern LED Board 7 (2013), Half Bold Pixel 7 (2013), Dash Pixel 7 (2013), Serif Pixel 7 (2013), Power Pixel 7 (2013), Enhanced LED Board 7 (2013), Thin Pixel 7 (2013), Smallest Pixel 7 (2013), Modern LCD 7 (2013), Advanced LED Board 7 (2012), Digital 7 (2008, LED face), Post Pixel 7 (2013), Triple Dot Digital 7 (2013), Dash Dot Square 7 (2013), Enhanced Dot Digital 7 (2013), Dash Digital 7 (2013), Light Pixel 7 (2013), High Pixel 7 (2013), Mini Pixel 7 (2012), Long Pixel 7 (2013), LED Counter 7 (2013), Digital Counter 7 (2013), LED Digital 7 (2013), LED Board 7 (2013), Light LED Board 7 (2013), Advanced LED Board 7 (2013), Printed Circuit Board 7 (2013), Brick LED 7 (2013), Rounded LED Board 7 (2013), Pixel Dingbats 7 (2013), Square Wood 7 (2013), Small Bold Pixel 7 (2013), Rounded Pixel 7 (2013), Line Pixel 7 (2013), Bold LED Board (2013), Narrow Rectangle 7 (2013), Dot Digital 7 (2013, +Advanced), Square Metal 7 (2012), Stencil Pixel 7, Computer Pixel 7 (2012), Small Pixel 7 (2012), LED Counter Plus 7 (2013), LED 7 Display (2012, +Light), Neon Pixel 7 (2012), Old Pixel 7 (2012), Square Stone 7 (2012), Square Pixel 7 (2012), Pixel Font 7 (2012, +Outline), Pixel LCD7 (2012), Advanced Pixel 7 (2012), Ice Pixel 7 (2012), Void Pixel 7 (2012), Dash Dot LCD 7 (2012), Dash Dot Square 7 (2013), Enhanced Dot Digital 7 (2013), Double Pixel 7 (2012), Advanced Pixel 7, Advanced Dot Digital 7 (2013), ZX Spectrum 7 (2012), Bubble Pixel 7, Cyrillic Pixel 7, Basic Square 7 (2013), Basic Sans Serif 7 (2013), Effective Way 7 (2013), Arrow 7 (2013), Abricos 7 (2013), Computer 7 (2013), Disco 7 (2013), Software Tester 7 (2013), Elegant Line 7 (2013), Soft Lines 7 (2013), Effective Way 7 (2013), and the free LED display font Digital-7 (2008).

    Typefaces from 2014: Game Font 7, Square Sans Serif 7, High Sans Serif 7, Smooth Line 7, Bright Line 7, Double Line 7, Rounded Line 7, Rounded Sans Serif 7, Android 7, Arial Narrow 7, Bold Sans Serif 7, Light Sans Serif 7 (avant-garde sans), Modern Sans Serif 7, Software Kit 7 (dingbats), Advanced Sans Serif 7m Strong Line 7.

    Typefaces from 2015: Steel Blade 7, Semi Rounded Sans Serif 7, Bold Game Font 7, Double Force 7, Roman Font VII, Game Sans Serif 7, Sans Serif Plus 7, Soft Sans Serif 7, Smooth Pixel 7, Clear Metal 7, Military Font 7 (stencil).

    Typefaces from 2019: Clear Line 7.

    Open Font Library link. Fontspace link. See also here. Aka Chess 7 and as Style 7. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexander Sperl

    German designer (aka laynecom) at FontStruct in 2008 of band, blokk_2, maiden, substance, Fette Serif (fat, octagonal), Runde Pixelig, Velvet, Thin Sans, Constr, Clear Serif, Blokk.

    Added in 2009: Russisch Brot, Block Out (3d face, +Filled1, + Filled2), Bold Stencil Sans, Script Pixelig, Dorky Corners Sans, Haus der Kunst (inspired by the building in München by that name), Fraktur Test, Fette Sans (nice), Emilia, Runde Pixelig (pixel script).

    Creations in 2010: Fraktur Test, The Plot (octagonal, architectural), 80s Metal Band, Fieldwork Font (pixel), Black Metal, I slabbed the Seriff, Play (curly face).

    Creations in 2011: Obvious Stencil (Bauhaus, or piano key), Supercali (a psychedelic font inspired by the cover for A.R. Kane's "I"), Manuale (with straight slabs; +Manuale Giocoso, 2012), Graphite (fat and rounded), Graphite 2, Hinterland Italic (quaint Victorian face).

    From 2012: Linea Fraktur (extended in 2013 to Linea Runde), Black Organic (spiky blackletter), Green Organic (a spurred blackletter), Standard Sans, Modular Blackout Bold Condensed, Viva Las Vegas, Helios, Faux Pas Serif (Egyptian typeface), Nova Thin Extended (this hairline sans is a tour de force---it is the first successful hairline sans typeface ever made by anyone using FontStruct), Bencraft.

    Fonts from 2013: Meadow Bold, Lush Capitals, SwiftStroke, Its Slab To Be Square, Mellow Doubt, Ligure Black, Beige Organic, Trafo, Trafo Evolution, Codester Mono (a programming font), Swash Buckle, Nova Thin Extended (a hairline sans), Meson Sans, Burgwald Exquisite Bold Condensed, Editoriale, Coalescimen, A La Carte, Hampton Italic, Baby Elephant (fat grotesque).

    Fonts from 2014: Terminal One (a basic sans), Fanomino, Fontris (like Tetris), Schlaraffenland (+Variant: great rounded sans family), Crystalline, Tick Brush, Manuale Neue Bold, Terminal One, Sanspura, Italics Study, Mundane Black Extended, Heavy Grain, Wineshop Stencil, Folds and Rhizones, Viva Las Inline.

    Fonts from 2015: Augustine, Coleridge, Framtid, Licht-Sans, Quire-Bold, Quire, Static-Grotesk, Tattoo-Parlour, The-Gift-Serif, Tuileries-Black, Usual-Type, Ziseleur, Zungenschlag, Blackesteverblack.

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    Alexander Varanese

    Art director and graphic designer in San Francisco who likes the color red. Behance link. Creator of stylish logotype, found art, or display typefaces: Baroquen (2010), Bent Type (2010), Decoder, Determinant (2010, art deco), Edgewise (2009; art deco stencil, also called a piano key face), Elektrotrash (2009), Estereo (2010), Metrobloc (2010; modular), Eurobloc (modular), Victropolis (serifed), Determinant (more art deco). Behance link. The web page is rather confusing, so it's hard to tell which images are of fonts and which are just pictures of alphabets. Some fonts are free, such as the grungy Antechamber (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexandr Galuzin
    [Alexandr Galuzin (was: Tangramus)]

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    Alexandr Galuzin (was: Tangramus)
    [Alexandr Galuzin]

    Pavlodar, Kazakhstan-based designer (b. 1987) of the medieval calligraphic typeface Square Capitals (2014, Latin and Cyrillic), the uncial typeface Uncial (2015) and the Trajan typeface Capitalis Monumentalis (2015). In 2015, he designed the angular and angry straight-edged typeface KZ Kirpich, the tangram-inspired German expressionist typeface Tangramus, and the Latin / Cyrillic deco typeface Kvadrat.

    In 2015, he set up the commercial type foundry Alexandr Galuzin. His first commercial typeface is Golovolomka (a modern blackletter).

    In 2017, he designed the fat stenci typeface Growling.

    Typefaces from 2020: AG Bambook (a condensed sans family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alexandr Kaliberda

    Kharkov, Ukraine-based designer of Stencil SS (2015, :atin and Cyrillic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexandra Borges

    Graduate of ESAD Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Creator of the elegant rounded stencil typeface Sonder (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexandra Leopoldovna Gophmann

    Russian designer of typefaces who collaborates with Ivan Zeifert and specializes in revivals, cyrillizations and beautiful digitizations, some of them done with Anatole Gophmann. There have been complaints about her practice of borrowing fonts from type designers without asking. One typophile writes: I have cracked open fonts she claims as hers, Bolero, Bickham and others, she has copied and pasted glyphs, copyright data, added Cyrillic and changed the copyright string. As an example, Angelica is a copy of Alejandro Paul's Miss Fajardose. Alejandro has drawn the numerals in his font in 2004 to accompany the letters found in an old catalog of alphabets. There is no other source of the numerals, and Angelica has them. Michael Clark writes: I initiated a battle with the illustrious Alexandra "Bitch" from Russia who has renamed Pouty (FontBureau) and copyrighted [it as] Bolero. She and her partner Anatoly shithead. Available on Fonts101.com for anyone who wants it free. The ass's site, Jagdesh, is in Pakistan and we cannot touch him. 260+ viewings and 140+ downloads. Let's see that is 1400$ I will never see! Others have complained as well about her practice of taking and extending fonts without permission. Anyway, her "fonts" are:

    • A: Adine_Kirnberg (2005, the Cyrillic version), Advokat Modern (2008), Afisha, Afisha Cap, Agatha-Modern, AlexandraScript, Amadeus, American Text C, American-Retro (2008), Ametist [based on Lorelei] (2008), AmpirDeco, Andantino-script (2008), Andantinoscript, Anfisa Grotesk (2008), Angelica, Annabelle, Antikvar (2008), Antikvar Shadow (2008), Antonella Script (2008), Antonella Script X (2008), Antract, Aquarelle, Ariadnascript, Ariston-Normal, Arkadia (2008), Arkhive, Arlekino, Art-Decoretta (2008), Art-Decorina (2008), Art-Metropol, Art-Nouveau Initial (2008), Art-Nouveau1895, Art-Nouveau1895-Contour, Art-Nouveau1900, Art-Nouveau1910, Art-Victorian (2008), ArtNouveau-Bistro, ArtNouveau-Cafe, Artemis Deco (2008), Artemon (2008, psychedelic), Arthur Gothic, Artist-Modern, Astoria Deco (2008), Atlas Deco A (2008), Atlas Deco B (2008), Auction, Augusta One, Augusta Two, AvalonMedium.
    • B: Ball-Point Pen, Bankir-Retro, Barocco Floral Initial (2008), Barocco Initial (2008), Baron Munchausen, Batik Deco (2008), Belukha, BelukhaCapital, BickhamScriptAltFour, BickhamScriptAltOne, BickhamScriptAltThree, BickhamScriptAltTwo, BickhamScriptOne, BickhamScriptThree, BickhamScriptTwo, Birusa (2008), Bodoni Initials (2008), Boleroscript, Bonapart-Modern, Briolin, Brokgauz&Efron, Brokgauz&Efron-Italic.
    • C: Caberne, Cafe Paris C, Calligraph-Medium, Campanella (2008), Capitol Deco (2008), Carmen, Carolina, Casanova (art nouveau) (2008), Cassandra, Castileo (2008), Certificate of Birth (2008), Chocogirl (2008), ClassicDecor (ornaments), Classica-One (2008), Classica-Two (2008), Cleopatra (2008), Conkordia (2008), Cordeballet, Corinthia, Corleone, CorleoneDue.
    • D: Dama Bubey (grunge) (2008), Debut (art deco in the style of Broadway) (2008), Decadance Cursiv (2007), Decor Initial (2009: decorative caps, a Cyrillic extension of a typeface by Pampa Type), Decor Line (2008), DeutschGothic (blackletter), Donaldina (2008).
    • E: Edisson (blackletter), Egipet-Bold, Ekaterina_Velikaya_One (2005), Ekaterina_Velikaya_Two (2005), English Rose (2008), EnglishScript, EseninscriptOne, EseninscriptTwo, Evgenia Deco (2008).
    • F: Fairy Tale (2008), Fantasia (2008), Fata Morgana, Favorit, Favorit Grotesk (2008), Flamingo (2008), Fortuna Gothic FlorishC (2009, blackletter).
    • G: Geisha (2006), Gertruda Victoriana (2008), Globus (2006), Gloriascript, Goudy Decor InitialC (2009, ornamental caps), Goudy Decor ShodwnC, Goudy OrnateC, Graceful Mazurka (2008).
    • H: HeatherScriptOne, HeatherScriptTwo, HeinrichText, Hogarth_script (2005).
    • I: Isabella-Decor, Italy-A (2008), Italy-B (2008), Izis One (monoline sans), Izis Two.
    • K: Kabriolet Decor (2009), Kamelia (2009, Victorian face), Kareta-A (2007), Kareta-B (2008), KarnacOne, KarnacTwo, Konkord-Retro, Konrad-Modern (2008), Konstrukto-Deco (2008) (2008), Kot Leopold (2008), Kumparsita.
    • L: Lastochka (2008), Le Grand, Leokadia Deco (2008), Lombardia, Lombardina One, Lombardina Two, Lombardina-Initial-One (2008), Lombardina-Initial-Two (2008), Lombardina-One-Roman (2008), Lombardina-Two (2008), Ludvig_van_Bethoveen (sic) (2005).
    • M: Majestic X-2, Majestic-, MajesticX, Malahit-Bold, Margaritascript, Marianna, MarkizdeSadscript, MartaDecor One and Two, MartaDecorTwo, Martina Script C, Masquerade (2008), Matilda, Matreshka, Maya (2008), Medieval English, Melange Nouveau (2008), Menuetscript, Metro Modern, Metro Retro B (2008), Metro Retro C (2008), Metro-Retro A (2008), ModernistNouveau, ModernistOne, ModernistThree, ModernistTwo, ModernoNouveau, ModernoOne, ModernoThree, ModernoTwo, Modestina (Victorian), Mon Amour Two (both jointly copyrighted with David Rakovsky) (2008), Mon Amoure One (2008), Monte-Carlo, Monte-Kristo, Monti-Decor A B, Moonlight, Moonstone, Moonstone Stars, Morpheus, Moulin Rouge (2008).
    • N: Nocturne (2005), Nostalgia (2008).
    • O: Old Comedy, OldBoutique, Olietta-script-BoldItalic (2008), Olietta-script-Lyrica-BoldItalic (2008), Olietta-script-Poesia-BoldItalic (2008), Orpheus, Ouverture Script (2004, calligraphic).
    • P: Parisian, Picaresque One, Picaresque-Two (2008), Pilotka (2008), Plimouth, Port-Arthur (2008), Poste Retro (2008), Postmodern One, Postmodern Two, Promenad Deco (2008), Prospect-Deco (2008), Pudelina (2008), Pudelinka (2008).
    • R: Red Sunset, Regina Kursiv (2008), Renaldo Modern, Rochester, RochesterLine, RockletterSimple, RockletterTransparent, Romantica Script, Romashka Deco (2008), Romashulka (2008), Rondo Ancient One (2008), Rondo Ancient Two (2008), Rondo Calligraphic (2008), Rondo Twin (2008), Rosa Marena, Rosalia (2008), RosamundaOne-Normal, RosamundaTwo, Rotterdam, Rubius, Rurintania (sic) (2005).
    • S: Samba DecorC (2006), San Remo, Sapphire C (2008), Scriptorama (a clone of Scriptina), Secession-Afisha, Sevilla Decor X, SevillaDecor, Sladkoeshka (2008), Stereovolna (2008), Stereovolna Black (2008), Stradivari Script (2008), Stradivari Script [the Latin part copyrighted by Grosse Pointe Group] (2008), Stravinski Deco (2008).
    • T: Taverna, Teddy Bear [Latin by House Industries] (2008), Telegraph, TelegraphLine, TelegraphShodwn, TelegraphSmall, Terpsichora (2008, psychedelic), Theater (2009, Victorian), Theater Afisha, Topaz, Trafaret Kit (2008), Trafaret Kit Hatched (2008), Trafaret Kit Transparent (stencil) (2008), Traktir-Modern, Traktir-Modern3-D, Traktir-ModernContour, Turandot.
    • V: Valentina (2008), Variete (2008), VenskiSadTwo-Medium, VenskisadOne-Medium, Vera Crouz, VeronaGothic (blackletter), VeronaGothicFlourishe (blackletter), Veronica-script-One (2008), Veronica-script-Two (2008), Victorian-Gothic-One (2007), Victorian-Gothic-Two (2008), Victoriana, Vizit (2010, engraved face).
    • W: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2005), Wonderland (2008), Wonderland Star (2008).
    • Z: ZanerianTwo, [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexandre Delvert

    During his studies in Bordeaux, France, Alexandre Delvert created the stencil typeface Bitmap Alphabet (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexandre Dimos
    [de Valence]

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    Alexandre Ruda
    [Sete Std]

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    Alexandre Saumier Demers
    [Coppers & Brasses]

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    Alexandro Mattt Briones

    Mexican creator of Maming (2012, spindly), the pixelish typeface Mattta Ahari (2011), Coluca Modern Side (2011, an octagonal semi-stencil face), the sturdy poster typeface La Camerino (2011), the grungy Indieo (2010), the condensed typefaces Tipulada (2011) and Condenzel (2011), the experimental typeface Autobahn (2011), the squarish NRCO (2011) and the experimental Vai Gone (2011).

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    Alexandru Mihis
    [Headfonts Store (was: Mcraft, and Mihis Design)]

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    Alexei Chekulayev
    [Double Alex Team]

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    Alexey Kustov
    [Type Market]

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    Alexey Pushkin

    Designer of Old Ranger (2017), Grunge Slab Serif (2016), Old West (2016). In 2014, he designed Military Alphabet (an EPS format military stencil) and Grunge Alphabet. In 2013, he published the bilined Retro Alphabet. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexey Sirke

    Saint Petersburg, Russia-based designer of the decorative typeface Boroda (2019: stencil, and oriental emulation), Tetris (2019: pixelish) and Blender (2019: prismatic). All typefaces cover Latin and Cyrillic. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alexis Navarro Miranda
    [Sudaca Type Design Studio]

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    Alexy Velichkin

    Alexey Velichkin (Moscow) created the rough Cyrillic army stencil font Ist Bridzh (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alfab
    [Bruno Bernard]

    French type and graphic designer (b. 1974) who lives in Asnières-sur-Seine and works in Paris. Educated at Ecole Estienne, Paris, and ANRT, Nancy, he designs custom-made typefaces and has released several commercial fonts including Adso and Mihaly. He co-founded BAT foundry in 2009 and set up Alfab in 2019. His typefaces:

    • Acheminé: for the French railway, the SNCF.
    • Adso: a hookish family done at the ANRT, and published at BAT Foundry in 2010.
    • Anima (2013).
    • Chanson: a serif revival from the 19th century.
    • Departure: a dot matrix face.
    • Dinette: commissioned by the graphic design studio Malte Martin.
    • Mazette (2013). A high-contrast stencil typeface.
    • Mgetine: for the corporate identity of MGET.
    • Mihaly Display (2019) and Mihaly (2013). A fine geometric sans family originally created for the Mihaly exhibition.
    • Montille: a formal calligraphic typeface for the Domaine de Montille.
    • Piccolo (1998): for the Figaro newspaper.
    • Posthume: a set of nice symbols for the Side One Posthume Theatre.
    • LFDJ (2010): a corporate organic all caps sans typeface for La Française des Jeux, art directed by Anja Krohne.
    • Quadrile (2013). A semi-stencil typeface for the visual identity of Quadrant.

    At ATypI Montreal 2017 Bruno Bernard spoke on Excoffon Book, the last typeface by Roger Excoffon? [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    AlfaType
    [Joseph Miceli]

    Graduate of the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he spent half of his life in New York City, and studied for four years in The Netherlands. He worked in Lithuania with a group called Alfa60, and is now based in Turin.

    His typefaces:

    • Equo (2006). A VAG Round style display family which also includes Equo Stencil Caps, Equo Extended and Equo Extra Fat.
    • Shaolin Caps.
    • Stout Caps (revised in 2015).
    • Frank-Latin. A wide wedge-serifed face.
    • Crasto. A serif family.
    • MM Vinny. A multiple master family designed for use by the cosa nostra.
    • Yorker. Based on The NewYorker.
    • MM Charlie or Charlie Grotesque (2013). A sans typeface family in the American style of Morris Fuller Benton.
    • Artissima Condensed. A dada poster font, now called Altissma Condensed.
    • Romano Grotesque. Angular, chiseled: revised in 2015.
    • Futura Passata. A rounded all caps version of Futura that combines two widths of a wood type version of Futura for use in posters.
    • Novalis Condensed.
    • Bianco. A bespoke sans created for Nero magazine). Accompanied by Bianco Serif (used in some sections of The New York Times).
    • Lago Sans. A geometric superfamily.
    • Arial Grotesque.
    • Tratto (2018). A sans.
    • Beaux. An all caps display typeface. /UL> [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alfonso Carvalho

    Porto, Portugal-based designer who used Joan Trochut's SuperVeloz modules to create an untitled stencil typeface in 2014. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alfredo Callistini
    [XXI Creative]

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    Alfredo Marco Pradil
    [Hanken Studio]

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    Alias
    [Gareth Hague]

    Alias is a type foundry and graphic design agency founded in 1996 by David James and Gareth Hague. It is based in London. Their fonts can be bought through T-26, ITF and/or FontWorks UK. They also did substantial corporate type design work.

    Partial font list: AES (1995, David James), August (1996, a fifties font by Gareth Hague), Caustic (2012, calligraphic script family), Elephant (1994-1995, Gareth Hague), Enabler (1995, David James), Factory, Granite (1995, Gareth Hague), Harbour (1998, Gareth Hague), Intimo (2000), Jackdaw (1997, Gareth Hague), Jude, Key, Klute (1997, Gareth Hague), Mantis (1996, Gareth Hague), Metropolitan (1996, Gareth Hague), Metsys, Sister (1995, Gareth Hague), Text (1995, Gareth Hague).

    Typefaces from 2015: AnoStencil, Capo (a pinched sans family), Sabre (an incised wedge serif).

    Corporate typefaces include Prada Candy (2012).

    Old link.

    View the Alias typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alice Sandwell

    At the UAL in London, Alice Sandwell created Edge (2015), an octagonal typeface with a matching stencil style. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alisa Katrevich
    [Red Studio]

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    Aliv Pandu
    [Type Colony]

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    All free original clipart

    Small archive with script fonts, computer fonts, stencil fonts and brush fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Allen R. Walden

    Type designer. Not to be confused with "Walden Font", a commercial foundry run by Oliver Weiss. Dafont link. Full list of his work: African (1993, a jungle font), Amelia, Asimov, Beveled, CalculatorItalic, Checkbook (MICR-like font), CrystalItalic, FinalFrontier (1993), FinalFrontierOldStyle, FinalFrontierShipside, Goethe, Japan, Jurassic, Lansbury (1993), Neon Lights (1993, based on Quantum), NewYorker (after Rea Irvin's irvin Font for tThe NewYorker), OliviaBrush, StencilExport (1993: based on Gerhard Schwekendiek's Gesh Export, 1972), Terminator (techno).

    Lansbury is a free art nouveau typeface that mimics the font used in the TV series Murder She Wrote. The actual font used for the title of that series was URW's Art Gothic (specimen). Fletcher Gothic (1992, Casady&Greene) is another free version of it. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Allison James
    [Chequered Ink]

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    Almarkha Type
    [Abdul Malik Wisnu]

    Indonesian designer of the brush script Sometimes (2019), the high contrast serif typeface Quakiez (2019), the serif typeface Romerio (2019), the condensed all caps piano key typeface Romestone (2019), and the script typefaces Cherolina (2019), Photorichies (2019), Photography Script (2019), Retrochips (2019), Mountecarlo (2019: monoline), Beautinela (2019: monoline), Ophelie (2019, Script+Sans), Denalova (2019), Shelline (2019), and Mathelline (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Banana Juice, Bella Sweety, Bubble Bobble (a bubblegum font), Dear Sunshine, Oatlander (retro baseball script), Sweet Purple, Monieta (an inky and creamy rabbit ear script), Orange Milk (a playful handcrafted typeface), Rockbitz (a children's book font), Seathera, Avocado Creamy, Bolyvina, Charlie Angela (an inky calligraphic script), Lovemy, Chadelova (an enhanced script), Grumbear, The Mezirane, Charlotte Amalie, Crash Soul (a dry brush script), Costiera (a dry brush script), Handestonie (a monoline script), Mentality (a signage script), Technovier (a monolinear squarish sans), Antiquesta (a dry brush script), Belgium Catherine, Cronisse (a display serif), Pronave (an all caps display typeface), Uniser (condensed all caps sans), Westack (a display serif), Avone (a stencil serif), The Roletta (a dry brush script), Waluxe (a fashion mag all caps sans with flared stems), Dear Sunshine, Mikalotta (poster script), Walker Knight (a vintage all caps typeface), Towards (stencil), Cronisse (a decorative serif), Avaneonz (a neon font), The Heista Killer (a dry brush horror font), Someone (a dry brush font), Vicenza (an all caps skyline font), Bristone (a wide sans in six styles; perhaps for car tire ads), Shutterlocks (a dry brush script), Romantics (a creamy script), Revoxa, Yippie Yeah, Wonderful Day (calligraphic), Girly (a girly script), Kamelitta (a wild curvy script), Roadstore (a spurred vintage all caps typeface), Springloved (a paper cutout typeface and a a fine inline poster font), Saturated, Choxr, Blackheat (a super condensed all caps sans), Retrohols, Alibabe, Lordcorps (an octagonal sports or military font; with a stencil style), Headcorps (a sports shirt or military stencil font), Pineforest (with soft spurs), Airborne 86 (a military stencil), Orchide (a dry brush script), Beneficha (wild calligraphy), Radens (a retro bold signage script), Brokenz (a heavy condensed sans), Delninoys (a playful sans), Lorenza (sans), Elcatraz (Mexican simulation font), Hubby Bunny, Rosadetta (script), Swingsnug, Chickens Lovers, Rollinkland, Grumbear, Bubble Bobble (a bubblegum font), Blackheat (a heavy ultra condensed typeface), Brokenz (a muscular display sans), Lorenza (a fashion mag sans), Belgium Catherine (a signature script), Amazed Breath (script), Rockmore (a brush script), Empirez (an octagonal slab serif sports font), Amazed Breath.

    Typefaces from 2021: Neurock (pure sci-fi), The Cheelaved (spurred, Victorian), Headbears (a sports font), The Antique (a vintage typeface), Vespalogy (a vintage display font), Bestorika (a decorative serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Quakerhack (a rough brush font), Balietta (a flowing script), Brothery (a retro signage script), Beauticella (a signature script), Glamorez (a luxurious serif), Reloaded (a military stencil font), Austragen (a bold sharp-edged display typeface), Bearetta (script), Keawneta (a display font), Racerz (a speed font), Stangith (a decorative serif co-designed with Rivo Adriansyah), Quick Letter (a wide signature script), Arcinoll (a graffiti font), Charlie Brocklin (a thin signature script), Retrolight (a multiline neon sign typeface), Mokalatte (a wild script), Thugolatz (an all caps typeface with many interlocking ligatures), Author Think (a signature script), Bionetha (calligraphic), Bouncyland (a stylish wild script), Little Knight (a scrapbook typeface), The Brushentica (a beautiful dry brush script), The Soulmate (a dry brush script), Bettawork (a dry brush script), Philips Dutcher (a signature script), Recons (a techno font), Heezpiero (futuristic), Milky Quaker (a playful supermarket font), Rostemary (a fat finger font), Therestone (a Flintstone font), The Checkmate, Chick Chack (a heavy rushed script), Retroman (an Italian Western font), Brown House (a national park font), Emeralde Chamerions (a serif and script duo), Redzein (an octagonal slab serif), Rostera (a bold script), Sketchup (a sketched font), Thealiens (a condensed all caps sans), Williesh (a meaty display serif), Amazing Sweety (a scrapbook font), Heellaaz (an all caps children's book font), Almeira, Americans Classy, The Corps 86 (a military stencil), Brexo (a techno font with solid and stencil versions), Romeline (a scrapbook font), Yippie Yeah (a rounded monolinear marker pen font), Avaneonz (a neon or paperclip font), Sangira (a stylish serif), The Blackheads (a bold script), Kandaline, Marinaga (a creamy brush script), Mochalosta (script), Morning Sweety, Rockmore (a bold script), Deloire (a 4-style all caps sans), Montelova (script), Quinger (a monolinear decorative serif), Wonderella, Wonderful Sunset, Bellachia (a scrapbook script), Choxr (a very condensed all caps sans), Keepsmile (a rounded children's book font), Lovely Sweetie (a scrapbook font), Melanista (a wild script), Rollinkland (a brush font), Bellamona (a monolinear script), Bettanesia (handwriting), Bonalisha (script), Overwave (wavy), Beautimy (a wild script), Melatie (a wild script), Memorita (a wild script), The Handnature (a Treefrog script), Heinch (a 5-style all caps sans), Sweetie Banana (a scrapbook script), Sweetie Moment (a wild calligraphic script), The Dear (a retro script), Winterline (a wild script), Young Evaline (a signature script), Salt + Pepper, Sindenetta (a signature script), Autumnilla, Bella Ciao, Rosadetta (a wild calligraphic script), Saturated (a wild calligraphic script), Wondiletta, Bubblez, Lovely Orange, Milkalotta, Luxoorea (a stylish fashion-model-skinny all caps typeface), Momotako (a paper cutout font), Neonblitz (a neon font), Unione Force (an octagonal sports or military font; with a stencil style), Westman (a Western font), Delamoore (an all caps high-contrast display serif), Delaproza (an all caps display serif), Kinglead (a cartoonish font), Modesfa (an all caps display serif), Hexore (a slab serif), Deluxes (a stylish display sans), Kenzomaru (an oriental brush font), Lumbero (wooden plank font), Pineforest (a Victorian label or sign painting font), Beneficha (a wild calligraphic script), Brokenz (a bold condensed sans), Orchide (a dry brush script), Revoxa (a 4-style sans), Romantics (script), Schein (a sans and slab serif pair), Someone (a dry brush script), Towards (a minimalist stencil font), Averox (a futuristic all caps sans), Chicken Lovers (a playful informal font), Hubby Bunny (a cute display sans), Swingsnug (an informal monolinear sans).

    As Typotypea">Typotypea, he published the script typeface Manthoels (2020) and the roman all caps typeface Stinker (2020).

    Typefaces from 2022: Signattimes (a signature script), Thematheka (a constructivist font published on the day Putin invaded Ukraine), Overbillions (a dry brush script), Brolachess (a stylish all caps semi-serif), Suntage (a wide vintage all caps font).

    Typefaces from 2021 published by Gassstype but made by Abdul Malik Wisnu: Ruthless (a heavy dry brush font), Timeless Nature (script), Unranked (a rough mural font). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Alpaprana Studio

    Indonesia-based designer of display, scrapbook and handcrafted typefaces. In 2021, he published these fonts: Aesthetic, Angelic Smiles, Another (architectural lettering), Asgerion (stencil), Baby Mermaid, Baby Sparkle, Barley, Bathiora, Beacon (futuristic), Beauty Hearts, Best Valentine, Bigdino Park, Blackout (futuristic), Boost Display, Claresta, Clatterson, Committing, Creamy Buttermilk, Darling, Devany, Felicity, Gelato, Getting Better, Gia Cristine, Giordan (calligraphic), Golang, Grandia, Halmera, Haster, Hazelnuts, Hello Snowy, Hello Viktoria, Hunting, Katracy, Kingham, Kingston Signature, Komon, Latterday, Life Hacks, Love&Thunder, Magderyna, Magretta, Memphis, Merkisa, Midnight Shadows, Mighty Kingdom, Modena, Momy & Marsa, Northing, Perky Dream, Pumpkin Party, Radiants, Ralynda, Rastella, Ratcliffer, Replay Time, Spider Homes, Sweet Puppy, Thom Rodger, Wakanda, Western. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Alphabet Agency Font Foundry
    [Jonathan Swinn]

    Aka Alphabet Agency and Alphabet Agent. Jon (or Jonathan) Swinn is based in Preston, UK. He designed these typefaces in 2014: Hellfire, Halberdier, Norseman, Order of Calatrava, Lancaster Castle, Santa Rosa (ornamental caps), Arcade, Captain Regular, Captain Shipwreck, Strobe Stencil, Gunslinger (spurred Western font), Street Stencil (+Overspray, +Grime), Abandoned Saloon Font (Western typeface).

    In 2015, he made the free speed-themed sports font Top Speed, the baseball logo font Benchmark, the tattoo font Hellfire Club and the decorative caps typeface Santa Rosa.

    Typefaces from 2016: Rangers (spurred), Four Potato Farm, Peacemaker (spurred family), Potato Farm, Hammer & Anvil, Mughals (Victorian), Mughals Distressed, Zero 2 Sixty (speed emulation techno font), Neodigital (free; inside the font we find the date 2012 though).

    Typefaces from 2017: College Champions (a varsity font), Toronto Display (chamfered), Homeplate Font Duo, Megapowerz (all caps, cartoon or comic book style typeface), Physico (techno), Gamerica (beveled techno typeface), Monster Truck, Shift (a technical speed emulation font), Urban Tribe (grungy stencil).

    Typefaces from 2018: Ice Champs, Baseball Champs, Pro Hockey Champs.

    Typefaces from 2019: Cicero, Sports Headline (an octagonal sports font), Outline 99.

    Typefaces from 2020: Iron Lake (a Tuscan pioneer font), Iron Lake Rough, They Live (a paint brush font), Gamebred, Glitch Esports, Doomsday, Nextgen Athletic, Nextgen Solid.

    Typefaces from 2021: Cicero Series (a mechanical typeface in the style of old wood types), Benchmark2 (vintage, spurred), Pro League 2000 (a 6-style sports font), Captain Tall Ship (a Victorian typeface with concave outlines), Nexgen SLD (a 6-style mechanical industrial octagonal font family), Block Brush (a sketched SVG font), Hallowevil (a Halloween font), Preds, Resiliency (18 styles), VSB, Old Jersey (a sports font).

    Hellofont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    American Eargle
    [Adam Eargle]

    Lexington, SC-based designer of the industrial strength typefaces Predator 0316 Slab (2016), Predator 0316 Sans (2016), the slab serif typeface Griffin Display (2015), the wood-inspired vintage typeface Woodchuck (2016), the varsity typeface Grizzly0116 (2016), and the stencil typeface Grizzly (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: AE Armada, AE Incline, Rivalry (modular, beveled, layered, in 22 styles, perhaps ideal for athletic lettering). Creative Market link. Behance link. Newer Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ampersand (or: Vladocar)
    [Vladimir Carrer]

    Verona, Italy-based web and type designer. In 2015, he made the commercial typefaces Hand Drawn Font, Monster Font and Hammer Font (spurred vintage style).

    Typefaces from 2016: Urban Stencil, Slab Classico, Slab Lungo.

    Typefaces from 2020: Barista (handcrafted, blackboard bold), Alphabet and Letters, Autumn Leaves SVG, Azzurro SVG, Blue Orange Color SVG, Bold Unicorn, Branch, Bubble Letter (a bubblegum font), Christmas Stars, College Sport, Color Cubes, Color Dots, Color Hearts, Color Stars, Comic Next, Crazy Brush Neue, Dashed Line, Dino World, Dog Paw, Doodle Classic, Dripping Zombie Halloween, Galactica Grid, Grigio 3D SVG Color, Halloween Monster, Hammer, Hand Drawn, Hipster Hand Drawn, Jungle Zoo, Love Stencil 3D, Milan Stencil, Moustache, Old School 80s, Old West, Pumpkin Halloween, Retro 3D SVG, Santa Ugly Sweater, Slab Forte, Snowflakes Christmas, Space Slab, Star Slab, Stitched Letters SVG, Stitched Line, Swiss Cheese, Turquoise Brush SVG, Urban Brush SVG, Zombie Attack Halloween. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ana Cotovio

    Lisbon-based designer of the geometric stencil typeface Alien (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ana Cruz Hernandez

    During her studies in Tijuana, Mexico, Ana Cruz Hernandez created the stencil typeface Mamu (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ana Michel

    Ana Michel is a graphic designer and educator based in La Paz, Bolivia. Currently she teaches at UPB Cochabamba, Bolivia. Designer of the smooth organic sans typeface Laretia during a workshop at Type Paris 2019. Ana intended Laretia as a typeface system for a nursery plant service or other organic applications.

    At Type Cooper 2020, she developed Silpancho Sans and Stencil, which were inspired by vernacular signage in Bolivia.

    Typefaces from 2021 include the reverse stress italic Chirimoya.

    In 2022, she was enrolled in Type Cooper west. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ana Monica Moura

    Ana Monica Moura (b. Joao Pessoa, Brazil) created the squarish stencil typeface Flepa in 2014. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ananda Holland

    Fontstructor who made Cast Iron (2012), Mum My Stencil (2012), and Whoa Zoom Out (2012, pixel face). Creator of the squarish typeface Anandala (2011) and the pixel typeface Hgjb (2012).

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anastasia Mikhaleva

    Designer, with Ivan Gladkikh (Jovanny Lemonad) of the free typeface USSR Stencil (2016), published by Typetype in Russia. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andarilho Design
    [Felipe Perazza]

    Andarilho Design is Felipe Perazza (b. 1987) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He created the free stencil typeface Andarilho (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anderson Maschio

    Batel, Curitiba, Brazil-based foundry of Anderson Maschio (b. 1980, Curitiba).

    Creator of the ultra-fat decorative typeface Chumbitos (2007, a winner in the experimental type category at Tipos Latinos 2008), available from MyFonts (this was followed by Chumbit02). He also made the experimental type family consisting of Anark Diet Stencil, Anark Fat Stencil, and Anark Natural Stencil (2007). Creator of Magricela (2009, octagonal). He is working on Austera (2007, a basic sans) and Phyta (2007, an experimental typeface with stretched out connected letters).

    In 2016, he made a custom font for Juliano Monteiro Studio.

    Check also his gorgeous art work based on Chumbitos. Link to Fictilia. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Anderson Maschio
    [Estudio Crop]

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    Andika Putra
    [Andmicro Studio (or: Scratchones)]

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    Andinistas
    [Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero]

    Bogotá-based Colombian graphic design studio and type foundry Andinistas was founded in 1998 by Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero, Lennyn Salinas, Mariangeles Valero, Juan Carlos Valero, Jorge Alexander Camargo Guerrero, Rafael Rincón, and Jordi Teres. It was first located in Caracas, Venezuela, but moved in 2003 to Bogotá, Colombia. New names in its organization include Alexander Moreno. Many of its designers are Venezuelan.

    Among their typefaces: Nikona, Magola (2008, puffy script), Angelita, Pepelepu, Zerotipo, Skuke, Retro, Radio Bemba, Pumarosa, Pr1, Oficia, Nativa, Mongol (free), Lirrot, Leroy (1999-2008, computer screen stripes), Leroy Dingbats (1998-2008), Hiroformica, Hibrida, Guerilla, Guerilla Outline, Gruada, Gancho Petare, Escuedra, Esbelta, DSNett, dia-D, Download, Denego, Cristal, Codiga, Codiga Icon, Codiga Destroy, Codiga Codec, Chacao Petare, Cazon Gothic, Boa, Biol, Ave-cedario, Anaira.

    Cazon (2007, Camargo Guerrero) is a family of calligraphic origin consisting of 7 styles: Gris, Negra, Uno, Dos, Tres, Dingbats A and B and is based on the paintbrush letters found in the popular markets of La Guaira, Caracas. This family won an award in the experimental typeface category at Tipos Latinos 2008. Lirrot (2007) is a 6-style grunge handwriting typeface bordering on the psychotic, and comes with Lirrot Dingbats. It too won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008.

    PP Lepu (1998-2008) is pixel grunge. Josefina (+Dingbats1) is a curly script also made in 2008. Navaja (2008) and Diad are collections of grunge fonts with grungy dingbats. Lucrecia 1 through 3 (2008) is a fat connected script family ranging from clean to splattered.

    Telesforo (2008) radiates anger from its brushy grungy limbs. Telesforo Black won an award at Tiupos Latinos 2012. Ninja 1 and Ninja 2 (2008) are script fonts, and are accompanied by Ninja Dingbats (2008). Dsnet (2008) is a 6-style bare-bones rounded squarish family. Flaminia and Flaminia Dingbats (2008) are useful for food-related signage. Modelia (2008) is thick, informal, and looks like it was brushdrawn. Modelia won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010. Filomena (2008) is a brush family with a goth theme and an accompanying goth dingbats. Obdulia (2008) and Floro (2008) are extreme mural grunge fonts. Marimonda (2009) is grunge calligraphy.

    Typefaces from 2012: Demetria (a hellish script), Ciclope (army stencil), Meteora (a sturdy weathered family), Kamuy (a grunge typeface, with dingbats, that links to Asian comic style lettering, and Japan in the Pacific War), Naturalia (an informal sans family).

    In 2013, he made Gluten (a poster typeface family), Bengala Script (a distant relative of Mistral), Chef Script (a large signage script influenced by Ross F. George's Speedball lettering manual (1957)), Chef Script Dingbats (hilarious restaurant dings and fists), Sumergible Script.

    Typefaces from 2014: Citronela (cartoon or Caribbean hotel signage font family), Bemol (a set of script fonts in craftsman style), Nemocon (creamy script), Acustica (a calligraphic Acustica Script, with didone Acustica Caps, and a decorative Acustica Dingbats), Cereal (+ Script (a vampire script), Skin and Dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2015: Draw (which includes a gorgeous calligraphic Draw Script), Coffee Break (signage script family, +dingbats), Solar (a set of seven handcrafted styles).

    Typefaces from 2016: Enjoy (Script, Caps).

    Typefaces from 2017: Warhol (irregular scripts), Makeup (a crayon font by Carlos Guerrero and Carolina Suarez).

    Typefaces from 2018: Bechamel (a delicious curly brush script), Bechamel Roman (based on the unicase letterings of the movie Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory), Stevia (script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Bleak (an experimental layerable font inspired by wood type, Piet Zwart, Lissitzky and van Doesburg), Nutcake CatchWords.

    Sonora won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. Combine Script and Combine Caps (layerable colorable fonts), and Nemocon, won awards at Tipos Latinos 2016. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 for Clothing, a titling typeface published at Andinistas by Camilo Zamora and Carlos Fabian Camargo.

    Typefaces from 2020: Cherrypie (a food packaging script), Rapsodia (a decorative all-caps family with curl, spurs, Victorian details, and decadent frills).

    Typefaces from 2021: Visible (an inky script family), Caribe (Script, Caps, Shields).

    View the typefaces designed by Andinistas.

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Andmicro Studio (or: Scratchones)
    [Andika Putra]

    Perhaps Andika Putra. Bali, Indonesia-based designer of these mostly handcrafted typefaces in 2020: Mogella, Bellmoco Handcola, Qomallida, Bellmeta, Aquarium, Quacko Mahaka (a decorative blackletter), Ragellia Mellinda, Ameyallinda Signature, Romantic Hanimun, Mellinda Creative, Helala, Azazax, Kreatife, Saraba, Sayang, Sayanag, Adadaha, Dadagata, Esenene, Agamama, Adaaba, Mamanada, Nomer, Manararo, Kakatama (blackletter), Yandilove, Amellia, Vadimbrush, Kajumillan (a signature font), Rollina (a display serif), Bellania (script), Homework (script), Orlline (script), Amboqia Boriango (a display serif), Bollando (a creamy script), Aku Sayang, Designer (stencil), Calligraphy, Rassika Love, Student, Shells and Starfish, Ayuku Love, Bahagia Jarah (a rabbit ear script), Smart Sport (squarish), Student Smart, Besbogo, Bellbion, Sunrise Minimalist, Hanmade, Balloman, Bonogoda, Balfa Hode, Malliboro, Garangan, Mangolia, Bllodir Smart, Bollgania, Fonmini, Amekanu, Typography (a painter's font).

    The following Dafiont sites all go back to the same designer:

    Creatib=ve Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andre Toet Design (was: SO Design)
    [André Toet]

    Andre Toet Design (and before that, SO Design is a Dutch studio run by André Toet (b. 1950, Den Haag). He was educated at the KABK under Gerrit Noordzij from 1974 until 1976, and at the Central School of Art and Design in London under Nicolete Gray from 1976 until 1977. From 1979 until 1980, he worked as a designer at Total Design with Jurriaan Schrofer and Wim Crouwel. Andre Toet Design is located in Apeldoorn (was: Amsterdam).

    Creator of Artu (2012, monospaced display face), Battersea (multiline face), Billiard (2012), Bloggy (experimental), AT Move Bloggy (2010), Decoupe (experimental), AT Move Decoupé (2012: a modular font based on a French game from 1906), Holborn, Mezzo (mimimalist), AT Move Pipi (2012, a playful textured caps typeface created jointly with Jasper Nijssen), AT Move Mezzo, AT Move Powerplay (1976, and redone in 2011: multilined), Musica, Nath, Powerplay, Tremelo, Wiggle.

    Creations from 2012: AT Move Holborn (a 3d outlined neon sign face), AT Move Tremelo (based on the logotype Microtel), Artu, AT Move Wyggle, AT Move Wolfszn, AT Move Skewy (2012), AT Move Specx and AT Move Specx Stencil (a slab serif based on the cover of a 1955 French School-Notebook; help with the design from Jasper Nijssen).

    Typefaces made in 2013: AT Move Altera, AT Move Altera, AT Move Herengracht (an inline typeface), AT Move Artu Super Super Heavy, AT Move Bulky (glaz krak font), AT Move Quipo (an amoebic font), AT Move MMM (with Jasper Terra and Jasper Nijssen: a rounded organic sans typeface. They write: The design is based on a old Soap-Powder advertisement. MMM is very useful for headings and/or logotypes.), AT Move Strano (squarish stencil), AT Move Nath (optical illusion typeface first made in 1974 at the Central School of Art and Design in London, and digitized in 2013 with the aid of Jasper Terra).

    Typefaces from 2014: AT Move Frutta, AT Move Straw (by André Toet and Jasper Nijssen), AT Move Riff Raff (octagonal, with Jasper Nijssen).

    Typefaces from 2015: Bombola.

    Typefaces from 2016: AT Move Bombola (elliptical style).

    Typefaces from 2017: Tremelo.

    Typefaces from 2018: Powerplay (trilined).

    Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Andrea Abril

    Photographer and graphic designer in Sevilla, Spain, who created the italic didone stencil typeface Doñ in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrea Pela

    Torino, Italy-based designer of the retro futuristic typeface Future Banco (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrea Rauch
    [Rauch Design]

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    André Sousa

    Graphic designer in Santo Tirso (Porto), Portugal. In 2011, he created the hairline sans typeface Wayne Thin, the counterless fat slab face Rotula, and the fat round Wayne Black. He also made Virtude (2011, a Garamond revival). In 2012, he added Urbe (3d face).

    Typefaces from 2013 include the grid-based modular typeface family Kamo, which comes with Kamo Stencil.

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    André Toet
    [Andre Toet Design (was: SO Design)]

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    Andréanne Teasdale

    Quebec City-based designer of the alchemic typeface Absolu in 2013, the stencil typeface Soft Ocean in 2017, and the decorative stencil typeface ABC in 2016. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andreas Eigendorf

    Berlin, Germany-based font engineer. Designer of several CE versions of FontFont fonts, such as the CE versions of Ole Schaefer's Fago: FF Fago Office Sans CE, Fago Office Serif CE (2000).

    He also helped with the finalization of some fonts at Primetype, e.g., the PTL Maurea family.

    He joined Carrois Type Design in Berlin, where he is involved in many type projects. One example is the angular grotesk typeface done by Carrois Type Design in 2008 for the Russian Railways. This work was carried out with Dmitri Lavrow, and invloved Andreas Eigendorf and Ralph du Carrois.

    In December 2014, Andreas Eigendorf and type designer Stephan Müller founded a font-production, type-technology, and knowledge hub based in Berlin, Alphabet Type. Its expertise and custom tools help type designers and foundries turn their typefaces into fully functional software.

    In 2016, a team of designers at Lettersoup that includes Ani Petrova, Botio Nikoltchev, Adam Twardoch and Andreas Eigendorf designed an 8-style Latin / Greek / Cyrillic stencil typeface, Milka, which is based on an original stencil alphabet from 1979 by Bulgarian artist Milka Peikova.

    Typedia link. FontShop link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andreas Johansson
    [unfontunately]

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    Andreas Preis

    Berlin-based illustrator and graphic designer, who created the squarish semi-stencil typeface Jongehonden in 2012.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andreas Seidel
    [astype.de (or: Astype)]

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    Andrei Ograda

    Graphic designer from Bucharest (and now Burriana, Spain) who made these typefaces in 2011: STT, Rock, Square, Desgraciado, Cylon, Kalypso, Dgtl, Passio, Sting, and VCT. Via Dos Cabrones, he partners with Vian Peanu.

    He hooked up with Pose Radu in 2017 and set up The Jumping Foxes. Through The Jumping Foxes, they commercialized Radu's Matisse design as JF Matisse (2017). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Andrei Robu
    [Typeverything]

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    Andres de Velasquez
    [Studio 69]

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    Andres Jesus Ramirez Escalante

    Caracas, Venezuela-based designer of the stencil typeface Closure (2014) and the display sans typeface Softmod (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andres Lugo

    Art director in San Antonio, TX (and before that, Metairie, LA), who designed a few display typefaces in 2011: Eclipse, Eclipped, Regression (octagonal), JUNKY boy (ultra-fat, counterless), Gorilla (straight-edged).

    Russian propaganda poster art led to Burial (2013), Quickdraw (2013, Western), Aerial (2013) and Aerial Stencil (2013). He also made techno / sports typefaces Enforcer (2013) and Form (2013, techno sans).

    Typefaces from 2016: Matter, Form (techno), Hospital, Craze (sharp-edged, free), Foray (squarish), Hospital (squarish style), Hydjakids.

    Typefaces from 2017: Triton (sports font), Carson (beatnik font), Tomahawk (hipster style).

    Typefaces from 2018: Pirlo (techno), Spartan (an octagonal font and military stencil), Scoreline (athletic lettering).

    Typefaces from 2019: Awe Struck. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andreu Balius Planelles
    [Type Republic]

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    Andrew Bellamy
    [Otherwhere Collective (or: Ilott Type, Bellamy Studio)]

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    Andrew Byrom

    Andrew Byrom was born in Liverpool, England in 1971. After Graduating from the University of East London in 1996 he opened his own design studio and worked for various clients including Penguin Books, The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, The Industrial Design Centre, Time Out Online and The Guardian Newspaper. Around this time he also began teaching graphic design at The University of Luton and Central Saint. Martins. Byrom moved to the USA in 2000 to teach at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. He has recently been commissioned to design typefaces and type treatments for Elle Decoration, The New York Times Magazine, McGraw-Hill, and Turner Classic Movies. In 2006 he moved to Long Beach to take up an Associate Professor position at California State University, where he is currently the Area Head of the Graphic Design Department. He created the experimental typeface Interiors (2002), about which AIGA writes: Interiors (3D type) is a collaboration between type designer Andrew Byrom and designer Joel Wolter. It was originally conceived as a digital font (Interiors) and was inspired by an old wooden chair in Byrom's office that, when looked at from a certain angle, resembled the letter h. Using the three-dimensional principles of this simple form, and closely adhering to type design conventions, 26 letters of the alphabet were drawn and generated as a font. The characters were then constructed in three dimensions using tubular steel into full-scale furniture frames. Because the underlying design concept is typographical, the end result becomes almost freestyle furniture design. Letters like m, n, o, b and h can be viewed as simple tables and chairs, but other letters, like e, g, a, s, t, v, x and z, become beautifully abstract pieces of furniture. He also made the distressed font Bloodclot, the stencil family Byro Stencil (free), Byro Sans, 1byrosquare (2000), 2byroround (2000), ByroBlock Stencil (2000, stencil), Concussion (dot matrix with various size dots), Easy Vie, Venetian (2009, like Venetian blinds), Fresh (1995, scratchy type), Ply, Rage, St. Auden, Bandaid (2006), 3D Dot Matrix. He divides his time between teaching, designing for various clients and playing with his sons, Auden and Louis. He has recently been commissioned to design typefaces and type treatments for Elle Decoration, The New York Times Magazine, McGraw-Hill, and Turner Classic Movies. In 2006 he moved to Long Beach to take up an Associate Professor position at California State University, where he is currently the Area Head of the Graphic Design Department. Speaker at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrew Fitzsimon
    [Canonical Ltd]

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    Andrew Footit
    [Arkitype (was: Virtue Creative)]

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    Andrew Herndon

    Graphic designer in Jonesboro, AR, who created these typefaces during his studies at Arkansas State University:

    • Sonder (2016). A free vintage typeface in Sans and Serif styles.
    • Atami (2016). Free download. Part hipster and part a sans titling typeface.
    • Luxia (2016). A free Peignotian typeface family.
    • The free rounded monoline sans serif typeface Aquatico (2015). There is also a full commercial version of Aquatico.
    • Zefani Stencil (2015, free) is a didone typeface with strong characters and bold lines, while its sister font Zefani Sans (2015) is a light san-serif with monoline strokes and three different weights.
    • Sango (2015) in Regular and Static styles.
    • Exodus (2016). Partially free.

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    Andrew McCluskey

    Independent game developer Andrew McCluskey (NAL Games, Dundee, Scotland, b. 1991) published hundreds of free typefaces before 2015 under the NAL label. In 2015, Andrew McCluskey, after becoming Allison James, joined forces with Daniel Johnston and set up Chequered Ink in bath, UK. They live in Newport, Wales. Andrew's pre-merger fonts are listed here.

    Andrew McCluyskey designed the free LED-inspired Kinglify (2011), Digital Display (2012), and Princelify (2011). Manly Man (2011), Metal Arhyrthmetic (2011) and Ace Futurism (2011) are semi-octagonal. Consider Me Vexed (2011) and Pixel Flag (2011) are pixel typefaces.

    In 2012, he made She Curls in the Mist, Xero's Karma, Pastcorps (army stencil), Gnome Splinters, Fought Knight, Vermin Vibes (futuristic), Vermin Vibes 1989 (pixel face), Vermin Vibes 2, Vermin Vibes 3 (2014), Vermin Vibes Diet, Vermin Vibes Redux, Dubbing Star (futuristic), Sorrier Statements, Particulator (an octagonal paper fold typeface), Coder's Crux (a pixel typeface created for programmers, FontStruct), Triggering Fanfares (octagonal), Alt West, Notalot25 (pixel face), Notalot35 (pixel face), Lord Juusai (inspired by the logo for Lord Tensai from WWE), Zephyr Jubilee (an alien language simulation typeface), Bevel Fifteen, Xero's Theorem (sci-fi), Sawchain (2012, FontStruct), Dubbing Step and Here Be Dubstep (FontStruct), Italic Bricks, Gang Wolfik (angular, +Blade), Ruaturecu, Quous Inno, Electramaniacal, Xodohtro-Nu (a black octagonal typeface), Distortion of the Brain, Berate the elementary (techno face), Not sure if weird or just regular, Opulent Fiend, Rawhide Raw 2012 (techno, inspired by the WWE Raw logo of 2012), Particulator II (octagonal), The Missing Link (trekkie), Thunderstrukk, Understrukk, Ganf Wolfik Blade (a pointy Blade style font).

    Typefaces made in 2013: Call of Ops Duty, Spinebiting, Laceration, Casual Hardcore, Zany Races, Vermin Vibes 2 Nightclub, Exoskeleton, Perspire, Piston Pressure (sans), Particulator III, Liberty City Ransom (grunge), Zdyk Leo, Variety Killer (grunge), Savantism, Vermin Vision, Zdyk Sagittarius (a circle-based experimental font), Milestone One (a gaspipe sans), Comfortably Fucked, Noasarck (+Sporadico, +Quattro), Future Time Splitters, Heart Breaking Bad, Jan Hand, Erhank, Exoskeleton, The Rave Is In Your Pants, Minecraft Evenings (inspired by the Minecraft logo), FoughtKnight Victory (a video game font), Piescese, Comic Spans, Cauterise, Dead Font Walking (rough-edged poster font), Cutthroat Clawmarks, Eride (grunge), Effervescent Superbeings, Front Page News, Kill The Noise (brush script), Distort You A Lesson (grungy), Vermin Vibes 2 Black, Vermin Vibes 2 White, Vermin Vibes 2 Soft, Dubstep Cadence, Relapse Into Madness, Kings of Kings Lynn (dadaist), Smorgasbord, Scream When You'Re Ready, I Phone You Phone, Respire, Perspire, Vermin Vibes Slant, Sharp, Cursivertex, Rick Lobster (stencil face), Cursivertex, Vermin Vibes Dystopia (cyberpunk), Wabbit Sans, Calligraphy Aquiver, Agra Axera (knife-edged sci-fi face), The Keepsake Days, See You At The Movies, Xero's Proof, Vermin Vibes Out Of Ink (textured), Melancholic Roadeo, Wickermanor (a stiletto typeface), Lord Juusai Rises, Vermin Vibes Ex, Vermin Vibes Roundhouse, Just in the Firestorm, Stuntcroft (modular), Ghetto Magnetic (grunge), QA Reports (fat finger typeface), Y-Andermo (stiletto style), Dragon Slapper.

    Typefaces from 2014: Man Flu (FontStruct), Zany Races, Big Quicksand, Modern Caveman, Alpha Sapphire (a Pokemon typeface), Omega Ruby (a Pokemon typeface), Schweiz, Beta (FontStruct), Jawbreaker (FontStruct), Tomorrow Wind, Embezzler, Royal, Final Gambit (grungy athletic lettering), NAL Hand, Fingbanger, Dont Waste That Napkin (squarish font), Bold Testament, Cisgender, NonchalantLove, Grelsey Kammar (sic), Valiant (stencil), Anger Management, Italipixel, Ultramarine, Nero (sci-fi font), Bamboozler, Seriffic, High Jinks, Iregula (sic), LNR Phonetic Alphabet, Primary School, Playtime (3d face), Electromagnetic Lungs, Node to Nowhere, Alienated (trekkie font), Questrian, Scars, Da Se Nei (art deco), Dance Floor (dot matrix face), Edge Cutting, Lord Juusai reigns, Superpower Synonym (fat brush), Fought Knight Die (techno), The Thrill of the Kill, Lay of the Land, Deavantgar (art deco), Confidel, Fight Night, Comeback of the Damned, Vermin Vibes Corrupto, Chandstate, Scars, Bustin Jieber (pixel typeface), A Dash of Salt, Come Rain or Fall, Xsotik, Sanseriffic (avant-garde sans), Cassius Garrod, Effortless Tattoo, Coder's Crux 2, Radaro, Overdrive Sunset (brush face), Dead CRT, Fatality's Edge, Tolerant, Coder's Crux 2 (dot matrix), Consider Me Vexed (pixel face), Diamante, Pixel Flag, Aardvark CWM Type, Enter The Grid, Vermin Vibes 2 EDM XTC, Byron, See You at the Movies 2, And Then It Ends, God Hates Westboro, Writing Without Ink, Zdyk Aquarius, Curvert, Superdie, Rocky Road, Animal Silence (constructivist), Gnaw Hard, 19th Century Renegade, Trip Trap, Freudian Slit, Digital Dismay (LED face), Zdyk Pisces (circle-based typeface), Zdyk Scorpio, Guilty Treasure (techno), Wolfganger (inspired by Wolfgang Gartner), Xero's Retreat, Sitdown (octagonal), Stencylette, No More Justice (blackletter), Masterblast (sci-fi), Kesha (sci-fi), Primal Dream, Grandma's Television, Keyboard Warrior, Foughtknight, Blissful Thinking, Positive Reinforcement, The End of Days.

    Typefaces from 2015: This Sucks (pixel font), Front Page Neue, Vermin Vibes Mert, Rock Elegance, Stripes.

    Typefaces from 2016: Enter The Grid, Fill In The Gaps, FoughtKnight, Grunge Tank, Alt West.

    Dafont link. Most of his typefaces were made using FontStruct, where he is known as NAL or Notalot. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrew Nendel

    Evansville, IL-based designer of Urban Block (2013) and Marquee Lights (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrew Pixel (was: Timm Design)
    [Andrew Timothy]

    Estonian graphic designer who created these (mostly display sans or decorative serif style) typefaces:

    • In 2017: Heraldry (decorative caps), Spacious (sci-fi).
    • In 2019: Orlande, Mjölnir (a runic or Nordic script emulation), Ravenstar, Cyber (a mosaic font), Carmina Burana, Great Glory (brush), Galileo (serif), Galilei (script), Living Dream (font duo), Marie (sans), Curie (script), Pomino (a tall stylish serif), Chara (Sans+Serif), Moccha (Sans+Serif), Turin (Sans+Serif), Torres, Rustic Jack, Alchemy, Bushel (a spurred Tuscan typeface), Misty Meadow, Fiver (prismatic), Heleen Script, Xavier, Saint James, Vernazza (a condensed sans/serif pair), Torres (a free sans and Slab pair).
    • In 2020: Tiny Twig, Claro, Grove, Black Echo, Porto, Reval, Decora (geometric, art deco), Laura, Crasus, Cecilia Octavia, Rosalia, Boutique Serif, Flora, Magic Spell, Flare, Starglow, Sunday Sunshine.
    • In 2021: Alfa (sci-fi, stencil), Beauté.
    • In 2022: Polygon (triangulated), Verdant (a foliated font), Freco (a wedge serif), Wild Dreams.

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    Andrew Pranoto

    As a student in Singapore, Andrew Pranoto created the powerful stencil typeface Geometra (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrew Timothy
    [Andrew Pixel (was: Timm Design)]

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    Andrey Belonogov

    Russian designer (b. 1975, Moscow) who won an award at Bukvaraz 2001 for Handmade (hand sign font), and for Rouble, a minimalist Latin/Cyrillic font made in 1999-2001. He received a TypeArt 05 award for the dingbat family Astra. Other typefaces include Lenta, Moloko and Svoboda. He graduated from Moscow State University of Art (named after S. Stroganov in 2001). The astronomical signs font Astera was published by Paratype in 2008. Other Paratype fonts by him include Brusque (2008, renamed Rouble), Cliche (2008, stencil face), FastFingers (2008, remake of Handmade), Powerview (2010, with Yana Kutyina), Chetwerg (2014, which won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014), and Vataga (2008, a human typefaces dingbat font co-designed with Yana Kutyina). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Andria Wiser

    Web developer and designer. Graduate of Ringling College of Art&Design (Sarasota, FL), now active as a graphic designer in St. Petersburg, FL. Blog. FontStructor of Printed (2010, horizontal stencil face). In 2016, she designed the display typeface Querk. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrij Shevchenko
    [Andrij Type]

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    Andrij Type
    [Andrij Shevchenko]

    Andrij Shevchenko (b. 1973) (aka Andrij Che) is the Berdyansk-based Ukrainian designer of the following typefaces, somne of which can also be had from MyFonts. Behance link.

    In 2012, he started Ukrainian Type.

    • Agarsky (2006, a bold casual script face) which used to be called Agara until Berthold complained about the possible confusion with Agora.
    • Zion Train (2007, an experimental sans in 20 styles).
    • Andrij Script. See here.
    • Andrij Hand (a Cyrillic handwriting font, 2002-2006; see discussion).
    • Strudel (2002, informal handprinting).
    • ALS Agrus (2005-2006, a script face, Art Lebedev Studio).
    • Machinegun (2005, octagonal military look).
    • Magela (2003, a Cyrillic sans).
    • Hajdamaka (2004, a bouncy Latin/Cyrillic script).
    • Also check out his lettering (not fonts) in Kozaku (2005, a flowing Cyrillic script), XLibna (2005, another Cyrillic script) and here (2005).
    • The semi-serifed Oksana (2007, 6 styles), Oksana Sans (2007, +Condensed), Oksana Text (2008), Oksana Cyrillic (2007), Oksana Greek (2007), and Oksana Text Swash (2008). This was followed by Oksana Text Narrow (2011), Oksana Sans (+Wide) and Oksana Sans Compressed (2011), which have hairline weights.
    • Osnova Pro (2010): a sans family that covers Cyrillic, Greek and Latin.
    • Ababa (2002, Cyrillic lettering).
    • Turbota (2010) is a rounded Latin / Cyrillic type family that was was developed as part of an identity system for Turbota, a center for disabled children in the Ukraine.
    • Arsenal (2011). A free typeface that won a national Ukrainian type competition called the Mystetsky Arsenal contest.
    • Seaside (2011) is a Peignotian face.
    • Bandera Pro (2011) is a useful workhorse square serif type family that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Accompanied by Bandera Text (2014) and Bandera Display (2014).
    • Arsenal (2012) is a workhorse sans family for Latin and Cyrillic. It won the Mystetsky Arsenal contest, and is free.

      Zion Train Pro (2012, +Stencil): Originally ZionTrain was built as a (probably first in Cyrillic!) navigation typeface for the Kharkiv identity project and Kharkiv subway and airport navigation systems. We wanted comprehensible, distinctive letterforms, that can help everybody on the way from Babylon to Zion. The project was used in Kharkiv promotion at homeland and abroad, but was rejected by the new government. As a corporate typeface it was used for a few cultural projects. Now it is equipped with Slavic Cyrillic and Monotonic Greek.

    • Humus (2007-2022). A ten-style humanist / lapidary Latin / Ukrainian Cyrillic / Greek typeface that is characterized by flared terminals.

    Additional URL.

    MyFonts interview.

    Showcase of Andrij Shevchenko's typefaces at MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Andriy Dykun
    [NREY]

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    Andrus Peegel

    Estonian creator of the grungy stencil typeface Army1 (2013), the striped typeface Stripes (2013), Artline 2 (2013), and the oily typeface Plekkmees (2013).

    In 2014, he made the grunge font Okas and the white-on-black stencil typeface Propaganda. In 2015, he made Kriips, and in 2016 Summr Sketch and Scribble 2.

    Typefaces from 2019: Grunge. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Andrzej Koston
    [Koston Type Design]

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    Andy Benedek
    [Font Factory]

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    Andy Clymer

    Andy Clymer grew up in Irvine, CA and studied at San Diego State University in 1998. At that time, he was working on Stencil Fraktur (2002). In 2004-2005, he studied type design in the Masters program of the KABK in Den Haag. He joined the typeface development department of Hoefler&Frere-Jones in New York in 2005. He has been an instructor in the Type@Cooper program in New York since 2011.

    From 2005 until 2018, Andy worked at the Hoefler&Co. type foundry, where he contributed to the typefaces Vitesse, Forza, Ideal Sans, Archer, Surveyor, and spearheaded the design of Operator and Obsidian (2015: a decorative copperplate engraved emulation typeface---various kinds of 3d illumination in Obsidian were obtained by an algorithmic process.

    In 2019, he co-developed Mingei Mono for the Mingei International Museum along with Yomar Augusto.

    In 2020, he released Tilt. Tilt is a family of (variable) typefaces inspired by three dimensional lettering found in storefront signage. Subfamilies: Tilt Neon (mimics the construction of neon tube lettering), Tilt Prism (based on prismatic lettering, cast or cut in a material), Tilt Warp (resembles peeling vinyl stickers). The variable fonts have two axes, horizontal rotation and vertical rotation.

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    Andy Cruz
    [House Industries]

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    Aneta Zdunek

    Polish designer of the stencil typeface Cytat Tacyta (2016) and Web Icons (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anette Schmidt
    [Ladyfingers]

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    Angel Rosario

    Graphic designer in Ridgewood, New York, who created a few unnamed typefaces in 2013. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Angga Suwista
    [Sans and Sons (was: Agga Swistblnk)]

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    Angus R. Shamal
    [ARS Type (was ARS Design)]

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    Ani Petrova

    Type designer, b. 1988, Sofia, Bulgaria, who works at Fontfabric, Svetoslav Simov's type foundry. She completed her Bachelor's degree at The National Academy of Art in Sofia. In 2014 she obtained a Master's degree in type design.

    Fontfabric type foundry published the free typeface family Uni Sans Free in 2014: four font weights (with heavy and thin included) set in caps from the best seller font family Uni Sans (2009). Uni Sans Free is designed by Svetoslav Simov (head of Fontfabric), Ani Petrova (Cyrillic alphabet) and Vasil Stanev (font development).

    Nexa Rust is a set of 83 weathered letterpress emulation fonts that evolved from Nexa and Nexa Slab. This was a project by Radomir Tinkov, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Vasil Stanev.

    Together with Asen Petrov, she designed the extensive handcrafted typeface family PH (2014, Fontfabric). This typeface family is accompanied by a nice set of hand-drawn icons such as PH Icons Food and PH Icons Goodies.

    In 2015, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Radomir Tinkov co-designed the 214-style mammoth font system Intro Rust, a rough version of Fontfabric's Intro. The fonts are partitioned over Intro Rust, Intro Script, Intro Head and Intro Goodies.

    In 2016, she designed Mixa (FontFabric), a connected script font influenced by grotesques.

    In 2016, a team of designers at Lettersoup that includes Ani Petrova, Botio Nikoltchev, Adam Twardoch and Andreas Eigendorf designed an 8-style Latin / Greek / Cyrillic stencil typeface, Milka, which is based on an original stencil alphabet from 1979 by Bulgarian artist Milka Peikova.

    Typefaces from 2017: Attractive (a free sans, done with Botio Nikoltchev), Kardinal (a neo humanistic grotesque published at Lettersoup).

    Typefaces from 2018: Vocal (Latin and Cyrillic; published by Lettersoup). Vocal has slightly tapered stems and tilted terminals that give the 28-weight typeface family warmth, pizzazz and oomph.

    Codesigner of Mozer (2019, by Svetoslav Simov, Ani Petrova, Mirela Belova and Nikolay Petrousenko: a condensed headline sans family that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; Mozer SemiBold is free). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Anita Abarenkova

    At Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Caldas da Rainha (ESAD.CR), Portugal, during an exchange program, Anita Abarenkova (Riga, Latvia) created the stencil typeface Anita PT Light (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anita Tran

    Manchester, UK-based designer of the hexagonal typeface Cascade Killer (2014), which comes with a stencil and and an outlined style. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anna Oakes

    As a student at Ball State University in 2016, Muncie, IN-based Anna Oakes designed the grungy stencil typeface AWOL. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anna Papp

    Budapest, Hungary-based designer of the triangulated typeface Chaos (2016), a playful stencil font (2019), the glitch font Say Hello (2019), and the textured New Ways (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anna Zakharchenko
    [Anza Letters]

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    Anne Wehebrink

    Designer at ACME in London. Her creations include AF Oneline (1998), a geometric hairline monoline stencil font.

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    Annie Crossland
    [OkayAnnnie Designs]

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    Anson Nguyen

    Aurora, IL-based designer of the stencil typeface Alligator (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anthony Bowe
    [Geronimo Fonts (or: Paradox Fontworks, or: Typewire Studios)]

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    Anthony Burrill

    Designer at ACME of AF Video Wall (1998, a gridded pixel font).

    In 2012, he published the stencil typeface Kit Form (HypeForType).

  • Lisbon (2013, Colophon). Lisbon is a geometric stencil typeface based on an original metal stencil that Burrill found in a sign makers shop in Lisbon, Portugal. The font was first used in a series of posters commissioned by the British Council for Experimenta cultural biennale in Lisbon (2010).

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  • Anthony James

    Anthony James (Manchester, UK) is a talented British type designer. iHis typefaces, in chronological ordr:

    • Kaiju (2014). A dashing art deco typeface. Kaiju II followed in 2015.
    • Chase (014). A free monoline sans.
    • QG (2014). A minimalist free typeface.
    • Argö (2014). A commercial decorative fashion mag didone typeface.
    • Global (2014). A slender ball terminal-laden typeface meant for magazine titling.
    • Goku (+Regular, +Stencil; 2014). A multilingual didone fashion mag typeface, initially designed as a stencil font for the Basel & Geneva Watch Launch Event for Watches of Switzerland.
    • Giza (+free Stencil; 2015). A fashion mag didone. It was unfortunately named, as David Berlow's famous Egyptian typeface is also called Giza. After I wrote this in June 2015, I noticed that Giza became Giaza in July 2015.
    • Kingston (2016). A fashion mag typeface derived from didones.
    • Jitzu (2016). A multilingual high-contrast fashion didone in ten styles.
    • Osgard (2017). A swashy blackletter.
    • Ghost Cove (2017).
    • Indulge Script (2017). Formal calligraphy.
    • Kenjo (2018). Fashion mag headline type.
    • Omega Sans (2018).
    • Solar Vesta (2018). A font duo.
    • Qavo (2018). A sharp-edged monoline all caps sans.
    • Mojita (2019). A geometric display typeface, inspired by Japanese art deco, as well as Aztec & Mayan pattern design.

    Facebook page. Buy his commercial typefaces here. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Anthony Melice

    Anthony Melice (AMelice Design, Buffalo, NY) created the stencil typeface Breeding Ground (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anthony Neil Dart

    Graphic and motion graphics designer in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he worked as Ontwerp.tv (Idea currency) Pty Ltd. He is now located in Seattle, WA.

    He created several experimental alphabets, often of a geometric nature, such as Geometric Chic (2008-2009) and Beauty (2009).

    The Bends (2011) is a hairline curly-yet-straight display face. SansGoma (2011) is a hairline slab poster face. Nu Gothic (2011), Nu Modern (2011) and especially Vironica (2011) are fashion mag display typefaces. Neu Nouveau (2011) is a curly art nouveau face. Numera (2011) is an organic fashion mag face. Killoton (2011) is super-fat and beautiful.

    Creations in 2012: An art deco example in his Janelle 1945 work. Vorm Type, inspired by the work of Wim Crouwel, is a rounded blocky typeface that is monospaced in the x and y directions.

    Typefaces from 2013: Canada (alchemic).

    In 2015, he created a series of posters called Vignelliisms illustrating one-liners by Massimo Vignelli.

    Typefaces from 2017: Canada (I can't believe that he has trademarked the name Canada). Home page. Behance link. Ontwerp link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anthony Robinson

    UK-based creator (b. 1967) at FontStruct in 2008 of Metal Vampire (athletic lettering meets vampire), Moonbase Tokyo (neat futuristic oriental simulation), Sir Robin's Minstrels (blackletter), Starscraper (techno), Moonmonkey (outline LED font), First.

    In 2010, he added the non-FontStruct typefaces Chromium (a great special effect face), Clawripper, Dirty Play, HairyMonster, HairyMonsterSolid, Punched, and Slasha, mostly inspired by blood, guts, and murders. Static Buzz (2010) is a texture face. Newcastle (2010) is a castle-themed alphabet. Blinger (2010) is a star-studded outline face. New York Punk (2010) is grungy. Dinosaurs (2011) is a dingbat face. NUFC Shield (2011) is a shield face. Zombified (2011) and Sound Sample (2012) are grunge typefaces.

    Rollerball 1975 (2012) is the font used in the Rollerball movie. Western Show Caps (2012) is a Western circus font. Stoned (2012) evokes letters carved in stone.

    In 2013, Robinson published the textured athletic lettering font Robbie Rocketpants, Airlock, Cargo Bay (a great army stencil, with a negative letter option), Dogma (a grungy Lombardic face), and the grungy blackletter typeface Flesh Wound. MDMA (2013) is a halftone simulation texture face. Barbarian (2013) is an alphading typeface on the theme of swords. Camouflage (2013) is a textured typeface. Atheist (2013) is an outline typeface. Power (2013) is inspired by lettering on pwer buttons. Witching Hour (2013) is a halloween font. Dystopian Future (2013) is a grungy typeface. Olde Stencil (2013) is a stenciled blackletter typeface. Anonbats (2013) has scanbats and dingbats related to the famous hacker group Anonymous. Creature Feature (2013) is a slimy typeface. Ka Blamo (2013) is a comic book font. Beer Goggles (2013), Supercreep (2013), KaBoing (2013), Gloop (2013, an oil slick face), Voodoo Vampire (2013) and Ye Olde Oak (2013) are textured typefaces. Anti Everything (2013) is a blood drip typeface. PCB (2013) is a printed circuit board font. Dickensian Christmas (2013) is a decorative Christmas font.

    Typefaces from 2014: Spondulix (hacker type), War Wound, Lasso of Truth, Counter Dial.

    Typefaces from 2015: English Football Club Badges, Fuzzy Cops, Kick to the Face (oriental simulation).

    Typefaces from 2016: Squeal Piggy.

    Typefaces from 2019: Footy Scarf.

    Dafont link. Aka Anfa. Home page. Another URL. FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anthony Sheret
    [The Entente]

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    Anto Ginanto
    [Mr. Ginanto (or: Mangga Design)]

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    Antoine Elsensohn

    Parisian graphic designer who created the fat stencil typeface Fatty Boom Boom (2014), a project finished during his studies at ESAD Amiens. In 2014, Samy Halim, Antoine Eisensohn and the FontYou team co-designed the haedline typeface Ilya FY, which is characterized by flared stem endings.

    During his studies at ESAIG Estienne in Paris, Antoine Elsensohn designed the reversed stress typeface Navigator (2016) under the guidance of Franck Jalleau and Michel Derre. Ballast (2016) is a bold supermarket typeface. Damocles (2017) is a demi-contrast lapidary typeface. Tactic (2018) is a wide sans. Tactic, Navigator and Damocles were all released at E162.

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    Anton Cahyono
    [Motokiwo]

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    Anton Scholtz
    [Scholtz Fonts]

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    Anton Terekhov

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 and 2009 of Birka (pixel), Skipper (octagonal), Skipper Stencil (military), Skipper-Modern, Skipper-Slab, Skipper Cap, Skipper Tight, Peteroque (baroque pixel face), Technocrat Cargo (octagonal stencil), Technocrat (octagonal), Retrograde Pix (pixel face), Retrograde Lux (severe octagonal), abstruct, admiral (dot matrix face), glagol, glagol_script_1, marx_1, Admiral (dot matrix), Glagol Rock (constructivist), Retrograde (octagonal/mecahnical), Technocrat (octagonal), WPA Gothic Cyrillic (another poster font), WPA-Gothic-Deco-Cyrillic. Many fonts have Cyrillic letters and/or Cyrillic influences. He made the heavy mechanical slab serif headline typeface Colonial (2010) and the pixelized typeface Skippix (2011, +Mono). Peteroque (2009-2010) are decorated pixel capitals. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Antonia Cornelius

    German type and communication designer, lecturer and researcher with a special interest in legibility and readability (b. 1989). She obtained a Bachelor's in communication design with Jovica Veljovic at Hamburg University of Applied Science, where her thesis was entitled The Letters in my Head. What Creatives should know about reading processes in order to design joyful reading experiences. She also did a Master's with Veljovic, which led to her Legilux typeface family (a transitional serif with optical sizes as well as a sans serif) and further research on legibility. She graduated in 2017. Antonia joined Dutch Design in 2017 and extended the FF DIN family to FF DIN Slab. Furthermore, she re-engineered the whole FF DIN family itself to make variable fonts; she also added Bulgarian Cyrillic and other characters; finally, she also made FF DIN Stencil into a functional three axis variable font. Since 2018, she teaches type design at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel.

    Her typefaces:

    • Legilux (2016). A transitional serif with optical sizes as well as a sans serif developed during her Masters studies at Hamburg University of Applied Science.
    • FF DIN Slab (2022). With Albert-Jan Pool.
    • FF DIN Slab Variable (2022). With Albert-Jan Pool.
    • FF DIN Stencil (2022). With Albert-Jan Pool and Achaz Reuss.
    • FF DIN Stencil Variable (2022). With Albert-Jan Pool and Achaz Reuss.
    • FF DIN Paneuropean (2022). With Albert-Jan Pool, Achaz Reuss, Aleksei Chekulaev and Panos Haratzopoulos. See also and FF DIN Paneuropean Variable (with Achaz Reuss, Aleksei Chekulaev, Albert-Jan Pool and Panos Haratzopoulos).

    Antonia Cornelius won the People's Choice award for Legilux in 2016 at the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2016.

    Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp on the topic of legibility: Typeface designers Antonia Cornelius and Björn Schumacher conducted a preliminary study for their final master's projects. They set up a reading-speed test by reverting to well-tried test material, which they set in their new typefaces Legilux and Text Type as well as the common Walbaum Standard. Focusing on the effect of the optical scaling method, the typefaces were tested in two sizes: 1.5 mm and 1 mm x-height. The results tend to show a positive effect for optical adjustments in type designs. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Antonio J. Morata

    Antonio J. Morata (Almeria, Spain, b. 1968) is a FontStructor (aka elmoyenique) who used FontStruct to make several modular typefaces starting in 2010. The typeface names start with z. We list them alphabetically:

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    Antonio Lechuga
    [Antonio Mejia Lechuga]

    Mexico City-based designer, b. Huauchinango. He studied graphic design at Universidad del Valle de Mexico in Queretaro City, and received a diploma in corporate identity from LISAVA in Barcelona in 2005. He opened his own graphic design studio in Mexico City in 2016.

    With the Latinotype team, he designed the high-contrast fashion mag headline typeface family Gabriela Stencil (2016), which was inspired by 19th century didones. Gabriela Stencil won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018.

    In 2018, Antonio Mejia Lechuja designed the handwriting typeface Handasa (programming by Ivan Moreno, Veracruz, Mexico). Handasa imitates the handwriting of architect Pedro Pablo Velasco Ochoa in his thesis Handasa: La epica en la arquitectura.

    In 2019, he added Gabriela (Latinotype) and Trust Sans (Latinotype Mexico: for corporate branding).

    Typefaces from 2021: Planetazul (a corporate font for Planeta Azul), Bruna (a 16-style sans family named after Dutch children's book illustrator Dick Bruna (1927-2017)).

    In 2021, he designed Gatopardo Display for the Mexican magazine Gatopardo, as well as Mestiza (a 12-style serif with sharp terminals).

    Typefaces from 2022: Mestiza Sans (a 12-style flared lapidary sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Antonio Mejia Lechuga
    [Antonio Lechuga]

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    Antonio Moro
    [Itomi]

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    Antraxja Fonts (or: Atrax)
    [Rafal Brzezinski]

    Antraxja Fonts (or: Atrax) is a (now defunct) Polish foundry which offered these free fonts made by Rafa Brzezinski in 2004: ARTUR, Antraxja Goth 1938 (blackletter), Art (art nouveau), Battlefield (war lettering face), BananaShow-Medium, CrashTest, CrashTestItalic, CrashTestShadow, Cybernetyka (futuristic family), CybernetykaItalic, CybernetykaNormal, CybernetykaOutline, DarkPalladin, History Brush, Kreskwka-Italic, Kreskwka (handwriting), Monster, MonsterShadow, Mortis, Orchidee, Reforma, Returntocastle (gothic), Speed+, Speed+2, Techno, Medusa (blocky lettering), Weronika, Bajareczka, Camilla, Cherif, Top Secret (stencil).

    Alternate URL. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anula 65478

    FontStructor who made the headline mini-stencilled typeface Muza Pro (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anuthin Wongsunkakon
    [Behaviour (was: type behaviour)]

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    Anwarul Kholil

    Designer of the stencil typeface AK1 (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anxiety Studio (or: Design Co)

    Portland, Oregon-based designer of these typefaces in 2019: Countdown (spurred; Rough, Outline & Ornament), Countdown Ville, The Hotling (brush font), Sihaloho (signage script), Blues Vacations, Hacrley Serif, Roller Coaster (Victorian), Orlando (a monoline signature font), Fairing Brush (a Halloween brush font), Lydiani, Rusty The Buttcher, Anetha Faith Signature, Gibsons Co Vol.2, Tunnels (dry brush), Hellena Jeslyn (a signature font duo), Gibsons Co, Saint Quard Serif, The Wolfman SignPainted, The Beatcher Typeface (a vintage all caps titling typeface).

    Typefaces from 2020: Marotho, Leatherhand Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2021: Future Unwritten, The Luxury (Sans, serif), Theodore Bagwell (font duo), Chammer Beauty, Broken Letters, Manasco (stencil), PQRS Handpainted, Holluise Vintage, Freestyle. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Anza Letters
    [Anna Zakharchenko]

    Miass, Russia-based type designer offering mainly handcrafted script or brush fonts. Her typefaces from 2021: Fruity Morning (a color SVG font), Coffee Break, Gradient Quirky, Aster Glow, Vintage, WMN Power, Carnival (and party masks), Snowflake Christmas, Cupid, Vegan.

    Her typefaces from 2020: Orchid (an ornamented sans), Avocado (a stylish display serif), Wanderlust, Snowflake, Warmth (a retro brush font for Latin and Cyrillic), Sunshine, Breaking Rules (a paper cutout typeface), Feel Free, Bravo (a prismatic SVG font for Latin and Cyrillic), Virgo (a serif stencil), Grotesque, Ander, America, Quirky Spring (a playful rounded hand-drawn typeface), Retro Vibes.

    Typefaces from 2019: Nuova (a modern stencil family), Caramel (an upright script), Daenerys (a script and serif duo), Didone (an over-the-top swashy ball terminal didone), Mood Board (script), One Upon A Time (an octagonal and script font duo), Abstract, Summer in Paris (font duo), Nordic Dream, Organic, Poster (a heavy sans), Throne (a free dry brush SVG font), Primavera (brush script), Emotion Sans, Emotion SVG, Emotions Brush, Mobile (a modular sans), Fleuriste (a decorative duoline font), Lovely (a tall monoline script), School SVG, Aloha SVG (a watercolor script), Sport, Alpha & Omega (a signature script), Rio Love, Delight Grunge, Quirky, Oh My Child (textured).

    Typefaces from 2018: Protect, Shadow (an all caps fashion mag titling sans family in ten styles), Ultra Violet (sans), Fall in Love Script, White Christmas (a brushed SVG font), Golden Leaves Script, Alesya (script), Rush. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Apex Type Foundry
    [Alex Chavot]

    Lyon and/or Paris, France-based graphic designer and illustrator. He created the geometric fat counterless Tangoes and the monoline sans faceSlim in 2009.

    Aka UnderNoControlTypofoundry.

    Creations in 2012 include the free font Modul (OFL), Lavoir (OFL, based on an old art-deco public bath sign in Lyon), Interval (OFL, monospaced) and Modulo (OFL).

    In 2016, he designed the delightful fat sans display typeface Marsel Black, and writes: What could have happened if Roger Excoffon and Eric Gill gathered in Marcel Olive's backyard in Marseille to share a few Pastis back in the days? In some way, Marsel could be the result of this hypothetical experiment. A colourful fat sans with uncanny high contrasts and utter personality. While flirting with the strangeness of Gill's Kayo, Marsel primarily stands as a very distant hommage to Excoffon's mythical Antique, a reminiscence of a Latin taste for exuberance.

    Typefaces from 2018: Pyros (a didone with Hebrwew influences), Peckham (transitional).

    Home page.

    Typefaces from 2019: Kellar (a smashing quirky headline didone named after Thomas McKellar).

    Typefaces from 2020: Gortex (an agate typeface), Hazel Display Nerw (stencil), Smithee (a condensed American gothic; Alex writes: The basis for Smithee was found in an old French foundry's wood type specimen in the archives of the Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique, in Lyon), Almeria (a display typeface developed between 2015 and 2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Practical Grotesk (a Swiss sans), Granit Display (based on granite headstone engravings). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Apfel Type Foundry

    Apfel Type Foundry (London, UK) was launched in 2020. The initial team consists of Kirsty Carter (Director), Emma Thomas (Director), Daniel Griffiths (Associate Director), Joanna Rutter (Senior Designer), Olivia Diaz (Senior Designer), Matt Kay (Junior Designer) and Jason Wolfe. Apfel stands for A Practice for Everyday Life. It engages in custom and retail type. Initially, in 2020, it had four retail typefaces:

    • Marquis (2021). A humanist sans by Jason Wolfe. This is a contemporary reinterpretation of the Stephenson Blake typeface Granby (1930), which was itself influenced by the letter forms of Johnston and Futura.
    • Certeau. A sans typeface with a short-legged e. They write: Influenced both by geometric Modernist monoline typefaces and by examples of Dutch and German sans-serif typography from the 1930s, Certeau evolved through research into type styles that strike a balance between rationality and idiosyncrasy.
    • Lining. A sans with large counters designed by Jason Wolfe. Apfel writes: A contemporary reinterpretation of a sans-serif typeface family first advertised by the American Type Founders Company in 1897.
    • Remnants. Remnants is a skyline style typeface that is based on a display type found on an old Serbian book cover, and was expanded to encompass a full Latin character set which captures a sense of the beauty of the Cyrillic alphabet.
    • Periferia. An experimental stencil typeface.

    Apfel also released these typefaces made by Jason Wolfe: Asia Art Archive, the various Camper typefaces, and Friedel (2021).

    Custom typefaces include Piloti (a light flared sans with large x-height, for Feilden Fowles), Elle Play Display (2017, a headline typeface for Elle UK), House of Voltaire, Apfel AB (a quadrangulated typeface done with Anthony Burrill), Camulodunum (2011; Display and Stencil), Camper (2014; in SS15, SS16 and AW15 styles), V&A Dundee (stencil), Royal Docks, Asia art Archive Display. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    aphoria

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Interest (dot matrix), Order (constructivist), Attica, Continuum (rounded bold), Fairway (+Slab, +Serif), Slant (techno), Cowboy (2008, Western-themed), Lights in the sky, Olymia Bold, Solida (psychedelic), Digi (pixel face), Villa (heavy slab serif) and Olympia Light. In 2009, he added Versional, Crown, Vend, Reed (Slab, Sans, both octagonal), Spaced Out (Bold, Italic, Regular), Jingle, ReMix (kitchen tile), Squire (3d face), Garage Sale (stencil), Signage, Futility (blackletter), Expearemint, Textual, Callout, tweedie, Embolden, Clipped, Economical, Emphasis, Vessel, Honest, Union (+Flat, +Sans, +New), Interest (pixel/dotted face), Venus Sans, Minanim, Diner (rounded), Lights in the Sky (De Stijl-like font), Opine, Charmer (+Inverse), Tweedle, Textual, Solida (ultra round), Slant, Slant, Villa (heavy slab serif), Versional, Vend, Union, Union Sans, Union New Sans, Union New Flat, Paperclip, Poofy, Steel (+Outline: octagonal), Crown, Diner (rounded), Solemn Bold, Solemn, reed Sans Mono (octagonal).

    Fonts from 2010: Full Deck (playing card font), Scrollboard, Power Up (piano key face), Groovy Fu, Formality, Union New (+Sans, +Flat), Angle Tutorial, Aurora Light (elliptical monoline sans), Pushpins, Aurora Light, Scrawl (marker face), Evity (a grotesk face), Altipen (upright script).

    Fonts from 2011: Obleak (oblique techno face), Likea (a heavy mechanical sans), Uptake (elliptical).

    Fonts from 2012: Omit (a bilined stencil face).

    Fonts from 2013: Emblazoned.

    Typefaces from 2014: Game Over, Aurora Light, Flowidity, Oxquad (textured, octagonal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Apollo 26
    [Brian Jaramillo Harvey]

    B.J. Harvey is the Californian designer at Chank's Store of the free "bj's Halloween Fontpak " (4 fonts, 2001). He is working on a ton of other fonts, like Apollo Sans, Motorpsycho, Geek Gothic (a comic book face), Apollo46, Zimmer, Nu Cairo, Sotoflame (2002), Japanasonic, Japanacea, Japanorama, Eurmama (oriental simulation font), Jawa (oriental simulation), SD Police (stencil, not for sale), Rigby, Neopolitik, Metis, Motorpsycho. Opened Apollo26 in July 2002, where you can buy Flame N Skull, DEFCON 1 through 5 (or: Billabong, Special effects, X-Games 23, Von Zipper and Machine). APOLLO26SumoX (2002) is free. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Apply Interactive

    German stencil typeface and typographic service outfit located in Hamburg. MyFonts site. Besides Caslon Fina Stencil and Serpentine Stencil (Dick Jensen), the following typefaces or families were made in 1999 by Sigrid Claessens and Günther Flake: Advera Stencil, Stencil Antiqua (1999, by Sigrid Claessens and Günther Flake), Arston Stencil, Chico Stencil, Ferro Stencil, La Pina Stencil, Lasertac Stencil, Reedon Stencil, Rounded Stencil, Walton Stencil, Western Stencil, Glaser Stencil (after a typeface by Milton Glaser), Bank Stencil (1930s typeface of Morris Fuller Benton), Geometric Stencil (originally by Paul Renner), Tea Chest Stencil (after a typeface by Robert Harling, 1939).

    MyFonts offers these fonts: Arston Stencil, Caslon Fina Stencil, Reedon Stencil, Western Stencil, Stencil Antiqua, Advera Stencil, Glaser Stencil, Rounded Stencil, Bank Stencil, Tea Chest Stencil, Lasertac Stencil, Geometric Stencil, Walton Stencil, Ferro Stencil, Serpentine Stencil, Chico Stencil, La Pina Stencil, OCR-A AI (Apply Interactive). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Approximate Type
    [Kasper Pyndt Rasmussen]

    Danish graphic and type designer in Copenhagen, who studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design (2010-2016) and The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (2014-15). In 2020, he set up Approximate Type. His typefaces:

    • He made various typefaces in 2010, including a monoline sans caps face, a Peignotian high-contrast caps face, a paper fold face, and the geometric typeface Ottoman, which was part of the visual identity made for a nightclub named Ottoman, located at Dunkel in the heart of Copenhagen. Wondair (2011) is a rounded monoline logotype made for a fictituous airline. Gemini (2011) is a bilined geometric art deco typeface.
    • In 2012, Pyndt designed the soft neo-grotesque Husaar, which has subtle, sharp ink-traps.

      Dalat (2013) is a typeface inspired by Vietnamese visual culture. I believe that at some point it was called Kieu. He writes about Dalat: Dalat is a typeface that looks back on Vietnam's visual history and attempts to form a synthesis of style. As French Art Deco and Russian Constructivism have been prominent actors in Vietnam, the letters are constructed in a similarly geometric way. By contrast, the soft serifs are derived from Vietnamese calligraphy whose brush strokes tend to thicken and pool towards the end.

    • Clerk (2015) is a stencil display typeface based on a sign type (most likely) drawn by Samuel de Clerq in the 1920s for the savings bank of The Hague. This uppercase-only font features, among other things, an array of 'O'-ligatures as well as a flat-top '8'.
    • Aguzzo (2016). A roman capitalis typeface loosely based on Aldo Novarese and Alessandro Butti's Augustea (1951).
    • Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Danish furniture design legend Hans Wegner, Tønder Museum asked Pyndt to visually interpret his work, which led to Pyndt's Wegner Alphabet depicting chairs.
    • Edwin (2016?) is a text typeface drawn from the simple notion of replacing the ball-terminal with a square. A font that retains character despite its functional merits.
    • Reply (2020). A neutral sans family with nearly monolinear strokes and large open counters.
    • The bespoke sans typeface family Shed (2021).

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    Apurva Pathak

    India-based designer of the Latin stencil typeface Hardi (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    aRc (or: Azelea Rodgers Creations)
    [Azelea Rodgers]

    aRc was established in 2008 by Azelea Rodgers (b. 1974, The Philippines). It is located in Lathrop, CA.

    A graduate from Skyline College, she created the alphabet tracing font Kerp (2008) for kids in pre-kindergarten. She also made Rosebud (2008, letters composed of thorny rose stems), Asvet Mono (2009, a playful stencil), Azelea (2009), Edil Script (2010), Laureen (2010, a calm calligraphic script), Alexy (2011, a ribbon script), and Lelet Script (2009). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Architaraz Type (or: Kassymkulov Design)
    [Zhalgas Kassymkulov]

    Architaraz Type (Kassymkulov Design) is located in Shanghai, China, and Taraz, Kazakhstan. Its type designer, Zhalgas Kassymkulov, was born in 1986 in Kazakhstan. His initial type designs were all done with the help of FontStruct. In 2013, he went commercial as Architaraz Type.

    He made a gridded modular typeface called Targeted (2011). Sliced (2011) is a counterless stencil face. Discostructed (sic) (2011) is a texture face. Mono Dot (2011) is a thin dot matrix face. Mono Hor (2011) is a horizontally striped version of it, Mono Ver (2011) a vertically striped version, and Mono Bold (2011) a bold version. Promo (2011) is purely geometric. Semiz (2011) and Semiz Light (experimental) are partly art deco. Audio (2011) is based on the logo of audiojelly. Arro (2011) has letters with arrowed terminals. Hexa (2011) is hexagonal. Happi (2011) is a fat finger face. Semiz Black (2011) is a free fat pixel face.

    Creations from 2012: Pearls of Margar, Korgan, Phunni, Carbo, Carbo ii, Lenta, Phunni, Jambul, Extraterrestrial (sci-fi), Rap My Hip-Hop, Armada 1991 (monospaced), Venus (white on black), Garage Garbage (bold avant-garde design), WHAQ, Extra Fontestrial, Algae, A Tasbaqa, Salem (rounded bold typeface), Thaiana Jones, Salem (fat rounded face), Audio 2012, Balapan, Dalmat, Bonn (an art nouveau army stencil face), Mgla, Teris (white on black), Degoratix (curly), Barney Stencil (a fantastic brushy stencil), Lentalicious, Blackway Str, Schengbers (a great piano key stencil family), Tramcar Typo, Mgia, Brushure (a fat curvy display face), Extralien, Serrific Terif, Missinger, Tolkyn, Murt, Twisture, Soliture, Threedure, Antillic, Garage Garbage, Arro, Happi, Schengbergs Hi.

    Typefaces from 2013: AT Dombra (psychedelic typeface after Motter Ombra), AT Hoppy (fat letters), AT Liniya (blackboard bold), AT Karagai, Hed Kandi (techno face), AT Traffa Stencil, AT Schema, Naation, AT Nayman, AT Roughin, AT Rooktura Stencil, AT Duba, AT Archistency, AT Liena, AT Bombarda (fat stencil face), AT Sulfur ii, AT Mad Pilot, AT Tasbaqa, Vaia Con Dios, Betaport, Mooltyashka, AT Stincel (a lively stencil font), Millio, Tamshy, Offelia, Jalgas (retro script: a winner in the FontStruct Connected Script Competition), Laffa (connected stencil script), Dlinalys, Diagona, Kitara (psychedelic), Archtitalic, Bonn (bony stencil), Teka 1, Teka 2, Unknownim, Khara (ultra-heavy slab face), Shlab (slab serif), Unknownim (slab serif), Archtalic, Argyn, Linea Runde, Mechatraps (+Plain), Eliksir, Drilliant, Katamaran (art deco), Lagman, Neurojet (experimental), Jazzure (bullet hole display face), Diagon, Aroth, Pharaoh's Delight (piano key / art deco typeface), Cocomi, AT Burshak, AT Sulfur, AT Taspa, AT Affina.

    Commercial typefaces done in 2013: KD William, William Shakespears, AT Archistency (piano key stencil face) AT Bombarda (piano key stencil face), AT Audio, AT Argyn.

    Typefaces from 2014: AT Sudoku (each letter is actually a sudoku puzzle!), AT Tactica (tic tac toe voard), AT Sudoku+, AT Pixtensans, AT Ayna, AT Kerey, AT Giveaway, AT Lagman, AT Asotika, AT Tugan, AT Yertegi, AT Nudgera, AT Diagona, AT Golovkin (stencil typeface named after middleweight boxer Gennady GGG Golovkin), AT Arachis (stencil), AT Tugan (fat rounded sans), AT Baktera, AT Jumpa Jumpa (stencil), AT Nudgera, AT Digitta, AT Archaus, AT Ladya (ball terminal stencil), AT Yin Yang, At Keste, AT Yazyk (rounded stencil), AT Sulfurian (techno stencil), AT Fasten Your Seatbelts (diagonally cut stencil), AT Buckle Up (like AT Fasten Your Seatbelts), AT Droppix, AT Knitka (knitting font), AT Sagat, AT Wild Archid (african theme font), AT Steglo.

    Typefaces from 2015: ATAday, ATArchistruct, ATAttache, ATBogomol, ATCastleryRock, ATChaperon, ATKitay (oriental simulation), ATQuba, ATRaushan, ATRoyal, ATShlanga, ATSkos, ATTrassa, AT Giveaway 4, AT Sherit, AT Ribborn.

    Typefaces from 2016: ATArchaus2, ATArchistructOutline, ATDornach, ATDrogo, ATEnschede, ATExtrema, ATGiveawayNo5, ATGiveawayNo6, ATHadamard, ATTwelve, Windows Icon Font.

    Typefaces from 2017: ATBals, ATBevelour, ATEsrever, ATHitchook, ATImagiro, ATLauda, ATMigdalia, ATRozalla, ATUniversiade, ATYangster, ATZabor, ATThinnetry.

    Typefaces from 2018: KD Eight, KD Tramcar, KD Algae Brush, Forza Juve (inspired by Juventus FC's logo), KD Hachure (a multiline typeface family), KD Half Arc, KD Space Band, KD Hachure (+Inline, +Outline), KDAnniversary, Armiya (army stencil), KD Baba Yaga (multiline).

    Typefaces from 2019: KD Para, KD Pempo (a multiline art deco font).

    Typefaces from 2021: KD Ziberia (based on Antonio J. Morata's Ziberia typeface from 2011), KD Dekorat (a modular labyrinthine or Maya genre set of capital letters).

    FontM link. Behance link. FontStruct link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Arctype
    [Aaron Chiffers]

    Falmouth, UK-based designer of Tetsuo AT (2019: a geometric, futuristic and monospaced typeface; +Stencil), High Tide AT (2019: inspired by the lettering of the fishermen of Cornwall), and the copperplate-inspired all caps typeface, Caeli AT (2019), for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ardi Parwito
    [Green Adventure Studio]

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    Arief Setyo Wahyudi
    [Typia Nesia]

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    Ariel Di Lisio
    [Negro]

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    Arkitype (was: Virtue Creative)
    [Andrew Footit]

    Andrew Footit (b. 1984) runs his own type foundry in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also known as Arkitype. Until 2014, his type studio was called Virtue Creative and before that, Virtue84. In 2017, he set up Arkitype. His typefaces:

    • The very simple monoline rounded geometric typeface Modulus (2011). Updated to Modulus Pro in 2019.
    • The stunning art deco typeface Vindeco (2011).
    • Gigafont (2011): a free bubblegum font.
    • FunFair (2012): hand-printed.
    • Virtus Sans (2012): a clean 4-style sans family.
    • the Western family Westro (2012, +Inline).
    • The free rounded sans drafting font Struct (2013).
    • The four-style vintage poster typeface The Woods (2013).
    • The spurred letterpress typeface family Roper (2014). Roper evolved into the octagonal typeface family Hudson NY (2015) and Hudson NY Pro (2020). Hudson NY Regular, Serif and Slab are athletic lettering / octagonal typeface families.
    • Bosk Hand.
    • Roves (2016). A camping style set of fonts, including several stencil typefaces.
    • Anchor Script (2016). Inspired by classic cursive connected handwriting.
    • Navigator (2016). Inspired by the early explorers.
    • Bowline Script (2016). A vintage monoline cursive script typeface.
    • Saveur Sans (2017) and Saveur Sans Round (2017). A lovely sans typeface family that is inspired by art deco and French cafes.
    • Comply Slab (2017). All caps and octagonal, with possible applications in athletic lettering.
    • 3 Stripe Type (2017) and Adidas Nemeziz (2017). Prismatic typefaces.
    • Technol (2018).
    • Statewide (2018). An all caps squarish techno display sans family.
    • ESPN Next (2018). An octagonal inline custom typeface. ESPN Heroes (2019) is a six-lined prismatic typeface.
    • Poster Compressed (2019). A piano key typeface.
    • Neumatic Compressed (2019), Neumatic Gothic Round (2020) and Neumatic Gothic (2019).
    • Protrakt Variable (2019). Nine variable width all caps fonts, of different thicknesses.
    • Coastal (2020). A twelve-style all caps sans.
    • Compose. An 18-style minimalist sans with elliptical curves and quite open counters.
    • Storica (2021). A 9-style all caps vintage serif.

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Home page. View Andrew Footit's typefaces. Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Arktype (was: Atelier René Knip)
    [René Knip]

    Dutch type designer located in Bloemendaal. Jan Middendorp wrote about him in A.R.K. Ten Years of Type Related Projects 1994-2004 (2004), summarizing Knip's work at Atelier René Knip, mostly experiments in type design. Knip (b. 1963) is a graduate from the St. Joost Academy in Breda, class of 1990. Since 1992, Knip has operated a design studio in Amsterdam, Atelier René Knip.

    Recently, Knip and his brother Edgar formed a new company, Gebroeders Knip, which produces furniture and accessories in which letterforms are integral parts of the objects design.

    One of his experiments, a unicase typeface with an Arabic feel, was digitized by Nick Curtis as Turban Hey NF (2008).

    In October 2012, Knip and another Dutch designer cofounded Arktype, but by 2020, the other Dutch designer left that company.

    Typefaces at Knip's site as of 2020:

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    Armando Pineda

    Mexico City-based designer of the Capricho (2014), a high-contrast didone with an additional stencil style. In 2016, he designed the blackletter typeface Toska One and Lapin Brush. Creative Market link. A newer Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Arnaud Le Roux

    Parisian graphic designer who created Meneïde (2013, a free blackletter stencil) and Foresee (2013, a free geometric display typeface).

    In 2014, he created the free experimental typeface Coda as a tribute to Paul Renner. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Aron Jancso

    Extraordinary Hungarian design talent based in Budapest, 1986-2015. I can't find enough superlatives to describe his work or find appropriate words to express my sadness when I learned of his death due to a bicycle accident on September 4, 2015. He was best known for his experimental type projects. He published the masterful Ogaki in 2009, the high contrast didone typeface Sensaway Pro (2010, Die Gestalten), the calligraphic Caligo (2013), the freestyle jazz high-contrast typeface Qalto (2012) and the fat counterless Dubwise Pro (2010) at Die Gestalten. Other typefaces include Milen Serif (2009, organic), Minimalstile (2008), Minimalca (2008, organic), Fade Away and Fancy Fence (2009, geometric blackletter), Muzikal (2010), Type #32 (2010).

    Typographic poster examples: A, B, C, D, E, F, G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q. Examples of typographically great bike posters: A | B | C.

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    ARS Type (was ARS Design)
    [Angus R. Shamal]

    ARS Type is an Amsterdam-based foundry with some commercial fonts by Angus R. Shamal. Shamal had earlier published fonts with T-26 and Plazm. Fonts can be bought via Fontshop.

    The fonts: AudioVisual1, Code, Kamp, Kamp Serif, Retro City, OCRU, Toycube, Mortal, Maquette (1999-2000), Angelring, ARS Bembo, Contrast, Dandy, EcologyModern, Hartu (handwriting), Temper, ARS Novelty (2011, a free hybrid style face), ARS Polythene (pixel font family), Misanthry, Syntax (OsF format sans serif), CensorSans (1994), CensorSerif (1994), Credit (1995), Epilogue.pfa (1995), Exert (T-26), Humain-Graphica (1995), Humain-Synthetica (1995), Platrica (1994), Roscent (1995), ARSFortune (2000, futuristic), ARS Region (2002, Bauhaus sans), District (experimental), Descendiaan (1998), Zero Rate (futuristic), Tegel (1998, stencil, kitchen tile), Twenty (octagonal, techno), Trio (dot matrix fonts), Maquette (1999), Region, Product (2007, sans typefaces), Mr Archi, Prime (display), Deviata (unicase face), Forum I-AR (after Forum I, a 1948 font by Georg Trump), Freie Initialen-AR (2007, after a 1928 set of caps for Stempel Garamond), Fry's Ornamented (2007; a revival of Ornamented No. 2 which was cut by Richard Austin for Dr. Edmund Fry in 1796), Graphique-AR (2007; a shaded typeface based on a 1946 design by Eidenbenz for Haas), Gravur-AR (2007; a digital version of a type designed by Georg Trump and issued as Trump-Gravur by Weber in 1960), Initiales Grecques (after a Firmin Didot design, ca. 1800), Lutetia Open (2007; based on Jan Van Krimpen's Lutetia), Old Face Open (2007; a digitization of Fry's Shaded, an open all caps Baskerville cut by Isaac Moore for Fry, ca. 1788), Open Capitals (2007, after Jan Van Krimpen's 1928 typeface for Enschedé called Open Kapitalen), Romulus Capitals (2007; after the caps series by Jan Van Krimpen, 1931), Romulus Open (2007; after the Open series by Jan Van Krimpen, 1936), Rosart 811 (2007; open caps after Enschedé no. 811 by Rosart), Zentenar Initialen (2007; based on blackletter initials of F.H.E. Schneidler, ca. 1937).

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    Art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis: I
    [Nick Curtis]

    Free art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis, made between 1997 and 2003. Nick Curtis also made commercial art deco typefaces, but these will be listed elsewhere.

    • AmstelHeavyNF (2002): based on this poster from 1926 by C. De Haas.
    • AmsterdamTangram (2002): based on this poster by Joost Swarte from 1987 entitled "De wereldtentoonstelling van Joost Swarte".
    • AnchorSteamNF (2002): based on a poster from 1923 by Wilhelm Poetter.
    • Rainbow Bass (1982, Saul Bass) a vertically striped disco style design, was remade by Nick Curtis as Backstage Pass (1999, 2008).
    • BeckerBlackNF (2002, 2007): Based on Alf R. Becker's lettering.
    • BigAppleNF (2000, 2007).
    • BoogieNightsNF, BoogieNightsShadowNF (2002, 2007): based on this poster from 1916 by Paul Hosch and Hans Melching. In 2009, CheapProFonts made a "pro" version.
    • BoomerIngueNF (2002, 2007).
    • Bric-aBraqueNF (1999, 2007). Bric-a-Braque was based on Cubist Bold (John W. Zimmerman, 1929).
    • ChainsawGeometric (1999). Based on this alphabet by Draim (1928).
    • ChippewaFallsNF (2002, 2007). Originally called Hiawatha. See this roadside photograph that inspired Nick.
    • Coaster Poster (1999).
    • DayPosterBlackNF, DayPosterShadowNF (2002, 2007).
    • DebonairInlineNF (2000, 2007). The commercial Debonair Inline (2008) is an extension (uppercase, etc.) of Herbert Bayer's 1931 monocase typeface Architype Bayer, also known as the universal moderrn face.
    • DecoBordersNF (1999) and DecoDingbatsNF (2000).
    • Drumag Studio NF (2003, 2007).
    • DustyRoseNF (2000), DustyRoseRevised (2007): Dusty Rose is an art deco typeface based on the logotype for the Dutch magazine Geillustreerd Schildersblad in 1940, by Anton Kurvers. The commercial Dusty Rose NF was published in 2008.
    • EastMarket (1999), EastMarketTwoNF (2007).
    • GradoGradooNF (2002, 2007): a Bauhaus-style font, based on this 1932 poster by Urbano Corva.
    • Great Lakes (2003, 2007), GreatLakesShadowNF (2007): based on this poster by Peter Ewart (1935).
    • Heavy Tripp NF, Heavy Tripp Ultra Bold (2001, 2007). Both Day Tripper NF and Heavy Tripp are based on Dignity Roman, a typeface from 1929 by art deco alphabet designer Alphonso E. Tripp.
    • HeraldSquareNF, HeraldSquareTwoNF (2002, 2007): a font family based on a design by Welo shown in Studio Handbook for Artists and Advertisers (1927).
    • High Five Jive NF, High Five NF (2001, 2007).
    • Indochine NF (2003, 2007). Based on this poster by Joseph-Henri Ponchin (1931).
    • Ironick-Normal (1999, 2007): an exaggerated Bernhard Modern.
    • KerfuffleNF (2000, 2007). Based on this poster by Chris Van Der Hoef (1920).
    • KismetNF. A free font. Based on this lettering.
    • LabyrinthCapital, Labyrinth (1999, 2007). Based on this poster.
    • MetroRetroNF (1999, 2007). MetroRetroRedux (2001, 2010) is a commercial version of that.
    • Milton Burlesque NF (2000, 2007).
    • Monkey Fingers NF (1999, 2007). Based on an alphabet by Otto Heim published in Farbige Alphabete (1925).
    • MunchausenNF (2003, 2007). Based on a poster for an exhibition by Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel (1911). This is inbetween art deco and art nouveau.
    • NickerbockerNF (1999, 2007).
    • NightcapCapital, Nightcap NF (1999, 2007). Based on Disque (A. Bardi, 1931).
    • OdalisqueNF, OdalisqueRevised (2000, 2007). The commercial versions are Odalisque NF (2008) and Odalisque Stencil (2010). These art deco typefaces are based on Morris Fuller Benton's Chic (1927).
    • ParkLaneNF, ParkLaneRevised (2000, 2007).
    • PhattPhreddyNF (2001, 2007).
    • PinballWhizNF (2002, 2007). Based on this logotype by Joost Swarte for the comic-strip series "Katoen + Pinbal" (1975).
    • PlatonickNF (1999, 2007).
    • PlugNickelNF (+Black) (1999, 2007): a reworking of Bremen Black, with small caps and a rather skeptical uppercase R added.
    • RadioRanchNF (1999, 2007). Adolf Behrmann designed the classical display typeface Rundfunk at Berthold in 1928. This typeface was digitized by Nick Curtis as Radio Ranch NF.
    • RaskalnikovNF (2003, 2007). A Cyrillic simulation typeface based on this poster.
    • RialtoEngraved, Rialto NF (2000, 2007): a Broadway style art deco face.
    • RiotSquadNF (2000, 2007). after a design by Otto Heim from Heim's 1925 book, Farbige Alphabete.
    • RitzyRemixNF (2000, 2007). RitzyNormal is based on Tom Carnase's Busorama.
    • Seaside Resort NF (2003, 2007). A bilined titling typeface based on a 1933 poster by Italy's Bertarelli Studios.
    • SelznickNormal, SelznickRemixNF (1999, 2007). An art deco typeface inspired by movie theaters of the 1930s. Based on ITC Anna (1991, Daniel Pelavin).
    • Sesquipedalian, SesquipedalianAlternates (2000, 2007). Inspired by a handlettered logo for Torre's Buckdruckerei in Vienna, circa 1919.
    • Sid The Kid NF (1999, 2007).
    • Skittles N Beer NF (2007) is based on handlettering on a 1929 brochure for the P&O British-India Steamship Line.
    • Standing Room Only NF (1999, 2007). Modeled after Broadway, designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1928, originally named Broadway Poster.
    • Stony Island NF (2002, 2007). An adaptation of an art deco font called Chicago Modern, designed by lettering artist Alf Becker, whose designs graced the pages of Signs of the Times magazine from the late 30s into the 50s.
    • StudebakerNF-Bold, Studebaker (1999, 2007). Based on the lettering on a package for True-Mark Brand Typewriter Ribbons, circa 1938, designer unknown.
    • TaraBulbousCapital, TaraBulbousNF (1999, 2007). TaraBulbous NF (the commercial version is from 2008) is a fat-lettered font based on Carlyle-Oring lettering. See also here.
    • TitanickDisplayNF (1999, 2007): a remake of the bold pin-striped trilined Dextor by L. Meuffels.
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    Art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis: II
    [Nick Curtis]

    Commercial art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis.

    • Bessie Mae Moocho NF (2002). An art deco font based on handlettering found on a travel brochure for IMM Steamship Lines, circa 1927.
    • Blitzkrieg NF (2011). A Lufthansa Airlines baggage label from 1936 provided the inspiration for this genuinely German typeface, with strong art deco influences.
    • Blue Jay Way NF (2011). An art deco typeface inspired by Ross F. George. This typeface was used on the Beatles' original Magical Mystery Tour album.
    • Boeuf au Joost (2003). Art deco based on work by comic book artist Joost Swarte.
    • Boho à Gogo NF (2007): a multiline (op art?) typeface inspired by Bauhaus.
    • Chalk and Cheese NF (2004). This art deco uppercase is based on 1930s lettering by French poster artist Charles Loupot (based on this art deco poster), and the non-art deco lowercase is based on 1910s lettering by German plakatmeister Ludwig Hohlwein.
    • Chemin de Fer NF (2005). An art deco shadowed outline face.
    • Chi Town NF (2008) is a heavy art deco creation that is based on a 1931 poster for the film The Man from Chicago.
    • Coochie Nando NF (2011). An art deco shadow caps face, after a typeface called Kitchen by Milton Glaser.
    • Dooijes Deco NF (2010). A 3-style art deco family in the style of Broadway, based on the Dick Dooijes tryptich, Carlton, Bristol (1929) and Savoy (1936).
    • Duck Soup (2003, after a 1928 poster by Italian designer Neri Nanetti for Snob Cognac).
    • Elektromoto NF (2011). This family takes its inspiration from two early Art Deco typefaces from Germany. The Normal version is based on Dynamo, designed by K. Sommer for Ludwig&Mayer in 1930, while the Narrow version is based on Stadion, designed by Erhard Grundeis for Die Schriftguß AG in 1929. Their common design motifs epitomize the Age of Streamline.
    • Humpty Dumpling NF (2010). A fat art deco typeface based on an offering from the irrepressible M. Draim, seen in La Lettre dans le Décor&la Publicité Modernes, published by Monrocq Frères of Paris in 1932).
    • Dusty Rose (2008) is an art deco typeface based on the logotype for the Dutch magazine Geillustreerd Schildersblad in 1940.
    • Edgewise (2007), a quirky well-rounded post-art deco and pre-psychedelic face, uses ideas from Ryter Night (VGC).
    • Ege Schrift NF (2011). a faithful revival of Ege-Schrift (1921, Eduard Ege), a mix between Mexican party lettering and art deco.
    • Engel Stabenschrift NF (2008). In 1927, Ernst Engel created an art deco typeface which was revived by Nick Curtis as Engel Stabenschrift NF.
    • Faerie Queen NF (2006). Based on an art deco typeface named Titania made in 1933 by Fundición Richard Gans.
    • The Reed and Fox typefaces Viennese and Corinthian were combined in 2014 in Nick Curtis's digital typeface Genever NF.
    • Gotham Rail Company NF (2002). Art deco based on an Italian travel poster from 1931.
    • Great Lakes Shadow (2008) is an art deco typeface based on a 1930s travel poster for the Canadian pacific Railway.
    • Hunky Dory NF (2014). A circus font after William H. Page's wood type Doric, ca. 1850.
    • Jazzfest NF and Tinseltown NF (2009). Based on the 1932 art deco typefaces Newport and Hollywood, respectively, both designed by Willard T. Sniffin for ATF.
    • Kharon Ultra (2009). An art deco typeface based on Ludlow Stygian.
    • Kinkajou Stew (2003). Image of Kinkajou NF.
    • Kirschwasser NF (2005). A bubbly art deco face.
    • Korner Deli NF (2006, art deco).
    • Kymmera Deco NF (2011). Revival and redesign of Rainbow Bass (1982, saul Bass).
    • La Reyna Catalina NF (2006). An art deco face based on Aragón, designed by Enric Crous-Vidal.
    • Legnano Cuneo NF and Legnano Sassari NF (2014). Italian art deco wood type.
    • Linea Nera NF (2011). Based on Wolf Magin's Black Line (1976, Berthold).
    • Lodewijk Gothic NF. After Elzevir Gothic (ATF, 1897).
    • Luben Tunen (2008) is another art deco face.
    • Madison Squared NF (2012).
    • Mighty Ditey (2007): a mix between art deco and Peignot, this elegant typeface is based on a 1970s Photolettering typeface by Richard Nebiolo called Aphrodite, and competes with Riesling (1994, Bright Ideas) and Gillespie (2015, Darren Odden) as revivals of Aphrodite.
    • Mogzilla NF (2007) is an ultra fat art deco face.
    • Monte Carlo Script NF (2002). An art deco font based on a font called Médicis from a Deberny and Peignot catalog, circa 1920.
    • Nip&Tuck (2006).
    • Odalisque NF (2008, +Stencil, 2010) are art deco fonts based on Morris Fuller Benton's Chic (1927).
    • OK Chorale (2003). An art deco typeface based on Carl Holmes' ABC of Lettering book.
    • Orchard Street NF (2011, +Inline). A pair of art deco caps typefaces inspired by one of many posters produced by the WPA by anonymous artists during the 1930s.
    • Pentaprism NF (2011). Part Futura, part Bauhaus, this 5-style family has multiline, inline, and other variants.
    • Picture Postcard NF (2004: based on an alphabet by Alf Becker).
    • Raconteur NF (2006-2008) is a wonderful art deco typeface that shouts gin fizz and high heels: it takes its inspiration from a 1923 ad for Piera Nova, designed by Hernando G. Villa.
    • Quoi Chou NF (2006). An elegant and quite original beefed-up version of Bernhard Fashion by Lucian Bernhard.
    • Radio Days (2008). An art deco typeface based on 1930s logotype lettering for Crosley Radios.
    • Rassetta NF and Rassetta Swash Caps NF (2005). An art deco pair of typefaces originally designed by Willard T. Sniffin for American Type Founders in 1931 under the name Rosetti.
    • Renard Moderne NF (2010). An art deco typeface inspired by Sol Hess's 1940s typeface Twentieth Century Poster.
    • Resolute NF or USA Resolute NF (2009). An all caps fat headline typeface based on Morris Fuller Benton's Eagle, ATF, 1934.
    • Retrorocket NF (2015). An art deco alphabet based on a French lettering chapbook entitled Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre (1934, D. Duvillé).
    • Salzmann Deco NF (2011) and Salzmann Deco Deco NF (2011), art deco and Mexican-themed typefaces, modeled after Max Salzmann's Dolmen (1921-1922) and Zierdolmen (1922), respectively.
    • Secret Agent (2003). A pure art deco beauty based on this Loupot poster from 1919.
    • Ski Alpin NF (2014). An art deco typeface based on a Swiss travel poster from 1927.
    • Smart Frocks NF (2008). A Peignotian face, after a shop sign in London, ca. 1930. Designer unknown.
    • Stony Island NF (2011). Based on an Alf R. Becker typeface from 1935 called Chicago Modern Thick and Thin.
    • Suave Sam NF (2010). An art deco typeface after a 1930 alphabet by Samuel Welo.
    • Tasneem (2007) is the ultimate art deco face, originally drawn by Gustav Jensen in 1931.
    • Tiny Bubbles NF (2008). An art deco typeface inspired by an alphabet in Pen&Brush Lettering and Practical Alphabets (Blandford Press, Ltd., London, 1929).
    • Top Kick NF (2011). Based on Concentra, a geometric marvel with several parallel and concentric lines making up the letters. Concentra was originally published in Schriftatlas: Alphabete von A bis Z .
    • Turista Gorda NF (2009). Based on Baltimore Type Foundry's Airport Tourist, which in turn was influenced by Futura Display.
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    Artem Yakovlev

    Russian designer of Artcity (2014), a military stencil typeface that won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Arterfak Project
    [Ahmad Ramzi Fahruddin]

    Ahmad Ramzi Fahruddin (aka Ramzehhh and as Ramz Fahruddin, b. 1993) established Arterfak Project in 2015. He is the Palembang, Indonesia-based designer of the display typefaces Aidah (2015, spurred), Temenyut (2015, spurred), Basenglah (2015, a geometric solid typeface), Local Genius (2015), Oropitem (2015, blackletter), Cakmacak (2015), Maeninaja (2015), Yagitudeh (2015, a free doodle font), Cagar (2015, free), Pletakrutuk (2015) and Beguyur (2015), the free experimental techno typeface Semravut (2015), the lava lamp typeface Cagar (2015) and the free spurred vintage typeface Outromoro (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Anehena (a beveled ornamental typeface), Bongoknian (spurred), Sebasengan (sketched, arched, stitched, textured, eroded and embossed substyles), Sekatoon (Victorian), Bekelakar (Victorian), Sambeltigo, Wayawaya (free bilined art deco), Geroboktuo, Bedengkang, Ringam, Cindo Kato (spurred Victorian typeface), Ngopi Doken (a layered handcrafted typeface family), Bedesau (Victorian), Temenyut (spurred Victorian style), Sirugino (a spurred tattoo / blackletter type), Buyanbengak (spurred), Geradakan (dry brush type).

    Typefaces from 2017: Martinez (Tuscan), Hughoney, Rockrace, Monabelia (Victorian), Philosophiya, Love Quake, Childwood, Circulat Decorative Frames, Dakmodal, Yasaman, Bsakoja, Meringam, Besigetz (Victorian), Bedempank, Ngamboel (a modern inline), Jemahok (an inline typeface), Sirunian (decorative blackletter), Belinjangan (brush style), Cerudikan, Kanjian (Victorian deco).

    Typefaces from 2018: Mirandah (monoline, vintage), Subversia (Victorian), Bertha (a free display family that includes Shadow Line, Sans and Spurred substyles), Quickers, Marchelle (art deco), Lourena, Mellynda, Leophard (octagonal), Wishteria, Slashback, Katheryna, Febiolla, Tropicane, Maretha (a monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Requeiro (a spurred inline vintage font), Mourich (an all caps display typeface), Newston (a tall condensed news headline typeface family), The Black Sugare (blackletter-inspired), Magnies (an elegant stencil), Hermona (a spurred vintage label font), Bronzier (a sports font), Mayhena (a monoline script), Amnestia (a vintage all caps typeface), Highrush (font duo), Humeira (for children's books), Montheim (retro signage font), Hodgeson (a slab serif family), Delaroca, (a spurred black metal band font) Banda Niera, Bargers Distressed (spurred, Victorian), The Realita, Newston (a compressed skyline-style font), Ariestha Script, The Black Square, Requiem (Victorian or rococo inline caps), Invasible, Ferguson (an almost monoline slab serif family), Mirenath (a rounded vintage monoline typeface), Afolkalips (a tribal painted font inspired by the Papuan culture), Mellandry, Masterson (a slab serif western font), Marsheila (art deco), Kanjian, Belinjangan, Sirunian (a decorative spurred typeface), Quickers, Marcheile (slightly art nouveau), Marcheile, Monabelia, Nourishe (a fashion mag sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Trashbone, Burgery (a monolinear all caps children's book font), The Brande and Lotaline (a decorative serif), Rimba Andalas (a tribal font), Bronela (a decorative serif), Wonder Night (a beatnik font), Malinsha (a signage script), Marones (spurred, vintage, all caps), Katenila (a fat finger font), Meliana Script (a brush script), Romelio (sans / script pair), Bondrians (a vintage label font), Black Ravens (a dry brush font), Shinkoya (vernacular lettering), Brothership, Novante (stylish caps), Almatine Script (a flat pen calligraphic script, with perhaps a touch of Arabic script emulation), Almatine Sans, Wargate (a military stencil font family), Bragley (a cartoon font), Varino (a rounded unicase sans family), Ranille (a bold display serif), Neilvard (a vintage label font family), Nagietha, Khodijah (an Arabic emulation font), Sometimes Rough, Savaneta (a vintage all caps typeface), Valmera (a Peignotian sans), Hargalia (classic calligraphy), Cherione (a unicase font), Revans (a display sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Larantuka (an informal font with a dancing baseline), Bolandes (a weathered monoline sans), Delauney (a formal art deco typeface), Chieezy Burger (grungy, vernacular), Ranmor (a vintage slab serif), Andalia (a signage script), Insiders (a dry brush script), Granesta (a dry brush font), Abigral (a Peignotian serif), Suzanstein (a dripping blood font), Broken Console (a retro video game pixel font), Naluka (a tiki or nature park font), Lovatine (a scrapbook script), Rushen (vintage caps in curvy, regular, distressed, stencil and shadow versions), Siegra (futuristic), Komersie (a bold supermarket font), Borensa (a reverse stress font), Rashavine (a dry brush font), Blankone (a brush font), Montagna (a monolinear script), Hadnich (a heavy signage script), Sallomae (a scrapbook font), Vankours (a dry brush font), Wonderful Melanesia (a decorative serif), Albertson (a Tuscan font), Rantika (a bold brush script), Rusthack (a stylish brush typeface), Mustopha (an upright typeface in arabesque style), Marviona (a marker pen font), Marviona (a marker pen font), Niquitta Mirzani (script), Shikamaru (emulating a Japanese brush), Mortend (a 5-style expanded all caps sans), Barlock (an all caps and spurred varsity font), Northash (stencil), Motteka (a beatnik font), Sharely (a brush font), Rompies (a condensed titling sans), Beardsons (a vintage label font), Broken Crush (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2022: Bradrock (a vintage semi-Tuscan Western font), Market Written (a fat finger font), Almalik (Arabic emulation), Vanitha (a brush script), Rambors (prismatic caps with four parallel lines), The Last Shuriken (emulating Japanese), Warzone (an all caps echno / sci-fi font), Kalidony (calligraphic with heart-themed tittles), Lemands (a stocky condensed display typeface).

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    Arthur Cheery

    FontStructor who made UniGal Lang (2012, cubist). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Arthur Maria

    Designer in 2008 at FontStruct of the experimental typefaces Gearbox, Gotha (octagonal), Nippon Garden, Labyrinth, Nano (pixel), Machine Script, Plank stencil, Ballistix, San Andreas (recreation of the Grand Theft Auto font), Machina (a macho octagonal heavy face), Electro, Hiro (oriental look), Japanica (oriental look, based on Hiroshi), Mage, Silkscreen Alt (pixel, a modification of Jason Kottke's Silkscreen). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Arthy Type
    [Sani Sanjaya]

    Aka Opentypes. Indonesian designer, b. 1983, of Gelat (2021), Mantra (2019: signage script), Tokyo Drift (2019: a speedster font), Louvre (2019: a fashionable display sans), Billian (2019: an autocrat's sans), Sigma (2019), Angettypes (2019: a bold script), Neuron (2019: sans), In The Dark (2019: based on the ACDC logo), Bodhi (2019: a wild brush font), Sylvanna Script (2019), Emely Script (2019), Tom Harvey (2019: a weathered script), Brave Heart (2019: Victorian), Riogrande (2019: a retro signage script), Reaverock (2019: a spurred black metal typeface), Brotherjhon (2019, Bold and stencil), and Gajetto (2019: a bold geometric sans). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Artill (or Artill Typs)
    [Lukas Bischoff]

    Artill is Lukas Bischoff's foundry in Aachen (and before that, Trier), Germany, est. 2009. Lukas is a stylist and designer based in Trier. He created Sketch Rockwell (2008), one of the nicest sketched style fonts anywhere.

    Commercial typefaces include Luco Sans (2009), Sketch Block (2009) and the octagonal family Wombat (2009). Yaa (2010) is a hand-sketched headline font. Dock 11 (2011) is a (free) heavy art deco headline face. Sketch Gothic (2011) is a sketched Franklin Gothic.

    Typefaces from 2012: Zwodrei, Kurt (a hand-printed typeface), Artill Weather Icons (free).

    In 2014, together with Sascha Timplan at Stereotypes, he created the athletic lettering typeface family Atletico. See also here.

    In 2016, Sascha Timplan and Lukas Bischoff published the handsome sans typeface family Golden Sans. In 2016, Fargus Meiser and Lukas Bischoff co-designed Paul Grotesk and Paul Soft. In 2018, they added Paul Slab and Paul Slab Soft. In 2021, they released Paul Grotesk Stencil.

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    Artiqlogy

    Indonesian type designer. His catalog in 2021 showed these typefaces: Befano (an organic monolinear sans), Beristan (a monoline script), Besthany (script), Bodine (an organic stencil font), Elanob, Helina (a calligraphic script), Heyosan (a heavy slab serif), Lenolove (bilined), Marchey, Maron Rose, Martend, Meylina, Paulend, Questy, Quick Browel, Serona (Sans, Signature), Shebae, The Ground (sans), The Ruttmey (art deco), Tuned Rompies (a retro signage script), Vellary, Weny Mesy, Wiylona, Zebros. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ArtOne CreativeWorks (was: Locomotype)
    [Arwan Sutanto]

    ArtOne Digital (formerly Locomotype) is the type foundry of Arwan Sutanto, a graphic designer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who also owns ArtOne Creativeworks. Arwan created the elliptical sans face Fonquero (2014), the free brush typeface Belepotan (2014, +Italic), Fonesia (2014), Fonesh (2014), Fonia (2014), and the free outline typeface Fonarto XT (2014; updated in 2019 to Fonarto v2). Fondian (2014) is a commercial rounded Comic Sans style typeface. Fonago (2014) is a vintage font. Tinta Script (2014) is an upright script.

    Typefaces from 2015: Fonesia, Cemara (brush script typeface), Garris (monoline script), Fonstyle, Fonari, Fonderful, Fonjava (a rhythmic script), Fonjazz, Fonino (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Om Telolet Om (free), Sumptuous (sans), Sumptuous Light, Boldero Brush (inspired by graffiti art), Hotline (a monoline connected signage script), Jogjakartype, Jogjakartype Logos.

    Typefaces from 2017: Endeavora, Bahagia (signature script), Windtalker, Asalasik, Fonalux, Fonquero Sedo, Wolesbro, Morning Dew, Eufoniem (upright connected script), Delicy, Matahati (script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Hokyaa, Jankador, Dephion (font duo), Bakso Sapi, Lemoo.

    Typefaces from 2019: Crimstone (a weathered octagonal typeface), Noiry (script), Bonega (an all caps inscriptional sans), Pantura (a playful casual font), Kaftice, Redsniper (Victorian), True Happiness, Harmona (Script, Sans), Pestapora, Lendiga (a monoline script), Zoelander, Wkwk, Romantick, Sweet Pancake (calligraphic script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Reffort (a fourteen-style sans showing emotion in its counters), Sandega (a stencil font), Halokia (a condensed monoline connected sans), Shelda, Nilakandi (an upright script), Bakso Sapi, Komikula, Antario (a stylish sans), Giga Sans (an 18-style geometric sans), Toska (squarish).

    Typefaces from 2021: Gunterz (a macho all caps hardware store techno typeface), Filarion (a polygonal typeface in the style of Ben Shahn), Kanzaki (a 10-style playful script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Bradia (a condensed Victorian typeface).

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    Artur Frankowski
    [FontArte (was: Magdart Fonts)]

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    Artyway
    [Yehor Lisnyi]

    Ukrainian designer in 2020 of the squarish typeface Researcher (a futuristic or sci-fi typeface) and Delivery.

    In 2021, he released Contourism (a minimalist futuristic font in regular and color versions), Geommaze (a labyrynthine font), Angled (a sports shirt font), Steel Race (a techno typeface), Alro (a simple monoplinear Bauhaus-inspired sans typeface), the futuristic typefaces Futurism and Xspace, and the speed or sports fonts Designer and Speed.

    Catalog in 2022: Alro Headline, Argo Bauhaus, Audio Logo, Bamboo Headline, Bestseller, Bold Geometric, Car, Childish Kids, Childrens Headline, Contour Architecture, Cropped Logo, Cyrillic Modern Sport, Digitally Headline, Futurism Headline, Futuristic Mars, GYM, Geometric Cut Angles, Geometric High, Geometric Maze, Headline Blade, Headline Design, Headline Speed, Headline Steel, Kids, Kids Headline, Lorean, Negative Space, Researcher, Robot Love, Rocket Movement, Rounded Modern, Scandia Headline, Simple Maze, Space, Sphinx (techno, stencil), Sport, Sport Style, Stencil Headline, Terminator Headline, Turbo Sport, X-Space. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Arunima Sinha

    At Parsons School of Design in New York, Arunima Sinha designed a modular typeface in 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Arvan Fatwa
    [LittleWind Studio]

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    Arwan Sutanto
    [ArtOne CreativeWorks (was: Locomotype)]

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    During her studies in Sapporo, Japan, Haruki "Harry" Wakamatsu (b. 1999), aka Haley, designed the free whimsical Clarendon font Orelega One (2021) for Latin and Cyrillic [Github link], the pixel typeface Bodge (2019: Bodge's italic is inspired by Operator Mono), the simple monoline sans typeface Quinone (2018), the pixel typeface StaxBlox (2018), the free Latin typefaces Digital Desolation Plus (2017), Millennium (2017, pixel font), Motion Control Neue (2016, techno), Apricity (2016, a sans family), Goodbye Despair (2015, pixel typeface), Monster Friend (2015: video game font family), Reqruit MK2 (2015, stencil), Wagashi Serif (2015), Motion Control (2015, made with FontStruct, followed by Motion Control Neue in 2016), Digital Desolation (2014, octagonal typeface, free), Helvetica Serif (2014, free), Genji Light (2014), Born2BSporty (2014, a pixel font) and Ginkgo (2014, an organic typeface).

    Aka The Fizzynator, Japanyoshi, Japan Yoshi, and UkiyoMoji Fonts. Behance link. Tumblr link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Aschwin de Hoog
    [Onderaards]

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    Asenbayu
    [Bayu Noor Witarsa]

    Bayu Noor Witarsa set up Asenbayu in Bandung, Indonesia, in 2020. In 2020, he designed Simarigo (a stencil typeface), Nextrue (a 12-style sans with squarish counters), Eugello (a display serif), Eugenic (a heavy display serif), Rozelle (a rounded decorative serif), Alacrity Sans, Bosque Line (a condensed sans), Silver Miranda and Lancea (a sharp-edged mini-serif font in one style).

    Typefaces from 2021: Alternox (2021: a 6-style futuristic typeface family), Westiva (a meaty display serif), Julitho (a decorative serif), Gellaby (a chubby display type).

    Typefaces from 2022: Korsen (a 5-style display serif that embeds some elemnts of slab serif), Chevalon (a 7-style display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ashley Card

    Perkasie, PA-based designer of the sharp-edged stencil typeface Angles (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ashley Weinberger

    American creator of Boldface Stencil (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Associated Typographics (or: Public Type)
    [Michael Cina]

    Head of Cina Associates, Michael Cina (Minneapolis, MN), has started many a typographic and graphic design enterprise in his long career. Associated Typographics was founded in 2012.

    Typefaces from 2012 include the gas pipe modular typeface family Ramsey, which was followed in 2015 by Ramsey Condensed and in 2021 by an updated version of Ramsey to a 54-style rounded squarish typeface.

    In 2013, he published the eight-style bold geometric stencil family Skol, and created the custom sans typeface family Matterhorn with Matthew Desmond for Disney. In total, Cina made nine custom typefaces for Disney in 2013.

    In 2014, he published the squarish sans family Ramsey.

    In 2015, he published Atelier (octagonal), Reileta and Stadt. Also in 2015, he designed the custom sans typeface Kate Sans for Kate Spade in New York.

    Typefaces from 2016: YWFT Roamer.

    Typefaces from 2018: Query (2018). A sans family that is insired by civil rights posters from 1968.

    Typefaces from 2020: Ghostly Gothic.

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    Astigmatic One Eye
    [Brian J. Bonislawsky]

    Astigmatic One Eye (AOE) has lots of nice original fonts by Brian J. Bonislawsky (b. 1973, Pittsburgh, PA). Many are free, others are not. AOE joined Font Brothers Inc in 2006. Brian Bonislawsky currently lives in Las Vegas, NV.

    Fontsquirrel link. Dafont link. Fontspace link.

    A partial list of the AOE fonts made in 2011: Engagement (2011, a free brush script at Google Web Fonts), Fascinate (2011, an art deco typeface at Google Web Fonts; +Inline), Original Surfer (2011, a free Google Web Font inspired by a vintage advertisement for the "California Cliffs Caravan Park"), Smokum (2011, a Western / Italian face), Yellowtail (2011, signage face), Redressed (2011), Special Elite (2010, a free old typewriter face), Aclonica (2011).

    Typefaces from 2008 or before: Horseplay AOE (2008, Western style), Cake and Sodomy AOE (2008), Good Eatin AOE (2008), Paradiso AOE (2008, inspired by logotype of the Paris Resort and Casino in Las Vegas), Montelago AOE (2007, a script inspired by the logotype of the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas), Jack Chain AOE (2007), Henhouse (2007), Schnitzle (2007), Luxurian AOE (2007, inspired by the logo of the Luxor Hotel&Casino in Las Vegas), Digital Disco AOE (2007), Mighty Tuxedo AOE (2007), Makeshift AOE (2007), Clarity AOE (2007, slab serif headline; + grungy version), Red Pigtails AOE (2007), Run Tron 1983 (2002), Eyeliner AOE (2006, Tekton-like), Mother Hen (2007), Gloversville (2007, comic book style), Mighty Tuxedo AOE (2007, condensed sans), Quick Handle AOE (2007), Surfing Bird (2007), Hydrogen (2004), Hardliner (2004, fifties diner style), Big Ruckus (2004), SS Antique No. 5 (2004), Europa Twin (2003), EuroMachina (2003, techno), Lord Rat (2003: papercut sans), Love Anxiety (2003), BuzzSaw (2003), Skullbearer (2003, skull dingbats), Beatnick Blue (2002), Geisha Boy (2002), Mardi Party (2002), Midcrime (2002), Ocovilla (2002), Ruthless (2002), Saltie Doggie (2002), Whiskers (2002), Royal Gothic, Family, Eggit, Jericho, Wild Monkeys (2002), 5FingeredGothSW, AlienArgonautAOE, AlphaMackAOE, AmphibiPrint, AngiomaAOE, AntiChristSuperstar, AntiChristSuperstarSW, AstigmaSolid, BigLimboAOE, BigLimbodOutAOE, BoneRollAOE, BoneRollAOEBold, BoundAOE, BrailleAOE, BulletBallsAOE, ButterflyChromosome, ButterflyChromosomeAOE, ButtonButton, ButtonButtonAOE, CType, CTypeAOE, CelticLionAOE-Bold, CelticLionAOE-BoldItalic, CelticLionAOE-Italic, CelticLionAOE, CharailleAOE, ChickenScratch, ChickenScratchAOE, ClunkerAOE, ClunkerAOE-Bold, CropBats, CropBatsAOE, CropBatsIIAOE, DarkNightAOE, DeadGrit, DeliveryMatrixAOE, DetourAOE, DigitalDiscoAOE, DigitalDiscoAOEOblique, DingleBerries, DoggyPrintAOE, DraxLumaAOE, DungeonKeeperII, DungeonKeeperIIBold, DungeonKeeperIIItalic, EggItAOE, EggitAOE-Italic, EggitOutlineAOE, ElectricHermes, ElectricHermesAOE, ElectricHermesAOECharge, FearAOE, FilthAOE, FishyPrintAOEOne, FishyPrintOneAOE, FishyPrintTwoAOE, FutharkAOE, FutharkAOEInline, FutharkAOEInline, GateKeeperAOE, Ghoulish Fright AOE (2006), GlagoliticAOE (1999, grungy glagolitic), GorgonCocoonAOE, Gotik, GreyAlienSW, HAL9000AOE, HAL9000AOEBold, HAL9000AOEBoldItalic, HAL9000AOEItalic, HandageAOE, HandageAOEBold, HauntAOE, HybridLCDAOE, IDSupernovaSW, IslanderAOE, JokerWildAOE, KillMeCraig, KillMeCraigAOE, Kinderfeld, KittyPrint, KittyPrintAOE, Kornucopia, KornucopiaAOE, LinusFace, LinusFaceAOE, LinusPlayAOE, LinusPlaySW, Lochen, LovesickAOE, Manson, MasterPlan, Mervale Script Pro (2012: a brushy script based on the 1940's Fawcett Publications Mary Marvel comic), Microbe, MooCowSW, MotherlodeLoadedAOE-Italic, MotherlodeLoadedAOE, MotherlodeStrippedAOE-Italic, MotherlodeStrippedAOE, MysterioSWTrial, NightmareAOE, OrnaMental, Pantera, PapaManoAOE, PenicillinAOE (described as a bacterial stencil typeface), PixelGantryAOE, PixelGantryAOEBold, PixelGantryAOEBoldItalic, PixelGantryAOEHeavy, PixelGantryAOEHeavyItalic, PixelGantryAOEItalic, PixelGantryHiliteAOE, PixelGantryHiliteAOEItalic, PoppyAOE, PoseidonAOE, Prick, QuiltedAOE, QuiltedAOEBlack, QuiltedTrial, RippleCrumb, RippleCrumbUltraCon, ROCKY, ROCKYAOE, RustedMachineSW, SSExpAntiqueAOE, Schizm, Schrill, SchrillAOE, SchrillAOEOblique, Scrawn, ScrawnAOE, ScrawnCyrAOE, ScrawnKOI8AOE, ScrewedAOE, ScrewedAOEOblique, ScrewedSW, SeaweedFireAOE, SenthAOE, ShampooSW, ShottyTransferTrial, SkinnerAOE, SlurCrumb, SpatCrumb, SpikeCrumbGeiger, SpikeCrumbSwizzle, SpikeCrumbSwollen, SteelcapRubbingTrial, StruckSW, StrutterAOE, SunspotsAOE, SurferComicTrial, TRANSHUMANALPHABET10, TRANSHUMANKATAKANA20, TannarinAOE, TannarinAOEOblique, TibetanBeefgardenAOE, TibetanBeefgardenAOE, TouristTrapAOE, TransponderAOE, TransponderGridAOE, UglyStickAOE, VanguardIIIAOE-Bold, VanguardIIIAOE-BoldOblique, VanguardIIIAOE-Oblique, VanguardIIIAOE, Ventilate, VentilateAOE, Y2KPopMuzikAOE, Y2KPopMuzikOutlineAOE, YoungItchAOE, ZeichensSW, ZenoPotionAOE, Zombie, BeatnikBlueAOE, BeatnikBlueFillAOE, GeishaBoyAOE, MardiPartyAOE, MindCrimeAOE, OcovillaAOE, PolynesianTouristAOE, RuthlessAOE, SaltyDoggieAOE, SpruceAOE, WhiskersAOE-Oblique, WhiskersAOE, WhiskersAltCapsAOE-Oblique, WhiskersAltCapsAOE (2002), Habitual, Automatic (techno), Bitrux, Filth (an eerie brush script), Cake&Sodomy, Gulag, Bad Comp, Detour, Alien Argonaut, Dark Night, GateKeeper (Halloween font), Gargamel Smurf, Invocation, Neuntotter, Geisha Boy, Saratoga Slim, Gobe, Stingwire, Lavatype, Tapehead, Islander, Clunker, Digelectric, Gargamel, Krulo-Tag, Krelesanta, SurferComic, Bound, Culture Vulture, Intruder, Cavalier, Anoxia, Synchrounous (IBM logo style lettering), Luna, Data Error, Lunokhod, Jericho. There are many techno and gothic fonts. Kill Me Craig is the first 26 death scene dingbat font (scenes by Craig Dowsett). KittyPrint takes the LinusFace font concept to more realistic cat head dingbats. Krelesanta (not free) is a funky font inspired by the band Kreamy Electric Santa. The free ButtonButton is useful for making buttons. Lovesick AOE is a scrawly, lovelorn typeface, i's dotted with hearts. Strutter AOE is based on the KISS logo. Senth AOR is a runic font. Charaille is one of the many dot matrix fonts. Cavalero is inspired by the logotype of the Chevy Cavalier.

    At Bitstream in 2001, AOE published Cavalero, Stingwire and Tannarin. And in 2002, he published the comic book font Big Limbo, Euro Machina BT and Islander there. Bio at Bitstream.

    In 2005, Bonislawsky and Sandler realeased 500 fonts, via Bitstream and MyFonts, under the label Breaking The Norm.

    In 2006, Astigmatic published their typewriter collection, which includes Military Document, Bank Statement, State Evidence Small Caps, State Evidence, Urgent telegram, Library Report, Overdrawn Account, Customs Paperwork, Incoming Fax and Office Memorandum.

    From the bio and various pieces of information, one is led to believe that Brian was born in Poland, and now lives in Miami, but that may be wrong.

    In 2010, he placed a free font at the Google Directory, Syncopate. Along the same lines, we find the derived square serif typeface Stint Ultra Condensed (2011, Google Web Fonts) and Stint Ultra Expanded (2012).

    In 2011, several other typefaces followed there, like Ultra (fat didone), Maiden Orange, Special Elite (2010, a free old typewriter face), Just Another Hand, Crushed, Luckiest Guy (comic book face), Aclonica, Redressed, Montezuma (a curly connected upright script), Devonshire (brush script), Fondamento (calligraphic lettering), Yellowatil (connected retro script), Righteous (free at Google Web Fonts: inspired by the all capitals letterforms from the deco posters of Hungarian artist Robert Berény for Modiano), Ribeye and Ribeye Marrow> (cartoon and/or tattoo style lettering---free at Google Web Fonts), Spicy Rice (2011, free festive display typeface at Google Web Fonts).

    Contributions in 2012: Marcellus (2012, Trajan, flared roman, at Google Fonts and CTAN), Eagle Lake (a free calligraphic font at Google Web Fonts), Uncial Antiqua, Jim Nightshade (2012, free at Google web fonts), Dynalight (2012, a retro script inspired by a vintage luggage tag for the Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight steam locomotive), Yesteryear (a retro script loosely based on the title screen from the 1942 film The Palm Beach Story), Parisienne (Google Web Fonts: casual connected script based on a 1960s ad for bras), Shojumaru (Google Web Fonts: an oriental simulation typeface inspired by a poster for the Marlon Brando movie Sayonara), Berkshire Swash (Google Web Fonts), Audiowide (Google Web Fonts), Romanesco (Google Web Fonts: a narrow calligraphic style), Galindo (Google Web Fonts), Oregano (Google Web Fonts: based on cartoon style lettering of calligrapher and logo designer Rand Holub. This style of hand lettering adorned many retro brochures and advertisements of the late 40's through the 1960's), Peralta (Google Web Fonts: an Egyptian comic book face), Eagle Lake (Google Web Fonts: calligraphic), McLaren (Google Web Fonts: comic book style alphabet), Freckle Face, Hanalei Fill, Hanalei [Polynesian bamboo or tiki lettering], Purple Purse, Margarine, Risque, Clicker Script [image], Stalemate [a gracious script, by Jim Lyles for AOE], Mouse Memoirs, Quintessential [Google Web Fonts: chancery hand], Bigelow Rules, Englebert [Google Web Fonts: from the title screen of the 1930's film titled Der blue Engel, starring Marlene Dietrich], Sacramento [Google Web Fonts: connected script].

    Typefaces from 2013: Freckle Face (grunge), Grand Hotel, Purple Purse (Purple Purse draws its inspiration from a vintage Ivory Soap ad from the 1950's. Somewhat of a cross between Bodoni and Pixie, this font finds that it never truly takes itself seriously).

    Stiggy & Sands is the American type foundry of Brian Bonislawsky and Jim Lyles, est. 2013. Their first commercial typefaces, all jointly designed, are Luckiest Guy Pro (a fat comic book font based on vintage 1950s ads) and Marcellus Pro (a flared roman inscriptional typeface with both upper and lower case, originally published in 2012 by Astigmatic).

    Typefaces from 2014: Franken Jr AOE Pro (inspired by the title screen from the 1966 Hanna Barbera cartoon Frankenstein Jr), Good Eatin Pro AOE (inspired by the title screen from the 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon Dog Tired), Ghostkid AOE Pro (comic letter style).

    Typefaces from 2015: Shanks Antique 5 AOE (after the newspaper typeface Memorial (1865, Stevens, Shanks & Sons)), Reliquaire AOE (a somber blackletter typeface inspired by Memorial (1881, Boston Type Foundry)).

    Typefaces from 2016: Mailuna Pro AOE (a gothic sans), Kentish AOE Pro (art deco). Reardon AOE (a digitization of a film typeface called Joyce Black by LetterGraphics), Berkmire AOE (1970s style robot-inspired techno font), Blackheath Pro AOE (this typeface started as a digitization of a film typeface called Roberts Square by LetterGraphics), Delaware Pro AOE (art deco), Rutland AOE (a futuristic font that is a digitization of a film typeface called Maccaro by LetterGraphics). In 2016, Brian J. Bonislawasky and Jim Lyles published the rugged octagonal mega typeface family Tradesman at Grype. In 2017, they added the art deco typeface Cowling Sans AOE (which is based on alphabet from "Lettering for Commercial Purposes" by Wm. Hugh Gordon). In 2018, they published the letterpress emulation typeface Prison Pro, Pink Sangria (50s style movie font), Manic Tambourine, Motenacity (a Martian cartoon font), the old typewriter font Office Memorandum Pro, and the Flintstone font Strongman.

    Typefaces from 2021: Klutz AOE Pro (a condensed all caps beatnik font), Data Error AOE Pro (based on early dot matrix printers), Customs Paperwork AOE Pro (based on the NuMode Type No. 61 vintage typewriter), Rinzler AOE Pro (a great stencil font that revives LetterGraphics' Caren), Restraining Order AOE Pro (an old typewriter font), Brazarri AOE Pro (an Aztec emulation font based on MacKeller, Smiths and Jordan's Bizarre from 1884).

    View Astigmatic's typeface library. View the typefaces made by Brian Bonislawsky.

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    Astrolux
    [Glenn Parsons]

    Commercial foundry in Oak View, CA, est. 2011, by Glenn Parsons (b. New York City). Creator of UXB Stencil and its companion UXB Spray in 2011, rough stencil typefaces. He also designed the tattoo typeface Dragon Fang (2011), Sugarbang (2012, comic book style), and the octagonal wedge typeface Spacepod (2012).

    In 2013, Glenn created the comic book style typefaces Rocket Pop, Rocket Pop Outline and Koo Koo Puff. Signal 1885 (2013) is a vintage cursive script.

    In 2014, he published Hexxes (a hexagonal typeface family), the retro futuristic mutant typography typeface Redrail Superfast.

    Typefaces frrom 2015: Barn Owl (layered eroded wood style).

    Typefaces from 2016: Bonewire, Tin Sign (vintage weathered style).

    Typefaces from 2017: Digideco (retro-futuristic).

    Typefaces from 2018: Fabbabi (a retro headline type), Surfoid, Smilodon (crayon font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Fluffenhaus (a display typeface about which Glenn writes: The glyphs are soft serve ice cream, sorta Cooper Black after too much party. A fun playful look that suggests the 1960s and 1970s).

    Typefaces from 2022: Monoicono (encircled icons related to environmental, health, weather, emergency, quality control, and synergy). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    astype.de (or: Astype)
    [Andreas Seidel]

    Astype.de is a German foundry started in 2003 by illustrator and type designer Andreas Seidel (b. 1975, bad saarow, near Berlin, Germany). He lives in Cottbus, Germany. In 1998, he obtained a Masters degree in business administration. In 2007, he and Ingo Preuss set up The German Type Foundry. In 2017, he joined the initial crew at Fust & friends. The typefaces:

    • One of his first typefaces was Crayfish (originally a URW font, but withdrawn by Seidel from URW in 2002). Crayfish is a display type originally designed for an American Football club. The Crayfish typefaces are sold as Thunder Bold and Titan Bold.
    • Check his nice weather symbols (not a font).
    • He finished Ornaments Thanksgiving and the great ASTYPEOrnaments-WineGrape A (2004).
    • He is working on 14th century initials (2003).
    • He created Sattler (2003): Joseph Kaspar Sattler, one of the great German art nouveau artists created these nice initials in 1897 for the famous royal monumental book project Die Nibelunge for the Reichsdruckerei Berlin. Only 200 exclusive signed masterpieces were printed in four years from 1900 till 1904. Joseph Sattler was the art director, type designer and designer in one person. The Reichsdruckerei showed samples of the unfinished work in 1900 at the world exhibition in Paris to advertise the high craftsmanship of the German presses.
    • He made Heraut (2003), an art nouveau lettering typeface based on a 1901 design of Hermann Hoffmann called Herold Reklameschrift.
    • He created Sveva AS Versal (2003, art nouveau).
    • About Missa Solemnis, he writes: Solemnis was designed by Günter Gerhard Lange and first cut in metal 1953 (this is the date he quotes himself, other sources mention 1950 or 1952). It seems to be one of his earliest typeface designs that he had done as a freelancer for H. Berthold AG in Berlin. [...] Missa Solemnis AS is a new, remastered and extended version of Mr Lange's typeface. The font is available in the OpenType format and comes in two styles: 1953 and 2003. The 1953 style contains all characters of the original metal type, as well as a few additions. [...] The 2003 cut is more delicate and makes extensive use of the OpenType format. It contains over 650 glyphs, covering Roman-based languages of Western and Central Europe. His Solemnis inspired Simeon AS (2003), a 650-glyph uncial style face.
    • In 2004, he created Missale Incana, an interpretation of a typeface from Herbert Thannhaueser.
    • Still in 2004, he created ASTYPE Ornaments Christmas A2 and ASTYPE Ornaments Christmas A. These were followed in 2005 by ASTYPE Ornaments Christmas B.
    • He made Missale Lunea (2004). This has astroligical symbols, moon phases and medieval characters.
    • In 2005, the exquisite calligraphic script typeface Gracia was added, consisting of Gracia No. 44, 45, 54 and 55 (graceful calligraphic script), and Gracia Solo.
    • Paola is a redesigned, new interpretation of a brush typeface from Carl Rudolf Pohl.
    • He made Adana (2005): The roots of Adana going back to the year 1930, to the Berlin-based German graphic designer Wilhelm Berg. His typeface can be interpreted as an answer to Lucian Bernhards Schönschrift. The Initials are nearly close to the original drawings but the Circular typeface was changed dramaticly. Excentric, unusual forms and loops were changed to fit todays needs. Due to the lack of a corresponding Roman letter form, the Regular version was designed including small caps, fitting the contrast and swinging shapes of Adana Circular. Both typefaces play well together in all kinds of adverts, as well with designs like Bodoni or Didot.
    • Alea AS Initials (2005) is a floral faced based on the drawings of Maria Ballé.
    • Taiko (2006). A revival of Otto Arpke's Arpke Antiqua (1928, copperplate).
    • ASTYPE Ornaments Accolades A (2007), and ASTYPE Ornaments Accolades C (2011).
    • GTF Toshna Std (2008, German Type Foundry) is a garaldic type family in three optical weights, after a 1955 family called Tschörtner-Antiqua by Hellmuth Tschörtner that was very popular in the DDR.
    • Secca (2009, German Type Foundry) is a simple sans family rooted in early German grotesque type designs. See also Secca Soft (2014) and Secca Stencil (2015).
    • Nepos (2010) is an experimental modular type kit consisting of ready-made typefaces and a set of special BUILD fonts to build your own letters and ornaments. These BUILD fonts can be used on layers with different colors and overprinting for special effects. The effects like Antiplex can be considered as kitchen tiles. There are also color inversions and stencil types.
    • Secca Saloon (2011) is a versatile ornamental Western family.
    • Popsil (2011) is a white-on-black hand-printed poster face.
    • Ademo (2011) is a classic shaded layered 3d caps face, based on two typefaces designed by Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt that were published in 1931-1932 by Schriftguss AG.
    • Wood Bonnet Antique No.7 (2012) is based on real vintage wood type blocks from Switzerland.
    • VTG Stencil US No. 4 (2012) is based on plate US No. 4 from New York Stencil Works. This revolving stencil-plate was invented by Eugene L. Tarbox and patented in 1868. The military stencil fonts VTG Stencil US No. 2 (+Ornaments), VTG Stencil US No. 51, VTG Stencil UK No. 76, VTG Stencil Germany No. 101 (2014, modeled after historic blackletter stencil plates from Bavaria), and VTG Stencil US No. 72 followed in 2014. In 2016, he added Vtg Stencil DIN.
    • VTG Stencil Germany No. 1 (2013) is a set of nicely executed didone stencil typefaces based on real models used in Germany from 1871-1918 and later. There is a Sketch style.
    • Wood Poster Eight (2015) is a free wood type slab serif.
    • Alea Initials (2017, floriated caps).
    • Wood Bonnet Grotesque No 4 (2017).
    • The Vtg Stencil France series (2017) in substyles Vtg Stencil France No1, Vtg Stencil France No3 and No. 5.
    • The expressionist typeface Alarm (2017, Fust & Friends), which is based on an old design of Heinz König also called Alarm (1928, at Trennert).
    • Presto (2017, Fust & Friends), a revival of a script by Helmut Matheis (1970).
    • Vtg Stencil Italy No2 (2018).
    • Rocaie (2018). Decorative caps base on antique rococo letters from a gilding workshop.
    • Wood Heinz No.4 (2019). Wood Heinz No.4 offers up to four printed look variations of all the Latin base letters and figures. An OpenType letter rotator is programmed into the fonts to emulate the randomness of wood type printing. Also: Wood Heinz No.2 (2019).
    • Missale Solis (2019). An uncial typeface that overhauls Missale Lunea (2004).
    • Vtg Stencil UK No2 (2019).
    • Vtg Stencil Marsh (2020). Based on one inch stencils, cut by a Marsh machine. Marsh was an American stencil machine maker in the 1920s.
    • Bonnet Grotesque Narrow (2020). A condensed grotesque family.

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Fust & Friends link. Klingspor link. Home page. See also here.

    View Andreas Seidel's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    AT Studio
    [Akcsel Tara]

    Ngawi, Timur, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2003) of the techno stencil typeface Aquiver (2021), the script typefaces Beauty Baey (2021) and Eagleflag (2021), and the hand-crafted typefaces Dashpeer (2021) and Calcaries (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    AT Studio (or: Akcsel Tara Studio)

    Ngawi, Indonesia-basedc designer. His/her typefaces from 2021 include the script or handcrafted fonts Fagleflag, Dashpeer, Calcaties and Beauty Baey (monolinear), and the free sci-fi stencil typeface Aquiver. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ata Syed

    Ata Syed (Karachi, Pakistan) has a dual identity at FontStruct, where he is one of the most prolific contributors. He is known there as thalamic and as minimum. Behance link.

    Typefaces made in in 2008 as thalamic: Hello (connected upright script), Epilogie (blocks), WimSoft (+U/C), Chunk Chip, Konstruct (Russian constructivism face), Sensei Says, FS Tributary, Twotype Font, Urge (fat octagonal), Subliminal, FS United One, The Game of Type, Anaximander Zooom!, Corrupt and Corrupt Ed (piano key stencil fonts), Blueprint, Monomum, Synergy, Insert Coin Italic, Write I Careful, Write I Casual, Write I Dump, Loop UC, Loop LC, Emergic, Prick!, Insert Coins Pixels, Retro Electro, Bubble Lab IJ, Bubble Lab Bang, A Needle Pulling Thread, Send, Scan (IBM logo look), Intermittent and Intermittent Sans (stencil typefaces), Melt x DR and Melt x tDR (dot matrix), Oval x DR and Oval x tDR (original design by theDesignersRepublic for Issey Miyake), On Grid, Indigo (almost blackletter), orange_2 (dot matrix), Scan (horizontal stripes), Bass, Grape (simple pixel face), Nachahmung and Nachahmung Block (fat and extra condensed, Wim Crouwel simulation typefaces), Nachahmung Block Serif, Conjunction, Interjection, Is It, Sangular (nice experiment), Anonon (nails in square letters), Purple and Purple Very (slab serif headline typefaces, pixelized), Arc Echo (biline and strutted), The Question (a fantastic 3d paper fold imitation face), FS Minimal (a fantastic ultra fat decorative face), FS FontStructor, Vibrant (multiline labyrinthine or op-art face), Writ (upright pixel script), Castor, Ooki (octagonal), Industrial, The I Flat, The I, Indiscrete, Analog (connected script), Dent (mechanical), Digital (connected script), Hello Hello, and Sensei Says.

    In 2009, he made Clone It, Entwined, C64, Helix, Fontsration, Bent, Stripe Zoo, Dull, Indent (stencil), Quartertined (kitchen tile), Firox, Orfix, A Priori, Ignore, Confused, S-Ookii, Ookii (octagonal), Very Becoming, Crisis Averted, Crisis (neat bold octagonal face), Penmanship, Up All Night, Sleep All Dayi, Chunk Chip, Grayletter (upright script), Soso, Mostly Harmless (textured face), Etched, La Cross, Twotype, Etched Bare, Aught (One, Two, Three), as: Inflate (Pop, Pfft, Puff, Poof), Istic, Very Becoming, Ignore, Ought, Balance, Broken, Dry Flat (dot matrix), La Cross, Etched (+Bare), Fontsration (+Refined: multilined beauties), FS Institutional (fat multiline face), FS Industrial, FS Pixelayers.

    Additions in 2010 as thalamic: fs Section, fs Reboot, fs Easy DNA Auto Stencil, fs Institutional (+Ho, +Elements), fs Quartertined, fs Stencil 2.0, fs Rivet, fs Intaglish, fs Dumb Italic, fs Loop Gap, fs GoTeam (stencil), fs ITilic, fs Kerplunk (Startrek face), fs Dumb Italic, fs Ribbon, fs Beringer, fs Ooki Woodcut, fs Croissant (stencil), fs 45 (octagonal stencil), fsXO, fs Pipe, fs Confused Less.

    Fonts from 2011 as thalamic: fs Xenon (a paperclip face), fs Instant, fs Twist, fs WIP (blackletter), fs Sparc, fs Reboot (texture face), fs Pod, fs Flute Tune, fs Special, fs Watch Out (stencil), fs Etched Nyle (labyrinthine face), fs No Kerning Required (2011, connected upright script).

    Creations in 2012 as thalamic: fs Flip, fs Mom, fs Noise, fs Noise II, fs Junk, fs You Are Here, fs Flash (outlined), FS Easy Too (paperclip face), FS Strict, FS Fix, fs in three (octagonal stencil face), fs Single, fs Wakarimasen, fs r-failed (white on black), fs Permutation X, fs Pan Am, fs Institutional, fs Institutional 2, fs Chunky (counterless), fs Grayletter (textured face), fsXply (op-art).

    Creations in 2013 as thalamic: fs So Not Right, fs Grid Urdu (pixel face), fs Not So Right, fs Six Sticks, fs Half (octagonal family), fs Bored, fs Make it Happen, fs Salvage, fs To Be Discarded, fs Connect (stencil), fs Whomp, fs Praxis, fs Fez (3d face), fs Input, fsTramp, fs Five Alive, fs Hote-Zyd (labyrinthine), fs Patterns (Layers, Quarters), fs Five Alive (origami font), fs Go To Sleep (retro speed font), fs Vaerktoj (inspired by the brand identity of Hoejmark Cycles), fs Permutation B, fs Jester, fs Permutation XII (op-art), fs Insatiable, fs Electronic, fs Carbon (a nice chequered face), fs When We Were Young (multiline typeface), fs Shogun Tiny (a lined kitchen tile typeface), fs Optical, fs When We Were Young (multilined), fs Slate, fs Shogun (gridded), fs Iie (+Filled), fs Blocky (dot matrix), fs Thalamic.

    Creations in 2014 as thalamic: fs Perhaps, fs Perhaps Perhaps, fs Stability (Turmoil, Flux), fs Industrial (an artsy fat dot matrix face), fs Rehash, fs Ah, fs Curly, fs So, fs Flint, fs ICK (blackboard bold style), fs Wiggle, fs Grid, fs Ah.

    Creations from 2015 as thalamic: fs B-Chain (bike chain font), fs Risque (art deco), fs Squangular (Impair, Square, Flair, Pair), fs Oval, fs MIP, fs Flower (kitchen tile face).

    Creations as minimum: fs Chips (2014), fs Oh (2014, piano key style), fs Stack (2014, +Overflow), fs llljjj (2014), fs Turn Off The Sun (2014, beveled), fs Zag (2013 textured), fs Zig (2013, textured), fs Mullions (2013), fs The Italic (2013), Gridlock (2009), Mingle Minx (2009), Mingle Co (2009), Mingle (2009, gridded letters), Bevel (2009, 3d beveled family), illiij (2009, multiline family), m.ove.r (2009, multiline family), Grayscale (2009, multiline family), fs Cubed (2010, 3d-face), Bas Relief (2009, 3d face), Silver (2009, 3d face), Tin (2009), Lead (2009), Bevel (2009), Bevel Just (2009), Bevel Just Shadowed (2009), Ceci n'est pas une vague (2009), A Fault in Reality (2009, optical effect font), Blit Slash (2009, experimental), Blit Hack (2009), Dot Dot Hex (2009), Super Black (2009), fs Overlap (2010), fs Fabric (2010, texture font), fs Original (2010), fs Ink Blot (2010), fs Dots and Dashes (2010), fs I Square (2010), fs Squared Up (2010), fs Super Black (2010), fs Unoriginal (2010), fs Minimum (2010, geometric stencil face), fs Pin and Thread (2010, stitching face), fs Shade (2012, 3d face).

    FontStructions from 2011: fs Perpetual (dotted line face), fs Slither, fs No Escape, fs Prompt (a DNA-inspired biochemical lab face), fs Plus H (horizontally striped face), fs Arc Test 2:2 (a modular blackboard bold face), fs V Simple (2010, textured face), fs Instant, fs Permutation V, fs Rehash Monoic (labyrinthine), fs Meta (texture face), fs Scroll, fs Scroll Not (stencil).

    FontStructions from 2012: fs Translucent (a texture face), fs Bank, fs Shade, fs Confined (white on black), fs Institutional (+Vo, +HeVe, +Ho, +He, +Ve: texture typefaces), fs Bang, fs Random (textured face), fs Random Pattern, fs Lead, fs Tin, fs Silver, fs Tungsten.

    Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ataberk Akalin

    During his studies in Izmir, Turkey, Ataberk Akalin created the logotype Pimapen (2016), the stencil typeface Sax (2016) and the striped typeface Gevrek (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Atelier Carvalho Bernau
    [Kai Bernau]

    Foundry and studio run by Susana Carvalho and Kai Bernau (see also his Letterlabor site), located in Den Haag, The Netherlands, and established in 2005.

    Kai Bernau (b. 1978) studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences Schwabisch Gmünd in Germany before relocating to the Netherlands, where he graduated from the Design & Typography course of the KABK in The Hague in 2005 with his successful Neutral Typeface project. He continued in the KABK's Type and Media Master course where he graduated in 2006. Since 2011, Kai teaches type design in the Master in Art Direction program at ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2005, Susana Carvalho and Kai Bernau formed Atelier Carvalho Bernau, which is based in The Hague, The Netherlands.

    Typefaces:

    • In 2010, they published the free titling grotesk Jean-Luc (Godard), inspired by the movie titling in (1967). Bernau writies: We did not find out who originally made the lettering for these two movies. Some speculate it could have been Godard himself. Godard's interest in graphic design and typography is clear, with many of his other films employing such strong typography-only titles and intertitles. They are almost a self-sufficient entity, another character in the movie, another comment. This style of lettering is so interesting to us because it is such a clear renunciation of the pretty, classical title screens that were common in that time's more conservative films. It has a more vernacular and brutishly low-brow character; this lettering comes from the street: We can not prove this at all, but we think it may be derived from the stencil letters of the Plaque Découpée Universelle, a lettering device invented in the 1870s by a certain Joseph A. David, and first seen in France at the 1878 Exposition Universelle, where it found broad appeal and rapid adoption. We think this style of lettering was absorbed into the public domain vernacular of French lettering, and that the 2 ou 3 choses titles are derived from these quotidien lettering style, as it would seem to fit Godard's obsession with vernacular typography. We learned about the PDU through Eric Kindel's article in Typography Papers 7. In 2009, then-Werkplaats Typografie student Dries Wiewauters surprised us with a revival of the Plaque Découpée Universelle. Below, the JeanLuc alphabet (white) and the PDU alphabet (blue), to show similarities and differences.
    • Lyon Text and Lyon Display (2005-2010). These are two text families done at Commercial Type. They say: Lyon is a suite of contemporary reading typefaces for modern publications, based on historical models of the 16th century punch cutter Robert Granjon. Lyon reflects our convictions about modern digital typeface design: A decisively digital outline treatment that reveals our modern repertoire of tools, and the typeface itself as a modern design tool, paired with a certain Times-like unobtrusiveness in the Text sizes, contrasts nicely with Lyon's 16th century heritage.
    • Neutraface Slab (2007-2009, art directed by Christian Schwartz and Ken Barber). The slab of the famous Neutraface family at House Industries, designed by Christian Schwartz, Kai Bernau and Susan Carvalho: Neutraface Slab Text, Neutraface Slab Display.
    • Neutral (2005-2009). The Neutral typeface was Kai's graduation project from the KABK undergrad course. It is what one could call a basic sans. It first appeared as Neutral BP in the now defunct B&P Foundry. In 2014, Typotheque picked it up. Kai writes: Neutral was inspired by typefaces that seem ageless, remaining fresh and relevant even decades after they were designed. It was constructed based on a set of parameters derived by measuring and averaging a number of popular 20th-century Sans Serif fonts.
    • Custom typeface Munich Re (2008-2009) for the Munich Re Reinsurance group. MunichRe Sans takes roots in the grotesque types of the 1950s (among others, Dick Dooijes' Mercator for the Lettergieterij Amsterdam).
    • Custom typeface Harvard Museum Neutral (2008).
    • Atlas Grotesk (2012, by Kai Bernau, Susan Carvalho and Christian Schwartz, Commercial Type). A revival of Dick Dooijes's Mercator. See also Atlas Typewriter (2012, Commercial Type). Originally designed as a corporate typeface for Munich Re, it became a retail font. A Cyrillic version was added by Ilya Ruderman in 2020.
    • The custom typeface Proprio (2007-2009) for the Fabrico Proprio project. This is a willfully bare-bones grotesk family without any snootiness.
    • In 2016, Susana Carvalho and Kai Bernau published Algebra (Commercial Type): Algebra evolved from Granger, a headline typeface designed by Susana Carvalho and Kai Bernau for the US edition of Esquire. Algebra is a broad-shouldered slab serif typeface built on superelliptical forms. Its loose spacing gives a remarkably comfortable texture in text, and its crisp detailing gives a distinctive and serious feeling at display sizes, particularly with some negative tracking. Algebra references Adrian Frutiger's Egyptienne, Georg Trump's Schadow, and Hermann Zapf's Melior.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Atelier Olschinsky
    [Peter Olschinsky]

    Vienna, Austria-based design studio, est. 2002 by Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss. They published the type family Ato (2012), which has Sans, Slab and Display (art deco) subfamilies. Outer Space (2012), Sato (2012, a bilined display typeface), Neopolis (2012, futurismo), Deconstruct (2012), Chaos (2012) and Construct (2012) are experimental. Bato (2012) is an alchemic type family. And Vato (2012) is a wonderful brushy poster headline face.

    In 2017, he published the bespoke typeface BirdYard, the free AO Grotesk (with poygonal outlines), free display sans typeface family Matol, the free geometric solid typeface AOX, which comes in Stencil and Regular styles, the free polygonal typeface family AO Mono, and the free monospaced Minimal Mono.

    Typefaces from 2020: Kaomo (monlinear, monospaced), AO Mono (polygonal).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Athang Samant

    During his studies at IIT Bombay, Athang Samant designed the free typeface Crafto Stencil (2018). In 2019, he designed an experimental devanagari typeface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Atif Arshad
    [Invents]

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    Atipo

    Design studio in Gijon, Spain, set up by Asturian designers Raul Garcia del Pomar and Ismael Gonzalez. One of them studied graphic design in Salamanca. Atipo produced the donationware typeface Cassannet in 2012. This beautiful sans typeface is modeled after art deco lettering by Cassandre. It was adjusted and expanded to six styles in 2016 as Cassannet Plus.

    In 2012, they published the free twitterware round sans family Bariol, which has its own dedicated web page. This was followed by the wonderful set of icons called Bariol Icons. In 2015, they published the tweetware / donationware rounded typeface family Bariol Serif.

    Typefaces from 2013: Salomé (a fat didone, +Stencil, +Italic, +Deco). Dedicated web page.

    The text typeface Calendas (2011, Paula Gutierrez). Additional weights were custom-made for the magazine Town & Country.

    They created a bespoke wayfinding font / icon set for London Luton Airport in 2014.

    Typefaces from 2015: Geomanist---I guess the name comed from geometric and humanist. In general, I can't imagine a worse marriage but this one actually works.

    Typefaces from 2016: Seville (a custom font for Fitbit Blaze, based on Bariol), Semcon (for the Swedish engineering firm Forsman & Bodenfors).

    Typefaces from 2017: Archia (a technical / architectural sans family), Noway (Noway was originally designed as a corporate and signage typeface for London Luton Airport. It has 159 icons and five weights, and is an ideal wayfinding font family), Noway Round.

    Typefaces from 2018: Solano & Catalan (a corporate typeface), Aceña (a corporate typeface), Silka (a geometric descendant of Futura), Musetta (a fashion mag thin sans), Basier (a Helvetica-style neutral sans family with horizontal and vertical terminals, with a choice of round or square tittles).

    Typefaces from 2019: Parking (an all caps art deco by Marc Valli), Basier Mono, Bould, Chaney (caps only, for display).

    Typefaces from 2020: Sawton (a 15-style monolinear condensed geometric sans family consisting of Circular, Industrial and Bauhaus subfamilies), Silka Mono, Wotfard (a malleable geometric sans: time for soulful functionality), Argesta (a fashion mag typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Novela ( a rational serif for use in texts), Izoard and Izoard Soft (a monolinear sans inspired by the text on the monument atop the mythical Col d'Izoard in France which is frequently featured in the Tour de France), Strawford (a 14-style monolinear neo-geometric sans), Scilla Display ( an elegant high-contrast serif typeface inspired by the shapes of the flowers with sharp edges and organic curves).

    Typefaces from 2022: N27 (an over-the-top hipster sans classified as avant-garde by Atipo), Stampa (an all caps sans serif typeface inspired by La Stampa's nameplate used by the weekly's sports supplement in Turin in 1902).

    Behance link. Bariol site. Interview in 2012 by Unostiposduros. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ATK Studio
    [Radinal Riki]

    Indonesian designer of these techno display typefaces:

    • Tronica Mono. A monospaced pixel typeface.
    • Aux Mono (2020). Inspired by airline tickets, airport signs and electronic displays.
    • Cosmo (2019) and Cosmo Display (2020: a monolinear display sans).
    • Cygnito Mono (2019) and Cygnito Mono Pro (2021: 36 styles). Inspired by modernism and industrial graphic design.
    • Elios (2021). A stencil typeface.
    • Ligano (2020). A reverse contrast display typeface.
    • Moldiv (2020). Octagonal and futuristic.
    • Monoska (2019). Monospaced and pixelish.
    • Proto Mono (2021). An octagonal typeface.
    • Sillium (2019). A techno blackletter.
    • Nort Mono (2021). A techno / electric circuit font.
    • Porlane (2021).
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Atlas Font Foundry
    [Christoph Dunst]

    Berlin-based foundry, est. 2012 by Christoph Dunst.

    Creators of Novel Mono (2012, Christoph Dünst), Novel Sans (2012), Novel Sans Rounded (2012), and Novel Sans Condensed (2012), Novel Sans Office Pro (2013), Novel Sans Hair Pro (2014), Heimat Sans (2010), Heimat (2010), Heimat Mono (2013), Heimat Stencil (2013), Novel Sans Office Pro (2013), Heimat Didone (2014: a 72-style family of high-contrast didones; some styles should be useful for fashion mags), Heimat Display (2015: characterized by an inverted tail of the y), Novel Display (2017), Edit Serif Pro (2017), Edit Serif Cyrillic (2018), Edit Serif Arabic (2018).

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Attak Fonts
    [Peter Korsman]

    Attak is a two-headed graphic design firm formed in 2004 by Peter Korsman (b. 1982) and Casper Herselman. It is based in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. In May 2016, Peter Korsman left Attak to start Autograph. Attak has some free and some commercial typefaces. Behance link. Their fonts, ca. 2009: AT AK-47, AT Babyfat, AT Blaser, AT Concours, AT Dienstuhr, AT Discipline, AT FFW, AT Helix, AT Hide and Seek, AT Hieronymus, AT Janus Kiep, AT Kerremus, AT Klaxon, AT Korsakopf, AT Litewriter, AT Mepper, AT Mohawk, AT Moker, AT Monoload, AT Muntel, AT Peetroleum, AT Praktikum, AT Promille, AT Ramseier, AT Riot, AT Sirca, AT Sirca alternate, AT Slyper, AT Snotnose, AT Streeep, AT Tabak, AT T'Atteljeej, AT TCB, AT Timeline, AT Trash Bold, AT Willi, AT With Machines, AT Zippora. Notable products: AK-47 simulates Cyrillic; Helix is a stencil face; Muntel and Concours are fat art deco typefaces; Practicum and Tabak are octagonal; Riot leaks blood; Sirca is based on arcs of circles; Streep is a multiline font. I presume that Peter is the main font designer in the team, as he already made fonts as early as 2003 for Burodestruct (see, e.g., BD Burner, BD El Max, BD Sirca, and BD Bardust, downloadable here).

    By 2017, their catalog includes AT AK-47, AT Baballero, AT Babyfat, AT Blaser, AT Concise, AT Concours, AT De Palm, AT Dienstuhr, AT Discipline, AT El Muerte, AT Falten, AT FFW, AT Ginn, AT Helix, AT Hide and Seek, AT Hieronymus, AT Hindenburg, AT Imperiale, AT Janus Kiep, AT Kerremus, AT Klaxon, AT Korsakopf, AT Kuhn, AT Litewriter, AT Mepper, AT Mohawk, AT Moker, AT Monoload, AT Muntel, AT Peetroleum, AT Praktikum, AT Promille, AT Ramseier, AT Riot, AT Sang Noir, AT Sirca, AT Sirca alternate, AT Slyper, AT Snotnose Heavy, AT Streeep, AT Syndicate, AT Tabak, AT tAtteljeej, AT TCB, AT Timeline, AT Trash Bold, AT Willem II, AT Willi, AT With Machines, AT Zippora, BD Bardust, BD Burner, BD El Max, BD Sirca.

    A more detailed breakdown per designer:

    • Tim van de Kimmenade: AT AK-47 (2005), AT Helix (2004), AT Trash Bold (2003).
    • Peter Korsman: AT Babyfat (2006), AT Concours (2005), AT Korsakopf (2004), AT Ramseier (2004), AT Streeep (2005), AT TCB (2005), AT With Machines (2004).
    • Casper Herselman: AT Blaser (2005), AT FFW (2004), AT FFW Stencil (2004), AT Mepper (2005, old typewriter font), AT Mohawk (2006), AT Praktikum (2004), AT Promille (2005), AT Riot (2004, blood drip font), AT T'Atteljeej (2008).
    • Rutger Paulusse: AT Discipline (2008).
    • Rens vanden Berge: AT Hide and Seek (2006, a great poster font).
    Typefaces not listed here include AT Baballero (2013, Western), AT De Palm (2012, logo font for Café De Palm), AT Dienstuhr (2010), AT Ginn (2012), AT Imperiale (2012, a hipster font), AT Timeline (2010, Trajan) AT Sirca (2005), AT Sang Noir (2012, blackletter), AT Muntel (2005, Dutch art deco), AT Snotnose (2010, ink splatter script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Atypical
    [George Triantafyllakos]

    George Triantafyllakos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1980. In 2004, he was a PhD student, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Founder, with Manolis Pratsinakis, of Backpacker. He set up the independent foundry Atypical.

    His typefaces at Atypical: Atypical (2014), Burger (2014), Cornelius (2014, art deco), Direct (2014, sans), Donmeh (2016), Friday (2014), JoyD (2015, flared and lapidary), Marx in France (2014), Marx in USA (2014, condensed fashion mag style with teardrops), Monotonous (2014, monoline and monospaced), PhD (2014, squarish), Slab (2014), Vs (2017), Walter (2014, art deco, with Hollow and Stencil styles, and a possibility of layering with patterns).

    At the open source type foundry Velvetyne, he added the Greek chracters to Lucas Le Bihan's Sporting Grotesque (2016).

    Dafont link. Fontsquirrel link. Klingspor link. Kernest link. iFontMaker link. Cannibal Fonts link. Velvetyne Type Foundry link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Avery Byrd

    Creator of the free sci-fi stencil font Inversion (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Avoid Red Arrows

    The students of arts and design at HfG Karlsruhe present their work in 2008: Amoto (Nadja Schoch), Barbarossa (Peter Stahmer: grunge), Cirrus (Antonia Huber: liquid style), Fourty Five Degrees (Emanuel K: octagonal), Hopfen (Martin Borst: display sans), Letrix (Miriam Bauer: modular octagonal), Lokomo (Claudia Kappenberger: experimental), Mayfield Display, Monta (Stefanie Miller), Moto Moto (Piero Glina: octagonal), Nancy (Masa Busic: art deco), Oceanic (Simone Gier: rounded techno), Platine (Lise Naujack: multiline, inspired by chip wiring), Pluk (Simon Roth: poster stencil), Quitt (Marko Greve: experimental multiline), Sophonho (Daniel Schludi: display sans), Vahen (Nicolaz Groll: display sans).

    Avoid Red Arrows is run by Marko Grewe, Stefanie Miller, Simon Roth, and Peter Stahmer. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Axel Durana

    Barcelona, Spain-based designer of Kitchen Stencil (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Axel Leyer

    Designer in 2008 at FontStruct of NuGothicA (blackletter), BauForm, DINAMO (mechanical), Magnum (great industrial strength slab serif headline face), Cocoa (rounded and ultra fat), EUROstruct (thin and architectural), Kaotic (graffiti), Weimar (pixel face), Rondo, Rondo Tail, Fabrica (octagonal), Fabrica Rotula (stencil, octagonal), Quadrat, Electrica, Electrica Dots, Fabrica Screen (horizontally striped octagonal face), Block Black, Bloop, Blackwolf, Guru Blackletter (Indic simulation face), Inslab (slab serif), Inslab II, Minima (stencil), Boxer (ultrafat, octagonal), Bloko (nice ultra-fat face), Steel (macho slab serif), Nextar (pixelish but elegant), Simplex, Ulises 7 (+Serif) (pixel typefaces), Digita (kitchen tile) and Block (ultra fat), June Cleaver. See America (2008, octagonal) is an octagonal lettering font that was inspired by a travel poster (WPA, 1936) designed by Jerome Roth. Faces made in 2009: Morgana (a beautiful fat piano key face), Manitoba, Machina (+Slab), Old Monk (uncial), NughoticA Brush, LUBA 8 Lowercase (after Lubalin), Nugothic A (blackletter), Dinamo, Ross (strong mechanical face).

    Faces made in 2010: Sketch Pix and Sketch Pix 2. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Axel Lindmarker

    Swedish Brooklyn, NY-based designer of Teknisk and Teknisk Stencil (2016), designed to capture the mechanical feeling of the early machines. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ayako Ito
    [Ayako Ito (and: Type for Ukraine)]

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    Ayako Ito (and: Type for Ukraine)
    [Ayako Ito]

    Ayako Ito is based in New York City and Tokyo, and graduated from Type@Cooper. She creates brand identities, books & magazines, typefaces, and illustratis in the fields of art, lifestyle and fashion. Ayako Ito set up Type for Ukraine in 2022 to help the people in Ukraine. All proceeds are donated to Doctors without Borders and the Voice of Children Foundation. Her typefaces:

    • Rinko.
    • Flora Roman (a headline serif) and Flora Display (2022). Simply exquisite.
    • Jasmine Display (2022). A calligraphic fashion mag serif.
    • Gabriel.
    • Luna.

    Commissioned typefaces include Bubble Tea (a bubblegum typeface designed for Stone And Strand, a NYC based jewelry startup), Kafeteria (a phenomenal geometric sans as part of the brand identity for Kafeteria, a new café at the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen by renowned Danish restaurateur Frederik Bille Brahe; just like the menu and experience at Kafeteria, the typeface combines Japanese minimalism with Danish culture), Good Girl (a sans designed for Stone And Strand, a NYC based jewelry startup), August KBH (custom typefaces for August Journal Issue 05: Copenhagen), Moet Hennessy, Gemic (a custom stencil typeface for Gemic, a global growth strategy firm with offices in NYC, Helsinki, Toronto, and Berlin). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Azelea Rodgers
    [aRc (or: Azelea Rodgers Creations)]

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    Azzurra Pini

    Graphic designer in Milan. Italian designer of Charles Stencil (2007), which was created during the advanced Type Design course at PoliDesign (Politecnico di Milano). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    B. Stonefield

    B. Stonefield (Hamburg, Germany) created Stonefield Script (2011, a marker script), and Stonefield (2011, a rounded art deco style stencil family). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bálint Koczman
    [Magique Fonts (was: Cpr. Sparhelt)]

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    Babushke Studio
    [Marija Juza]

    Babushke is a design cooperative in Zagreb that includes Marija Juza [a gradutae of School of Applied Arts and Design, Zagreb, the Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb and the School of Design, Zagreb], who is the codesigner with Nikola Djurek of Balkan (2012, Typonine), a sans / stencil type system for Latin and Cyrillic that was awarded by TDC in 2012.

    Babushke created Herbert (2012), which is based on Herbert Bayer's early Bauhaus sketches. It is a low contrast 3-style typeface whose function is to properly align text in blocks.

    TDC mentions that Marija lives in Zabok, Croatia.

    Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Babylon Schrift Kontor
    [Klaus Bartels]

    Commercial German foundry, est. 2000 by Klaus Bartels (1948-2005). BSK also has on board Wolfgang Talke, Bernd Pillich, and the type experts René Kerfante and Frank Sax. It specializes in major text families, mostly based on fonts from the Berthold collection. Bartels was previously responsible for the digitization of that collection at Berthold, so this is a natural progression. Some amount of renaming of the typefaces seems to have been necessary. Partial list: Adlon Sans BSK, Adlon Serif BSK, Admira BSK, Albion Script BSK, Albion Script 2 BSK, Alte Schwabacher BSK, Ancora BSK, Atlantica BSK, Avenue BSK, Babylon Schreibschrift BSK, Baskerville BSK, Baskerville Text BSK, Bodoni BSK, Bodoni Expert BSK, Bodoni Condensed BSK, Bodoni Text BSK, Bodoni Text Expert BSK, Carissa BSK, Caslon Text BSK, Centra BSK, Champion BSK, Cogita BSK, Elega BSK, Fabiana BSK, Fonica BSK, Francesa BSK, Garamond BSK, Garamond Expert BSK, Herold Reklameschrift BSK, KG privata BSK, KG privata II BSK, KG vera BSK, KG vera II BSK, Lettura BSK, Mirage BSK, Mirage Expert BSK, Mirage New BSK, Pintura BSK, Signal BSK, Standard-Grotesk BSK, Standard-Grotesk Condensed BSK, Standard-Grotesk Extended BSK, Standard-Grotesk Classic BSK, Standard-Grotesk Next BSK, SG Next Condensed BSK, SG Next Extended BSK, SG Next Rounded BSK, SG Next Stencil BSK, SG School BSK, SG School 2 BSK, Story BSK, Supersonic BSK, T & T Form BSK, T & T Form Condensed BSK, T & T Form Ey BSK, Tomos-Antiqua BSK, Tomos-Mediaeval BSK, Trump Tower BSK, Unger Fraktur BSK, Walbaum BSK, Walbaum Expert BSK, Walbaum Fraktur BSK, Walbaum Text BSK. I have no idea what happened after Bartels' death--the page disappeared! [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Backpacker
    [George Triantafyllakos]

    George Triantafyllakos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1980. In 2004, he was a PhD student, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Founder, with Manolis Pratsinakis, of Backpacker, where one can find free Latin and Greek typefaces: BPLatinNumerals, BPbigHead, BPchildLefty, BPchildFatty, BPchubby, BPchubbyFat, BPdots, BPilialena, BPletterSquares, BPletterSquaresWide, BPmolecules, BPmouse, BPmyhand, BPneon [paperclip face], BPpong [light stencil face], BPsquareHand, BPtall, BP PhD Sans, BP PhD Italic, BP PhD Mono, BP Inktrap, BP Script. These include quite a few handwriting typefaces. Commercial handwriting fonts at Cannibal (2001-2005): BPPallas, BPOlga, BPMaria, BPHaroula. In 2007, he added BP display black, BP mono and BP mono italics, and BP script. In 2008, BPreplay was created as a correction of MgOpenModata. Creations in 2009 and 2010: BPOApeloig, BPScript, BP Typewrite, BP Imperial (think Impact), BP Dots (30 monospaced dot fonts).

    He set up the independent foundry Atypical.

    Designer of TapeBold (2015, iFontMaker).

    In 2016, he released the free all caps sans typeface Hellenica for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.

    In 2017 he participated in the team of designers who won the competition for the design of the new visual identity of the National Library of Greece (George D. Matthiopoulos, Dimitris Papazoglou, George Triantafyllakos and Axel Peemöller).

    Fontsquirrel link. Kernest link. iFontMaker link. Cannibal Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bagel & Co
    [Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

    Japanese foundry that offers these free Latin fonts made by Ryoichi Tsunekawa around 2005: Kiwi (geometric hairline), Bagel (roundish comic book face), Coconut (noisy outline face), Coconut Split, Fresh Tomato (LED simulation), Dried Tomato (LED simulation), Dutch Style, Mocha Harrar (great stencil face), 103 (experimental, Bank Gothic style), Airhead, ArealBlack, Awkward, BagelNew, BagelOld, Banbino, Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Berlin89, Blackout, Built-1970, Bunyan, Busted, Canstop, Chiangmai (Thai simulation face), DBLline, Dijkstra, Dutchstyle, Fling, Graphite, Harcomaso, Hiexplosive, Hitech, Honeycomb (hexagonal), Junkmix, Kanatypo, KemikalHi, Meegoreng, Mikrob, Natsupopy, Overwork, Palsu, Plamo, Plasitico, REC001, REC002, REC003, Resistance, SQRT, STdigi (LED font), Shandy, Superstar, Tembaga, Tenaga, Tomodachi, Tragedia, Trucker, VRdigital, VRembroidery, Welcome2M, Workaholic, Zeebraa, plot-A, plot-K, Appendix 3, Gesso, Pusab, Sushitaro, Typewrong.

    Dafont link. Fontspace link. Kernest link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bagerich Type Foundry (was: Zealab Fonts Division, Zea Fonts, Zea Lab, Zeaspace)
    [Reza Rasenda]

    Founded in Bandung, Indonesia in the middle of 2019 by graphic designers Reza Rasenda (b. 1993) and Riska Chandra Dewi, Zealab Fonts Division specializes in and is inspired by urban culture, luxurious brands and street posters. Reza Rasenda designed these typefaces in 2020: Crenzo (a free sci-fi typeface), Pherome (a fashion-conscious display serif), Arguman (an aerodynamic or speed font), Oldblue (an interlocking retro font), Digitany (pixelized), Ethique, Brightfate (with Riska Candra Dewi; a sharp-edged typeface that conjures up images of a guillotine), Bagerich (an art nouveau genre display typeface by Reza Rasenda and Riska Candra Dewi), Digitany (pixelish), Rigeko (a refreshing display typeface), Chillion (in the heavy rounded serif genre), Anglestein (a sans inspired by retro car and amplifier lettering), Millik (a sturdy angular poster typeface), Bellinzo, Shirens, Roundlane, Oldblend (a 4-style circle-based sans family, possibly renamed Oldblue), Richson (a sans inspired by pop punk, rock, hardcore music and skateboarding), Airbolt (a futuristic racing font), Roseford (a display typeface), Qultiva (a display typeface), Ethique, Hochland (tall, condensed, urban), Rodenberg (a beer bottle font), Aveline (a display serif), Quilla, Monschone (a fashion mag sans in one style).

    Typefaces from 2021: Neima (a decorative serif), Nagoda, Chuten (a display typeface), Ephidona (a decorative serif), Claycozoa (an intestinal typeface), Elgista (incised and hipsterish, with mostly trapezoidal stems), Amovand (a decorative serif), Willton, Olieva, Waffold, Bogam (a great free black display font), Voca (brutalist, in their view), Gover (a gaspipe sans, +stencil), Agne (a decorative serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Vifellia (an experimental condensed display serif, in which the left side serif is curved and the right side serif is straight).

    Type Department link for Zealab. Type Department link for Bagerich Type Foundry.

    Typefaces from 2022: Guffonia (a hyper-decorative hipster typeface), Baunk (futuristic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Balevgraph Studio
    [Iqbal Paj]

    Known as Iqbal Paj and Iqbal Pauji. Winong, Indonesia-based designer of predominantly script typefaces. His catalog as of 2021: Astara, Astevy, Avotte (sans), Befano (a thin condensed organic sans), Bellanda (a fat finger script), Bellanov, Bellina (a monolinear script), Beristan (script), Betrand (script), Bettasand, Beyllan, Bodine, Brittney Westone (a monolinear script), Brittwey (script), Bulgatty Signature, Bullaina (a monolinear script), Dejuno, Dellimun (a brush script), Fanteo (a futuristic stencil typeface), Farwell (a script font), Frichilla, Ganbate Script, Geminy, Gerillas, Hargetus (a stencil font), Helina (a flowing signature script), Helliya Signature (a monolinear signature font), Hevana, Heyosan (a round hand-crafted slab serif), Jellahy (script), Kanttelaz, Lenolove (bilined), Maron Rose (a luxury serif), Martend (a calligraphic sans), Montey, Nesthy, Pelytta, Prebuga Signature (a monoline signature script), Rachetty (script), Rahella (a signature script), Rallynda (script), Renytta, Rethobie, Rolland, Rookey, Samdwoz (a tape font), Satreva (a thin all caps sans), Satreva Neue (a monolinear titling sans), Serona (a 5-style caps typeface for logos or displays), Serona Signature, Southampton (a tall brush script), Southwell (a monoline script), Suttiq, Swelly, Swesty, The Ground (a monolinear geometric sans), The Ruttmey (an art deco sans), Tuned Rompies (a retro display typeface), Wyllona.

    Typefaces from 2022: Pareson (a distinguished single-weight all caps sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bang Toyib
    [Eldertype Studio]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Barbara Alaimo

    As a student at Ecole d'art Maryse Eloy (Paris), Barbara Alaimo created the modular stencil typeface Split (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Barnbrook (was: VirusFonts, Virus Foundry, Studio 12)
    [Jonathan Barnbrook]

    Jonathan Barnbrook was born in 1966 in Luton, England. He is a type and graphic designer and filmmaker. Since 1990 he has worked with cultural institutions, activist groups and charities and produced a steady stream of posters. He is also known for his collaborations with Adbusters and Damien Hirst, his work for David Bowie, and his typefaces released by Emigre and Virus (his own foundry). He started Virus in 1997, and works out of the Barnbook Studio (now Studio 12) in London's Soho. Virus Foundry became just Barnbrook ca. 2017. He specializes in cult-type typefaces.

    MyFonts interview. Creative Pro interview. Bio at Emigre.

    In 2007, Mathieu Réguer wrote a thesis at Estienne on Barnbrook.

    Barnbrook designed these typefaces:

    Fontworks link. MyFonts link. FontShop link.

    Showcase of Jonathan Barnbrook's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bartek Nowak
    [GRIN3]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bas Jacobs

    Dutch graphic and type designer, b. Wanssum, The Netherlands, 1976. In 1999, together with Akiem Helmling, he cfounded Underware in Den Haag. Bas studied at the KABK in Den Haag and lives in Amsterdam since 2001. His type design work:

    • Bas Jacobs and Akiem Helmling designed Dolly (2001), a 4-font book typeface with flourishes. The Bukvaraz 2001 award they won for it mentions that Lars de Beer and Sami Kortemäki also had a hand in the font. Dolly A Book Typeface with Flourishes is a book that describes the development of Dolly.
    • Codesigner of Bello.
    • Codesigner of Sauna (2002; +Sauna Mono Pro).
    • Codesigner of Liza (2009).
    • Codesigner of Auto (1, 2 and 3) (2004-2014).
    • Codesigner of Unibody 8 (free).
    • Codesigner of Fakir (2006), a blackletter typeface family.
    • In 2015, Bas Jacobs, Akiem Helmling and Sami Kortemäki published the stencil family Tripper Pro.
    • In 2017, Underware developed the super-adaptive and parametric typeface family Duos Pro.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about education in type design. FontShop link. Speaker at ATypI 2010 in Dublin and at ATypI 2017 in Montreal. At ATypI 2018 in Antwerp, Bas Jacobs and Akiem Helmling introduced the high order interpolation system for fonts called HOI. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    BaseLAB
    [Joancarles P. Casasín]

    Barcelona-based foundry involved in custom font work, est. 2005. Original fonts: Inclusive (2007), Urbanium (2005, a bold display face), Handwritten, Eixample (2008, octagonal and rounded), Screech (2008) and Begyptienne. Modified fonts (or re-fonts in their words) include Le Grand Palais (stencil, for La Force de l'Art, Paris, 2006), BeTV (for a Belgian TV channel), and VijfTV (a modification of Chalet for a Flemish TV station). Their custom types include Atrapalo, Kipling (a fashion mag family done in 2011), STM Montreal (2011, for the Montreal transportation system), Dialogue, Kidswa, Hangar and Costa Design. One of the main collaborators is Joancarles P. Casasín. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bastarda Type (was: No Name Type Foundry)
    [Sebastian Castellanos De La Hoz]

    Bogota, Colombia-based outfit, est. 2017 by Jason Guzman, Sebastian Castellanos and Federico Parra. Type designers associated with Bastardatype in 2022 included Oscar Guerrero, Julian Moncada and Fer Cozzi. Sebastian Castellanos graduated from the MATD program at the University of Reading in 2015. His graduation project was Orca (2015). It covers Latin, Greek and Thai: Orca was inspired by alcoholic beverage labels. It is constructed of a blend of sharp serifs and brush out-strokes which create a dynamic combination of angular lines and curves.

    The list of type designs:

    • Orca and Orca Display (by Sebastian Castellanos and Jason Guzman). The semi-stencil Orca Display won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018. Orca was inspired by alcoholic beverage labels. It is characterized by sharp serifs, a large x-height, moderate ascenders and descenders, and wide proportions. It covers Latin, Greek and Thai.
    • Magma (Federico Parra). A psychedelic all caps typeface.
    • Central. A handcrafted American gothic custom-designed for Central Cevicheria in Bogota.
    • BT Barbara (2018). A flared typeface done with Fernanda Cozzi.
    • BT Brutman (2020). An angular text typeface inspired by brutalist architecture.
    • BT Orca and BT Orca Display.
    • BT Lamina (2019).
    • BT Salsa (2019).
    • Kiffo Sans (2019), later called BT Kiffo.
    • Stewar Variable (2022). Unknown designer.
    • Gregor (2021, Oscar Guerrero). A hybrid sans serif typeface family with two variants, Upright and Slanted. The design is inspired by some advertising graphic designs used in the United States during the 60's and 70's.
    • Super BT (2022). Unknown designer.

    Old URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bastien Sozeau
    [Uplaod]

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    Bayu Noor Witarsa
    [Asenbayu]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Beate Limbach
    [Acces Design]

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    Beaufonts
    [Ian Mitchell]

    Beaufonts offers nice screen fonts and pixel fonts by Cecilia Garside, David Gibson, David Hand, Jonathan Hitchen, John Humphries, Ian Mitchell, Paul Musgrave, Oliver Payne and Simon Vaughan. Free Mac type 1 fonts, often of the pixel type. Fonts: Backstabber, Baseface, Bummer, Default_20PN55C, Disinformacion, FuckingGoodStencil, MissPeaches, Punkt, SansCounter, Suedehead, Swipe, Untiled. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Beco Creative Studio

    Lisbon, Portugal-based designer of the free wide stencil typeface Senda Display (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Behaviour (was: type behaviour)
    [Anuthin Wongsunkakon]

    Behaviour was founded in 1996 by Anuthin Wongsunkakon and Nirut Krusuansombat in Bangkok. They do graphic design, mainly. Type Behaviour is the font library of Behaviour. Anuthin teaches graphic design at School of Art and Design, Bangkok University and Chulalongkorn University.

    Interview.

    Fonts include OCRX, Aspirin, Interviewer, Songothic (1999), Behaviour, Keystonestate, Effectra, Hydrous, Ideologica, Waveeweekend, Matamorphosis, Berlidin (1999). Commercial fonts available at T26 and PsyOps (where he did Hydrous). Also, many dingbats by Nirut Krusuansombat, again without downloads. Custom-made Thai fonts too.

    [T-26] designer of Aspirin, Aspirin Advance, Aspirin Refill (hairline), Automate (2008), Behaviour, Berlidin (1999), Carbon, Cellular One, Cellular Two, Cellular three, Coupe, Datum, Dotto, Dotto Deluxe, Effectra, Harbinger, Hydrous (2009, PsyOps and T-26), Ideologica, Interviewer, Keystone State, Labelo Ext, Labelo Rom, Labelo Uni, Myers Sans, OCRBe, OCRX, QR-Type, Son Gothic (+New Son Gothic), Wavee Weekend (upright script, Foto (2006, dingbats), Harbinger (2004, stencil), Myers Sans (2005), Aspirin, Carbon (2003, an octagonal font, which reappeared in 2006 as Carbon C6 and in 2008 at Cadson Demak as carbon Plus), Coupe (2006, 4-weight sans family), Labelo (2003, octagonal, +Varsity), Dotto, Dotto Deluxe (2002, dot matrix font), Behaviour, Berlidin (1999: nice serifs), Ideologica (2000), Interviewer, KeystoneState (1999: a license plate font), Metamorphosis, SonGothic, WaveeWeekend (2000), OCRX (2001, T-26), and Effectra (2001, T-26), Cellular-Complete (2002, T-26), POBox (2002, T-26, dingbats of postal imprints), Datum (2002, pixel font), Baked (2007, T-26), Board (2004, T-26), OCR-Be (2006).

    Free font: Katan U Kata Way T (Thai font).

    Dingbats: Arvaiyava, Bahnpaburut, I'm Icons, Monsoon, Pixxo (pixel-based icons), Prajanbarn, SO-6.

    MyFonts sells the athletic lettering fonts Labelo Ext (2007, T-26), Option Sans (2009, T-26), Labelo Varsity and Board Deluxe, Enzyme (2010, Cadson Demak), Amino (2010, Cadson Demak: an organic family).

    Typefaces at Katatrad include Ra Bobb Thai (2012, octagonal).

    Typefaces from 2013: EQ Pro (+Rounded: Cadson Demak).

    Anuthin Wongsunkakon collaborated with Akira Kobayashi and Monotype Studio on Avenir Next Thai (2021).

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Anuthin Wongsunkakon's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bejeletter
    [Eddy Mahfud]

    Indonesian architect, b. 1989. Designer of Grookey Shawn (2020), the curly script Neo Osaka (2020), Syakaila Script (2020) and the kawaii script font Baby Nasha (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rolling Story (a rhythmic script), Roxy Vp (stencil), Comicartoon (a cartoon font), Comicartoon (a cartoon font), De Gozaru (a swirly calligraphic script), Gv Time (a creamy signage script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Secret Mango (18 styles), Archipad Pro (a 36-style sans and slab serif family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Belldorado
    [Adam Bell]

    Foundry in München, Germany, run by Adam Bell (b. 1972, Landsberg), who despite his name is a native German. After learning to be a silkscreen printer he studied graphic design in Würzburg. Together with Tanja Kischel and Georg Behringer, he runs a small design agency and shop called Umwerk in München since 2004.

    Creator of the octagonal family called Longhorn (2012), which includes a 3d style as well as a stencil style. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bellini Studio
    [Savio Bellini]

    Savio Bellini (Bellini Studio, Capua, Italy) designed the free monoline sans typeface Inprimis (2016) and the informal typeface Sgriffo (2016).

    In 2018, he designed the semi-stencil typeface Omologo and the ampersand typeface Etaday.

    In 2019, he designed the handcrafted typeface Impreciso. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ben Balvanz
    [Fontalicious]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ben Bold
    [Bold Studio (was: Studio BB)]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ben Dolphin

    UK-based designer, who created Synthetic Stencil (2011) and Pixel Error (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ben Stevens

    London-based web designer. He created a modular stencil face, AlphaBetas (2010). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    BenBenWorld (or: BB Bureau)
    [Benoît Bodhuin]

    Benoît Bodhuin (aka Ben Ben) lived in Tournai, Belgium, and after a brief spell in "chti" country, i.e., in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, he relocated to Nantes in France. He studied mathematics and graphic design. Freelance graphic designer since 2004. In 2011, he set up Benben World at MyFonts.

    Designer of the pixel fonts Logotix (2004), Latham and 5x7 Negatie Moyenne. In 2010, he made the paperclip typeface Pipo (first published in 2011 by Die Gestalten, and in 2017 by bb-bureau). He created the commercial angular sans typeface S-L (2006) which was originally made for the University of Arts Saint-Luc in Tournai. It was published by Volcano.

    Commercial typefaces include S-L Bold (2012, a hexagonal typeface based on his design at St. Luc in 2006), Zigzag (2012, Volcano Type; a font originally made for the Vivat theater), and Marianne (2012, BenBenWorld: an inline and modular typeface family).

    In 2013, he published the stencil / fractured typeface Mineral.

    In 2014, he designed the experimental triangle-based Bauhaus-inspired Side A typeface.

    In 2016, Bodhuin designed the expressive Italian typeface family BB Book A and bb-book Contrasted. He added the wedge serif BB Book B, BB Book Mono and BB Book Text to that series in 2018.

    Typefaces from 2017: Brutal, Elastik.

    Typefaces from 2019: Grotesk Remix (extended to Grotesk Remix Monospace and Grotesk Remix Variable in 2020), Tme (experimental: an update of Sl drawn in 2006 for the University of Arts Saint-Luc de Tournai), Standard-bb, Pickle Standard (extravagant and thought-provoking).

    Typefaces from 2020: Gikit (in Text and Title version, for a perfect gridnik feel), Ballpill (designed for printing at very small sizes).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bilibot (an experiment with overlapping strokes), Pimpit (rounded, condensed and with reverse stress), Volcano Type link. View Bodhuin's commercial typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Benedict Herr

    German type designer in Stuttgart. He created the art deco stencil typeface Crème de la rue (2010). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Benjamin Andresen

    Graphic designer from Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, who created Ideo Stencil (2006, a slab serif stencil) and Paperwing Sans (2006). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Benoît Bodhuin
    [BenBenWorld (or: BB Bureau)]

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    Benoît Champy

    French designer of these free typefaces that can be downloaded at Dafont:

    • Stencil category: Game Plan (2011), Karen Stencil (2011), Fine Stencil (2011), Stencil Gothic (2011).
    • Constructivist: Konstructiv (2011).
    • Handprinted or marker fonts: Andi (2014), Dker Finepoint (2011), Dker Feltpen (2011), Dker Poster (2011).
    • Grunge: Aerial Demented (2011).
    • Shadow face: Oh Jay (2011).
    • 3d face: Bleuck (2011).
    • Geometric experimental typefaces: Rondie (2011), Again (2011), Kawai Desu (2011), Modular Tkno (2011), Modern Plate (2012).
    • Upright connected script: Bellefine (2011).
    • 3D Simulation face: Bonus (2011).
    • Tuscan: De Flandre (2012).
    • Experimental: Comic Tragedy (2013), Scan Me (2011), Jizz Mass (2011, a gooey play on snow cover at Xmas...).
    • Ransom note typefaces: Weird Cuts (2012).
    • Arts and Crafts: Home Square (2012).
    • Other: Flea Market (2013), Computer Aid (2016).
    [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Beraka Fonts
    [José Alberto Big Beraka Lobos]

    Chilean designer (b. 1985) who lives in Tamuco. His typefaces:

    • 2008: the graffiti fonts BerakaFont, GhettoStreetz, IWrite, Krash!!, Ozone, SadocWild, SkoolKrash, Soulsimplez, Sprayerz, Stylin'BRK, TMS-One.
    • 2009: eX02 (nice grungy letters), Mojah Sans (signage), Beraka 2, Beraka 3, Crawn Fat, AbeceDroh (graffiti), Droh, Tag Attack, Urban Riot, Akareb, Kosquilla (comic book face), Sadoc Wild, Soul Simplez, Scratched Junk.
    • 2010: the graffiti typefaces Antifont and Krash, ex02 Stencil, Street Vendetta (graffiti), and the hand-printed typeface Palillo Loco Demo.
    • 2019: Matapacos.

    About Me page. Devian tart link. Gumroad link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bernardo Faria

    Bernardo Faria is a Brazilian designer specialized in logo and editorial designs. In 2014, he and Tony de Marco (Just in Type) created the masculine typeface family Terrorista, and wrote this blurb: Terrorista is a homage to everyone who fought against the Millitary Regime in Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The Terrorista Marighella features generous inktraps, and thus is perfectly suited for small sizes. Terrorista Dilma has the same design as the Marighella, but without inktraps, made for display. The last typeface from the package is Terrorista Lamarca, stencil version. This is the font for the political propaganda machine. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bernd Flickinger
    [Dagohbert]

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    Bertrand Morel
    [Stencil fonts: Graphic Obsession]

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    Beth Voigt

    Chicago, IL-based designer of the stencil typeface Noncompliant (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bethany Nash

    During her studies, Gloucester, UK-based Bethany Nash designed the futuristic typeface The Future Is (2017) and the experimental teardrop stencil typeface Personality (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Betterfear.us (or: XXII Fonts, Or Doubletwo Studios)
    [Lecter Johnson]

    Lecter Johnson (Betterfear.us) published many free fonts between 2007-2012. At Behance, we find the name John Thorn (Germany) and a mention of Hamburg, but also a reference to Greatwhite in Beirut, Lebanon.

    Typefaces: XXII Sinoz DSP (2010-2011, elliptical face), XXII Gory Bastard (2011), XXII BLACKMETAL WARRIOR (2010), XXII Menga (2010, a technical sans family), XXIIARMY (2007, stencil), XXIIDECONSTRUCTION-DESTRUCTION-AREA (2007, grunge), XXIIDONT-MESS-WITH-VIKINGS-HARDCORE (2007, octagonal), XXIISTRAIGHT-ARMY, Army Dirty (grunge stencil), XXIIUltimate-Black-Metal (2007, cracked metal look), XXII Scratch (2007, scratchy face), XXII DEVILS-RIGHT-HAND (hand-printed), XXII BLACK-BLOCK (grunge), XXII MISANTHROPIA (2008, a rigid geometric sans family), XXII Arabian Onenightstand (2008: Arabic or Indic simulation face), XXII Urban Cutouts (2009, grunge), and XXII Static (2007, futuristic).

    His web site has a threatening nazi sort of look, but the fonts are (were) free. Betterfear.us claims to be located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, and is also known on MyFonts, where some of its fonts can be bought, as Doubletwo Studios. These include XXII Yonia (rounded script family loaded with opentype features), XXII Goregrinder, XXII Grober Bleistift (2013, marker font), XXII Centar (a sans family with a free regular style), XXII Totenkult (2012), XXII Blackened Wood (2013), XXII Candylove (heavy signage or packaging script), XXII Centars Sans (2012), XXII Daemon Runes (2012), XXII Total Death (2012), XXII HandTypewriter (2012), XXII Daemon (2012), XXII Marker (2011), XXII BLACK BLOCK SERIFA (2008), XXII Mescaline (2009 Western style), XXII Misanthropia (2010, geometric sans), XXII Marker (2011), XXII Blasphema (2011) and XXII STREITKRAFT (2008, a stencil family with grungy versions added). Older list of fonts: Devils Right Hand (blackboard script), Black Block (grunge), Static (techno), Ultimate Blackmetal, Scratch, Don't Mess With Vikings, Army Dirty (grunge stencil), Army Straight, Black Block Eroded.

    Typefaces from 2014: XXII YeahScript (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2015: XXII Geom (a geometric sans typeface family), XXII Awesome Script (for signage).

    Typefaces from 2016: XXII Neue Norm (techno sans), XXII Cool Script, XXII Geom (a geometric sans typeface family), XXII Grober Pinsel (brush typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: XXII Neue Norm Rounded, XXII InAshes (grungy blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2018: XXII Geom Slab.

    Klingspor link. Alternate URL. Behance link. Dafont link. Another Behance link. Old URL. Another Dafont link Yet another Behance link. And a final Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bilal Ahmed
    [Graphic Out]

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    Bill Bogusky
    [Bogusky2]

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    Bill Cardona Carreras

    Mahon (or Mao), Menorca-based art director, who created the rounded tweetware stencil typeface Puig (2014), and Adventure Icon Set (2014). Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Billy Argel

    Brazilian graphic designer and prolific creator of free typefaces, which often combine calligraphy, retro signage, and grunge.

    Fonts from 2019: Talk Sing, New Garden Two (a circle-based sans), Hearts Garden, Garden Black, Adalgisa, Mellissa, Mattisse, Universal Sans, Universal Script, The Light, Campesina, Babeface, Soulstice, Movements, Love Empure, No Stress (grungy sans), Flowers (script), Magical Day, North Shore (a weathered slab serif), Theodora, Amandita, Brilhant, Alamoana, Palomita, Superworld, Black Rose, Mistical, Rocks (grungy), Marvelous, Dinasty, Magic Touch, Hot Jacket (brush script), Simplicity (beatnik face), Ibiza Crystal, Mystical Eyes, Allicia, Misterios del Amor, Sugar Kisses, Gonna Getha (weathered sans), Valentine Day, Secretss, Honey Lips, Got to be real, Afternoon in Stereo, Hotel Costes, Wall Paper,

    Fonts from 2018: Children's Party, Music Magic, Awesome Season, Lavelle, Wonderful Night, Chapter One, Atmospherica, Lost Sunset, Claudina, Run To The Hills, Placid Pool, New Balance, Euphoria, Claudia, Barbecue, Salsa Parrilla, Pilsen Extra, Morphine, Love is the Law, United Forces, Smell a Daisy, Allegratta, Hamburguer, Gingerale, Anette, Marshmallow, Bunch of Flowers, Cinderela, Antonine, Sepetiba, Anastasia Script, Alliance, Mustard, Superstar, Makeup, Flowers of Summer, Honeybe, Mirella, Fantastic (signage script), Inked Skin, Girls Got Rhythm, Dirty Queen, Ipanema, Antidote, Galaxie, Moving Star, Miraflor, Beredith, Allessa, Worldwide, Andorra, Single case, Carpenters, Monster Party (eerie font), Dontchastop, Love Strong, The Hills, Romantica, Attraction, Burning Heart (monoline script), Local Motion, Summer Daisy, Pumpkins, Space Jam, Sweet Movements, California Sun, Body & Soul, Choppers, Magical Waste, Over The Seas, Vegan Yummy, Glamour Girls, Flower Power, Quick Kiss, Star Light, Costa Rica, Nuclear Boots, Amore Mio, Lovely Summer, Roses Everywhere, Love Is The Antidote, Wisdom Words, Limousines, Mysteries of Passion, Moving Pictures, Blackberry Jam, Movie Poster, Beauty Mountains, Bunch Blossoms, Flora, Inked Angels (tattoo font), Loveland, Beautiful Lovers, Belle et Belle, Cherry Blossom, Let It Be, Casual Chance, Caranda, Aromabar, Capable of Loving, Miss Daisy, Mardi Gras, Last Frontier, Nouvelle Vague, Travel Light, Mind Rescue, Bella Fashion, Amarula, Sweet Easy, Indian Strength, Everlast, Megan, Hello Beauty, Vegan Style, Andaluzia, Ambar Pearl, New Era, Candice, Hometown, Sunrise Place, Lemon Jelly, Nature Beauty, Natural Beauty, Black Pearl, Tan Pumpkins, Acid Label II, Thrasher, Inked Babes, Ribbons in the wind, Calligraphy (inky), Amsterdam, Sweet Sixteen, Sunset Beach, Star King, Countryside, Crazy Love, Little Sister, Creature, House Queen, Dr Phibes (beatnik style), Moskitoes, Nirvana (script), Iceland, The Cure, Mr. Fink (beatnik style), Sea Balance, Hot Dog, Blow Up, Blow Me (crayon font), Sunrise, Joes Burguer, Splatted, Moonbeam, Tomatoes, Beautiful People, Hamsters, Vacations in Paradise, Lover Artefacts, School Days, Traffic, Campus (weathered athletics font), Universidad (weathered athletics font), Sundance, Siberian, Rich The Barber, Aurora, Dove of Peace, Clipper, The Quick Fox, Daisy Days, Dieselpower (grungy texture), Progress, Loud and Clear, Generator, Wannabees, Ripmonsters, Shity Chats, Death Before Chocolate, Karmacoma, Clever Couple, Astrovegan, Clarification, Breakfast on the beach, Graceland (signage script), Beauty Bright, Atlantida (letterpress grunge), Cassandra, Gene Loves Jezabel (brush), Great Cities, Crackerdown, Lost Ages, Bite Chocolate (script), Sunflowers (script), Mon Cherry (script), Lovely Day (heart font), Miracle Place, Ebony Eyes, Skywalker, Zabritzkyes, Black (grungy octagonal slab serif).

    Fonts from 2017: Waiting a Silver Moon, Master of Comics, Millenia, Fantastic Reason (signage script), Varukers (dry brush), Awakening (grunge), Majestic (signage script, Emotional Rescue, Misstral, Elements, Alouette, Cure of Pain (ink splash type), Farenheight (octagonal), Peacemaker (upright retro script), Altavista (creamy script), Ananda (script), Alexandra (script), Paper Rib (script with paper rib outlines), Honeymoon (script), Gotcha (heavy headline type), Christmas Day (signage script), Clarice, Orange (signage script), Indiana (baseball script), Magnificent (blackletter), Sketching Summer (signage), September Five, Cross Town (weathered), Saturday Nights (signage script), Blessed (baseball script), Blobbers (baseball script), Jam Sessions, Moon Walker (dry brush), Drawing Nature, Sketching Stars, Lone Wolf, Cubika Script, Bonneville Co, Walk (wide wood type), Rio Black (counterless), Secret Agent, Trouble (blackletter), Trouble II (blackletter), Living Colours, Crystal, Sepia (letterpress poster font), Rainbow Bridge, Black Diamonds (signage script), Candy Shop, Enthrall (sharp-edged retro signage script), Movie Makers (script), Sunshine Boulevard, Black Napkins (grungy), Brush Stroke, Carolina Mountains, South Gardens, Calling Angels, Cherry Kisses (candy script), Messenger Pigeons (script), Shine, Carolina Hills, Shave The Whales (tattoo script), Diamonde (baseball script), Yananeska, Black Ball, Miss Hanna (signage script).

    Fonts from 2016: Sweet Sensations, Breeze (brush script), Christmas Time (script), Propaganda Sight, Modern Stencil, Eyes Wide Open, Bella Donna, Safira Shine, Heaven Matters, Electricity (fifties script), Maccrap Asphalt (textured), Blockhead Dude (beatnik style), Weekend Flower Hunters, Sunset Clouds (tattoo script), Bikinis, Chedelparedon (scartchy font), Dattermatter (connected script), Granada-Blues (connected script), Mistery-Curse (connected script), Walking-Stones (calligraphic), Moderata, Spring Time (calligraphic), Desert Queen, Marriage Moment (wedding script), Angel Tears Neue, Germanika (blackletter), Great Day, Sunday Morning, Texas Tango (weathered Western font), Stenciled, Casablanca Noir, Brasileirinha, Carioca, Asphaltic Grain, Asphaltic Scratch, Nova Stamp (grungy), Bananas (brush script), Enjoy, Reminiscent Drive, Bananas (signage script), Mandela Script, Altamonte (baseball script), Landscape, Landscape Land, Old Type, Sedex, Good News, IA Type, Satisfaction (heavy creamy signage script), Sebastiana (baseball script), Urgh Type (grunge), Texas Tango (spurred Western font), Factory (textured), Rio Glamour (sans), Like (Italian style Western font), Heaven Gate (connected script), Colt (Western font).

    Fonts from 2014: BackStab (metal band blackletter font), Strongbox (concave Western font), Goiabada, Bonesoup, Blanc Chateau (tattoo script), Botas Sujas (grungy letterpress font), Bigbobs (cartoon face), Yukathin N Conte Smile, Sambahollyc, Cherry Jam, Cacha (grunge), Rubber Stamp, Yukafont (hand-printed), Cabriolet (brush script), Sweet Correction Roth (tattoo script).

    Fonts from 2011: Tabu, Caribbean Tool (roman caps face), Pijamas (hand-printed 3d outline face), Nova Solid (Nova Regular and Bold are from 2014), Chocolate Dealer, Happy Family (dingbats), Save The Mini, Tosca Zero (grunge), Epidemia (grunge), Skt and Destroy (grunge), High on fire, Manabu, Masterplan, Thrashline (multiline), Triumph Rewind, The Dreamer, Why, Uranium Mafia, Blessed Day, Caribbean Tool (floral caps face), Lost Winner, Dove Love (curly valentine's Day font), Safe Iodine (texture face), Easy Trouble, ArgelFont, BUTECO (sketch font), DIAMONDDUST, Dropping, Ink In The Meat (tattoo font), NORMAL, Popcorn (a great grunge hand-drawn Futura Black), POPCORNSKETCHSKETCH (a sketched face), ROCKETAIR, ShitHappens-Cursive. Panhead (grunge Western face).

    Fonts made in 2010: Thrashline, Dotled (a fuzzy texture face), Refurbished, PUNKBABE, CANDYINC, GreenPillow, DIRTYBAGBOLDTRIAL, LEDLIGHT, MAJORGUILTY, Network Vampires, NEWESTTRIAL (Western face), VATOS, Billy Argel Font (calligraphic), ACIDLABEL, BeyondSky-trial, HURTMOLD, TOSCAZERO, TABU (grunge), EASY TROUBLE, BOMBFONT (puffy letters), BILLYARGELFONT (calligraphic), Soap Store (grunge), ANGELTEARS (calligraphic), BUTOXQUEEN-trial, ELECTRICHANDS (cursive hand), FLOWERFLOW-trial, HAPPYFAMILY-TRIAL, HEARTQUAKE (grunge), MSKITOKILLA (grunge), NIGHTSTALKER-TRIAL (grunge), RAINFOREST (handwriting with rough edges), ROADMOVIE, ROSE TATTOO (an outlined hand-printed beauty), TWINPINES (brush), WANNABEME (sketched), WEDDINGNIGHTMAREStrial (calligraphic), BEERNOTE, GREENMIND (grunge), PORNFASHION, MASTERPLAN (grunge), SNIPERSHOT.

    Fonts from 2009: COOLECTOR, BODYHUNTER-Bold (grunge), CLUBHAUS-Bold (ultra black, mechanical/octagonal), MAKEMEALPHA (grunge), NewGardenLight, TRIUMPHREWIND (grunge), Nachos and TV, Oxidisaster, Helloween, Lemon Day Semibold (a sketch font), Tosca Zero, Outlaw (Western face), Gangland (scratchy brushy face), B Side (vertical stencil).

    Fonts from 2008: Plastic Pill (fat art deco face), Bedspread Assassin, A Bite (grunge), Dirty and Classic (grunge calligraphy), Gas Mask (grunge stencil), PANHEAD (grungy Western billboard font), My Turtle, Cubiculo Gallery (created for the Cubiculo Gallery in Sao Paulo), Ginga (grunge calligraphic--think award-winning grunge!!!), Wallrider, TOY_SOLDIERS-Bold (grunge), Abite (grunge), ACIDLABEL, Bulldozer, Cheap Stealer, DONOTEXIST, HANGUP (3-d bouncy letters), HYERBA (Far West font), LAZYDAY (hand-printed outline caps face), LEDLIGHT, Mon Bijoux (ornamental), MANABU (futuristic), PEIXEFRITO, Positiv-A, Killed DJ (multiline grunge), Sniper (grunge), Black Oak (smudged face), ShAnKed,

    Fonts from 2007: Olho de Boi (a great scratchy handwriting font inspired by the first Brazilian postage stamp which was released on August 1, 1843), Skull TS2 (skull dingbats), REBOARD, Hurtmold (rounded octagonal face), PDRPT (grunge), the Soma family (modern stencil), Caatinga (2006, artsy display face), Santos Dumont (handwriting: free at DaFont).

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bindustries Heavy Metal
    [Brian McFeely]

    Brian McFeely (Bindustries Heavy Metal) is a designer at Fontmonster who is based in Edinburgh. He made Aulden Times, Trident, Rustic Laminate, Unconform and Unconform Round (in which some letters are stenciled).

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    Binnenland.Ch
    [Nik Thoenen]

    Swiss foundry that made several (typically Swiss) techno-sans families. Their worK:

    • Areal BL.
    • Blender Pro (Nik Thoenen, 2002-2009). an octagonal sans face.
    • Catalog (Michael Mischler and Nik Thoenen, 2005). A serif family.
    • FRAC (Nik Thoenen, 2003). Octagonal.
    • Formale Grotesque (2019). By Mika Mischler and Nik Thoenen.
    • Korpus (2012). A text family designed by Mika Mischler and Nik Thoenen. It was followed by Korpus Grotesk (2014).
    • Regular. Originally created by Norm (Dimitri Bruni and Manuel Krebs) as a lucidly structured and fully formulated headline typeface font back in 1999. In 2006, it was adapted and rounded out by Nik Thoenen to its current version.
    • Relevant (Michael Mischler and Nik Thoenen, 2007). Loosely influenced by Record Gothic, created by R. Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph Company in 1927.
    • T-Star Pro, T-Star TW Pro. Typewriter faces by Michael Mischler (2002).
    • In 2021, Nik Thoenen and michael Mischler released the text typeface family Lexik at Binenland.

    Klingspor link for Nik Thoenen. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bionic Type Engineering (or: Bionic Systems)
    [Malte Haust]

    Malte Haust (b. 1974, Kassel) studied graphic design at FH Duesseldorf from 1995 until 2002. With Doris Fürst, he founded Bionic Systems in 1999 in Duesseldorf, using the nicknames juici (for Doris) and dePhrag2.0 (for Malte).

    At T26, he published Kernfusion, SynKro (2000, dot matrix font), Cyberwar (2000), Comsat (2000, a stencil family), Comsat Navy (2000), InterFacer (1998) and Doris Orange (2000, free at Maniackers).

    Full font list in 2002: 01.MB Truth, Alphabot, BTEBioterminal family (by Malte Haus), Comsat, Comsat Navy, Comsat Breakdown, Cyberwar, Doris Orange, Interfacer, Kernfusion, Neo Tokio, SynKro, Team Riders, Technik, Überform.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Biroakakarati
    [Roberto Sofi]

    Milan, Italy-based designer of Marins Perdus (2019, inspired by graffiti in Marseilles) and Casper Marker (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Horror Graffiti Cholo (based on Los Angeles' cholo lettering from the 1970s as represented by Charles "Chaz" Bojorquez).

    Typefaces from 2021: Dynamic Block (a stencil typeface), Dynamic Block (a stencil font), Bulaa (a comic book font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bitqubit

    Banda aceh, Indonesia-baseed designer of these typefaces in 2020: Magnus (stencil), Tastify, Stuffersm. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bjørn Karmann

    Graphic design student in Kolding, Denmark, who created Ausfahrt (2012), an undernourished monoline stencil typeface that was inspired by the German Autobahn. The next day, he showed us the art deco beauty called Jazz (2012), ingeniously massaging in elements of music notation in the design. Barroom (2012) is a 3d art deco done for an imaginary jazz bar in Denmark.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Black Foundry
    [Jérémie Hornus]

    Type foundry in Paris, est. 2016 by Jérémie Hornus, who is the design lead. Type designers associated with Black Foundry include Alisa Nowak and Ilya Naumoff. They initially bought the font collection of FontYou. Typefaces not included in the original FontYou collection:

    • Angus (2018). A multiplexed rounded sans typeface family by Elliott Amblard that includes a variable font.
    • In 2018, Elliott Amblard and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the information design humanist sans typeface family Drive. It is accompanied by the more typewriter-styles families Drive Mono and Drive Prop, and published by Black Foundry. The fiorms in Drive Mono and Prop are great, but all fonts in Drive are too widely spaced (as are several other fonts in the Black Foundry collection).
    • Clother (Jeremie Hornus, Julie Soudanne, Ilya Naumoff, 2017). This geometric sans workhorse covers also Cyrillic, Hebrew and Arabic.
    • Vesterbro (Jeremie Hornus, Alisa Nowak, Ilya Naumoff, 2017). High-contrast Latin / Cyrillic typeface with a Viking feel that won an award at Granshan 2017.
    • Jeremie Hornus, Gregori Vincens, Yoann Minet, and Roxane Gataud (and possibly Riccardo Olocco) designed the free Google web font Atma for Latin (in comic book style) and Bengali. Github link.
    • In 2016, Google Fonts published the free Latin / Bengali signage font Galada (2015). It is based on Pablo Impallari's Lobster (for Latin). The Bengali was developed as a studio collaboration by Jeremie Hornus, Yoann Minet, and Juan Bruce at Black Foundry.
    • In 2016, Franck Jalleau designed the monospace sans typeface family Aubusson. Initially designed as a custom typeface by Franck Jalleau for the Cité internationale de la tapisserie d'Aubusson, the monowidth proportions are linked to pattern and tiles arrangements used in tapestry. The retail version of Aubusson offers four weights with matching italics. It was published by Black Foundry.
    • Drive (2016). A corporate sans serif family.
    • Dragon (2016). A clean sans typeface.
    • Galien (2019). By the Black Foundry team, a mix with didone elements in the roman and garalde features in the italic. There is also a variable font with a weight axis.
    • A custom sans font family for DS Automobiles (2019).
    • Finder is a multiscript typeface developed in 2020 at Black Foundry by Jérémie Hornus, Gaëtan Baehr, Changchun Ye and Zhang Miao. This neutral sans is intended for interface design, and covers Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hangul, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Simplified Chinese, Thai and Traditional Chinese.
    • Screen Sans (2020). A 14-style sans by Jérémie Hornus and Ilya Naumoff published by Indian Type Foundry.
    • Alpine Script: a variable font with four axes including boldness, humanity, and irregularity, made for the identity of the French (Renault) Alpine sports cars.
    • Maif (2020). A sans family for the corporate identity of the Mutuelle d'Assurance Automobile des Instituteurs de France.
    • In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Théo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Serif and Bespoke Slab at Fontstore / Fontshare. In 2020, Bespoke Stencil was added.
    • Egitto (2020). A huge Egyptian (slab serif) family together with a handy variable font. By Jérémie Hornus and Solenn Bordeau.
    • Rowton (2021) is a humanist sans in black, regular and hairline weights, named after Arthur Eric Rowton Gill. It is accompanied by two stencil styles.
    • NouvelR (2021). A corporate geometric sans typeface for Renault covering Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic and Korean. Characterized by a totally square lower case r. All terminal angles are 28 degrees, to align with the angle in Renault's logo.
    • Enedis (2022). A commissioned sans.
    Creative Market link for Black Foundry. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Black Lotus
    [Riska Kurniawan]

    Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of these sometimes eerie display typefaces in 2019: Neo Thomasy, Queen of Sahara, The Jungle, The Viper Stone (a vampire script with a monogram style), Droidlady, Soulring, Braxica Lily, Arch Diary, Avenomous, Oscar, Neptunes (octagonal, sci-fi, stencil).

    In 2020, he designed Berliana Elemixia (a scriptish display typeface) and the rustic spurred Victorian typeface Asteric Vintage.

    Typefaces from 2021: Sweet Honey (a scrapbook script), Fathiyya Script (calligraphic), Atjeh Night (a lava lamp typeface), Holy Mordigan (cursive; with calligraphic undertones), The Stacy (an upright retro signage script), Arcandias Downtown (a decorative serif), The Florest (floriated caps). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Blaise Adamczyk

    Blaise Adamczyk (aka de Seingalt) is the Polish designer (b. 1986) of Rounded (2006), an all caps stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    bludeco

    FontStructor who made the dot matrix typeface Headsign Lowercase 300 (2010), Very Simple (2010, stencil) and Deselegant Heavy Sans (2010). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Blue Typo
    [Manuel Guerrero]

    Blue Typo is owned and run by Erendida Mancilla and Manolo Guerrero since 2000. Manolo Guerrero (San Luis Potosi, Mexico) is the Mexican creator of Deconstructa (2005, grunge), Hybrid Screen (2005), and Optica (2008, an opart or optical illusion texture face). Optica won an award at TDC2 2009 and a grand prize at Tipos Latinos 2010 (in the experimental type category) and can be bought at MyFonts under the Cocijotype label. Optica is a tribute to Colombian artist Omar Rayo's optical art.

    FontStructions by him in 2009 include Block 02 (stencil). In 2009, he also made the experimental face MiniBlock (Cocijotype). In 2010, Sticky was published---it is an experimental brick face. Sonotipo (2016) is an experimental typeface co-designed with Alfonso Alba. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    https://www.behance.net/bluetypo">Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    BNF Type Foundry
    [Dogu Kaya]

    BNF (or: Brave New Fonts) Type Foundry was established by Dogu Kaya as a collaborative venue for new designers in Istanbul in 2015. Its initial fonts, all free and made by Dogu Kaya, include Five Pixel (2011), Type02 (2015, constructivist), Type03 (2015, constructivist stencil), and Kollektif (2015, a free low-contrast geometric sans).

    Dogu Kaya is a graphic designer in Istanbul, Turkey, who created Oh My Gosh (2011, fat octagonal), Fil (2011, sans display face), Five Pixel (free), Kasa (octagonal and monospaced, seemingly for computer programs), Rounded (a monospaced face), and Horoz Unicase in 2011. In 2015, he created the free geometric sans typeface family Kollektif.

    Behance link. Behance link fr Dogu Kaya. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bodoni (Dave Farey)

    Dave Farey's great essay on the history and implementations of Bodoni. All Bodoni typefaces published today have genetic material from Giambattista Bodoni's original. Below are various implementations:

    • ATF/Monotype Bodoni, originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1907, and used by Monotype in the 1930s. Linotype's version. Adobe's version. Ultra weights sold by URW as Bodoni No 2. Libre Bodoni (2014, a free font family by Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida) is based on Benton's Bodoni.
    • Bodoni Modern (R.H. Middleton, 1930s, for the American Ludlow foundry). See his 1936 Bodoni Campanile, sold by Bitstream as Modern 735. URW offers Black and Stencil weights.
    • Bauer Bodoni (Heinrich Jost, 1926). Dave Farey argues for its delicacy but still calls it a bastard. Neufville has the original design, with Linotype, Bitstream, Adobe and URW offering derivatives.
    • Berthold Bodoni Antiqua (1935), a descendant of ATF Bodoni, resurrected in the 1970s by Günter Gerhard Lange. This was continued by Karl Gerstner in the 1980s and is available as IBM Bodoni from URW. See also the URW version of Bodoni Antiqua.
    • Berthold Bodoni Old Face was designed in 1983 by Günter Gerhard Lange
    • WTC Our Bodoni designed by Massimo Vignelli in 1989 for the World Typeface Corporation. For display only. Related to the ATF version.
    • FF Bodoni Classic (FontShop, 1994). Designed in a two-year period by Gerd Wiescher, this is the first Bodoni version that tried to stick closely to Bodoni's original drawings. Farey complains that the italics are not tilted enough though. Check also Wiescher's FF Bodoni Classic Handdrawn (1997).
    • ITC Bodoni is another faithful interpretation developed by Sumner Stone, Holly Goldsmith and Jim Parkinson. These come in 6, 12 and 72 point ranges and form an extensive extremely useful family. Versions sold by URW and Linotype.
    • Bodoni Old Fashion by URW.
    • Bodoni Classico, designed by Franko Luin at Omnibus.
    • FB Bodoni: just two digitizations based on Benton's 1933 Ultra Bodoni Extra Condensed, by Richard Lipton in 1992. Clearly, for display only.
    • URW Bodoni.
    • Linotype Gianotten: Created by Antonio Pace in 2000, this typeface is said to go back directly to the Bodoni Museum in Parma.
    • Ambroise, Ambroise Firmin (condensed) and Ambroise François (2001, extra condensed), 30 fonts in all, are splendid fonts named after Ambroise Didot by their creator, Jean-François Porchez. Many say that they are closer to Bodoni than to Didot--just look at the question mark, but Porchez based his work on late style Didot's published around 1830.

    View various Bodoni Antiqua / Bodoni Old Face typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bogdan Żochowski

    Polish type designer, b. 1936. Designer at Mecanorma of Glowworm MN, a truly ugly oil slick type family that should be made illegal. He also made Globe 1, 2 and 6 (1979), a shadow font family, and Graph MN, a sans typeface. With Trumpian disregard for ethics, Monotype sells Glowworm without any mention of Zochowski or Mecanorma, and gives a date of 2016.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bogdana Pashkevich

    Illustrator in Vilnius, Lithuania, who designed the fat rounded Cyrillic stencil typeface Slon (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bogidar Mascareñas Vizcaino

    Editorial and graphic designer in Barcelona, b. 1990, who studied at Elisava in Barcelona (2008-2012), the Cooper Union in New York (2014) and the Typemedia program at KABK, class of 2016. In 2018, he joined the faculty in the Masters of Type Design program at Elisava in Barcelona.

    He designed a macho poster headline face in 2012. His graduation typeface at KABK is Lanka. Lanka uses stencil effects in calligraphy, and is inspired by Francisco Palomares's book Arte nueva de escribir (1776). He produced several stencil and text styles for an attractive and highly original ensemble.

    In 2019, he released the curvy stencil family Laima at TypeTogether. Laima won an award at 23TDC. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bogusky2
    [Bill Bogusky]

    Bill Bogusky runs the design studio Bogusky 2 in Miami, together with his brother. He created Gonzo Bruno, Gonzo Monza and Gonzo Grosso (2007), Sundial (2006, Trajan lettering), Condo (2006, condensed), Ar Deco 1, 2, 3 and Deep (2006), Technia 1 and 2 (2006, athletic lettering or MICR applications), Sport (2006, dingbats), Macarena (2005: art deco), Zanzibar (2006: decorative), 42nd Street (2005: Broadway style lettering), Boffo (2005), Bronco Rose (2005, Wild West style), Decora (2005), Switchback (2005, a computerish face), Capzule (2005, a condensed black face), Tulip (2005, a decorated stencil face), Kondor (2005), Mah Jongg (2005, with many ornaments), Metro (2005, LCD face), Squircle (2005), Zeke (2005, artsy display font), Baby Blox (2005), Kurly (2005), Pipeline (2005), Dealer's Choice (2005), Stencille (2005), Terra, GogoBig and GogoSquat (were free at FontFreak site), Nouville (2006, art deco sans), Back Fence (2005, comic book face), Gogo Latin (2005, condensed), Zandakas (2006), Ameche Pisa (2005), Gogo Serif (2005), Bolo (2005), Hyline (2005), Compado (2005), Ameche Padua (2005), Tera (2005), Xtera (2005), Tudor New (2005), Boffo (2005), Byline (2005), Quazar (2005), Grafo Graffiti (2005), Acid Bath (2005), Benz (2005), Hulk (2005). These fonts are now commercial and can be obtained at MyFonts.com. A graduate of the School of Industrial Arts in New York City, he worked as an industrial designer in New York before moving to Miami, FL, where he opened Studio Bogusky 2. Dixie Bogusky designed Esquimaux Graphics (2006). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Bohemica Digital Art and Design Group

    Designers of the great geometrical stencil typeface Bohemica (2005). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bold Decisions
    [Mads Wildgaard]

    Mads Wildgaard (Bold Decisions, Arnhem and now Amsterdam, The Netherlands) designs type. His typefaces include

    • Lars (2014). A neutral sans family. Followed by Lars Mono.
    • Sverre (2014-2016). They write: Sverre is a stencil face, loosely drawn up from the Combination Stencil Sheet by Sverre Rian, a Norwegian immigrant, who made it in Darlington, Wisconsin, circa 1920. It is a circle-based monowidth design, but it is not a stencil face in the traditional sense of the word.
    • GC15 (2016): GC15 is a monospaced serif typeface which originates from an undated plate, by Eric Gill.
    • GC16 (2015-2016): a monospaced serif typeface that goes back to an undated plate by Percy Smith.
    • Glossy Display (2018) and Glossy Magazine (2020). A vintage high contrast serif.
    • Clip (2015-2017) is a modular typeface, revived by Asger Behncke Jacobsen in 2015, and completed with Mads Wildgaard in 2017.
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    Bold Monday
    [Pieter van Rosmalen]

    Bold Monday is an independent font foundry established by Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen and based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands (and before that, The Hague). Pieter van Rosmalen (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) studied advertising and graphic design at Sint Lucas in Boxtel and graduated from the postgraduate Type & Media program at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague in 2002. He runs Bold Monday's Eindhoven office.

    In 2018, Bold Monday joined The Type Network.

    Pieter van Rosmalen has designed retail as well as custom typefaces for clients worldwide, such as NBC Universal, Audi AG, General Electric and KPN. One of Pieter's designs is used for street signs in South Korea. Pieter's retail typefaces in the Bold Monday catalog include

    • Aniek (2009: a children's script).
    • Bilo (2018: a grotesque).
    • Capibara (2007).
    • Dico (2004-2020). A varied suite of 45 typefaces by ncompassing eight proportional and monospaced sub-families (Sans, sas Soft, Mono, Code One, Code Two, Typefwriter, Slab, Mono Slab). It circles around a sans-serif van Rosmalen started in 2004 for design studio Teldesign, comprehensively updated and expanded upon in 2020. The monospaced script styles are loosely based on Corinthian Script for the IBM Selectric.
    • Nitti (2008: monospaced), Nitti Grotesk (2012-2014), Nitti Mostro (2015, +Stencil, +Disco, a splendid multiline headline typeface), Nitti Typewriter (2009).
    • Panno (2008, a sans), Panno Sign, Panno Text (2008-2010). By Van Rosmalen and van der Laan).
    • Pinup (fat rounded sans, done in 2008). In 2013, he published Pinup Dotted (a textured typeface).
    • Stanley (headline face, done in 2008; includes a stencil).
    • Puffin, Puffin Display (rounded informal sans families) and Puffin Arcade (a large bitmap font family).

    Bold Monday also has typefaces by other designers. In 2012, Bold Monday published the trompe l'oeuil typeface Macula (Jacques Le Bailly) which is based on designs by Oscar Reutersvärd. Oskar (2002-2013). They write: Oskar, designed by Paul van der Laan, is a typeface inspired by Dutch architectural and advertising lettering from the early 20th century. Particularly the style of lettering that was painted on walls and shopfronts, or executed in metal on buildings. This kind of typography did not exist as metal printing types, but was instead painted manually by sign painters, or drawn by architects. Initially the typeface was designed in 2002 for the lettering of a monumental school in The Hague, designed by architect Jan Duiker in 1929. In 2012, they published the trompe l'oeuil typeface Macula (Jacques Le Bailly) which is based on designs by Oscar Reutersvärd.

    Further typefaces include Feisar (techno), Flex (sans), Naomi (1999) and Pixel Package.

    GE Inspira Sans and Serif (Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen, Bold Monday) won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.

    In 2018, Pieter published the experimental pixel-inspired typeface family Alterego.

    Typefaces from 2021: Stanley: Bold and broad-shouldered, Stanley is a poster typeface collection in three styles rooted in the first sans-serif designs of the 19th century---the grotesques. Stanley is available in Normal, Stencil, and Stencil Rough.

    Pieter designed custom typefaces for worldwide clients amongst others Agis, Audi, Teldesign, KPN, The government of South Korea (road signing), The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (OV Chipcard), USA Today (Futura Today, 2012, with Paul van der Laan), and NBC Universal. For Holland Festival in 2014, Paul van der Laan designed the stencil typeface HF Stencil (in collaboration with design studio Thonik, Amsterdam, and Diana Ovezea), a design inspired by Glaser Stencil.

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    Bold Studio (was: Studio BB)
    [Ben Bold]

    Lake Konstanz, Germany-based designer of these typefaces:

    • The pixel typeface BB Bitmap (2008, for a rock band).
    • The BB Roller Mono Pro typeface family (2013-2017, +Text, +TextSoft +Headline, +HeadlineSoft).
    • The octagonal typeface system BB Strata (2015-2018). See also BB Strata Pro (2019).
    • BBT Series 2011-2014: Various contributions, including numerals, for clock typography.
    • BB Studio Pro (2013-2017). A sans family, with Greek, Cyrillic, Mono and Stencil substyles. See also BB Studio Round Pro (2013-2017).
    • BB Torsos Pro (2019). Based on the shape and proportion of the human body. Interpolations between styles are mathematically precise and innovative.
    • Noname Pro (2019).
    • BB Manual Mono Pro (2020). At 60 fonts, probably the largest monospaced typeface in the world in 2020. The glyphs are organic, monowidth and simple.
    • BB Anonym Pro (2020). A rounded version of Noname (2019).
    • BB Casual Pro (2020). A 34-style sans.
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    Bora Uz

    Istanbul, Turkey-based designer of Norm Round Stencil (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Borja Fernandez

    Granada, Spain-based designer of the free blackboard bold typeface September (2015: download), the textured all caps typeface Iris Font (2014) and the prismatic New Line Font (2014).

    In 2016, she designed the display typeface Bluet. Home page. Another home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Botio Nikoltchev
    [Lettersoup]

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    Brad O. Nelson
    [Brain Eaters Font Co.]

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    Brad Sandman

    Designer at FontStruct of 2by2 (2009, stencil), Bullet Holes (2009) and Box Block Outline (2009). Aka Bargonaut. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bradley Abrahams

    Cape Town, South Africa-based designer (b. 1979) of the art deco stencil typeface Daddy Dont Disco (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Brain Eaters Font Co.
    [Brad O. Nelson]

    BrainEaters is Brad O. Nelson's font outfit in Salt Lake City, Utah (formerly in Orem, UT). Current fonts (mostly commercial, some free) include: BEBlob, BECROSS, Bingo Star, BubbleMan, DecayingAlternate, Decaying, EvilOfFrankenstein, PlasmaRain, SinsofRhonda, Witless, Blood Of Dracula (1.1), Blood Feast (1.1), Cat Women of the Moon, Cat Boxed, Channel Tuning, Demon Night (1.2), EddieFisher (1.4) (early 60's beatnik style sharp serif face), EddieFisher's Brothers (1.1), FrankenTOHO (1.1), H-Man (1.2), H-Man Part 2 (1.1), Keep on truckin (2003, psychedelic), Musicals (psychedelic), Psychatronic (2.0), Psychatronic Two Caps, Shiver (1.1), Spooky One (1.1), Stencil Gothic, Two-Face, Strange Planet, UmAbort, Old Witch, Sinister Urge, Haunted Hillbilly, Shiver, Sinbad 7, Trauma, Ghetto Dan, Burn in Hell, Unmanned Mission, Bloodytronic, A Weird Party (curly!), Amhole, BE Marker, Brain Invaders, Cat Women, KuntryHog&Joe, Matchbook, Space Immortalizer, BE Streetwalker, Butch Wax, Oh My Word, A Weird Party, Amhole, Prosy Script, Ramsesfuad, PsychTest, Circusized, Marker Money FW and CV (2005, an irregular hand), Witless (2008), Xerker, Robot Games, Space Blasterm Hyper Drive, Prosy Script, Ramsesfuad, PsychTest, Circusized, Space Immortalizer, Matchbook, Be Streetwilaker, Butch Wax, Oh My Word, Strange Planet, Um Abort, Mysterian, Old Witch, Sinister Urge.

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    Bramaji Dipa Manggala
    [Moonbandit]

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    Brandon Schoepf
    [Tepid Monkey Fonts]

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    Brent Couchman

    Designer and illustrator at Hatch in San Francisco, who hails from Boerne, TX. His typefaces include Sasquatch (2011, a bilined custom face), and Milk (2011), a very thin slab face. He is working on the multiline typeface Hello (2011), and on the Victorian ornamental typeface San (2011). Flickr link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Brent Jackson

    Icon and logo designer. Creator of two EPS format alphabets in 2010, Geomicons (dingbats) and Papercraft, a paper fold alphabet. Free downloads. Designer in 2008 at FontStruct of FuturaBLKish (Futura Stencil-inspired) and Gobul Arque (Bank Gothic style). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Brian Bonislawsky
    [Versus Twin]

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    Brian J. Bonislawsky
    [Astigmatic One Eye]

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    Brian Jacob
    [Jacob Type]

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    Brian Jaramillo Harvey
    [Apollo 26]

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    Brian Kent
    [Aenigma]

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    Brian McFeely
    [Bindustries Heavy Metal]

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    Brian Toth
    [Foundry 73]

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    Bric Type
    [Yomar Augusto]

    Bric Type is a typography consultant company based in Brazil and The Netherlands, run by Yomar Augusto, who holds a BA in graphic design (University of Rio de Janeiro, 2000) and MA in type design (Type & Media at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, 2005). Personal URL. As a Brazilian graphic artist, he has been involved in two Rojo ArtStorm projects. Yomar lives in Rotterdam. At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, he ran an experimental calligraphy workshop called Kalligraphos.

    His typefaces include Den Dekker (2006), and the roundish liquid creations such as Virgem, Rejane, Liquida (2002) and Dizain. No downloads. More recent typefaces: Duin (2007, octagonal), REMF (2006, stencil), DC (2007, ultra-fat), Fake Human (2005, script), Jana (2006, unicase), War (2007, octagonal), Fuck Shit Up (2007, stencil), Charlie Dee (2002, hairline stencil), Marina Lima (2002), Lasagna (2008, Re-Type: a fat geometric poster family, produced with the help of Miguel Hernandez). In 2009-2010, he created the Adidas Unity typeface [images: i, ii, iii]. In 2011, he designed the multiline headline typeface Andoverpis. The Dog House Nike (2010) is a custom typeface for The Dog House Athlete center for runners in Amsterdam.

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    Bright Ideas Fonts
    [Rick Hutchinson]

    A foundry which made over 500 fonts, mostly in 1998-1999, and was located in Carlsbad, CA, where Gail Conwell edited their Bright Ideas Magazine at that time, and Rick Hutchinson is listed as one of the directors / managers / owners. Dafont link. Another URL. Font Squirrel link.

    Typefaces in alphabetical order with a few additional fonts mentioned separately later: Abraham, Accumulation, Adderley, Aerosol, Akimbo, Alexander, Amadeus-Regular, Amadeus, Amadeuz, Anderson, Arkitex, Arthur, Ashley, Asphalt, Asphalt'Wicker', Avante, Aztecan, Backlit, Balcony, Banshee, Barbarian, Barnaby, Barney, Beanbag, Bender, Bicycle, Billie, BlackRose, Blanchard, Blazed, Blossom, Bodkin, Bogsley, Boingo, Bonham, Botica, Bradley, Braxton, Brittany, Brownie, Bubbly, Bullwinkle, Bumper, Bunker, Butterscotch, Cajalco, Camelot, Candles, CandlesChrome, Candy, Canterbury, Cappuccino, Capsule, Carbiner, Carousel, Carrington, Carson, Casanova, Catfish, Cathedral, Catnip, Cecily, Ceremony, Challenge, Chamberlain, Chance, Chantilly, Cheetah, Chilled, Chocolate, Chopstick, Chump, Conniption, Corrigan, Corrosion, Crawford, Cyborg, Daffodil, Dakota, Danferno, DantesInferno, Darcie, Daytona, Delineator, Dementia, Diamondhead, Donika, Donnah, Dribble, Einstein, Elizabeth, Energy, Espresso, EspressoBI, FabreseDemi, Fairytale, Fallbrooke, Fiancee, Fido, Fionah, Fontana, Fonture, Fortress, Framed, Frankie, Frazier, Freddy, Frederick, Frizbee, Funhouse, Futana, Gapetto, Gatsby, Gemini, Gershaw, Gobbledygook, Godfrey, Goliath, Gonzales, Gonzo, Gothica, Graphitti, Grasshopper, Grendel, Griffin, Groovy, Habibe, Hannah, Hansel, Haskel, Havisham, Hawthorne, Henderson, Hendrix, Higgins, Highland, Holmes, Horton, Humphry, Hutchinson, Incense, Independence, IndependencefromBrightIdeas, Interpret, Invisible, Jacinda, Jacoby, Jaddarack, Jagger, Jamboe, Jangazoo, Jeremy, Jigsaw, Jokester, Joplin, Joseph, Joshua, Jubilee, Junior, Kaboom, Kamden, Karissa, Katherine, Kaufman, Kayleigh, Kendra, Kennedy, Khaki, KhakiBold, KhakiBoldOblique, KhakiOblique, Khakiripp, Khakiwrink, Kilcher, Killian, Kincade, Kingdom, Kinison, Klinker, Komodo, Kramer, Kromeon, Kryski, Kurrajong, Kyanna, Labrador, Leallie, Leland, Licorice, Limousine, Lindsy, Liquitek, Lockleer, Lockwood, Londonderry, Loyalty, Machine, Maddox, Madman, Magazine, Magellan, Maggie, Magician, Majesty, Malachite, Malone, Mandolin, Margarita, Marilyn, Marley, Marmalade, Marquardt, Martin, Mascara, Masters, McMahon, Mckinsey, Mechanizm, Meddler, Michelle, Milano, Millenium, Moccasin, Mongrel, Monolyth, Monster, Montey, Montoya, Moonstar, Morgan, Morrison, Morteza, Moteefe, Muskrat, Mustard, Napkin, Neolite, Newlywed, Nirvana, Noodles, Nouveau, OldWood, Oliver, Omicron, Pajama, Palooza, Panache, Paperclip, Papercut, Parbuckle, Parkinson, Paschico, Patches, Patriot, Patton, Payton, Pebbles, Pegasus, Perkins, Phantom, Picante, Picasso, Pickles, Pigeon, Pinhead, Pirouette, Platinum, Poodle, Pugsly, Quantum, Quentin, Radford, Ragetta, Ramirez, Rampart, Ramsey, Rapunzel, Rathskeller, Ravage, Ravish, Razor, Rebecca, Recess, Rediculous, Reefrash, Remeus, Revenge, Rhackoon, Rhodes, Ricksha, Riesling, Rockafella, Rockford, Rockola, Romance, Romulus, Rookie, Rutger, Ruxton, SMCChicago, SMCHollywood, SMCMiami, SMCMonteCarlo, SMCPhoenix, Sabien, Sampson, Samurai, Sangrial, Sapphire, Sapporo, Sawyer, Scarab, Scarlet, Scirocco, Scorpio, Scratch, Scrubblack, Scrubbold, Scrubcle, Scrublight, Sebastian, Seymour, Shakah, Shardee, Sheela, Skatty, Sketcher, Skyline, Skywalker, Snoozie, Snowboard, Squared, Stacker, Starsky, Stencil, Stencilla, Stiltskin, Sublime, Sundance, Surkle, Surrender, Swashed, Swingreg., Tagger, Tamarin, Tamborine, Tanner, Tantrum, Tarzana, Taylor, Teriyaki, Thompson, Thrash, Thrust, Tiddwell, Trapeze, Trident, Trinket, TrujillietXtra, Tuolumne, Twinkle, Tybette, Urbana, Vargas, Ventolin, Ventura, Vitrono, Vulmere, Waynne, Weiland, Whitney, Windsong, Winslow, Winton, Wonton, Wookie, Zargon, Ziggie.

    Additional fonts not in the list above: Andrew, Boogie, Fracas, Mandrel, Sinclair, Tuxedo, Varsity.

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    Browning MGs
    [Jon Moran]

    Creator of the (poor quality) stencil and military scanbat typeface Browning (1992). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bruno Andrade

    During his studies in Curitiba, Brazil, Bruno Andrade designed the sci-fi stencil typeface Starkiller (2015) and the vernacular handcrafted typeface Po de Guarana (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bruno Bernard
    [Alfab]

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    Bruno Bozzolo Carrasco

    During his graphic design studies in Santiago, Chile, Bruno Bozzolo Carrasco created Clasto Stencil Font (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bruno Saez Lopez

    Graphic designer in Madrid. Creator of the free heavy didone display typeface Regattia (2017, +Regattia Stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bruno Selles
    [Vasava Fonts]

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    Buero Bauer
    [Erwin K. Bauer]

    Erwin Bauer is an Austrian type designer, and Buero Bauer is one of Austria's main design studios. At Volcano Type, Erwin Bauer published the art deco era stencil typeface Reklame Stencil (2010, developed jointly with Zaneta Drgová).

    In 2021, Erwin Bauer, Mischa Herzog and Daniel Schaffer co-designed Mono To Go, a monospaced typeface with a constructed, grid-based body and a playful spirit. It is entirely based on modular pieces such as circles and other simple geometric shapes.

    Erwin Bauer's home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Buildingletters

    In a 2003 project organized by Jim Richardson of Union Fonts and Max Kisman of Holland Fonts, several typographers are creating and selling their work on a CD for a charitable organization that helps AIDS orphans in Africa. The designers: Jason Arber, Jorge Alderete, Neville Brody (Peace+Love), Lotta Bruhn, Buro Destruct (BDBillDing and BDBillDingLong), David Carson, Cuban Council, Joshua Davis, Fontomas/Dirk Uhlenbrock (Digitalis, DigitalisBold, Kombi, KombiItalic, Oggi), Stephen Kane, Richard Kegler, Max Kisman (the Bfribat and Bfrika families, MundengeRock), Jim Richardson, David Luscombe (Mutenagen), Underware.nl, YouWorkForThem (RiblahBold, RiblahLight, RiblahRegular), John Hersey (helped with the Christmas dingbat font), Erik Spiekermann (helped with the Christmas dingbat face), Sacred Nipple (Brode Vosloo designed Afrodisiac, IAlfabhethi, IZulu, IZuluOutline, MrCVJoint, PleineStr, Rural (a stencil face), the ShoeRepairs family, StarSalon), Thirstype, Claudio Piccinini, Providence Type (Jack Armstrong), Stefan Gandl/Neubau Berlin (NBBlock, NBFett), Marcus McCallion/UNDT (ProfitofDoomLozenge, ProfitofDoomPills. ProfitofDoomSuppository), Pierre Di Sciullo (Aligourane in these weights: Contour, Noir, Orner, Leger and Etroit; Amanar in these weights: Condense, Decor, Demigras, Noir), Neil Summerour (TrussLight, TrussLightOblique, Identikal (B4Plain), P22 (P22 Snowflakes). Many helped providing dings for the Chrimbobat Xmas dingbat font. In 2005, they are publishing a special Tsunami edition of their magazine. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bukhari Andes

    Indonesian designer of the stencil typefaces Raba (2020) and Bace (2020), and the condensed all caps typeface Slim (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bunch

    Design coopertive in London. They created the brass stencil typeface Frank in 2015, and published it at Milieu Grotesque: Frank is a limited edition typeface designed by Bunch and Alberto Hernandez. It was created especially for the rebranding of Cerovski, a print production studio, in 2013, then developed into a commercial full character set by Milieu Grotesque. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bunny Dojo
    [Tim Gengler]

    New York-based type foundry, est. 2003 by graphic and web designer Tim Gengler. Creator of Rummy (2015, an octagonal mechanical font based on sports branding and 1940s films) and Rummy Tall (2016).

    In 2019, Gengler designed Kempt (a stencil family), Torch (a display sans), Guile (a squarish typeface family) and Pluot, which is characterized by mini-wedge serifs.

    In 2020, he released Afire (a thorny sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Upona (a 12-style Victorian family inspired by 19th century storybook lettering). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Burak Besen

    Winner of an award in Alessandro Segalini's type design class at Izmir University of Economics in June 2007 with the grunge stencil typeface Cig Kofte. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Bureau 205 (was: Trafik)
    [Damien Gautier]

    Damien Gautier (b. 1971) studied typography in the Atelier de création typographique at l'Ecole Estienne, Paris. He co-founded Trafik, a type studio in Lyon. More recently, his fonts are distributed via 205 Corp and 205 TF, which he founded. He also teaches graphic design at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon. He runs the publishing house Editions deux-cent-cinq which publishes books on graphic design and typography.

    At Typotek, he designed LeQuincaillerie (fifties font, 2000), LeMenuiserie (2000), LeConfiserie (2000, an electronic panel font), LeConfiserie Couleur, L'ekran Dix (a pixel font), LeBoucherie-Ornament (2000), LeBeaune (1995-2011, a flared roman lettering typeface created at first for the town of Beaune in Burgundy), Alcala (1994).

    For Salomon (the ski company brand font), Damien Gautier received a Trophée d'Or nomination at the Integraphic Congress in Paris in 2003.

    MyFonts, where his foundry is called Trafik, and then Damien Gautier, then "205", Editions 205, and finally Bureau 205, sells these typefaces: Colonel (stencil), Laikran (pixel family), Le Bazar, Le Beaune, Le Chaufferie, Le Confiserie, Le Confiserie Couleur, Le Gendarmerie, Le Menuiserie, Le Quincaillerie, Pam (2005, counterless), Plaak (2013-2014, a large sans caps family inspired by French street name signs; co-designed with Olivier Raimbaud and Corentin Noyer), Robin (2010, a dingbat typeface with arrows, co-designed with Delphine Sigonney). In 2010, Gautier created Caporal (an elegant clean stencil face), Le Francois (a set of stylish capitals).

    In 2009, Damien Gautier designed Bloo (a wedge-serifed typeface). Salomon is a corporate typeface family.

    Typefaces of Damien Gautier and Quentin Margat in 2010: Amiral (cargo stencil), Alcala (started in 1994, finished in 2010, this text family is based on renaissance forms and was used to print a Bible).

    With Quentin Margat, he created some typefaces in 2011 such as Maax (an information design sans family), Norr (styles include a didone, a slab serif, and two sanses), Colonel, and Beretta (dot matrix family).

    In 2013, Damien Gautier designed Maax Mono and Maax Rounded, both at Editions 205.

    In 2019, he published Plaax as an extension of Plaak. Subfamilies include Sathonay (super-condensed), Griffo, Pradel, Terme, Foch and Ney, from super-condensed to wide.

    In 2021, Damien Gautier published the experimental sans typeface Heliuum in which letters can have different baseline heights.

    Klingspor link.

    View Damien Gautier's typefaces. Interview by Type Today. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Burghal Design
    [Kate Peters]

    Burghal Design (Tujunga, CA) offers commercial "fonts for the complacent middle class" by Kate Peters (b. California, 1964). She describes herself as a former punk rock photographer, model, photo assistant and Jesus of the Week, who began designing fonts in 1998 as an alternative, drug-free therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder.

    A partial list of her fonts: Vamp Trilogy, PsychoVamp, Monkeywrench, Vamp (great!), Stemplate, Prick, BabyDoll (curly letters), Fauntleroy (2007, based on BabyDoll), Crania (2003, the ultimate skulls dingbat font), Graffiti Alphabet Letters (with Leslie Cabarga, based on letters found on New York City's walls), Peace (2003, peace symbol embedded in the letters; an anti-Iraq war tribute; see also here), SissyBoy (curly letters), Neutrinos, Hemingway's Shotgun (1999, hand-printed), Huevo Loco (neat!), Crosshair (1999, phenomenal idea), Burgbats, Burghal Babies, SissyBoy (2001, Bitstream), Stemplate (2001, Burghal, a stencil font), Smarty Pants (+ Bold, Super Bold, Doodles, Snowflakes, made in 2004).

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    Burhan Afif
    [HansCo]

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    burodestruct (or: Typedifferent.com)
    [Lorenz Lopetz Gianfreda]

    Lorenz Lopetz Gianfreda's foundry in Bern, Switzerland, est. 1994, called Burodestruct and Typedifferent.com.

    Free fonts include(d) the gorgeous GalaQuadra (by Angela Pestalozzi, 1999), Eject Katakana (1998), Dippex (1995, grunge font), Ticket (1995), Rocket 70 (1996), Ratterbit (1995, pixel font), Plakatbau (1995), Lodel Fizler (1996), Flossy (1995), Faxer (1995), Console Remix (1998), Cravt (1998, by "Katrin"), Stereotype (1998, by M. Brunner), Brockelmann (1995, free), Kristallo (1997, very original display face) and Billiet (1996).

    Other fonts: Acidboyz (1998), Alustar (1999), BD Asciimax (1999, ascii art font), BD Billding, Bdr_mono (1999), Brick (1996, like Kalendar), Cluster (1996), Console (1997), Doomed (1998), Eject (1998), Electrobazar (1995), Elside (1995), Globus (1996), Fazer (1996), Lofi (1997), Medled (1995), Paccer (1995), Solaris (1998), Spicyfruits_brush_rmx (1998, a nice high-contrast face), Spicyfruits_rmx, Wurst (free, by Heiwid, 2000), Relaunch (2000), Relaunch Katakana (2000, free), Rainbow (2000), DeLaFrance (2000, free, by Heiwid), Electronic Plastic (2000), Colonius (2001), Cash (2001), Cashbox (2001), Bilding (2001), Meter (2001), Mustang (2001), Bankwell (2001), BD Alm (2001), Balduin (2001), Tatami (2001, oriental look font), Hexades (2001, free), Nippori (2002, techno), Jura (2002), Bonbon (2002, free), Band (2002, free), Navyseals (2002, kitchen tile font), Ritmic (2002), BDR Mono (1999, OCR-like font), Mann (2003, ultra fat stencil), Aroma (2003), Zenith (2003), Nebraska (2003), BD Equipment (2004), BD El Autobus (2004), BD Unexpected (2004), BD Wakarimasu (2004, free kana face), BD Bernebeats (2004, futuristic), BD Deckard (2004), BD Spinner (2004), BD Victoria (2004), BD Designer (2004), BD Kalinka (2005, a curly ultra-fat display face), BD Equipment (2004), BD El Autobus (2004), BD Unexpected (2004), BD Varicolor (2005, stencil), BD Chantilly (2005), BD Memory (2005), BD Emerald (2005, beveled), BD Kalinka (2005, Cyrillic simulation), BD Extrwurst (2005), BD Aquatico (2005), BD Mandarin (2005), BD Polo (2005), BD Beans (2005), BD Tiny (2005, pixel face), BD Times New Digital (2006), BD Panzer (2006), BD Jupiter, BD Jupiter Stencil (2006), BD Pipe (2006), BDR Mono 2006 (2006), BD Fimo Outline (2007, free, by Nathalie Birkle), BD Bermuda (2007, experimental and geometric), BD Smoker (2007, psychedelic), BD Radiogram (2007), BD Mother (2007, exaggerated black Egyptian), BD Fimo Regular (2007, free), BD Demon (2007), BD Reithalle (2007, free), BD Halfpipe (2007, free), BD Broadband (2008, free; not to be confused with the much older fonts BroadbandICG or FLOP Design's Broadband), BD Viewmaster and BD Viewmaster Neon (2008), BD Electrobazaar (2008), BD Motra (2008, stencil), BD Virtual (2008), BD Spacy 125 (2008), BD AsciiMax, BD ElAutobus (2004), BD Equipment (2004), BD Ramen (2003), BD Retrocentric (2009), BDR A3MIK (2009, virile Latin and Cyrillic slab), BD HitBit (2009), BD Unicorse (2010, unicase and techno), BD Telegraph (2011), BD Schablone (2012, stencil face), BD Pankow (2013, stencil), BD Algebra (2014), BD Hiragana Kuro (2014), BD Qualle (2014, a fat poster typeface), BD Tribler (2015, a tribal font).

    Alphabetical listing of their pre-2015 free typefaces: Algebra, Alm, Apotheke, AsciiMax, Baldrian, Band, Bankwell, Bardust, Beans, Billding, Billiet, Bonbon, Brockelmann, Burner, Cash, Cashbox, Chantilly, Circo, Console, Console Remix, Cravt, Delafrance, Designer, Destination, Dippex, Eject Katakana, ElAutobus, Elmax, Elside, Equipment, Faxer, Fazer, Fimo, Flossy, Fluke, Galaquadra, Geminis, Halfpipe, Hexades, Hiragana Kuro, Jayn Fonta, Kristallo, Lodelfizler, Lofi, Medled, Meter, Mustang, Outline, Paccer, Pipe, Plakatbau, Plankton, Polo, Ragout, Ramen, Ratterbit, Reithalle, Relaunch, Relaunch Ktna, Rocket70, Sirca, Sirca Rmx, Solaris, Spacy125, Spicyfruits, Spinner, Stella, Stencler, Stereotype, Ticket, Times New Digital, TinyFont, Tribler, Unfold, Wakarimasu.

    Alphabetical listing of their pre-2015 commercial typefaces: A3mik, Acidboyz, Alustar, Aquatico, Aroma, Balduin, BDR Mono 2006, Bermuda, Bernebeats, Breakbeat, Brick, Broadband, Calamares, Central, Cluster (Corporate), Colonius, Deckard, Demon, Discount, Doomed, Edding850, Eject, Electrobazar 2008, Electronicplastic, Elk, Emerald, Endless, Extrawurst, Fontabello, Globus, Good Wood, Hell, Hitbit, Jupiter, Jura, Kalinka, Kameron, Kinski, Las Palmas, Mandarin, Mann, Memory, Mother, Motra, Naranino (2012: a children;s script), Navyseals, Nebraska, Nippori, Nokio, Orlando, Pankow, Panzer, Qualle, Radiogram, Rainbow, Retrocentric, Ritmic, Robotron, Schablone, Showlong, Smoker, St.Moritz, Stalker, Stonehenge, Sweethome, Tatami, Telegraph, Unexpected, Unicorse, Varicolor, Victoria, Viewmaster, Virtual, Wotka, Wurst, Wurst Directors Cut, Zenith.

    In 2015, Gianfreda designed BD Barbeaux (a condensed typeface with the fashionable chic of the French art nouveau or film noir).

    Typefaces from 2016: BD Kickrom Mono (LED emulation type).

    Typefaces from 2018: BD Westwork.

    Typefaces from 2020: BD Aubergin (an experimental poster font with Bauhaus elements), BD Microna (a pixelish variable font), BD Micron Robots (dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2021: BD Supper (a food packaging sans), BD Roylac (a stylish poster font that evokes modern furniture), BDRmono 2021 (hipster style techno).

    Alternate URL. Dafont link. Behance link.

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    Bülent Yüksel
    [Bülent Yüksel (was: World of the Fonts)]

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    Bülent Yüksel (was: World of the Fonts)
    [Bülent Yüksel]

    Bülent Yüksel (b. 1973 or 1974, Istanbul) is a graphic designer, illustrator and painter, who graduated from Anadolu University, and started working in 1996 as art director at Sabah Newspaper. His first font was Formetic (2013). In 2014, he created the wavy typeface Cansum Hand, the modular techno typeface Formetic, and the slab serif typeface Finalist Round Slab (which was followed by Finalist Round Slab Variable in 2022).

    In 2015, he published the connected script typeface Yasemin.

    Typefaces from 2016: Full Neue, Full Sans, Full Slab, Full Tools, Ata Rounded, Ata.

    Typefaces from 2017: Sympathetic Font (textured typeface family in 48 styles).

    Typefaces from 2018: Bosphorus (a sans family; see also here). Followed in 2022 by Bosphorus Variable.

    Typefaces from 2019: Murat Grotesque (inspired by Impact), Sympathetic, Bodrum Sans, Bodrum Style, Bodrum Stencil, Bodrum Sweet (organic sans), Bodrum Slab, Bodrum Soft.

    Typefaces from 2020: Istanbul Type (a decorative high-contrast sans family), Trakya Rounded, Trakya Sans, Trakya Slab, Cryptocurrency (a dingbat font with the logos of over 200 block chain / bitcoin logos), Perspective Sans (a layerable 3d typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2021: European Soft Pro (an organic sans in 73 styles), Logopedia Next Rounded, Logopedia Now Rounded, Logopedia Next (a 6-style hexagonal logo typeface), Logopedia Now (a 6-style rounded hexagonal logo typeface that plays the game of convex and concave).

    Typefaces from 2022: European Sans Pro Variable.

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    Bürocratik

    Brand and digital design agency in Coimbra, Portugal, est. 2005. Behance link. In 2015, they published the semi-stencil bilined typeface Nomada (by Bruno Rodrigues), and a set of icons called Building Pictogram. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ByoungHeon Park

    Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea. Creator of the monolinear hand-drawn typeface HU Cookie (2020, with Haerin Lee and Rumi Kim), HU Wind Sans (2020: a 15-style sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and ByoungHeon Park), HU Hand Serif (2020: with Yehyeong Lee and Haerin Lee), and HU The Game (2020, with Haerin Lee), a typeface with mini-spurs and odd terminals that is designed for display.

    Typefaces from 2021: HU Sangsang (a fat finger font by ByoungHeon Park and Jueun Kim), HU Masking Tape Latin (a masking tape font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Rumi Kim and ByoungHeon Park), HU Big Round (a techno typeface by Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim), HU Rosette (a cursive display serif by Haerin Lee, Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim).

    Typefaces from 2022: HU Makingfilm (a stencil typeface by ByoungHeon Park and Jihoon Park). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cabrera Typo
    [Alejandro Cabrera Avila]

    Cabrera Typo in Ciudad Valles, Mexico, is the experimental free font outfit of graphic designer Alejandro Cabrera Avila, b. 1970. Creator of CT Pro Lamina (2009, heavy octagonal fare) and CT Aztech (2008, pixel face). Dafont page. All his fonts have been made with FontStruct, where he is known as superhuasteco. Ring (2010) is a lucha libre poster font. Creator in 2008 of aztech (pixel face). Aka superhuasteco. In 2009, he added Pro Lamina (bold octagonal), Pro Lamina 2 (a stencil version), Pro Lamina Segmentada (stencil), Pro Lamina Stencil, Huaxteca (pixel), Texteca (pixel face), Kroma (sturdy), Kromix (+Black), and the Kromos family (Franklin Gothic style). In 2010, he created the lucha libre poster font Ring, and the pixel typefaces Pro Lamina TNR Pix, Jorongo, Aztechno, Aztech and Yarda Px. The squarish condensed typeface Pole was added in 2011.

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    Cai Peng

    Graduate of the Beijing Industry University, class of 2006. Beijing-based creator of a teardrop stencil typeface in 2013. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Caitlin Cheek

    College Station, TX-based designer of the Texas A&M school project font Visualization (2016), a modular semi-stencil design inspired by Russian constructivism. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cake Type
    [Pieter van Rosmalen]

    Dan Haag-based Dutch foundry, est. 2004 by Pieter van Rosmalen, who before that designed fonts for GarageFonts and Typotheque. He studied design and advertising at Sint Lucas in Boxtel (The Netherlands) and type design and typography at the postgratuate course Type & Media at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (The Netherlands). For the CakeType library he designed CKTP Alterego, CKTP Capibara Classic, CKTP Capone (6-weight grotesque), and CKTP Pixie. Cake Type is involved in custom and commercial typefaces. Emma is a custom family. Dutchman (b. Eindhoven, 1969, living in Den Haag) Pieter van Rosmalen's fonts are mostly of the pixel type and are sold at Garagefonts: Ministeck (2000, pixel font), Dotted Weekend (1999), Get Back (1999), Martian Telex (1999, dotted pixel font), Monster Droppings (1999), Naomi (1999, hand-printed), Nice Weekend (1999), Novella (1998-1999, rounded octagonal face), Porno (1999), Thomas (2000), Rough Weekend (1999), Adore (thin typewriter font), First Street Left, Moved, Passenger (pixel font), Rebel Mono (2000), Shop (arcade game pixel font), Underscore (stitch pixel font), Archive (2000), Ravensburger (2000), Rebel (2000), Adore (2001), FirstStreetLeft (2001), Moved (2001), Passenger (2001), Shop (2001), Underscore (2001), Weekend Web (2002), Archive (2003), Capibara (2003), Melvin (2003), Epos (2003). At Phil's Fonts, Alter Ego, Capone, Capone Poster (stencil), Galaxy and Pixie (+Mono, Narrow, Script), all made in 2005. In 2008, van Rosmalen made Nitti (monospaced; followed in 2009 by Nitti Typewriter), Panno (sans) and Pinup (fat rounded sans). In 2009, they published the non-connected hand-printed Aniek. In 2009, he and Paul van der Laan created Audi Type (via MetaDesign), which replaces the old Univers-based Audi Sans.

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    Caleb East
    [Mysterian]

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    Callum Webster

    As a student, London-based Callum Webster designed the stencil typeface Webster (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Calvina Clvr

    Indonesian designer of the squarish stencil typeface Fest Condensed (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Camille Moisset

    Based in Steenvoorde, France. Designer of the free font KM Standard TT (2014, OFL) during a course at ERG in Brussels. This typeface is based on Alexey Kryukov's Old Standard TT (2006-2008). It is a bold didone family for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek with small stencil cuts in the Latin section.

    A shop sign for the Fontainas Bar in Brussels inspired her to design the vernacular typeface Fontainas (2015) Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Canada Type
    [Rebecca Alaccari]

    Foundry in Canada, est. 2004 by Rebecca Alaccari in Toronto, and run by her and Patrick Griffin. Interview with Rebecca. Her typefaces can be bought via MyFonts: Storyville (2015, a curly script), Centennial Script (2007, a revival of an 1874-1876 high-contrast calligraphic script by Hermann Ihlenburg), Valet (2006, superb art deco face), Freco (2006, an art deco typeface loosely based on designs and letters of Fré Cohen), Silk Script (2006, based on 1956 Helmut Matheis script called Primadonna), Dominion (2006, based on an early 1970s film type called Lampoon), Johnny (2006, an art nouveau poster typeface that revives the Harem/Margit typeface by Phil Martin, 1969), Guillotine (2007), Mayfair (2006, a calligraphic typeface based on Mayfair Cursive by Middleton, 1932), Happy Birthday (2006, script), Geronimo (2005, brush style poster font), Rostrum (2005, a revival and expansion of a type called Oleander, designed in 1938 by Julius Kirn for the Genzsch&Heyse foundry in Hamburg), Apricot (2005; based on A.R. Bosco's Romany for ATF, 1934, but a major extension with many ligatures), Heathen (2005), Cougar (2004, a digital version of Martin Wilke's 1968 handwriting typeface Konzept), Puma (2004, brush typeface based on Herbert Thannhaeuser's 1954 Kurier), Big Brush (brush), Diva (connected script), Odette (a high ascender display typeface after the Morris Fuller Benton 1918 American classic, Announcement Roman), Crucifix (2004, a severe octagonal face), Fore (2004, a bullethole face), Formula, Gamer (2004), Formula (2004), Kofi, Platoon (2004, a stencil face), Verso (2004), Secret Scrypt (2004, a handwriting face), Bluebeard (2004, blackletter by Patrick Griffin), Bolero (2004), Janice (2004, psychedelic), Jimi (2004, also psychedelic), Scroll (2004), Dominique (2004, upright script), Moxie (2004, a fat display family which includes a stencil), StockA (2004), StockB (2004, a fat stencil face), Stalker (2004, a destructionist face), Scroll (2004), Jonah (2005, a hippie typeface based on an early 1970s film type from Franklin Photolettering called Urban). MyFonts page. Phil Rutter and Patrick Griffin made Coffee Script (2004), the digital version of R. Middleton's Wave design for the Ludlow foundry, circa 1962. Phil Rutter and Rebecca Alaccari designed Almanac (2004), a script typeface based on Imre Reiner's London Script (1957) (and Rebecca did a subsequent redigitization in 2007 that led to Reiner Hand), Tiger Script (2004, based on Georg Trump's wild brush script Jaguar done in 1967 for C. E. Weber), and Ali Baba (2004), an Arabic simulation typeface originally designed by Georg Trump as Palomba (1955, C.E. Weber foundry). Patrick Griffin made Leather (2005, after Imre Reiner's 1933 blackletter face), Secret Scrypt (2005), Skullbats (2005), Slang (2004, a blood scratch face), Bluebeard (2004), Expo (2004, an octagonal family), and Dancebats (2004). Simone Wilkie designed Boyscout (2004) after the handwriting of her son. Helmut Matheis' Contact (1963, flowing script/brush) was digitized by Rebecca in 2004 as Bruschetta. Rebecca also made Steiner Special (2007, a revival of Swing, a film type by Peter Steiner, 1974), Genesis (2007, a digitization and extension of Grayda, a 1939 calligraphic script of Frank H. Riley at ATF), Evolver (2006, futuristic family), Redwood (2007, a calligraphic script based on Willard T. Sniffin's Raleigh Cursive (1929, ATF)), Orotund (2005, after the 1970s typeface Eight Ball; this was extended again in 2006 in her art nouveau typeface Huckleberry, which is a revival of the 1973 typeface of Gustav Jaeger called Mark Twain), Pendulum (2005, a fantastic flowing script based on Nebiolo's Americana, 1945), Jojo (2005, a flower child typeface after Spring, by Bernard Jacquet), Mascara (2004), Gala (2004, after Neon (1935, Giulio da Milano at Nebiolo)) and Bella Donna (2004, after a script made by Alessandro Butti in 1948, called Rondine).

    Typefaces made in 2005: Jazz Gothic (Patrick Griffin), Showboat, Hunter (a revival of Imre Reiner's brush script Mustang, 1956), Quanta (stencil), Quiller (a script typeface based on J.J. Sierke's 1964 typeface Privat), Rhino (revival of Mobil, a 1960 typeface by Helmut Matheis for Ludwig&Mayer), Dominique (donated to FontAid), Secret Scrypt (donated to FontAid), Jackpot (2005, Western typeface remotely based on Cooper Playbill which in turn is related to Cooper Black, but it also has hippy 1968 influences), Sincerely (handwriting typeface based on Karlgeorg Hoefer's 1968 Elegance), Fontella (a digitization of Novarese's calligraphic script Elite), Boondock (digitization of Imre Reiner's Bazaar from 1956), Gumball (digitization of Papageno, a 1958 bubblegum font by Richard Weber for Bauer), Runway, Gamer, Dominique (OpenType handwriting face), Sterling Script (2005, by Alaccari and Griffin: a 7-weight digitization and extension of Stephenson Blake's 1952 clean copperplate script Youthline Script), Vox (2007, a 24-style monoline sans family done with Patrick Griffin), Vox Round (2013, a softer version), Swan Song (2006: a calligraphic typeface based on the hand of Alexander Nesbitt. A later document states that it is based on work by British artist Rachel Yallop from 1986), Evolver (2006, a 9-style futuristic family), Ambassador Script (2007, an Alaccari-Griffin revival of the angle-reduced calligraphic script Juliet by Nebiolo, 1955).

    In 2005, Philip Bouwsma joined Canada Type, and designed a great calligraphic blackletter-inspired family, Torquemada. He designed many other typefaces for Canada Type in subsequent years.

    VIP (2007, Rebeca Alaccari) is a humanist sans serif uppercase (and figures) combined with a freshly redrawn revival of the classic VGC Constanze initials originally designed by Harry Brodjian in 1970, and even further back, the Constanze Initials by Joachim Romann (1954-1956, Stempel). Chopper (2007, by Rebecca Alaccari) is a revival of Venture (a 1972 typeface for VGC by Harry Villhardt). Walter (2007, Rebecca Alaccari) is a digitization of Heritage (1952, ATF, a calligraphic script by Walter H. McKay). Celebrity (2007, Rebecca Alaccari) revives and extends the retro/techno typeface Latus (Willy Wirtz, 1971). Sympathique (2008, Alaccari) is an ultra-thin and ultra-tall typeface in the mold of Bernhard Fashion and other era poster or film typefaces (they say that it is rooted in the film typefaces Hairstreak and Mossman). Mullen Hand (2008) is a revival of Repro Script (1953, Jerry Mullen, ATF).

    Filmotype Giant (2011, a condensed sans) and its italic counterpart, Filmotype Escort (2011) were both co-designed with Patrick Griffin.

    In 2020, they released the variable informal sans typeface Bananas: Bananas was sourced from multiple American film era faces, all from 1950s and 1960s, when the casual sans genre was at its popular peak. Headliners' Catalina and its very similar cousin, Letter Graphics' Carmel, served as initial study points.

    Catalog of its typefaces.

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    Candra Hamdani
    [Vultype Co]

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    Cankat Saribas

    Cankat Saribas is UX/UI, graphic, and type desginer of Armenian and Alevi-Kurdish background who was born and raised in London. In 2022, he designed the stencil display typeface Dersima, as an homage to the victims of genocide and oppression. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Canonical Ltd
    [Andrew Fitzsimon]

    Andrew Fitzsimon of Canonical Ltd created the font used in the logo of Ubuntu called Ubuntu-Title in 2005. Free download of this VAG Round type font. Free software supporter who created the spray-paint font Road Stencil (2008) as part of the Open Font Library. Open Font Library link. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Caoca Studio (or: Heroglyphs)
    [Olivia Theresa]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based type designer specializing in scrapbook fonts.

    Typefaces from 2021: Jingle Cookies, Halloween Time, Alpaca Rain, Dingo Nursery, Cheese Sandwich, Charming Winter, Dashing Christmas, Magic Blooms, Dear Love.

    Typefaces from 2020: Prune Blossom, Author Junior, Party Festival, Thankful Cookies Font, Christmas Valley, Warm Noodles, Your Summer, Happy House, Back To School, Pink Unicorn Font, Pink Beach, Rolling Film, Chill Time, Holiday Season, The Merry Holiday, Winter Holidays, Chocolate Cheese, Holly Jolly, Some Time.

    Typefaces from 2019: The Rudolf Sleigh, Christmas Glee, Pumpkin Halloween, Automono (a rounded monolinear monospaced sans family), Summer Break, Milky Unicorn, Merry Bright, Brain Wash.

    Typefaces from 2018: Altocumulus, Great Heart, Jolly Christmas, Winter Story, Romantica Script, Orange Juice, Black Shadows, Baby Seal, Adabame, Ericlaire, Uniquely, Sunday Hawaii, Summer Seas, Pool Party (monoline), The Lettering Font, The Great Circus, Brain Wash, Parents Greet, Monday Lovers (athletic lettering), Moms Note (handcrafted), Meidy, Maldisa, Historia, Laborations (sans stencil), Magic Trick, Kajika, Little Edelweiss, Hello Alpha, Hairmusk (brush), Gallerina, Father and Son (sans), Summer Peach, The Patriot (all caps sans), Vaganza (spurred), The Harison, Twigs (brush script), Valery (vintage), Torberta (spurred), Sants (squarish sans), Out Hill, Super Slayers, Sun Street, Summery, Summer Nude, Retros, Keripik (fat marker font), LaVonn (sans), Happy Valentine's Day (dingbats), Valentine's Edition Dingbats, Irish Green, The Stoothgart, Tying The Knot, San Barley (horizontally hatched), Easton (monoline sans), Pop Fist (condensed sans), Oracles (all caps sans), Pandoura, Popera, Loverstruck.

    Typefaces from 2017: Right Brush, Spooky Tricks (halloween font), Treasure Script, Summer Joy, Brave Hearted (outline font), Father And Son, Super Slayers, Earth and Sky, Almondia, Hello People (comic book script), Northern, Looking, Parents Greet, Baker Sweet, Avocados.

    Typefaces from 2016: Ineffable (regular and grunge), Saqanone, Salmonberry, Huckleberries, Mongli (a sharp-edged sans), Retros (inline), Andrade (brush style), Amecas (squarish), Queenata (signage script), Ranania (script), Paradise (calligraphic), Valery, The Mastiff, Little Edelweiss (curly informal typeface), Loverstruck, Calamandria, Pulsate (stencil), Peanut, Sedalia (brush script), Delaboean, Rhapsody (blackletter), Chiqarine (connected script), Berretti (a Broadway style art deco typeface), Cupello Sons (a geometric serif), Quella (brush script), Hello Alpha, Historia, Desmosedici. In 2014, during her studies in Bandung, Indonesia, Olivia Theresa created the frilly ornamental caps typeface Sambasa (2014), which was designed on a Georgia skeleton.

    Creative Market link. Behance link. Behance link for Olivia Theresa. Creative Market link for Heroglyphs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cape Arcona

    In October 2002, Stefan Claudius and Thomas Schostok started Cape Arcona, a foundry with free and commercial fonts, based in Essen, Germany. It also carries some fonts by Raymond Brekelmans.

    Catalog of their best selling typefaces. Creative Market link.

    List of typefaces made before 2005: CIA, Cosmo-Pluto, Cosmo-Saturn, Elvis in Stereo, Moskow Has A Plan, Dr. No, Play-Real, Play-Roman, Play-Script, Play-Dynamic, Play-Wild, Sensuell, Viva Las Vegas. Free fonts: Address Unknown (Raymond Breukelmans), CA Traktor, CA Aircona, Aircona Shadow, Aircona Fill, No Dr. Tall, KissKissBangBang, GingerMint, Stardust, Texas Funeral, Strongman, Aires, Alternative3, AfterMidnightSaleJunk, Koenigsbrueck. In 2004, they designed CA Spy Royal (Thomas Schostok). CA Magic Hour (Stefan Claudius: a speed emulation font), CA Geheimagent (Stefan Claudius), CA Trasher (Thomas Schostok), CA No Dr. (Thomas Schostok), CA Prologue (Stefan Claudius).

    In 2005, they published CA Magic Hour Shadow (free font by Stefan Claudius), and CA Zaracusa (a sans by Stefan Claudius). Still in 2005, we have new free fonts by Stefanie Koerner: CA Dater, CA Fusion, and CA Scribb. The commercial fonts of 2005 include CA BND, CA Wolkenfluff (a creamy sans with a stencil, a gloss (bubblegum), and a trash style), CA Emeralda (a script face), CA Blitzkrieg pop, CA 12C13C, CA Monodon (+Ultra), and CA Pussy Galore.

    In 2006, they added CA After Midnight Sale (free, by Schostok), CA Boiled Beef (free), C.I.A. (original design from 1999 by Thomas Schostok), Dekoria (a saloon font by Stefan Claudius), CA Subbacultcha (dingbats) and CA Zaracusa (a sans family by Stefan Claudius).

    In 2007, CAPartyRebel, CARebelParty (both comic book style fonts), CA BND Trash (grunge), CA Kink (Thomas Schostok), CA Uruguay (Thomas Schostok, a lettering for a revolution with huge ink traps), CA Coronado, CA Plushy (free brush script by Stefan Claudius) and CA Fragile were added.

    The harvest from 2009: CA Cula, CA Cula Superfat, CA Gothique Superfat, the grunge pack (including CA Nars 1,2,3,X, CA Trasher), CA Misfit (by Stefanie Koerner).

    Fonts from 2010: CA Normal (grotesque sans, Stefan Claudius), CA Sivle (Elvis backwards: a grunge look, but made based on circular and rectangular overlaid grids; free).

    Fonts from 2011: CA Normal Serif (by Stefan Claudius).

    Fonts from 2013: CA Postal (Stefan Claudius).

    Typefaces from 2016: CA Fourty Open (blackboard bold style).

    Typefaces from 2017: CA Coronado (a painted layerable all caps poster typeface with western influences), CA Negroni (a layered typeface by Stefan Claudius based on hand-drawn logotypes from the early part of the 20th century by artists such as Wilhelm Deffke (1887-1950)).

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    Cargo

    A URW++ cargo stencil typeface based on a PhotoLettering Inc. Design from the 1960s. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cargo D

    A stencil font by URW. The design is owned by Photo-Lettering Inc. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carl Seal
    [Little Red Circles (or: LRC Type Foundry)]

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    Carla Salvador

    During her studies at the Instituto Politecnico de Tomar, Portugal, Carla Salvador extended Peignot Semi Serif (2016) and created Peignot Stencil (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carles Closa

    Barcelona-based graphic designer. Creator of the Baille simulation typeface called Braille (1999, Garcia Fonts), the child's handwriting typeface Loreakop (1995, Garcia Fonts) and the funky display typeface Calypso (1997). Uses the artistic alias Txarly Brown. He also made the Kafkaesque caps typeface Vertigo (1996, Garcia Fonts), the stunning stencil typeface Floridax (1997) and the oriental simulation font NinjaType (1995, Garcia Fonts). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carlos Adalid

    During his studies in Barcelona, Carlos Adalid designed the wonderful free piano key typeface Judo (2016) and the curvy monoline typeface family Wilbo (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carlos Asencio

    Palma de Mallorca, Spain-based designer of the text typeface Thoreau (2015) and the piano key Bauhaus stencil typeface Gehape (2015). In 2016, he designed the sans typeface Palo. Behance link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero
    [Andinistas]

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    Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero

    Venezuelan graphic and type designer (b. San Cristóbal, Estado Táchira, Venezuela, 1977). He studied Graphic Design between 1995 and 1998 in the Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Antonio José de Sucre (IUTAJS) Extensión Mérida, Venezuela. He runs the design studio Andinistas in Bogotá, Colombia, which he set up in 1998 with a few others. Creator of the beautiful typeface Cazon (1999-2007, a grunge script in 7 styles that includes Gris, Negra, Uno, Dos, Tres, Dingbats A and B) and of Escuadra (2003), Biologia (2003), Denedo (2003; the discussion by typophiles centers around how interesting this 3d font is experimentally---a bit like the type version of M.C. Escher's drawings, full of impossibilities), Modelia (2006), Nikona and Nikona Dual (2006, octagonal, with Rafael Rincón), Avecedario, Btamax (1999-2008, comic book style and grunge), Día D, Nativa, Codiga Icons (dingbats), Codiga (1999-2007, an 8-style octagonal family including Codiga Stencil and Codiga Dingbats), Codiga Pura (octagonal face), Pepelepu, Gancho petare, Guerrilla, and Hirofórmica (grunge). His calligraphic script family Panamericana (2007) comes in many grungy and experimental flavors: Blanca, Gris, Negra, Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Seis and Dingbats. With María Angélica Estrada Cano, he designed the hand-drawn font families Makika (2007) and Lita (2007; in five styles---Gris, Negra, Humo, Molis, and Dingbats). His blog. In the area of combat-ready explosion-inspired letters and dingbats, check his eight-weight family Hiroformica (2007, Andinistas; for a free version, see DaFont). In 2007, he created the calligraphic grunge family Rosadelia, and the grunge lettering and crow dingbats family Gancho Petare. In 2008, he published Heleodora (beautiful scratchy hand), Magola (Negra, Supra Negra and Stencil), Navaja 1 through 4 (a collection of grunge fonts with grungy dingbats), Lucrecia 1 through 3 (a fat connected script family ranging from clean to splattered), Pomarosa (irregular hand) and Pomarosa Dingbats, Bochalema (+Dingbats, a comic book family), and Alcira 1 through 3 (nice scribbly grunge scripts).

    In 2020, he designed Man Ray (a wild and weathered calligraphic font, and a pirate era weathered caps typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Carlos Lizarraga

    Cancun, Mexico-based creator of the monoline stencil typeface Discordia Grotesque (2012). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carlos Matteoli
    [Q-BO]

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    Carlos Mignot

    Graphic designer in Rio de Janeiro associated with Plau Design. At Miami Ad School, as a student, he created Minimal Fraktur (2015). In 2018, he designed the corporate art deco typeface Chez Lalu 70. In 2019, he co-designed Muda, a corporate typeface for the fashion brand Oficina Muda with Ana Laura Ferraz, Gabriel Menezes and Rodrigo Saiani. In 2020, still at Plau, he designed the custom all caps sports company typeface Brio. With Rodrigo Saiani, Carlos Mignot designed the video game font family (+stencil, +Cyrillic) either called Killing Sans or Nine to Five (2020). Still in 2020, Mignot designed the flared Koch Antiqua-style custom typeface Xilo.

    In 2021, Ana Laura Ferraz, Valter Costa, Carlos Mignot and Rodrigo Saiani designed the handcrafted black poster and branding typeface Vinila for the identity of grammar teacher Eduardo Valladares' personal brand EDU VLLD (Edu stands for Eduardo and Education while VLLD represents Valladares and Vulnerability). Carlos Mignot and Felipe Casaprima designed the corporate family iN Serif and iN Sans (+Mono) for iN Consultoria de Marcas in 2021. Still in 2021, Carlos Mignot and Rodrigo Saiani designed a few hip typefaces for the Brazilian TV channel Canal Brasil.

    At Plau, he published the 10-style humanist ans typeface Redonda. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carolina Gayosso

    During her studies in Tijuana, Mexico, Carolina Gayosso designed the semi-stencil typeface Carolla (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carolina Mejia Villegas

    Medellin, Colombia-based designer (b. 1972) who graduated from UPB University in 1998. Creator of the free hand-printed typefaces Astrid (2012), Yelly (2006), Margorosa (2006), Luna (2006), Lush (2006), and CaroHand (2012).

    At iFontMaker, she created the hand-printed typefaces Enjoy (2012, stencilish), Oats Bold (2012) and Oats.

    She started selling her own fonts in 2013. Commercial, mostly hand-drawn, typefaces from 2014 include Grilled Font, Roman Classic, Kimble, Doggie Bold, Doggie, Yuju, First Step, Farmer, Nigel, Lola, Barrel and Enjoy. Typefaces from 2013: Freelast, Heats Dingbats, Fresh Regular, Chispa, Freshitalic, Cristian, Chains Condensed, Melisa, Chains, Paty, Slim, Miranda, Tiny Script, Snow, Second Chance, Simplecaps.

    Typefaces from 2015: Afinity (brushed typeface), Quakes, Dalina Script, Bonita, Caro Thin, Great Font, Fini Font, Grilled Ornaments, Finetrace (architectural style alphabet).

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    Caroline Varon

    Graphic designer in Montauban, France. During her studies in 2014, she created these typefaces: Cactoustype (stencil), Hublot (stencil), Scoblitch (modular blackletter). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carolyn Ho

    Kuching, Malaysia-based designer of the free display typeface Twerk Stencil (2016) and Film Alphabet (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Carsten Raffel
    [USOTA (United States of the Art)]

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    Casady&Greene (Fluentlaserfonts)
    [Terry Kunysz]

    Casady&Greene, Inc. started out as two separate little companies, CasadyWare and Greene, Inc. CasadyWare, which was founded by Robin Casady in August 1984, began producing Fluent Fonts, which were bitmapped typefaces for the Macintosh. The 1984 set of fonts have copyright lines that mention Richard A. Ware. As soon as PostScript fonts appeared, CasadyWare got hold of the first version of Fontographer and produced the first downloadable PostScript fonts, even beating Adobe, the originators of PostScript, to the punch. These were marketed as Fluent Laser Fonts (FLF) out of Carmel, CA.

    The FLF series includes Abilene (Western), Alexandria (1986, slab serif family), Black Knight (1991, blackletter), Bodoni FLF (1986), BodoniUltra (1986, a fat didone), Bonnard (art nouveau), ButtonHighlight, ButtonPlain, Calligraphy (1986), Campanile (a great didone face), Checkbox, Chicago FLF (free at OFL), Collegiate (1988, sports lettering), Coventry Script (calligraphic), Cutouts FLF (1992, cargo stencil), Desperado, Dorovar Carolus (1988, Carolingian; see also D790 at Softmaker and Carolingia (1991, William Boyd)), DryGulch, Epoque (art nouveau), FattiPatti, Fletcher Gothic (1992, art nouveau), Galileo (1987, didone), Gazelle (1988, calligraphic script), Gatsby (1986, pure art deco), Giotto, Gregorian (1986, English Gothic style blackletter), Harlequin FLF (1990), Highland Gothic (1992), Jott, Kasse (1992), Kells (modern round Gaelic font, 1988), KeyCaps, La Peruta, Meath (modern round Gaelic font, 1988), Michelle (1992, art deco, marquee face), Micro, MicroExtend FLF (1986, like Microgramma), Monterey (1986, Peignotian), Moulin Rouge (1992, an art nouveau typeface by Richard A. Ware), Nouveau (1990, art nouveau), Paladin (1988, blackletter), Pendragon (1991), Phoenix Script FLF (1990), Prelude (1986, connected script), Regency Script (1986, calligraphic copperplate script), Right Bank (1986, art deco), Ritz (1986, art deco in the style of Broadway), Rocko (1992, rounded like VAG Round), SansSerif FLF (1986, a large geometric sans family), Sedona Script (1990, connected, calligraphic, semi-psychedelic), Slender Gold (1992, script), Vertigo (1992, condensed monoline sans), VertigoPlus, Zephyr Script (1986, brush script).

    Many fonts were digitized by Richard Ware, and some were designed by Mike Wright. The contact was Terry Kunysz in Salinas, CA.

    On July 3, 2003, Casady&Greene closed it doors permanently. However, one of its designers, Mike Wright, writes: I believe that all the fonts that were developed by the company are now in the public domain. Robin Casady and I are thinking of putting up a site with free downloads of all of the old C&G public domain fonts--mainly as a way of attracting Mac users to see iData 2.

    Robin Casady in 2003: I founded Casady Company in 1984 to publish fonts for the new Macintosh. The name changed with incorporation to CasadyWare, Inc. Around this time I met Mike Greene who was looking for a software project to do after SpellsWell. I talked him into doing a program that became QuickDEX. Later CasadyWare, Inc. merged with Greene, Inc. and became Casady & Greene, Inc. Over the years, my role in management reduced as my interests in other areas developed. In the last ten years I have had no official management duties at C&G. About a year ago I removed myself from the Board of Directors.

    Some fonts could be found at TypOasis [defunct link]. Fontex link. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Casey Conroy

    A graduate of Missouri State University, Casey Conroy now lives and works in Saint Louis, MO, and is associated wth webster University. Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Reilly. His stencil typeface Bridge was developed between 2008-2010. Other typefaces by him include Globose (a rounded sans), Xtina (2009), and Ovoid (2008-2009, recreation of Emigre's squarish typeface Oblong). In 2014, he designed Webster Today Icons for Webster University. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    CAST

    CAST, or Cooperativa Anonima Servizi Tipografici (est. 2014, Bolzano, Italy) is a digital type foundry dedicated to the production and marketing of high quality fonts catering to specific needs, especially in the areas of branding and publishing. Their typefaces:

    • Divenire (2014). By Molotro / Luciano Perondi. Divenire is derived from an earlier custom typeface designed for the Partito Democratico (Italian Democratic Party), which uses it for political communications. For the information of non-Italians---this is not Berlusconi's party.
    • Dic Sans (2014, Luciano Perondi). This elliptical sans was inspired by Aldo Novarese's Eurostile. It has its own idiosyncracies, and comes with a gorgeous Dic Sans Extra Bold weight (2014). On the nomenclature---French are allowed to use Sans Dic, and Americans are permitted to typeset in Extra Bold Dic, or its shadow version, Tricky Dic.
    • Brevier (2014). Riccardo Olocco's typeface was designed for setting long texts in small or very small type sizes---the name Breveir refers to 8 point size in ancient times.
    • Gramma (2014, Riccardo Olocco). A compact temporary sans with large x-height eventually published at CAST.
    • Brasilica (2015). By Rafael Dietzsch, based on his graduation typeface in 2012 in the MATD program at the University of Reading. This Latin / Greek typeface family with sufficient diacritical support of most Brazilian indigenous languages. It is a serifed typeface but has matching sans styles. My own first reaction to this typeface was sturdy. Brasilica won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014 and was published by CAST.
    • Macho Modular (2015). By Luciano Perondi. Macho was originally designed in 2010 for MAN (Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro) and is based on the idea of modular widths of the 20th-century typesetting systems, as required by the Olivetti Margherita and the hot-metal Linotype machine.
    • Saffran (2007, by Erasmo Cuifo and Alessio D'Ellena; published in 2015 by CAST). Saffran is a stencil sans with squarish letterforms.
    • Zenon (2014, for Latin, Bengali, Greek and Cyrillic, by Riccardo Olocco). Zenon is Riccardo's graduation typeface in the MATD program at the University of Reading, UK. He writes: is a sum of different styles, from Francesco Griffo to Granjon, from modern typefaces to the first sketches of Times New Roman. Zenon is an apparently Renaissance revival with modernish proportions. A closer look reveals that it is a typographic potpourri. Zenon was published by CAST in 2015.
    • Sole Serif (2016). A text typeface family by Luciano Perondi, who writes: Sole Serif is a newspaper face with features relating to book typography. Inspiration from Francesco Griffo's romans was adapted to resist the rough usage typical of newspaper printing without any loss of quality. Sole Serif is available in an extensive range of cuts including extra bold and ultra thin. With its big x-height, short ascenders and a roundish and wide italic for text and titles, it has all the attributes of a newspaper face. Nonetheless, details like the inclined axis, calligraphic terminations, Renaissance proportions and a refined but slightly mannered design, all evoke the book rather than the daily paper. In 2018, Luciano Perondi and Riccardo Olocco designed the companion typeface Sole Sans. It was originally designed for the leading Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 ore.
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    Castle Type
    [Jason Castle]

    Designs by Jason Castle from San Rafael, CA, who studied psychology at Dominican University of California. He does custom font design and sells commercial typefaces through MyFonts and FontShop. Blog. These include:

    • A: AfrikaBorders, Afrika Motifs, Agency Open (M. F. Benton, 1934, revival Jason Castle), Agency Gothic Inline, Ampersands, Azbuka (2005, a heavy slab serif).
    • B: Brasileiro (2007, an art deco face).
    • Carisma (2007, a clean geometric sans), Carlos (art deco inspired by Elektra), Castle Fleurons, Chinoise (2008, based on hand lettering that is reminiscent of a style of ancient Chinese square-cut ideograms), Cloister Black, Copperplate Script, Cradley (2015, a Caslon titling family with Greek and Cyrillic, named after the birthplace of William Caslon).
    • D: Deko Initials (1993, discontinued in 2007; based on NADA0 drawn in 1972 by Marcia Loeb), Dionisio (2008, didone).
    • E: Eden (Bold, Light; originally designed by Robert H. Middleton in 1934).
    • F: Fat Freddie, Futura CT and Futura CT Inline (2007, based on Futura ND, but discontinued after only a few weeks).
    • G: Goudy Lombardy (Lombardic), GoudyStout, Goudy Text, Goudy Trajan (1994-2010, free; +alternates).
    • H: Handsome (2002, nice finger dingbats, aka fists).
    • J: Jensen Arabique (left field art deco, based on work of Gustav Jensen, 1933).
    • K: Koloss (art deco).
    • L: Latin CT (2008, 6 styles), Latin Wide, Laureat, Lise Informal (2008, hand-printed), Lombardy.
    • M: Maximilian CS (Rudolf Koch, 1917), Metropolis Bold and Shaded (based on the 1932 Stempel cut as designed by W. Schwerdtner), Minotaur (2008, an original monoline design based on an Oscan votive inscription from the second century BC; looks like simulated Greek).
    • N: Norberto (2009, an all-caps Bodoni; +Stencil).
    • O: Ogun (2008, inspired by an Egyptian-style Russian block alphabet and useful for athletic lettering; formerly named Azbuka).
    • P: Plantain (2002, a digital version of Plantin Adweight, a 1913 typeface by F. H. Pierpont), Plantain Stencil (2009), Progreso (2010, a condensed, unicase, serif gothic type design inspired by the hand-lettering on Russian posters from the 1920s).
    • R: Radiant, Radiant Extra Condensed CT (both Radiants are revivals of Roger Middleton's typeface by that name, 1940), Ransahoff (2002, ultra condensed didone), Rudolf (1992, based on Rudolf Koch's German expressionist work such as Neuland).
    • S: Samira (2008, art nouveau style; based on Peter Schnorr's Schnorr Gestreckt, from 1898), Shango (1993, based on Schneidler Initials by F.H.E. Schneidler (1936), and including a digital version of Schneidler Cyrillic (1992); extended in 2007 to Shango Gothic and in 2008 to a 3-d shadow version, Shango Chiseled, and in 2009 to Shango Sans), Sculptura (2005, an all caps typeface based on Diethelm's Sculptura from 1957), Sencia (2008, based on Spanish art deco stock certificate lettering from 1941), Sonrisa (2009, art deco family---Sonrisa Thin is free), Standard CT (a neo-grotesque family), Standard CT Stencil (2012: free).
    • Tambor (Light, Black, Inline, Adornado) (1992) (note: Jason claims that it was remotely based on Rudolf, which in turn was based on calligraphy of Rudolf Koch), Trio (an art deco sansserif), Trooper Roman (discontinued).
    • V: Vincenzo (2008, a slabby didone), Warrior (2009, a 3d font based on Ogun; +Shaded).
    • X: Xavier (art deco family based on Ashley Crawford by Ashley Havinden, 1930, revival by Jason Castle in 1992).
    • Z: Zagora, Zamenhof (2011: an all caps poster face with constructivist ancestry, named after the inventor of Esperanto), Zuboni Stencil (2009, Latin and Cyrillic, constructivist and perhaps even military).

    Klingspor link. Behance link.

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    CAT Design Wolgast
    [Peter Wiegel]

    Wolgast-based type designer Peter Wiegel (b. 1955) runs CAT Design Wolgast. Designer of these free fonts:

    • In 2019: Kufi Pattern.
    • In 2018: Aurach Tri (a trilined typeface), Googee (monoline circle-themed sans), Gianna (medieval script), Hamburger Schwabacher.
    • In 2017: Eyechart (heavy slab serif), Border Control (inline), Espresso Dolce (rounded sans), Gotisch Weiss, Halt (a dry brush typeface after Walter Hoehnisch's Stop from 1939), Kanzler, Llewie (rounded sans), Schulze Werbekraft (expressionist, after Arthur Schulze, 1926).
    • In 2016: Ronaldson Gothic (after a MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Co original), Vorgang (a great 1920s geometric sans), 5by7 (LED pixel font), BP 12-22 (industrial sans), u DIN 1451 Mittelschrift, Flubby, Gaeilge (Irish / uncial), Junior CAT (after Hans Heimbeck, 1936), CAT Liebing Gotisch (after Kurt Liebing), Tippa (an old typewriter font based on Adler Tippa 1).
    • In 2015: Nuernberg (blackletter), CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (blackletter), Offenbacher Reform (a revival of Offenbacher Reform, a blackletter typeface by Roos & Junge), Autobahn (blackletter), Barloesius Schrift (after Georg Barloesius's Barlösius Schrift, 1906), CAT-Franken-Deutsch (after Alfons Schneider, 1936), Fuckin Gwenhwyfar, CAT Kurier (a script after Herbert Thanhaeuser's Kurier from 1939), CAT Linz, CAT Rhythmus (a sharp-edged black grotesk after a Schriftguss AG original), DIN Schablonierschrift (DIN-based stencil), CAT North Licht, Feronia, Fette National Fraktur (after Walter Hoehnisch, 1934), Grobe-Plakat-Fraktur, CAT Childs (fifties style cursive typeface), Jena Gotisch (decorative caps), Kabinett Fraktur (after Johann Friedrich Unger, 1793-1794), Wattauchimma (heavy hipster sans), Friedolin (blackletter), Lorem Ipsum, Symphonie (a calligraphic script, reviving Imre Reiner's Symphonie (1938), also called Stradivarius (1945)), Power (a retro techno typeface), Krugmann Brush, Omega.
    • In 2014: BernerBasisschrift1, BernerBasisschrift2 (school script), Berolina, Brausepulver (after Brause & Co., 1912), Fette Mikado (psychedelic style oriental look), Germanica, Gloria, HentimpsCirclet (blackletter), Hofstaetten (blackletter), Kleinsemmering, KuenstlerGotisch (blackletter), LacledeCAT (psychedelic), NeptunCAT, Neue Zier Schrift (a mischievous curly script), Pommern Gotisch, Reclame, CAT Report (retro brush script), Rueck-Italic, Rueck, RueckLeft, RueckLicht, RundschriftCAT (hairline ronde), Standard Graf (German expressionist and hexagonal typeface), Teutonic, VerzierteFavorite, VictoriaCAT, AdmiralCAT (a retro script), Dynamo (poster font), Des Malers Fraktur, Kanzleyrath (blackletter), Ober-Tuerkheim (art nouveau), PopplFrakturCAT (blackletter), Rundkursiv, Modeschrift (fifties script), Biedermeier Kursiv, Ehmcke Federfraktur (after a 1935 font by F.H. Ehmcke), Wernicke Schwabacher (after an original by Emmi Wernicke), Gotische Missalschrift, Hand Textur (after a 1935 font by F.H. Ehmcke), Renata (after a 1914 bastarda by Bauersche Giesserei), Rundgotisch Rauh (possibly after a Schelter & Giesecke design from 1903), Offenbacher Schwabacher (after Kurt Wanschura's bastarda from 1900), Incopins Clusters (multilined typeface), BadGong, Bernardo Moda (Bold, Semibold, Moda, Contrast: modeled after Lucian Bernhard's Bernhard fashion), CAT-Hohenzollern (after a 1902 art nouveau font by Bauersche), CATNorth, CATNorthLicht, CATNorthShadow, CAT Zentenaer Fraktur UNZ1 (a blackletter after a 1937 original by F.H.E. Schneidler), Coggers-Tariqa, EirikRaude, Fabrik (a geometric sans), Grobe Deutschmeister (German expressionist face), Harry Piel (or Piehl--a tattoo font), Kanalisirung, Klaber-Fraktur, Peter Obscure, Rumburak (a fat retro script), Flottflott (retro script), Indira K, Regent UNZ (a Schwabacher), Postamt, TGL 0-1451 Engschrift (a DIN-like font).
    • In 2013: Spartakus (+Round), Cut Me Out (white on black sans), 5by9 (dot matrix face), Tartlers End (high-contrast ball terminal face), Alpha 54 (rounded flared script face), Chunk Five Ex (slab serif; he writes: With permission of Meredith Mandel, the original author of the ASCII-Font Chunk Five, I have extended Chunk Five Ex to a full featured unicode font with all figures used in Latin and Cyrillic writing), Simple Print (simple sans), Fette Bauersche Antiqua (a didone fat face), Manuskript Gothisch (after Manuskript Gotisch (1899, Bauersche), which was modeled after Wolfgang Hopyl's 1514 Textura), Quast (hairy font).
    • Still in 2013, he published a number of school scripts, including Neue Rudelskopf, Deutsche Normalschrift, Imrans School, Rastenburg (German school font), and Bienchen.
    • In 2012: Hardman (connected fifties script), Immermann (a quaint slab serif), Quast (grunge), Fundamental Brigade (sans family), DiffiKult (a bilined face), Men Nefer (a Memphis lookalike), Fette Unz Fraktur (like Fette Fraktur), Mutter Krause (for the reconstruction of the 1929 silent movie "Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück", where it is used for intertitles, that where missing. The font is redrawn from the original intertitles), Youbilee (a font with laurels).
    • In 2010: Alfabilder (dingbats), Gondrin (athletic lettering with a 3d effect), Helvetia Verbundene (making Helvetica into a school script? The original typeface was by Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt 1901), Proletarsk (a grotesk face), Vis-à-vis (great idea--a double-storied serif face), ApolloASM (Victorian), BertholdrMainzerFraktur, Doergon-Regular (license plate font), DoergonBackshift, DoergonShift, Eureka (Victorian, ornamental face), GoeschenFraktur (1880-style Fraktur used in Sammlung Göschen books), Makushka, MakushkaKontura, MakushkaQuadriga, MakushkaSecunda, Moderne3DSchwabacher, ModerneGekippteSchwabacher, StrassburgFraktur, TGL0-16 (same as DIN 16), TGL0-17 (same as DIN 17), TGL0-17Alt, Tank (emblems of gas companies), EricaType-Bold, EricaType-BoldItalic, EricaType-Italic, EricaType-Regular (typewriter), ErikaOrmig, Fibel Vienna (2012, a high-legged sans), GreifswalderTengwar-Regular, GreifswalerDeutscheSchrift (German Schreibschrift), Midroba-Regular (a strong mechanical octagonal face), MidrobaSchatten, MMX2010 (futuristic), Präsent60, Rotunda Pommerania (blackletter), TengwarOptime, TengwarOptimeDiagon, cbe-Bold, cbe-BoldItalic, cbe-Italic, cbe.
    • In 2009: 18thCenturyInitials, 18thCenturyKurrent-Regular, 18thCenturyKurrentAlternates, German writing from the 18th century), CentreClaws, CentreClawsBeam1, CentreClawsSlant, Cöntgen Kanzley Regular (blackletter), Cöntgen Kanzley Aufrecht (2009), ElficCaslin, H1N1, Loxembourg1910Shadow (an art nouveau-influenced stencil face), Luxembourg1910, Tschichold, VarietScala (an art deco sans family), Varietee, VarieteeArtist, VarieteeCabaret, VarieteeCascadeur, VarieteeCasino, VarieteeCirque, VarieteeColege, VarieteeConferencier, VarieteeFolies, VarieteeIkarier, VarieteeJongleur, VarieteeMirage, VarieteeRevue, VarieteeTheatre, KochFetteDeutscheSchrift (blackletter), MoradoFelt-Regular (upright connected script), MoradoMarker (2009), MoradoNib, PreussischeVI9 (DIN-like family), PreussischeVI9Linie, PreussischeVI9Schatten-Linie, PreussischeVI9Schatten, SchatternvonPreussischeVI9, Stage (art deco), Ring Matrix (dot matrix), Nathan, Amptmann Script (2009, upright connected script), Cat Shop, Blankenburg (blackletter), Murrx (arched face), Schwaben Alt (1988, bastarda), Vrango, 14LED (Regular, Phattt-Heavy, Rised-Black), 24LED (+Bright, +Grid, +Modul), DIN1451fetteBreitschrift1936-Regular, FibelNord (basic sans family with an architectural twist), FibelSued (family), PaneuropaBankette, PaneuropaCrashbarrier-Black, PaneuropaFreeway, PaneuropaHighway, PaneuropaRoad, PaneuropaStreet, PaneuropaWrongWay, Quirkus (family), RingMatrix (dot matrix family), RingMatrix3D, RingMatrixTwo, DiscipuliBritannica (connected script), GruenewaldVA-Regular (connected school script), Rudelskopfdeutsch-Aufrecht, WiegelLatein (connected school script), WiegelLateinMedium (2009), Morado, Moebius Bicolor (art deco), Elbaris (sans), ElbarisOutline, Nomitais (multiline face), RostockKaligraph, Waschkueche, WaschkuecheGrob-Ultra, WiegelKurrent (traditional German school script), WiegelKurrentMedium, XAyax, XAyaxOutline (2009), Kaufhalle (squarish), Quimbie (art deco), CasaSans-Regular, Elb-Tunnel, MeyneTextur (blackletter), Yiggivoo, TGL 31034-1 (futuristic sans), Beroga (a simple organic sans).
    • Before 2009: Xayax, PreussischeIV44Ausgabe3 (2006, a severe sans), Utusi Star (1989, very condensed all-caps face), Avocado (2006, script face), CbeNormal (2006, script face), Leipzig Fraktur (+Bold) (2006), Berlin Email (2006, a condensed sans family, followed in 2009 by Berlin Email Serif), MaassslicerItalic (2006, a futuristic typeface made for Rudolf Maass + Partner GmbH), Powerweld (a gorgeous avant-garde typeface made for OPTI Pumpen und Technik GmbH), WolgastScript (2005), WolgastTwo (2006, connected script), WolgastTwoBold, ZeichenDreihundert-Regular, ZeichenHundert-Regular, ZeichenVierhundert-Regular, ZeichenZweihundert-Regular (2006, traffic dingbats), Djerba simplified (Arabic font, Computer and Technologie, Hamburg, 1995; it can be downloaded here), Titus FrakturBaltic (1998), TITUS FrakturEast Normal (1998), and TITUS FrakturWest Normal (1998) [which used to be downloadable here; these fonts were retired and the Titus name dropped; most of the glyphs made it to Schwaben Alt].

    Dafont link. One more URL. Fontspace link. Yet another URL. Font Squirrel link. Fontsy link.

    The list of his truetype and opentype typefaces as of 2011: 18thCenturyInitials, 18thCenturyKurrentStart, 18thCenturyKurrentText, Alfabilder, AlteDIN1451Mittelschrift, AlteDIN1451Mittelschriftgepraegt, AmptmannScript, ApolloASM, Avocado, Barnroof, BerlinEmail, BerlinEmail2, BerlinEmailBold, BerlinEmailBold, BerlinEmailHeavy, BerlinEmailHeavy, BerlinEmailOutline, BerlinEmailOutline, BerlinEmailSchaddow, BerlinEmailSchaddow, BerlinEmailSemibold-Bold, BerlinEmailSemibold-Bold, BerlinEmailSerif, BerlinEmailSerif, BerlinEmailSerifSemibold, BerlinEmailSerifSemibold, BerlinEmailSerifShadow, BerlinEmailWideSemibold, BerlinEmailWideSemibold, Beroga, Beroga, BerogaFettig-Bold, BerogaFettig-Bold, BertholdMainzerFrakturUNZ1A-Italic, BertholdMainzerFrakturUNZ1A, BertholdrMainzerFraktur, Blankenburg-Regular, BlankenburgUNZ1A-Italic, BlankenburgUNZ1A, CasaSans-Regular, CasaSans, CasaSansFettig-Bold, CatShop, CentreClaws, CentreClawsBeam1, CentreClawsSlant, ChunkFiveEx, CntgenKanzley-Regular, CntgenKanzleyAufrecht, DIN1451fetteBreitschrift1936-Regular, DiscipuliBritannica, DiscipuliBritannicaBold, Doergon-Regular, DoergonBackshift, DoergonShift, DoergonWave-Regular, Elb-Tunnel, Elb-TunnelSchatten, Elbaris, ElbarisOutline, ElficCaslin, EricaType-Bold, EricaType-BoldItalic, EricaType-Italic, EricaType-Regular, ErikaOrmig, Eureka, FibelNord-Bold, FibelNord-BoldItalic, FibelNord-Italic, FibelNord, FibelNordKontur, FibelSued-Bold, FibelSued-BoldItalic, FibelSued-Italic, FibelSued, FibelSuedKontur, GoeschenFraktur, GoeschenFrakturUNZ1A-Italic, GoeschenFrakturUNZ1A, Gondrin, GreifswalderTengwar-Regular, GreifswalerDeutscheSchrift, GruenewaldVA-Regular, GruenewaldVA1.Klasse, GruenewaldVA3.Klasse, H1N1, HelvetiaVerbundene, KochFetteDeutscheSchrift, KochFetteDeutscheSchriftUNZ1A-Italic, KochFetteDeutscheSchriftUNZ1A, LeipzigFrakturBold, LeipzigFrakturHeavy-ExtraBold, LeipzigFrakturLF-Bold, LeipzigFrakturLF-Normal, LeipzigFrakturNormal, LeipzigFrakturUNZ1A-Bold, LeipzigFrakturUNZ1A-BoldItalic, LeipzigFrakturUNZ1A-Italic, LeipzigFrakturUNZ1A, Luxembourg1910, Luxembourg1910Contur, Luxembourg1910Ombre, MMX2010-Regular, Maassslicer3D, Maassslicer3D, MaassslicerItalic, MaassslicerItalic, Makushka, MakushkaKontura, MakushkaQuadriga, MakushkaSecunda, MeyneTextur, MeyneTexturUNZ1A-Italic, MeyneTexturUNZ1A, Midroba-Regular, MidrobaSchatten, Moderne3DSchwabacher, ModerneFetteSchwabacher, ModerneFetteSchwabacherUNZ1A-Italic, ModerneFetteSchwabacherUNZ1A, ModerneGekippteSchwabacher, MoradoFelt-Regular, MoradoMarker, MoradoNib, MoradoSharp-Regular, Murrx, Nathan-CondensedRegular, Nathan-ExpandedRegular, Nathan-Semi-expandedRegular, Nathan, NathanAlternates-CondensedRegular, NathanAlternates-ExpandedRegular, NathanAlternates-Semi-expandedRegular, NathanAlternates, Nomitais, Nomitais, Numikki, Numukki-Italic, Numukki-Italic, Numukki, Powerweld, PreussischeIV44Ausgabe3, PreussischeIV44Ausgabe3, PreussischeVI9, PreussischeVI9Linie, PreussischeVI9Schatten-Linie, PreussischeVI9Schatten, Proletarsk, Prsent60, Quimbie, Quimbie3D, QuimbieShaddow, QuimbieUH, Quirkus-Bold, Quirkus-BoldItalic, Quirkus-Italic, Quirkus, QuirkusOut, QuirkusUpsideDown, RostockKaligraph, RotundaPommerania, RotundaPommeraniaUNZ1A-Italic, RotundaPommeraniaUNZ1A, Rudelskopfdeutsch-Aufrecht, SchatternvonPreussischeVI9, Schulfibel-Nord-Linie-2, SchwabenAlt-Bold, SchwabenAltUNZ1A-Italic, SchwabenAltUNZ1A, Stage, StrassburgFraktur-Regular, TGL0-16, TGL0-17, TGL0-17Alt, TGL31034-1, TGL31034-1, TGL31034-2, TGL31034-2, Tank, TengwarOptime, TengwarOptimeDiagon, TitilliumMaps29L-1wt, TitilliumMaps29L-400wt, TitilliumMaps29L-800wt, TitilliumMaps29L-999wt, TitilliumText22L-1wt, TitilliumText22L-250wt, TitilliumText22L-400wt, TitilliumText22L-600wt, TitilliumText22L-800wt, TitilliumText22L-999wt, TitilliumTitle20, UtusiStar-Bold, UtusiStar, VarietScala, Varietee, VarieteeArtist, VarieteeCabaret, VarieteeCascadeur, VarieteeCasino, VarieteeCirque, VarieteeColege, VarieteeConferencier, VarieteeFolies, VarieteeIkarier, VarieteeJongleur, VarieteeMirage, VarieteeRevue, VarieteeTheatre, Via-A-Vis, Vrng, Waschkueche, Waschkueche, WaschkuecheGrob-Ultra, WaschkuecheGrob-Ultra, WiegelKurrent, WiegelKurrent, WiegelKurrentMedium, WiegelKurrentMedium, WiegelLatein, WiegelLateinMedium, WolgastScript, WolgastScript, WolgastTwo, WolgastTwo, WolgastTwoBold, WolgastTwoBold, XAyax, XAyax, XAyaxOutline, XAyaxOutline, YiggivooUnicode-Italic, YiggivooUnicode-Italic, YiggivooUnicode, YiggivooUnicode, YiggivooUnicode3D-Italic, YiggivooUnicode3D-Italic, YiggivooUnicode3D, YiggivooUnicode3D, ZeichenDreihundert-Regular, ZeichenDreihundertAlt, ZeichenHundert-Regular, ZeichenHundertAlt, ZeichenVierhundert-Regular, ZeichenZweihundert-Regular, ZeichenZweihundertAlt, cbe-Bold, cbe-BoldItalic, cbe-Italic, cbe, kaufhalle, kaufhalle, kaufhalleblech, kaufhalleblech, moebius.

    His type 1 fonts as of 2011: Avocado, BerlinEmail, BerlinEmail2, BerlinEmailBold, BerlinEmailHeavy, BerlinEmailOutline, BerlinEmailSchaddow, BerlinEmailSemibold-Bold, BerlinEmailSerif, BerlinEmailSerifSemibold, BerlinEmailSerifShadow, BerlinEmailWideSemibold, Beroga, BerogaFettig-Bold, CasaSans, Elb-Tunnel, Elb-TunnelSchatten, Maassslicer3D, MaassslicerItalic, Numukki-Italic, Numukki, Powerweld, PreussischeIV44Ausgabe3, Quimbie, QuimbieUH, RostockKaligraph, TGL31034-1, TGL31034-2, UtusiStar-Bold, UtusiStar, Waschkueche, WaschkuecheGrob-Ultra, WolgastScript, WolgastTwo, WolgastTwoBold, YiggivooUnicode-Italic, YiggivooUnicode, YiggivooUnicode3D-Italic, YiggivooUnicode3D, cbe-Bold, cbe-BoldItalic, cbe-Italic, cbe, kaufhalle, kaufhalleblech.

    A list of typefaces in alphabetical order, with descriptive comments provided by Reynir Heidberg Stefansson from Iceland: 18th Century Kurrent (Kurrent-style handwriting, Wiegel-coded), Alfabilder (Alphabetic picture font for the German alphabet), Amptmann Script (Partly-connected, upright writing, used on Prussian Railways pattern drawings), ApolloASM (Jugendstil, vaguely resembling an ornate Bocklin), Avocado (Handwriting, broad-nib pen-style), Berlin Email (Narrow sans-serif, based on emailled signage; Wiegel-coded), Berlin Email Serif (Narrow serif, based on emailled signage; Wiegel-coded), Beroga (All-minuscule, rounded marker-style sans-serif with ca. 8° slope), Berthold Mainzer Fraktur (Fraktur in Wiegel (Regular only) and UNZ1(A) coding), Blankenburg (Semicondensed Tannenberg in Wiegel (Regular only) and UNZ1(A) coding), Casa Sans (Squarish, broad-nib pen-style block writing), CatShop (Serif, soft of an acid-washed didone), cbe Normal (Sans-serif, narrow, somewhat cuneiform), Centre Claws (Sans-serif, Art Deco display, a bit like Broadway), Cöntgen Kanzlei (Cöntgen Kanzley) (Fraktur-based calligraphy by Heinrich Hugo Cöntgen, Wiegel coding), DiffiKult (Sans-serif, display, no horizontal lines), DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 (The now-withdrawn Wide version of DIN 1451 traffic font), Discipuli Britannica (UK school handwriting), Doergon (Slab-serif, narrow-ish, all majuscule), CAT Eckmann, Elabris (Elbaris) (Sans-serif, caps/smallcaps, shades of DIN1451 Engschrift), Elb-Tunnel (Sans-serif, based on signage in the old Elbe tunnel in Hamburg), Elbic Caslon (Elfic Caslon, Elfic Caslin) (a Caslon for the Queen Galadriel), Erika Type (Erica Type) (Slab-serif, typewriter, comes from Wiegel's old Erika typewriter), Eureka (Serif, caps/smallcaps, Art Deco/Jugendstil), Fibel Nord (2009, sans-serif, based on German school primer), Fibel Sued (2009, sans-serif, based on German school primer), Fibel Vienna (Sans-serif, based on Austrian school primer), Fundamental Brigade (Sans-serif, geometric, some UNZ1 ligatures), Göschen Fraktur (Goeschen Fraktur) (Fraktur with a biblical feel, Wiegel (Rg only) and UNZ1 coding), Gondrini (Gondrin) (Sans-serif, geometric, display, shaded outlines, cookie-cutter), Greifswalder Deutsche Schrift (Handwriting, based on Rudolf Koch's Offenbacher Kurrent, Wiegel coding), Greifswalder Tengwar (Tengwar handwriting in Offenbach style), Gruenewald VA (Latin-style schoolhand, Wiegel coding), H1N1 (Heavy display typeface made of parallel wavetrains), Hardman (Heavy, wide, squarish logotype with connecting letters), Helvetia Verbundene (Swiss handwriting), Immermann (Display, resembles a seriffed Radio/Rundfunk, UNZ1 coding), Kaufhalle (Display, recreation of HO Kaufhalle logotype), Koch Fette Deutsche Schrift (Very plain fraktur, Wiegel (Rg only) and UNZ1 coding), Leipzig Fraktur (Fraktur for bread text, Wiegel coding), Leipzig Fraktur UNZ1A (Fraktur for bread text), Luxembourg 1910 (Sans-serif, Jugendstil display typeface from old spice drawers), Maass Slicer (Maassslicer) (Sans-serif, oblique display face, orig. logotype), Makushka (Sort-of an Elabris with minuscules, looks overlayable), Men Nefer (Slab-serif, geometric, UNZ1 coding), Midroba (Spur-serif, display, all-majuscule, heavy, octal), MMX2010 (Sans-serif, display, caps/smallcaps, TV game machine feel), Moderne Schwabacher (Heavily reworked, Wiegel coding), Moderne Fette Schwabacher UNZ1A (Heavily reworked, Wiegel coding), Möbius (moebius) (Sans-serif, display, bicolour (u/c = non-spacing fills, l/c = spacing outlines)), Morado (Connected handwriting with nib or marker pen), Murrx (Heavy display typeface made from ellipsoids on NE-SW axis), Mutter Krause (Serif, slanting, Jugendstil-feel), CAT Neuzeit and CAT Neuzeit Schatten (2012-2014), Nathan (Slab-serif, hand-drawn.), Nomatais (Nomitais) (Elabris with multiple levels of outlines), Numukki (Conlang, knotted-line, good for separators and scenebreaks), Powerweld (Sans-serif, Bauhaus style, all-minuscule), Präsent 60 (PI font with various East German logos), Preussische IV 44 (PreussischeIV44Ausgabe3) (Repro of Prussian Railways pattern type IV 44 version 3), Preussische VI 9 (Repro of Prussian Railways pattern type VI 9 version 2), Proletarsk (Sans-serif, monoline, doubled-up questionmark), Quast (Brush type, all-majuscule, very rough outline), Quimbie (Sans-serif, all-majuscule, resembles Amelia), Quirkus (Sans-serif), Ring Matrix (LED matrix with ring LEDs, solid LEDs and ring LEDs with shadow), Rostock Kaligraph (Very round calligraphy, resembles rotunda), Rotunda Pommerania (Rotunda style, Wiegel-code (Regular only) or UNZ1-coded), Rudelskopf deutsch (Sans-serif, based on Kurrent-style letterforms), Schwaben Alt (Schwabacher in Wiegel- (Rg only) or UNZ1-coding.), Stage (Sans-serif, narrow, Art Deco, fleeting taste of Broadway), Strassburg Fraktur (Handwritten fraktur, ornate majuscules, Wiegel-coding), Tank (PI font with (gas/petrol) tank station logos), TengwarOptime (Optima for Tengwar), TGL 0-16/0-17 (East German versions of DIN 16 and DIN 17 blueprint types), TGL 31034-1, TGL 31034-2 (East German versions of DIN 6776 / DIN EN ISO 3098 blueprint types), Utusi Star (Sans-serif, slight resemblance with Rundfunk), Varieté (Sans-serif, all-majuscule or caps/smallcaps), Vis-A-Vis (Serif, all-majuscule, split in middle), Volk Redis (Kurrent handwriting, anno 1930-1941), VrÃ¥ngö (LED matrix type like Ring Matrix), Waschküche (Serif, resembles Antykwa Torunska), Wiegel Kurrent (Kurrent-style handwriting), Wiegel Latein (Latin-style handwriting), Wolgast Script (Sloppy-looking handwriting with a broad-nib pen), Wolgast Two (Latin/Cyrillic handwriting), XAyax (Serif, Jugendstil, narrow, all-majuscule), Yiggivoo Unicode (Sans-serif, wide, tall x, board game packaging feel), Youbilee (PI font with various jubilee laurels), Verkehrszeichen (Zeichen) (PI fonts with traffic signs (in layers)), Verkehrszeichen alt (Zeichen Alt) (PI fonts with old traffic signs (in layers)).

    Abstract Fonts link. Dafont link. Kernest link. Klingspor link. CAT Fonts link. Fontesk link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Catapult

    Catapult is the graphic design studio of Anton De Haan and Philippe Pelsmaekers in Antwerp. Other people involved in Catapult include Karen Van Puymbroeck, Tom Vanwelkenhuyzen, Omar Chafai and Luk Mestdagh. For the house style of Zonienwoud, they designed Son Grotesque and Son Grotesque Stencil in 2010. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Catarina Novais

    During her studies at School of Arts and Design, Porto, Portugal-based Catarina Novais designed the avant garde stencil font Revencil (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Catia Fernandes

    Tondela, Portugal-based designer of the mini-stenciled typeface Ao Tomdela (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cayley Creekmore

    American designer of the stencil typeface Identity Theft (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cayo Navarro

    Peruvian graphic and web designer. At FontStruct, he created a number of pixel fonts in 2009, such as gridnPix75 (+Light, +nLite), OCR-APix6, cayoPix45, ScrptPix5, sCapsPix4, SerifPix6, moSpPix57, ClassPix5, MicriPix4, CorpoPix5, and BminiPix5. Other fonts there include Proton Type (2009), the geometric pxlNotSqr (2009) and the sturdy headline typefaces Woznian (2009, inspired by bitmap fonts like Chicago and Charcoal) and Gizmatik (2009), his best font. In 2009, he added NuevoSolStile (in the Eurostile/Microgramma mold), MacroBold (ultra-fat), Steam Punker, Funkadeliai, Monocodigo, FS Mini, FS Remix (horizontally striped), BlackSQRda (blackletter), Fontscript, Scanografia (vertical striping of letters), Stencikal, Bloxed (white on black), BlackSQRda, NSS Unicase (unicase), NuevoSolStile (unicase). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    CBRText Studio
    [Muhammad Khoirul Amal]

    Kudus, Indonesia-based designer, b. 2000, of the script typeface Dapka (2019), the condensed sans family Engula (2019), the thin upright script typeface Quesky (2019) and the sports stencil font Debrosee (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Gillebra (script), Rakeboom, Sahur Bosku (a monoline script), Sweety Meilita, Beskill, Hambu Radul, Febyetska, Arlista (script), Bordershine Script, Bordershine (a monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2021: South Roman (an upright and loopy signature script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    C.C. Marshall
    [Active Depth]

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    Cécile Wu

    During her studies in Toulouse, France, Cécile Wu created the hexagonal typeface Symmetry Type (2014), the stencil typeface Symétrie (2013) and the origami typeface Origamis (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Céline Ibanez

    Parisian designer of the rounded circular stencil typeface Neon (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cecilia Redondo-Zaratiegui

    Graphic Communication student at Bath Spa University. Designer of Cross Stitch (2013, a stitching typeface), Stencil (2012) and Sierra (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Celia Losa

    FontStructor who made the stencil typeface Solatype (2011) while studying with Jorge Marques at the Instituto Politecnico do Cávado e do Ave in Portugal. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Celine Bosheh

    During her graphic design studies at the American University Of Madaba, Celine Bosheh, who is based in Amman, Jordan, created the stencil display typeface Ishtar (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Celine Chenu

    Designer of the free font Trocchou (2014, OFL) during a course at ERG in Brussels. This typeface is a stencil version of Vernon Adams's Trocchi (2012). In 2015, she created Medulla, a modification of Didot Elder. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cem Basak

    Designer of the techno stencil typeface Buzpark (2005). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cercurius (was: Lars Törnqvist Typografi)
    [Lars Törnqvist]

    Born in Karlstad, Sweden, in 1952, Lars Törnqvist now lives in Stockholm. Lars Törnqvist's designed many typefaces, first at Lars Törnqvist Typografi, and then at Cercurius:

    • Dialekt Svi: a series of three phonetic fonts for Swedish dialects.
    • Dialekt Uni (2001): a huge Unicode phonetic font that includes the West European characters, the characters and diacritics of the Swedish dialect alphabet and most of the IPA characters.
    • Fitzronald (2013). Based on Ronaldson Old Style (Alexander Kay, 1884).
    • Hnias (2004): a unicode runic font.
    • Remington Reseskrivmaskin (2000): a typewriter font.
    • DecCode (2000) and HexCode (2000): numerical fonts.
    • Pitmanita, a font containing the characters of Sir James Pitman's Initial Teaching Alphabet. This alphabet was used in many English schools in the 1960s.
    • Morsealfabetet, a Morse-Code font.
    • Korsstygn 1, a cross-stitch font.
    • Tant Brita (2006), Tant Ingrid (2006), Tant Ulla (2006), Tant Gertrud (2006), Tant Lilian (2006): stitching typefaces.
    • Knappast (2006), Knappolog (2013), Endast (2006), Emedan (2006): letters in circles or rounded rectangles.
    • Karolinus Fraktur (2006): A slightly regularized digital version of a late Baroque Fraktur type, probably from the beginning of the 18th century, issued by the Norstedts type foundry in Stockholm in 56 point size as Sju petit fraktur nr 2.
    • Simpliciter Sans (2006), a rounded sans family in three styles, based on the standard round-pen ink lettering used on technical drawings in the middle of the 20th century.
    • Huruvida (2006). Varvid and Varvid Caps (2006, a bilined tubular caps stencil face).
    • Vibertus (2007): a didone headline typeface based on Gras Vibert (1840, Vibert, for the Didot type foundry).
    • Yxlofon (2015). a dot matrix display typeface.

    And a jump list for Fraktur fonts. MyFonts link to his foundry, Lars Törnqvist Typografi.

    View Lars Törnqvist's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cesc Aldabó
    [Cesc Design (was: Ceskus Disseny)]

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    Cesc Design (was: Ceskus Disseny)
    [Cesc Aldabó]

    Cesc (Francesc) Aldabó (Ceskus Disseny) is based in Sant Cugat des Valles and/or Terrassa, Spain. Studio Ceskus Disseny created Climb (2011, a decorative typeface), Dingbat Space Invaders (2013, FontStruct: a pixel font inspired by the 1978 video game by Taito Corporation), Letterplayground (a space and alphabets created by Nate Williams), and Grafftastics (2013, a graffiti font used for a festival in Sabadell). In 2014, they made the decorative typeface Climb.

    In 2014, Aldabó made Climb Font (based on climbing gear), Tipoencuentro (poster face), Typoasi (modular), 15M Typestencil, and I Love Climbing.

    Typefaces from 2017: Walls Talk.

    Behance link. FontStruct link. Creative Market link. Older Behance link. Newest Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cesk Design (was: C32K Design)

    Graphic designer in Barcelona who designed these typefaces in 2016: Oasi, TypeStencil, Climb (dingbats). In 2017, C32K created the pixacao graffiti-inspired typeface Grafftastics Sabadell. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chairul Ashar
    [Hiro (or: ashar1802)]

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    Chamichaze

    Designer in 2008 at FontStruct of Lala (pixelish script), Sunday (great vertical-stripe stencil), Radiotic (rounded), Blabla (experimental). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Characters (or: Character Type)
    [René Verkaart]

    René Verkaart (Maastricht, The Netherlands, b. 1970) established Characters in 2004. He also has an office in Düsseldorf, Germany. His type designs:

    • Accelerator. A techno / Startrek typeface solds via T-26.
    • Ballet Mechanique (2006). A custom-designed unicase font for musician Jeroen Borrenbergs, aka Ballet Mechanique.
    • Corporaet (2019). A 5-style humanistic sans intended for corporate branding.
    • Cucaracha (2005, Volcano Type). It includes Cucaracha Icons. A typeface commissioned by Boris Kahl for Kahl's Bastard Project.
    • Encrypted Wallpaper (2006) is a playful squarish typeface for creating textual wallpapers and decorations. Free at MyFonts.
    • Insider (2004). A custom sans face done for Insider Consulting in Duesseldorf, German. It became retail in 2011, and is sold as a warm grotesque family.
    • Insignety. a fashion stencil typeface for Amsterdam-based jeweler Insignety.
    • Jekyll, a sans typeface René describes as follows: CFF Jekyll Pro is a schizophrenic grotesk typeface with an edge. Its bright side is a versatile corporate font with an unexpected twist. Its dark side is awakened by creepy OpenType features, ligatures, swashes, and alternate glyphs, making it mutate into the evil Mr. Type.
    • Kris (2014). A vampire script or haunted house typeface co-designed with Corrie Smetsers.
    • Maastricht Sport. A suite of retail & customized fonts for Maastricht Municipality's Sports department. Based on Insider.
    • Maestricht. A highly personal script font, custom made from the handwriting of Maastricht-based film producer Jean-Paul Toonen, dating back to 1992. His handwriting is very dynamic, artistic and a tasteful blend between roman and italic style.
    • Motorman. A hand lettered logo font for the electric Meijs Motorman moped. This typeface was commissioned by design agency Stoere Binken Design.
    • Nantua (2003), Nantua Flava XL (2003, a futuristic display typeface originally sold through Union Fonts). In 2011, the octagonal typeface Nantua was offered for free download at Dafont.
    • Nordic Narrow is a clean, stylistic font with a Scandinavian touch. For an early development of the Nordic series, see Nordic A (2003, sans, sold through Fountain). Nordic Narrow Pro was published in 2014.
    • Plan (2005). A corporate typeface made for Plan A Ontwerp, a graphic design studio based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, based on sketches by Frank Vogt.
    • Porta. a modular monoline unicase typeface.
    • Reethi Rah (2006). A great text typeface for editorial use, named after a resort on The Maldives.
    • Savant (2012). A free informal face.
    • ShellShock (2005). A military stencil typeface.
    • SidB. An educational typeface commissioned by Noordhoff Publishers. SidB stands for Schrijven in de Basisschool (writing in elementary school) and is an independent method to teach kids elementary school writing. Not for sale. René also designed another eductaional font, Plantijn Schrift.
    • Siventi Logo Wide (2005). A Startrek face. Verkaart writes: This custom font was created from the Siventi Products BV logo, which was part of a Brand Identity concept done by Stoere Binken Design (SBD). The concept behind the handlettered Siventi logo was a playful concept, a colorful corporate identity that would change appearance like a chameleon to fit its purpose. Fresh and friendly on poppy plastic products, serious and distinguished on office desk materials.
    • Vagebond (2003) is a monoline elliptical geometric font that is inspired by 60s television design.
    • Other fonts designed by René Verkaart include BorVer, Bionix, FatBoy One, Freaky Animals, Kryptonite (1998), Porta, SBD Block (a corporate typeface for his own design studio, Stoere Binken Design).

    He co-founded Stoere Binken Design. Blog. Klingspor link. Behance link. Dafont link. I Love Typography link. Volcano Type link. Fountain Type link.

    View René Verkaart's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Charice Xi
    [CX Graphics]

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    Charles Leroux
    [Grype]

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    Charles Lim Yi Yong

    Creator of the iFontMaker font Makanmachine (2010, hand-printed and slightly stenciled). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Charles Lingerfelt

    Tulsa, OK-based designer of the stencil typeface Somnia (2018) and the free typeface Grandpa's Letters (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Charles Pailler

    French type designer who started out as Hayloft". At the open source type foundry Velvetyne in Paris, he published Hemingway (2015, a compass and anchor-themed display typeface named after Ernest Hemingway in reference to The Old Man and the Sea), Kurtz (2014, rounded stencil typeface) and Boeticher (2014, rounded spurred Tuscan typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret

    Aka Le Corbusier. Swiss architect, designer, urban planner, sculptor, writer, modern furniture designer, and painter. Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in 1887, he died in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, in 1965. His lettering inspired the Letraset rubdown dry transfer typeface Charrette. He also inspired many digital fonts:

    • Jeanneret NF (2011): a stencil typeface by Nick Curtis.
    • Le Corbusier: a stencil typeface by Philippe Desarzens at Lineto.
    • Modular Stencil (1994): a stencil typeface by Gregory La Vardera.
    • LeCorbusier (great stencil font, 1999), Le Corbusier Condensed (1999): a stencil typeface by Nico Schweizer at Lineto.
    • In 2013, Henry Valerian created a typeface that is based on the blocky construction of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille.
    • Villa Savoye (1929-1931) inspired Nicolas Jover to create the compass-and-ruler typeface Savoye Sans in 2013.
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    Charlie S. Romeo

    Belgian (?) designer of the free face Lame Bee (2010) and the free face Wild Cat Stencil (2011), a typeface based on a custom font for Puma lettering.

    Real Dozy Tracy (2012) is a free look-alike of the Real Madrid 2012-2013 season font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Charlie Witham-Kozma

    UK-based creator of the Rebirth family (2011), which includes a stencil and many octagonal typefaces. That type family was inspired by Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Charlotte Beaufils
    [Ettolrak]

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    Charlotte Cannon

    American designer of the semi-stencil typeface Interlace (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Charyse Goodlow

    American designer of the wavy stencil typeface Kinect (2018) and the industrial typeface Wee Woo (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chase Babb

    Californian designer (b. 1993) with a great motto: No I won't design something just for you. If I make it, it has to be publicly available.

    Creator of Liquid Crystal (2012, the ultimate LCD typeface family), Linkin Park (2012), Unbound Pro (2012, a free industrial stencil typeface), Adele, a monoline avant garde sans headline face, modeled after the cover of the CD album Adele 21 by singer and song writer Adele. Couture Bold (2012, free font) is a solid thick sans all caps typeface based on the Chanel logo.

    Open Font Library link. Home page. Devian tart link. Aka styrofoamballs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chelsea Weaver

    In 2016, during her studies at Lycée Jeanne d'Arc in Rouen, France, Chelsea Weaver published Neue Zapf Schabalone, which is a stencil typeface based on Zapf Chancery. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chelsea Weaver

    Chelsea Weaver (Portland, OR and before that, Camarillo, CA) studied graphic design at California State University Channel Islands. She designed Newspaper (2012, an experimental typeface) and Piri Piri (2013, a curvy display typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chequered Ink
    [Allison James]

    Chequered Ink (est. 2015) is a two-man design studio consisting of Daniel Johnston (b. 1993) and Allison James (b. 1991; Allison is a reincarnation of Andrew McCluskey). Their business is based in Bath, England but they currently reside in Newport, Wales. Before 2015, Andrew McCluskey operated as NAL Games. That font collection was merged with Chequered Ink. As of early 2019, they designed 912 fonts, virtually all downloadable at Fontspace. For detailed attributions, we have:

    Typefaces from 2015, mostly made with FontStruct: Heartbeat Synchronicity, Sawchain, Man Flu, Ace Adventure, Disco Nectar, Hex Girlfriend, Future Now, Lycra, Rygarde (pixel font), Empire Straight (avant garde caps), Kitty Katastrophe, Gang Wolfik Craze, O.K.Retro, Xxrdcore, the blocky sans serif Horticulture, the modular angular Heartbreaker, Ninja Thing, Fort Brewith, Urgently, Baxter's Slab (heavy octagonal style), Lady Radical (pixel font), Provisionary, Quickfyr, Vermin Vore, Even Stevens.

    Typefaces from 2016: Sportscream, Assvssin, Brandsom (ransom note font), BromineCocktail, DestinationMercury, Eviscera, Halloween*Heresy, IReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLikeFonts, Viadukt, Yetimology, Indocorno, Overdose Sunrise (dry brush), Happy Talk, Camaraderie, Death Hector (sci-fi), Scones And Crossbows, Casual Softcore, Notepads & Roleplay, Order in Chaos, Stencil of Destiny, ViceVersus, Magenta Flow, Prick Habit, Go Faster, BlackboardRovers, Caperput, Chavelite, Lovecraftimus, RawhideRaw2016, SmackLaidethDown2016, SmackLaidethDown2016Oblique, Pelode, The Nineties Called They Want Their Font Back, You Can't Kill Old School, Thoroughbred, Card Shark, Sheeping Dogs, Zen Monolith, The Joy Facade, Cerulean Nights, Pounds of Violence, Altered Quest (octagonal), Thrash Decision (dripping paint font), Afroed Dizzy Yak (handcrafted style), Circulus (octagonal style), 53 Dollars and 92 Cents, Endless Boss Battle (pixel font), Guest Circus Paradiso, Niagaraphobia (sans), Noseblood (squarish italic), Shake Your Plums, The Light Brigade (trekkie font), Beautiful Heartbeat (handcrafted), Poisoned Paradigm (dripping paint font), Development Hell (modular), Energetic Star (stencil), Men Down (display or poster type), Apple Korea (Hangul emulation typeface), Zdyk Capricorn, CQ Mono (a rounded monoline monospaced sans programming font), Pyrsing, Executionist, Mono a Mano (pixel typeface), Toxico, Swiggity (hexagonal), Mono a Mano (pixel font), Dissolved Exchange, Thundercover, Hors d'oeuvres The Garter, Distortion Dos Digital, Acetate, Arcapulse, ChelseaSmile, Headshots, Here&NotFound, IregulaTo, Japers, MidnightsontheShore, RallyBlade, Sothin (a great ultra-condensed squarish typeface), VerminVibes4Helium, 6Cells, DistortionDosAnalogue, SpotMonkey, Summoners, UnderwearProtest (Piano key style), VerminVibes4, Shapeshifters, Puerto Magnifico (Mexican party style font), Zdyk Gemini (intergalactic font), Bones To Your Generic Script Font, Breathe Fire (medieval style), Escalatio (hipster style), Pocket Monka (beatnik style), Jack Frost, Hiruleon, Cfour, CrystalCathedral, DigitalDust (LED font), DotLirium, Griefmachine, KillerCollege, OfMaidsandMen (oriental emulation typeface), Red Dragons, Grimeplex, Iron Amore, Twizzled, ZedSaid, Vermin Vibes, Major League Duty (military stencil), Moist (dripping paint font), Wondertribute, Of the Blue Colour of her Eyes, Anastasia (script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Technoma (rounded sans), Gothiqua, Tune Up De Ting, Diary of an 8-bit mage, Night Machine, The Wastes of Space, Nuernberg Messe, Torque Sense, Crevice Stencil, Glitch Slop, Balloonatic, Typist's Pseudonym, Flob Out A Bork, Tumbling Down (grungy), Onomber, Have a Banana (angular style), Not The Far East (oriental simulation font), Electric Shocker, Lady Radical 2 (pixel), AmidVerrion, Basilisk, Beillingsday, Butcher the Baker (a gory brush), CQ-Full-Stretch, Chillit, Diagon, Durmstrong, Embryonoid, Gravedigger, Gridget (gridded), Gridlocked, Hannover-Messe-Sans, Hannover-Messe-Serif (pixel), Ineptic, I Shot the Serif, JesusFrank, Messe Muenchen (slab serif), Ode-to-Idle-Gaming, Punishment (grungy stencil), Rumutocu (squarish), Slitter, Slim Stradiva, Supercarver, Technoma, VitruvianMan, VoiceInMyHead, Riemann Theatre (art deco), The Messenger, Revengeance, Pimlico, North to South, Qui Finn, Oganesson, Xmas Sweater Stitch, Tinsel Christmas, Inky Thin Pixels, Saint Knick Knack, Cookie Cutter Culture, Talking Baseball, Balls of Bastille, Vegan Abattoir, Oxen Crossbow, Thumbs Down, Enter the Harbinger, Im Not Like Most Fonts, We Used To Be Friends, Trendgetter, Strings Theory, Carnival trash, The Life of Flight, Sci Auralieph (rounded sci-fi style), Foreplayer, Pixel or GTFO, Block Stock, Unability, Swore Games (military stencil), Clintwood (Western, spurred), Floral Compass, Skull and Void, Weymouth Ribbon (7 pixel font), Four Mad Dogs, Blaize, Chisholm Heliport, ConfettiWestern, EdgyMarker, Ganymedian, Klein Bottle, LeipzigerMesse, LifeInTheFastLane, Messe-Duesseldorf, MilestoneOutline, Oilrig, QueenofClubs, Peking Assignment, Racetrack-Stencil (trilined typeface), RodentRage, Spoopy Ghost Pixels, SquareRaising, Whisperer, ZdykLibra, Equalize (sci-fi), Helicopta (sci-fi), Saveloy, Hangar Nine, Robo Arriba (a font with Mexican-patterned texture), Clutching Toth, Freestyling Centipede, Idiot Stax, Lorra Lorra Dates (an image font simulated on FontStruct), Rampant, Typingrad (constructivist), Lovesauce (squarish), Scaremonger, Happy Accidents, Aztechno (Mexican Aztec culture emulation typeface), BeastofRage, ComicKhazi, DaisyRoots, DogRough (ink splatter font), Drowsy, FrankfurtMesse-Serif, FrankfurtMesse-Wide, FrontPageSupplement, HipsterHandGrenade, MerrimentHelicopter, OffspringRemorse, PlacktheHanet, RevolutionWillBeHypnotised, SomersetBarnyard, Almond Rocks, Gridking, Rollcage (circle-themed sans), Satire, Some Kinda Madness, Blackletter Buffoonery, Toe the Lineless, Merriment Helicopter, Revolution Will Be Hypnotised, Long Haired Freaky People, Sui Coward, Pirates of Cydonia, Old School Adventures (pixel style), Mersey Cowboy, Disco Everyday Value, Koln Messe-Deutz, Stress Genesis, Vermin Vibesy, Madness Hyperactive, Nebulous Content, Toe The Line, Chunky Felt, Madness Hyperactive, Member Kinglify, Bristol and Bath, Dirty Princess, Modern Bohemian, Chocolate Cavalcade, Capital Clickbait, Frogotype, Ipscrik, Front Page Supplement, Sex Drugs and Fidget Spinners, Pickle Pushing, Thickedy Grunge (crayon font), Knockout Grunge, League of Extraordinary Justice, Thickedy Quick, Avenged for Yourself, Zoon Hoot, Ambidextrose, Thinly Handled, Sketchit Means Sketchit, Return of the Grid, Fierce Brosnan, Chubby Thumbs, Pseudonumb, West End Knights, Cybercrime 2004, Reflecques, Death Knell, Fake News, Zealousy, Aquamarina (rounded sans), Amateur Camcorder, Mighty Squidge, Track & Shield (multilined), Wander Z, Gardenfreude, The Wild Breath of Zelda, Effective Power, Techno Agony, LED Specimen (textured), Projectionist, Splinter Wonderland, Shiny Eyes, Uncopyrightable, Hallowed Grad, Peace and Equality, Steriliser (heavy sans), Electro Shackle, Castforce (titling sans), Butterfly Reflect.

    Typefaces from 2018: January Fair, Scared of the Unknown, Teddy Bears, Wicked Jumps, Enter The Grid 2, Chump Change, Take Me Out, Breathe Fire II, Toon Around, Tabloid Scuzzball, The Jjester, Play Pretend, A Friend In Deed, Girlesque, Bumblebear, Joyful Theatre, Snow Deep, Car Lock, Digital Display (an LED font), Game Played, Seldom Scene, The Shape Of Things, Candy Beans, Internal Rainbows, Pride Thusly, Armwarmer, Futuristic Armour, Refresher (dry brush), Brick Shapers, Frostbite Boss, Armed and Traitorous (a rough-edged stencil typeface), Ambystoma Mexixana, The Slug and Lion, Gourmet Hearth, Virtu, Star Doors, Winter Spice Cake, Canvas Bags, Shocking Headline, Tiny Islanders (pixel font), Yumi, Nobody Talks, Finished Sympathy (white on black), One Slice, Somerton Dense, Sunday Afternoon, Close & Open, Another Flight, Kuiper Belt, Platonica, Smoother, Ladders, Cold Warm, Name Smile, Shepherdy, Friend Head, Kevlar Underwear, Scrambled Tofu, Dillydallier, Joy Kim, Office Square, You've Gotta Point, District Four, Scare Arms (grunge), 22 September, Alimony, Xmas Fairy Lights, Segreteria, Leg Hug, Coded Message, Madeleina Sans, Trample Over Beauty, Emerald Grey, Fine Allie, Bottled It, Glee Finder, Pill Anthropic, Achtung! Polizei, Say the Words, Outcome, First In Line, Brain Wants, Green Strand, Die Grinsekatze, Eight Bit Dragon (a pixel typeface), KreepTown, Loudhailer, Progesterone, Insomniax, Quick Fuse, Rowdy Space Pirates, Oestrogen, Whisper Quiet, Zosilla, Construction Lines, Construction Lines, Juxtaposer, Tommi, Under The Weather, Xero's Punishment, Betryal of Mind, Rustic Love Tattoo, Younger Love (heavy octagonal typeface), Gossamer Girls (a pixel font), Dispence, Time Won, Blessings of Babylon, Requires Moonshine, Stroud, Hot Bleb, Nightmare Codehack, Manilla Cellos, Teeny Tiny Pixls, Ava Meridian, Wonders of the Orient, Float The Boat, Cute Zealand, Super Renewables, Lean Foreword, Mister Fisher, Love Nature, Exposure Salary, A Goblin Appears (pixel type), Project H, There Must Be, Charlestoning, Sportsquake, Violet Wasteland (dry brush), Clubbed to Life (sans), Moonwalk Miss, Best Tease, Reach The End (art deco), Slalom, A Grazing Mace, Boomer Tantrum, Disarmer (military stencil), Hell Underwater, Carnival Centenary (Tuscan), Mahalo Brother, Glue Gun, Tyrannothesaurus, Casanova Scotia, Fatherland Faker, Daughter Of A Glitch, Sparkles, Europhonic, Betelgeuze, Goregeous, Supermarketed, All The Way To The Sun, Russia Five, Soccer Scoreboard, Cinqcent, Megan June, Big Old Boldy, 501, Earthshattering, Sheeping Cats, Thousandyard, Closet Dwellers, Clicky Bricks, Painter Decorator, The 27 Club, Adventure ReQuest, Miamagon, Nineteen Ninety Seven, Vermin Verile, Great Attraction, Great Attraction, Zirconia, Oh Beehive (hexagonal), Gofuyo (experimental geometric sans), Wideboy, Im Spiegelland, Battenberg and Custard, Bugfast, Robotic Harlequin, Scouser Ste, Blend Her, Ancient Venusian, Sivereign State (constructivist), Daily Mix 3, Brushstroke Horror, Hellgrazer, Corporation Games (sci-fi), Pride Cometh (dry brush), Squirk (stone cut), Mecklabecka (octagonal), Nineteen Ninety Three (pixel), Dominian (octagonal), Perfectly Together, Super Comic, Nrvsbrkdwn, Bottom Brazil, Don't Delay Act Now, Nu Home, Just My Type, techno at Dusk, Starbirl, Hate Agent, Fool's errand, Bullet Rain, Orchestra of Strings, One Pill Makes You Larger, Interlewd, Fandomonium, Ball Bearing, Jamboree, Hot Thin Roof, No Added Sugar, X Termination, Real Fun Time, Der Neue Spargel, Nineteen Eight Seven (pixel), Bittypix Countdown, Nineteen Ninety Six, Fasterisq, Peekavous, Modest Felt, Im Wunderland, Megarok, Sunk Foal Brother, Skydiver, Chasing Rabbits, Background Noise, Viridian College, Sacred Hertz, Sawyers Whitewash, Brittle, Cupcake Smiles, Machine Gunk, Dubspikes, Onslaughter, Eyes Wide Suicide, Boatycabiners, All Square Now (pixel), Hawking Bowen (octagonal), Style Thief, Tagon (octagonal), Withheld Data (LED font), Dubstep Blackletter, Pixabubble, Hopelelessly in Lurve, Springtime Daydream, Techno Til Dawn, Fluid Lighter, Rush Rush (stencil), Incompetent Landlord, Danger on the Motorway (dot matrix), Hippopotamus Apocalypse (hexagonal), Homunculus, Bittypix Monospace (pixel font), Unicorn Scribbles, Rockout, Truly Madly Dpad, Tincture, Virtual Pet Sans (dot matrix font), How Are You Today (ultra-condensed), Juicebox, Chemical Superior, Organic Teabags, Broadsheet Bubble, Document Two, Slope Opera, Blockbrokers, Off The Haze, Gang Wolfik, Gnorts Mr A, Radiator Falls, Take Me On, Cyberspace Raceway, Rocket Rinder, May We, The Citadels, Life Is Okay, Astrolab, Simple Stitch, Feeding A Moment, Gooseberry Juice, Namso, Rabbit Fire, Texas Drop, Short Xurkit, Maiden Crimes, Hysterix, Introducing Pretentiousness, Lullaby Weight, Slumbers Weight, Vampires, Veal Nerve (a neurotic typeface), Be Kind To Earth, Aardvark Sk8, Ancient Modern Tales (blackletter), Spider Talent (Halloween font), Pooch Doo, Plan G, Rhapsodies (art deco), Lab Pulsar (sci-fi), Hamburg Messe (blackletter), Xide, Scrawling Pad, Bun Ting, Speedeasy, Itty Bity Notebook.

    Typefaces from 2019: Hindsight 2020, Provicali, Go Everywhere, Smack Laideth Down 2019, China Fad, Monster Twenty, Into Deep (sci-fi), Mandatory Plaything, Galaxy Girl, San Marino Beach (a shadowed font), Acorn Caravan (a rounded sans stencil), Hairy Beard, Phonograph, Sterelict (futuristic), Egosurf, Bankruptcy, Wayfarer's Toy Box (a pixel font), Fox Cavalier, Heartisan, Modular Amplitude (heavy octagonal, Dolphin with a Massive Shotgun (a glitch font), Jasmine Laslo, Earth Spirit, Nemesis Grant, Daily Mix 4 (an all caps blackboard bold typeface), Uplifting, Ministry of Moron (a heavy sans), Extinction Event, Cut Deep, Q For The Memories, Wozcott, Super Legend Boy (pixelish), Chopsic, Lesotho Beach (octagonal), Illiead, Ten Pin, Isite, Motorstrike, Hwyl Fawr Hello, Undersided, Shut Up and Love Me (shaky letters), Terminal Day, I Am A Designer, Born to Grille (a semi-stencil), Amuse-Bouche, Die Frau, Err Hostess (octagonal), Cthulhu's Calling, Fresh Eaters, Gamma Orionis, Greatsby Gat, Hands Oversaturation (sans), Joy Multiplication, Kotoba, Midnight Champion (an extra tall sans), She Smiles, Read Wharf, Ohno (poster sans), Prodigy Forever (a blood and paint splatter font), Questrian 2 (sans), Nau Sea (squarish), The Macabre, Long Fox, Roll Accurate (stencil), Princess Saves You (pixel font), Clone Machine, Cyberpunk Sealion, Misery Garment, Klimaschutz, Space Obsessed, Serpentire, Squidgy Sweets (fat rounded sans), Yokelvision (fat letters), Coral Colour, None Away From The Moon (counterless), Squidgy Sweets, Yokelvision, Coral Colour, None Away from the Moon, Robot Roc, Figure Things, Gaeilge Kids, FoughtKnight Haymaker, Medical Shape, Revenant (octagonal), Pinch My Ride, Dire Gramme, Assembled from Scratch, Premier 2019 (squarish).

    Typefaces from 2020: Hardigan (a titling sans), Petrichor Sublimey, Bardolatry, Star Trebek, Fast Hand (sci-fi), Bonk Robbers, Neuterous, Demoness, Lucid Streams (sci-fi), Fosterama (an elliptical sans), Woman, Shock Mint Fund (octagonal), Milletun (an all caps slab serif), Mille, Vudotronic, Elder Head, Dead Revolution, Charge Off, Asleepytiming, Questrian3, SplendidConfusion, XXIX, Septacharge, Dark Seed, Hawkeye, Dustfine, We Are Survivors, Be A St, Computo Monospace, Dealer Strikes, Zdyk Virgo, Bathrind, Honk, Revamped, Clease Plap, Zdyk Cancer, Cyberway Riders, Memorial Lane, Doubleplus, Ominus (italic), Army Buster (stencil), Tudor Victors (a grungy stencil), Romantic Chemicals, Migraine Machine, Warhead (constructivist), X-Heighting.

    Dafont link. Creative Market link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chester Jenkins
    [Constellation]

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    Cheyenne Haytham

    At the German University in Cairo, Cheyenne Haytham designed the sans+stencil typeface George Jung (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Chicken
    [Tim Barnes]

    British outfit located in London. MyFonts sells the double-stroked and African-themed comic book style family Picklepie (2008), the curly Galerie Simpson (2011), the playful Message of the Birds (2009), Lemon Flower (2010), No Liming (2009), Out Back (2009) and Pigeonpie (2009), made jointly by Tim Barnes (b. 1967, London) and his six-year old daughter Lydia Barnes (b. 2001, London).

    In 2013, Tim Barnes published the hand-printed caps family Pegasus, Lobo (an interlocking letter typeface), Barb (angular poster face), Ply, and the crazy mixed-glyph typeface Coo Coo I Coo Coo For You Too. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Choz Cunningham
    [Exclamachine Type Foundry]

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    Chris Dickinson
    [More Type]

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    Chris E. Lozos
    [Dezcom Typefaces]

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    Chris James
    [F is for Fonts]

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    Chris Wsrn

    FontStructor whose fonts in 2011 include MIT Black Font (a stencil typeface that is based on the MIT logo). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christelle Debono

    During her studies at ERG in Brussels, Christelle Debono created a free stencil version, Gentius (2014, OFL), of the well-known Gentium typeface (2003-2008, J. Victor Gaultney and Annie Olsen). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christian Küsters
    [ACME Fonts (or: CHK Design)]

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    Christian Laucou-Soulignac

    Or just Christian Laucou, b. 1951, ex-graduate of and professor at Ecole Estienne in Paris. Typographer who worked with lead. He started Les Editions du Fourneau, later renamed Fornax. In 2000, he founded l'Ouvroir de typographie potentielle.

    Designer of Zarbres (2004), a typeface used in the book Nouvelles des arbres, by Gérard Bialestowski. This is a private face, as he explained to Jef Tombeur: Quelques mots sur le Zarbres. Je ne trouvais pas ce qui me plaisait ni en plomb, ni en fonte informatique. Alors je l'ai créé, mais avec un cahier des charges bien précis. Il devait s'approcher du résultat qu'on obtient en gravant dans du bois ou du lino pour s'harmoniser avec les illustrations. Pour cela, il devait être gras, d'un dessin un peu maladroit (taillé à la serpe), quelques lettres hors norme (avec une e bdc à la barre trop oblique, la u bdc un peu onciale, etc.), comme dessiné par un amateur qui ne connaît pas la typo et qui cherche à imiter, à obtenir une hauteur d' assez importante pour réaliser, sans interlignage, des compositions d'un gris très foncé. J'ai fait ainsi un romain, un italique et les deux polices expertes correspondantes (petites capitales et ligatures). Pour l'instant le Zarbres est reste une police exclusive qui ne sort pas de mon ordinateur.

    Author of Histoire de l'écriture typographique: Le XIXe siècle français (2013, with Jacques André). From the blurb: Pour montrer toute la richesse de cette période, les auteurs ont choisi d'en raconter les aventures successives: les Anglais avec l'invention des caractères gras, des égyptiennes et des sans-sérifs; la fonderie Gill?é qui devient celle de Balzac puis de De Berny et qui rejoindra, à l'aube du XXe siècle, celle des Peignot; la saga des Didot, de la rigueur de Firmin à l'extravagance de Jules; l'Imprimerie royale, puis impériale ou nationale, ses caractères orientaux et ceux de labeur, qui perdureront tant qu'il y aura du plomb; Louis Perrin, qui réinvente les elzévirs; les grandes fonderies françaises, qui rivalisent d'invention et de copies, et, enfin, les évolutions techniques de tout le siècle. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christian Munk

    Danish designer (b. 1991), aka CMunk, who used FontStruct to create most of his typefaces. Dafont link.

    In 2008 he designed Flag Semaphore (+Smooth, Peace), Articulate, Font from NATO (military slab serif), Glockenwerk (pixel clock font), Glockenwerk Uhrzeit, Flags-and-NATO (dingbats), Font from NATO alpha, Tall, Flying-Circus (Western showtime typeface to imitate the Monty Python titling font), LCD-display, Simple (stencil font with 700 glyphs), TMNT, Tetris, sharp-pixels, Raster, Quad (nice stencil face), Inverted, Propaganda (Cyrillic font simulation), Empty Monospace, Pride, Stadium, Rounded, Dear God (script pixel face), Celtic Style.

    In 2009, he added 7x12 Pixel Mono, @bcde, Abstract Letter Patterns, Music, Texture, Diagonal, Gothic, Illusio, Unispace (typewriter type), Narrow Serif, Delta, Alien Double (great!), Donut, Flags-and-NATO, Simple-Fraktur-Initial, Simple-Fraktur, Texture, Friendly Serif, (+Soft), Invisible, Sharp, Heavy Diacritics, Concentrium, Continuous Digital Display, Elves, Pixies, Space Movie (+Ligatures), Flag Semaphore (+Smooth, +Peace), Articulate, BBT Biline Twist, Biline Twist, Empty Monospace, Unfix, Infix, Pride, Tyre Stencil (like tire threads---nifty...), and Overlap.

    FontStructions from 2010: Even (gridded), Brilliance, Slalom Vision, Quirky Serif, 7x12PixelMono, Ball Terminator, Gearbox, Prefix, Upside Down, Way Too Small (a minimalist pixel face), Butterfly, Ribbon Gymnastics, 2D Barcode, Horizon Stencil, Biline Twist, Blocktur, Symmetricus (alien writing?).

    FontStructions in 2011: 12 dice, Monotwist (tall, monospaced), Squarific (fat octagonal), Swirl (curly), Sweet (Victorian), Easter Eggs, 50 Fifty (experimental, geometric), Squarific (+Stencilious), Spiralix (spiral-themed for Latin and Cyrillic), Bloccus, Feet (monospaced).

    Creations from 2012: Düpbøl (German expressionist face), Slice, Blocktur, Alien Double, 7:12 serif (pixel face), Blick, Dry Heat (Isolates and Initials, Medials, Finals: an Arabic simulation family), FF9 Coin Slots, FF8 Untalic, FF7 w1de, FF6 Lean Mean, FF5 Bamana, FF4 Circulation, FF3 3times7, FF3 Runization, FF1 Glitchy, Squared, Puzzlish, Steep, Digitalis (octagonal), 50 Fifty (artsy and geometric), Monotwist, Infix. FF stands for Forgotten Fonts.

    Typefaces made in 2013: Ribbons And Banners, Digital Rome (pixel face), Censorship, Interlock, Bouma, Glaedelig Script, Hand XL Smooth, Vascomat, Spitzschtruct (emulation of Suetterlin), Neonic, Fish Scales, 7:12 Serif, Analogly, Squarific Fraktastic, Metro Sans (pixelish).

    Typefaces from 2014: Word Games, Shadows, Yuuroppuna pixel, Spines, Numbers, Tal Dansk, Zahlen Deutsch, Insular Typewriter, Nudge Nudge (dot matrix), 7:12 Serif (monospaced pixel font), Jovian, Squarafic Fraktastic, Computer Says No, Runic, Fluorescent (neon tube typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: Hexagonia, Kapow (a comic book font), Fauxreign (a Thai emulation font).

    Typefaces from 2016: Ziplock (art deco), Vexillum (maritime signal flags).

    Typefaces from 2019: Drop Cap (Lombardic), Fun with Cubes (3d). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christian Redler

    French designer of the free art deco typeface Stencil 1935 (2015) and Screw Round (2015). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christian Schwartz

    Christian Schwartz was born in 1977 in East Washington, NH, and grew up in a small town in New Hampshire. He attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1999 with a degree in Communication Design. After graduation, he spent three months as the in-house type designer at MetaDesign Berlin, under the supervision of Erik Spiekermann. In January 2000, he joined Font Bureau. Near the end of 2000, he founded Orange Italic with Chicago-based designer Dino Sanchez, and left Font Bureau in August 2001 to concentrate full-time on developing this company. Orange Italic published the first issue of their online magazine at the end of 2001 and released their first set of typefaces in the beginning of 2002. Presently, he is an independent type designer in New York City, and has operated foundries like Christian Schwartz Design and Commercial Type (the latter since 2009). He has designed commercial fonts for Emigre, FontShop, House Industries and Font Bureau as well as proprietary designs for corporations and publications. In 2005, Orange Italic joined the type coop Village.

    His presentations. At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about "The accidental text face". At ATypI 2006 in Lisbon, he and Paul Barnes explained the development of a 200-style font family for the Guardian which includes Guardian Egyptian and Guardian Sans. FontShop's page on his work. Bio at Emigre. At ATypI 2007 in Brighton, he was awarded the Prix Charles Peignot. Jan Middendorp's interview in October 2007. Speaker at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City, where he announced his new type foundry, simply called Commercial.

    FontShop link. Font selection at MyFonts.

    A partial list of his creations:

    • FF Bau (2001-2004): Art direction by Erik Spiekermann. Released by FontShop International. He says: Bau is based on Grotesk, a typeface released by the Schelter&Giesecke type foundry in Leipzig, Germany at the end of the 19th century and used prominently by the designers at the Bauhaus. Each weight was drawn separately, to give the family the irregularity of the original, and the Super is new.
    • Neutraface (2002, House Industries) and Neutraface Condensed (2004). Art directed by Ken Barber and Andy Cruz. MyFonts offers Neutraface Slab Text, Neutraface Slab Display, Neutraface Display and Neutraface Text. Schwartz states: Neutraface was an ambitious project to design the most typographically complete geometric sans serif family ever. We didn't have many actual samples of the lettering that the Neutras used on their buildings, so it ended up taking a lot of interpretation. There was no reference for the lowercase, so it's drawn from scratch, looking at Futura, Nobel, and Tempo for reference. Stephen Coles reports: Reminiscent of the recent FB Relay and HTF Gotham, Neutraface is an exaggerated Nobel with nods to Bauhaus and architectural lettering. Yes, and maybe Futura? Maggie Winters, Ioana Dumitrescu, Nico Köckritz, Nico Kockritz and Michelle Regna made great Neutraface posters.
    • Neutraface No. 2 (2007), discussed by Stephen Coles: By simply raising Neutrafaces low waist, most of that quaintness is removed in No. 2, moving the whole family (which is completely mixable) toward more versatile, workhorse territory. This release is surely Houses response to seeing so many examples of Neutraface standardized by its users. Also new is an inline version. Who doesn't love inline type? It so vividly recalls WPA posters and other pre-war hand lettering. There are other heavy, inlined sans serifs like Phosphate, but one with a full family of weights and text cuts to back it up is very appealing. A typophile states: Designed by Christian Schwartz for House Industries, Neutraface captures the 1950s stylings of architect Richard Neutra in a beautiful typeface meant for application on the screen, in print, and in metalwork. If you are ever in need of a classy retro face, they don't get any more polished than this.
    • At House Industries, Christian Schwartz, Mitja Miklavcic and Ben Kiel co-developed Yorklyn Stencil.
    • Farnham (2004, Font Bureau) and Farnham Headline (2006, Schwartzco). Commissioned by Esterson Associates and de Luxe Associates. Winner of an award at TDC2 2004. Based on work by Johannes Fleischman, a German punchcutter who worked for the Enschedé Foundry in Haarlem in the mid-to-late 1700s. Schwartz: Truly part of the transistion from oldstyle (i.e. Garamond) to modern (i.e. Bodoni) Fleischman's romans are remarkable for their energy and "sparkle" on the page, as he took advantage of better tools and harder steel to push the limits of how thin strokes could get. In the 1800s, Fleischman's work fell into obscurity as tastes changed, but interest was renewed in the 1990s as digital revivals were designed by Matthew Carter, the Hoefler Type Foundry, and the Dutch Type Library, each focusing on a different aspect of the source material. I think the DTL version is the most faithful to the source, leaving the bumps and quirks inherent to metal type untouched. I've taken the opposite approach, using the source material as a starting point and trying to design a very contemporary text typeface that uses the basic structure and character of Fleischman without duplicating features that I found outdated, distracting, or unttatractive (i.e., the extra "spikes" on the capital E and F, or the form of the y).
    • FF Unit (2003-2004, Fontshop, designed with Erik Spiekermann). A clean and blocky evolution of FF Meta intended as a corporate typeface for the Deutsche Bahn (but subsequently not used).
    • Amplitude (2001-2003, Font Bureau), Amplitude Classified and Amplitude Headline. A newspaper-style ink-trapped sans family, unfortunately given the same name as a 2001 font by Aenigma. Winner of an award at TDC2 2004. The typeface selected by the St Louis Post Dispatch in 2005. One of many agates (type for small text) successfully developed by him. This page explains that they've dumped Dutch 811 and Bodoni and Helvetica and Franklin Gothic and News Gothic (whew!) for various weights of Amplitude, Poynter Old Style Display and Poynter Old Style Text. AmplitudeAubi was designed in 2002-2003 by Schwartz and Font Bureau for the German mag AutoBild.
    • Simian (2001, House Industries): SimianDisplay-Chimpanzee, SimianDisplay-Gorilla, SimianDisplay-Orangutan, SimianText-Chimpanzee, SimianText-Gorilla, SimianText-Orangutan. Designed at Font Bureau. Art Direction by Ken Barber and Andy Cruz. Schwartz: "Although Simian's roots are in Ed Benguiat's logos for the Planet of the Apes movies, Simian wound up veering off in its own direction. The display styles look very techno, and we really went nuts with the ligatures, since this was one of House's first Opentype releases."
    • Publico (2007): A predecessor of Guradian Egyptian. Schwartz writes: During the two year process of designing the typeface that would eventually become Guardian Egyptian, Paul Barnes and I ended up discarding many ideas along the way. Some of them were decent, just not right for the Guardian, including a serif family first called Stockholm, then renamed Hacienda after the legendary club in the Guardian's original home city of Manchester. Everyone involved liked the family well enough, but it didn't fit the paper as the design evolved, and several rounds of reworking left us more and more unsure of what it was supposed to look like. In the summer of 2006, Mark Porter and Esterson Associates were hired to redesign Publico, a major Portuguese daily newspaper, for an early 2007 launch. He asked us to take another look at Hacienda, to see if we might be able to untangle our many rounds of changes, figure out what it was supposed to look like in the first place, and finish it in a very short amount of time. Spending some time away from the typeface did our eyes a world of good. When we looked at it again, it was obvious that it really needed its "sparkle" played up, so we increased the sharpness of the serifs, to play against softer ball terminals, and kept the contrast high as the weight increased, ending up with an elegant and serious family with some humor at its extreme weights. As a Spanish name is not suitable for a typeface for a Portuguese newspaper, Hacienda was renamed once more, finally ending up as Publico. Production and design assistance by Kai Bernau. Commissioned by Mark Porter and Esterson Associates for Publico
    • Austin (2003): Designed by Paul Barnes at Schwartzco. Commissioned by Sheila Jack at Harper's&Queen.
    • Giorgio (2007): Commissioned by Chris Martinez at T, the New York Times Sunday style magazine. Small size versions produced with Kris Sowersby. Not available for relicensing. A high contrast condensed "modern" display typeface related to Imre Reiner's Corvinus. Ben Kiel raves: Giorgio, like the fashion models that it shares space with in T, the New York Times fashion magazine, is brutal in its demands. It is a shockingly beautiful typeface, one so arresting that I stopped turning the page when I first saw it a Sunday morning about a year ago. [...] Giorgio exudes pure sex and competes with the photographs beside it. The designers at T were clearly unafraid of what it demands from the typographer and, over the past year, kept on finding ways to push Giorgio to its limit. Extremely well drawn in its details, full of tension between contrast and grace, it is a typeface that demands to be given space, to be used with wit and courage, and for the typographer to be unafraid in making it the page.
    • Empire State Building (2007): An art deco titling typeface designed with Paul Barnes for Laura Varacchi at Two Twelve Associates. Icons designed by Kevin Dresser at Dresser Johnson. Exclusive to the Empire State Building.
    • Guardian (2004-2005): Commissioned by Mark Porter at The Guardian. Designed with Paul Barnes. Not available for relicensing until 2008. Based on an Egyptian, this 200-style family consists of Guardian Egyptian (the main text face), Guardian Sans, Guardian Text Egyptian, Guardian Text Sans and Guardian Agate.
    • Houston (2003): Commissioned by Roger Black at Danilo Black, Inc., for the Houston Chronicle. Schwartz: As far as I know, this typeface is the first Venetian Oldstyle ever drawn for newspaper text, and only Roger Black could come up with such a brilliant and bizarre idea. The basic structures are based on British Monotype's Italian Old Style, which was based on William Morris's Golden Type. The italic (particularly the alternate italic used in feature sections) also borrows from Nebiolo Jenson Oldstyle, and there is a hint of ATF Jenson Oldstyle in places as well.
    • Popular (2004): Commissioned by Robb Rice at Danilo Black, Inc., for Popular Mechanics. An Egyptian on testosterone.
    • Stag (2005): Commissioned by David Curcurito and Darhil Crooks at Esquire. Yet another very masculine slab serif family. Schwartz writes I showed them a range of slab serifs produced by French and German foundries around 1900-1940, and synthesized elements from several of them (notably Beton, Peignot's Egyptienne Noir, Georg Trump's Schadow, and Scarab) into a new typeface with a very large x-height, extremely short ascenders and descenders, and tight spacing. Also, we find Stag Sans (2007, Village) and Stag Dot (2008, Village).
    • Plinc Hanover (2009, House Industries). A digitization of a blackletter font by Photo Lettering Inc.
    • Fritz (1997, Font Bureau). Schwartz: "Fritz is based on various pieces of handlettering done in the early 20th century by Ozwald Cooper, a type designer and lettering artist best known for the ubiquitous Cooper Black. Galapagos Type foundry's Maiandra and Robusto are based on the same pieces of lettering."
    • Latino-Rumba, Latino-Samba (2000, House Industries). Art Direction by Andy Cruz. Designed with Ken Barber. Jazzy letters based on an earlier design of Schwartz, called Atlas (1993).
    • Pennsylvania (2000, FontBureau). A monospaed family inspired by Pennsylvanian license plates. Schwartz: "Thai type designer Anuthin Wongsunkakon's Keystone State (1999, T26) is based on the exact same source."
    • Plinc Swiss Interlock (by Christian Schwartz and Adam Cruz for House Industries). Based on originals by PhotoLetteringInc.
    • Luxury (2002, Orange Italic, co-designed with Dino Sanchez). Gold, Platinum and Diamond are the names of the 1930s headline typefaces made (jokingly) for use with luxury items. The six-weight Luxury family at House Industries in 2006, contains three serif text weights called Luxury Text, as well as three display typefaces, called Platinum (art deco), Gold, and Diamond (all caps with triangular serifs).
    • Los Feliz (2002, Emigre). Based on handlettered signs found in LA.
    • Unfinished typefaces: Masthead, Reform, Bitmaps, Bilbao, Boyband, Addison, Elektro, Sandbox, Vendôme, Bailey.
    • Fonts drawn in high school: Flywheel (1992, FontHaus), Atlas (1993, FontHaus, a "a fairly faithful revival of Potomac Latin, designed in the late 1950s for PhotoLettering, Inc"), Elroy (1993, FontHaus), ElroyExtrasOrnaments, Hairspray (1993, "a revival of Steinweiss Scrawl, designed in the mid-1950s by Alex Steinweiss, best known for his handlettered record covers": HairsprayBlonde, HairsprayBrunette, HairsprayPix, HairsprayRedhead), Twist (1994, Precision Type and Agfa), Zombie (1995, Precision Type and Agfa), Morticia (1995, Agfa/Monotype), Gladys (1996, an unreleased revival of ATF's turn-of-the-century Master Script).
    • Ant&Bee&Art Fonts (1994-1995): three dingbat fonts, Baby Boom, C'est la vie, and Raining Cats&Dogs, based on drawings by Christian's aunt, Jill Weber. Released by FontHaus.
    • Digitizations done between 1993-1995: Dolmen (Letraset), Latino Elongated (Letraset), Regatta Condensed (Letraset), Fashion Compressed (Letraset), Jack Regular (Jack Tom), Tempto Openface (Tintin Timen).
    • Hand-tuned bitmap fonts: Syssy, Zimmer's Egyptian, Elizzzabeth, Newt Gothic, Trags X, Tibia, Fibula, Tino, Digest Cyrillic (based on Tal Leming's Digest). Free downloads of the pixel typefaces Newt Gothic, Tibula and Fibia here.
    • At Village and Orange Italic, one can get Local Gothic (2005), now in OpenType, a crazy mix of Helvetica Bold, Futura Extra Bold, Franklin Gothic Condensed and Alternate Gothic No. 2. It is a collection of alternates one can cycle through---thus a for of randomization.
    • FF Oxide (2005), a Bank Gothic style stencil family. FF Oxide Light is free!
    • Graphik (2008), a sans between geometric and grotesk made for thew Wallpaper mag. Kris sSwersby writes: In a sweltering typographic climate that favours organic look-at-me typefaces bursting with a thousand OpenType tricks, Graphik is a refreshing splash of cool rationality. Its serious, pared-back forms reference classic sans serifs but remain thoroughly modern and never get frigid. Any designer worth their salt needs to turn away from the screen&pick up the latest copy of Wallpaper magazine. There you will find one of the most beautiful, restrained sans serifs designed in a very long time. See also Graphik Wide (2018).
    • In 2011, he created a 22-style revival of Helvetica called Neue Haas Grotesk (Linotype), which offers alternates such as a straigt-legged R and a differently-seriffed a. It is based on the original drawings of Miedinger in 1957.
    Schwartz also made numerous custom fonts:
    • Houston (2003). Winner of an award at TDC2 2004, a type family done with Roger Black for the Houston Chronicle. Schwartz: This typeface is the first Venetian Oldstyle ever drawn for newspaper text, and only Roger Black could come up with such a brilliant and bizarre idea. The basic structures are based on British Monotype's Italian Old Style, which was based on William Morris's Golden Type.).
    • Popular (2004). A thick-slabbed typeface drawn for Popular Mechanics, commissioned by Robb Rice at Danilo Black, Inc.
    • FF Meta 3 (2003, hairline versions of type drawn by Richard Lipton and Erik Spiekermann).
    • Eero (2003). Based on an unnamed typeface drawn by Eero Saarinen for the Dulles International Airport. Art Directed by Ken Barber and Andy Cruz. Commissioned by House Industries for the Dulles International Airport.
    • ITC Officina Display (2003). The Regular, Bold and Black weights of this typeface were originally developed by Ole Schäfer for Erik Spiekermann's redesign of The Economist in 2000 or 2001. The ITC conglomerate decided to release it in 2003. I revised parts of Ole's fonts, and worked with Richard Lipton to adapt the Light from a version of Officina Light that Cyrus Highsmith had drawn several years earlier for a custom client. I also added more arrows and bullets than anyone could possibly need, but they were fun to draw. Released by Agfa.
    • Symantec (2003). Designed with Conor Mangat based on News Gothic by Morris Fuller Benton (Sans) and Boehringer Serif by Ole Schäfer, based on Concorde Nova by Günter Gerhard Lange (Serif). Advised by Erik Spiekermann. Commissioned by MetaDesign for Symantec Corporation.
    • Harrison (2002). Based on the hand of George Harrison, was commissioned in 2002 by radical.media.
    • Chalet Cyrillic (2002, House Industries).
    • Benton Modern (2001). Based on Globe Century by Tobias Frere-Jones and Richard Lipton. Commissioned by Font Bureau for the Readability Series. Designed at Font Bureau. Microsite.
    • Caslon's Egyptian (2001). Commissioned by Red Herring. Designed at Font Bureau. Around 1816, William Caslon IV printed the first know specimen of a sans serif typeface: W CASLON JUNR LETTERFOUNDER. A complete set of matrices for captials exists in the archives of Stephenson Blake, and Miko McGinty revived these as a project in Tobias Frere-Jones's type design class at Yale. In 1998, Cyrus Highsmith refined Miko's version, giving it a more complete character set for Red Herring magazine. In 2001, they came back for a lowercase and 3 additional weights. I looked at Clarendon and British vernacular lettering (mainly from signs) for inspiration, and came up with a lowercase that does not even pretend to be an accurate or failthful revival.
    • David Yurman (2001). Based on a custom typeface by Fabien Baron. Commissioned by Lipman Advertising for David Yurman. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • Coop Black lowercase (2001). Based on Coop Black by Ken Barber and Coop. Commissioned by House Industries for Toys R Us. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • Interstate Monospaced (2000-2001). Based on Interstate by Tobias Frere-Jones. Commissioned by Citigroup. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • Vectora Thin (2000). Based on Vectora by Adrian Frutiger. Commissioned by O Magazine. Not available for licensing. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • LaDeeDa (2000). Informal lettering, art directed by Mia Hurley. Commissioned by gURL.com. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • Poynter Agate Display (2000). Based on Poynter Agate by David Berlow. Commissioned by the San Jose Mercury News classified section. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • FF DIN Condensed (2000). Based on FF DIN by Albert-Jan Pool. Commissioned by Michael Grossman for Harper's Bazaar. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • VW Headline Light&VW Heckschrift (1999). Based on Futura by Paul Renner and VW Headline by Lucas de Groot. Art directed by Erik Spiekermann and Stephanie Kurz. Commissioned by MetaDesign Berlin for Volkswagen AG.
    • 5608 (1999). Stencil typeface for Double A Clothing.
    • Bureau Grotesque (1996-2002). Designed with FB Staff including David Berlow, Tobias Frere-Jones, Jill Pichotta, Richard Lipton, and others. Mostly unreleased. Some styles commissioned by Entertainment Weekly. Designed at Font Bureau.
    • Guardian Egyptian (2005). A 200-font family by Schwartz and Paul Barnes for The Guardian.
    • In 2007, Schwartz and Spiekermann received a gold medal from the German Design Council for a type system developed for the Deutsche Bahn (German Railway).
    • Zizou or Clouseau (2011). A reworking (from memory) of Antique Olive (1960, Roger Excoffon). This was published at the end of 2013 as Duplicate (2013, with Miguel Reyes). In three styles, Slab, Sans and Ionic. Commercial Type writes: Christian Schwartz wanted to see what the result would be if he tried to draw Antique Olive from memory. He was curious whether this could be a route to something that felt contemporary and original, or if the result would be a pale imitation of the original. Most of all, he wanted to see what he would remember correctly and what he would get wrong, and what relationship this would create between the inspiration and the result. Though it shares some structural similarities with Antique Olive and a handful of details, like the shape of the lowercase a, Duplicate Sans is not a revival, but rather a thoroughly contemporary homage to Excoffon. Duplicate Sans was finally finished at the request of Florian Bachleda for his 2011 redesign of Fast Company. Bachleda wanted a slab companion for the sans, so Schwartz decided to take the most direct route: he simply added slabs to the sans in a straightforward manner, doing as little as he could to alter the proportions, contrast, and stylistic details in the process. The bracketed serifs and ball terminals that define the Clarendon genre (also known as Ionic) first emerged in Britain in the middle of the 19th century. While combining these structures with a contemporary interpretation of a mid-20th century French sans serif seems counterintutive, the final result feels suprisingly natural. The romans are a collaboration between Christian Schwartz and Miguel Reyes, but the italic is fully Reyes's creation, departing from the sloped romans seen in Duplicate Sans and Slab with a true cursive. Mark Porter and Simon Esterson were the first to use the family, in their 2013 redesign of the Neue Züricher Zeitung am Sonntag. Because the Ionic genre has ll ong been a common choice for text in newspapers, Duplicate Ionic is a natural choice for long texts. Duplicate Ionic won an award at TDC 2014.
    • In 2014, Christian Schwartz and Dino Sanchez co-designed the roman inscriptional typeface Gravitas. The name was already in use by Riccardo de Franceschi (since 2011), Laura Eames (since 2013) and Keith Tricker (since earlier in 2014), so there may be some emails flowing between these type designers. They write: The primary inspiration for Gravitas was Augustea Nova, Aldo Novarese's quirky and spiky Latin interpretation of the Roman inscriptional caps for the Nebiolo Type Foundry, released in a single weight in the 1950s. It's fairly common to see Augustea Open these days, but his lowercase apparently didn't survive the transition to phototype. Many designers have tackled the problem of matching a lowercase to the classical Roman capitals, with decidedly mixed results. The Bold Italic was drawn by Jesse Vega.
    • Early in 2014, Christian Schwartz, Paul Barnes and Miguel Reyes joined forces to create the manly didone typeface family Caponi, which is based on the early work of Bodoni, who was at that time greatly influenced by the roccoco style of Pierre Simon Fournier. It is named after Amid Capeci, who commissioned it in 2010 for his twentieth anniversary revamp of Entertainment Weekly. Caponi comes in Display, Slab and Text subfamilies.

      Also in 2014, Christian designed the custom typeface Poets Electra for the American Academy of Poets. It extends and modifies W.A. Dwiggins's Electra (1940).

    • Tanja (2016). A dot matrix typeface designed by Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes and based on the monolinear Marian 1554, Tanja began life as the proposed logo for a German publisher.
    • Le Jeune (2016, Greg Gazdowicz, Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes): a crisp high-contrast fashion mag didone typeface family in Poster, Deck, Text and Hairline sub-styles, with stencils drawn by Gazdowicz. This large typeface family comes in four optical sizes, and was originally developed for Chris Dixon's refresh of Vanity Fair.
    • MoMA Sans (2017). For the Museum of Modern Arts.
    • Zombie (2022, at FontHaus).
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    Christian Wad

    Copenhagen based designer of Octin College Free (2012, octagonal and stencil family), which is based on Ray Larabie's athletic lettering typeface Octin College. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christina Maria Bee
    [Type Destroyers]

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    Christina Maria Bee

    Christina Bee ("Krizbi") is a type designer from Darmstadt who studied in Den Haag at the KABK in 2006, where she designed the Renaissance Antiqua typeface Olga while doing a Masters. Olga won an award at TDC2 2007. Christina lives in Hamburg.

    She participates in Type Destroyers with Frederik Berlaen.

    Other typefaces by Bee: Pony (2007, stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christoph Dörre

    Christoph Dörre joined Philip Trautmann's Phitra Design in 2016 and then Shaped Fonts when Phitra changed its name. Based in Düsseldorf, Germany, he designed the free geometric sans typeface Coyote (2017), the free handcrafted Cinema (2017), the rounded sans typeface Cream (2017), the stencil font Leixo (2017), the dry brush script typeface Sidney (2017), the free slab serif typeface Tugano (2017), Airfly (2017: a minimalist sans), Equil (2017: a rounded wedge serif, accompanied by a stencil version) and the free graffiti script Friends (2017).

    In 2018, he designed Lifestyle (a flowing script), Hello Love (a brush script), Garatlo (a heavy script family), Spotlight and Spotlight Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2020: Argio (a rounded sans; +Stencil). Phitra Design link (obsolete). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christoph Dunst
    [Atlas Font Foundry]

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    Christoph Windmueller
    [Kix]

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    Christophe Badani
    [Typophage]

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    Christophe Féray
    [WC Fonts]

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    Christopher Branson

    Illustrator and designer at the Kern&Letter Company in Missouri. Behance link. Home page

    Creator of various display typefaces including the kitchen tile typeface Voltrona (2011, a kitchen tile typeface), Hate (2012), the kitchen tile typeface Metgeo (2012), the monoline sans typeface Duplica (2012), the piano key typeface Lucreow (2012: Lucreow is a permutation of Crouwel), Caladan (2012, fat blackletter), Hague (2012, angular), the Bauhaus-style typeface Joi (2012), the blackletter typeface Caladan (2012), Rid-G (2012, experimental), Sugar (2012), Cumo (2012, a happy children's book typeface), Domm (2012, stencil face), Zukunft, Iron (2012, an old film typeface), Freight (2012, stencil face), Noir, Shamrock (2012, octagonal athletic shirt typeface), Unison (2012, sans), Basic (2012), Sexy (2012, hairline), Gitter (2012, rounded), Modo (2012, monoline techno face), and SF Mono (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christopher King
    [Wing's Art Studio]

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    Christophorus Halsch

    During his studies, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany-based Christophorus Halsch designed the stencil typeface Unperfect (2015) and the oval multiline typeface Racetrack (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Christos Tsolerides

    Young Greek type designer. At FontStruct, he created BOMBOM-TheBase, BOMBOM-CityLights, BOMBOM-FullMetal, Roundabout, Structura-SC, Structura-Gothic, Structura, Structura-Alt, StreetPost (stencil) and SlabSlab (squashed slab serif), all in 2008. In 2009, he added the film strip font Berliner, and the stencil typeface Street Post. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    chr_s

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to create Staring at the Sky, Early Bird Catches The Worm, Bernstein, Plaskett, Fimbriae, Hard Light, Inauguration, Kunchey Wide, Kunchey, Worst Seats in the House, Burden and 2x2 Struct (pixel-geometric art deco).

    Faces made in 2010: Sweet Henry (compact, rounded), Bobolink, Carapace, Riley (optical illusion face), Overfeed (Futura-inspired stencil), Corpus Torsion, Penkala, Mongrel, Guayule (attractive ultra fat didone), Filamentous, Dizygotic (squarish sans), Decorum (condensed display face).

    Faces from 2011: Sam Sleeps (in the style of Impact), Trepan, Tools of the Trade (dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2012: Pilaster (influenced by Yakov G. Chernikov), Pochoir (stencil face), Tourniquet. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    C.J. Zilligen
    [Varsity Type Foundry (was: Zilligen Design Studio)]

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    Cláudio Rocha

    Cofounder of Now Type, Cláudio Rocha is an Italian Brazilian illustrator and designer (b. 1957) who was first based in sao Paulo, then in Treviso, Italy, and currently in The Netherlands. Now Type is jointly run with his son Lucas Franco (b. 2001). He edited Tupigrafia, a magazine dedicated to typography and calligraphy in Brazil. Partner of Oficina Tipografica Sao Paulo. His typefaces include:

    • ITC Gema (1998: a felt tip pen font) and ITC Underscript (1997, a grungy fat script).
    • Cashew (2000-2020). Cashew is a rounded squarish sans serif font, originally created as a logotype for Tupigrafia magazine (2000). In its 2020 iteration, done together with Lucas Franco, it is a variable font with one axis, from Regular to Extended.
    • Tenia.
    • Viela Regular (Claudio Rocha & Lucas Franco, 2008-2019). A great thick-and-thin typeface.
    • Unidin (sans display face).
    • Rock Regular (slab face). Rock Titling (1998-2019).
    • Old Future (a brush version of Futura).
    • Chacal Pixel.
    • Persplextiva (2001-2002, a bouncy hand-drawn 3d face done in the lettering style of Brazilian cartoonist Millor Fernandes).
    • Liquid Stencil (1998-2000). A brush stencil.
    • Feijoada Light.
    • Akrylicz Grotesk (2002, brush/paint face).
    • Sampa (1999-2019). An informal brush script.
    • Genova (2008-2020). A reinterpretation of Paganini typeface, lauched by Nebiolo type foundry in 1928 for hand composition and developed by Alessandro Butti under the supervision of Raffaello Bertieri.
    • Stampface (2006-2018, by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco). Based on a Headline Gothic metal type sample found in a reference book, which was designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1936 for American Type Founders.
    • Pieces Stencil (2016). Think piano key or Futura Stencil.
    • Antonio Maria (2017): Antonio Maria, a font by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco, takes its shapes from the lettering found in the cover of Afixação Proibida (Display Prohibited), a book by the Portuguese poet Antonio Maria de Lisboa (1928-1953). In fact, Antonio Maria was the leader-writer of Afixação Proibida, a collective manifesto from 1949, that initiated the surrealist movement in Portugal. It is an inverted-contrast typeface with 150 ligatures and a large character set.
    • Rudolf Antiqua and Rudolf Initials (2018). A faithful revival of Rudolf Koch's Koch Antiqua (1922). Followed by Rudolf Text (2017-2020, Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha).
    • Mefistofele. A revival in 2018 by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco of the modular stencil typeface Mefistofele (1930, Reggiani foundry).
    • Rudolf Titling (Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha), a typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018.
    • Agora Titling Extra Light (2018).
    • Pieces Stencil (2016-2019). Pieces is a piano key typeface built on a modular system with emphasis on diagonal endings.
    • Moreira Serif (2019). A slab serif version of Morris Fuller Benton's art deco typeface Broadway (1927). In the 1930s, the Portuguese graphic artist Antonio Moreira Junior added serifs to Broadway's letterforms and marketed it under a new name. Moreira Serif revives that typeface.
    • Scarpa Titling (2019, Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco). An all caps typeface based on a nameplate found on the front door of a shoemaker in Treviso, Northern Italy.
    • Anton (2020, by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco). An art deco typeface modeled after a Dutch deco type seen on the Anton Antonius Kurvers's cover of Wendingen in 1927.
    • Esperanca Sans (2019). A Peignotian sans by Claudio Rocha & Lucas Franco.
    • Jaguaribe (2020). In Unicase and Serif versions, by Claudio Rocha. A squarish sans and serif pair based on the of letterforms drawn by Brazilian artist Gil Duarte.
    • Spinface (2020). An experimental turned letter font by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco.
    • Werner (2020-2021). A revival of A.D. Werner's famous deco inline typeface Dubbeldik (1972).
    • Densa (2020). Emulating 19th century wood types. Densa typeface was based on the Fantastic Voyage movie title in the 1966 poster
    • Tegel (2020-2021). Tegel is a layer font that emulates the ceramic tile letters found on a school façade in Delft.
    • Etna Futurist (2020, Claudio Rocha & Lucas Franco). Digital interpretation of Etna, a wood type produced by the Italian type foundry Xilografia Meneghello & Belluzzo, in the 1920s.
    • Cassiano (2020). A super-fat octagonal typeface based on letters found on a book cover by the Brazilian artist Belmonte (1896-1947).
    • Fortunato (2020). A digital interpretation of the lettering work done by the Italian Futurist genius Fortunato Depero (1892-1960) for advertising and editorial design. A pure Italian art deco typeface. The lowercases were developed from scratch.
    • Jurriaan (2021). A square block typeface.
    • Hendrik (2021, by Claudio Rocha & Lucas Franco). A revival of Simplex (Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos, 1937).
    • Martin (Swing, Straight) (2020). A beatnik typeface based on the letters found in the jazz record albuns designed by David Stone Martin (1913-1992).
    • Tesoura (2020). A paper-cut typeface.

    He published the books "Projet Tipográfico" (Ed. Rosari), "Trajan e Franklin Gothic" (Ed. Rosari), and "Tipografia Comparada" (Ed. Rosari). Claudio now lives in Treviso, Italy, from where he launched the type magazine Tipoitalia in 2009.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Claes Nordenstam

    Swedish painter, designer, illustrator, jazz musician and inventor, b. 1944, who studied under lettering artist Erik Lindegren. In 1976, Nordenstam drew a typeface originally called Quickstep. Letters from Sweden, who turned this into a font called Sväng in 2019, writes: Sväng was his initial foray into type design. We feel Sväng is one of the most original display faces from the 1970s. Exploring concepts similar to Aldo Novarese's Stop and Othmar Motter's Motter Tektura, it is more versatile and can be used for a broader range of applications. By removing parts of the letters, Nordenstam created surprising stencil letterforms. The dynamic geometric shapes display a strong 1970s vibe that is impossible to ignore. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Claudia Coelho

    Portuguese creator of Stencil (2019) at the Lisbon School of Design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Claudia Kipp

    Berlin-based German type designer (b. 1965) who graduated from Fachhochschule Bielefeld in 1992, where she studied under Gerd Fleischmann. She designed great sans serif family appropriately called Kipp at FontFont. Claudia published the following typefaces at URW++: Aculida (2004), Marin (2006, a severe stencil family), Expansion (2004), Kipp Clean (2004), Les Tres (2005, URW, a geometric sans family). Archive with over 23,000 links to commercial fonts. In 2008, she made and extensive sans family, FontForum Martines (URW++), and a big display family, FontForum Profil. Her FontForum Quadre (2008, URW++) is totally experimental again. And FontForum Siesta is a display sans family with a bit of Neuland playfulness.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. View Claudia Kipp's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Clay Matthewman

    During his studies in New York City, Clay Matthewman designed the thin hand-printed stencil typeface Split Type (2012) and the monoline geometric typeface Skywork (2012).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Clément Gillard

    Toulouse, France-based designer of several decorative initial caps alphabets in 2018. In 2017, he designed the stencil typeface Fablab. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Clément Nicolle
    [Stereotype (was: Zone Erogene, or Dasklem)]

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    Clotilde Olyff

    Belgian designer (b. 1962) who lives in Brussels where she taught (teaches?) at the École supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre and at the École supérieure de l'image. Her fonts were published by 2Rebels in Montreal, and by FontHaus in the USA. Her fonts are experimental and geometric in nature.

    Some creations: Billes (1995), Boulbar (1995), Boules (1996), BubbleBath (1996), Craaac (1996) Caaarc (1996), Design, Douff, Graphic, Handex (1995; an alphading based on fists), Inbetween (1996), Lines (1994), Lolo (1992, funny figurines), Minimex (1996), Modern (1996), Perles (1995), StencilFull (1997), StencilFullBraille (1997).

    She is most famous for her avant-garde geometric fonts Alpha Bloc (1994) and Alpha Geometrique (1994) published by Font Bureau. Alpha Geometrique Compact, for example, is a Bauhaus style stencil face.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Clotilde Olyff's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cloud9 Type Dept and Paavola Type Studio
    [Jani Paavola]

    Cloud9 Type Dept and Paavola Type Studio are type foundries based in Helsinki, both run by Jani Paavola. On the day the Fins lost the semifinal in the hockey tournament in Sochi, Paavola published the 3-style geometric grotesque typeface family Result (2014). Result Ultra style is especially attractive. At the end of 2014, he published the condensed sans typefaces Varial, Varial Medium, Varial Rounded Medium (this one is from 2015) and Varial Rounded.

    In 2015, Jani published the painter's brush typeface Truffaux Pro. In 2016, he added the geometric sans family Agis and Harpers Grotesque.

    In 2017, Paavola designed the German expressionist typeface Aunque.

    In 2018, he published Albeit Grotesk Caps, Albeit Grotesk Stencil Caps, and Albeit Grotesk Rounded Caps.

    In 2020, at Paavola Type Studio, he released Seigneur Serif Display, a high-contrast serif in the Dutch tradition (his own words).

    Typefaces from 2021: Winkell (an origami-style display typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Clovis Vallois
    [Nouvelle Noire]

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    Club 21
    [Julian Morey]

    The founder of and only designer at Club 21 is Julian Morey, a graphic designer and font creator from London who designed Pacific (1999, an octic typeface influenced by American naval lettering), VMR (1999), SignPlate (a stencil font), Sigma OT (2008, a sans based on a Stephenson Blake grotesque), Skye (2001, a stencil font), Skye Outline [note: Skye used to be called Axis], Checkout, Alpine (2000), Brassplate, Greenwich (2001, a stencil font with fine breaks; used to be called Bronxville), Codex, Electro, Ionia, Jakarta (2000, an octagonal sports/stencil font; was called Jersey), Kathode, Octago (an octagonal stencil face), Liquid, Simpson Typewriter, Preset, Roadworks (1992, stencil font), Thompson Monospaced, Spacer (1999), Paintworks, Portfolio.

    FontWorks used to sell their fonts, but now Faces does.

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    Codesign (or: Aviation Partners, or AVP)
    [Nicholas Garner]

    Nicholas Garner (b. 1949, Windsor) runs Codesign (or: Aviation Partners), a small London-based design firm which has created these commercial type families:

    • Cerafino (2005): informal sans.
    • Delamere (2005): more classical sans.
    • Kensington (2005): titling sans related to Gill Sans.
    • Maisee (2005): an open, wide, generous and broadly smiling sans family.
    • Tenison (2005): connected formal script.
    • Fiendstar (2006, 16 styles; +Cameo (white on black), +Shaded) (after Gill Sans Schoolbook).
    • Rosie (2010): a connected cosy script, in the Mistral style.
    • Norwich (2006): a grungy version of Tenison. Outrage (2006) is more grunge.
    • Cashback (2006).
    • Crystal (2006): a slab serif family.
    • Autobahn (2011) is a monoline elliptical sans family. Garner writes: Autobahn is a robust masculine sans of near monoline thickness and angular characteristics. Autocode (2011) is a monoline monospaced (for programs) elliptical sans based on Autobahn.
    • LaCarte (2007): inspired by a series of handwritten menus produced in 1980. Further extended to La Carte Pen in 2010.
    • Midas (2007).
    • Sky Sans (including hairline weights) (2007).
    • Lamoreli (2007).
    • Backstage (2007). A stencil face.
    • Amy (2010). Nicely hand-printed.
    • Atria (2010) An ink-trapped sans-serif.
    • Blocksta (2010). A rounded fat sans.
    • The elegant script typeface Jacqueline (2010).
    • New Fiendstar (2010).
    • Omniscript (2010).
    • Cambridge (2010). An elegant sans family with a misbehaving lower case q. Accompanied by a Cambridge Round family. It is designed as a schoolbook font, and is useful for dyslexics, since there are no ambiguities between letterforms.
    • Central (2011). A rounded geometric sans family. Followed in 2012 by Central Inline.
    • Combi (2011). This is a wonderful effort, as described by Garner himself: The Combi collection includes Sans, Sans Oblique, a true Italic, Serif, Serif Oblique and a set of Openface capitals. Combi fonts have 5 compatible weights and metrics allowing them to be used in free combination. Inspiration came from Jan Van Krimpen's Romulus (Enschedé, 1931). In addition to the Roman style, Van Krimpen created a set of open capitals, a simple oblique variant and subsequently, an attractive calligraphic italic, Cancelleresca Bastarda. In addition to Van Krimpen's idea, Combi has been influenced by features from many typefaces including Bembo, Melior and Optima. The object was to create a versatile family of body text and titling typefaces for use in books, magazines and on the web.

      Polaris (2012) is a rounded sans family that reads well in print and on screens.

      Mensa (2012) is a 36-weight large x-height sans body family.

    • Beaulieu (2012).
    • Clocktime (2012). A dingbat font with clocks.
    • Chokey Pro (2012). A tall connected script face.
    • Alleyn (2013). A soft geometric sans family. Followed in 2021 by the 12-style Alleyn Pro (2021).
    • Corsica (2013). Corsica is an all-purpose geometric sans-serif typeface of visually uniform stroke thickness. The family contains six weights, two widths and three lowercase size options, together with an italic variant for each.
    • Intrinseca (2014). An incised sans with some contrast and flaring, but still quite readable thanks to a good x-height.
    • Browser Serif and Browser Sans (2014). These families were designed for use on screen.

      Arethusa (2014) and Arethusa Pro (2014) are 12-style transitional typeface families.

    • Gimbal Egyptian (2018). Characterized by some asymmetric slabs and curvy italics. It covers Latin and Cyrillic and comes in several widths. See also Gimbal Grotesque (2018).
    • Cadmium (2020). A 48-style grotesk family influenced by DIN.
    • Varisse (2021). A 60-style superfamily consisting of Baskerville and transitional serifs on one end and Gill Sans-inspired humanist sans typefaces at the other end.
    • Fielding (2022). A 12-style confident flared text and titling serif family.

    MyFonts site. Klingspor link.

    Showcase of Nicholas Garner's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Coert De Decker
    [Kustomtype]

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    Cole Lemaster

    During his studies at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY, Cole Lemaster created the blocky stencil typeface In Denial (2013).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Colectiv Community

    A graphic designer from Hermosa Beach, CA, and San Luis Obispo, CA, b. 1986. Home page of Colectiv Community. Creator of the octagonal all-caps stencil typeface ColecTECH Caps 1 (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Collectif MBC (was: MBC Graph)

    Graphic design collective in Orchamps near Besançon, France, est. 2012, consisting of graduates in the Masters program of the École des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, i.e., Clément Moussard, Antonin Buchwalter, and Simon-Pierre Chapuis. Their typeface creations:

    • From 2013: Juliano (2013, rounded sans for the restaurant Gusti del Gusto).
    • From 2014: Plumber (rounded slab serif), Esposito (rounded sans), Polaris (rounded sans), Juliano (2013, rounded sans for the restaurant Gusti del Gusto), Sept Nains (a seven style type system based on Fonderie Olive's Simplex Gras, 1937), Raymond (slab serif), Monolab (monospaced), Aftur (a sans caps typeface that is partly art deco and partly futuristic; influenced by Cassandre's Bifur), Antique Calque (a layered typeface system), Lazy Super (a pixel face) and the variable width and variable height experiment called Expendable.
    • Typefaces from 2015: Gnome (a sans done for the Centre Régional du Livre Franche-Comté), Monocle (a sans typeface for Cyclop Jazz Action), Laborio, Ploum (an art nouveau stencil), MFB (an art deco poster typeface family named after Morris Fuller Benton).
    • Typefaces from 2016: Saljan, Buck01.

    Tumblr link. Behance link. Old URL. Typeface catalog [PDF]. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Colophon Foundry
    [Edd Harrington]

    Colophon Foundry was a London and Los Angeles-based digital type foundry established in 2009. Its members comprised Benjamin Critton (US), Edd Harrington (UK), and Anthony Sheret (UK). The foundry's commissioned work in type design was complemented by independent and interdependent initiatives in editorial design, publishing, curation, and pedagogy. It grew out of the Brighton-based design studio, The Entente (Anthony Sheret&Edd Harrington) in April 2009. Benjamin Critton (Brooklyn, NY) joined them later. In December 2023, it was acquired by Monotype.

    Fonts:

    • Aperçu (2010, +Mono), a sans family by Anthony Sheret / The Entente.
    • Archive (2013). A text family by Anthony Sheret and Edd Harrington.
    • Basis Grotesque (2015). Influenced by Akzidenz Grotesk.
    • Burgess (2014). A Times-Roman-like typeface family by The Entente and Benjamin Critton.
    • Castledown (2014). A sans family for educational purposes. They write: From 2012-2014 we collaborated closely with Castledown Primary School, Hastings, UK. The project began as a custom typeface commission for the school but soon developed into an initiative to develop and unify typography within primary education. Extended in 2020.
    • Central Avenue (2011). By Studio Makgill.
    • Coign (2018-2021). An extensive study of ultra condensed forms based on the DeLittle type foundry's Elongated Sans.
    • DM Mono (2020). A free 3 weight, 3 style family designed for DeepMind. DM Mono was loosely based off of Jonny Pinhorn's DM Sans, with a reduction in contrast and less geometric proportions. The type design and font development was commissioned from Colophon Foundry, with Creative Direction from the DeepMind team. Design by Edd Harrington and Anthony Sheret. They also developed DM Sans, DM Serif Text and DM Serif Display (2019). The Serif families are derived from Source Serif Pro. The Sans family is derived from Jonny Pinhorn's Poppins (2014-2017). Github link. Google Fonts link.
    • Fann Grotesque (2019). A 9-weight sans family inspired by the 19th century British Grotesque types from British type foundries such as Stephenson Blake, Day & Collins and Miller & Richard.
    • Fortescue (2009): a text family with triangular serifs commissioned for the identity of artist and printmaker, Jake Spicer.
    • La Fabrique Pro (2012-2017). A sans by The Entente.
    • Goodall. A 10-style take on the geometric slab serif genre; bringing together a melting pot of 19th century wood type influences and more contemporary reference points such as Memphis (Rudolf Wolf, 1929) and Rockwell (Monotype, 1934).
    • Grenette (2020). Colophon writes: Combining influences from Windsor (from Stephenson Blake & Co's Wood Letter Specimen, 1915) and Richmond Old Style (from DeLittle's Wood Type Specimens, 1966), Grenette's imposing serifs contrast with the serif-less interiors of certain forms such as n, h and v.
    • Leroy (2012). By Stockholm-based Oscar & Ewan.
    • Lisbon (2013, Anthony Burrill). Lisbon is a geometric stencil typeface based on an original metal stencil that Burrill found in a sign makers shop in Lisbon, Portugal. The font was first used in a series of posters commissioned by the British Council for Experimenta cultural biennale in Lisbon (2010).
    • Lydia Bold Condensed (2013, Benjamin Critton) revives an angular typeface by Warren Chappell from 1946.
    • Mabry (2018, Benjamin Critton): Originally commissioned in 2014 for Los Angeles-based apparel company Nasty Gal---named as such after the 1975 album and song of the same name by influential funk singer Betty Davis (b. Betty Mabry, 1945)---Mabry is the commercial iteration of the former NG Grotesque.
    • MAD Sans and MAD Serif (2011-2017) by Dries Wiewauters.
    • Marché (2014). By The Entente, inspired by Eurostile.
    • Midnight sans (2021). Colophon writes: Midnight Sans was initially drawn for Gary Green's "When Midnight Comes Around", published by our friends at Stanley/Barker in 2020. The condensed-only style embodied a warm but idiosyncratic flavour: a reflection of the publication's photographs, which document the burgeoning downtown alternative music scene of 1970s New York City.
    • Monosten (2011). A rounded monospace sans by Anthony Sheret that includes a couple of stencil styles.
    • Montefiore (2009): a grotesque with wood type influences.
    • One Night Sans (2020). A bespoke typeface for condom manufacturer Durex.
    • Pantograph: Pantograph is an authentic redraw of the typeface employed by the British pantograph etching process. Designed by Hamish Makgill in 2009.
    • Peggs (2009): typewriter style for the identity of Peggs&Son, designed by Edd Harrington.
    • PDU (2010). By Dries Wiewauters. PDU stands for Plaque Découpée Universelle, a stencil system patented in 1876 by Joseph A. David.
    • Perçu (2010): a full sans family that is---in their own words---an amalgamation of classic humanist typefaces such as Johnston and Gill Sans with Neuzeit and Franklin Gothic.
    • Perfin (2009, by Alison Haigh).
    • PIN (2015). By Hoon Kim / Why Not Smile LLC.
    • Raisonné (2010). By Benjamin Critton. Raisonné is a 7-weight geometric sans-serif type initially designed in 2010 and subsequently expanded upon, first in 2012 and again in 2018-2019. Colophon writes: The typeface is parodic-serious, intended to be blunt, candid, and affable all at the same time. It outwardly pays homage to noteworthy precedents, among them Rudolf Koch's Kabel (1927) and Victor Caruso's later redrawing for ITC (1976), Joseph Churchward's Crossbred (1970s), Paul Renner's Futura (also 1927), and Herb Lubalin's Avant Garde (1968).
    • Reader (2009): Reader is a neo-grotesque typeface initially created in a medium weight, and now re-cut into a base family of six weights with an additional seventh in the form of Reader Black. The typeface itself has been referenced from an RSPB letter dating 1972. The original typeface, which is unknown, was a monospaced, rounded face. It had geometric proportions which felt like they wanted to break free of the restrictions of a monospaced grid.
    • Relative (2011). By The Entente: Initially drawn in August 2010 for Outside In by Stephen Gill; a book designed for the Brighton Photo Biennale 2010. Includes monospaced styles.
    • System85 (+Mono). A sans family.
    • Transcript Pro (2017).
    • Value Sans and Value Serif (2012): Value Sans borrows in style and behaviour from precedents like Elegant Grotesk and Granby. Value Serif pays homage to forebears like Plantin Infant and Italian Old Style. The Sans was drawn first by The Entente (Edd Harrington & Anthony Sheret, UK). The Serif was drawn shortly after, by Benjamin Critton (US). Each borrows their geometries from the other, and nuances were finalised by all parties as Colophon Foundry.
    • Visuelt (2013-2016, The Entente). Originally created as a bespoke face for the 2013 and 2014 identity for Visuelt, Oslo, Norway, Visuelt spawned from a more considered and constrained version of Aperçu. Visult Pro (2019) covers Cyrillic and Greek as well.

    Bespoke projects:

    • Battlebridge for the area of King's Cross, London (2016).
    • Burberry Apercu Bespoke (2010-2017).
    • Chelsea Basis (2015) and Chelsea Basis Chiselled (2018). For FC Chelsea.
    • Corona Headline for Corona (2016).
    • Europa Nuova & Europa Mono (2016). For UEFA's Europa League.
    • Fanta Playful for Fanta (2017).
    • Fulham First XI & Substitute XI for Fulham Football Club (2013). Stencil types.
    • FQ Value for New Covent Garden Market (2016).
    • GF Smith for paper manufacturer and merchant G.F. Smith (2014).
    • Grey Goose for the French Vodka Producer (2014).
    • Helen for Race Against Dementia (2016).
    • Mondial for Rapha's Magazine (2015).
    • NG Grotesque for LA-based fashion label, Nasty Gal, with Benjamin Critton (2014).
    • Poynings, for printer Generation Press (2014).
    • Tesco Modern, Tesco Modern Condensed, Tesco Slab and Tesco Serif for supermarket chain Tesco (2016-2017).
    • Ubisoft Sans for French games publisher, Ubisoft (2016).
    • Unify for the English Rugby Football Union (2013).
    • Wales and Cymru Sans for Visit Wales / Welsh Government (2015).
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    Comicraft (was: Active Images)
    [Richard Starkings]

    Comicraft was founded by Richard Starkings and John Roshell in 1992. Located in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, they do lettering and design for the comic book industry and make comic book fonts. At one point they were also called Comic Book Fonts. The current presidents are Rita Simpson and Richard Starkings. Alternate URL. T-26 link. Creative Market link. Some fonts: Sanctum Sanctorum (2003), Grandguignol (2003), MagicalMysticalFour (2003), Smash (2003), Aztech, Joe Kubert, Gobbledygook, Meanwhile, Matinee Idol [Nick Curtis has a much nicer script font by the same name, sold by MyFonts], Manganese (Asian-lookalike by Richard Starkings), Altogether OOky (by John Roshell), AbsolutelyFabulous, Achtung Baby (1997, Richard Starkings: a brutalist typeface), Adamantium, Alchemite, AstroCity, AstroCity International, Bithead, BrontoBurger, CarryOnScreaming, Chills, ClobberinTime, Comicrazy, Destroyer, DivineRight, DoubleBack, DutchCourage (1995, an art deco family), Elsewhere (art nouveau), Flameon, Framistat (2000, JG), Frostbite, GrimlyFiendish, Hooky, Hellshock, IncyWincySpider, JimLee, JoeMad, KissAndTell, KissAndTell International (2000, JG), Meltdown, MonsterMash, PhasesOnStun, PulpFiction, ResistanceIs..., RunningWithScissors, SchoolsOut (1999, John Roshell), SezWho/SezYou, SpookyTooth, Spills, Splashdown, StandBy4Action, Stormtrooper, TheStorySoFar, ToBeContinued, Thrills, WildWords, WildWords International, YuleTideLog, Zoinks, ZAP Pack, Digital Delivery, Jeff Campbell (2000, by JG), Los Vampiros, DeadMansChest, Cutthroat International (2000), Rigor Mortis (2000, John Roshell), DangerGirl, Thingamajig, Red Star, Red Square, Drop Case, Too Much Coffee Man, NearMyth, Stonehenge, Golem and SwordsAndSorcerers (medieval or runes fonts). Their monster fonts collection includes MonsterMash, CarryOnScreaming, Chills, GooseBumps, CreepyCrawly, Grimly Fiendish, IncyWincySpider, SpookyTooth, Meltdown and TrickorTreat dingbats. In 2005, MyFonts started selling their collection. Fonts by Starkings include Achtung Baby, Carry On Screaming, Clobberin Time, Flame On, Goosebumps, Grimly Fiendish, Sez, Splashdown. The full font list: Absolutely Fabulous (1999), Achtung Baby (1997), Adam Kubert (2005), Adamantium (1999), Alchemite (1997), Altogether Ooky (1999, vampire script), Area51 (2005, an octagonal typeface with a military stencil)), Astro City (2005), Astronauts In Trouble (2005), Atomic Wedgie (2005), Aztech (2005), Battle Cry (2005), Battle Scarred (2005), Belly Laugh (2005), Biff Bam Boom (2005), Bithead (1997), Blah Blah Blah (2005), Bronto Burger (1996), Carry On Screaming (1996), Chatterbox (2005), Cheeky Monkey (2005), Cheese And Crackers (2005), Chills (1997), Clobberin Time (1995), Comicrazy (1995), Creepy Crawly (2005), Cutthroat (2005), Danger Girl (2005), Dave Gibbons (2005), Dead Mans (2005), Dear Diary (2005), Designer Genes (2005), Destroyer (1999), Digital Delivery (2005), Divine Right (1998), Doohickey (2005), Double Back (1998), Dreamland (2005), Drop Case (2005), Dutch Courage (1995), Elsewhere (1998), Euphoria (2005), Exterminate (1999), Face Front (2005), Flame On (1997), Forked Tongue (2005), Framistat (2005), Frostbite (1997), Girls Girls Girls (2005), Gobbledygook (2005), Golem (2005), Goosebumps (2005), Grande Guignol (2003), Grimly Fiendish (1998), Hedge Backwards (2005), Hellshock (1997), Hooky (1999), Hush Hush (2005), Hyperdrive (2005), Incy Wincy Spider (1996), Jeff Campbell (2005), Jeff Campbell Sketchbook (2005), Jim Lee (1998), Joe Kubert (2005), Joe Mad (1999), Kiss And Tell (1999), Ladronn (2005), Los Vampiros (1999), Manganese (1999), Matinee Idol (2005), Meanwhile (2005), Meltdown (1997), Mike Wieringo (2005), Monster Mash (1997), Near Myth (2005, a grunge face, since 2007 also at T26), Nuff Said (2005), Overbyte (2005), Paranoid Android (2005), Pascual Ferry (2005), Pass The Port (2005), Phases On Stun (1995), Primal Scream (2005), Pulp Fiction (1996), Red Square (2005), Red Star (2005), Resistance Is (1997), Rigor Mortis (2005), Rumble (1994), Running With Scissors (1997), Sanctum Sanctorum (1998), Santas Little Helpers (2005), Schools Out (1999), Sean Phillips (2005), Sentinel (2005), Sez (1998), Shannon Wheeler (2005), Shannon Wheeler (2005), Smash (2005), Snowmany Snowmen (2005), Soothsayer (2005), Spellcaster (2005), Spills (1997), Splashdown (1997), Spookytooth (2005), Stand By4 Action (1997), Stonehenge (2005), Stormtrooper (1997), Thats All Folks (2005), The Story So Far (1998), Thingamajig (2005), Thrills (1997), Tim Sale (1999), Tim Sale Brush (2005), Tim Sale Lower (2005), Timelord (2005), To Be Continued (2005), Too Much (2005), Tough Talk (2005), Treacherous (2005), Trick Or Treat (2005), Wall Scrawler (2005), Wiccan Sans (1999), Wiccan Serif (1999), Wiccan Special (1999, see also T-26), Wild And Crazy (1997), Wild Words (1995), Yada Yada Yada (2005), Yeah Baby (2005), Yuletide Log (1996), Zoinks (2005), Phil Yeh (2006), Zzzap (2006), Battle Damaged (2007), Speeding Bullet (2006), Foom (2007), Letterbot (2007), Timsale (2007), Cutthroat (2007), Framistat (2007), Area 51 (2007, techno, octagonal), CC Comicraft (2007), Ratatat (2008), Mad Scientist (2008), Monologous (2008, T-26), HolierThanThou (2008, T26), Elephantmen (2008, grunge typeface at T26), Storyline (2008, T-26), Primal Scream (2009, T-26), Spillproof (2009, T-26), Sign Language (2008), Moritat (2009, T-26, by John Roshell), Pass The Port (2009, T-26), Credit Crunch (2009), Elsewhere (2009, art nouveau), Code Monkey (2011, monospaced yet informal), Glitter Girl (2011, hand-printed), Rassum Frassum (2011, comic book face), Rocket Man (2011, a retro futuristic family), Spaghetti Western (2011, signage face), Sunrise Till Sunset (2012), Samaritan and Samaritan Tall (2013, with John Roshell).

    In 2014, John Roshell published the school font Dash To School.

    Typefaces from 2015: Samaritan Lower (by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Dusk Till Dawn Buried (expressionist).

    Typefaces from 2016: Questionable Things (with John Roshell: a question mark font).

    Typefaces from 2017: Evil Schemes (by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Regeneration, Obey Obey Obey (by Starkings and Roshell).

    Typefaces from 2018: Samaritan Tall Lower (by Starkings and Roshell), Blah Blah Upper (by John Roshell and Richard Starkings), Evil Doings (by Richard Starkings and John Roshell).

    Typefaces from 2020: Elektrakution (a Greek simulation font family by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), This Man This Monster (by John Roshell and Richard Starkings).

    Typefaces from 2021: Richard Starkings Brush (2021; a comic book typeface by Richard Starkings and John Roshell), Scoundrel (a comic book face by Richard Starkings and John Roshell).

    Creative Market link. View Comicraft's typefaces. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Computer Safari
    [Jay Pierstorff]

    Computer Safari (located in Woodland, CA) is a foundry whose early-90s fonts, all made by Jay Pierstorff, are still around in some archives. Look for Airlock-Regular (a trekkie stencil face), Alchemi, Cappiona, LeroyFont, MotorCity, NCC1701A-Regular, NCCINLINE-Regular, Quadrant, Romulus-Plain, Safari-Plain, Sashimi-Regular. Free fonts at the site, all made in 1992: Cappiona, College, LeroyFont, MotorCity, Quadrant. The other fonts can be bought on the SafariGold CD.

    Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Coniglio Type
    [Joseph Coniglio]

    Delta, CO (and, earlier, Stamford, CT)-based Joseph Coniglio (b. Niagara Falls, NY, 1955) and a small group of designers. Check out the typewriter families Carbon 14, Passport, Vintage Type, Garnet Euro Typewriter (2004, grungy), and Telepath.

    Other fonts: Aspersion, Grasshopper (dada), Burnt Toast (rounded fat finger face), Yardbord Numerals, Snyder Speed, Autocrat, NudE, Jack Rabbit, Felt Marker, Oregon Dry, Sublime, Omaha, Nomad, Aquacia (stencil), Rainmaker (stencil), Dirty Numbers (2021).

    Showcase of Joseph Coniglio's typefaces at MyFonts. The Coniglio Type typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Conor Nolan
    [TypeGroup]

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    Constanca Costa

    Porto, Portugal-based designer of Calm (2016), Appetite (2016) and Appetite Stencil (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Constellation
    [Chester Jenkins]

    Constellation is a creator and publisher of contemporary typefaces and is run by its two partners, Chester Jenkins (based in New York, born in Montreal) and Tracy Jenkins. They also feature typefaces by Magnus Rakeng, Patrick Giasson, Kris Sowersby, Rick Valicenti, and Jeremy Mickel. Constellation contains the main elements of the previous Village and Thirstype foundries. Typefaces including bespoke typefaces by Chester Jenkins:

    • Aero (2011, Chester Jenkins and Jeremy Mickel). Based on Roger Excoffon's Antique Olive.
    • Apex Sans (2003), Apex Serif (2003), Apex New (2005) and Apex Rounded (2010). All by Chester Jenkins. Apex Serif and Apex Sans were co-designed with Rick Valicenti.
    • Apollo. A bespoke multiline typeface for the Apollo Theater.
    • Arbor (2010). Arbor was originally commissioned by the New York Times magazine for use in their 2008 Hollywood special issue. The source was Rob Roy Kelly's book of woodtype samples, and the D and H from Caslon's Italian of the 1820s. An original representative of this Western genre.
    • Barclays Center (2012). A bespoke athletic lettering and stencil family.
    • Brooklyn (2013, a brutalist typeface) and Brooklyn Stencil (2013, an octagonal stencil). The original was commissioned in 2007 by Michael Bierut for a sports complex.
    • The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City is giving away for free its bespoke house typeface, a sans designed in 2014 by Chester Jenkins. Even the original UFO files are made available.
    • Cosmica (2018).
    • Endzone Slab (+Condensed) and Endzone Sans (2017) are bespoke typeface done for the NFL.
    • Galaxie Cassiopeia (2006). A round connected upright script. By Chester Jenkins.
    • Galaxie Copernicus (2009). An interpretation of Christophe Plantin's Plantin (cut by Robert Granjon) and Frank Hinman Pierpont's Monotype revival of Plantin. By Chester Jenkins and Kris Sowersby.
    • Indestructible Language (2006, with Mary Ellen Carroll): The Precipice Alliance, a non-profit corporation collaborating with artists to direct public attention to global warming, launched with this inaugural artwork by the contemporary artist Mary Ellen Carroll. This lettering was a collaboration with Ms. Carroll to design letterforms that could be rendered 8-feet tall in neon tubing. Each neon letter was to be placed, in a 900-foot-long installation, in the window bays of all five former American Can factory buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey to be exhibited from November 2006 to April 2007. The 8-foot high, carbon neutral neon letters were clearly visible (and legible) to drivers on both the Pulaski Skyway and the New Jersey Turnpike, and by planes heading to and from Newark International Airport.
    • Maharam (ca. 2017). A bespoke Futura revival typeface for Maharam.
    • A bespoke sans titling typeface for the NYC Opera.
    • Galaxie Polaris, Galaxie Polaris Condensed (2004-2013). Two sans families by Chester Jenkins.
    • Oz (1999). A round typeface family by Patrick Giasson. Designed as an homage to Oswald Cooper (whose nickname was Oz), whose Oswald Cooper inspired the fat shapes.
    • Pink Sans, Pink Slab and Pink Outline are bespoke typefaces for Victoria's Secret Pink campaign.
    • Radio (1998). A retro script family by Magnus Rakeng.
    • Robledo Stencil. For Slanted Magazine.
    • Sharpie Script. a bespoke script typeface for the identiy of Michael Kors.
    • A revival of Frederic Goudy's lost Sherman type for Syracuse University with Michael Bierut and his team at Pentagram.
    • For Snickers, Chester designer Chiat Day.
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    Constructivists

    This 20s-30s movement, with lettering and alphabets done by people such as Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Josef Albers, Kurt Schwitters, Jan Tschichold or Herbert Bayer has no decorations, and uses horizontal and vertical edges and arcs of circles make up the shapes. Fonts in this style include ITC Avant Garde, Avenir, Futura, Industria, Insignia, ITC Kabel and some stencil designs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Continental Type
    [Scott Biersack]

    Type foundry established in 2017 by Winston Scully & Scott Biersack, aka Scinston & Wott. Both graduated from the Type@Cooper program. Scott Biersack is a designer and illustrator, while Winston Scully is a lettering artist and type designer.

    Their typefaces:

    • In 2017, Scott Biersack published Gatefold, a typeface he started in 2015 during his studies at Type@Cooper. He is currently based in Phoenix, AZ. It was released by The Designers Foundry.
    • Highground (Bold, Stencil). Winston Scully's typeface started during his studies in 2016 at Type@Cooper West. He writes: The early stages of Highground were inspired by Nicholas Jenson's Rotunda. [...] Highground is a fun typeface for your punk band to make shitty posters to hang on electrical poles around town.

    Home page of Scott Biersack. Link to You Bring Fire, Scott's studio that offers custom lettering. At You Bring Fire, he released Malice Stencil (2018), a calligraphic blackletter-inspired typeface with a modern approach.

    At Type Paris 2019, he designed Sweet Jesus (an 8 style display family with the beginnings of an 8 style italic companion; with large open counters, sharp angular terminals and serifs). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Coppers & Brasses
    [Alexandre Saumier Demers]

    Quebec-based type type foundry Coppers & Brasses was set up in 2011 by Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn in the plateau area of Montreal. Both graduated from the graphic and type design program at UQAM in Montreal and went on do the Type and Media program at KABK in The Hague, The Netherlands.

    Creators of these typefaces in 2012: Martha (monospaced slabby grotesque done by both founders), Sardine (fat signage typeface by Bonn), Freitt (blackletter typeface by Bonn). Nicole (2012) is an elegant basic sans typeface by Olivier Mercier-Chan Kane.

    In 2013, Etienne graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag. In 2014, Alexandre in turn graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK. For his graduation, Alexandre developed the didone typeface family Lewis. He writes: Lewis is a typeface designed for mathematical typesetting, specifically for the TeX typesetting system. It consists of 3 text styles (Roman, Bold, Italic) and 3 math styles (Math Italic, Greek, Blackboard) for use as variables. The text Italic relates to the Roman while the Math Italic stand out with its cursive construction. Likewise, the Greek differentiate easily from Latin characters. The Blackboard inlines are adapted for text sizes with their wide and open cut. Lewis features many size variants and extending shapes, ideal in displayed equations.

    The list of their retail and custom fonts:

    • Guillon (2016). Manufactured for Studio Feed.
    • GSM Grotesque (2016). A custom typeface by Coppers and Brasses and Studio Feed, for GSM Project.
    • Caserne (2015). A custom stencil typeface designed with Samuel Larocque for the Montreal-based studio Caserne.
    • CCM Grotesk (2015, Latin and Cyrillic). A custom typeface for Canadian sporting goods brand CCM, with a textured version. The Cyrillic was overseen by Russian type designer Maria Doreuli.
    • VLNL Wurst (2015, VetteLetters). This wurst-themed typefaces comes in three styles, Brat, Blut and Bier Wurst. The interesting aspect of this font is that Demers developed a special Wurst Schreiber software for drawing segments as sausages in RoboFont.
    • Double (2015, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family from condensed to wide with wedge serifs, a copperplate feel, and slight flaring. Ideal for display work.
    • Canal (2015, Étienne Aubert Bonn). A fantastic retail sans typeface family: Canal is a typeface family inspired by the blue collar, hard working people that were the late 19th and early 20th centuries labor force of the new continent. It is a sturdy workhorse with a wink of humanism.
    • Martha (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family with curvy typewriter influences, some monospaced styles and a grotesque to boot.
    • Klaus (2014, Étienne Aubert Bonn). Developed for personal web and paper work.
    • Théorie (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A techno stencil typeface commissioned by UQAM's Bureau de Design for the Bâtisseurs of the science faculty award.
    • Lewis (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers). A font system for typesetting mathematics in TeX, developed at KABK.
    • Alphonse (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers). An elegant garalde custom text typeface.
    • Nurraq (2013, Étienne Aubert Bonn). Developed as a school project at KABK, Nurraq is a multi-script typeface system that matches a Latin serif text typeface with a Canadian aboriginal syllabics character set for the Inuktitut language.
    • Compass (2013, Étienne Aubert Bonn). A revival based on the early drawings of Monotype Plantin series 110 by Frank Hinman Pierpont and Fritz Stelzer.
    • MLS Soccer (2012). A handcrafted custom typeface by Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn, commissioned by Sid Lee.
    • Radio Canada (2017). A custom corporate humanist sans typeface for the French TV network in Quebec, co-designed by Charls Daoud and Alexandre Saumier-Demers of Coppers and Brasses. Google Fonts link. Github link.
    • Mortier (2021): A typeface inspired by old hand-painted advertisements on brick walls---many of which still exist as ghost signs in cities across the world. This unique style of lettering was influenced by precomputer techniques wherein sign painters would use the brick wall on which they were painting as a reference for laying out their text.

    Alexandre spends most of his time since 2016 working on variable font projects for The Type Network (ex-Font Font Bureau). Home page of Alexandre Saumier Demers. Behance link for Coppers and Brasses. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Corentin Noyer
    [Corentin Noyer]

    Aspet, France-based type designer. His fonts:

    • The rounded monospaced monoline typeface family Buro (2018-2021). Partly based on the Olympia De Luxe typewriter type.
    • In 2013 and 2014, he and Olivier Raimbaud assisted Damien Gautier with the development of the large sans typeface family Plaak, which was inspired by French street name signage.
    • Alfabet Bold (2020-2021). A squarish typeface influenced by De Stijl, and in particular, Theo van Doesburg.
    • Bevel Medium (2017-2021). A stencil typeface.
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    Corentin Noyer
    [Corentin Noyer]

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    Corentin Riviere

    During his studies at Graphic Arts School (AGR) in Nantes, France, Corentin Riviere designed the free font College Stencil (2018). He writes: It began as an experimental project as a tribute to the College de France and is now a fully functioning classically styled font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    CORE.NU Fonts
    [Martin Fredrikson Core]

    Free fonts by Swedish designer Martin Fredrikson Core (b. Gothenburg, 1970), whose real name is Martin Lexelius:

    • Chank fonts: Industri No. 35 (2002), Oh La La (2002 screen font), Sauerkrauto (2000), Som Ett Hus (2001).
    • T4 fonts: Corpse Grinder (gothic font), Kantor (2002, since 2007 commercial at T4), Motor Mouth (2006).
    • Fountain fonts: Borgstrand (styles called Regular, Web, Stencil, Hellas; originally a Fountain Type font, it migrated in 2015 to Martin Lexelius Core's foundry), Filt (2001, a fat display face), Jalapeño (Mexican-style diner display, see here), Malmö Sans (2000, Fountain Type, and 2015 at his own type foundry).
    • CORE.NU fonts (mostly free): Backstabber Grotesk, Backstabber Roman (1999), Banditos, Bilprovning Gothic, Blocky Smocky (2002), Bodoni Natural, Bodoni Slapp (2000), Bongonaut (1999), Boy-O (2002), Bunth Serif (1999), Daniel Hando, Darlito, Das Kavel Gotisch, Dot City (1999), DrunkPunk (2002), Executive Producer, Fizzo (1998), Flake Anfang (1999), Funky Mushroom (2000), Gentleman Caller (2002 (pixel font), Grill Sans (2000 (a funny hotdog and hamburger dingbat font, together with Finn Hallin and Simon Grdenfors), Felvetica (2001), Il Tempo Gigante (2001 (extra wide screen font), Isterburk (2001), Komputter (2002), Lager Neon, Lindhagen Script, Marfhaus (1998 (his take on the Bauhaus "Universal" unicase font), Messages, MuskelBengt (2000), No Reklamo, Nuderflaken (2002), Oblata Kurrenta (1999), Pixelette (1998), Plugger, Practicamente, RunStop, Sarcastic Girl Scout Bitch (2000), Sensory Input (2001), Serge Hand, Small Talk (1999 (nice screen font family with styles called Tight, Tight Mono, Wide, Wide Mono), Stiffy99, The Perfect Font.
    FontShop link. MyFonts link for the Martin Lexelius type foundry. MyFonts link for Cre. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Corey Holms

    Graduate from Cal Arts (1996), who runs CoreyHolms.Com in Fullerton, near Los Angeles. MyFonts link. MyFonts foundry link. Most of his fonts were republished in the 2020s at Canada Type.

    Designer of Compunabula (2015: a low resolution, 8-bit alphabet imagined for our high resolution world), NE10 (2010, a stencil / neon tube typeface), This (a stencil typeface), Area (2008, Umbrella Type, an art deco nightclub face; hints of Avant Garde), Mode (2007, experimental modular type, Umbrella and later Canada Type, Babbage (2005, Umbrella Type, a capricious typewriter font), Sange (2002, a dot matrix blackletter font), Brea and Brea Light (2004, a dot matrix blackletter family at Umbrella Type; republished in 2021 at Canada Type), Mince and Mince Shadow (2004, Umbrella Type), DecadesOS (2002, for Decades Inc), Air-Port (1999), Attractor (2001, based on Alexei Tylevich's NoGlow), Granule (2009, fat rounded sans), Cartridge (2001), Claes (2001, based on a Wim Crouwel design), Consume (1996), Den (1998, for the Digital Entertainment Network), Digital (1997, for "The Apartment"), Empire (1995), Fascia (2002), Hobart (2001, a kitchen tile font), Pea (2005, Veer: letters made up of springs), Phia (another kitchen tile font), Progress (2001, for Progress City), Rasputin, RMX, Savante (1999), Sears (2000), Stencil, Thirty, Untitled and WebType (2000). Many of these fonts are futuristic, experimental, logo-inspired or minimalist.

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Corey James

    New York City-based designer who is originally from Perth, Australia. Designer of these typefaces: Vinum (2014: a gothic psychedelic typeface inspired by Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone" album), Inflated (2015, an oily bubblegum typeface), and 375 (2015: a striped experimental typeface in 3 weights, Window, Facade and Earthquake). Behance link. Old URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cori Mayhew

    During her studies at West Virginia University, Cori Mayhew (Morganstown, WV) designed the stencil typeface Omit (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cornel Windlin
    [Lineto]

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    Cornelis André Vlaanderen

    Despite his name, André Vlaanderen was a Dutch designer, 1881-1955. He drew several alphabets, such as Moderne Schabloonletter (1933, a geometric stencil), and Silhouetteletter (1933, a counterless geometric solid art deco face).

    Digital revivals:

    • Vlaanderen NF, Vlaanderen Chiseled NF, Vlaanderen Round NF, Vlaanderen Square NF, all by Nick Curtis. These free fonts are based on an untitled work by André Vlaanderen from 1928.
    • F37 Xan (2010, Rick Banks, F37). Based on a 1925 design by André Vlaanderen.
    • Eutopia (2015, Victor Navarro Barba), based on an original from 1928 in the geometric solid genre.
    • Konstrukt (2020, Mew Varissara Ophaswongse).
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    Corradine Fonts
    [Manuel Eduardo Corradine]

    Manuel Eduardo Corradine Mora was born in Bogotá in 1973. He graduated from the School of Graphic Design of the National University of Colombia in 1996, and became a graphic designer. He started by custom-designing fonts and by making typefaces for his own company, Casa Papelera El Cedro (The Cedar Papermaking House), for printing invitation cards. With other designers like Carlos Fabián Camargo, John Vargas and César Puertas he formed Tipográfico in 2007 to strengthen the type discipline in Colombia. Corradine Fonts is Manuel Corradine's own foundry in Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2006. Today, he is one of Colombia's principal type designers. He also teaches at Universidad Piloto de Colombia in Bogota.

    Fonts from 2007: Kidwriting (a family which includes Kidwriting Dingbats 1 and 2), Garabata (a fantastic handwriting face), Garabata Dingbats, Hexagona Digital, Quadrat (grunge), Quadrat Old (grunge), Quadrat Dirty (grunge), Quadrat Broken, Quadrat Ugly, Neogot (experimental, 8 styles).

    Fonts from 2008: Mucura (handwriting), Prissa (handwriting), Salpicon (a script), Cuento Serif (a bouncy hand-printed family), Memoria (brush script), Charco, Happy Day (comic book family with Happy Day Dingbats), Espectro (a swinging script with swashes and a Dingbats style), Furia (handwriting), Candelaria (based on house signs in the La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogotá), Old Village (1600's style), Old Village Ornaments, Rapidda (a successful simulation of quick handwriting), Hueca (an outline children's script), Antigua (an old swashbuckler family), Colegial (a great-looking hand script), Pincel (a fantastic paint brush family with accompanying splatter dingbats), Trazo (Corradine's handwriting), Arcos (a techno family), Caveman (a primitive stone-look type family), Rumba (two styles; an elegant flowing brush script), Parche (graffiti family), Elegance Monoline (a greeting card script typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008), Abuelito (script).

    Fonts from 2009: Helga (flowing script), Mussica (+Swash, +Antiqued: a delicate Victorian typeface; followed in 2017 by Mussica Italic), Guarapo (hand-printed), Toxic (futuristic stencil), Emotion (comic book face), Bloque 3D, Rock and Cola, Betco's Hand, Telefante (comic book family), Nancy's Hand (more comic book hand-printing), Alambre (multiline/paperclip), Sensual (calligraphic hand), Zape (in the style of Tekton), Antrax Tech (grunge), Masato (handwriting), Hu Kou (oriental simulation).

    Fonts fgrom 2010: Miel (a curly script), Oferta (a signage script), Corradine Handwriting (and Corradine Handwriting Italic, 2015), Alberto (connected hand), Changua (hand-printed).

    Fonts from 2011: Plebeya (2011, connected hand), Mimi's Hand Connected, Legendaria (an extensive connected calligraphic family).

    Fonts from 2012: Tecna (a techno family co-designed with Sergio Ramirez), Neuron (a fantastic 16-style rounded elliptical sans family created together with Sergio Ramirez), Bucanera Soft (blackletter), Bucanera Antiqued (grungy blackletter), Official (a simple monoline sans family), Almibar (a connected calligraphic Spencerian script), Eterea (a roman all-caps family), Eterea LC (the lower case set), Canciller (an italic roman, done with Sergio Ramirez), Quarzo (2012, a formal copperplate script done with Sergio Ramirez).

    Typefaces from 2013: Neuron Angled (still with Sergio Ramirez), Alianza Slab (a great-looking slab family), Alianza Italic and Alianza Script (a packaging font), all made jointly by Manuel Eduardo Corradine and Sergio Ramirez.

    Typefaces from 2014: Whisky (a large blackletter family with inlines and fills for layering co-designed with Sergio Ramirez; related to German expressionism, it won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016), Whisky Italics, Beauty Script (with Juan Sebastian Rincon), Emblema and Emblema Headline (tall-legged art deco sans family by Duvan Cardenas), Wild Pen (a 1200-glyph set of typefaces that can be used to simulate handwriting thanks to smart replacements in Opentype), Sinffonia (a thin informal typeface with oodles of choices for swashes).

    Typefaces from 2015: Be Creative (a vintage display typeface), Typnic (a varied handcrafted layered and script typeface family; rhymes with picnic), Typnic Headline Slab.

    Typefaces from 2016: Naugles (thick display face based on the Naugles logo), Scrans (a modern signage script), Bloque (heavy slab family), Bloque Italic.

    Typefaces from 2017: Cristal (layered, triangulated and beveled font family, including exquisite Cristal Dingbats and Cristal Frames), Almibar Pro (connected calligraphic script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Tierra Script, Pueblito (rustic style).

    Typefaces from 2019: Austera Text (a comfortable workhorse serif).

    Typefaces from 2020: Kidwriting Pro.

    Klingspor link. Behance link. Creative Market link. MyFonts link. Fontspring link. Font Squirrel link.

    View Corradine's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Courtney Billadeau

    Creator at FontStruct in 2009 of Mother May I, Arlen Rage, Hunger, Burnt Out (fat stencil), Yes You May, Crave. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Courtney Olver

    Gold Coast, Australia-based designer of the stencil typeface Construct (2018), which combines geometric elements and was inspired by the De Stijl movement. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cozy Fonts Foundry
    [Tom Nikosey]

    Type designer (b. 1951, New York) in New York City, who studied at Pratt. His type foundry, Cozy Fonts, is located in Bell Canyon, CA.

    Creator of the Arabic simulation typeface Aladdin (2012), Skratchbook (2012), Toms Finger (2013, hand-printed cartoon typeface, +Toms Pinky, +Toms Thumb), Noodlerz (2013), Posterface (2014, +Sans; modular poster font family), Speener (hand-printed), Victory Script (2015), Archiva (2016: a useful rounded yet squarish condensed typeface family, +Stencil, +Dropline), Slenderz (2016: a handcrafted sans family), and Ds Hand (2016, based on the hand of Danielle Nikosey).

    Typefaces from 2017: Civic Sans (a 13-style sans family for billboards).

    Typefaces from 2018: Irongate.

    Typefaces from 2019: Flintlock.

    Typefaces from 2020: Planetype (futuristic, modular), Slatz (an ultra-condensed sans and serif family).

    Typefaces from 2021: CF Cozyscript (a monolinear retro school script), CF Nixt (a seven-style simple monolinear geometric sans in the mid-century American and Swiss traditions, perhaps leaning closest to Avenir).

    Typefaces from 2022: Neuliner (a 7-style metro-retro font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Craig Black

    Craig Black is a Scottish-born graphic designer, lettering artist and typographer, who graduated from University West of Scotland in 2013. Having spent the first few years of his career in leading design agencies in London, he currently runs his own design studio in Gourock, Scotland. In 2020, Monotype released FS Renaissance, a stencil serif typeface by Pedro Arilla and Craig Black. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Craig Melvin

    Craig Melvin (Reading, UK) created Stencil (2013) during his studies. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Creative Juncture
    [Justin Daniels]

    Creative Juncture is Justin Daniels's design company in Salt Lake City, UT.

    Justin created the rounded octagonal typefaces Blomfer (2012) and Blomfer Round (2012). Still in 2012, he designed Stencil Round Ends.

    Typefaces from 2016: Arlune (an arched moon-inspired slightly astro typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Creative Toucan (was: Leo Supply Co)
    [Leonard Posavec]

    Cakovec, Croatia and Washington Park, WA-based designer (b. 1995) of preponderantly grunge typefaces. In 2013, he created Funny Classic, Lion Pro, Lover, War is in the Air (military stencil), Aussen (squarish), Ensione (outlined), Rangle, Gaon, Momgers, Escapea (athletic lettering), Campus A (athletic lettering), Zebraliner, The Alistaren, Goteros, Collegerion (athletic lettering face), Prestinia Pro (grungy serif face), Fast Ostrich, Funny Trip, Boro, Electric (grungy face), On The Left, Power Balloon, Heavy Bomb (grungy), Kid From Hell, Army Stamp (rough army stencil), Jump Party, Comic Type, Commy, Faster, Fati, Funny me, Hypnotize, Half Half, My Day, Totally Outline, First Day, Funny Kid, Waterline, Piranha, Fish (grunge face), Modern Sketch, Beboline (dymo label grunge), Metalic (sic), Moter (grungy outline face), Privjet, ShadowM (shaded typeface), Old Movie, Strong Boy, Russian Line, Long Leg, Cool Day, Jungle Tree, Funny Teca, End of Era, DeLeo, Buble Muble, Morris, Funky Monkey, Leonards (a scratchy typeface), Dead John (grunge), Square Baby (grunge), Handwriter, Outline Storm, Mejiko (grungy Western font), Bird Fly, Died, Close To (grungy dymo label font).

    Typefaces from 2014: Dabre, Handeer, Bad Land, Thron, 806 Typography (wood style didone), Rypote.

    Typefaces from 2015: Debeli Bridge (faded, grungy and gorgeous), Rustal, Madalen, Stiquez, Vallyns (grungy, stamped typeface), Falsthan (brush face), Areson, Summeron (brush script), Surpal Lovely (Victorian kitsch), Summer 2, Megeon (+Grunge), Dabre Grunge (textured caps).

    Typefaces from 2016: Taramda, Endless Script, Riot Ton, Dabre (grungy stamped style), La Tequila (Western font), Originals (painted letters), Originals is out, Avenue Drift, Amoky (sketched), Bastielle Script, Ipsum Script, Baroquey Script, Pomah Type (brush script), Vrown Fox (dry brush), Time Machino (dry brush), The Gohe Go, My Boquet Script, The Sellen, Baley Sun, Brushed Traveler, Salone Strand, Aple Time (brush), Bert Loch (brush), Brushed Car, Last and Chaos (brush), Thin Zeus (brush), Top Light (fat brush typeface), Summer Soul Script, Summter (connected script), Summdraw, Planine Script, Samtak Script, Astel Script, Rostek Old, Megiline, Sally Script, Rolley, Naila Script, Amoky (textured letterpress emulation typeface family), Reeld (dry brush typeface), Stamped Navy (textured).

    Typefaces from 2017: Musterion (brush script), Wolvos (rough brush), Xenos, Descolorido, Mushroom (an angulara children's book font), California Jackpot, Zondas, Codiac (rough brush), Gullias (signage script), California or California Jackpot (brush font), Rhinos Rocks (brushy), Quick Toy (inky brush script), Italiano (dry brush), Gode (thick brush), Ananas Lips, Kiwano Apple, Cup of Sea, Fly N Walk, Sign 45 (vintage grungy poster style), Jaoy, Gas Rock, Acids.

    Typefaces from 2018: Storehouse (a vintage all caps copperplate family with small wedge serifs; by Nicolas Massi and Leonard Posavec; it includes a stencil style), San Francisco, Quick Pick (brush), Mick's, Jumper, Alask (brush), Royal Twins, Clas (brush script), Yolloy, Scolarship (sketched).

    Typefaces from 2019: Planina, Athletica (letterpress style), Costa La Vista (font duo), Springs, Originals 2 (dry brush), Astana.

    Typefaces from 2020: Myla (a display typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Surfbars (a dry brush font for outdoors usage; also supports Cyrillic).

    Fontspace link. Creative Market link. Old URL. Another Creative Market link. Dafont link. Fontplanet link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Creatype Studio (or: Taro Creatype, Crella Marketplace, Rahardi Creatype)
    [Mohamad Rian Rahardi]

    Depok and/or Bangka Belitung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1979) of these script typefaces in 2018: Guthenberg (signage script), Rampage Monoline, Chicago Script (baseball script), Entreaty (signage script), Striped King, Rathyland, Banshee (brush script), Aksana (brush script), Just Signature, Granite (brush), Wakanda, Halimun (signature font), Jacklyn (signature font), Winchester (signature font), Jelytta, Bulgatti, Southampton, Little Jack.

    Typefaces from 2019: Barcetto, Butterly, Huttely, Qrownly, Questa White (a monoline script), Oklahoma, Guthenberg Bold, Estylle Madison, Thankfully, Mistrully, Sophia Christie, Attemptyon, Maghody, White Angelica, Gilligan Shutter (monoline script), Ballystic, After Sunset, Barcelony, Brittany Signature, Cervanttis, Clattering, Estrela, Endestry, Guttenbay, Hello Santtiny, Herdrock (brush style), Hey Lucky, Kasting Script, Billystuck, Porcelain, The Gwathmey.

    Typefaces from 2020: Death Rock (dry brush), Gwyneth, Kamilya, Kids Now, Lemony, Mandaly, Mossley, Ondyne, Wildrock, Hello Sunny, Hurtley, Magnolia, Myrwala, Priscyla, Rockys, Skulrock, Summer Beach, Yearbook, Montrelo (a rounded interlocking sans), Kingstyle, Starshy, Kastyle, Scarletty, Thransty, Quinttor, Breaker The Brush, Jattayu, Lazy Jumps (dry brush), Besties Matthew, Gesthyla, Ganttlets (dry brush), Estelly, Oklahoma, Blastyes, Stadella, Twister, Gistesy, Broadway (art deco), Brittanya Goldenite, Monttrela, Estrela (a rabbit ear script), Alesandra, Eleanor, Evangeline, Masticusy, Sydhartta, Jumps Steady, Bandage Kroasty, Hanastly, Retylle Solyta, Rampage Monoline, Estylle Madison, Halmahera, Hypebeast (spurred, caps), Whisholder (spurred, caps), Cristabella, Mallorie, Baquette, Crocky, Gadroons, Halymoon, Magdalyn, Raysha.

    Typefaces from 2021: Agatha Christy, Anastasya (a monoline script), Antipathy Stamp, Anttelope, Aquawave, Attena (calligraphic), Aurelye, Babyque, Ballantik, Barcelona, Barthony, Bedtime Story, Bellagio Chic, Black Diamond, Brandon Matthews, Brittany, Broadway, Brokllyng, Broster (a weathered vintage slab serif), Brotherhood Brush, Brownies, Bryan Kimberly, Bucherry, Cherly Blossom, Connecticut, Coutline (stencil), Creamy, Cristabella, Dellyssion, Doodleland, Dorothy, Edward, Elisabeth, Endless Loveness, Enternal, Enternity, Essperanza, Eugellyca, Fioretta, Franchisca, Fruiti Juicy (a cut-out typeface), Gading Retro (a retro signage script), Garry Shelby, Gaston & Jacklyn, Gebrush, Ghostily Spooky, Gisella Anistasy, Goldisyle, Gorock, Graffity, Hamston, Hancoke Adventure, Hardbeat, Hattrick, Hello Sunny, Helloo Gladiattor, Heredittary, Hurtley, Jabottabeck, Jealousy, Jordan Dunk (script), Judthing, Juliette, Junkies, Kalemanja (Greek emulation), Kalistra (a bold monoline sans), Kallisoka (a display serif), Karllina, Kattalyna, Kidos Park, Kidstation, Kingstyle, Klassik Style (a retro signage script), Komika (a cartoon font), Komsiyochi (a signature script), Kulldesak, Lamorry, Layttona, Lazzy Dog, Little Queen, Lord of Scotland, Mackyloo, Magnifyco, Magnolia, Mallorie, Manchester Signature, Marleigh (a chunky display serif in the Windsor genre), Megaloman, Misrelly, Moanster, Modest (stencil), Monstera, Montrelo, Moonview, Myrwala, Peachy, Priscilla, Priscyla, Quickly Sustain, Quinlliyk, Rattiar, Rontrelan, Rowytta, Rustty, Sabertooth (a dry brush font), Sachssy, Sacramento, Samanthy, Scratchy, Shutterland, Skulrock, Sophiaticha Handwritten, Southwell, Sticky, Sugena Rawuh (a monoline script)m Summer Beach, The Brands Quest, The Brown Fox Stylish Marker, The Quest, The Rocky, Therhog, Tropikana, Vegawanty, Vinttadge, Western Wildler, Westlynn, When Modern Meet Vintage, Wintter, Wyaletta, Wyattiky, Wyattruly (calligraphic script), Gwyneth, Death Rock (a dry brush font), Yearbook, Rockys, Ondyne, Mossley, Lemony, Kids Now, Wildrock, Mandaly, Kamilya, Hanessy, Crocky, Raysha, Magdalyn, Halymoon, Gadroons, Baquette, Searghy, Marlyne, Grunge!, Bryshty, Jacklyn Blands, Sunquish.

    Typefaces from 2022: Brittany Signature. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cristián González Sáiz

    Santiago, Chili-based designer (b. Santiago, 1977) of the display typefaces Tosca (2005, Egyptian), RotulaCG and of Paquidermo (2003). He created Origen (2002-2003), about which he writes: "Origen is a sexy soft typeface that not only cares about legibility in small sizes but also the particularity each character has at 24pts. or more. It was created from a logo designed for a potter whose work is based on simple and friendly forms developed from the origin." Origen can be bought at Union Fonts. He has been working on El Chino (2004, a stencil type). He studied Graphic Design at the Finis Terrae University, graduating in 2001. In 2002 he continued his studies at the Typography Diploma in Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, where he started Origen. He now works as an art director in Ce Diseña, one of the most important firms of global branding in Chile, and as an independent designer for several artistic projects. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cristian Mielu

    Romanian designer of the squarish typeface Bricked (2020), the modular display typeface Bent Knives (2020), and the stencil font Mermaid Motions (2020). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cristina Lopes

    Calling herself a futurist, Cristina Lopes, a former chemical engineer, worked for 13 years in the papermaking industry for Portugal's Navigator Company. At Type Cooper 2020, Cristina Lopes designed the geometric sans and stencil typeface Geometricae. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cristobal Maturana

    Buin, Chile-based graphic designer, who made the stencil typeface Winuk in 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Cruz Fonts
    [Ray Cruz]

    Cruz Fonts was established in Oakland, NJ, in 2004 by Ray Cruz, who has been a designer of custom lettering and custom typefaces to major ad agencies, publishers and corporate clients in the New York City area for almost 30 years. He has created many display typefaces for Agfa/Monotype, Bitstream, Phil's Fonts and Garage Fonts. Presently Ray Cruz is working as Type Director at Y&R NY, and is an adjunct professor at FIT and Kean University teaching type design. Bio at Garagefonts.

    His oeuvre:

    Bio at Garagefonts. P22 link. FontShop link. PDF catalog.

    View Ray Cruz's typefaces. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cumberland Fontworks
    [Samuel John Ross]

    Game writer, game designer, graphic artist, and the creator and owner of Cumberland Games & Diversions, b. Cumberland, MD, 1971. He lived in Austin, TX, but is in Denver, CO, since 2014. Typefaces by S. John Ross include Sex Nerd (2021), Guacamole Quickstep (2019), Cynocel Poster (2019), Monesque (2019), Flagstones (2018), Kentucky Fireplace (2016), Bad Guy Black (2015, an engraved currency font), Silvery Tarjay (2015), Iron and Brine (2015), Afton James (2015), Fountain Avenue (2013), Axe Handel (2013, grunge), Sans Sara (2011, geometric organic sans), Growly Grin (2011, grunge), Gelio (2011, Greek simulation family; +Pasteli), Shock Shimmy (2011), Gelio Greek Diner (2011, Greek simulation face), Rugged Ride (2010, a texture font), A Love of Thunder (2010), The Day That Love Came To Play, Unity Dances (2009), Knits and Scraps (2008), Heirany Slight (2007), Merchant Copy (2006), Hexpaper (commercial: font for printing out hex paper (for puzzles and such)), RisusLCBDingbats, RisusLCBKringlebats, TemphisSweatermonkey, HultogSnowdrift (2006), Hultog Engraved (2006), Encounter Critical, Erthe Gaming Systems (art nouveau), Tender Goliath (a heavy slab serif), Temphis Spidersilk (2005), Ten Ton Ballyhoo (2005, grunge), Vermin Magic (2005), Uneasy, Tombs of Rivulax, Almanac of the Apprentice (2005), Yemite Snow Letters (2005), Seven Miles to Heirany (2005), Bold Marker (2005), Apostate Cancer (2005), Bydee Man (2005, based on the handwriting of Austinite Brian Joseph), Uresia (2005, runic), Dragon Harbour (2005), A Kringle in Time (2004, Christmas dingbats), Vanthian Ragnarok (2004), Regal Demise (2004), Nobody Small (2004), Earwax Wit (2004), Always Joking (2004), Hill Country (2004), Barrel House (2004), Iron Lung (2004), Art Greco (2004, a stone cutter face), Powell and Geary (2004), Wolves Engraven (2003), Homespun (2003), Cup and Talon (2003), Glyphs of Hax (2003), Invader Candy (2003), Temphis Runes (2003, commercial), Temphis Laundry Marker (2012), Temphis Brick (2003), Temphis Knotwork (2003), Temphis Dirty (2005), Struck Dead (2003), Double Slug (2003), Oddbats (2003), Phaeton John (2003), Scrawlings (2003, a gothic font), FountainAvenue (2002), Pokethullu (2002), AtlasoftheMagi (2002), Skuntch (2001), Prison Walls (2002), Downtown Auto (2002), Arvigo (2002), Beccaria (2002, very old typewriter font), Cheap Seven Inches (2002), Nicotine Stains (2002), Apple Butter (2002), Merchant Copy (2006), Mexlar (2002), Eye Socket (2002), Spacedock Stencil (2001), Rutherford (2001), SPARKSScrapbook2001 (2001), Sparks ("from skeletal necromancers to doughty Dwarf warriors to Bigass Ogres to chicks with guns - and now an entire science-fiction set!"), Skull Salad (2001), The Temphis Runes (commercial rune font set), Cock Boat (2001, co-designed with Amy Miles), Marshmallow (2001, by his wife Sandra Ross), Yank (2001, handwriting, by Sandra Ross), Focal Deviance (2001), Darn Ya (2001, typefaces), Punkinhead (jack-o-lantern shaped letters), Rocket Yo-Ho (2001), Thunder Thighs (2001), Dirty Headline (2001, and Dirty Headline v2, 2012: The most successful of the Cumberland stress-fonts is an unlikely typographic hero, released as it was with huge chunks of even the basic U.S. keyboard set missing (it had no apostrophe, for example, and no smart-quotes). Why so limited? I built it for one thing and one thing only, so it only had what it needed. I never expected to see it spread across the globe on buses, TV and movie screens, book coves, web-banners, lottery tickets, signs and clothing. I also never expected it to introduce me to roller derby girls (a whole team of them!), or to hook me up with a pen-pal who means a lot to me, but it's done all those things and more.), Ninja Bootleg (2001), Face Front, Nameless Harbor, Martian Hull Markings (1999), ProtoRooftops (2001), Zarking (2001), Graalek, High Fiber (2001), LastUniform, Wolves&Ravens (2000), Wolves&Ruin (2003), Pigeon Street (2001), Gravel (2001), TheAlchemist (2001), Deco Freehand (2001), Archipelago (2001), Flagstones (commercial), Newfie (handwriting, by Sandra Ross), Hultog (2000), and Lunatic Regular (handwriting, 1999). 15 USD fontmaking service. At Apostrophic Lab in 2001, he designed FuturexApocalypse. The Temphis Runes font set is commercial.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Wikipedia link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    CX Graphics
    [Charice Xi]

    Vancouver, Canada-based designer of the free fonts Fatcat (2020) and Reflee (2020: a stencil font inspired by reflections of rain and water). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    CybaPeeCreations (or: Typoasis)
    [Petra Heidorn]

    CybaPee is the nom de plume of Petra Heidorn who lives in Hamburg. She has created many typefaces (listed below) between 1997 and 2005 and has cooperated with several type designers on interesting projects. She is undoubtedly best known for her successful web site Typoasis (discontinued in 2016), where one could download her own creations, and those of her many friends. Petra was also heavily involved in several attempts to revive blackletter fonts, in cooperation with Manfred Klein, Dieter Steffmann, Paul Lloyd and others. She organized several revivals of the typefaces of Rudolf Koch and Ernst Schneidler. She also managed the extensive web presence of Manfred Klein.

    In 2016, she allowed me to host her fonts on my site. Download page. Download all her fonts in one zip file.

    Her typefaces:

    • AlphanatismConHeads (2001). Stamped style.
    • ArabDancesMediumItalic (2002). An Arabic simulation typeface done with Manfred Klain's assistance.
    • Azimech (1999).
    • Bauernschrift (2004). After a 1911 typeface from Bauersche Giesserei.
    • Bayreuth (2003). A nice scan-version of Bayreuth Fraktur by Ernst Schneidler for C.E. Weber in 1932.
    • Bibelschrift (2004). Codesigned with Manfred Klein, Bibelschrift revives a Fraktur from 1926-1928 used by the Bremer Presse, est. 1911. The Bremer Presse was bombed by the Americans in 1944.
    • BirthdayGreetz (1999).
    • Brahms Gotisch (2005). A blackletter typeface co-designed with Manfred Klein. It is a revival of a 1937 Genzsch&Heyse typeface designed by Heinz Beck.
    • Burte Fraktur (2003). After Christian Heinrich Kleukens for the Mainzer Presse, 1928.
    • CalliBrush (1999).
    • Camouflage (1999). Textured.
    • Chaos-Theorie (2000). A Halloween or vampire font.
    • Charon (1999). An angry and / or scary typeface.
    • Crystopian.
    • CursedKuerbis (1999).
    • Cyclin (2000). An ironwork font.
    • DecoCaps (1999). Ornamental caps.
    • DeutscheDruckschrift (2004). A revival of Heinz König's 1888 blackletter typeface for Genzsch&Heyse.
    • DeutscherSchmuck (2004). Codesigned with Manfred Klein, this ornamental dingbat font is a revival and extension of the Schmuck für Deutsche Druckschrift by Eduard Ege, Genzsch and Heyse, 1922.
    • DiamondDreams (1999). A pearly all caps typeface.
    • Ellipsoideogram (2000). An italic headline sans.
    • Epitough (1999). A sans.
    • Extemplary (1999).
    • Funtastique (1999). An exagerrated, almost bubbkly, art nouveau typeface.
    • Gondoliere (2000). A light-hearted poster typeface.
    • Gotika (2005). After Reiner's 1933 blackletter typeface for Bauer.
    • Greex (1999). A Greek emulation typeface.
    • Hans Sachs Gotisch (2005). Based on a typeface by that name of Albert Auspurg, 1911, Genzsch&Heyse.
    • Hartwig-Schrift (2005). A blackletter typeface that revives Hartwig Poppelbaum's Hartwig Schrift from 1927-1928.
    • Hasenchartbreaker (1999). A handcrafted typeface.
    • Heimat (2005). After Wilhelm Weimar's Heimat from 1917, Genzsch&Heyse.
    • HelvAssim (1999). A naughty take on Helvetica to needle Linotype.
    • Hohenzollern (2004). Based on Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt's blackletter typeface for Bauersche Giesserei, 1902.
    • HollandGotisch (2005). Designed together with with Manfred Klein, this is a revival of the textura typeface Nederduits (aka Fleischmann Gotisch) by Johann Michael Fleischmann, ca. 1750.
    • InkyDinky (1999).
    • IsleOfTheDead (1999). An angular handcrafted typeface reminiscent of the movie titling of Dr. Caligari.
    • Jaecker-Schrift (2005). Revival of the 1912 blackletter typeface by Wilhelm Jaecker for D. Stempel.
    • Kleukens-Fraktur (2004). A Schwabacher based on a design by Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, 1910.
    • KrasniFellows (1999). An old Slavonic emulation typeface.
    • KuehneRevised (2003). A blackletter typeface.
    • LadyIce-Italic, LadyIce-SmallCaps, LadyIce, LadyIceRevisited, LadyIceRevisitedUpper. An organic monoline sans typeface family developed together with Apostrophe.
    • Leibniz-Fraktur (2003). A Schwabacher typeface based on a house font at Genzsch & Heyse, 1912.
    • LeontineLoew. A warm and plump informal typeface.
    • LightBats (1999). Dingbats.
    • Lupinus (1999).
    • Lurzing-Initials (1997). A decorative caps typeface based on a 1908 typeface by Karl Lürzing that depicts naked figures.
    • Manuskript Gotisch (2004). A revival of a 1514 Textura typeface by Wolfgang Hopyl, which was a house typeface at the Bauersche Giesserei in 1899.
    • ModerneSchwabacher (2005). After a ca. 1900 typeface by the Otto Weisert foundry called Moderne Halbfette Schwabacher.
    • MonkeyHouseParty (2001).
    • MothproofScript (1999). A calligraphic typeface. The name is a take on frostmoth, one of Petra Heidorn's early aliases.
    • MuseAsis (2002). Artsy fartsy.
    • Napapiiri (1999).
    • Neudeutsch (2004). After a 1900 original by Otto Hupp for Genzsch&Heyse.
    • NeueFraktur, NeueFrakturExtraBold (2004). Revivals of typefaces by Johannes Wagner Schriftgiesserei in 1927.
    • NinjaLine (2000). An outlined graffiti typeface.
    • Nordland (2005). Based on a typeface by Heinz Beck for Trennert&Sohn, 1935.
    • Oetztype (1999). German expressionist. Named after the Tyrolian Iceman, Oetzi.
    • Oktoberfest (1999).
    • Pachyderm (1999). A nice ultra-fat typeface.
    • PeesCelticItalic, PeesCelticPlain, PeesCelticOutline (1999). Ornamental Celtic caps.
    • Pegypta, Pegyptienne (1999). Hieroglyph-inspired typewriter fonts.
    • PostmoderneFraktur (1999).
    • Rammstein (1999). A tall condensed typeface.
    • ResPublica (2000).
    • RoteFlora (1999). Garffiti style typeface.
    • RoyalGothic (1999). A swashy set of initials.
    • SadLisa. A kitchen tile font designed to support Lisa Jenkins in a copyright battle.
    • Sagittarius (1999). An arrowed typeface.
    • SailingJunco (1999). A stencil typeface.
    • Scalper-Bold, Scalper, ScalperInk (2001). Grunge style.
    • SchmalfetteGotisch (2004). Codesigned with Manfred Klein, this semi-Textura typeface is based on a type of Ernst Schneidler.
    • SchneidlerInitialen (2004). After F.H.E. Schneidler.
    • Schneidler Schwabacher (2004). After F.H.E. Schneidler.
    • SchwabachDeko (2005). This is Verzierte Schwabacher by Carl Kloberg, Leipzig, 1891. In 2005, Petra co-designed a similar revival of Verzierte Schwabacher with James Arboghast, simply called Verzierte Schwabacher. Her SchwabachDeko attempted to be as close as possible to the original.
    • Scoglietto (1999). A text typeface.
    • SerpentisBlack (2004). Digitization of a typeface by E.W. Tieffenbach for Officina Serpentis, 1913. This in turn is based on a Gotico-Antiqua by Peter Schoeffers (Mainz, 1462) which was refined in the late 15th century by Creussner and Koberger.
    • SlimlinerMicro (1999).
    • Smoke-Rasterized-Medium (2001). Degraded and textured.
    • SoftAutumn (1999).
    • Stoertebeker (1999). A mediaeval typeface with a rough outline.
    • SunnySide (2000).
    • Symphonie (2005). A digitization of Imre Reiner's Symphonie from 1938 (renamed Stradivarius in 1945).
    • TaraType (1999). A lapidary typeface named after Petra's friend, Sabine Taranowski.
    • Teutonia (2004). Based on a typeface by Roos & Junge, ca. 1900.
    • TipTop (2004). Based on a typeface from Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt, Leipzig, ca. 1900. Virtually identical to Teutonia.
    • ToolTime (1999). Dingbats.
    • TypesourceFanclub (2001). A heavy semi-slab serif.
    • Urdeutsch (2004). A rounded blackletter typeface based on Urdeutsch (1924-1925, Adolf Heimberg for Genzsch&Heyse).
    • Vogeler Caps (2002). Based on Heinrich Vogeler's decorative blackletter caps typeface Jugendstil Initialen (1905).
    • Weiss-Gotisch (2004). A revival of E.R. Weiss's typeface by that name, published in 1936 at the Bauersche Giesserei.
    • WelcomeY2K (2000). A casual typeface.
    • XmasTerpiece, XmasTerpieceSwashes (2001). A Fraktur font based on Rhapsodie by Ilse Schuele.

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    CyberGraphics
    [Jan Erasmus]

    Foundry, est. ca. 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by Jan Erasmus. Jan currently resides in Johannesburg and taught font design for 10 years at University of Johannesburg and Stellenbosch University. His professional activities include typography, websites, brochure design, packaging, branding and type design. He also designed custom fonts for corporations of which Menyaka (for the FIFA world cup soccer 2010) and Nando's fast foods (1999; done together with Cross Colours) are the most noted.

    Jan's debut display font family was Thornface (1997, a beautiful medieval font). He then released Transition, Lalibela (2009, didone), Pixeluxe and Azania (Tuscan, Western). Other fonts include Sade (a relative of Garamond), Export Unicase (1999, stencil), Mzansi (2007, an African look font), Shaftciti (2008, military stencil), Pixeluxe (2010), Giramundo (2010), Transition (2006), Ethereum (2015, a Cyrillic emulation typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Cyrus Highsmith
    [Occupant Fonts]

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    D. Green

    Designer of Danger Cyr, a Cyrillic stencil typeface (2004). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    D. Thaker

    Designer of the stylistic stencil typeface Devendra (Linotype, 1982). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Da Only Aan

    Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1987, of these typefaces in 2017: Clone Line, Blitz, Genio Script, Rhythm Script, Luzhniki, Cendana, Wow, Single, Mantra, Lovable, Eruption, Finger Dance, Never Old, Bravo, Funday, Lexa Sans, Supernova, Ventura sans, Lol Signature, Frysca, Granite, Signsation, Addictive, Magic Wave, Vallent (sans), Signora, Magic Wave, Signature Talk, Alexis, Prologue, Bullet, Red Blood, Talkin Talk, Tsamina, Jealous Boy, Almost Soul Mate, Romantic Story, Alayhome Dirty, Angle Silence, Wave of Love, Sleeping Child, Move On, Hompimpa, Cheap Road, Cheerful, Stay Close, Wholess Script, Morning Painters, Slow Down Script, Empty Family, Jumping Pack, Signaspies (signature font), Private Emotion, Cubby Cheeks, Lonely, Cat Cute, Thin Man, Sheep Horn, Angelie, Aza (brush script), Wrong Way, Solid, Swirling, Slash, Child Write, Ink Scratches, Stalk, Being Lazy, Longitudinal End, Unchained, Curbside, Naura, Lay, Elastic, and Ladies Sky.

    Typefaces from 2018: Dilan Signature, Syndrom, Ground (rounded sans), Glass, Flowrish (floriated), Aline (multiline), Salting (script), Sellow, Marion, Melting, Move Closer, Reflection, Cavalry, Sway Script, Chenthini, Vero, Inner, City, Break, Bat Hill.

    Typefaces from 2019: Pring, Racheto (bilined), Alusans, Tooth (Tuscan), Apache, Analyst (stencil), Amblas (geometric monoline sans), Nona (oriental look), Pieces, Black Forest (textured caps), Drops.

    Typefaces from 2020: Barella, Bound, Fillet, Gigs, Greysia, Playon, Rindang, Squad, Tuman, Ampera, Asolola, Britania, Coobra, Focus, Force, Gopoh, Rumput, Black Boxes, Canthink, Garage, Ledre, Pashion, Vonari, Ambyar, Bendoyo, Bergomi, Buroq, Cydro, Gresix, Langgam, Laron, Risole, Super Fans, Trailer. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dagohbert
    [Bernd Flickinger]

    Vienna, Austria-based designer (b. 1964) of Brooks (2016: Peignotian), Plagiata (2016, a modular sans typeface) and Bernd (2016, a stylish script typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Antaris St CF (stencil), Antaris CF, Madame Flacon (inspired by the logo of Marionnaud Parfumeries). Dafont link. Devian Tart link. Store where one can buy some of his fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Daler Mukhiddinov

    Highlands Ranch / Denver, CO-based designer of the free all caps ink-trapped typeface Krisha (2019), the free piano key stencil typeface Modernia (2019), the sans typeface Floane (2019), the heavy sans typeface Goodlight (2019), and Tele Brush (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Rondal (a free condensed didone), DM Retrograde (pixelish). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Damien Gautier
    [Bureau 205 (was: Trafik)]

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    Damien Gosset

    Parisian designer (b. 1981) of PixArrows (2010, pixelized arrows), BeijingWigoWhat (2005, Indic simulation face), Coin Locker Datura (2005), Fucked Plate (2005, grunge typeface entirely based on old license plates), Destroyed License Plate (2005), BonesBummer (2005, scratchy handwriting), VerArmy (2005, stencil), Knife Fight (2005), Veru Serif (2005), Belgian Army (2005, no longer offered), Bnko (2005, no longer offered), Abuse (2005, handwriting) and Sweeep (2005, typewriter simulation), PoscaMadThrasherz (2009, graffiti), Rififi Serif (2010, pixel face), Sorcery 6128 (video game font) and Satan 1981 (2018).

    Typefaces from 2020: Boulder Dash 6128 (a pixel font), 8Bit Arcade (a video game font), Popincourt 1981 (a condensed squarish sans), Blackletter 97, Turfu 97, Peng Chau Nights (squarish), Eighty Nine 75020, Discomobile 1972 (Western), Lavomatic 2000. Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dan Choi

    Vancouver, Canada-based designer of the octagonal crate stencil font family Kraft Stencil (2021), which has various degrees of rounding. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dan M. Zadorozny
    [Iconian Fonts]

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    Dan P. Lyons
    [538Fonts]

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    Dan Pike
    [The Letter D (was: Entica Typograffiti)]

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    Daniel Angermann

    German graphic designer who has his own studio. He created the (free) experimental font family Drebiek (2008) around the theme of the triangle, the morbidly obese Diet-Fat (2008), Cartoons Abstract (2009), the monoline Cinga (2009), the experimental Boss M (2009), the art deco stencil typeface Trage Keinen Namen (2008) and the simple handwriting typeface Berger&Berger Caps (2009). One can also download a font tool called Typometer. At Dafont, he calls himself Dundeee.

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Daniel Marina

    Designer of the artsy stencil typeface Bersherk (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Daniel Ramirez
    [DarezD]

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    Daniel Reed
    [DR Foundry]

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    Daniel Robichaud
    [DR Fonts]

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    Daniel Westwood
    [A-D Foundry]

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    Daniel Woessner
    [Visual Mind Rockets]

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    Danish Maulana
    [Encaaan]

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    Darek Artworks

    During his studies in Barcelona, Darek Artworks designed Gothic Stencil (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    DarezD
    [Daniel Ramirez]

    Costa Brava, Spain-based designer of the stencil typeface Stenzilla (2022) and the logo/headline font Aforo Display, (2022). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Daria Karachenteva

    During her studies in 2012 in Moscow, Daria Karachenteva designed the army stencil typeface Ne Prislontsja and the hand-printed Net Istinyi. All fonts are for Cyrillic only. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Darius Samek
    [Elster Fonts]

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    Darren Scott
    [Darren Scott Typographics (was: Truth Design)]

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    Darren Scott Typographics (was: Truth Design)
    [Darren Scott]

    Darren Scott Typographics (was: Truth Design) is Darren Scott's design firm in Manchester, UK. Darren Scott graduated from Salford University in Manchester with a Design Practice Degree in 1996. Formerly the Senior Designer and Typographic Consultant at McCann-Erickson Manchester, Darren now runs his own consultancy, Truth Design. Their type design includes typefaces such as Aggregate, Amplifier (hairline geometric), Berliner, Como (artsy display), Imprimitur (serif), Mechanic (influenced by the poster types found in advertising during the industrial revolution), Nitrogen (hookish sans), Press On (grunge), Rivo (stencil), Rub On, Sodium. All typefaces available from FontWorks. Before Truth Design, which started in 2007, Darren Scott sold and licensed his typefaces through various firms:

    • [T-26]: BadAngel, Berliner, Circuit, Mechanic Gothic (1997), Polymer (1997), Retoric, Petrol Medium, Rub-On, Launderette Rinse.
    • TSi Font Foundry: TSI Aggregate.
    • ITC: Mechanic Gothic and Petrol.
    • FUSE 15 collection: Berliner (1996).
    • Atomic Type: Aggregate, Mechanic Gothic and Hydrate.
    • Red Rooster Type: Mechanic Gothic.

    Interview.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

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    Darrian Lynx

    Designer of wonderful teasing fonts: Alpha Silouettes (three versions), Cherished Teddies. And now, the most exquisite of all erotic fonts, VintageErotique (by Darrian and Itieu), LilGent, DelightfulLilDragons, DarriansSexySilouettes, SexySilouetteStencils, Butterflies by Darrian (dingbat), Hearts by Darrian (dingbat), Equestrian by Darrian (dingbat), EasterGirl, Butterfly Letters, Catstuff (by Glenda Moore and Darrian), Critters by Darrian (dingbat), Lots of Frames (dingbat), DarriansFrames, Buds and Blossoms (dingbat), Dollybat (adult), ElvgrenPin-ups (adult), FloralGarnish, SnowflakeLetters, BatmanandCompany, BeautiesbyBillWard, ButterfliesbyDarrian, ComixCuties, CrittersbyDarrian, CutiesbyCarlos, DarriansFramesTwo, DarriansSexySilhouettes (4 files), Egyptian, FloralGarnish, LatticeLetter, Portrait, Smurf. Since May 2003, the new erotic dingbat fonts (such as Femlin) are no longer free.

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    Dave Adamson
    [One Way Out (or: Church Art Fonts)]

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    Dave Ansett

    Melbourne, Australia-based designer of the sturdy titling font Quinse (2016). He writes: Inspired by the style and character of French directional signage, Quinse is a confident and bold signature font for brandmark design, packaging design, headlines for publications, and print and digital campaigns.

    In 2017, he designed the spurred Trump Font: Inspired by The Greatest Donald of our time (with apologies to Sutherland & Duck). Trump Bold is designed in his image; Bold and Distinctive. Trump Bold works well alone and is kind of a big deal!! So choose Trump Bold for your next brand or advertising project and Make Typography Great Again!!! Other typefaces from 2017: Frate (stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dave Rowland
    [Eclectotype (was: Schizotype)]

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    David DeSandro

    Designer, aka nemoorange, who used FontStruct in 2008 to make Remigius WIP (blackletter), Chambermaiden WIP (blackletter), Masphalt (a rip-off of Black Sabbath by You Work For Them), Minutia, Bloc War, Phantsied, Halliday (ultra stencil), Sally Shadow, Ben Day, Izack (experimental stencil), Clive Rounded, Milius (blackletter), Hamleigh (blackletter), Sabatino, Radish, Rosslyn and Rosslyn Metal (futuristic), and Boritone (squarish), Francero Wide (big slab serif), Squabble, Bradshaw Bold, Gretzatz, Quint City (stencil), Remigius (blackletter), Remigius Heavy. Additions in 2009: Bradshaw Bold, squabble, Tom Tussle (pixel face), Curtis Heavy, Curtis Pixel 14, Hermione Black (slabby),

    At his home page, one can look at his beautiful all-caps geometric grotesque Curtis CSS (2010)---this typeface was entirely coded using CSS primitives! [Google] [More]  ⦿

    David Fleming Nalle
    [Scriptorium (Ragnarok Press, Fontcraft)]

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    David Frangioso
    [The Price is Right Font Archive]

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    David J. Pascual Clavell

    As a student in Barcelona, David Pascual created the stencil typeface The New Deco (2013).

    Behance link. Aka David Spagetti. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    David Matos

    Berlin-based designer. With FontStruct, David designed the modular typefaces Ines Stencil (2013) and Ines Regular (2013).

    In 2019, David Matos went commercial and released the tall condensed slab serif Unicorn. He writes that Unicorn was inspired by lettering in a furniture ad in Domus vol. 192, 1943. Domus was an architecture magazine. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    David Neustadt

    David Neustadt ("saberrider") is the designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to make the experimental fonts Eye Pain, Colorblind, Big Blue (like IBM's stripes), Cord, Fontsract (a nice stencil face, based on piano keys), Dice (great; based on an idea of Daniel Pelavin, 1996), Blux (liquid crystal), Blockiger (octagonal), athletica (athletic lettering), divided (two lines, octagonal), edgewalker (heavy slab serif), geomatrix (filled-in letters), olympica. Other creations include Picto People (2008, a great people figure dingbat font), Carmack (2008, octagonal), Pluto (2008, white on black), Pluto Lowercase, Arena Berlin (2008), Katja (2008), Average (2008), Unbalanced (2008), Solido (2008, based on Ata Syed's FS Minimal), Noise (2008, grungy school letters), and Diagonalis (2008, diagonally striped letters).

    In 2009, he added Hexastruct, Curvy, Genero (fat face), Plagiacotti (Western saloon font, based on Manicotti, 2007, by David Jonathan Ross), Rasterman (+Bold) (gray effect fonts), Krummbein, Cohen, Mister N (handwriting), Monobono (shadow face), Letter Case, Mikado (3d-stroke font), Boulder (ultra-fat), Night Shift (semi-stencil), Tuvalua, Ripper (fat, counterless), Poff, Blackstruct (blackletter), Borders and Borders2 (outlines of countries).

    Typefaces from 2010: Squeeze, Puncture (dot matrix outlined), Yobbo (condensed, counterless).

    Typefaces from 2012: Thunderdome. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    David Ottley
    [Graphic Workman]

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    David Rust
    [Optimo]

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    David Samuel Oluwadamilare

    Lagos, Nigeria-based designer of the colorful children's book font Kidag (2018) and the modern stencil typeface Quaf (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    David Waschbüsch
    [Fontom Type]

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    Davide Piscitelli

    Based in Milan, Italy, Davide Piscitelli created the futuristic compass-and-ruler typeface Trnk in 2016. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    DBXL
    [Donald Beekman]

    Donald Beekman (DBXL, est. 1999) is a graphic and audiovisual designer (b. Amsterdam, 1961), who studied at the Rietveld Art Academy from 1979 to 1984 and then started his own graphic and music studio in Amsterdam. He designed many typefaces, most of them emanating from logos or artwork designed for his clients, often from the music and entertainment industry. Since 2004 he has been co-hosting Typeradio, the radio- and podcast-station on design and typography. He set up Vette Letters. Dafont link. Alternate URL. His fonts:

    • At FontFont: Automatic, FF Atomium (2007), FF Beekman (1999), Backbone, Imperial, Droids, FF Massive (2010: a logo family consisting of ultra-fat octagonal designs), Overdose, Stargate (1999), Totem, Tsunami, FF Flava (2003: Beekman calls this a hip-hop font), FF Manga Steel, FF Manga Stone, FF Webfonts, FF Backbone 2 (2003, a futuristic face) and FF Noni (2000).
    • At the DBXL web site: DBXL Softsoul, DBXL Monodon, Brak Bold, DBXL Hardsoul, DBXL Atonium, DBXL Nightfever (free).
    • At Die Gestalten: Breeze, Beatbox (2007, tilted stencil).
    • At Vette Letters: VLNL Cleaver (2017), VLNL Bon Bon (2013), VLNL Brokken (2009, fat octagonal face), VLNL Brak, VLNL Decks, VLNL Donuts (2015: originally designed in 2005 by DBXL as a logo for a Dutch funky house music outfit), VLNL Breakz.
    • Berlage (2013). A Dutch art deco typeface family based on lettering found in the Amsterdam Beurs (stock exchange) building, designed by architect H.P. Berlage, and other lettering found all over Amsterdam. It was published by FontShop in 2016 as FF Berlage Burcht and FF Berlage Beurs. The granite carving on the Berlagebrug in Amsterdam from 1932 inspired Beekman to design VLNL Berlagebrug (2019).
    • VLNL Kouseband (2019). A striking 5-style monolinear decorative sans with tall ascenders and an architectural lettering feel, perhaps Beekman's best typeface to date.

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam.

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    de Valence
    [Alexandre Dimos]

    de Valence is a graphic design and type design bureau in Saint-Ouen, France, run by Alexandre Dimos and Gaël Étienne. Their typefaces: Dada Grotesk (2007, Optimo), Dodo Grotesk (2005), Trois-cent quinze (2003), Le Gras (2004), Manuel (2003, stencil), Sweet Sweat (2004), Le Gros (2003), Sansas (2005, futuristic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dean Britto

    Toronto-based creator in 2009 of LSD Blackletter, a dot matrix blackletter face. Conflict (2012) is a modular gridded almost stencil design.

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    Deedeetype
    [Kurnia Setyadi]

    Jogja, Indonesia-based designer of the art deco sans typeface Zietta Sans (2019), the free fat finger fonts Katherine Handwriting (2019) and Haylow Marker (2019), the marker pen fonts Markisa (2019) and Karenina Handwriting (2019), the vampire fonts Foxtails (2019) and Creepy Garden (2019), the comic book typefaces Johnie Blackerson (2019: hand-brushed), Bandrek (2019), Squad 62 (2019), Banana Island (2019), Rollenzo (2019) and Houston Comics (2019), Fugia (2019), Rankerton (2019: octagonal), Jovita (2019), Aliens Learn To Write (2019), Cherry Smoothies (2019), Garvey (2019), Paper Cutz (2019), Coconut Cookies (2019), Cherry Cupcake (2019), Sweet Smoothies (2019), Butter Yellow (2019), and the script typefaces Zietta Script (2019), Nabilla (2019), Hello Darkness (2019) and Mae Nitta (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Unboxing, Staykingston, Butter Mellon, Brancho, Sweet Buddy, Baylock, Paper Sticker, Black Chocolate, Corzie, Nero Baruno, Lovely Moments, Grandstown Script, Pink Horn Unicorn, Lovely Paws, Blankboard, Honey & Raspberries, Bigger Lemons, Summer Flowers, After Sunday, Dutch Croquettes, Pedro Marker, Raisin Bread, Potato Pancakes, Blonkie, Blonkster (beatnik style), Zucchero (a fat squarish stencil), Monday Phobia, Karikature, Jamaican Crow, Lyonetta Handwriting, Ginger Galaxy.

    The commercial typefaces available via Creative Fabrica in 2020: After Saturday, Amsterdam Street, Banana Island, Bandrek, Barroomba, Bigger Lemons, Bitterbeans, Black Chocolate, Blank Board, Blonkster, Bourney Jacker, Brancho, Broken Brakes, Butter Mellon, Cactus Story, Chef De Partie, Cherry Cupcake, Coconut Cookies, Corzie, Crusterous, Dave Gridder, Dutch Croquettes, Fugia, Garvey, Ginger Soda, Grandstown Script, Holiday Planner, Honey Mango, Honey and Raspberries, Jack Sketcher, Jamaican Crow, Johnie Blackerson, Jovita, Karenina Handwriting, Karikature, Klappertaart, Lovely Moments, Lovely Paws, Lyonetta Handwriting, Markisa, Monday Phobia, Moody Bunny, Nabilla, Nero Baruno, Paper Sticker, Parsley Brush, Pedro Marker, Pepper Sauce, Pink Horn Unicorn, Quotesy, Raisin Bread, Rankerton, Red Gradient, Rollenzo, Rosemary Handwriting, Squad 62, Staykingston, Summer Flowers, Sweet Buddy, Thankful Hearts, Unboxing, Vanily, Zecko Sans, Zucchero Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Deli Pensil (was: Jetfast)
    [Delip Nugraha]

    Cimahi, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1994) who created Jetfast (2020: modular), Balist (2020: a display typeface), Algala (2020), Woliday (2019: a blackletter), Woliy (2019: a blackletter), Alohai (2020: a ball terminal-adorned display typeface), Syukur (2020), Carla (2020: script), Blood (2020: a handcrafted blackletter typeface), and Hippu (2020: a stencil typeface), Balist (a decorative serif).

    Typefaces from 2021: Lugon (a decorative serif), Hilove. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Deliberate Design
    [Eric Eaton]

    Eric Eaton is a graduate from the California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA (1997). He is a design director at Wired Digital in San Francisco, since 1996. He has made some experimental fonts (not downloadable): Bricks Are is a 2001 take on Akzident Grotesque, JAT is a 2000 serif face. Deliberately (2001) is a stencil face, Labyrinth (1999) is the ultimate pixel face, 3 by 3. Popva (1993) is based on a version of a logo for the City of New York (Street Cinema). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Delip Nugraha
    [Deli Pensil (was: Jetfast)]

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    Demonics
    [Mateo Mok]

    FontStructor in Los Angeles (and before that, Oakland, CA), who made DM/LM (2012: ultra black), dm Subfour (2012, experimentally vertically striped typeface), dm Streamline (2012), dm Clas (2012), dm New Humanist (2012), dm Blockd (2012), dm Scythe (2012), dmcm Erebus (2012, counterless), dm Kronos (2012), dm Parkway (2012, art deco), dm Parkway 3 (2012, for the Oakland Parkway Theater), dm Parkway 2 (2012), dm Xu (pixel face), dm E dim (2012), dm E light (2012), dm Eiros (2012, +Aliens, +Typicals, +Unrecognisables), dm Pop (2012), dm Informe 00 (2012), dm Solidus (2012), dm Me (2012, stencil), dm Nova (2012), dm Supernova (2012, a condensed piano key face), dm S 1 (sans), dm Spira (2012), dm Minium (2012, a jungle face), and the powerhouse slabs dm Banx10 (2012), dm Banx 11 (2012), dm Metrigue (2012, blackletter), dm Istruct (2012, pixel face), dm Wharf (2012), dm Solidis (2012).

    Typefaces from 2013: dm Yes, dm Legimono. Typefaces not mentioned above includePixtalic (pixel), Mecca, No, Silo, Glatajn, Lm, Legimono, Stuckingranite (3d), Solidus, Subfour (piano key stencil), dm-Blockd, dm-Cantilever, dm-Eiros-aliens, dm-Eiros-typicals, dm-Informe-00, dm-Informe-01, dm-Informe-02, dm-Informe-11, dm-Kronos, dm-Me, dm-mecca, dm-Metrigue, dm-Minium, dm-New-Humanist, dm-no, dm-Pop, dm-readable-sans, dm-regulr, dm-Scythe, dm-silo, dm-Solidis, dm-Solidus, dm-Spira, dm-Subfour-Lb, dm-Subfour, dm-Supernova, dm-Xu, dm-Yes-{c}, dm-Yes. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dene Studios
    [James Partington]

    Known as James Dene or James Partington. Malaga, Spain-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Rune (2018), Calx (2018), Calligraphy Rough (2018), Back to School (2018). In 2019, he published Barleycorn, Atomic, Lost in Space, Centuria (a clean modern sans), Nadir, Geneva, Control, Cosmic, Myrkheim (a Norse or hipster font), Perehilion (a paperclip font), Aphilion (stencil), Equinox (a connect-the-dots typeface), Revolve (hipster style), Ascension, Orion (circle-based), Nova (sci-fi), Voyager (stencil), Black Velvet, Quamir (a hipster sans), Norse Elder Futhark, Interlace (a multiline typeface), Exoplanet, Orson (a serif typeface), Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Sterling, Queen, Horace, Amos (a fashion mag sans), Allegra (serif), Archibald (slab serif), Cuneiform, the medieval typeface Reznor, the blackletter typefaces Griffin, Edgar and Deimos, Matrix, Egyptian Hieroglyph, Elder Futhark and Detective (a fingerprint texture font).

    Typefaces from 2020: Horizon, Barleycorn, Ancient Language Package, Perihelion (a paperclip typeface), Maze, Lost in Space, Quick, Assassin, Constantine, Drastica, Grace, Orson, Alistair, Antoinette, Bernard, Edgar, Lila, Anastasia, Angelica, Annabelle, Black Velvet, Centuria, Jinx (handcrafted). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Deni Anggara
    [Formatype Foundry]

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    Denis Forigo

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of teste_2, a gorgeous piano key stencil face, which he says is a copy of Crea by Corey. Corey in turn tags Armin Hofmann, the influential Swiss type teacher. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Denis Kara
    [Tag Design]

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    Denis Serebryakov
    [Serebryakov Type Foundry (or: Serebryakov TF, S TF; was Onetypethree Foundry, or: Dzianis Serabrakou)]

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    Denise Bayers

    American designer at Letterhead Fonts who specializes in vintage typefaces. Her designs:

    • LHF Durango (2014). A rustic Western typeface, inspired by the opening credits and title of the 1957 version of 3:10 to Yuma.
    • LHF Spencer (2014). In the Victorian style.
    • The 19th century (Victorian) display typeface LHF Royal Crimson (2014), which can be used for layering.
    • Euphoria (2004). A Victorian extravaganza. Followed by LHF Euphoria2 in 2015.
    • The Peignot-inspired Charlotte (2004).
    • LHF Dark Horse (2014). A blackletter tattoo font.
    • Boot Camp. A letterpress emulation.
    • Cavalero. A Victorian typeface.
    • Fat Daddy. A fat art deco poster typeface, done with Chuck Davis, based on an original by Alf Becker from the 1940s.
    • Big Daddy. Like Fat Daddy.
    • LHF Shogun (2013). A spurred Victorian typeface.
    • The retro dingbat typeface LHF Retro Ricky Doohickies (2015).
    • LHF Mercantile (2015).
    • The gorgeous compressed art deco typeface LHF Speakeasy (2016).
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    Dennis Ludlow
    [Sharkshock]

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    Det danske Skriftstøberi Harry Løhr
    [Harry Løhr]

    Danish foundry in Copenhagen, run by Harry Løhr, active in the late 1930s. Their fonts include Waterloo, Falstaff (a fat face), Skrift and Times. Falstaff was released by Monotype in 1935. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Detsxtype Studio

    Pamekasan, Indonesia-based designer of the minimalist rounded stencil sans typeface Mion (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Device Fonts
    [Rian Hughes]

    Rian Hughes studied at the LCP in London before working for an advertising agency, i-D magazine, and a series of record sleeve design companies. Under the name Device he now provides design and illustration for the advertising, entertainment, publishing, and media industries. He works from Richmond, UK, as a comic book artist, letterer and typefounder---his foundry is called Device. He creates mostly display type. List of fonts. Interview. Review by Yves Peters. Monotype Imaging page. Interview by Die Gestalten. Various (overlapping) font listings, still unorganized.

    • Dingbats: Pic_Format, Mastertext Symbols, MacDings, RiansDingbats, Autofont.
    • FontFont fonts: Identification (1993), Revolver, Rian's Dingbats, LustaOneSixtySans, Knobcheese, CrashBangWallop, and Outlander.
    • [T-26] fonts: English Grotesque (1998), Data90 (2003; a free FontStruct typeface that is virtually identical to Data90 is Bitrate by Kummaeno (2010)), Flak Heavy (2003, stencil), Flak (2003, stencil), Freeman (2003), Klaxon (2003, kitchen tile font), Cordite, Substation (2003), September (2003), West Way (2003), Egret (2003), Paralucent Complete (2003), Paralucent Condensed, Paralucent Stencil (2003), Mercano Empire (2003), Iconics (2003), Cantaloupe (2003), Gravel (2003), Acton (blocky screen font, 2002), Ainsdale, Amorpheus, Anytime Now (alarm dingbats), Bingo, Blackcurrant (Blackcurrant Cameo (1997) is free), Bordello, Elektron, Haulage (U-Haul lettering, 2002), WexfordOakley, Telecast, Terrazzo, Transit, Untitled, Scrotnig, Skylab (2002), Silesia (1993), SlackCasual, Ritafurey, Reasonist-Medium, Regulator, GameOver, Novak, Quagmire, PicFormat, Jakita Wide (2000, techno font), Metropol-Noir, Motorcity, Mastertext, Mystique (2002), MacDings, Lusta, Laydeez, Sinclair, Paralucent (sans serif), Judgement, Bullroller, Zinger (a fifties font), Citrus (2002), Popgod (2003), Range (2000, a futuristic font), Hounslow, Jemima, Griffin, GranTurismo, Gargoyle, Foonky, DoomPlatoon, Darkside ("remixed" by FontStructor Kummaeno in his Ubangi (2011)), Kallisto (2010), Kallisto Lined (2010), Cyberdelic, Contour, and the very original Stadia Outline family (Stadia is a kitchen tile font).
    • List of all fonts by Rian Hughes, as of 2004: Acton, Ainsdale, Amorpheus, Anytime Now, Bingo, Blackcurrant, Bordello, Bull Roller, Chascarillo, Contour, Cottingley (1992), FF CrashBangWallop, Cyberdelic, Darkside, Data90, Doom Platoon (1996), Elektron, English Grotesque, Flak, Foonky, Freeman, Game Over, Gargoyle, Gran Turismo, Griffin, Haulage, Hounslow, Iconics, FF Identification, Jakita, Jemima, Judgement, FF Knobcheese, Laydeez Nite, Lusta (big family), Mac Dings, Mastertext, Men Swear, Metropol Noir, Motorcity, Mystique, Novak, FF Outlander, Paralucent, Pic Format, Platinum, Quagmire, Range, Reasonist, Register (A and B), Regulator, FF Revolver, FF Rian's Dingbats, Ritafurey, Scrotnig, September, Silesia, Sinclair, Skylab, Slack Casual, Space Cadet, Stadia, Substation, Telecast, Terrazzo, Transmat, Untitled One, Vertex, Westway, Wexford Oakley, Why Two Kay, Zinger.
    • At Veer, in 2005, these Device fonts were published: Gentry, Gridlocker, Valise Montreal, Custard, Box Office (moviemaking letters), Sparrowhawk, Monitor, Moonstone, Miserichordia, Yolanda (a great playful medieval text typeface in three styles: Duchess, Princess, Countess), Gusto, Dauphine, Rogue, Ritafurey, Dynasty, Radiogram, Xenotype, Roadkill (grunge), Payload (stencil family comprising Regular, Outline, Spraycan, Narrow, Narrow Outline, Wide, Wide Outline), Catseye, Electrasonic, Absinthe (psychedelic style), Straker, and Chantal (brush).
    • In 2006, Veer added these: Profumo, Ironbridge, Cheapside, Battery Park (grunge), Forge, Shenzhen Industrial, Hawksmoor (grunge), Coldharbour Gothic, Wormwood Gothic (grunge), Chase (grunge), Diecast, Roadkill Heavy, Tinderbox (fuzzy blackletter), Dazzle (multiline face), Nightclubber (art deco), Klickclack (2005, comic book or cartoon caper typeface), Vanilla (art deco), Wear it's at (grunge), Diecast, Drexler, Box Office (movie icon font).
    • Fonts from 2007: DF Conselheiro (2007, grunge), DF Glitterati (2007), Indy Italic (script), DF Apocrypha (2006, rough outline), DF Quartertone (2007), DF Lagos (2007, rough stencil), DF Pulp Action, DF Reliquary #17 (2006, grunge didone), DF Dukane (2007, octagonal grunge), DF Strand (2007, striped stencil), DF Rocketship from Infinity (2006, futuristic), DF Appointment with Danger (2006), DF Las Perdidas (2006, grunge stencil), DF Kelly Twenty (2007, grunge stencil), DF Heretic, DF Roadkill, DF Ironbridge, DF Forge, DF Shenzhen Industrial, DF Hawksmoor, DF Cheapside, DF Battery Park, DF Saintbride, DF Profumo, DF Coldharbour Gothic, DF Wormwood Gothic, DF Tinderbox, DF Flickclack, DF Vanilla (multiline art deco face), DF Chase, DF Nighclubber (art deco jazz club face), DF Diecast, DF Dazzla, DF Zond Diktat (grunge), DF Yellow Perforated, DF Mulgrave (grunge), DF Ministry B, DF Ministry A (with a hairline weight), DF Gridlocker, DF Gentry, DF Valise Montréal (grunge), DF Custard, DF Box Office, DF Roadkill, DF Payload Wide, DF Payload Narrow, DF Catseye Narrow, DF Catseye, DF Yolanda, DF Xenotype, DF Telstar, DF Straker, DF Sparrowhawk, DF Rogue Serif, DF Rogue Sans Extended, DF Rogue Sans Condensed, DF Rogue Sans, DF Ritafurey B, DF Ritafurey A, DF Radiogram, DF Pitshanger, DF Payload (stencil), DF Outlander Nova, DF Moonstone, DF Monitor, DF Miserichordia, DF Interceptor, DF Gusto, DF Glitterati, DF Galicia (2004), DF Galaxie, DF Electrasonic, DF Dynasty B, DF Dynasty A, DF Drexler, DF Dauphine, DF Chantal, DF Absinthe, DF Register Wide B, DF Register Wide A, DF Register B, DF Register A, DF Quagmire B, DF Cordoba (2007, grunge), Mellotron (2004, stencil), Seabright Monument (2007), Charger (2007, grunge).
    • T-26 releases in 2007: Klickclack, Hawksmoor (grunge), Heretic, Ironbridge (old letter simulation), Battery Park (grunge), Chase (grunge), Cheapside (grunge), Dazzle (multiline art deco), Diecast (grunge), and Forge (grunge).
    • T-26 releases in 2008: Automoto (fat multiline deco face), Straker (organic). Also from 2008: Mission Sinister (grunge), Gonzalez (grunge).
    • FontBros release in 2009: Filmotype Modern. Other Filmotype series fonts include Filmotype Miner (2012), Filmotype Manchester (2012), Filmotype Meredith (2012), Filmotype Marlette (2012), Filmotype Mansfield (2012), Filmotype Power (2012) and Filmotype Major (2012: this is based on a typeface used as the titling font for the popular children's book by Dr. Seuss entitled One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, 1960). Other 2009 fonts: Degradation (grunge).
    • Creations in 2010: Pod (2010, fat round stencil), Korolev (2010, a 20-style monoline sans family based on communist propaganda from 1937), DF Agent of the Uncanny (2010, brush face), DF Destination Unknown (2010, Kafkaesque brush), DF Maraschino Black (a sleek, sophisticated high-contrast swash capital font).
    • Creations in 2011: DF Capitol Skyline, DF Capitol Skyline Underline and DF Capitol Skyline Capitals (a multi-weight all-caps pair that epitomizes Streamline Moderne), DF Korolev (a 20-weight sans serif family based on lettering by an anonymous Soviet graphic designer who did the propaganda displays at the Communist Red Square parade in 1937. Named in honor of Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, or Korolev, considered to be the father of practical astronomics). In 2018, Korolev was expanded to Korolev Rounded and Korolev Rough.
    • Typefaces from 2012: Ember (informal script), Kane (based on the Batman logo), Glimmer Glossy, Glimmer Mate, Galleria (avant-garde caps), Clique (flared sans).
    • Typefaces from 2013: Wulf Utility (grungy), Charterhouse (an aggressive black sans), Filmotype Melon (after a 1959 original, this is an offbeat Googie era doo-wop typeface), Filmotype Melody (similar to Melon), Filmotype Mellow (also similar to Melon), Raw (worn wood type), Cadogan (a rhythmic connected script), Whiphand (brush face), Steed (heavy codensed masculine sans inspired by the titles of the Avengers TV show), State Stencil (Clean and Rough: in the style of Futura Black), Korolev Military Stencil (named after Sergei Korolev, father of Soviet astronautics, and based on signs from the Red Army parade of 1932), Armstrong (a 1950s automobile font).
    • Typefaces from 2015: 112 Hours (numerals font).
    • Typefaces from 2016: Typex (an angular yet rounded monospaced typewriter or OCR-style typeface based on the lettering used on Alan Turing's and Tutte's famous code-breaking machine at Bletchley Park, the Bombe, and the subsequent British answer to the German Enigma machine, the Typex), Serenity (a legible sans family).
    • Typefaces from 2017: Pitch (a heavy block sans in chrome and solid variants), Shard (originally commissioned for Nickelodeon's 3D reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise), Championship Inline, Mood (a great liquid deco font), Grange, Grange Rough, Dazzle Unicase, Urbane (sans), Urbane Rounded, Albiona (a modern take on Clarendon; includes Albiona Heavy Stencil), Albiona Soft (a rounded version of Albiona), Pact (a modular geometric font).
    • Typefaces from 2018: Rutherford, Salvation (a potato cut font), Kano (inspired by the work of Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld, one of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement De Stijl), Rogue Sans Nova, Fairtrade (rough-edged font), Goddess (Victoriana), Neuropa (a five-weight semi-extended sans that projects a muscular corporate authority), Worthington Arcade (a caps-only lapidary typeface), Zeno (a piano key stencil typeface), Vektra (an experimental crosshatch-textured typeface), Recon (a quartz display font), Kinesis (Kinesis is inspired by the work of Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld, one of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement De Stijl. It is a modular headline font, constructed from white, black and grey overlapping rectangles), Freehouse (Freehouse is a reinterpretation of the well-remembered Watney's logo, a brewery and pub chain infamous for its poor quality beer and brutalist decor.), Zipline (a great multiline typeface), Argent Sans, Craska (a multiline font), Panther Black, Carilliantine (art nouveau with many interlocking letter pairs), Regulator Nova, Broadside, Bubblegum Pop, Heft (a heavy slab serif), Faction (stencil style), Metaluna (techno, engineering), Magnetron (futuristic), Urbane Rough, Urbane Adscript (a monoline semi-linking sans), Revolver (original from 1992), Albiona Inked (a Clarendon).
    • Typefaces from 2019: Gerson Rand, Gravesend Sans (an all caps sans family based on the unique typeface used for the iconic grass-green signage for the now-defunct Southern Railway in England).
    • Other: Customised Foonky Starred, Altoona, DfAncestorITC, DfAttitudesPlain, HotRod (2002).
    • Typefaces from 2020: Breach (a display typeface with partitioned capital letters), Epiphany (stencil), Aurore Grotesque (an elegant geometric art deco sans family with small x-height), Faculty (a geometric sans with large x-height), Fathom (a flared serif typeface), Atomette (a stylized comic book typeface family), Conquera (a stylish extended caps-only font in five weights plus an inline), Dare (a tape font, that borrows a pinch of the hand-drawn swagger of Bauer's Cartoon (designed in 1936 by H. A. Trafton), used as Dan Dare's signature logo in the British boy's comic Eagle, and also the upward-pointing serifs of machine-moderne typefaces such as Dynamo (designed by K. Sommer for Ludwig & Mayer in 1930), Urbane Condensed.
    • Typefaces from 2021: Maximum (a blocky techno or sports font), Paralucent Slab (a monolinear slab serif), Guildhall (a 10-style strong-willed mechanical font family), Broadside Text (14 styles), Cynosure (a 14-style elliptical sans), Valvolina (a geometric display typeface inspired by Italian Futurismo), Chassis (a sci-fi or computer game font), Fomalhaut (a space exploration font), Disclosure (a grungy font), Sheffield Fiesta (a squarish font based on the brutalist concrete landmark nightclub in Sheffield, now the Odeon Cinema), Grange Text (a 14-style sans), Wilko (a fat rounded poster typeface), Farthing (a 5-style wedge serif).
    • Typefaces from 2022: Bradbury Five (a vernacular / bubblegum / supermarket / cartoon typeface in 18 styles), Tracker (an inline space-age disco font from the 1960s or 1970s, reminiscent of the Mexico City olympics font), Salient (a 12-style didone).

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    Dezcom Typefaces
    [Chris E. Lozos]

    Chris Lozos (aka Dezcom and Dezcom Typefaces) is a Washington, DC-based (well, now Falls Church, VA-based) graphic designer and Vietnam veteran, b. 1944, Pittsburgh, PA. He studied Design at Carnegie Mellon University where he earned a BFA in Graphic Design (1966). While at CMU, he studied with calligraphers Arnold Bank and Howard Glasser, who both brought out the love of historic letter-forms and learned to set hot metal type in the Laboratory Press established there by Jack Stauffacher. Chris also was influenced by guest professors Hermann Zapf, Rudy DeHarek, Martin Krampen and Gui Bonnsieppe (of the HfG Ulm). He attended Graduate School in Visual Communication Design at the Ohio State University from 1972 through 1974.

    His typefaces:

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    Dhaef Dhaefur Rahman Al Mubarak

    Kota Bogor, Indonesia-based designer of the molecular stencil typeface Namex (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dial N for Ninja

    FontStructor who made the LED style futuristic typefaces Galaxsea Starlight Mono (v2, v3) (2012), Galaxsea Darkmatter (2012, +Light, +Normal: a techno stencil family), and dNN's Wedgey Tools (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Diana Elisa Militano

    Digital artist from Milan who graduated from Politecnico in Milan. She created a branding and wayfinding type family for the city of Genova in 2010. This includes Zena Sans, Zena Pittogrammi, Zena Contrastato (Peignotian), Zena Pixel, Zena Unicase, and Zena Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Diana Ovezea
    [Acute Studio]

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    Diane DiPiazza
    [Dinc Type]

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    Dick Pape

    Dick Pape (Dallas, TX) is digitizing the Dan Solo books one by one, and has digitized many other sources of alphabets and images. He started making fonts ca. 2007. In 2009, he was doing Solo's art deco tome. He is on several font-making forums such as High Logic, and is interested in revivals. "Toto" writes: Dick Pape made hundreds of fonts and here are the links to most of his fonts. This list has not been updated and later additions are found in Rapidshare folders. I've missed some and some links had been deleted by Rapidshare during its migration from .de to .com. Some have also been sent directly to the group, like those based on Mada's alphas. It is hard to tell whether the font has been made by Dick Pape. The only indication that he created the fonts is that the font have "DP" as font vendor and/or has "Digitized by TTD" in the trademark field. Both are not present in some of his fonts. He seems not to want to take credit. He is just a guy who wants to digitize anything he likes. In 2010, he made Bultaco, based on the logotype for Bultaco Motorcycles---see Freehostia.

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    Dick Pape
    [Speedball Text Book]

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    Dick Pape
    [Dick Pape: February 2013]

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    Dick Pape: February 2013
    [Dick Pape]

    In February 2013, Dick Pape published a number of typefaces grouped together here. Local download page. The typefaces:

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    Diederik Corvers
    [Ogentroost]

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    Diego Alejandro Hoyos Beltrán

    Graphic designer in Medellin, Colombia. Together with Catalina Bustamante and Maria Luisa Arias, he created a stencil typeface called Fortune (2013).

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    Diego Mier y Terán

    Diego holds a Masters from the KABK in Den Haag, 2004. His thesis project was entitled Tuhun. A typographic exploration of the Mixtec language. He made the stencil typeface Nairobi Quality, the text typeface Tuhun (2006), the text typeface Viko (2004), and a font for the Mixtec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently living in Mexico and working with his wife, Kythzia Barrera, in their studio called Frutas y Verduras. He teaches at the Universidad Iberoamericana, in Mexico City. Mainly interested in typography, graphic design and organic agriculture. Speaker at ATypI 2009 in Mexico City, where he explained the challenges posed by native languages in Mexico. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dieter Steffmann

    FontShop was the name of Dieter Steffmann's foundry in Kreuztal, Germany (not to be confused with the FontShop foundry and font vendor). He made about 600 self-proclaimed "old-fashioned" fonts, and among these many Fraktur fonts. His site became too expensive to run, and was for about two decades hosted by Typoasis. His fonts can now de downloaded afrom 1001 Fonts. Alternate URL. Current list of fonts. See also here. New stuff. Fontspace link. A nice essay about Fraktur fonts accompanies the fonts. News. As Dieter puts it: I am not a designer but I add missing letters to public domain fonts in order to get a complete character set and I hint the fonts and create new weights (shadow, inline etc.) His Christbaumkugeln font, and how it was made. The font families:

    • Acorn Initialen (2000), Adine Kirnberg (2000, after David Rakowski's Adine Kirnberg Script, 1991), AI Parsons (1999: a simple conversion to truetype of AI Parsons (1994, Inna Gertsberg ans Susan Everett), which in turn revived Will Ransom's Parsons from the 1920s), Albert Text (2000), Alpine (2000), Altdeutsche Schrift (1998: a rotunda), Alte Caps (2000: white on black), Alte Schwabacher (2000, +Shadow), Ambrosia (2000), American Text (2000: a blackletter), Aneirin (2000: Lombardic), Angel (2000: an ironwork font), Anglican Text (2000: a frilly blackletter), Angular (1999: +Inline, +Shadow), Ann-Stone (2000: boxed art nouveau caps), Antique No. 14 (2000: fuzzy hand-crafted letters), Arabella (2000: script), ArabesqueInitialen (2002), Argos George (1999, an art nouveau font after Georges Lemmen's George-Lemmen-Schrift (1908); Steffmann added Argos Geirge Contour), Aristokrat Zierbuchstaben (2002, after a house font at Ludwig&Mayer, 1911), Ariston Script (2000: a formal calligraphic script), Art Nouveau Initialen (1999), Attic Antique, Augusta (2000: a rotunda; +Shadow).
    • Baldur (2000: art nouveau; +Shadow, +RoughSliced; after a schelter typeface from 1895), Ballade Bold (2002, a Schwabacher font based on Ballade Halbfette designed by Paul Renner in 1937; +Contour, +Shadow), Barock Initialen (2002: an incomplete decorative initials typeface), Becker (1999; +Shadow, +Inline), Beckett-Kanzlei (2001), Behrens-Schrift (2002: an art nouveau-inspired blackletter typeface based on an original by Peter Behrens), Belshaw (2000: a Victorian decorative serif), Belwe (2002, after an original by Georg Belwe, 1913; Gotisch, Vignetten), Benjamin Franklin Antique (2000, after a warm wood type designed in 1991 by Walter Kafton-Minkel simply called Benjamin), Berlin Squiggle Condensed, Bernhard Schmalfett, Bier und Wein Vignetten (2002, based on drawings from the Bauersche Giesserei), Billboard, Bizzaro, Black Forest (2000, blackletter; +Text, +ExtraBold), Black Knight (1999: blackletter), Blackletter (2001; +ExtraBold, +Shadow), Blackwood Castle (2000: an almost Lombardic blackletter; +Shadow), Breitkopf Fraktur (2000), Bretagne Gaelic (1999), Brian James Bold (2000, +Contour), Bridgnorth, Broadcast Titling (2000, 3d caps), Broadway Poster, Brock Script (2000: formal calligraphic script).
    • Cabaret (2000: all caps, +Contour, +Shadow), Campanile (2000: Victirian), Camp Fire (2000: wooden plank font), Canterbury Old English (2001: blackletter), Cardiff (2000: textured caps), Cardinal (2000: almost Lombardic; +Alternate, +Anglican), Carmen (1998: art nouveau style; +Shadow), Carrick Caps (2000), Caslon Antique, Caslon Fette Gotisch, Cavalier (2000), Celtic Frames (2000), Celtic Hand (2000), Challenge (2000; +Contour, +Shadow), Chelsea (2000: a serif), Chopin Script (2000, a formal penmanship script identical to Polonaise), Christbaumkugeln (1999: art nouveau alphadings consisting of Christmas ornaments), Chursächsische Fraktur, Cimbrian (2001: blackletter), Circus Ornate Caps (2001, a Western or circus font), Cloister Black Light (2001: blackletter), Coaster Black (2001, +Shadow), Coelnische Current Fraktur (2000), Colchester Black (2001: an ornamental blackletter), College, Courtrai (2000: a decorative blackletter), Coventry Garden, Cruickshank (2000: art nouveau caps).
    • Damn Noisy Kids (2002: a heavy brush font), Davy's Dingbats, Debussy, Decorated Roman Initials (2003), Deutsch Gotisch (2002: an expressive blackletter font; +Dutesch Gotisch Heavy, +Outline, +Shadow), Deutsche Uncialis (+Shadow) (2000), Deutsche Zierschrift (2002, after Rudolf Koch, 1919-1921), Devinne Swash (2000), Digits (2000), Direction (2000: letters with embedded arrows), Dobkin Script (2000: after David Rakowski, 1992, Domino, Domo Arigato (1999: oriental emulation), Dover, Driftwood Caps (2000: a wooden plank font), Due Date (2000: a grungy stencil typeface), Duerer Gotisch (2001), Duo Dunkel (+Licht), Durwent (2001: a rotunda).
    • Easter Bunny (after a 1994 font by Apropos Creations), Easter Egg (2001; after a 1994 font by Apropos Creations), Eckmann Initialen (2002, after the famous art nouveau typeface from 1900 by Otto Eckmann), Eckmann Plakatschrift (2002), Eckmann-Schrift (2002), Eckmann Titelschrift (2002), Eckmann Schmuck (2002), Egyptienne Zierinitialen (2002), Egyptienne Zierversalien (2002), Ehmcke-FrakturInitialen (2002), Ehmcke-Schwabacher Initialen (2002), Eichenlaub Initialen (2000), Eileen Caps (2000; after David Rakowski, 1992), Eisenbahn (2002, based on train vignettes at Bauersche Giesserei), Elzevier Caps (2000; after David Rakowski), Enge Holzschrift (2000; +Shadow), English Towne Medium (2000: a Fraktur), Epoque (1999; an art nouveau typeface; +Shadow, +Inline), Erbar Initialen, Estelle, Evil of Frankenstein, Express (1999).
    • Faktos (1998; a rip-off of Cory Maylett's Faktos, 1992; +Striped, +Contour, +Shadow), Fabliaux (2000: Lombardic caps), Fancy Card Text (2000: a textura), Fat Freddie (2000: a fat all caps font; +Shadow, +Outline), Faustus (2000: a Schwabacher), Fenwick Woodtype (blackletter: 2001), Fette Caslon Gotisch (2001), Fette Deutsche Schrift (2002, a revival of a Rudolf Koch font from 1908), Fette Egyptienne, Fette Haenel Fraktur (2000), Fette Kanzlei (2002), Fette Mainzer Fraktur (2001), Fette Steinschrift (2002), Fette Thannhäuser (2002; after Herbert Thannhäuser, 1937-1938; +Schattiert), Fette Trump Deutsch (20002, after Georg Trump, 1936), Firecat, Flaemische Kanzleischrift (2000: calligraphic), Flowers Initials (2000: floriated caps), Forelle (2002: a retro script; +Shadow), Fraenkisch Spitze Buchkursive (2002; after Lorenz Reinhard Spitzenpfeil, 1906), Fraktur Coelnische Current (2000), Fraktur Schmuck (2001: ornaments), Fraktur Shadowed (2001), Fraktur Theuerdank (2000: a Schwabacher), Frederick Text (2001: a blackletter), Futura Script.
    • Gabrielle (1999: a retro script), Ganz Grobe Gotisch (2000), Gebetbuch Fraktur (2000: a Schwabacher), Gebetsbuch Initialen (2001), Germania (2001, a revival of the 1903 blackletter typeface by Heinz König called Germania as well), Germania-Versalien, Gille Fils Zierinitialen (2002, after Gillé Fils, ca. 1820), Gingerbread Initials (Victorian initials, after an original from ca. 1890), Globus, Gloucester Initialen (2001), Gorilla Black (2000: rounded elephant feet font), Gotenburg A+B (2002, after Friedrich Heinrichsen), Gothenburg Fraktur (2000), Gotische Initialen (two different sets with the same name, one from 2000 and one from 2002), Gotisch Schmuck (2002, Fraktur), Goudy Initialen (2000), Goudy Medieval (2000), Goudy Thirty (2000), Grange (1999), GrenzschInitials (2001), Grusskarten Gotisch (2001), Gutenberg Textura (2000).
    • Haenel Fraktur Fett, Hansa (1999: art nouveau), Hansa Gotisch (2001: a textura), Hansen (1998; +Contour, +Shadow), Happy Easter (1994, by Apropos Creations: art deco caps), Harrowgate (2001: a textura), Hazard Signs (2000), Headline Text (2001: a textura), Hercules (1999: art nouveau), Herkules (2004: art nouveau), Hermann-Gotisch (2002; after an original by Herbert Thannhaeuser, 1934), Herold (2002), Hippy Stamp (2000: after rubber stamps from the 1960s), Hoedown (2000; +Shadow), Holla (2001; after Rudolf Koch), Holidayfont, Holtzschue(2000: a circus font, after David Rakowski, 1992), Honey Script (2000: a retro script), Horror Dingbats (2000; after Letters from the Claw, 1998), Houtsneeletter, Humboldt Fraktur (2002-2005; after a Schwabacher font by Hiero Rhode, 1938; +Zier, +Initialen).
    • Iglesia Light (2002), Iron Letters (2000), Isadora Original.
    • Jan Brad, Journal Dingbats, Jahreskreis (seasonal dingbats, 2002), JSL Blackletter Antique (2000, by Jeffrey S. Lee), Jugendstil Fraktur (originally designed by Heinz Koenig, 1907-1910), Jugendstil Ornamente (2002, art nouveau ornaments, after Schelter & Giesecke).
    • Kabinett Fraktur, Kaiserzeit Gotisch (2001), Kanzle (2001)i, Kanzlei Initialen (2002), Kalenderblatt Grotesk (2000), Kashmir (2001: an arts and crafts typeface), Kinder Vignetten (2002), KingsCross (2001: blackletter), Kinigstein Caps (2000: art nouveau initials after David Rakowski, 1990), Klarissa (2000), Kleist Fraktur + Zierbuchstaben (2002, after Walter Tiemann, 1928), Koch Antiqua (2002), Koch Antiqua Zierbuchstaben (2002), Koch Initialen (2000, after Rudolf Koch, 1922), Koenigsberger Gotisch (2001), Koenig-Type (2002; a Jugendstil Fraktur originally designed by Heinz Koenig, 1907-1910), Kohelet (2001), Koloss, Konanur Kaps (2000, after David Rakowski, 1991), Kramer, Krone Bold.
    • La Negrita (2000, +Shadow), Latina (2001: script), Lautenbach (2001, +Zierversalien), Legrand (1999: art nouveau), Lemiesz (2000), Lettres ombrées ornées (2002, based on a typeface by Schriftgiesserei J. Gillé, 1820), Linolschrift (2000, +Heavy, a linocut font as in the Munch paintings), Lintsec (2000, a stencil typeface, after David Rakowski, 1992), Liturgisch + Zierbuchstaben (2002, after Otto Hupp, 1906), Logger (2000, after David Rakowski, 1991), Lohengrin Fraktur (2000), Long Island Antiqua, Louisianne (1998-2000: +Contour, +Shadow; a bold upright connected script), Ludlow Dingbats (2000, after Ludlow, 1930), Luthersche Fraktur (2000).
    • Mainzer Fette Fraktur, Marker Felt (2001), Marketing Script (1999, +Shadow, +Inline), Marlboro (2000), Maximilian (2002, a Fraktur font and decorated caps based on Rudolf Koch, 1914; +Zier), Mayflower Antique (2000), Mediaeval Caps (2000), Medici Text (2002: an ornamental blackletter), Menuetto (1994, after K.R. Field), Messing Lettern (2000), Metropolitain (2000, an art nouveau font like the ine used for the Paris metro; +Contour, +Condensed), Middle Saxony Text (2001), Moderne Fraktur (1999), Monats-Vignetten (2002, based on drawings by Franz Franke for Bauersche Giesserei, 1920), Montague (2000), Monument (2002, after Oldrich Menhart, 1952), Mordred (2000), Morgan Twenty-Nine (1999: Victorian caps), Morris Roman Black (2002, after William Morris, 1893), Morris Initialen (2000, after William Morris).
    • Napoli Initialen (2000), Neptun Gotisch (1999), Neugotische Initialen (2002, after an original from 1890), North Face (2000), Nougat (2000), Nougat Nouveau Drop Caps (2000), Nubian (after Walter T. Sniffin's font from 1928).
    • Olde English, Old English Five (2000: blackletter), Old Town (2000: Western), Old London (2000: blackletter).
    • Packard Antique (2000), Paganini Text (2000: blackletter), Pamela (2000: an ornamental blackletter), Paris Metro (1998; +Outline), Parsons Heavy (2000, after Bill Ransom, 1918), Paulus Franck Initialen (2002), Penelope (2000, Victorian), Peter Schlehmil (2002, after Walter Tiemann, 1918-1921), Peter Schlemihl Fraktur, Picture Alphabet (2000; after an original from 1834), Pilsen Plakatschrift (2000), Pinewood (2000, like wooden branches), Pinocchio (based on a psychedelic typeface by Gustav Jaeger, TypeShop, 1994), Plakat-Fraktur (2001), Plakat Antiqua, Plastisch (2002: ornamental caps), Plastische Plakat Antiqua (2002), Plum Script (2000: an upright script)), Pointage (2000; after David Rakowski, 1992), Polonaise (1999: a formal calligraphic script), Polo Semi (2000), Powell Antique (2000), Prince Valiant (1999: blackletter), Printer's Ornaments One (after Blake Haber, 1994), Prisma (2003, a four-line typeface inspired by Rudolf Koch's Prisma), Progressive Text (2001), Puritan (2000, +Swash).
    • Quentin Caps (2001: Tuscan).
    • Rediviva (2002), Rediviva Zierbuchstaben (2002: a Schwabacher font after a 1905 typeface at Benjamin Krebs designed by Franz Riedinger), Reeperbahn (1999; aka Rope), Regatta Relief, Reiner Script, Relief Grotesk (2003), Revue Decor, Reynold Art Deco (2000: arts and crafts; +Contour), Rheinische Fraktur (1999: after a 1905 Stempel font called Arminius Fraktur and Rheinische Fraktur), Rio Grande, Rockmaker (2000, after David Rakowski, 1992), Roland 92000. +Shadow, +Contour), Rolling No. 1 ExtraBold (2000), Roman Antique (+Italic) (2000), Romantik Initialen (2000), Romantiques (2002: ornamental caps, perhaps a circus font), Rondo, Rosemary Roman (2001: a great calligraphic script based on Rosemary Hall's Rosemary Roman), Roskell (1998: a poster font, +Bold, +Shadow), Roslyn Contour (2000), Rossano (2000, +Shadow), Rothenburg Decorative (2000: a frilly blackletter), Rothenburg Fraktur, Royal Initialen (1999), Roycroft Initials (2000), Rudelsberg (Schrift, Initialen, Schmuck: a typeface family in Munch Jugendstil style, based on Otto Eckmann's Eckmann from 1901).
    • Saddlebag Black (2000: Western), Saloon ExtraBold, Saltino, Salto, Sans Plate Caps (2000), San Remo (2000: a Parisian art nouveau typeface), Sans Serif Shaded (2000, after a font by Stephenson Blake), Savings Bond, Schampel Black (2001: a blackletter), Schmalfette Fraktur (2000; +Schattiert), Schluss-Vignetten (2002, also from Bauersche Giesserei), Schmale Anzeigenschrift + Zierbuchstaben (2002, after Rudolf Koch's Deutsche Anzeigenschrift, 1916-1923), Schmuck Initialen (2001), Schwabacher (2002), Sebaldus-Gotisch (2002, a blackletter after H. Berthold's Sebaldus Gotisch from 1926), Sentinel (decorative caps from 2001), Sesame (2000, +Shadow), Shaded (2002, a take on Sans Serif Shaded by Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd., Sheffield), Sholom (1999: Hebrew emulation), Showboat Caps (2000), Shrapnel (2000: in the font, we find a reference to David Rakowski, 1992), Siegfried (2001, art nouveau, based on a typeface by Wilhelm Woellmer), Simplex, Sixties, Snowtop Caps (2001), Starburst (2000; after a 1990 font by David Rakowski), Steelplate Textura (2002), Stencil Display, Subway (2001: Black, Shadow), Supermarkt.
    • Tanach (2003: Hebrew emulation), Tannenberg (Fette Gotisch, Fett, Umrandet, Schattiert: after Emil Meyer, 1933-1935), Thannhaeuser Fette Fraktur, Thannhäuser Zier (2002; original by Herbert Thannhauser, 1937/38), Theuerdank Fraktur (2000; after Schoensperger's Theuerdank, 1517), Thorne Shaded (2002, a shaded didone based on a Robert Thorne design of 1810), Tierkreiszeichen (2002, zodiac signs, based on drawings by Franz Franke for Bauersche Giesserei), Tintoretto (2000, after a Schelter & Giesecke original), Titania (2001; after Titania by Haas, 1906), Titling Roman Antique, Tobago Poster (2001; +Shadow), Tone And Debs (2002; after a 1991 snow capped font by D. Rakowski; identical to Snowtop Caps in 2001), Tonight (2002: a marquee font), Topic, Toskanische Egyptienne Initialen (2003: after a 1889 font by Schelter & Giesecke), Transport Pictorials, Tribeca (2001, after a David Rakowski original), Trocadero Caps, Trucker Style ExtraBlack, Turtles (2000; an extension of Turtles by Neale Davidson), Typographer Caps (2000), Typographer Fraktur (2002), Typographer Gotisch (2002), Typographer Holidayfont (2002: Christmas dingbats), Typographer Rotunda (2002), Typographer Subway (2011), Typographer Textur (2002, Fraktur), Typographer Uncial Gotisch (2002), Typographer Woodcut Initials (2002), Typographer's Schmuck-Initialen.
    • Uechi Gotisch, Uncialis Deutsche, Unger Fraktur Zierbuchstaben (2002; after an ornamental caps typeface by Julius Nitsche done in 1908), Unicorn (2000).
    • Vadstena Rundgotisch, Varah Caps, Ventura Bold (2000), Verve (+Shadow, 2000), Victorian Initials (2001), Victorian Text (2001), Viking (2000), Vivian (2000, +Shadow), Vogeler Initialen (2002, aka Vogeler Caps), Volute (1999: art nouveau caps).
    • Walbaum Fraktur (after Justus Erich Walbaum, 1800), Wallau Deutsch, Wallau Rundgotisch, Wallau Unzial and Wallau Zierbuchstaben (2002; originals by Rudolf Koch 1925-1930), Walthari Text, Washington Text, Waterloo Relief, Wave, Weiß Initialen (2000), Weiss Lapidar (2002, revival of a typeface by Emil Rudolf Weiss), Weiss Rundgotisch (1998; Bold and Shadow), Werbedeutsch (2002, original by Herbert Thannhaeuser, 1934), Westminster Gotisch (2001: Lombardic), Wharmby (2000, a shadow font), White Bold (2003, a shadow font), Wieynk Fraktur (2002, +Initialen, + Caps Round; after a Schwabacher by Heinrich Wieynck, 1912), Wieynk Fraktur Vignetten (2001), Will-Harris Caps (2002, after David Rakowski, 1992), Woodcut.
    • Yellow Submarine (1995; after Stanley Davis's Amelia, 1966), Yentus (2001: Hebrew emulation), Yonkers (2001: a Rundgotisch font), Yorktown (2000: a Western wood type emulation font).
    • Zallman Caps (2000, after David Rakowski, 1991), Zentenar Fraktur (2003: after Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler, 1937), Zentenar Zier (2002; after F.H.E. Schneidler, 1937), Zierinitialen 1 (2002, after an original from ca. 1800), Zierinitialen Two (2002; based on Deutsche Zierschrift by Rudolf Koch), Ziffern und Pfeile, Zither Script, Zodiac Pictorials.

    A set of TeX service files for many of the decorative caps fonts was published by Maurizio Loreti from the University of Padova.

    The collection is now also available in OpenType. 1001Fonts link. Fontsquirrel link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Abstract Fonts link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Digital Type Slut (or: Catsuit)

    Freeware fonts of the grunge type made by Catsu!t (sic) using CorelDraw in the 1990s: Bubble Bath, Sludge Bucket, Sugarfish, Romeo, Psycho Poetry, Grimace, Grotto, Due Date (grungy stencil font), SleepTalk, Aural Sects, White Neon and Acid Bath. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Digital Typeface Studio (was: Evas Unique Fonts)
    [Eva Barabasne Olasz]

    Aka Eva Barabas, and as Digital Studio. Ireland-based designer of Zenfyrkalt (2015, decorative textured caps), Papyrus EBO (2015), and Cirkus (2015, curly font).

    In 2016, she designed Kristaly (connected script), Rubican (connected script), FlypFlop (thin connected script), Dingfleur (floral dingbats), Dingsprinkle (ornaments), Lacy (textured), Coalpen, Digi Stamps One (flowery ornaments), the textured typefaces Leaffy (decorative caps) and Hyppolit, the ornamental typeface Zending, Karykas, the curly script Pyktor, Symca, Dood Leafs, Pypats, the textured typeface Zensyrom, Doodlowers, Doodletters, Woodys, the stylish display typeface Lynzer, the curvy Roucorns, the sans typeface Dyane, the pendant typeface Proxanys, the display typeface Chowes, the bubble-themed Amydor, the textured typefaces Sanzen and Bubbles, the sketched typeface Stone Story, the handcrafted Clarissa, Cally Script and Sanlabello, the mask dingbat font MaskbyEBO, the curly decorative all caps typefaces Zsylett and Zsynor, Rythmus and Popcorn.

    Typefaces from 2017: Maudlyn (script), Hakyt (script), Atyla (script), Welga, Bynda (script), Kylets (script), Martyn (script), Balton (handcrafted), Zengo (ornamental caps), Chyga (Victorian, curly), Geryta, Leafyction, Edyra (textured caps), Simpla (textured caps), Digidon (textured caps), Trefay (calligraphic script), Fonix (textured caps), Haloven (Halloween font), Sylabus, Icing Cookies, Clarissa, Floryan (floriated caps), Flory Anna, Nebulo, Storyteller (floriated didone), Mandings, Zenyth, Beadwork, Eszty (calligraphic), Divat, Kahir (exquisite decorative caps), Zen3, Moaren (sketched), Moare (fingerprint texture), Stone Story (textured), Stampy, Wyllam, Dyane (sans), Manuell (a heavy display didone), Labrint (textured), Zenone (textured decorative initial caps), Zensyrom (textured caps), Marmelad, Filigran (a textured didone), Chamylle (leafy font), Balloony (comic book style), Bemydor (textured caps), Eggshell Mosaic (textured caps), Portabell (textured caps), Stampy Light (outlined shadow typeface), Tendrils (textured caps), Retrograph (textured caps), Digizen (textured all caps typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Lamor (heart-themed textured caps), Zentyp (decorative textured initials), Square Frames, Seamless Patterns, Tiptak, Adetar, Seryfan, Blysher, Katalyn, Agrifan, Bokretan, Hebydia (calligraphic), Westyler (script), Pepitas, Sthencyl (script), Bykars (curly), Hegran (Victorian, with curls), Monogram Framer, Grafyk, Orhydea (upright script), Denka (textured caps), Dathyn, Agrish, Olyber, Sayes Script, Layers (with snowy TV screen texture), Dafodyl, Rubynt, Ofaly, Gudlak, Natyl, Vytorla Mix (curly script), Gaby, Kiraly, Meybi (heart script), Sofye, Emryt, Vytorla, Sybelia, Alyfe, Bigdey, Amagh.

    Typefaces from 2019: Gitar, Feba, Arthegos (script), Quilty (script), Trinyta, Lyra (textured caps), Astoria, Judyth, Artopyl, Stokyt, Janzen (tribal texture caps).

    Typefaces from 2020: Storyk (script), Pegro Stencil, Framed Monograms, Beprity Stencil (a script), Direkt Stencil, Dings, Sati, Hapyster, Stager, Lathyn, Welga, Agrifan, Atyla, Hegran (curly Victorian), Orhydea (a rabbit ear script), Dyobar (a stencil font), Cytar, Valtin (decorative caps for Valentine's day). Creative Market link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dilworth Typographics Inc
    [Silas Dilworth]

    Type designer (b. New York, 1975) who used to be on the staff at T-26 in Chicago from 2001-2004. His bio at MyFonts: Silas Dilworth focused his typographic vision as font technician and resident type designer at [T-26] from 2001 through 2004, producing various custom typefaces and overseeing the production of hundreds of new releases. In 2005 he started laying the groundwork for TypeTrust LLC, a font distribution partnership co-founded with fellow type designer, Neil Summerour. Silas has produced custom type for such clients as The Food Network, Converse, Cartoon Network, Caterpillar, Aon Corporation, Time Out Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago. In 2007 he joined VSA Partners in Chicago, producing exclusive type for the acclaimed design firm's private use. One such project, an expansive sans-serif text family, was chosen to anchor IBM's refreshed identity system in the iconic corporation's award-winning 2006 Annual Report. He co-designed Adriane Text with Marconi Lima in 2007.

    He co-designed Iskola (2002, T-26) with Amondó Szegi. In 2005, he set up Dilworth Typographics Inc, where his own creations include Bridge (his version of Bank Gothic), Cooter, Dilworth (a sans family), Everafter, Lump, Midinote (futuristic), Oberon (heavy Bank Gothic-style typeface with great body), Soren, Trauen, Vandermark and Yesterday. His collaborative typefaces are Diego, Fatty (stencil/headline family, designed together with Chris May), Rickety (outline face, done with Chris May), Alphaben (comic book style), Elidel, Majestos Wide, and Sansarah (commissioned handwriting for Columbia College Chicago, based on the hand of Sarah Faust). At The Type Trust, which he helped set up in 2005 with Neil Summerour, we find Diego, Fatty, Cooter, Cooter Deuce (stylish art deco pair of typefaces, Regular and Plugged), Cooter Slim (like the other Cooters, this makes me think of Pacman), Facebuster (2008, fat slab serif, typeTrust), Vandermark, Everafter, Reservation Wide (2006), Lump, and Rickety. In 2007, he added Breuer Text, Condensed and Breuer Headline (corporate geometric sans families) to The Type Trust. This was followed in 2008 by the 16-weight sans family Heroic Condensed.

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    Dimas Prasetyo
    [DM Studio (or: DM Letter)]

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    Dimitre Lima
    [HiType (was: DMTR.ORG)]

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    Dimitri Van den Broeck

    Graphic designer in Lier, Belgium, who created several geometric and poster typefaces in 2015, including one called Easy Grid. He also made the stencil typeface Stenson (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dinc Type
    [Diane DiPiazza]

    Commercial and free fonts designed by Diane DiPiazza, who lived in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was the original bass player for The Misfits. She is now in Lodi, NJ. Dinc closed its doors in January 2006 but returned some time later in 2006. Most of the fonts evoke the fifties.

    Wikipedia states: Diane DiPiazza was the first bass player for the The Misfits, although she does not appear on any album. She left the band, vacating the spot that was quickly filled by Jerry Only. Her name is often incorrectly spelled Diane DiPiaza. Growing up in Lodi, New Jersey, she was a friend of Glenn Danzig, the founder of the Misfits. The first lineup consisted of Glenn on vocals and electric piano, Diane on bass guitar, Jimmy Battle on guitar and Manny Martínez on drums. On the Cough/Cool single, The Misfits first release, she is the Diane who Glenn thanks on the sleeve. Diane DiPiazza is an artist. She is a type designer who distributes free fonts and vintage black and white line art at dinc! She is art director at mystifyinglyGLADdesign, who designs for the web, clothing, and packaging. She designs hand screened gig posters and many other forms of rock 'n roll art, retro art, modern art. A collector of vintage design elements, her style has been called retro/modern. Diane also creates custom hand stamped silver jewelry as well as a line of tattoo inspired pieces. She is in the process of recording a demo LP with the working title Last Year's Fab Rave, on which she plays all the instruments, including bass.

    Free fonts include Bobo, Dilettante, Modern-Love, Note-To-Self, Plastic-U, Post-No-Bills, Road-Crew, Saturdays-Girl, Sleeptalk, Sugaree, Mod Guitars, Woof Squared, Hatcheck, Mess Kit, Billy Dolls, Knitwits, Claim to Fame, Girlfriend, Book of Joe, Joybuzzer (2007, rough outline), Autos (2007, old typewriter), U Better, The Con, Claim to Fame, Girlfriend, Book of Joe, Ahmet.

    In 2006, she created Road Crew (2006, rough stencil), DINC (2006, blackletter), Post No Bills (2006, stencil), Ashtrays&Art.

    Typefaces from 2005: Neat Neat Neat, Shut Up, Hello Hey Joe, Wings For wheels, Trustmaker, Bad To Me, BellBottomBlues, DinkyToy, Funkhouse, Rodeoboy, SaturdaysGirl, SoWhat, Blue Monday, Betcha By Golly Wow, Nathaniel (2005, blackletter), Brillo Blue, Doctor My Eye, Guilt For Dreaming, Rhyming Bells, Bob's Your Uncle, Princess Jasmine, 45, Seven, 7-7000, Ahmet, Alexei, Boxer, Cinema Aisles, Divine Intervention, Synchronicity, Tangled Up In Blue, Tjinder, Untrue, Special Edition 6, 20,000 Roads, Big Diamonds, Charly Baltimore, Dream, Fever In The Funkhouse, Green&Blue, Ring Ring, Swoop Swoop.

    Typefaces from 2004: Fuzzbox (2004; not to be confused with Bragagna's pre-2004 font by the same name), Ace In The Hole, Balls, The Christmas Font, Beau Geste, ByeBye, Heart, Loverboy, Sycophant, The Comedians, Fishboy, Truth, King Me, Snapper, Blue Heaven, Oceans Eleven, Fresh Fish Seven, Trason, Your Type, Da Doo Ron Ron, Big Flirt, Dicky Dee, Boxtop, Satellites, Upsmack, Starry, Silicon Chip, Howdy, Grandpa Boy, Scarlet Letter, Capsule, Doggy, Little Eden, Frank Mills, Chewtoy, Jez, OneWitU, BrineShrimp, Joe College (2004, pixel face), stj-fro, One Inch Rock (2004, pixel face), Black Hole, Ya Ya Baby, Blondie, ShaLaLa, Lower Eastside, GeeWhiz, Sixteen, Joe Strummer, Amy Johnson, JoJo, JodiGirl, Zelda, Hipster, LaDolceVita, LittleLove, Mod, MrEarl, Noveltease, QBats, Ranger, Rhymes, BarkingDog, BFBigmouth, BooHoo, Chance, CowardSquared, Cupid, DincCorona, FiftyFive, FunkyBut, Gamble, HelloHello, IdiotWind, JimmyCap, Luck, Metropolitan, MidnightKiss, Mine (2004, letters in hearts), PerfectCouple, Resolution, Spitball, StencilMeIn, TypeToyNight, YrChickens.

    Typefaces designed in 2003: 11592003, 2004, BrokenPromise, DincCorona, DoublyBlessed, EchoPark, FiftyFive, Fishing, FunkyBut, HelloHello, Hoboken, InstantKarma, Integrity, KaseyMac, PeppermintLump, Resolution, StencilMeIn, ThreeCubicFeet, TypeToyNight, Crybaby, DeepDark, MajorLift, Mikes, MinorFall, Beeper, Kate, Blacktop, Def Caroline, EZ Bake, JoJo, Kima, Bait, Dreamgirl, Sugar Daddy, Friday, Birth of the True, Soul Deep, Virginia Plain, Feelin' Groovy, Sunday SF, Socks, Boy Toy and Sweet Potato, FunnyValentine, Laura, LonelyFrog, Pati, BrokenDoll, Placemats, Satori, Scout, ThousandLies, ThousandOceans, GetTheeGone, Promises, Rudeboy, YuppieFraud.

    Typefaces designed in 2002: Emmanuel, Strummer, Teardrops, Busterboy, Evergreen, Blulite, Respect, Pretty Baby, Hickory Wind, Chelsea Boys, Femme Fatale, Tour de Lance, Peppermint Lump, Ce La Luna! Nous, El Goodo (2002, pixel font), Big Boy, Farfallena, Life On Mars, Saturn Return, GeeWhiz, Train in Vain, Massive Blur, Lonely Planet Boy, Littlebits, Secretarial Pool, Eight Bits, Firefly, Fluff, Startone, Cupcake, Diet Dr. Creep, Dr. Creep, messaround, Pencilbox, Crush No 47, Crush No 49, and Dialtone. Mac and PC. Plus Starry F. Hope (1997) at Chank's site.

    Commercial fonts: Booboy, Ingigo (2001, script font), Rufus (2001: four pixel/bitmap fonts), Chinese Symbols: Good Fortune, Zen Fontkit, Boxtop Fontset, Bachelorette, Retrobats, Jailbait, Grievous Angel, Milky Way, Spyboy, Light Series: Spotlight, Cameralight, Streetlight, Firelight, Torchlight, Lovelight, Moonlight, Sunlight, YaYa, Alvin, Amplifier, BigBeatBold, BigBox, Bit-Thing, Boxboy, Chatterbox, Chinatown (oriental simulation), Chopsticks, Console, Cup O'Joe, dincBATS, dincINK, Dinette, DincINK (1998), Dixie, Dreamboat, Duojet, Esquire, Fireball, Flashlight, FourWay, Geebot, gomer, goober, Highball, Homework, jacks, Jetage, Jetage Hi-Fi, Jetage Lo-Fi, Kingbats, Light Series, Loverboy, Moondog, Mister Lee, Mr. Big Stuff, PaperTiger, Pipeline, Popstar, Pushpop, Recordhop, Rocketship, Roundup, Rubberduck, Satellite, Scripto, SquareBox, SquareCircle, Speedometer, Starlite, Sugar, Swizzle, Thinman, transistor, TwinTone, Ultramatic, Variable Videobox, W. Square, Wash&Wear, Whatnot, Winky, Yin Yang, Tight Toy Night, Funtime, OCRDINC01, 02 (OCR-like fonts), Whirlwind, Gaslight, Love, Captain, Funtime, FiFi, Fakebook, FlameJob, OCRDINC, Tight Toy Night, Swingbats, Good Fortune, Zen Fontkit, Bachelorette, Retrobats, Jailbait, Grievous Angel, Milky Way, Spyboy, YaYa, Boxtop Fontset, Light Series: Spotlight, Cameralight, Streetlight, Moonlight, Sunlight, Firelight, Torchlight, Hotrod, Iceberg, Gutterball, Homewrecker, Bubba, Starry Night, Lady Luck, Automobile, Hydromatic, Seventeen, Whirlwind, Gaslight, Love, Captain, Swingbats, FiFi, Flamejob, Fakebook, Madness, Apple Scruffs, Marmalade, Queen of Corona, Cupcake, Starry Eyes, Juice, Fivebits (2002, pixel font), Matchbox, Hot Burrito #3, Fishsticks, Eightbits (pixel font), FoolsGold, Drive, Sleepwalk, Icecube, Pruneface, Witness 2HB, Zerogirl (stencil font, 2002), Fairytale of New York, Levi Stubb's Tears, AllModCons, Babylon, BigBoy, ChampsElysees, ConcreteandClay, ElGoodo, Farfallena, Heroes&Villains, LifeOnMars, LittleRamona, MerseyBeat, MetalGuru, Missile, OnYourBike, Pinup, Reconnez, SaturdaysGirl, SaturnReturn, ShepherdsBush, Tatum, TiniestDancer, TumbinDice, VeraGemini, YesterMe, Rising, Treason, Monami Vrai, Robot Girl, Tattooed Sailor, Sunrise, Midnight, Kakadu, Ana, Ace, Yobbo (2002, dot matrix font), GoGo (2002, pixel font), Waltzing Matilda, Memorial Day 911, Good Riddance, Boys, One Tin Soldier, One After 909, Joey, Infidelities.

    Some of her fonts can be bought at SnapFonts. Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dino dos Santos
    [dstype]

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    Display Material Company

    Company located in New York City, and St. Paul, MN, which sold stencils as standard equipment with the Style A-029 Stencillor. In 1930, they published the lettering book Display material catalogue.

    In 2013, Jeff Levine designed the typeface Floorwalker JNL, which is based on stencils made in 1926 by Display Material Company. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    District (was: CV Type)
    [Galen Lawson]

    CV Type, since 2013 called District, is Galen Lawson (b. Greensboro, NC, 1975), an artist who specialized first in graffiti type and logotypes and then expanded to cover all bases, including several distinctive masterpieces such as Blancmange and Hoban. He lives in Washington, DC. In 2013, CV Type became District.

    His creations from 2010 until 2012: Aeron (2010, semi-serifed family, with a crippled lower case h), Hijinx (2009, a headline face), Verlico (2009, a take on Optima), and Frusta (2010, a 5-style slab serif family), Level (2010, an elliptical sans family), Reverie (2011, a curly sans), Encoder (2011, a slabby stencil family), Blancmange (2012: a tall informal semi-brush family), Reverie OT (2012).

    Typefaces from 2013: Hoban (Light and Bold, a pair of high-contrast fashion mag typefaces), Fair Sans (unicase), Fair Sans Text.

    Typefaces from 2014: Coupler (Coupler is a sturdy text face with low contrast, airy counters, and a strong baseline for smaller sizes and extended reading), Fair Sans Text.

    Typefaces from 2015: Steady Sans (a sans with curvy dynamics), Emeritus (a lapidary typeface influenced by carved letters found on buildings and monuments in Washington, DC).

    Klingspor link. Behance link.

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    Divyanshu Sinha

    As a student at IIAD, New Delhi-based Divyanshu Sinha designed the techno stencil typeface Blade (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    DizajnDesign
    [Ján Filípek]

    Slovak designer who lives in Bratislava. He created the sans typefaces Deva Ideal (2007, 10 styles dedicated to the beauty of women! See also here) and Poleno Sans (2007), a great custom typeface with the broken look of Preissig's old typefaces and poster type. Poleno was originally designed in 2006 for the Slovak folk dance ensemble Poleno, as a part of their corporate identity. It has 12 styles now. Dezen (2010) is a contemporary, mechanical grotesque typeface family. It includes a Stencil subfamily. Komu (2010) is constructivist.

    His graduation project at the Type and Media MA program of KABK was Preto (2009), a multilingual type family which explores the impact of serifs in legibility and readability (+Sans, +Sans Basic). He says: The three core styles that structure the family (sans, semi and serif) are particularly useful in the context of multilingual typesetting to achieve an even colour in equivalent texts written in different languages.

    In 2010, he created Rukou, a script that reminds me of Sütterlin.

    In 2011, he made Anca (playful rounded monoline sans).

    Typefaces from 2013: Preto Serif, Razom Script (an angular monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2014: Preto Semi.

    Typefaces from 2015: Kontrast Grotesk (Display, Grande).

    In 2016, Cesar Puertas and Jan Filipek co-designed the newspaper typeface Bagatela for La Republica.

    In 2018, he published Nakoso.

    In 2019, Martina Rozinajova and Jan Filipek co-designed the Slovak school writing font Skolske Pismo.

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    D.M. Rachmath
    [DMR Studio (or: Aksaratype Industries)]

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    DM Studio (or: DM Letter)
    [Dimas Prasetyo]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of script typefaces. These include Bravalor (2018), St. Genoa (2018), Skelie Dancie (2018: a Halloween font), Lovely Puppy (2018), Pretty Pumpkin (2018), Gobbie Gobble (2018), Brioche (2018), The Graveyard (2018: Halloween font), The Royale (2018: an unconnected calligraphic script), Mister Boosty (2018: a children's book font), Swan Tales (2018), Chiko and Owlie (2018: another children's book font), Myrtle (2018), Unconnect (stencil), Arabica Vine (2018: free), Romanttica (2018: brush script), Brunella, Qlinsey, Camellia, Morning Glory, Gallant London, Gotmads, Gallant, Mary Quincy. He also designed the display sans typeface Trevor (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Cooless, Hear Memory, Ramstay Script, Simplicity, Cllarin, Spring Whisper, Lemon Torte, Ronallatie, Swally, Mistletoes, Parfait (brush script), Blocky, Bang Bang (signature script), Sparkling Bright, Spooky Webbie, Janethville, Omarta, Rawhill, Dead Skull, Gratefully, Bubble Mint, Ruthyne, Brightside, Sugar Bomb (a cartoon font), Cutie Monster, The Witch (a vampire font), Skellington Hollow (a Halloween font), Melted Monsters, Sethidy, St. Genoa, The Nightmare, Menzanine (speckled texture), SkitCut (scissor-cut letters), The Salvator (flared caps), Road Shot (Tuscan caps), Lodeh (blackletter), Stranger, Bloem Garden, Panacota, Ramtul (a signature font), Beauty Signature, Stone Age, Estella, Hellena, Katalia, Bigbang, Dream Unicorn, Hariston, Unicorn Magic, Bonjour, Madeleine, Fleur Bleue, Hikaru, Hippie Unicorn, Honey Lemon, Sour Crunch (comic book or supermarket sale style), Alamode, Puppy, Angry Monsta, Cutie Bunnie, Melvick (sans), Rosemary, Gothix (dry brush script), Amavos, Serenita, Graveyard Dingbats, Jelly Berry, Slubby Slurpy, Primrose, Spring, Saxophone, Beauty, St. Genoa, Bambang, Romanttica, Sanggria, Honey Beezy, Unicorn Magic, Sugar Bomb (beatnik style), Queeny, Bavalor (a weathered sans), Snow Deer, UnConnect, Tokyo Bay, Cupid Love, Hunny Bummy.

    Typefaces from 2020: Sushi Moshi (a cartoon font), Joyfull Summer, Happy Loves, Almond Caramel, Wild Hazelnut, Sugar Dream, Night Glow, 1000 Wishes Origami, Sophisticated Signature, Heart Memory, Omarta, Love Monday, Roasted Coconut, Spring Whisper, Sethidy, School Mania (3d, handcrafted), Sweet Bless, Aloha March, Blocky, Parfait, Secret Love, Heart Love, Delighted, Mistletoes, Hey Charlie, Mango Sticky, Sweet Lollipop, Brightside, Corgy Puppy, Monas, Hachiko, Spring Garden, Eighties, Modesty Script, Summer Llama, Wedges (a rounded handcrafted sans), Secret Love, Heart Love.

    Typefaces from 2021: Sparkling Bright, Shade Blue, Silky Smoke, Wonderful Magic, Winter Wishes, Best Jolly, Amigos, Spooky Webbie, Dead Skull, Scary Zombie, The Nightmare, Bubble Pink (textured), South Pond, Secret Nature, Pear Leaves, Snowy Night, Thanks Autumn, Hello Catto, Sunshine Wishes, Sunset Story, Scary House, La Rosie, Party Story, Lovely, Love Dream, Lost Island, Little Foxie, Rusty Lemon, Matcha Latte, Mister Rocky, Maple Honey, Meow Paw, Sakura Blossom, Jolly Dream, Gobbie Gobble, Flying Home, Dear Emily, Messy Berry, Gold Shine, Ruthyne, Purple Hope, Playful Delight, Sunday Beach, Cutie Shark, Crispy Corn, Chunky Bear, Jelly Party, Cookie Crisp, Chill Blood, El Cabestor (Tuscan, inline), Rosa (Peignotian), Gracias, Ronallatie, Wild Romance, Light Shade, Lemon Sorbet, Lemon Crush, Autumn Sunset, Blush Lovely, Artsy, Block Note, Sachlette Signature, Bambang Signature, Rock Boy (beatnik), Happy Pumpkins (alphadings), Gobbie Dingbats, Autumn Dingbats, Holland Dingbats, Carletone.

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    Dmitrij Greshnev
    [Green Type]

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    Dmitry Arakelov
    [Fontop]

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    Dmitry Baranov

    Vitebsk, Russia-based designer of the free molecular stencil font Cosmo (2019), renamed Galaxy, and the free squarish typeface Slender (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dmitry Rastvortsev

    Ukrainian type designer (b. 1977, Buryn) who graduated from Sumy State University in 1999. Since 2002, he creates digital fonts. He also works at Dancor advertising in Sumy, Ukraine, since 1997. Very prolific, his work includes a substantial number of commissioned typefaces for magazines and companies.

    He received a TypeArt 05 award for the display family DR Galushki (and DR Galushki Hole, 2011), which was designed for children's books. Other creations: LQ Wow and LQ Anisett (2010, for women's magazine LQ), LQ Didot (2011, also for LQ), Dekapot (grunge), Gomorrah (2013), Usquaebach (2013), Kinescope (2013), Goshen (2013), Rhode Black (2014), UT Magazine (2014), Madmix (2014, for Esquire), Variety Square (2015, for the nmagazine Variety), DR Agu (comic book face), DR Agu Sans (2013), DR Agu Script (2016), DR Trafaret (army stencil face), DR Vixi, DR UkrGotika Sans, DR UkrGotika Serif, Tsar Peter, Pelican (for Esquire magazine), Fugue.

    In 2014, Gayaneh Bagdasaryan and Dmitry Rastvortsev created the Latin / Cyrillic sans typeface family Brutal Type (Brownfox) that is genetically linked to DIN.

    His funny DR Krokodila won an award at Paratype K2009.

    In 2014, Dmitry Rastvortsev, Lukyan Turetsky, and Henadij Zarechnjuk cooperated on the design of the free Latin / Cyrillic handwriting typeface Kobzar KS, which is based on the handwriting of Taras Shnvchenko, a famous Ukrainian poet, artist and philosopher.

    In 2016, he designed the op-art typeface family DR Lineart.

    In 2017, he published the military stencil font DR Zhek.

    In 2018, he designed DR Ukrainka, which is inspired by the lettering works of these Ukrainian artists of the 1920s: Vasyl Yermilov, Vasyl Krychevscky, Heorhiy Narbut. He also designed Sumy for the branding type for the city of Sumy, Ukraine.

    Rastvortsev won an award in the kanji category at the 22nd Morisawa Type Design competition in 2019 for DR Kruk Single.

    In 2019, on commission for Banda for the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Dmitry Rastvortsev designed the Cyrillic (and Latin) family Namu, which has substyles according to various eras, from 1400 until today. On commission for Vinnytsia, he designed the free typeface family Vinnytsia ((a lapidary) Serif, Sans, City). He finished 2019 with the free sans-serif-display superfamily Kyiv Type, which consists of KyivType Variable, KyivType Sans, KyivType Serif, and KyivType Titling.

    Typefaces from 2020: DR Krapka Rhombus, DR Krapka Round, DR Krapka Square (a set of dot matrix typefaces).

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    Dmitry Taranov

    Rostov-based Russian designer of Ludmila023 (2003, sans serif) and Modern Usual Pixel Edit (2003).

    Creator at FontStruct in 2009 of Lexip (pixel face) and 8080 (a stencil typeface for Latin and Cyrillic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    DMR Studio (or: Aksaratype Industries)
    [D.M. Rachmath]

    DM Rachmath, also written D.M. Rahmath and Rahmat (DMR Studio, Cianjur / Bandung, Indonesia), designed the hipster typeface Parantina (2017), the Balencha family of display typefaces (2017), the stencil typeface Beklon (2017), the vintage logo font Kalalua (2017), the hipster typeface Terazcho (2017), the layered Western textured typeface Baroschi (2017), the spurred typefaces Elago (2017) and Elagonian (2017), the free vintage display typefaces La Pontane (2016-2017) and La Pontane Deconia (2017), and the Victorian typeface LHF Sorangeun (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Morowali, Kaliandra, Diantos, Jailolo (a rebel or sports font family), Persib Sasm (octagonal sports font; free demo), Veranomata (multishade font), Bieliko (prismatic), Nonami (great-looking athletic lettering fonts), Nonamiako, Naratas (athletic lettering), Kamarita (a logo font family), Axina (stencil), Hasya d'Ellena (formal calligraphy).

    Typefaces from 2019: Beklon, Vietara, Tiaso (an athletic shirt typeface), BRQ (shadow typeface), Gharisan (octagonal).

    Typefaces from 2020: Sima Maung (an octagonal athletic lettering font family that includes a few shadow styles), Leafco (floriated, textured), Pentacone (molecular, prismatic), Pollenca (script), Floresque (a multiline caps typeface), Garbello (a shadow font), Elago (a sports font), Boyana (a monoline script), Scada (a shadow font), Romansha (a display type), Nevota (an all caps sans), Mamberamo (a creamy script), Manawi (a creamy script).

    Aka DMR Studio and DMR Art Studios, and as Aksaratype Industries). Home page of Aksaratype Industries. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dogu Kaya
    [BNF Type Foundry]

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    Dogukan Karapinar
    [Sömestr Studio]

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    Dom Nokes

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Waffle, Nice Shot (target alphading face), Plumstruct (a beautiful partition face), Roadblock, and Mthr Fckr (stencil, +Alt). In 2009, we find Trouble and Stripe (vertical stripes), Quarterback (athletic lettering face), Fuzz (experimental texture face), Nice Shot (alphadings), Metric, Fourmat, Mongol Metric (squarish), Volume Metric (3d), Volume Metric (+LO, +HI, 3d typefaces), Archityped (based on Bayer's Architype), Subbed Station, Neo Modul (counterless), Heffer (counterless), Perfd (dot matrix), South Central Swiss, Jaunt, Checkout II, Kurrupttd, Checkout, Container ISO Regular, Perfd Regular (pixelish), Lost Outline Condensed (pixel face), Nice Shot (alphadings), Korruptica (Helvetica grungified), Aurora (+II), Beagle (blackletter), Yoga, Trouble and Stripe, Roadblock. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dominik Hruza

    Hruza runs Dominik Hruza studio in Vienna, Austria. Designer of the old typewriter font Lettera32 (2002), a simulation of Olivetti Pica. He also made Behrens Neue Capitals (2004), the graffiti font Tag.Do (2003), Courier Sans Stencil (2007) and Miinnora (2003), a font in the style of Amelia. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dominique Boessner

    German type designer who created the rounded monoline stencil typeface Stencil Allround (2012, Letterwerk). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dominique Thiodorus

    Graphic design student in Jakarta, Indonesia, who created a free stencil style modification of Helvetica called Jakarta (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Donald Beekman
    [DBXL]

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    Doni Sukma
    [Letter Omega]

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    Double Alex Team
    [Alexei Chekulayev]

    Cyrillic type outfit, whose fonts were mostly designed by Alexey Chekulaev in the mid 1990s as extensions of Latin fonts. Double Alex stands for Alexey Gunin and Alexey Chekulaev. The list of fonts, all in Cyrillic and many in Latin as well:

    • Decorative: Angelica (1996), Apostol, Arabskij (1993, Arabic simulation typeface based on an artwork of designer Oleg Snarsky), ArtScript, Blagovest (a series of Old Slavonic types), BorjomiDecor, CalipsoCyrillic, CalligraphRuss, Camerton, CooperDAT, CoventryCyr, Demosfen, Drops, E2, E4, Electronica, ElectronicaS, Eskiz, 1, Eskiz, 2, FavoritTraf, Finist, Hitman, Inicial, Italiansky, Jokey, Josephine, KeyFont, Kisty, Manuscript, Mistica, Mobul, Nelma, Ottisk, Petrovsky, PresentDAT, Radius, Repriza, SansDecor, Strob, SuvenirRus, TabloFont, Triline, Verbena, Vodevile.
    • Sans serif: Acsioma (1996), AcsiomaNext, Apical (1995, based on Agfa Aurora; Apical Bold is identical to Bitstream's Aurora Bold Condensed; for another version, see Castcraft's OPTI-Aurora Grotesk No. 9), Bastion, BastionKontrast (1992; co-designed with Alexey Gunin, and based on Helvetica), Blits, Block A, Block B, Bloknot, CyberCyr, Ecyr, Eurofont, Favorit, Favorit, Condensed, Freestyle, Kekur, Mania, MetRonom, Normalize, Orenburg, PaperGothic, Pinta, Plastica, Positiv, Pravda, Priamoj, PriamojProp, Regina, Rostislav, Rotonda, Rubrica, Sistemnyj, TornadoCyr.
    • Serif: Adamant, Alliance (1995, based on Berkeley Old Style by Frederic W. Goudy, 1938), APCCourier, APCGaramond, BaskervilleDAT, Bodoni Cyrillic (1970), Borjomi, ClassicRuss, Coliseum, Diet Didot (2006, published by Paratype in 2014 as DietDidot), Egypetskij, Grand, Grenader, Ideal, Jargon, Laguna, Latinskij, Legenda, Madrigal, Metropol, Shakula (1996, a heavy slab serif by Alexey Chekulaev, based on Monotype's Rockwell), Surpriz (1993, by Alexey Chekulaev, based on ITC Souvenir by Benguiat), Talisman, Vacansia.
    • Special: Interfont, Plumb.
    Alexei Chekulayev is the Russian designer of Rubrica (1996, Double Alex Font Studio), Angelica (1996, Double Alex Font Studio), Acsioma (1996, Double Alex Font Studio) and Alliance (1995, Double Alex Font Studio, a Cyrillic version of Goudy's Berkeley Oldstyle). He worked on these Linotype families: Univers, Sabon, Wiesbaden Swing, Stencil (1997, after the 1937 original by Gerry Powell), San Marco, and Linotype Bariton (1997: a great poster typeface in the Zeitgeist of the 1930s).

    In 2014, he designed these typefaces at Paratype: Suvenir Rus (inspired by (psychedelic) artwork of Grigory Klikushin; the original at Double Alex is from 1994), Demosfen (Greek simulation font). Still in 2014, Chekulaev and Akira Kobayashi (Monotype) won a Granshan 2014 award for the Cyrillic typeface SST.

    Typefaces from 2021: Ice Cream (a supermarket font), Altruiste (a ten-style decorative slab serif), Postulat (a 16-style geometric slab serif).

    Linotype link. Klingspor link. Another MyFonts link. Paratype link.

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    Doug Peters
    [Symbiotic Design]

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    Douglas Peters
    [Symbiotic Design]

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    Down10
    [Jesse Burgheimer]

    Down10 is San Francisco-based Jesse Burgheimer, the designer of the wormy font Munificent (1997) based on the logo of the Muni (San Francisci Municipal Railway) designed by Walter Landor, of Swerve (2000, octagonal), of Jamtoaster (2000, based on the logo of Adaptec), and of McLawsuit (2000, based on McDonald's lettering for the arches). Spokes (2004) is a heavy geometric typeface based on the English IDM recording artists Plaid, from the cover of their album Spokes. The original typeface design was made in The Designers Republic for Warp Records.

    There is also a Down10---probably Jesse Burgheimer---at FontStruct, where several modular typefaces made in 2015 can be downloaded: Billing-Black, Billing-Bold, Billing-Heavy, Billing, Bitties, Changeup, Enforcement-Bold, Enforcement-Light, Enforcement, Fipi-Lele, Fipi-Lele-Shadow, Foilness (a textured halftone typeface), Grateful (Western font), MICRal (a MICR font), Munificence (an inline typeface), Ordinance-Bold, Ordinance-Light, Ordinance (stencil font), Scanlord, Stripelane, Tracking-Blur, Tracking-Outline, Tracking (pixel typeface).

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. FontStruct link. Home handwriting (or: Android Fonts) at Dafont offers Foilnes. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    DR Fonts
    [Daniel Robichaud]

    Originally from Montreal, Daniel moved to Los Angeles to create visual effects and contributed to the movies Apollo 13, The Fifth Element and Titanic. He developed an interest in animation, created the short film Tightrope, and directed the feature-length cartoon Pinocchio 3000. Daniel Robichaud worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Digital Domain and FOX.

    At Letraset, he published the semi-stencil typeface Epitaphe.

    In 2021, he set up DR Fonts and released the 20-style techno sans font family Absentia Sans (2021) and the 20-style Absentia Slab. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    DR Foundry
    [Daniel Reed]

    Everything he touches turns to gold. Manchester (was: Sheffield), UK-based creator of these typefaces:

    • 2012: Paper Cut (a geometric typeface).
    • 2015: Plate Mono (a monospaced all caps stencil typeface), Ivory (2015, a rounded octagonal titling sans).
    • 2016: Sidekick (an all caps typeface for children), Incido (a straight-edged typeface family),
    • 2017: Analog (a fantastic techno stencil typeface), Plunk (a funky typeface inspired by early jazz posters), Raymond (a warm bold display serif), Kong.
    • 2018: DR Bulk (want fat yet 2018-style fashionable?).
    • 2019: DR Pecker (a penis font), Vorga (stencil), Spira (a spiral font), DR Worker (octagonal, slab serif, mechanical).
    • 2020: DR Spindling (ultra tall, piano key style), DR Break (a stick font), DR Chi 26 (monospaced, sci-fi).
    • 2021: DR Gan (a kitchen tile font).
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    Dr Le Xanae

    FontStructor who made the piano key stencil typeface Ektarulo (2010), the Futura Black-style Plukamazorg (2010), the macaroni brick typeface Octomi (2010) and the slabby Octavius (2010). This typeface has a spectacular lower case g. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dries Wiewauters

    Belgian designer who has a bachelors in graphic design from St. Lucas, Gent (Belgium) and ArtEZ Arnhem (The Netherlands), and a Masters in the same area from both places. He lives in Gent and loves mussels (or, at least, he loves to make posters of mussels). The list of his typefaces:

    • Nib (2019, Colophon). A wedge serif originally designed for the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent. It was developed in close collaboration with Ruud Ruttens, the head of their design department.
    • LUCA School of Arts. A custom typeface, ca. 2015.
    • Newkirk (2012). A custom all-caps stencil typeface for Scott Newkirk Art Studio in New York.
    • PDU, or Plaque Découpée Universelle (2010, Colophon). Dries writes: After reading the excellent essay by Eric Kindel: The Plaque Découpée Universelle: a geometric sanserif in 1870s Paris (Typography Papers 7, Reading, 2007), both James Goggin and I got fascinated by the idea of a stencil with which you can draw every letter of the alphabet: uppercase, lowercase, numbers, punctuation. The original stencil was invented in 1876 by Joseph A. David (USA). In order to experience the stencil first hand and because the original is really fragile and very hard to come by, 3 prototypes were laser cut out of 0,5 mm steel. To comply with friends' demand, a small edition of 50 copies was made. To enable smoother drawing these were cut out of 0,2 mm flexible steel.
    • PDP, or Plaque Découpée Personnalisée, is the result of further experimentation with the Plaque Découpée Universelle. These 18 fonts were made as part of Feed the Library, an installation by the Werkplaats Typografie during the 2010 NY Art Book Fair.
    • Norwich (2005, pixel family).
    • Gütz (2006, blackletter).
    • Rietveld Fatface (2007, fat sans titling face).
    • Hafssól (2007, pixel face).
    • Grey Text, Grey Display, Ultra Black (2008-2009). Done for his Masters at St Lucas Academy in Ghent, and The Grey Press. Grey Text is a text face, Grey Display a set of six inline / blackboard bold typefaces, and Ultra Black a fat brush poster face.
    • Interieur2010 (2010): a type family that started out by modeling a chair.
    • MAD (2009). A multiline typeface family started from Machine Aided Design typefaces. It evolved over the years into MAD Sans ans Serif and now includes Fill versions well. It will be published by Colophon in 2017.
    • Scribe. A custom typeface for the identity and house style of Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent.

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    dstype
    [Dino dos Santos]

    Established in 1994, dstype used to offer free fonts but has gone commercial now. It is run by Dino dos Santos (b. 1971, Oporto) from Oporto, Portugal. He graduated in Graphic Design at ESAD, Matosinhos. He received a Masters degree in Multimedia Arts at FBAUP, Porto. MyFonts place. In 2006 he won the Creative Review Type Design Competition in the Revival/Extension Family. At ATypI 2006 in Lisbon, he spoke about Portuguese lettering since 1700. Interview in 2007. Klingspor link. Author of A Letra Portuguesa, a book about Portuguese calligraphy. Dino created these typefaces:

    • Access (1997).
    • Acta, Acta Display and Acta Poster (2011, +Poster swashes). A didone fashion mag family. First designed for Chilean newspaper La Tercera in 2010, DSType's Acta family is a clean information design type system. It includes Acta Symbols, an extensive dingbat family. Acta Var (2020) has two axes, weight and optical size.
    • Acto (2012). Acto is a type system designed as the sans serif counterpart of the previous released Acta. Both type families were designed in 2010 for the redesign of the Chilean newspaper La Tercera.
    • Andrade Pro (a modern) and Andrade Script Pro: based on the calligraphy of Andrade de Figueiredo, ca. 1722.
    • Anubis (2003): a unicase face.
    • Aparo (2013). A plumpish elegant high-contrast script face.
    • Apice (2022). A highly structured calligraphic typeface with five optical sizes.
    • Apud and Apud Display (2010): a high-contrast serif family.
    • Aquila (2004).
    • Ardina (2016). Done with Pedro Leal, this text typeface family has three optical sizes.
    • Boldina (2004). A fat informal poster family with 18 weights and styles.
    • Braga (2011, Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal). This is a layered font design family. Dino writes: Braga is an exuberant baroque typeface, named after a portuguese city, also known as the baroque capital of Portugal. Our latest typographic extravaganza comes with a multitude of fonts designed to work like layers, allowing to insert color, lines, gradients, patterns, baroque, floral swashes, and many other graphic elements. Starting with Braga Base, you can add any of the twenty-three available styles, to create colourful typographic designs.
    • A type system from 2014: Breve News, Breve Display, Breve Slab Title, Breve Sans Title, Breve Title, Breve Slab Text, Breve Sans Text, Breve Text. The Breve system includes modern design elements in the skeleton and ball terminals, transional elements, almost wedge-serifs in the serifed styles. As with most of dos Santos's typefaces, even the sans and slab styles exhibit Latin warmth and exuberance.
    • Capsa (2008): a family that was inspired by, but is not a revival of the Claude Lamesle types Gros Romain Ordinaire and Saint Augustin Gros Oeil.
    • Ception (2001): a futuristic sans family.
    • Cimo (2017). A distinguished condensed sans.
    • Cultura, and its improved version Cultura New (2013), a text book typeface family.
    • Decline (1996).
    • Denso (2019). By Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal: a great condensed variable font with weight, serif and optical size axes.
    • Digno (2022). A fuzzy text typeface family.
    • Dione (2003): a sans; redone in 2009 as Dobra at TypeTrust. See also Dobra Slab (2009).
    • Enorme (2020). Ultra massive and modular 3000-glyph mastodont of a constructivist font, by Pedro Leal and Dino dos Santos.
    • Esta (2004-2005): extensive (transitional) text and newsprint family.
    • Estilo (2005): a gorgeous and simple art deco-ish geometric headline face. This was accompanied by Estilo Script (2006), Estilo Text (2007, a 6-style rounded sans family), and later, Estilo Pro (2010, +Hairline).
    • Ezzo: a sans family.
    • Factor (1997).
    • Finura (2009): this typeface has hints of University Roman.
    • Firme (2014). A geometric sans for corporate use.
    • Fragma (2003): squarish techno family.
    • Girga (+Italic, +Engraved, +Banner, +Stencil) is a strong black Egyptian family designed in 2012 together with Pedro Leal at DS Type.
    • Glosa (2008): Glosa is a meaty multi-style didone family. Glosa Text and Glosa Headline all followed a bit later in 2008, and Glosa Display in 2009.
    • Hades (2012). A yummy and free blackletter typeface.
    • Hypergrid (2002): octagonal.
    • Ines (2015). A classic 7-style text typeface.
    • Isento and Isento Slab (2017). Both are loosely based on ATF's Times Gothic.
    • Lucius (Sans, Serif) (2022). The Lucius type family began as an attempt to reproduce the Principios Methodicos para as Letras Aldina e Roman---Typo Portuguez, but went went way beyond that in its multi-faceted execution.
    • The Quase family (2017): Quase is a very free interpretation of the types found in the Specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon from 1785. We wanted to start with Caslon and then transform it into an editorial typeface, hence the increase of the x-height and the radical reduction of the ascenders and descenders. Subfamilies: Quase Headline (12 styles), Quase Poster, Quase Display, Quase Text.
    • Idem and idem Display (2021).
    • Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal published Jules in the summer of 2015---a fat fashion mag didone 45-style family inspired by several plates from Portuguese calligrapher Antonio Jacintho de Araujo; it comes in Big, Colossal and Epic. They followed up in 2017 with Jules Text.
    • Kartago (2005): based on Roman inscriptions from Cartago.
    • Keiss (2017) and Keiss Text (2021). A Scotch roman with a lot of contrast. Keiss Text comes in twelve styles and features short descenders and ascenders, along with three very distinct optical sizes. It was designed with contemporary newspapers in mind. In 2021, he added Keiss Title, Keiss Condensed, Keiss Big (14 styles) and Keiss Condensed Big.
    • Large (1999) and Large Pro (2006).
    • In 2020, Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal designed Larga, which was inspired by the typefaces shown in the specimens of the Fundiçãao Typographica Portuense from 1874. Larga is a wide all caps family and comes with a variable opentype format.
    • Leitura, Leitura Headline, Leitura News, Leitura Sans, Leitura Symbols, Leitura Display (2007): the 31 styles were all made in 2007.
    • Logica (2016). A classical text typeface.
    • Maga (2012). A text family.
    • Methodo (2005): calligraphic penman typefaces.
    • Missiva (2004).
    • Monox and Monox Serif (1998-2000): a monospaced family.
    • Ni Sans, Ni Slab, Ni Serif (2018).
    • Musee (2006): a transitional family with ornaments and borders.
    • Nerva (2004). A subdued Trajan typeface with flaring.
    • Nitida (2017). A 114-font family with five optical sizes.
    • Nyte (2012). A serifed text family.
    • Otite (1995).
    • Outside (1996): grunge.
    • Parco (2021). A compact headline typeface with large x-height.
    • Plexes (2003). See also Plexes Pro (2006).
    • Pluma (2005): a series of three exquisite calligraphic flowing scripts called PlumaPrimeyra, PlumaSegunda and PlumaTerceyra). Inspired by the typographic work of Manuel de Andrade de Figueiredo that was published in 1722: "Nova Escola para Aprender a Ler, Escrever e Contar, offerecida a Augusta Magestade do Senhor Dom Jao V, Rey de Portugal".
    • Poesis (1999).
    • Pratico UI and Pratico Slab UI (2022).
    • Prelo (2008): A sans family for magazines, it has styles that include Hairline, Hairline Italic, Extra Light, Extra Light Italic, Light, Light Italic, Book, Book Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Semi Bold, Semi Bold Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic, Black, Black Italic, Slab and Prelo Condensed.
    • Priva Pro (2006): a sans family that includes Greek and Cyrillic).
    • Prumo (2011-2012). A 92-font family originally created for the redesign of the Argentinian newspaper La Nacion. Released to the public in 2013, it covers low and high contrasts, and has slab serif styles as well as Scotch Roman styles. So, it is more a type system or type collection than one single typeface: Prumo Banner, Prumo Deck, Prumo Display, Prumo Poster, Prumo Slab, Prumo Text.
    • Quadricula (1998).
    • Quaestor and Quaestor Sans (2004). Roman inscriptional typefaces.
    • Recita (2019). A sturdy oldstyle text typeface family.
    • Resea (2004) and Resea Consensed: Bank Gothic style typefaces.
    • Solido (2012) is a versatile type system with five widths: Solido, Solido Constricted, Solido Condensed, Solido Compressed and Solido Compact. In total there are 35 fonts. In 2020, a variable font was added to Solido. Codesigned with Pedro Leal.
    • Synuosa (1999): an experimental typeface showing only the top half of the characters.
    • Tecla (2018). After Printype, a typeface developed in the early twentieth century for the Oliver Typewriter.
    • Terminal (1996).
    • Titan and Titan Text (2003).
    • User (2012), User Upright (2012), and User Stencil (2012). Monospace type families.
    • Velino (2010): an extensive family including Velino Text, Velino, Velino Condensed, Velino Compressed, Velino Poster, Velino Sans, Velino Sans Condensed, Velino Display (+Compressed Display, +Condensed Display). This didone superfamily is sure to win a ton of awards.
    • Ventura (2007): based on the calligraphy of Portuguese calligrapher Joaquim José Ventura da Silva, ca. 1802, who wrote Regras methodicas para se aprender a escrever os caracteres das letras Ingleza, Portugueza, Aldina, Romana, Gotica-Italica e Gotica-Germanica in 1820. It had a "Portuguese Script". Do not confuse Ventura with Dieter Steffmann's font by the same name made many years earlier. Ventura won an award at TDC2 2008).
    • Viska (2015, by Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal) is designed for small print.
    • Volupia (2005): a connected advertising face.

    DS Type also has typefaces by other type designers, such as Pedro Leal. They worked with leading companies, world scale events and well-known design agencies including: Appetite, Banco CTT, Banco Economico, BBDO, CondéNast, CTT Correios de Portugal, Electronic Arts, Errea Communicacion, Erste Bank, ESPN, Expo 2020 Dubai, Fifa World Cup 2018 Russia (the Ducha typeface), Garcia Media, Gatorade, Gruner + Jahr, Hearst, Innovation, King Games, McCann-Erickson, Meredith, Palmer Watson, Pentagram, Sagres, Starbucks, The New York Times (the Nyre typeface), Vox Media and Wolff Olins.

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    Due Studio

    Graphic and type design studio in Perugia, Italy, founded by Massimiliano Vitti and Alessio Pompadura. They co-designed the grid-based stencil typeface Nodo in 2017.

    In 2018. they developed PVF Display for the identity of Palazzo Vertemate Franchi.

    In 2019, they designed Grotta, and wrote: Grotta is an irreverent contemporary neo-grotesk typeface with strong geometric accent and sharp contrast in its form. Characterized by tight apertures and an overall dynamic feeling it is suited for both display and text sizes. It is our interpretation of the 21st century grotesk, exuberant, irruptive and [...] winks at [...] Venus-Grotesk and Monotype Grotesque. It shows influences of hipstertism in the way strokes are joined in the 1, N, M, V, W, and other letters.

    In 2021, they added the pixel font Analo Grotesk.

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    Duncan Rogers
    [Image Daddy]

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    Dunwich Type Founders
    [James Walker Puckett]

    Dunwich Type Founders (or: DTF) in Boulder, CO (was: New York City) is run by James Walker Puckett (b. 1978, Virginia), who graduated from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC. Blog. Behance link. Fontspring link. Type Library. Typefaces:

    • Armitage (2010). A grotesque sans family.
    • The squarish signpainting family Downturn (2009).
    • He is working on a (nice!) revival of Fry's Baskerville, which is based on a scan of types cut in 1768 by Isaac Moore.
    • Lorimer (2011) is a gothic sans serif that was inspired by 19th century inscriptions in the yard of New York's St. Mark's Church. Some weights are free. In 2011, this was followed by Lorimer No. 2 and Lorimer No. 2 Condensed. In 2012, there was an announcement that Lorimer was no longer being distributed. But that was contradicted in 2015, when James placed Lorimer No. 2 Stencil (2011) at the Dafont site for free download.
    • New Constructivist Beta (2007).
    • Recovery (2008, TypeTrust). The grunge version of Recovery is Black Monday (2009, with Silas Dilworth): it has several glyphs for randomization.
    • The 1829 specimen book of Alonzo W. Kinsley's Franklin Letter Foundry led James Puckett to develop the splendid ornamental didone fat face Sybarite (2011), which comes in many optical weights.
    • The friendly superelliptical black poster typeface Gigalypse (2012).
    • Becker Gothics (2013). A revival of five typefaces from Ornamental Penmanship (1854, George Becker): Egyptian, Egyptian Rounded, Stencil, Tuscan and Concave. All have Western and wood type influences.
    • Ironstrike and Ironstrike Stencil (2014). Ironstrike pays homage to industrial and constructivist lettering.
    • Uniblok (2015). A free blocky font.
    • Rhodium Libre (2015, free at Google Fonts), designed for use on screens at small sizes and the Latin and Devanagari scripts. Historical models for Rhodium's design are Fortune (aka Volta; by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum) and Rex (by Intertype).
    • Padyakke (2015) is a libre Kannada font.
    • Antarctican (2017, Dunwich Type Founders): Antarctican hybridizes ruler and compass geometry and American wood type. Some styles are monospaced.
    • Barteldes (2018). A fashion mag typeface family.
    • Margherita (2021). A free sturdy typeface family based on urban lettering in Italy.

    Creative Market link. https://fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/dunwich-type-founders">I Love Typography link. Github link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dusan Jelesijevic

    Serbian graphic designer located in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. Cofounder in 2009 with Slobodan Jelesijevic, his father, of the Serbian foundry Tour de Force. Creator of these typefaces:

    • Dusan Script (2009, Ascender: a monoline informal hand-printed script).
    • Artvod (2009, slabby and octagonal at the same time).
    • Qiltray (2009, handwriting for long texts).
    • Punkerro Crust (2009, delicious scratchy type).
    • Rough the Type (2009, blackboard style).
    • Shuma (2009, handwriting).
    • Dolina Script (2010).
    • Econs (2010, ecology dingbats).
    • Sensor (2010, an ink-trap monoline face).
    • Enforcer (2010, an elliptical headline sans).
    • Epruveta (2009).
    • Passage (2010, a great art deco family, including Initials and Borders).
    • Amanet (2011). A flared display face.
    • Osmacka azbukovica (2011). A Cyrillic font made by his kids in school.
    • The clean-cut semi-humanist sans family Centim (2011).
    • The Egyptian typefaces Saxophone Soprano and Saxophone Baritone.
    • Debelly (2011), one of the best typefaces to come out of Tour de Force. They say about this elegant fat poster face: Debelly is catchy fat typeface, with lovely geometric shapes. Inspired with contrast strokes, with square joins, Debelly gives an impression of retro style combined with contemporary trends. It is designed specially for packaging, posters, logotypes or headlines, even it can be pretty handfull in smaller sizes. Contains 375 glyphs.
    • Epitet (2011). A simple monoline family built around elegant elliptical shapes.
    • Refren (2012): A monoline script face.
    • Equator (2012): An avant-garde caps headline family.
    • Brisko Sans (2013). A straightforward sans family. Extended to Brisko Display (2012).
    • A day before Serbia was crushed by the Belgian soccer team, Dusan published the organic sans typeface Publio (2013).
    • Kamenica (2013). A display sans. Followed in 2017 by the gorgeous Kamenica Texture typeface family.
    • Nervatica (2013). A children's book font.
    • Lasta (2013) is an informal serif typeface advertized as poetic.
    • Selektor (2013). A geometrical almost techno sans family. This was followed by Selektor Slab (2013).
    • Bartender (2013). A copperplate typeface.
    • Lumier (2013). An all caps geometric sans family inspired by art deco posters from the interwar period. Followed by Lumier Texture and Lumier Rounded (2018).
    • Scholle (2014). A bouncy two-style inline family with cartoonish elements.
    • Hedon and Hedon Display (2014). A hedonistic sans that exhibits the sort of contrast one finds in inscriptional types.
    • Lumberjack (2014). A bouncy fat cartoon typeface. Not to be confused with Thiago Bellotti's Lumberjack (2013, Mushroom Type), it was renamed 24 hours after its first appearance to Lumberjacky.
    • Trampoline (2014). A funky typeface.
    • Dondolare (2014). A primitive hand-drawn typeface.
    • Balcon (2014) and Balcon Round (2014, a condensed rounded sans).
    • Scripton (2015). An urban wall brush type.
    • Manzello (2015: a workhorse text typeface).
    • Pleyo (2015). Hand-crafted, perhaps for children's books.
    • Dusan Script (2015).
    • Fartitudo (2015). Just for the name alone, this typeface deserves a medal. Fartitudo is a 3-style handcrafted all caps poster family in a genre that was kickstarted by Pintassilgo in Brazil.
    • Avram Sans (2016).
    • Dambera (2016) and Dambera Retro (2016). A connected script, perhaps suitable for children's books. Crazymond (2016). Hand-crafted semi-connected script.
    • Lunatino (2016). A poster script.
    • Plonker (2016). An all caps hand-printed typeface.
    • Fine New Bonbons (2016). A quaint candy store script.
    • Napolitanka (2016). A delicate high-fashion hifgh-contrast didone.
    • Businessland (2016). A rough handcrafted poster typeface.
    • Escondida. A high-contrast connected script.
    • Alonga (2017). A serif family with considerable contrast characterized by sharp triangular serifs.
    • Nula (2017). A 22-style humanist sans typeface family.
    • Mymoon (2017: a geometric sans in 22 styles), Mymoon Stencil, Mymoon Stencil Texture.
    • Landsick (2018). An intense script.
    • Blond (2018). A sans family that tends towards the humanist side.
    • Penfriend (2018). A script typeface.
    • Modny (2018). A fashion mag Peignotian sans family with a gorgeous inline style.
    • Stropha (2018). A compact slab serif family.
    • Hlad (2018). A distinguished 5-weight incised / lapidary typeface family.
    • Masny (2019). A no-nonsense modern sans family in 22 styles.
    • Connectica (2019). A retro connected script.
    • Dietal (2019). A condensed squarish military parade slab serif. Accompanied by Dietal Sans (2019).
    • Mondish (2019). A stylish sans family, perhaps best suited for fashionable environments.
    • Edicia (2019). A charming serifed typeface family.
    • Plaisir (2020). A serifed text family that oozes style.
    • Roanne (2020). a 44-style sans family characterized by a yawning lower case a.
    • Prego (2020). A 23-style Peignotian sans.
    • Prelom (2020). A retro wedge serif family in 15 styles.
    • Hartia (2020). A 10-style serif.
    • Silqa (2020). An art deco typeface on Novichok.
    • Finoteca (2020). A beatnik font.
    • Kondes (2020). A 20-style condensed squarish sans with variable styles.
    • Lupio (2021). In 20 styles: a variable and static geometric sans family.
    • OK Moral (2021). A Western font.
    • Ragazzi (2021). A 21-style with a didone skeleton but dwarfed serifs and sharper terminals.
    • Metropola (2021). A Victorian era sans accompanied by a variable font.
    • Stray (2021). An 18-style geometric sans for Latin and Cyrillic, with pinched connections.
    • Ancress (2021). A wide geometric sans in 14 styles.
    • Klaud (2021). A 14-style slab serif of Clarendon pedigree.
    • Fabular (2021). A twelve-style display serif.
    • Cat Fight (2021).
    • Bottled Moon (2021). A Victorian serif.
    • Povetarac (2021) and the superfamily consisting of Povetarac Didone, Povetarac Display, Povetarac Sans (2022). Each subfamily has 6 or 12 styles and contains a variable font.
    • Poruka (2022). A monolinear script.
    • King of August (2022). A retro signage script.

    Behance link. MyFonts link. His most popular typefaces showcased. Fontspring link. Klingspor link. View Dusan Jelesijevic's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dutchfonts.com
    [Ko Sliggers]

    Ko Sliggers, b. 1952, Bloemendaal, The Netherlands, was a young designer at Studio Dumbar. After that, he became a professional cook in Rotterdam, Italy and France, switched back from food to design, producing challenging visuals at Studio Anthon Beeke and, in 2002, set up a one-man studio in Lalleweer, in the province of Groningen, called Dutchfonts. He was trained by Chris Brand at the St. Joost Academy in Breda. Ko created these commercial typefaces: DF Tapa (2007, irregular hand), Camino (2006, an austere sans), Ko (1997, six stencil styles), Etalage (2000), Arienne (2000), Staple Mono (monowidth typewriter family), Staple Txt (2005), Pommes (based on type cut out of potatoes; 8 styles), Daantje (dog dingbats) and Ko (1997, rough stencil). His own web site. MyFonts page, where you can buy DF-Arienne, DF-Etalage, DF-Ko, DF-Pommes (2005, potato cut typeface family), DF-Staple Mono, DF-Tapa (2007, grunge), DF-Mercat (2007, dingbats inspired by Barcelona's Ramblas), DF-Pigtail (2008, seventies-style script family), DF-Zzzz (2009), DF Camino (2009, a sans that is modeled on traffic sign sans typefaces), DF Stromboli (2010: It was written with a coffee spoon, acting like a broad pen, in the ashes of the Stromboli volcano right on top of a scanner. ), DF DejaVuPro (2010, an amalgam of sans typefaces), DF Game Over (2011, sketched face), DF Scheurze (2012, a great fat rough stencil face).

    Typefaces from 2013: DF Riga (grungy pixel face), DF Abit (another grungy pixel face), DF Dudok (a grungy pixel face).

    Typefaces from 2015: DF Charlie Go (free typeface designed immediately after the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris), DF Park (experimental font started in 2013, originally made to dress up the facades of a food exhibition).

    Dafont link. Klingspor link.

    View Ko Sliggers's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Dwi Perkasa

    Indonesia-based designer of the rounded stencil typeface Sora (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Dylan Hill

    Phoenix, AZ-based designer of the semi-stencil typeface Broken Font (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    E. Mendez

    FontStructor who made the free modular stencil font Cybervetica (2012). No relationship with Helvetica. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eben Sorkin
    [Sorkin Type (was: Eyebytes)]

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    Eclectotype (was: Schizotype)
    [Dave Rowland]

    Type foundry in Sheffield, UK, first called Schizotype, and in 2021 renamed Eclectotype because this is not a foundry that likes to stick to trends or expectations. Its designer, Dave Rowland (b. 1982, Chesterfield) grew up in Sheffield, UK, but was based in Japan, the Philippines, Liverpool, Surat Thani, Thailand, and Koh Samui, Thailand [where he presently lives]. MyFonts Interview.

    He created these fonts in 2009: Quesadilla (signage type, Mexican simulation face), Quesadilla Shadow, Schizotype Scrolls, Quiff, Toothpaste, Astroboy (connected script), Decolletage (art deco), Kazumi Sans, Acid Haus, Dr. Black, Dr. Eric, Soyo Gogo, BMX radical (brush), Team, Miami Hopper, and Tubularis (multiline face), Sickle, Klique (futuristic display face), Uncle Eric (a cartoon face), Praline Smooth (connected script in the style of Mistral), Kwaktur, (blackletter typeface based on the logo of Belgium's Kwak beer), Blackball (another blackletter) and Modulogue (a modular display family).

    Additions in 2010: Christmas Tuscan (a modular Tuscan), Masonic Lodge, Mook (a retro, unicase, bubble font), Toothpaste 2, Gaden Sans (organic monoline typeface that includes a hairline weight), Sizemore (all caps slab headline face), Quickscript (signage face), New Wave.

    Fonts designed in 2011: Brag Pro (like Brag, a Cooper Black alternative), Brag Stencil Pro, Chestnut (curly, hand-printed), Brag (a fat round face in Cooper Black style), Gelato Script (a connected signage face), Brag Stencil (2011), Streetscript (2011, brushy signage face).

    In 2011, he created a quaint text family, Vulpa, with quirky foxtail terminals.

    Typefaces from 2012: Margot (a rounded slab serif described as a lovechild of American Typewriter and Cooper Black), Range Serif (an angular typeface), Pastiche Brush (a brushy connected script inspired by the titles of the 1959 movie Imitation of Life (Wayne Fitzgerald)), Quayside (a bulbous baseball or signage script).

    Typefaces from 2013: Alight Slab (hairline slab), Anultra Slab (a heavy bold slab serif), Ollie (a connected baseball or signage script), Urge Text (an extensive modern text family with ample language support and plenty of mathematical symbols, and large ball terminals).

    Typefaces from 2014: Range Sans (a grotesque sans family with the quirky angular cutouts inherited from Range Serif), Samui Script (upright connected script), Streetscript Redux (signage script), Price Didone (created for setting elegant price tags).

    Typefaces from 2015: Oldskool Script (a connected signage script; one of many quite different commercial fonts with the same name), Hazel Script (a great flowing calligraphic script designed around the time of the birth of his first child, Hazel; the name may create confusion as there is a famous BB&S metal font with the same name), Mastadoni (a fat didone for headlines and fashion mags), Kake (a great creamy sign-painting font), Bali Script (creamy signage script), Flat Sans.

    Typefaces from 2016: Cinema Script (retro movie script), Chill Script (a retro non-brush signage script), Blanket (a soft cursive font, ideal for children's books), Schizotype Grotesk (a very original angry geometric grotesk, with bucketloads of pizzazz), Astrid Grotesk, Asterisk Sans Pro (a versatile humanist sans family for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic), Strelka Ultra (a retro space age typeface), Revla Serif (beatnik style, emulating randomly positioned handlettering).

    Typefaces from 2017: Duckie (a bubblegum or creamy signage script), Tusque (a layered decorative Tuscan typeface), Ekamai (a tight non-connected creamy signage script), Quinella (seventies script), Delfino Script (retro signage script), Tchig Mono (a special, almost hipster monospace typeface family), Revla Sans (beatnik style), Revla Sans Text, Eroika Slab (a robust wedge serif family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Aziga (descrived by Dave as a high (occasionally reversed) contrast, postmodern, deconstructed-reconstructed, serifless (mostly), fashion didone), Revla Slab (bouncy, beatnik), Galix (subdue futuristic sans family), Gelato Luxe (an update of his earlier Gelato Script), Engria (an angular brush-inspired text typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Gelato Fresco (a warm flowing script), Amica Pro (a stocky part humanist part geometric workhorse sans), Galix Mono, Backstroke, Gigantic (an exercise in ultra-fatness).

    Typefaces from 2020: Gelica (a 14-style retro soft serif family influenced by Cooper Black, Goudy Heavyface and Ludlow Black), Capsule (a reverse-stress high-contrast rounded sans-serif), Sausage (a friendly fat rounded typeface that is is unapologetically bold and bulbous. Influenced by magnetic fridge letters, hot dogs and 70s phototype fonts, it is retro, but not cloyingly so).

    Typefaces from 2021: Revla Round (a child-friendly version of Revla Sans), Megumi (a formal hairline fashion mag script), Yink (a bulbous psychedelic experiment).

    Klingspor link. Behance link.

    Showcase of Schizotype's typefaces at MyFonts. Fontspring link. MyFonts interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ed Hemphill
    [Hemphill Type (was: Typed)]

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    Edd Harrington
    [Colophon Foundry]

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    Eddy Mahfud
    [Bejeletter]

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    Edit

    Design studio in Leicester, UK. Designers of ED Stencil Rund (2012).

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    Edition Studio
    [Adrien Menard]

    Adrien Menard is a graphic and type designer first based in Paris and now in Brooklyn, NY, where he set up Edition Studio. Adrien studied at the ECV Paris and at the KABK in Den Haag, The Netherlands. He holds a Master in Art Direction. His typefaces:

    • Haarlem AM (2015). A serif typeface family based on the letters used in Origines Typographicae, Meerman Fleishman, 1765, from the Enschedé font foundry.
    • Paraag AM (2015). A monospaced sans.
    • Keller Stencil (2015). A classy stencil typeface based on a Garamond skeleton. Developed with Xavier Lecuyer and Anton Haesendonck. Perhaps renamed Klod AM in 2016, and republished at Edition Studio in 2018.
    • Continua (2018). A modulated display sans.
    • Sample and Sample Cursive (2018).

    Custom typefaces were done via Edition Studio for NY Nike Headquarters and Darcstudio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Editions 205
    [Quentin Margat]

    French foundry and publishing house, est. 2011 by Damien Gautier and Quentin Margat, and located in Villeurbanne. Their fonts:

    • Amiral. A stencil face by Damien Gautier.
    • Bloo. A geometric family by Damien Gautier.
    • Caporal. A semi-stencil by Damien Gautier and Quentin Margat.
    • Colonel. A stencil by Damien Gautier and Quentin Margat.
    • LeBeaune. A lapidary engraved roman caps font by Damien Gautier and Quentin Margat, originally intended for the wine city of Beaune. Le Beaune New was published in 2013.
    • LeChaufferie. A large multiline opentype typeface by Damien Gautier.
    • LeFrançois. A Peignotian titling face by Damien Gautier.
    • Beretta (2011-2012). A dot matrix typeface by Damien Gautier.
    • Alcala (2011). A roman typeface family by Damien Gautier and Quentin Margat.
    • Maax (2011). An information design sans typeface family. In 2013, Damien Gautier added Maax Mono and Maax Rounded, and in 2019 Maax raw.
    • Norr. A versatile family originally intended for the visual identity of the region of Valenciennes. It includes a round style, a slab style, a sans, and a didone style.
    • Robin (2010). An arrows dingbat typeface by Damien Gautier and Delphine Sigonney.

    There is also a publishing component to Editions 205. Works published by them include Tout le monde connaît Roger Excoffon (2011), which was written by Alan Marshall (director of the Musée de l'imprimerie, Lyon), Tony Simoes Relvas, and Thierry Chancogne.

    Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Edric Studio
    [Ega Nugraha]

    Known as Edric Studio, Renata Insan C, M. Nouval, and Ega Nugraha. Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of mainly modular typefaces. He created these typefaces in 2017: Nine Tail, Meatballs (a layered signage script), Rohman, Roundfra (a modular typeface), the preppy handlettered typeface Mirinia, the brush font Hummer, the deco typeface Coet, the script typefaces Ghost (smooth and with high contrast), Ora et Labora, and Lisna, the handcrafted Sild, the marker font Winkdeep, the brush script Oppy Sahra, Cully Mac, Terry Bruce, Gliford, and the art deco sans typeface Allorta.

    Typefaces from 2019: Ghost (a high-contrast script), Cully, Trumans Script, Rowland, Nairi Amber (Sans, Script), Qalin, Allorta, Rowland (sans), Flower Adaline, Rowland Caligraphy, Axton, Dezert, Kempton Serif, Kempton Sans Serif, Kempton Handwritting, Stanwick, Fornever, Victorisa, Anamelia, Oldwin Script, Old Excalibur, The Afford, Aldith, Bigboby, Victorisa Script, Aldith Script, Cully, Ethelyne, Allorta (an art deco sans), Atthia, Gladwin (a connect-the-dots font), Gladwin Script, Cyttah, Thiaga (a font duo), Neolion (sci-fi style), Trumans (Shadow, Stencil, Script), Qalin (Sans, Script), Stanwick (+Calligraphy), Holea, Livingston (Sans, Serif, Signature), Haston, Accelerare, Lionello (sans+script), Brian Worth, Kempton (font trio), Amorica (Sans, Script), Northcliff (slab serif, +Stencil, +Shadow, +Outline), Stella Alpina, The Lekker (spurred), Xharp (sci-fi), Joscelynn, The Champ, Mery Qolby, Twopath, Aldora (a monoline sans), Coet (rounded sans), Alfrida, Brian Worth (slab serif), Funny Samurai (oriental simulation font), Rohman, Zorgeous, Alaqua (rounded sans), Sam, Green Aila, Goldin Finance (sans), Saila Nurissalma, Fositif (monoline script), Twopath, Dezert, Louise Ann (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Acilla Tristan, Aftermoon (a lively script), Aghnesta Sans, Aghnesta Signature, Aghnesta, Aldira, Alican, Aneetha Sans, Aneetha, Angel Valley, Angemurphy Blackletter, Angemurphy, Anindya Meita, Ariesta Moon, Arsya Edelwiess (sic), Ashelynn Sweet Sans, Aslina Ohio, Ayesha Burns, B Luna Piena, Badass Holliday (+Sans), Barnetta, Because of You, Belagiana Flowers (+Sans), Bhalbino, Birdella, Black Suit, Blind Heart, Bolliver, Breezy Bolton (+Sans), Bufferly Serif, Burning Sun, Calderdale, Callion, Canvashead, Cardolith, Carllis, Catherina, Cattily, Cerys Everett, Chairmate, Chameeta, Charlyn Rushmoor, Cheeks Rosy Script, Cheeks Rosy, Chill Friend, Choerunnisa, Cifans Bell, Claressa, Crush on You, Daisy Facthory, Damiola, Daysave, Dazz Place Display, Delafinka, Denique, Devllin, Dewebeauty, Donellia, Doughnuts, Dreamy Melodies, During Dusk, Eberta Light, Exninja Caligraphy, Exninja, Explore Sky (Greek simulation), Extraordinary U (a signature font), Ezhilan Aliqua, Fangirliya, Feliciana, Flow Perfect, Fly Feather Script, Gamila, Gapbrooth, Garan Fox, Gemintang, Ghaniya Holmy, Ghivton, Ghostlike, Ginger Bread, Ginger Spice, Gladwin (a connect-the-dots font), Gloria Beauty, Gonlotus Fangwell Script, GonlotusFangwell Dry Brush, Goodselves, Goshty Doll, Great Devotion, Greatest Show, Great March, Greentler, Guritno Script, Guritno, Happy Nature, Happy Sweety, Hasita Hillary, Haston, Hatching Love, Hazelnut Smooth Handwriting, Heluzenut, Herist, Hilliard, Himponis (a signature script)Holla Hearth, Jellita, Jenoshark Feiya, Jillfester, Kandis Marsh Script, Kanya, Karllia, Kate Raymond Script, Kathreen Smith, Keira Dreamer (+Sans), Kelana Morris, Kellia Wakeup Script, Kellista, Kelsey Wilson, Kiarina, Lamish Caritta, Lauliya, Leading Role, Leonita, Lighten Up (upright script), Long Knive, Look Down, Lorieta, Lovic, Lovic, Machaela (monoline script), Mallisa, Maxwell Leonard, Meiriona, Meisya Emilia, Mile Green, Mind Notes, Mirinia, Modya Tea, Moody Star, Morachinno, Most Sense, My Illutions, Myron Hector, Naiyana, Naminasae, Neolion, New Gladish Fancy, Nhadiem Elans, Nicollia, Nicolls, Nielsen Owen Script, Night Feel (wild calligraphy), Nikeisha, Ninabell, No Offense (a signature script), North Mount Script, Nothan (stencil), Ogorphy, Ogowey, Only Friend (a signature script), Oppy Sahra, Orla Fiola Script, Orla Fiola, Oscar Wright, Overa, Pancake Batter, Peace Boy Serif, Peace Boy, Pep Talk, Photogenics, Plaza Avenue, Pubarash Lulu, Qailla Gloam, Quinnesha, Rainray Serif, Rainray, Rashean (a rough brush font), Raysha Moonly, Redalle, Reyburn (+Script), Right Attitude Sans, Right Attitude, Rottorant, Rubicela, Saeela Nuary Serif, Saeela Nuary, Sandwell (+Sans), Secret Feeling, Selfies Script, Sellby Ridge, Selvillia Dreamer (+Sans), Semiora, Sendayu, Serameyer (a signature font), Sevastyan, Shaimaa Script, Shamora, Sheinman, Sheira, Shimponia, Sillmy Sans, Sillmy, Simple Harmony, Snoorks, Squirrel Boys, Stay Big, Straight White, Sunaiko Haines, Sunny November, Swag Ghost, Syllia, Tantra (stencil), Tantra Script, Tantra, Telly Humble Sans, Telly Humble, Thalia Hillary Script, Thalia Hillary, The Billie Monlly Sans, The Billie Monlly, The Moyanka, Thiaga Script, Thifa, Think Dreams, Thipany, Timitty Sans, Treated Good, Vanellofa, Velasquis Tamyra Script, Velasquis Tamyra, Vender Rustime Display Grunge, Vender Rustime Script, Veronica Elena, Verwalter (a great modern rounded sans). Vlorens Flower Script, Vlorens Flower, Waringtons (+Script), Washllo, Wavaca, Wednesday Night, White Chunti, White Honey (+Sans), Within Life, Wolf Rubeus, Wolven Shevana, Wooslight, Wubby Kitten, Xabiya, Xander Bruce, Xenia Urshina, Yhasmeera, Yofanka (a brush script), Yoforia, Zainiver, Zakilla, Zeanica, Zephira.

    Typefaces from 2021: Flower Leaf, Gladiator Arena (grunge), Hang Stick, Happy Rhino, Dalisha (script), Kinasih (a signature script), Cute Lovely, Cool Glasses, Simple Couple, Bright Summer (script), Battles Bridge (a spurred beer bottle font), Grand Estonia (script), Judicious, Brookville (calligraphic), Salisbury (script), Airframe (a monoline sans family by Widiyanti & Suci Anita), Hardenburg, Beechlands (a dry brush font), Racemate (a racecar font), Wedding Dream (calligraphic), Lifebest, Snowbare, Ice Breaking, Botanic, Seychelles (a monoline script), Juicely (script), The Empire, Monice (a rounded organic sans), Cartoonery, Beckley (brush script), Happy Moon, Rayesha Moony (a calligraphic script), Black Sting (a blackletter font), Triumphal, Strong Iron, Brockley, Chubby Toon, Super Shining (a signature script), For Kids, Rashyid, During Dusk, Rubicela, Gloria Beauty, During Dusk, Seaways, Close Distance, Yofanka, Pep Talk Script, Whether Fark, Lighten Up, Crush On You, Fairy Style, Ninabell, Aftermoon, Doughnutz, Great March, Goodselves, Extraordinary U, Dreamy Melodies, Canvashead, Mile Green, Colorful Glazed, Dazz Place Display, Treated Good, Night Feel, Plaza Avenue, Sheinman, Gingar Bread Script, Himponis, Semiora, Naminasae, Within Life, Stay BIG, No Offense, Only Friend, Black Suit, Zeanica, Krisward, Firlands House, Jazz One Script, Infinity Gown, Jazz One, Mighty Duck, Good Smells, Nice Tune, Nebula Starry, Social Trend, Slang Outfit, Leading Role, Eberta, Matchmaking, Lux Rose, Eberta Script, First Heart, Siblings Love, Mad Galaxy Script, Ghostlike, Mad Galaxy, Go Come Sans Serif, Go Come, Pink Tinge, Overall Deep, Pink Sun, Siblings Love Sans, Roxanne Elea, Young Boy, Thahiyat, Eleanor Satnight Script, Bardlove, Nadheva, Manly Dack, Khensin, Brusly Name Signature, Freakouts, Hermony, Blankspot, Stepballoon, Lansbury Goulding, Bevernice, Horror Type, Without Love (script), Crushing (font duo), Breaking Dawn, Sugar Roll, Hanry Potter (sic) (script), Bestnine, Fine Todey (sic), Havelberg (a monolinear script), Lushyana (an inky script), Catch You, Woolymood (calligraphic script), Seaways (a monoline script), April Dance, Hitz Girlz.

    Typefaces from 2022: Hello Bhessy, Luvi Hollis, George Asher, Curly Planet, City Halle (script), Night Lover (a fashion mag typeface), Ivanka Rachel (a fat finger script), Fire Foxes, Captain Jerry (a cartoon font), Kathleen Tico, Clock Crown, Saturday Moon (font duo), West Houston (script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eduardo Goulart

    San Francisco-based designer of the extreme stencil typeface Mars (2015), which was finished during his studies at San Francisco State University. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eduardo Montoya Flores

    Los Mochis, Mexico-based designer of the octagonal stencil typeface Unlimited (2013) and of QR Type (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eduardo Omine
    [Omine Type]

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    Eduardo Recife
    [Misprinted Type]

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    Edward Taylor

    Brooklyn, NY-based creator (b. 1989) of the ornamental caps typeface Cityscape (2012). Other typefaces done for various clients in 2013 include Seabeam, Neon and Songbird Thin (a stencil face).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ega Nugraha
    [Edric Studio]

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    Egor Pas

    Moscow-based designer. With Peter Bankov at the Prague School of Design, he created an experimental stick font (2016). He also made the Latin / Cyrillic stencil typeface Modul (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ekaterina Kochkina

    Originally trained as a journalist in 2009, Ekaterina Kochkina became Art director of the DesignDepot group in Moscow, art director of the Kak magazine and tutor at the British Higher School of Art & Design, also in Moscow. In the TypeMedia program at KABK in Den Haag, Ekaterina Kochkina (Moscow) designed Samsa (2015), an angular display typeface family that has a fat stencil style. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    El Younssi Wahib

    Graphic designer in Casablanca, Morocco. He designed Neomi Icons (2014) and Fatima (2015, a Latin rounded monoline sans stencil typeface in three weights). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eland Sathosi

    Pulau Punjung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of the monoline stencil typeface Monolight (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eldertype Studio
    [Bang Toyib]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of these handcrafted typefaces in 2018: Tamiela (brush script), Atela, Kilton, Dekade (brush), Britney (signature font), Darcey Oliver, Break Beach, Bataler (vintage retro), Cantilena, Alabama (signature font), Aerodi (stencil), Ashley (signature font), Afanan (brush style), Bellada (retro brush font), Munich Sans.

    Typefaces from 2019: The Monokill (vintage weathered style). Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Elena Genova
    [My Creative Land]

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    Eleonora Dalla Rosa

    London, UK-based designer of an experimental modular stencil typeface, Fruet (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eli Carrico

    Designer with Ian Lynam of the heavy stencil typeface Black-Out (2010, Wordshape) and of Interno (2006-2009; a headline paperclip typeface based on a Walter Ballmer Olivetti logo exploration drawn in 1960). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Elias Geraldo

    During his studies at the University of Buenos Aires, Elias geraldo created a Futura Stencil-style typeface (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Elif Sarigüzmen

    Izmir, Turkey-based graphic designer. During her studies at Yasar University, she created the modern stencil typeface Cinar Apt (2020) and the ball terminal-themed typeface Okyanus (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Elisa Iadicicco

    Torino, Italy-based designer of the modern stencil typeface Kaigo (2018, with Marta Cagno). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Elisabeta Simoes

    Coimbra, Portugal-based designer of the stencil typeface Aeminium (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Elise Boevenbrink

    Graphic designer in London who graduated from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London. She designed the experimental typeface Dana (2018), the stencil typeface Astrid (2018), the humanist sans typeface Henk (2016) and the stencil typeface New Shoes Theatre (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eliya Efe Yaffe

    Turkish designer of the stencil typeface Tasanmi (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ell Carruthers

    Graphic designer and illustrator in Sydney. Home page. Ell has designed Elken (2009), a very original and gorgeous roundsed stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ellmer Stefan & Johannes Lang
    [Stefan Ellmer]

    Stefan Ellmer is a Norwegian type designer based in Oslo. In 2014, he set up the commercial type foundry Ellmer Stefan & Johannes Lang with Johannes Lang.

    Codesigner with Joakim Jansson and Dag Laska of the bespoke typeface Aker Brygge Display (2012). For an architecture magazine, he created Corvus Corax at Skin Designstudio. The Science typeface family was commissioned by Work AS.

    In 2013, Stefan is in the stages of publishing Essay, a wonderful very readable angular text typeface, at Type Together. Ellmer was finally published in 2014 as Essay Text.

    Other typefaces in development include Amalgam and Yorrick Tristram (a baroque typeface). He also designed the grotesque typeface family Georges. Still in 2013, Johannes Lang and Stefan Ellmer co-designed the free display typeface Brevier Viennese (Langustefonts). It is based on a Victorian typeface called Viennese by the Fann Street Foundry from 1874.

    In 2014, he created Ur 1927 and writes: Ur 1927 is a digital reanimation of the original sketches by Paul Renner made for the typeface that later became Futura as part of the social-housing program Das Neue Frankfurt in 1927. Ur 1927 is not an auto-traced imitation neither an interpretation of the original source---like other revivals of pre-digital type---but an attempt to grasp the inherent design principles of the original design and the ideological impetus intended by its maker. Ur 1927 is sticking stubbornly to the sketches made in 1927---not performing any optical compensations or deviations from geometrical construction. In addition it incorporates all (!) alternative---radical even to contemporary eyes---letter shapes drawn by Renner.

    Schouss Plass (2014) is an angular display typeface developed for Schous Plass, a youth café and concert hall in Grünerløkka, Oslo.

    In 2014, Johannes Lang and Stefan Ellmer revived the frilly Victorian typeface Stencil Gothic originally designed by John West in 1885.

    Sentralen Oslo (2016). They write: A set of 3 text and one display typefaces for the branding of a new multidisciplinary cultural site based in the old town of Oslo, Kvadraturen. The text styles are based on the former stationary of the Oslo Sparebank, which later became the foundation responsible for the redefintion of the old bank building. The display typeface is a derivate of the logotype (not shown) and is intended for use in the site's wayfinding system. These typefaces were commissioned by and developed in close collaboration with Metric Design, Oslo.

    Levvel Script (2016) is a brush script based on illustrator Bjørn Rune Li's distinct handwriting style. It was commissioned by Scandinavian Design Group.

    Gustav Display (2018) is an exclusive (lapidary, roam, inscriptional, wedge serif, all caps) typeface for the celebration of Gustav Vigeland's 150th birthday in 2019. Commissioned by the Vigeland Museum in Oslo, it was designed by Ellmer Stefan under the Art Direction of Anders Hofgaard (NODE Berlin Oslo), and is based on an inscription accompanying one of Vigeland's sculptures.

    In 2018, Ellmer Stefan designed a custom sans typeface for Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Eloi Canals Serra

    For a school project, Eloi Canals Serra (Barcelona, Spain) created the free Gaudi-inspired curly and curvy typeface Gaudinia (2011, Farga Catalana de Fonts). In 2015, he created the fun erotism-inspired La Castiglione (2015), and the futuristic stencil font Hangar 18. Still drawing inspiration from his hometown, he designed Barcelona City Block in 2016. This octagonal typeface reflects on the characteristic octagonal intersections in the city. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Elster Fonts
    [Darius Samek]

    German designer of:

    • Kontext Dot (2021). A halftone printing font. Still in 2021, this was followed by Kontext H and Kontext V (an experimental font family that plays with optical effects).
    • Billund (2021). A textured marquee font emulating letters made with Lego pieces. Billund covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
    • The six-style gaspipe font Magpie (2021), which comes with additional stencil styles.
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    Elvina Karimova

    Saint Petersburg, Russia-based designer of Capsula (2019: a Cyrillic piano key stencil font) and Speaker Icons (2019). She also cyrillicized the didone typeface Elephant (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Elvira Slysh

    Designer at ParaGraph of PT Ornament (1992), Numerals (1992, letters in circles), PiGraph A (1992, arrows), PiGraph B (1992, dingbats), PT ITC Studio Script (1994, a Cyrillic extension of Pat Hickson's ITC Studio Script, 1990), Corrida (1989, based on Helmut Matheis' Slogan, 1959), Astron (1991), after a design Gonzales Jeanette by Francisco Gonzales (Photo Lettering Inc). She also made a Cyrillic version of Renner's Futura Black, called Futura Eugenia (1987, Polygraphmash), as well as Parsek (ParaGraph, 1990), based on Brush Script (ATF, 1942, Robert E. Smith).

    FontShop link. Paratype link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Elwin Berlips
    [FontMeister]

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    Emanuele Fabrizioli
    [Pavlov Design]

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    Emil Olsson

    Designer of Re-C (2009, techno stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Emiliano Amadei

    Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brasil-based inddustrial designer. Creator of the stencil typeface New Stencil (2006) and the graffiti typeface StreetBlok (2006). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Emilios Theofanous

    Aka Aemil, b. Cyprus. After studying Mathematics at the University of Athens he obtained an MA in Digital Arts from the Athens School of Fine Arts. He worked as an animator and graphic designer, and later studied type design at Esad Type in Amiens, France. He is currently working as a senior type designer at Monotype in London.

    FontStructor who made the Latin / Greek stencil typeface ATF Lorem (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Emma Winch

    In 2017, during their studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, Jana Weyl and Emma Winch co-designed the stencil typeface Jemma. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Emmanuel Rey

    Partner of Ian Party in Swiss Typefaces. Swiss ex-student of Ian Party at ECAL in Lausanne.

    He created Tabloid (2007), a contemporary condensed sans serif font family, specifically designed to be used in big size for newspaper headlines. It comes in ten weights from UltraLight to UltraBlack.

    In 2010, he designed Euclid, a squarish design. See a version of Euclid in use by the city of Stockholm [called Stockholm Type], and read the (mostly negative) reactions of the typophiles. On Flickr, upon seeing that umlauts were replaced by macrons, Hrant Papazian writes: Pissed androgynous royals rule. At Swiss Typefaces Lab, he added Euclid Stencil (2019) and Euclid Mono Vanguard (2019: a hipster version).

    Other typefaces by him include Urbaines Medium (2009, grotesk caps), Simplon and Simplon Mono (2010, B+P Swiss Typefaces), Untitled (2010), Krsna (experimental) and Brrr (experimental).

    Another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Emmi Laakso

    Emmi Laakso (Chicago, IL) designed Manifesto, which is a friendly, but authoritative open-source stencil typeface intended to be used by non-profit organizations and individuals to propagate sociopolitical messages in public environments. There are Manifesto Rounded and Manifesto Geometric.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Encaaan
    [Danish Maulana]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the stencil typeface Demachina (2020) and the sans typeface Awatara (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Enoc Valenzuela

    Rosarito, Mexico-based designer of the experimental stencil typeface Grafika Sans (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    EPS51

    Design studio of Ben Wittner, Sascha Thoma and Daniel Fürst, located in Berlin. Custom fonts made by them include Newface 51 (for M4 Models / Newfaces), Rayon51 (2011, a monoline sans for the magazine Animated), Futur-A-Script (2010), Bodoni Stencil (2009, for Chris Holzinger), Baseet (2009, an Arabic script typeface done with Pascal Zoghbi), Holzinger51 (2008), and the Talib family of typefaces (2008, Arabic simulation fonts). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Erandi Equihua

    During her studies in Tijuana, Mexico, Erandi Equihua created the display typeface Royal (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Erasmo Ciufo
    [Hellotype]

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    Ergibi Studio
    [Riyadh Rahman]

    Watampone, South Sulawesi-based designer (b. 1995) of the script typefaces Maghrib (2019), Westline (2019), Billistone (2019), Zakiyah Script (2019), BeaQueen Script (2019: monoline), Athika (2019), Holmes Signature (2019) and Claudya (2019), the dry brush typeface Grotters (2019), the monoline script American Lemon (2019), the creamy display typeface Quacker (2019), the vintage typeface Brattlies (2019), and the modular monoline display sans typeface Holmes (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Golden Ballpoint, Arfelick Feather (a heavy brush script), Dream Glory (a font duo), Fireclay, Nerut (a decorative all caps serif), Southmore (a wild script), Poetry Darling (wild calligraphy), Jushley Shine (a brush script), Spartwell (dry brush script), Roaring Jungle, Quacker (a creamy display serif), Patrick Cleo, Osaka Chips (a supermarket signage font), Leonardo da Vincen, Hazard (a brush font), Garloise (a vintage monoline script), South Signature, Peach Cuties, Chocolate Crispy, Cluisher Brush (a fantastic street art brush typeface), Vanrott Destroy, Sultan, Arfellion, Leonardo da Vincen, Hazard, Krasty (a creamy signage or baseball script), Vanrott, Emirose, Summer Sans, Mount Hills (a decorative display serif), Summer South (a font duo).

    Typefaces from 2021: Mishelia (a fashion mag serif with hairline connectors), The Jagret (a rounded bold display serif), Zaystack (a dry brush script), Costyle (script), Luxury Modish (a wild inky calligraphic font), Callient (an inky script), Lostar (a wavy, almost intestinal, font), Vigran Maroll (an all caps decorative serif), Jungle Mask (a stylish flared decorative serif), Wangi (a stencil typeface with ball terminals), Bramz (intestinal art nouveau caps), Cheorcy (a monolinear unicase typeface), Glow Better (a font dup featuring interlocking and sword terminals), Brams (a psychedelic display serif), Quick Sillent (a brush script), Madinah Authentic (script), Hillshort (a vernacular brush typeface for supermarkets), Noctura Georgia (a brush script and sans font duo), North Zone (an urban brush), British Castilla (serif and script duo), Billbreak (a smooth brush script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Brams (psychedelic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ergo Hiki (or: Ergo Fonts)
    [Ezeqviel Ergo]

    Buenos Aires-based designer of the free abstract display typefaces Lain (2014) and Ohmu (2014). He also made Kuurude or Kuudure or Sona (2014, a fashion mag font), Sahaquiel (2014), Kirishiki (2014) and Magnesia (2014).

    In 2015, he made Chiba (thick handcrafted vernacular signage font), Ganguro (a free piano key typeface), Mizore (a free pixel font), Touka (sans), Kohta, Asuna, Ayanami (free), Usumi (a brushy script), Sumire (fat finger font), Nagato (Peignotian caps), Eiga (a free octagonal typeface), Shiro (octagonal piano key typeface), Bishoujo (brush script), Misato (brush script), Mikuru (brush script), Sensei (free brush script), Chizuru (watercolor brush script), Yamcha (free handcrafted typeface), Gasai (a grungy textured typeface), Hokage, Kaneda (free), Kagome (free), Metagross and Kagura (a severe but free modular type inspired by religious repression in the middle ages). His fonts are made with FontStruct.

    Typefaces from 2016: Gessekai, Amaterasu (textured all caps typeface), Boketto (free unicase), Obake.

    Typefaces from 2017: Bimyou (brush style), Kintsukuroi (handcrafted), Natsu (brushed font).

    Typefaces from 2019: Sensei, Ganbaru.

    Old Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eric Eaton
    [Deliberate Design]

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    Eric Kindel

    Eric Kindel is a designer, writer and Lecturer in the Department of Typography&Graphic Communication at The University of Reading. He lives in London. Eric Kindel's project at Central Saint Martins College of Art&Design (London) includes an on-line survey of typeforms.

    At ATypI in Rome in 2002, he spoke about stencil letters ca. 1700. This talk was followed by a talk on the same topic at ATypI 2006 in Lisbon (with Fred Smeijers). His research (jointly with Fred Smeijers, James Mosley and Andrew Gillmore) involves stencil making, ca. 1700 according to an apparatus escribed in a late seventeenth-century text compiled by Gilles Filleau des Billettes for the French Royal Academy of Sciences. He also researches the Parisian stencil maker Gabriel Bery, from whom Benjamin Franklin purchased a large set of letter stencils and decorative borders in 1781. The stencil set survives in the collections of the American Philosophical Society (APS) in Philadelphia, and was first examined in 2001 as part of the project described above. Editor of Typeform dialogues: a comparative survey of typeform history and description, compiled at Central Saint Martins College of Art&Design (Hyphen Press, 2004), which has articles by himself and Catherine Dixon (who writes on type classification). He describes his research on stencil letters at Reading as follows: The period under consideration begins in the sixteenth century and ends in the present day. The intention is to recover, if possible, a relatively continuous history of stencil letters and stencilling (in the Americas and Europe) by drawing together artefacts and practices that are in many cases now largely forgotten. In addition to forming a broad view of how stencil letters have been designed, made and used over the past five centuries, specific practices will also be examined through an on-going series of articles and papers. The first, Marked by time, was published in issue 40 of Eye magazine: it offered two contrasting instances of stencil letter-making in Germany and the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Another, Stencil work in America, 1850-1900, was published in Baseline 38 and unearths innovations in the manufacture and use of stencils in America in the second half of the nineteenth century, and the stories of some of their makers. The article also draws on the writings of Mark Twain for whom stencils served as a literary device on several occasions. And a third, longer, article Recollecting stencil letters has been published in Typography papers 5. It discusses the many forms stencil letters take, and how their form is influenced by a number of factors. The article is based on the study of period writings and MSS., patent specifications, collected artefacts and other primary documents and materials. See also Patents progress: the Adjustable Stencil (Journal of the Printing Historical Society, no. 9, 2006). In Typography papers 7, he wrote about another stencil method in a paper entitled The Plaque Découpée Universelle: a geometric sanserif in 1870s Paris (2010).

    Speaker at ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik on the topic of stencils. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam: Futura Black, circa 1860. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on The stencilled poster in Paris in the 19th century. Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp on the geness of the French stencil style.

    In 2013, Christopher Burke, Eric Kindel and Sue Walker co-edited the wonderfully informative book Isotype Design and Contexts 1925-1971 (Hyphen Press), which includes a full discussion of Otto Neurath's work. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eric Kindel
    [Futura Black circa 1860]

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    Eric Schmitt
    [RichyType]

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    Erin Keeffer

    During her studies, Erin Keeffer (Minneapolis, MN) designed the stencil typeface Klishe (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ermin Mededovic
    [Lettermin Type Foundry (was: Ermin Design)]

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    Ernest Torres

    Creator of the free stencil font DCA (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ernesto Salones

    Mexican creator of the condensed angular typeface Prototype (2011), the custom ultra-fat display typeface Enco (2012), the custom typeface Insurreccion (2012, a goth stencil), the octagonal typeface Autoctono (2012), and the modular typeface SEYB (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Erwin K. Bauer
    [Buero Bauer]

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    Erzaehlzeichen
    [Holger Ziemann]

    Erzaehlzeichen is a Hamburg based foundry run by Holger Ziemann. He created the condensed display typeface Contentor (+Stencil) in 2015. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Esa Samuel Tanttu

    Swedish designer at Garagefonts who made the stencil typeface Broke in 2001. Esa Tanttu Design is based in Arlöv. FontShop link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ESAL: Ecole Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine

    ESAL is the Ecole Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine in Metz. One can study type design there. The active group has established a site with some free fonts made by the students. The free typefaces posted in 2013 include Artemis (by Diane Rohn, 2012), Boom (by Cécile Etienne, 2012), Crypt (by Aude Schmittheisler, 2012: a squarish stencil face), Effilé (2012, by Valentin Mirouf), Escape (2012, by Estelle Bizet: a straight-edged typeface), Geomhotic (2012, by Isaline Rivery), Jyk (2012, by Jung Yoon Kim: straight-edged), Kazan (2012, a prismatic typeface by Eric Chapuis), Misenpli (2012, by Céline Kriebs: origami typeface), Morse (2012, a Morse-based typeface by Romuals Kabala), ODR (2012, a modular typeface by Audrey Pereira).

    The text family Messine (2012) was created as a cooperative project in workshops at ESAL led by Alejandro Lo Celso and Jérôme Knebusch. Contributors were Céline Kriebs, Romain Gamba, Bernard Gissinger, Aude Schmittheisler, Gaía Fyot, Eric Chapuis, Francis Ramel, Audrey Perreira, Fanny Woimant and Isaline Rivery. Image of Messine Titrage. Image of Messine Quotidienne. Facebook page. Their seminar series is called Let's Type. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Escaphandro (or: Rafael Cervi Barrozo)
    [Rafael Nascimento]

    Rafael Nascimento (b. 1977) is a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based graphic designer whose fonts are mostly free. FontStructor who made these modular display typefaces in 2014: Wim Gestreept (an octagonal typeface inspired by Wim Crouwel's work), Sao Paulo (pixacao emulation), Pixel Spaceships, Chippanze (+LoRes, +DotMatrix), Kamada, Illusion (op-art based on the work of visual artist Martijn Sandberg), De Lorean, Pulse (pixel face), De Stijl, Soundwave (experimental), Ninja Gaiden, Pony PX, Act1, Platypus, Geo Geo, Expressionista, Soundwave Round, Video, Geo Libre (a tangram font).

    Typefaces from 2019: the dot matrix typeface Ghouls (attributed to Rafael Cervi Barrozo).

    Typefaces from 2020:

    • Geo (a free kitchen tile or stencil font based on retro record covers).
    • Choripan. A revival typeface based on the classic round font Frankfurter (1970, Bob Newman at Letraset).
    • The free brutalist typeface Blknd (made with FontStruct).
    • The free sports lettering font Wim Pro.
    • The graffiti font SP011.
    • Refuse. A revolutionary or military stencil font. Free download.
    • Sumano. Squarish, tribal, and experimental. Free download.
    • Volume Dealers. A free bold art deco font This typeface that references the photo typeface Black Body (Peter Steiner, 1973) and the classic lettering of the album Vol 4 by Black Sabbath.
    • Swiss Grit. A free grungy typeface in the destructionist style of Brody and Carson.

    Typefaces from 2021: Volume Round (Volume Round takes its cousin Volume Dealer structure to a retro-weird leve; it too is inspired by late 1960s photo typesetting designs, and in particular the works of Peter Steiner, adding a little sci-fi flair to the details).

    Typefaces from 2022: Ghosts (a 4-style experimental geometric display font), CMYK (an experimental textured typeface).

    You Work For Them link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Est71

    American vector artist. Designer of Charged Insomnia (2008, LED font), Mezzanine (2007, ultra-fat), S.O.T.D. (2006, 1890-style caps face), Dog Star (2006, modeled after the Sirius radio font), Blowback (2007, display face), Alpha (2006, outline pixel face) and Pf Animals (2006, a stencil typeface modeled after Pink Floyd's "ANIMALS" album). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Estela Zamora

    During her graphic design studies in Barcelona in 2014, Estela Zamora created the art deco Futura Poster-style typeface Modular. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Estudio Crop
    [Anderson Maschio]

    Brazilian graphic design studio which recently branched out into type design. Located in Batel, Curitiba, it is founded and run by Anderson Maschio (b. 1980, Curitiba). Maschio designed Anark Stencil (2007). MyFonts link. Fonts at MyFonts, all by Dado Queiroz: Tritura (2009, grunge textura typeface by Dado Queiroz), Marisco (2007), Riff (2009, slab serif). Postuma (2005) is a calligraphic typeface by Beto Janz. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    ETH Productions

    Fontstructor who made Dot Serif (2012), fs Gold (2012, kitchen tile face) and Kidnapper (2012, dot matrix face).

    In 2013, he added fs Slyte, fs Kingsletter (blackletter), fs Gardenia, fs Accordion, fs Badminton (+Mono), fs Lollipop Script, fs Monopixel (Serif, Regular), fs Sphinx, fs Quotable, fs Recalibur, fs Informe 04, FS Typewriter (a huge font that covers Latin and Cyrillic), FS Uno (monospaced), Menora, Excalibur, Cirplex (a circular font), 5x5 Monopixel, Medievia, fs Tahoma 8px, Standard Serif, Zapphire Round (kitchen tile face), fs Smilies, fs Gridded (+lc), fs Midnight Gambler, fs Semiserif Mono, fs Almostencil, fs Glass (textured face), fs Will I Am Not, fs Magnifique (a connected script), fs Karmina, fs Kursiv, fs Handwritten, fs Markitaraz, fs Neon, fs Himali (a connect-the-dots typeface), fs Fontstruct, fs Phille (kitchen tile font), fs Phoneta, fs Curves, fs Wizdom, fs Handwritten, fs Sly Small, fs Quark, Williomnot, fs Sanstruct, fs Direction (arrowed letters).

    Typefaces from 2014: FS Score 3D, FS Vincent, FS Vandyx, FS Wizdom, FS Dot Serif, FS Handwritten, FS Lost (a labyrinthine font for Latin and Cyrillic that won an award in the 2014 FontStruct InLine Font Competition). Other typefaces from 2014 include FS Cookie, FS Cookie Clean, FS Pentagale, FS Gardenia, FS Monopixel Regular, FS Shattern (glaz krak face), FS Zeblin, FS Intrepid (labyrinthine).

    Typefaces from 2015: FS Pentagale (a marker pen font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ethan Paul Dunham
    [Fonthead Design]

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    Etienne Aubert-Bonn

    Étienne is a graduate of the graphic and type design program at UQAM in Montreal. Cofounder in 2011 of Coppers & Brasses in Montreal, together with Alexandre Saumier Demers. He studied at Type@Cooper in New York and at KABK in Den Haag, The Netherlands (class of 2013). He also teaches type design at UQAM in Montreal.

    In 2012, he designed the signage typeface Sardine and the blackletter typeface Freitt. Together with Alexandre, he created Martha (a monospaced slabby grotesque), still in 2012. At The Cooper Union, he created Barapa (2012). His fonts at Coppers Brasses:

    • Double (2015, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family from condensed to wide with wedge serifs, a copperplate feel, and slight flaring. Ideal for display work.
    • Canal (2015). A fantastic retail sans typeface family: Canal is a typeface family inspired by the blue collar, hard working people that were the late 19th and early 20th centuries labor force of the new continent. It is a sturdy workhorse with a wink of humanism.
    • Energir (2017). A corporate stencil typeface for Gaz Metro, now called Energir.
    • Ilisarniq (2018). Designed for the Kativik School Board---the only school board of Nunavik. The education programs developed by the school board are offered in all schools of the 14 Nunavik communities, in Inuktitut as first language and in French and English as second languages. The school board operates 17 primary and secondary schools as well as 5 adult education centers all over Nunavik. The goal was to create a modern and clean looking typeface that incorporates both the Latin alphabet and the Inuktitut Syllabics characters. The typeface family has been developed with the help of the board and the community to make sure its readability was optimal. The design has also been optimized to make sure that the color of text was similar between the two scripts. The typeface is available for free at Coppers and Brasses.
    • With My-Lan, Etienne co-designed Mammouth (2017). Mammouth is a gala on Tele Quebec where teenagers can vote for the people, events, and causes that influenced them the most during the year. This commissioned typeface family contains a heavy and an ultra-fat style.
    • Codesigner, with My-Lan Thuong of Maple Leafs (2017), a fast and aggressive typeface commissioned for the Toronto Maple Leafs as a display face to use along with their existing typefaces.
    • McGill Sans and McGill Serif (2019), custom designs for McGill University in Montreal.
    • Martha (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A retail typeface family with curvy typewriter influences, some monospaced styles and a grotesque to boot.
    • Klaus (2014). Developed for personal web and paper work.
    • Théorie (2014, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn). A techno stencil typeface commissioned by UQAM's Bureau de Design for the Bâtisseurs of the science faculty award.
    • Nurraq (2013). In 2013, Etienne graduated from the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag. His graduation typeface is called Nurraq. He explains this Latin/ Inuktitut typeface: Nurraq is a multi-script typeface system that matches a Latin serif text typeface with a Canadian aboriginal syllabics character set for the Inuktitut language. The very different nature and origin of these two scripts creates an interesting context for both typefaces to share influences coming from each other's tradition, and, by doing so, bridging the gap that usually separates these two forms of writing. Nurraq won an award in the Morisawa 2014 type competition.
    • Compass (2013). A revival based on the early drawings of Monotype Plantin series 110 by Frank Hinman Pierpont and Fritz Stelzer.
    • MLS Soccer (2012). A handcrafted custom typeface by Alexandre Saumier Demers and Étienne Aubert Bonn, commissioned by Sid Lee.
    • Triade (2016). A heavy titling or display typeface with tons of personality.
    • Hochelaga (2012-2017). In cooperation with Feed Type. An all caps sans inspired by old street signs in Montreal.
    • Bookmark (2020). A 2-style geometric sans made for the Canadian mobile company Fizz.
    • In 2020, Etienne Aubert Bonn and My-Lan Thuong co-designed Baryton at Coppers and Brasses, a revival of Frank Bartuska's playful photo era didone typeface Century Bartuska.
    • Agena and Agena Display (2021). A large display sans family with many hipster traits.
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    Ettolrak
    [Charlotte Beaufils]

    France-based designer of the Bauhaus-inspired stencil typeface Baufils (2020) and the frilly hand-drawn typeface Henna (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eugène Samuel Grasset

    Swiss decorative artist, poster designer of the art nouveau era, and type designer (b. Lausanne, 1841, d. Sceaux, 1917). Grasset worked in Paris during La Belle Epoque.

    He made Étrusque (Fonderie Gustave Peignot&fils, 1900), Grasset (Fonderie Gustave Peignot&fils, 1898-1899), Grasset Initialen (Peignot), Grasset Italiques (Peignot), Grasset Antiqua (1900, Genzsch&Heyse) and Römisch Grasset (1913, Genzsch&Heyse). McGrew: Grasset was designed by Eugène Grasset, French [note: McGrew is wrong...] decorative artist, in 1898 for Deberny&Peignot, French typefounders, and cut by ATF in 1904. It was advertised as a chic, up-to-date typeface of the day, but has mannerisms that later became quite dated. The Monotype cutting in 1912 was modified and reproportioned to fit the early restrictions of that machine, but retains the quaintness of the foundry originals. His ex libris.

    In 2012, Dick Pape created a few typefaces based on Grasset's alphabets. These include LFD Asian Stencilling 205 (original oriental-looking art nouveau drawings by E. Grasset and M. Verneil) and LFD French Printed Type 189 (this warm serif typeface was used in France for books). In the book Divertimento (Editlivre, Paris), Albert Legault (UQAM, Montreal, Canada) published the decorative art nouveau caps alphabet Eugene Grasset (2015).

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eugene Bunin

    Graphic designer based in Kyrgyzstan. In 2020, Eugene Bunin and Christine Beginskaya released the futuristic partly stencil typeface family Gluon.

    In 2020, Eugene released Kellion (a cyberpunk typeface), Hellebore (inspired by the logo and the game Mortal Shel), the dystopian typeface Dredger, the futuristic typeface Akrux, the retro-modern all caps sans typeface Inlow and Esm (a 6-style low contrast Swiss sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2021: Interite (a modern typeface with didone elements), Covenante (a display serif), Tp1972 (futuristic), Cradock (a 10-style almost monospaced sans), Razorback (techno), Metal Morphosis (octagonal), Neuromancer (a glitch font), Monumentum (a squarish monumentalist typeface), Dissidia, Arkham (an all caps tattoo font), Transmetropolitan (a piano key typeface), Aurelac (a sharp-edged display font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Np1972 (a futuristic font that looks like a matrix), Robert Moore (a comic book typeface family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Europa Type
    [Fabian Leuenberger]

    Fabian Leuenberger's foundry is called Europa Type. It is located in Zurich and London with corporate headquarters in Giswil, Switzerland. Their typefaces include:

    Personal link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eva Barabasne Olasz
    [Digital Typeface Studio (was: Evas Unique Fonts)]

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    Eva Voog

    Tartu, Estonia-based designer of a stencil typeface in 2018. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Evan Eckard

    Located in Bakersfield, CA, Evan Eckard created the hipster typeface Socalibre (2014), which has a distant relationship with Californian graffiti. Other commercial typefaces include the rounded sans typeface Road House (2014) and the semi-stencil typeface Brigade (2014).

    Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Everythinks

    Design and corporate identity studio in Lisbon. Creators of the elegant sans headline typeface Caixa Alta (2013), the stencil typeface Caffein (2011), Beedrones (2011, hexagonal), Ink (2012, a heavy brush face), Ecotour Portugal (2012, brush face), Lusofonia (2012, a decomposable typeface), Arte No Feminino (2012, a mosaic typeface), Ponte Romana (2012, a thin avant-garde wine label typeface).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Evgeniy Tarasenko

    Moscow, Russia-based designer who made the free piano key stencil typeface Promplate Stencil (2016), the ultra black counterless typeface Blot (2011), the Italian typeface Utug (2015), and the free constructivist art deco typeface Eleventh Square (2015, published by Typetype). He also made nice Transport pictograms (2011, FontStruct).

    Home page. Behance link. FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Evgeny Laskovy

    Moscow-based designer with Michael Puzakov of 12 pt Stencil (2012), a Latin and Cyrillic stencil typeface that was created on commission for 12pt Design Studio.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ewald Strassmann
    [TS Design Media Agentur]

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    Excellent Ritma Florendia
    [Mocosans (or: Slidehack)]

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    Exclamachine Type Foundry
    [Choz Cunningham]

    Choz Cunningham (b. 1975, Santa Cruz, CA) is a Las Vegas and more recently, Nashville, TN-based designer and artist, who set up Exclamachine in 2005. Until 2012, exclamachine published free fonts. In 2012, it went commercial via MyFonts.

    Designer of Whiskey Songs (2007), Crass Roots, Crass Roots Alt (2016), and Crass Roots OFL (2007, stencil), Misqot (2006), The Troubles (2006), Limberjack (2006, an ornate wood titling font), this blackletter-inspired serif face (2006), Futurelic (2006, futuristic), Zugzwang (2006), Sketchy Times Bold (2005, grunge), Sketchy Times (2005, grunge), Basket of Hammers (2005, a nice wallpainting/graffiti font). His company, also called Exclamachine Foundry, where these fonts can be downloaded: The Black Bloc (2006, blackletter-inspired), MISQOT (2006), Kutura Frontalis (2006), PaulMaul (2006), Zugzwang (2006), Sketchy Times (2006), Carlos Caffeinated (2006), Basket of Hammers (2006), Disc Inferno (2006, LED simulation), Rosda Laevigata)2007, handprinting), and this heavy metal band font (2006).

    In 2012, Choz published the commercial typefaces MISQOT (scratchy) and Paul Maul XT (irregular hand-printed face).

    Typefaces from 2013: FinFang (comic book style caps), Lestatic Slashed (+Condensed), Lestatic Obsidian Outline (grungy), Lestatic Lashed (Arabic simulation face), Lestatic Celerite, Lestatic Carved, Lestatic CSS, Lestatic Withered Condensed, Lestatic Withered, Lestatic Sliced.

    Dafont link. Open Font Library link. Home page. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Exima Co
    [Nining Setianingsih]

    Aka Graphic Hunter. Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces in 2017: Farbor, Brilled, Alodia, Cloudo (rounded sans), Phantonim, Napiva, Juniper, Balifont, Nebraska, Tamara, Pairon, Qumbah, Qubeq (stencil), Skyline, Galaxyn (sci-fi), Mantapbos, Paspude, Zefajal, Arakup (minimalist stencil), Zombie. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Express Shop

    Designers of these vector format fonts in 2017: Minimalistic, Digital (stencil), Alphabet, Calligraphic, B+W. These were followed by about 30 other vector fonts in 2018 and 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Eyecone
    [Jeson Garnica]

    Aka EyeCone, based in The Philippines. Creator of these free display typefaces in 2018: Hype Fixer (techno style), Brisk, Imminent Line, EC Bricks, Lethal Injector (trilined), Cutie Top, Incurable Prospect (sci-fi), Embryonic World (stencil), Bravada Arma (a knife-edged typeface), Typica (modular), Fleshy Spare, Lyka Gemelos, Fluctuate Prediction, EC Simplicity, Slick Strontium (beveled sci-fi font), Next In Line, Stitches, Adobo, Roadtest, Visionary Stairs, Auto Mode, Auto Techno, Mayon Exquisite, Matilda The Iron Lady, Zosimo Hive, Gymnast (a semi-molecular typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Karisma (script), Mismo (a heavy all caps typeface), Mismo campus (for athletic lettering), Himagsikan (modular), Chronic System, Game Battles (octagonal), Simplicity Extend. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    E-Z Letter Stencil Company

    Stencil company from the 20th century that grew out of the Stencil-It company. Jeff Levine writes: Formed by Bernie Aronson [a relative of the Libauers who owned the Stenso Lettering Company and who once worked for them] along with a financial partner (noted artist) Sidney Levyne, the company [Stencil-It] was soon put out of existence by a court action. It re-emerged in 1956 as the E-Z Letter Stencil Company and existed until the 1990s.

    Jeff Levine used their Stencil-It line of lettering guides produced in 1955 for Stencil Package JNL (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ezeqviel Ergo
    [Ergo Hiki (or: Ergo Fonts)]

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    Ezgi Gülsoy

    Izmir, Turkey-based designer of Random (2019: a compass-and-ruler font), Duoline (2019), Ege (2019: stencil), Pirireis (2019: an arched shadow font) and Kasirga (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    F is for Fonts
    [Chris James]

    Commercial foundry in London that specializes in hand-painted and brush styles. Their web site does not work on Firefox. F Is For Fonts made the free grunge slab serif font F. Vermont (2013). Commercial typefaces at 30 pounds a pop: Bronx (2013), St. Germain (2013), Battersea, Big Sur (a great ultra-fat brush face), Lowell (old typewriter), Wisconsin, Dunkirk (stencil), Helsinki, Hamburg (brush typeface), Stockholm, Vermont, Malibu, Belize, Los Alamos, Wilton, Saigon (army stencil), Kojima (2015, grunge and textured hand-painted font), Kansas (2015, hand-painted), Amsterdam, (2015, a fantastic inky poster script). All fonts are in highly detailed vector format.

    Typefaces from 2017: F Kerala (dry brush), F Oxford (painted style), F Saint Tropez.

    Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    F37 (or: Face37)
    [Rick Banks]

    Rick Banks (b. 1985, Manchester, UK) established F37 (Face37) in 2010 in London, UK. His typefaces:

    • F37 Xan (2010). A counterless geometric typeface based on a geometric solid typeface from 1925 by André Vlaanderen.
    • F37 Form (2010). A mimimalist circular experimental (Bauhaus?) font. He writes about Form: After looking at Armin Hoffman's Die Gute Form poster and Herbert Bayer's universal typeface I constructed an alphabet based on their letterforms. Inspired by Wim Crouwel's Soft Alphabet, I constructed a grid to create the modular alphabet and programmed very tight letterspacing into the font lending itself to the style of Die Gute Form.
    • F37 Bella (2011). An extremely contrasted didone display typeface. He says that he was influenced not only by Didot, but also by Pistilli and by Tschichold's Saskia. F37 Bella won an award at TDC Tokyo 2012. See also F37 Bella Pro (2020), in Text, Hairline, Stencil and Display substyles.
    • F37 Ginger (2013). A Swiss geometric sans inspired by the work of Herb Lubalin, Jan Tschichold and Paul Renner. The customized version of F37 Ginger, Boots Sharp (2019), was commissioned by Coley Porter Bell and True Story as part of an extensive rebrand. F37 Ginger Pro was released in 2019.
    • F37 Neue Grotesque (2013).
    • F37 Stencil Bella (2013).
    • F37 Glaser Stencil (2015).
    • F37 Bolton (2016). A sans family influenced by the style of Berthold's G.G. Lange.
    • F37 Jan (2016). Inspired by Jan Tschichold's geometric sans-serif and Matthew Carter's Bell Centennial font, F37 Jan features pronounced ink traps.
    • F37 Jagger (2017). A sans inspired by Edward Johnston's London Underground font.
    • F37 Bergman (2017). A Peignotian typeface family that revives a revival Hans Möhring's Florida typeface. The Swedish director Ingmar Bergman consistently used Florida in his films.
    • BHF Beats (2018): Working alongside Wolff Olins we were comissioned to create the new font for the British Heart Foundation. The letterforms are based on their iconic logo featuring waves of a heart beat.
    • F37 Bobby (2018). A warm text typeface.
    • F37 Ping Pong (2018). A 1970s style dot matrix font that was inspired by the 1970s Letraset font Pinball created by Alan Dempsey.
    • F37 Factory (2019). Named after Andy Warhol's The Factory in New York City, F37 Factory was inspired by stencil letters etched into marble in what was once a Hovis flour mill in Ramsgate. That building was designed by E. W. Pugin. F37 Factory was originally conceived for a commercial development project for Want Marketing and commissioned by London design studio Bold & Bold.
    • F37 Judge (2019). Banks's take on DIN and old wood types.
    • F37 Moon (2019). Influenced by Avant Garde and Futura, in 14 styles.
    • F37 Flux (2019). Experimental and intestinal.
    • F37 Neuro (2019). A Swiss sans family.
    • F37 Beckett (2020). A sans based on British road signs from the 1930s. F37 Beckett pays homage to the British Ministry of Transport's 1933 alphabet.
    • F37 Stout (2020). An octagonal family base on a letterpress font called Stoutheart.
    • F37 Gruffy (2020). A grotesque.
    • F37 Hooj (2020). A geometric sans family.
    • F37 Wicklow (2020). A 24-style wedge serif inspired by the Gaelic letter carvings by Irish sculptor Michael Biggs in Dublin. It includes a set of stencil fonts as well.
    • F37 Snake (2020). an octagonal industrial stencil typeface inspired by John Carpenter's film Escape From New York.
    • F37 Caslon (2020). He explains why the world needs another Caslon: F37 Caslon is our personal take on a stone-cold classic. Originally designed by William Caslon in 1726, this old-style serif has fascinated typographers ever since. Over the years, the font has been tweaked, reworked, modernised, pulled, stretched, squashed and embellished, as successive generations have created their own versions of Caslon, particular to their times and tastes. We have taken the best of these seminal Caslon revisions to create our own super family in a huge range of weights and styles. Our cut features a tall x-height, old-style numerals, capital italic swashes, ligatures and discretionary ligatures.
    • F37 Grotesc (2021). Inspired by Pica Sans.
    • F37 Attila (2021). A sans serif is inspired by Albert Auspurg's Krimhilde (1933).
    • F37 Drago (2021). A serif typeface based on Columbus (1892).
    • F37 Wyman (2021). F37 Wyman is based on lettering work created by graphic designer Lance Wyman in 1976, which was commissioned as part of the graphic identity marking 200 years of American Independence.
    • Corporate typefaces include Dunlop Sans, F37 Selfridges (=F37 Bella), F37 Avid (=F37 Ginger), Pamela (for Foilco), F37 Zip (for the hotel chain), Pizza Pilgrims, Dar Headline (octagonal), Lloyds Bank (icons).
    • F37 Lineca (2021). A fifteen-weight geometric sans with a strong emphasis on the horizontal.
    • Ocado (2021). A custom sans done for a grocery company.
    • Stonewall (2021). A sans font for Stonewall, a cmpany that has championed a world where LGBTQ+ people everywhere are free to be themselves and enjoy life fully.
    • F37 Incise (2021). A heavy, experimental display font, inspired by stone cutting.

    He also published Type Trumps, a set of playing cards that feature the main typefaces. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Faberfonts
    [Frank Béla]

    Frank Béla (b. 1978, Orosháza, Hungary) is a graphic design student at Krea Art School in Budapest who uses the pseudonym Fabergraph. Home page. Blog. In 2010, he started out commercially as Faberfonts. Dafont link. Behance link. Klingspor link.

    He created the ink trap font Portrait Of A Lady (2009), FR Irisz (2009, didone family), Pontifex (2009), the hand-printed Munkácsy 1120 (2009), the unicase Reka Sans (2009), the thick-thin Azur (2009), the simple sans Babyface (2009), the medieval sorcery font Elmulas (2009), the Valentine;s Day font Sapet (2009), the avant garde sans family Hopper Sans (2009) and the ultra-fat typeface Rendezvous (2009). Callimachos (2009) is a fun triple-lined hand-printed headline typeface (with a Cyrillic version added in). Azur Title Font (2009) is a hairline slabbed typewriter type. Pasta Simpla (2009, followed by FR Pasta Mono in 2010) is another experimental jewel. Hobbista (2009) mixes symbols and glyphs. FR Rama Nous (2009) is a free modular font. In 2009, he also made Arrow, Enamel Paint Type, Belonging (Roman caps).

    Commercial fonts made in 2010: FR Unalom, FR Sniccer (stencil), FR Ceruza, FR Minta (a dingbat typeface to make labyrinthine patterns; +Two), FR Tabula (beveled face), FR Smaragdina, FR Mintry One and Two (pattern fonts), and a custom alphabet for Esquire Russia, FR Hopper (monoline sans family).

    Activity in 2011: A didone-inspired typeface called MFA Dagi that was was commissioned for a catalog of an exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fabian De Smet

    French graduate of ESIAJ (Albert Jacquard), class of 2014, who works in Brussels. In 2015, he designed the (great!) free 14-style typeface family Butler, which was influenced by Bodoni and Dala Floda, and includes great styles for use in fashion magazines and on posters, in addition to several stencil styles. Open Font Library link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fabian Leuenberger
    [Europa Type]

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    Fabian Monod

    Swiss typographer at Fontnest who designed MonoBD (monospaced sans), Kagi Mono (mini-serifed stencil), Concrete, Puzzle, Museefont (octagonal), Relief (experimental) and Helveliga (with Jerome Rigaud and Sylvain Aerni). He created the stencil typeface Montana at Optimo/Gavillet&Rust. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fabian Widmer
    [Letterwerk]

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    Fabin Rasheed

    During his studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India-based Fabin Rasheed created a rice writing stencil font (for Latin) in 2015, based on the South Indian tradition of Vidyarambham. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fabio Ares

    Buenos Aires-based designer, b. 1971, Buenos Aires. Graduate of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, class of 1993. Since 1993, he teaches at that same university. Author of Libro Expósitos. La tipografía en Buenos Aires 1780-1824. In 2013, he received the FADU Prize for his work Expósitos. Revalorización patrimonial tipográfica del Buenos Aires virreinal (1780-1810).

    In 2013, Fabio Ares and Octavio Osores created the vernacular railroad signage typefaces FC Sud, FC Norte, and FC Monte Chingolo, which is based on iron signage found in train stations in Argentina. In 2010, he designed the colonial typeface family Expositos (in redondo, cursiva and vinñetas styles). There is also a book called Expositos La tipografia en Buenos Aires 1780-1824.

    Further railroad typefaces include FC Nordeste (2013), FC Provincial (2013), FC Gambier (2013) and FC Quinquenal (2013).

    In 2014, he designed Garrigos Ornamental (a set of ornaments based on the period between 1780 and 1824 in Buenos Aires). The Ferrocarril series continues with FC Nefa (+Stencil).

    In 2016, he published Garrigos at TipoType and later at Underground. Garrigos is a set of ornaments based on the decorative motifs used by the first typographic workshop in Buenos Aires, Imprenta de Niños Expósitos, between 1780 and 1824.

    Behance link. Other link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fabio Eduardo Godoy Angel
    [Fabio Godoy]

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    Fabio Godoy
    [Fabio Eduardo Godoy Angel]

    Fabio Eduardo Godoy (Venezuela) created the rounded signage family Loncherita (2013) and the techno stencil typeface family Caballero (2013). Apparently, Fabio was born in Colombia.

    In 2017, Fabio Godoy and Carlos Fabian Camargo Guerrero co-designed the handcrafted typeface Infusion at Andinistas. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fabrika de Typos
    [Marcio Hirosse]

    Fabrika de Typos is a Brazilian fondry run by Marcio Hirosse (b. 1969) in Sao Paulo. He made Destroyer (2007, splatter grunge), Helena (2007), Boogaloo (2006), Casual (2006), Expedito (2006), Impresso (2006), Club (2006), Qualque Coisa (2006), Pig (2006), Boogaloo, Casual, Error (2006), Sherley XXX (2006), Thailandesa (2006, Thai simulation face), Expedito, Impresso, Club (2006, stencil), Ferrugem (2006, grunge), Qualque Coisa (2006), Saco de Pao (2006, grunge), Clean (2006, experimental), Poesie Noire (2006, a great multiline calligraphic face), Fuck You Las Vegas (2005), Serial Killer (2004, bloodied Arial), Tragedia (2004), Font Macabra (2004), Font Abuso (grunge), Font Cartaz (2004, stencil face), and Font Mexicana. He created Ballom (psychedelic), Anarchy, Macabra, Cartaz, Crash, Tragedia, Abuso, Estragou de novo (1999), Sucata Special, Brother Bear, Floppy Disk, Punk Dingbats (2004-2005, destructionist typefaces), Swiss AntiNormal (2005), Jooy (2007, grunge), Deusdeti (2007, double script), Deux ex Machina (2007, blackletter-inspired), Comunista (2007, constructivist), BONDAGE-DEMO-VERSION (2007), CASULO-DEMO (2007), D-E-S-T-R-O-Y-E-R-D-E-M-O-V-E-R-S-I-O-N (2007), GARTEN-VON-DORNEN-BLACK---DEMO-VERSION (2007), GARTEN-VON-DORNEN-DEMO-VERSION (2007), Load (2007, grunge), LYSSA-DEMO-VERSION (2007), MUMIA-DEMO-VERSION (2007), OFF-SET---DEMO-VERSION (2007, grunge), Pig (2006, rough stencil typeface), PLEASURES-DEMO-VERSION (2007), Querencia-Army-DEMO-VERSION (2007), TETARIA (2007), FDT Sodomy (2008, blackletter), FDT Carreto (2008), all freely downloadable.

    In 2017, he created the colored Memphis-style typeface Denoise.

    Commercial typefaces: Circus de Terror, Rapariga (curly), Indiana, Hard Core, Iemanjai, Disorder, Joy, Deusdeti, Deux ex Machina, Comunista, Destroyer, Off Set, Pleasures Poesie Noire, Helena, Base, Clean, Casulo, Serial killer.

    Creations in 2012: Big Pig, Suicidal Tendencies.

    In 2015, he made FDT Wonderland.

    Dafont link. Yet another URL. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fabrizio Schiavi
    [Fabrizio Schiavi Design (or: FSD)]

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    Fabrizio Schiavi Design (or: FSD)
    [Fabrizio Schiavi]

    Fabrizio Schiavi was born in Ponte dell'Olio in the Piacenza province in 1971. FSD Fabrizio Schiavi Design in Piacenza was opened in 1998. With Alessio Leonardi, he co-founded Fontology. He also co-launched the experimental graphics magazine Climax in 1994.

    Bio at FontFont where he made FF Mode 01, FF 0069, FF GeabOil, FF9600, FF Trade 01, FF Steel Mix, FF Steel Ring, FF Steel Jones.

    [T-26] designer of D44 (1994), Lithium (1994, dingbats), Moore895 (1994), Moore899 (1994), Sidewalker (1994), Exit (1988). Many of his typefaces are grungy such as Washed (1994). Some are minimalist, such as Monica Due (1999), Monica (1999), and Eco (2001, developed from a logo in the 70s for Ageco). The latter three fonts are very geometric in nature.

    Other fonts: Washed (1994), Parakalein, Aurora Nintendo (1995), Aurora CW (1995), Mode01 (1995), GeabOil (1995), 9600/0069 (1995), Fontology (1995), CP Company (2000: a corporate sans), FSDItems (2001), FSDforMantraVibes (2001), Pragmata (2001, monospace, designed for programs), PragmataFlash (2002, a pixel font), Pragmata Pro (2011, still monospaced), Sys (2002), SysFlash (2002, a pixel font), Sys 2.0 (2012, a condensed sans designed for very small print), Virna (2003, a multiline typeface for Italian MTV, discussed here). The Pragmata and Sys series were optimized for screen usage. In addition, Sys has many ink traps, so it prints well at small sizes, and is more legible than Verdana.

    He does some custom typeface design, such as the innovative sans serif family called CP Company (2000). Other clients include Al Hamra Complex Kuwait, Nike, MTV, YU, Beretta, Abitare magazine, Ferrari and Philip Morris.

    In 2007, he produced a stencil and signage font, Siruca (see also here), for the Al Hamra Complex, one of highest skyscrapers in the world, located in Kuwait. Siruca Pictograms (2008) is free. In 2015, he followed that up by a non-stencil rounded sans called Sirucanorm: Designed using golden ratio formulas, it's inspired to DIN and Isonorm typeface.

    In 2013, he published Sys Falso, Abitare Sans (30 weights, originally commissioned by the group Rizzoli Corriere della Sera. Abitare is an Italian magazine).

    Typefaces from 2014: Nove (a German expressionist typeface inspired by B movie typography: Nove freshly reworks exploitation film era movie poster lettering, refitting the genre to a contemporary audience. The expressive typeface was done for a Nike Italy spoof campaign featuring 1970s cult film director Enzo Castellari and a recently found film reel from his archives, featuring several current Italian athletes and American basketball star Kobe Bryant).

    The rounded sans typeface Widiba Bank (2015) was co-designed with Jekyll & Hyde in 2015 for the brand identity of the new bank of Gruppo Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

    In 2016, he designed the custom corporate typeface R&M in art nouveau style.

    In 2020, he released the (variable) retail version of CP Company called oook.

    In 2021, he released Nure (a 54-style sans font family that includes a three-axis (weight, optical, width) variable font).

    At ATypI in Rome in 2002, he spoke about the need for more fonts.

    Hellofont link. FontShop link. Font Squirrel link.

    Showcase of Fabrizio Schiavi's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Face Type
    [Marcus Sterz]

    Austrian foundry located in Vienna, est. in 2008 by Marcus Sterz (b. 1971) and Andrej Waldegg. MyFonts link. Unless exlicitly mentioned, all typefaces are by Marcus Sterz. You Work For Them link.

    • Adria Grotesk (2013). This was followed by Adria Slab (2014).
    • Aldrans (2009, minimal sans).
    • Anymals (2008) is one of my favorites: it has dingbats of imaginary undersea monsters.
    • Asimov (2009). What is this?
    • Baustelle Thin (2009, hairline sans).
    • Bikra (2010, Plain and Stencil).
    • Blitzplakat (2009). A poster face, white on black.
    • Darjeeling (2010) is a display family inspired by both Optima and Bodoni.
    • Doll (2008), Dollbats (2008).
    • Flint (2008). A hand-drawn squarish face.
    • Gerber (2009, pixel face).
    • Grafinc (2009). An ultra fat art deco. See also Grafinc Rounded.
    • Hausbau (2009, experimental).
    • Idrans Medium (2010). A poster face.
    • With Georg Herold-Wildfellner, he created the Victorian family Ivory in 2009.
    • Letterpress (2009) is an experimental grungy family in which he mixes glyphs of three classics, Jakob Erbar's Phosphor (Ludwig&Mayer Foundry, ca. 1923), Aurora (1912, Johannes Wagner Foundry) and Permanent Headline or simply Headline (Karlgeorg Hoefer).
    • Lignette Script (2011) is an extensive loopy monoline script font.
    • Loki (2009). A decorative pixel family.
    • The Marlowe family (2010) is pure art deco elegance---a play on geometric forms and elegance. Subfamilies include Marlowe Cocktail and Marlowe Swirl.
    • Moki (2011).
    • Mono Lisa (2020) by Marcus Sterz, in collaboration with programming experts Andrey Okonetchnikov and Juho Vepsäläinen. A commercial programming font to compete with Fira Code, Source Code, and Jetbrains Mono.
    • Motto (2009). An art deco typeface in the style of the Italian Futurismo of the 1920s, designed for using with two colors.
    • Mouse (2008-2009, pixel), Mousedings (2008).
    • Newcastle (2014).
    • Notdef (2009). A strange experiment.
    • The handwriting typeface Palma (2008).
    • Pinback (2009, techno).
    • Plaquette (2018). A collection of retro typefaces ranging from Victorian to Bauhaus to the sixties.
    • Publica Sans (2016). A clean geometric sans typeface family. Publica Play (2016) is a playful, and even more organic, sans that exploits many OpenType features. Publica Slab (2017) and Publica Sans Round (2021) complete the collection.
    • Scrap Outline (2008).
    • Slug (2009). A geometric typeface made for bicoloring.
    • Status (2009, super fat art deco).
    • Strangelove Next and Strangelove Next Slab (2010). This beautiful typeface was inspired by Stanley Kubrick's movie Dr. Strangelove. The original titles were designed by Pablo Ferro, who is one of the most acclaimed film title designers, especially famous for his hand-drawn lettering. Dr. Strangelove is a hairline face.
    • Substance (2013). A sans family.
    • Wenzel (2009). Handprinted.

    Facetype's typeface library. See also here. View Marcus Sterz's typefaces.

    Klingspor link. Behance link. Fontspring link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    FactoryType Studio (was: One Dollar Font, Factory 738, Today Pixels)
    [Wahyu Setiya Rahmawan]

    Bali, Indonesia-based designer of the geometric sans typeface family Cleon (2015: a geometric monoline sans), the handcrafted Brook (2015), and the brush script typefaces Kinemon (2015) and Aurora (2015). In 2016, he designed the rounded sans typefaces Reiju, Ichiji and Tony Tony, the handcrafted Jacks Script, Jacks Sans, Buho, Buho Sans, and the pixel family Abeja Tribe.

    Typefaces from 2017: Lovely Pudding (script), Phephe (a modernist arts-and-crafts font), Rouge Sans (rounded sans), Franky, Roger Serif (slab serif), Roger Sans, Moscato Script, Brulee Sans and Brulee Script, Big Mom Sans and Big Mom Script (round printed script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Opera (a 10-font all caps family that includes an inline and a stencil), Smoothie (font duo), Brownie (font duo), Ace Sans (caps only), Ace Serif (slab serif), The Dalmation (textured octagonal caps family), Robin, Bastille (a techno stencil), Django.

    Typefaces from 2019: Michelangelo (semi-stencil), Mike Sans (an 8-style squarish sans), Maya (signature script), Maya Sans, Leonardo Rounded, Leo Sans, Leo SemiRounded, Leonardo.

    Typefaces from 2020: Kinemon, Tony Tony (a condensed sans), Cream Opera (a sans family, including a stencil), Leonardo Sans (geometric, all caps), Benn (a bold squarish typeface family), Beckman (a geometric sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Lethbridge Script, Roseau Slab (five weights), Vaughan Pro (a 21-font stylized sans), Tombstone, Castlegar Script, Dubbo (like Cooper Black), Campbell, Brant (a swashy bold serif), Nova Scotia (script), Trail (incised), Ontario Script, Manitoba Script (inky), Alberta Signature Script, Gosford, Redland (a 5-style creamy display typeface), Rockdale (a 5-style luxury serif in the didone genre), Edensor (an 11-style stylish display serif), Alexandria Eschate (a sophisticated display serif), Welland (an 11-style decorative didone), Koldby (11 styles; a descendant of Didot), Maya Duo (a monolinear script), Benn Beckman (an all caps sans family), Trio Smoothie (a sans and script trio).

    Typefaces from 2022: Buche (a 12-style display serif), FTMilky (a vintage display serif; ten styles), King Sans (a 10-style Peignotian sans), Buche (a 12-style display serif), Newgate (a 10-style elephant foot serif). Creative Fabrica link. Old URL for Today Pixels. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fadhil Edrianda

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of the modern stencil typeface Fawxes (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fadhl Waliy Ul Haqq
    [Akufadhl (was: Alternatype, or: Akutype, or: Alterna Type foundry)]

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    Fahrenno Asnawan
    [Megflags (was: HOUS Studio)]

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    Fahrizal Tawakkal
    [Fontdation (was: Twicolabs Design)]

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    Faizal Reza
    [SquirtGun]

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    Family Font Mart
    [Akihiro Oya]

    Free fonts by Akihiro Oya in truetype format for Mac and PC: Nishichiba, NerimaNumber, BERLIN-REDRAIN-Italic, BERLIN-REDRAIN-Regular, Canarendon-Broken, Chubu-08-Normal, G.B.BOOT, GENERAL, GUNJU (very original stencil font), Horror-Impact-B, KANEIWA-alp-regular (simulated Japanese), Logic-twenty-five-A, Logic-twenty-five-Normal, Logic-twenty-five-Q, MEN'S-COSME, MINIMALHARD, MINIMALHARD2, NAKAMURA, Overheads, R.P.G.-KATAKANA, R.P.G., TAPEMAN, Telavision, VIET-MAP-LOVE, cubic-millimeter, enikusu-HG, square-millimeter, super-detective-kids, tamio-qn6, trattorian-2, videobeast-80's, namco_regular. Two of these are katakana fonts. All of them may be classified as experimental. Many can be used at small sizes on screens ("pixel fonts").

    Dafont link. Fontspace link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Famished.org
    [John Baichtal]

    John Baichtal (Famished.org) is the designer (b. 1971) of the art deco typeface Cronus (2002), Globe (a pixel font), Addled, Creamed Corn, 121, Boa Hamata, One Twenty One, November 14th, Peanut, Pinnacle (a deformed font), Plateau, Quigley, Skinny, Stogie, the kitchen tile typeface Abacus (2002), Equanimity Stencil (2002), Ripsaw (a Tuscan display font, 2002), Girder (2002), Equanimity Linked (2002), Faxt (2002, pixel font), Purvey Grecian (2002), Gold (2002, sans serif), Mullet (2002), Eidolon (2002), Sloth, Tourmaline (a great art deco typeface with many gorgeous ligatures), Transaction, Octuple, Mullet (2002, sans), Hellios (2002, a bitmap stencil font with spikes), Nairoby (2002, experimental), Tray (2002), and Dactylic (2003, octagonal). Some free Mac fonts are supposed to be here. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fargus Meiser

    German type designer. In 2016, Fargus Meiser and Lukas Bischoff co-designed Paul Grotesk and Paul Soft. In 2018, they added Paul Slab and Paul Slab Soft. In 2021, they released Paul Grotesk Stencil. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fariz Ikhsan

    Bandung, Indonesia-based graphic designer (b. 1993) who created the free hairline-stenciled typeface Bobz (2015). Behance link. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fat stencil typefaces: Stephen Coles's List

    Stephen Coles lists fat stencil typefaces in the FontShop store.

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    Fatemeh Hajipour

    Dubai, UAE-based designer of a squarish semi-stencil Latin / Arabic typeface in 2018. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fatima Gonçalves

    During her studies in Funchal, Portugal, in 2015, Fatima Gonçalves created a modular typeface, Peignot Stencil, and Eurostyle Slabserif. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fatimah Dipi
    [Kong Font (or: Gemes Font)]

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    Fausto Bassini

    Italian stencil font producer, active between 1913 and 1940. Paolo Cadeddu digitized several of them in 2021, including Architettura, Cubitale 900, Imperiale, and Duo. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Faybro

    American FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: Tetris Block, Chibi (kitchen tile), PixelIt, FontStruct (kitchen tile), Mech Scape. Devian Tart link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Febryan Satria
    [Spaceship Creative Lab]

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    Fed Tunik

    Russian designer who created Allegoria (stencil) in 2021. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fedor Sorokin

    During his studies at the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, Fedor Sorokin designed the modular Bauhaus stencil typeface Ründstük (2012) and Russian Dolls Font (2012).

    In 2013, he published the free typeface Bodonika, a fun dada font, the result of what if Helvetica f u c k s Bodoni? [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Feliciano Type Foundry
    [Mário Feliciano]

    Feliciano Type was established in 2001 by Mario Feliciano. The foundry's main design studio in Lisbon, Portugal, with two additional offices, in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, and in The Hague, Netherlands. Mário Feliciano (b. 1969, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal). Feliciano studied graphic design at IADE, Lisbon, and began working as a graphic designer at Surf Portugal magazine in 1993, where he stayed as art director until 2000. In 1994 he founded the design studio Secretonix in Lisbon. He has been heavily involved in type design since. In 2005, he joined the type coop Village. John Berry reviews Mario's oeuvre. His gorgeous creations include the following:

    • Escrita ([T-26], a great calligraphic font), Gazz (1997, in Regular, Paint and Stencil styles), MexSans (1997, [T-26]), Aurea Ultra (1997, [T-26]), Bronz (1997, [T-26]), Cepo, Tpac family (1996, [T-26], under the name Mariachi Fontexperience), Strumpf (1994, comic book font family at Adobe), Caligrafia Debula (1997, PsyOps).
    • Geronimo (2010, Enschedé; not to be confused with an earlier 2005 font at Canada Type called Geronimo) was started in 1997. He says: Geronimo is a historical revival, a digital interpretation of the types cut by Geronimo Gil in Spain in the eighteenth century. In fact it is not only the first digital version, but as far as I can tell it is also the first typeface family ever designed using Gil's types as a model. Working in Madrid, Geronimo Gil produced an enormous collection of very interesting and idiosyncratic types that can be found in Muestras de los Nuevos Punzones y Matrices para la Letra de Imprenta executados por Orden de S.M. y de su Caudal destinado a la Dotacion de su Real Biblioteca, a specimen from 1787. It shows titling and text typefaces both in italic and roman styles. His typefaces are not only very Spanish but they are also very sophisticated when compared to the ones of contemporaries such as Eudald Pradell and Antonio Espinosa. Geronimo's typefaces have a sense of modernism but they are not modern in a Bodoni or Didot kind of way. Yet they are actually very old style---particularly the lowercase letters--but with reduced contrast and a generous x-height. Even in the bigger cuts, ascenders and descenders are not long but appear to be even shorter than in text sizes. This creates a kind of rolling effect while reading.
    • He is working on Espinosa, and Eudaldo (a typeface in the style of and apparently predating the successful Pradell by Andreu Balius Planelles).
    • MyFonts sells BsLandscope, BsMonofaked (octagonal), BsKombat (1998), BsLooper (stencil), BsArchae, BsRetchnov (constructivist), BsMandrax (octagonal).
    • Stella (2001, a humanist sans family with 26 weights). FTF Stella 2 is a 2005 upgrade of this family.
    • The 14-weight Rongel serif family (1998-2004, updated in 2005 as FTF Rongel V2) is his best work. Feliciano states: an interpretation of the types showed in eighteenth century's Spanish catalogue: "Muestras de los Punzones y Matrices de Letra que se funde en el Obrador de la Imprenta Real, Madrid, Ano de 1799", and titled with the name Rongel, whom I suppose, cut them. Another example of these types can be found in "Las Eroticas, y Traduccion de Boecio" by Villegas and printed by António de Sancha in Madrid, 1774.
    • Atanasia. Based on a 1771 example by Antinio Espinosa. That same semi-calligraphic example was also used by Carlos Winkow in his famous Elzeviriano Ibarra at Richard Gans's foundry.
    • Salustiana. Based on a 1772 type by Antonio Espinosa. Ibarra used that typeface to print Salustio in 1772.
    • Monteros (1998-). Based on a 1799 type at Imprenta Real in Madrid.
    • In 2003, he won an award for the extensive FTF Morgan family at the TDC2 2003 competition (subfamilies have suffixes Avec, Sans, Sans Condensed, Big, Poster, Poster Avec and Tower). Morgan Sans was originally developed in 2001 with 44 weights. Each version of Morgan has multiple weights as well---for example, Morgan Big (2001) is a 12-weight titling family. Avec denotes Slab Serif.
    • FTF Grotzec Headline Condensed (1998, created for Surf Portugal magazine), Grotzec More.
    • FTF Merlo (1998-2009): an interpretation of the 18th century Spanish types cut by Ismal Merlo.
    • FTF Flama (2002, a neutral sans in 50 styles). Flama is used, along with Greta Text and Sunday Times Modern, by the Sunday Times.
    • FTF Garda Titling (1998-2005): an exceptional caps only family with both serifed and sans inscriptional (Trajan) letters.
    • Eudald News (1998-2009, Vllg).
    • Sueca (2009): a new typeface for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, which writes: Sueca is a family of serif, slab, sans serif, text typeface and typeface for listing. The idea behind Sueca is to be able to talk with the same clear voice but be able to change the tone of voice in different section. During the work with developing Sueca, SvD had help from the design consultants Palmer Watson from Edinburgh, Scotland as the second opinion.
    • Villeneuve (2010-2017).
    • Marcin Antique and Marcin Typewriter (2017, Vllg). A slightly modulated contrasted, almost Peignotian, pair of typefaces, based on types shown in Gustave Mayeurs's 1894 and 1912 catalogs.
    • Mazagan (2019, Vllg). Mazagan gets its inspiration from Marocaines, a novelty type reproduced in the Fonderie Mayeur Type Specimen (Paris, 1912). The face is also featured in other specimen books of the same period, including the FTF (Fonderie Typographique Française) specimens that show a narrower version.
    • Crisol (2019). An art deco stencil influenced by Futura Black (1929) and Braggadocio (1930).
    • Parnaso (2019), classified as neo-Elzevir.
    • Optional (2020-2021). A contemporary elliptical high contrast sans serif available in five weights.
    • Hiper Sans (2021). A wide sans in four styles.
    • Korrodi (2020). A monolinear version of Otto Weisert's art nouveau typeface Arnold Böcklin (1904), named after Portuguese (Swiss-born) architect Ernesto Korrodi (1870-1944).
    • Miletus Grotesk (2021). A contemporary grotesque inspired by Standard Gothic (Keystone Foundry, circa 1906).
    • Parafina (2021). An art deco sans remotely inspired by a hand-lettered display-sized alphabet dating back to the mid-20th century by Spanish letterer Miguel Pedraza.
    • Penina (2021). A single weight elegant and delicate serifed typeface that is based on some of the work of William Hugh Gordon (1860s-1920). Penina comes in three contrast grades: Small, Medium and High Contrast, plus a variable font.
    • Rotep (2020; in Alvor and Bornes versions). A ten-style collection of all-caps typefaces inspired by the lettering used through the ROTEP (Roteiro Turistico e Economico de Portugal) map collection, a mid-century Portuguese map collection of almost 300 maps published for almost two decades.
    • Grosa and Grosa Mono (2020-2021). A 12-style modernist sans serif designed originally as the main typeface for Feliciano's website.
    • Sebenta (2020-2021). A take on bthe Clarendon genre.

    Feliciano designed custom typefaces for the Portuguese weekly newspaper Expresso [a font called Expresso], for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet [a font called Sueca], for the Spanish newspaper El Pais [a font called Majrit] and for Banco Espirito Santo [a font called BesSans].

    Klingspor link. FontShop link. MyFonts interview.

    View Mario Feliciano's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Felipe Dário dos Santos

    Graphic designer from Brazil, b. 1989. Designer of FDHelwoodica (2008), a grungified Helvetica (2008), and similarly grungy FD Stenciluxe (2008), FDBateek (2009), FD Stripped for BUP (2009, arched Times New Roman face), FD J Borges (2009, extremely funny dingbats based on the work by Brazilian artist J. Borges), FDIlhoscript (2009, handwriting) and FD Carimboh (2009). Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Felipe Perazza
    [Andarilho Design]

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    Felipe Ramazzoti

    Art director in Londrina, Brazil. With Junior Curotto, he designed the free stencil typeface Bunkr (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Felipe Sanzana
    [Mum Type]

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    Felix Ng
    [SILNT]

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    Felix Rufin

    Designer at Type-o-tones in Barcelona of the unicase typeface family Designal (2007, +Stencil), which comes with 400 dingbats for, e.g., weather and packaging. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fellipe Iacks

    At UFPEL, Pelatoas, Brazil-based Fellipe Iacks designed the thin stencil typeface Iridium77 (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Femke Smits

    Femke Smits (b. 1996, Drunen, The Netherlands) designed the lava lamp stencil typeface Vuur Vrij in 2016, together with Joshua K. Gomez. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fer Crow

    Barcelona-based designer of the stone-chiseled Flintstone Font (2014) and of Trashfont (2014, a grungy stencil face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fermin Guerrero

    Born in Carmelo, Colonia, Uruguay in 1983, then based in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied Visual Communication at the Haute Ecole d'Art et de Design, and now back in Montevideo, Uruguay, this graphic designer created the counterless geometric typeface Circ (2011), and the triangulated experimental typeface VIGA (2011). Fermin has a Bachelors degree in Industrial Design (2009). At his foundry, also called Fermin Guerrero, one can buy VIGA and MANIFESTA (2012, a De Stijl typeface).

    For his Bachelors thesis at HEAD in Geneva, he created the typeface Genève (2014): In developing Genève I was inspired by the typeface used by French printer/editor/publisher Henri II Estienne in his famous book Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, published in Geneva in 1572. This typeface was brought to Geneva by Henri's father, Robert Estienne, who, before settling in Geneva and working as Calvin's printer, was the printer of France's King, François I. This typeface highly influenced the typographers and printers in Geneva at that time. Henri and Robert Estienne's work in Geneva helped it to become one of the most important cities in Europe for print and typography in the sixteenth century. Genève consists of four styles: Classique (humanist serif), Austère (geometric serif), Spontanée (humanist sans-serif) and Alternative (stencil, display version).

    Graduate of the MATD program at the University of Reading, class of 2015. His graduation typeface was Exentra which was was conceived for publications promoting forward-thinking through a contemporary and experimental vision of modern culture and trends. It supports Latin, Gurmukhi and Greek. In addition, Fermin added the fat face didone / gothic mixture mixture font Black Display for applications in fashion, and the super-angular and scary Franky as sub-styles of Exentra.

    In 2017, he published Thesaurus, the renaming and outgrowth of Genève, at Typotheque. Thesaurus Display Italic followed in 2018. Well-deserved winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a grand prize.

    In 2019, he designed Brick Pro (Display, Text) for Colophon, which explains: Brick's foundations lie in the signage of three prominent pubs in London's East End, The Jolly Butchers (Brick Lane---now closed), The Royal Oak (Columbia Road), and The Prince Albert (Acton Street). Referencing their Art Deco traits, with a trace of Art Nouveau heritage, Brick is Fermín Guerrero’s re-interpretation and continuation of the vernaculars elegant gestures, brought into the 21st century. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fernanda Scipiao

    Fortaleza, Brazil-based designer of the Bauhaus style stencil typeface Deutz (2017), which is named after a suburb of Köln. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fernando Haro

    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ampuero and Laredo, Spain-based designer (b. 1971) who set up deFharo. Creator of the monoline sans typeface Depez (2011), Fabada (2011), and the free monoline geometric sans typeface La Chata (2011). La chatte, in French? Maybe not.

    In 2011, he made the monoline organic sans typeface Lerótica (free at OFL).

    In 2012, he created Nabatea (stone chisel typeface), V de Vacia (a grungy outline face), Sabática (organic), the straight-edged data style typeface Gabardina, the grotesk typeface A Bebedera, the shadow typeface B de Bonita, D Puntillas, and the deconstructed Qebrada.

    In 2013, he designed Yacarena Ultra, H.H. Agallas, Nacimiento (a dymo label font), J Airplane Swash (a psychedelic typeface named after Jefferson Airplane), CA Garrutas (grunge), CA Gatintas (grunge), I Am Telefono (the largest phone dingbat and scanbat typeface on earth), Wach Op-Art (kaleidoscopic icons), K.O. Activista, I Am Hueca, X Template (stencil), H.H.Samuel (rounded sans), U2 Metalona (a beautiful white-on-black display face), M F Plexus Italic, J.M. Nexus Grotesque (an "thin inline" fat grotesque), Wachinanga, Tabaquera, Pabellona (grunge), El Pececito (video game font), the poster typeface Hobby of Night (OFL), H2O Shadow (outline version of Fabada), Zabatana Poster (a didone-inspired poster font), Oaxaquena Tall, Yacimiento (wood style wedge serif), and Rabanera.

    Typefaces from 2014: Babalusa Cut, A Cuchillada, Sabandija (a plump round display typeface), F2 Tecnocratica, F1 Secuencia Quad (pixel face), La Pejina FFP (bilined), Tabaiba Wild, Gabachita (ultra-condensed rounded sans).

    Typefaces from 2015: Tabarra Pro (Swiss style sans family for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek), A Sogra Ruth (ultra-condensed art deco), Gaban (an outline version of Tabardo), Tabardo (a heavy blocky font), Wacamoler Caps (a Tuscan typeface inspired opening credits of the Western movie Winchester '73 directed by Anthony Mann in 1950), Ubicada (condensed geometric sans), Rabiosa (neurotic font), Zacatecas (condensed shaded sans), F3 Secuencia Round, La Babaca (a powerful black condensed sans in the style of Impact), Obcecada Sans + Serif (condensed with almost disappearing descenders), Eacologica Round Slab (a nice commercial font with an incomplete set of numerals), Palim Script (curly), Vacaciones (signage face), de La Cruz.

    Typefaces from 2016: Yugoslavia (calligraphic), Love Box (stencil), Cienfuegos (connected retro script named after the Cuban her Camilo Cienfuegos), Gaitera Ball (round fat script), The Black Box (a retro banner font), Durum Kebab (shadow sans), Jolgoria In Town (script), Yerbaluisa (signage script), Escobeta One (brush script), Posteratus Rex, Bastardilla (a cursive font), Rotulona Hand, The Juke Box (retro juke box lettering), Angelique Rose (connected monoline script), Promenades, Bucanera (a swashbuckle font), Lucemita, Panama Road (a casual calligraphic font), Deslucida, Disoluta, Sucesion Slab, Tabarra Pro Round, Qebab Pro Shadow, Monserga (white on black), Indulta SemiSerif.

    Typefaces from 2017: Partizano Serif (a retro poster font; free demo), Jack Stanislav (a great condensed movie poster font), Fontanero (rounded fat sans), Yonky (fat slab serif), Zigzageo, Libertatus (manual serif fonts based on a Czech poster from 1935), Libertatus Duas (slab serif), Flamante Sans, Flamante Serif, Flamante (Round, SemiSlab, Stencil, Seca, Cairo, Roma), Seisdedos Dead (rough stencil fonts), Neo Latina (stencil), Carta Magna (blackletter), La Sonnambula (signature script), Bola Ocho (an eightball font), Clandestina (textured, layered), Acratica (signage script), Penitencia Inline, Autarquica (outlined vernacular style), Caminata One (shaded signage typeface), Sin Razon (wedge serif), Glotona Black and White (a layered tattoo style font duo), Glotona Dots (the textured versions of Glotona), 6th Aniversario, Tribal Box (squarish sans, with tattoo ornaments and a great environment for borders), Candy Pop (bubblegum font), Sargento Gorila (army stencil font), Libertinas + co (a curly calligraphic script; the free version has no numerals).

    Typefaces from 2018: Gudariak (a free color SVG font: Vicente Ballester Marco (Valencia 1887-1980) was a graphic designer and Valencian poster artist affiliated with the CNT (Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo) who created political propaganda posters of clear modernist and post-cubist influence during the Spanish Civil War. The Gudariak typeface is inspired mainly by one of the posters he made for the Government of Euskadi and also in others where the author continues to explore this particular typographic style. ), Farisea Fraktur, Octuple Max (techno), Ordeal Eroded, Panfleta Stencil, Secuela (free), Fragua Pro (condensed sans family), Getho (a geometric semi-sans), Cowboya Tuscan (a curly Tuscan circus font), Txuleta Deco (a striped art deco typeface), Coltan Gea (slab serif), Getho Semi Sans, Cowboys (a Tuscan typeface), Drystick Geo Grotesk, Diezma, Grifa Slab, Coltan Gea (slab serif family), Paloseco (geometric and grotesk), Stoica (a color SVG font), Letrera Caps (a rounded square style layered and color font that pays homage to the sans serif inline genre), Enagol Math (a condensed rounded slab serif based on carefully applied mathematical ratios), Heptal, Velocista, Octagen Condensed, Octagen Black, Sextan Serif, Sextan Cyrillic, Quickat (signage script), Octagen (condensed sand with short descenders), Wolframia Script (flowing handwriting), Pentay Slab, Pentay Sans, Pentay Book, Cuatra, Judera (Flat and Ring: monospaced, unicase and totally sqaurish), Quotus (slab serif), Tripleta Grotesk (a 16-style geometric sans family).

    Typefaces from 2019: Pervitina Dex (sci-fi), Megalito Slab, Obesum Caps, Jane Roe (sans), Icons Opentype, Felona (stencil: a variable font), Neo Fobia, Bocartes Fritos (food icons), Red Thinker (a squarish monoline sans), Pena Caldaria (blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2020: Anoxic (a squarish monoline sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Humato (a sturdy font for weightlifters), Probeta (a squarish techno sans family in 42 styles), Speeday (a speed emulation sans).

    Creative Market link. OFL link. Behance link. Dafont link. Devian tart link. Abstract Fonts link. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ferrets N Fonts
    [Perry Mason]

    Perry Mason is the prolific ozzie creator (based in Newcastle) of Nato, a truetype font apparently made for NATO military vehicle lettering (2001). Since that first font, he has made well over 1000 fonts, mostly in 2001, but some as late as 2003. Back-up of his fonts at Just Us Now, now defunct. Alternate URL for Just Us Now (also defunct). Yet another URL. List of his fonts, by date, and alphabetical list. Perry Mason's dingbats. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fewell Foundry
    [Martin Fewell]

    Martin Fewell is the type designer who started the Fewell foundry in London, and who runs MartinFewell.com and Yolo in Manchester. Martin is also a part time Lecturer at The University of Salford and Chelsea School of Art and Design. His techno fonts are available from [T-26]: Assembler (2004, a paperclip face), Mechwar (2002), Techstep (2002), Sushi (2002), Synthesis (2002, a techno font family) and Turbo (2002).

    And now also from MyFonts.com: Memory (a sensational techno font, 2003), Exhaust (2002), Kanister (2003), Datastream (2003, an octagonal font) and the military octagonal stencil font Airbrake (2003). At Union Fonts, he published Memory, Airbrake (octagonal stencil font), Exhaust, Datastream and Kanister in 2003. At Yolo, one can ogle and buy his typefaces: Airbrake (mecahical face), Airframe, Assembler, Datastream (octagonal), Delicious, Exhaust, Insatiable, Kenister (octagonal), Lovebeing, Mechwar, Memory (experimental, techno), Newart, Nova, Rapture, Sushi, Synthesis (techno), Techstep, Turbo.

    Klingspor link.

    View Martin Fewell's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Filip Gjurin

    Filip Gjurin (Zagreb, Croatia) created the stencil typeface Gjurencil (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Filipe Aryel
    [Lizard Sharkragon]

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    Filippo Nugara

    Berlin-based graphic designer. He created the stencil typeface CCSI SOS Racisme in 2009. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Filthymedia

    British studio located in Brighton. Creators of the oily display typeface Filthy Black Italic (2011). Filthymedia is mainly into identity and corporate type. They created the sturdy typeface Filthy Seagull Display for the Premier League Football Club Brighton in 2018, and the multiline Filthy Threeway Display for Adidas, also in 2018. In 2019, they designed Filthy Altitude Display for The North Face. Other typefaces include Filthy Blacksmith Display (for Patagonia), Filthy Daylight Display (for Kodak), Filthy Duke Display (a stencil font for Ben Sherman), and the grungy Filthy Desert Display. Hype For Type link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fiona Studio

    Indonesia-based designer of the scriupt typefaces Monsttera, Angelinas, Batmild, and Hublland, and the stencil typeface Qanforg in 2020. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Flat-It
    [Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

    Japanese foundry in Nagoya that offers free and commercial Latin fonts made by Ryoichi Tsunekawa, who also runs Bagel & Co, Dharma Type, HolidayType and Prop-A-Ganda. Most of his work was done at Flat-It. His typefaces:

    • 2021: Best Choice (a monospaced sans), Short Films (an art deco sans in twelve styles), Golden Decades (a 16-style sans that borrows from several sans genres).
    • 2019: Mid Century Sans, Tamba Sans, Rama Gothic Rounded, Bio Sans Soft.
    • 2018: Fairweather (clean sans), Kaneda Gothic (a basic severe condensed gothic), Vincente (a tall condensed display didone family).
    • 2017: Calling Code (monospaced programming font), Commuters Sans (elegant wide sans), Mighty Slab, Rigid Square (octagonal), Taro.
    • 2016: Bio Sans, Gomme Sans, Quiet Sans, Siro (sans).
    • 2014: Pero (condensed rounded organic sans), Kiro (minimalist organic sans), Graphie (modern geometric sans), Compasse (semi-condensed sans), Como (rounded sans).
    • 2013: Spoon (organic, rounded, monoline sans family), Antoinette Monogrammes (based on early 1900s embroideries by Janon Co; with frames), Clonoid (a sci-fi family that pays tribute to arcade game logos in 80s and 90s), All Round Gothic Demi (a sans based on perfect circles), Griffon (copperplate titling face), Antique Spenserian (based on Spencerian Script by Mackellar, Smiths and Jordan).
    • 2012: Geom Graphic (a retro sci-fi family that can be considered as a squarish version of Eurostile), Sheepman (modular), House of Cards, Space Colony (a lovely monoline futuristic techno family), Rama Slab (an antiqued wood-style slab serif), Rama Gothic. An antiqued sans serif family that recalls the wood type era), Diamond Ring (an art deco typeface inspired by Japanese cosmetics-packaging designs and posters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries), Controller (techno meets organic in this rounded squaris sans family), Revolution Gothic (an extended version of PAG Revolucion), 2008, which was inspired by retro propaganda posters and wallpainting in Cuba from the 60s to 80s; Revolution Gothic P followed in 2014), Diamond Ring (art deco).
    • 2011: Yummo (monoline organic sans), Sheepman (based on the wood type No. 506 of William Page), Onick (2011, an art deco neojaponist fat display face done for Wordshape), Shiva (2011, hairline sans), Mocha Mattari (2011, grunge), Dharma Slab (2011, inspired by 1800s-style wood type), Dharma Gothic (2011, +P), Rama Gothic (2011, also inspired by 1800s-style wood type), Dimensions (2011, squarish), Design System (2011, a large family based on 70s style techno typefaces), Speedometer (2011, condensed piano key face).
    • 2010: Stereo Gothic (2010: an extended all caps slightly techno sans family), Behrensmeyer Vigesimals (2010, a pixel format connected script), Civilite Vigesimals (2010, pixelized Civilite), Flat10 Arts and Crafts (2010), Flat20 Hippies, Flat10 Segments (2010), Flat10 Antique (2010), Flat20 Gothic (2010), Flat20 Streamer (2009, pixelized ribbon font), Flat10 Fraktur, Flat10 holy, Flat10 Holly, Flat10 Stencil, Flat20 Headline, Flat10 Artdeco, Word From Radio (2008-2010). Cigarette (2007, Bauhaus/Peignot-style).
    • 2009: African Elephant Trunk (2009), Concrete Script, Concrete Stencil (2009, a stencil calligraphic script), Perfect Magic (2009), HT Maison (2009, signage face), HT Farmacia (2009, connected school script), HT Espresso (2008, upright script), HT Cartoleria (2008, connected script), HT Cafe (2009), Sneaker Script (2009).
    • 2007-2008: Bistro Mono (2007, an awkward monoline face), Thousands (2007), Balaghat (2008), Garash Script (2008, a Halloween face), Woodstamp (2008), Banana (2008, brush script), Rebel Train Goes (2007, a piano key font), Rouge (2007, an elegant lipstick-on-the-bathroom-mirror pair of typefaces), Yasashii (2007, a great geometric art deco Broadway-style family, famous for being used in Damien Chazelle's La La Land, the 2017 blockbuster movie), Lily Wang (calligraphic script), Nothing (2007), Garash (2007, Arabic simulation), Moon Star Soul (2007, Western saloon font), Grandes Vacances (+ Une, Deux) (2007), Pansy Bo (calligraphic), Dremie (2007, an art deco headline typeface with Open and Fill weights), Grandes Vacances (2007, based on 19th century billboard letters), Xesy (2007, a fantastic "ronde" high-contrast upright connected script), Deluta Black (2007, a soft blackletter), Cotoris (2007, a 4-style family that takes inspiration from Koch Antiqua and the art nouveau movement).
    • 2006: Daisy Lau (calligraphic), Agedage Luxeuil (based on a monasteric script from the 8th century), Agedage Cancellaresca, Agedage Beneventan, Agedage Simple Versal (2006, Lombardic caps simplified), Amsterdam Modern (art nouveau influences), Flat10 [Holly, Holy, Stencil, Fraktur] (a set of pixel typefaces), Machiarge (a heavy connected brushed signage script), Chic Hand (connected script), Double Dagger (geometric stencil family), Fault (an art deco striped lettering face), Killernuts (headline serif typeface with brush stroke endings), Underconstructionism! (a rectangular look family with associated dingbats), Machia (decorative script), Kiwi (geometric hairline), Bagel (roundish comic book face), Jaguarundi (distressed), Boycott (distressed), Tokyotrail (futuristic techno family), Coconut (noisy outline face), Coconut Split, Fresh Tomato (LED simulation), El Piedra (letterpress emulation), Dried Tomato (LED simulation), Dutch Style, Mocha Harrar (great stencil face), 103 (experimental, Bank Gothic style), Airhead, ArealBlack, Awkward, BagelNew, BagelOld, Banbino, Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Bebas Kai (2014: free!), Bebas Neue (2010: free!), Bebas Neue Bold, Berlin89, Blackout (redesigned in 2011 as the ulta-narrow Dimensions), Boycott (grunge), Built-1970, Bunyan, Busted, Camera (2007), Canstop, Chiangmai (Thai simulation face), DBLline, Dijkstra, Dutchstyle, Fling, Graphite, Harcomaso, Hiexplosive, Hitech, Honeycomb, Junkmix, Kanatypo, KemikalHi, Machia (a calligraphic family), Meegoreng, Mikrob, Natsupopy, Overwork, Palsu, Plamo, Plasitico, REC001, REC002, REC003, Resistance, SQRT, STdigi (LED font), Shandy, Superstar, Tembaga, Tenaga, Tomodachi, Tragedia, Trucker, VRdigital, VRembroidery, Welcome2M, Workaholic, Zeebraa, plot-A, plot-K, Appendix 3, Gesso (grunge), Pusab (ultra round; one free weight), Sushitaro, Typewrong, Celtics Modern (a Celtic family of fonts). At T-26, he published CRZ (2006), Guppy, Ohana (octagonal), Picnica (2006), and Wearetrippin.

    MyFonts link. Fontsquirrel link for their free fonts such as Bebas (2005, industrial sans), Boycott, Gesso, and Pusab.

    Typefaces from 2022: Senpai Coder, Madromit (a layerable futuristic font inspired by the early computer fonts), Tokyo Olive (art deco), Poipoi (a layerable 3d or bubblegum font).

    YWFT link. Bagel & Co. link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Dafont link.

    Interview.

    View Ryoichi Tsunekawa's typefaces. Kernest link. Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fleha Type
    [Teja Smrekar]

    Participant in the TipoRenesansa workshop in Slovenia in 2010, who designed the angular typeface Arkadika (2010). She also made the pixel typeface Piksna (2010). Her first degree in fine arts was from the University of Maribor. She also has a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.

    Arkadika was further developed at tipoRenesansa, 2nd international type design workshop in 2011. At tipoRenesansa, 4th international type design workshop (2012), she created the contemporary serif typeface Paradigma.

    In 2013, Teja received the 2013 Monotype Studentship at the University of Reading. At Reading, her gradaution typeface was Mirna (2014): Mirna is a text typeface for continuos reading with a playful stencil display style. It is suitable for editorial text settings in lifestyle, fashion and health magazines. Display stencil style is suitable for branding and packaging. The typeface is meant to be read on paper printed with high-quality offset printing technology, as well as on high resolution screens and reading devices. Mirna has Greek, Cyrillic and Khmer family extensions.

    In 2019, she set up Fleha Type and promptly published the handcrafted typeface Katka.

    In 2020, Fleha Type released the experimental modular script typeface Trico Script by Mitja Miklavcic and the weathered stencil typeface Linoma.

    In 2022, Teja Smrekar designed Grato Marker at TypeMates. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Florencia Varas

    During her studies in Santiago, Chile, Florencia Varas designed the curvy stencil typeface Volf (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Florian Zietz
    [Librito.de]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Flycatcher Design
    [Michael Gilliam]

    Michael Gilliam (Flycatcher Design, Shawnee, OK) created the hand-drawn typefaces Sweetheart, Mischief, Nomad (heavy brush), Borderland, Hemingwar (poster typeface: +Stencil), Milk Stout, Billow (thick watercolor brush script), Celestial (another thick watercolor brush script), Bistro Sans & Serif (+Inline: a stackable partly sketched typeface family), Adrift, Campfire Stories (brush font family), and Flycatcher in 2015.

    Typefaces from 2016: Lunar Eclipse (letters with missing pieces), Forever Summer, Twenty Nine (script font), Einstein (thin connected script), Honeycomb (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Twinkle Star, Tehika (signature script), Hearth+Home, Rockstar, Kiwi Refresher, Lushmore, Academy House (brush script), Katastrophe (connected script), Safirestone.

    Typefaces from 2018: Kentucky (signature script), Rancho (spurred and Tuscan), Brooklyn Script (for signage), The Hustle (a condensed headline sans), Hopscotch, Forsaken (font for skateboarders), Floral Thunder (Sans, and monoline Script), Dear Sasha (monoline script), Ringstown (brush script), Rawkstone (font duo). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Folami Jolicoeur

    During her studies in Savannah, GA, Folami Jolicoeur designed the thin sans stencil typeface Blank Space (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Font Bud
    [Mikolaj Grabowski]

    During his studies in Warsaw, Poland, Mikolaj Grabowski designed the interesting stackable typeface family Epilepsja (2015) and Epilepsja Round (2015). There is a hint of Escher-style 3d effects hidden in this beauty.

    In 2015, he set up his own commercial type foundry.

    Typefaces from 2018: URLOP (a 14-layer color font, with some SVG styles, and covering many multiline and stencil styles).

    Typefaces from 2019: Antifa (for anti-fascist---an ironic use of the blackletter style used by neonazi / fascist groups in Poland), Fushar and Fushar Arabic (a Latin / Arabic colorable and layerable comic book font family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Achtung (an extension of Epilepsja, covering Cyrillic as well). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Font Diner (or: Stu's Font Diner)
    [Stuart Sandler]

    Stuart Sandler (Minneapolis) runs six foundries: Font Diner (est. 1996), Sideshow, Breaking The Norm, the Tart Workshop, Font Bros (est. 2006), and Filmotype (est. 2006). He runs a handful of other companies and web shops as well, including Mister Retro (est. 2004). He is passionate about retro type. DaFont link for their free fonts. Fontspace link. Interview.

    Catalog of the best selling Font Diner fonts. Images of Stuart Sandler's best-selling fonts.

    Free fonts: Rickles (2007, script), AirConditioner (2002, fifties style upright script), BahamaSlim (2004), BlackNight (2002, blackletter), BlackWidow, BubbleMan, ChannelTuning, Corrupter, CreakyFrank, DecayingKuntry, FeaturedItem, FontOnAGrain, FontOnAStick, Fontdinerdotcom (one of the earlist beatnik style digital typefaces), FontdinerdotcomHuggable, FontdinerdotcomLoungy, FontdinerdotcomSparkly, Fontdinerdotcom Jazz Dark, Fontdinerdotcom Jazz Light, Hothead, KeeponTruckinFW, Leftovers (2002), MaverickBE (stencil face), Musicals, PickAx, Rickles (2009; upright script), RocketScript (2002, retro script), Schnookums, SinsofRhonda, Spacearella (2002), StencilGothicBE, ThatsSuper, Turnpike (2009), Witless, XerkerFW.

    Commercial fonts: Continental Railway (1998, retro connected script), Anastasia, Chatty Cocktails (1998, art deco), El Nino, Guest Check, Hamburger Sandwitch (1998), Jumping Bean (1998, comic book style), Lionel Classic (1998, an art deco all caps face), Milwaukee, Motor Oil, and the greatest of them all, Coffee Shop (1998, exaggerated ascenders), a must! Other typefaces: Permanent Waves (1998, + Expanded: retro connected script), Yarn Sale (curlies), Fat Sam (not bad!), Etiquette, Taylors (1998, another great display font; co-designed with Dan Taylor), Kentucky Fried (1998, comic book / signage style), Beer Wip, Seuss, Jack Bisio and FinerDiner, Shivering, Dry Cleaners (2002), Singlesville Script (2002), Dripping Blood, Bowlorama, Action Is, Automatic, Chicken King (2002), CocktailShaker (2002, at Chank), Concurso Italian and Concurso Moderne (2003), DoggieBagScript, Johnny Lunchpail (2000, comic book style), Kitchenette (connected retro script), Lil Tipsy (2003), Milwaukee Neon (1998), Milwaukee Neon Shadow (1998), Motorcar Atlas (2000), Regulator, Stovetop (2002), Swinger (2002), WARNING (2002, rough stencil), BEBlob, BECROSS, DecayingAlternate, Decaying, EvilBrew, TheBlob, Insane Asylum, Creepy Crawly, Crossover, Fire Baaaad!, Rotten Teeth, Candy Good, EvilOfFrankenstein, HMan, HManPt2, PlasmaRain, Chicken Basket (2004), Chowderhead (2004), Cocktail Script (2004, upright), Country Store (2004, Western style), Dairyland (2004), Emblem Chief (2004, fifties diner script), Motel King (2004), Queen Rosie (2004), Sweet Rosie (2004, blackboard bold), Secret Recipe (2004), Square Meal (+Hearty) (2004), Bahama Slim (2004), Space Immortalizer, Matchbook and BE Streetwalker. Many font have a cool retro/fifties look. The InFlight Meal font set (2001) includes Al's Motor Inn, American Highway, Kiddie Cocktails, Lionel Text, Mosquito Fiesta, New York to Las Vegas, Pink Flamingo, Refreshment Stand, Starlight Hotel, Volcano King. The LasVegas font set: El Ranchero (2002), Hamburger Menu, Hamburger Menu Marquee, Holiday Ranch, International Palms, Lamplighter Marquee, Lamplighter Script, Las Vegas to Rome (stone chisel face), Leisure Script, Leisure Script Marquee, Mirage Bazaar (2002), Mirage Zanzibar (Arabic theme face), Mister Television, StarburstLanes, Starburst Lanes Twinkle, Vegas Caravan. At ITC, he published ITC Kiddie Cocktail (2003), ITC Mosquito Fiesta (2003), ITC Volcano King (2003).

    In 2006, Font Diner acquired the Filmotype collection and its trademark, Filmotype. Sandler writes: Filmotype initially manufactured a simple manual phototype machine utilizing display typeface designs on 2-inch filmstrips. Additional films were sold to start-up typesetting companies in order to increase their product selection. Font Diner will create new digital versions of the Filmotype collection, recreating it to meet todays graphic design standards. [...] We intend to release the Filmotype library in OpenType format so the original designs can be fully realized with a dynamic feature set including alternate glyph forms and automatic substitutive ligatures.

    In 2007, Font Diner started publishing digitizations of the collection: Glenlake (condensed Bank Gothic, by Mark Simonson), MacBeth (script), Alice (casual script), Zanzibar (calligraphic), La Salle (brush writing originally by Ray Baker in the 1950s, named after Chicago's LaSalle Street), Ginger (Mark Simonson; masculine headline typeface genetically linked to Futura), Austin (paintbrush), Brooklyn (hand-printed), Honey (handlettered script), Jessy (handwriting), Modern, Vanity, Filmotype Ford.

    In 2010, Stuart Sandler published a book entitled Filmotype by the Letter, in which he details the company's history.

    Free fonts on the Google Directory, dated 2010: Fontdiner, Swanky, Cherry Cream Soda, Permanent Marker, Homemade Apple, Schoolbell.

    In 2012, David Cohen and Stuart Sandler published these typefaces at Neapolitan: Irish Grover Pro (2010, a bouncy face), Satisfy Pro (2011, a connected retro script face), and Slackey Pro (2010, a paper cut out style face). At the same place, he also published Crafty Girls Pro (2010, co-designed with Crystal Kluge). With Crystal Kluge, he also co-designed the flowing connected script typeface Aya Script (2012).

    At Sideshow, he published the pen-drawn connected script Mister Brown (2013) and the retro signage script typeface Cocktail Sauce (2014).

    View Stuart Sandler's typefaces.

    Jolly Lodger (2012, Google Web Fonts) is an informal retro script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Cherry Soda, Deviliette, Fat Sam, Doggie Bag Script, Cherry Soda, Deviliette, Fat Sam, Doggie Bag Script, Black Night (an eerie blackletter), American Cheese (retro display style).

    Typefaces from 2019: Madelinette Grande (by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge: created by hand with traditional pointed pen, it includes calligraphic penmanship and rustic styles).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bon Marche (a curly vernaculat script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge), Los Angelino (a script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge), La Bohemienne deLuxe (a calligraphic script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge), Epicursive Pro (a script by Stuart Sandler and Crystal Kluge). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Font Drive

    800-font archive. Check the stencil font sub-archive. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Font Emporium
    [Matt Dennewitz]

    Lots of free (mostly grunge) late 1990s fonts by Matt Dennewitz. List: AFontForTheComputerPeople, AlmostNormal, BlackflyMambo, BongWater, Broken, BusinessSuit, ChunkySoup, ComeToFonty, ComingSoon, Condemnation, Consolidated, CrazyKillers (scratchy hand), Delerium, DietAngst, EclipsedMoon, EclipsedMoonOutline, FanatikaOne, FanatikaTwo, GasHufferPhat, GothicAlarmClock, GrungeTastik, IBuriedPaulNormal, IThinkImTurningJapanese, InkblotBaby, Inspector39, Inversed-Script, MechanicalFun, Misplaced, ModernConformist, NoBodysHome, NotSoSlimJim, OptionExplicit, PopWillEatItself, RuggedStencil, SalemErgotism, SaturdayMorningTelevision, ScaryMonsters, ScrawlOfTheChief, ShadowPuppets, Shadowsaroundus, SlimJimpartone, Smeared, Styx-&-Stoned, SuperMattBatz, WickedSystem, WinfaxAteMyBalls, GrandFunk, Stinky Fisty, Shadow Puppets Demo, InTheYear2000, Digitalle.

    Alternate download site. Mac conversions by Jens A. Czaplo. Alternate URL. Original URL, now defunct. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Font Factory
    [Andy Benedek]

    Andy Benedek's (b. Manchester, UK, 1945) Cotswolds-based outfit for "custom fonts and lettering of distinction", founded by him in 1988. Andy (András) made corporate typefaces for Umbro, QZERO, Bowater, Lloyds Bank, Royal Free Hospital, Liptons teas, Gordons gin, Marlboro cigarettes, as well as typefaces for magazines (Royal Academy of Arts, Elle, Blueprint) and for newspapers (The Scotsman). All this was done under the label of The Font Factory. With Michael Johnson and Mike Pratley, he created a font for BT Cellnet. A braille typeface has been developed to aid the production of signage for the blind. In 2001, he co-founded Fine Fonts with Michael Harvey. CV. Typefaces:

    • Aesop (2000, with Michael Harvey): developed from book jacket lettering drawn by Michael Harvey for an edition of Aesops Fables.
    • Balthasar (2002, with Michael Harvey): a serifed stencil font.
    • Braff (2002, with Michael Harvey, for Monotype Imaging): an outline face.
    • Fine Gothic (2002, a blackletter typeface co-designed with Michael Harvey): a blackletter family with a Basque A.
    • Friezea (Andy Benedek and Michael Harvey, Fine Fonts). The original font dates from ca. 1990. They explain: The origin of this font was a frieze in the RAF Chapel in Westminster Abbey which Michael Harvey was commissioned to design and create. It was comprised of the names of the top brass in Bomber Command, namely Dowding, Harris, Newall, Tedder, Portal and Douglas. The Brief was to cut the letters in bronze and guild them. Instead, they were cut in perspex and guilded. Some twenty years later, the missing upper-case letters were drawn together with the lower-case letters and Frieze, the font, was born.
    • Marceta (2003, with Michael Harvey): an eighth-century uncial.
    • Mentor (2004, with Michael Harvey, for Monotype Imaging): a Times-Roman style family.
    • Mentor Sans (2004, with Michael Harvey, for Monotype Imaging): a sans family.
    • Quirky (2010).
    • Ruskin (2008, Andy Benedek and Michael Harvey, Fine Fonts). This display serif typeface was originally created as a commission for Michael Harvey to design a signage font for the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh.
    • Scorpio (2015). Based on he condensed lettering Michael Harvey drew for the card The Sign of The Nudge which was designed in collaboration with poet Ian Hamilton Finlay. It was digitized after Harvey's death by Benedek.
    • Songlines (2001, with Michael Harvey): based upon a pen-drawn script drawn by Michael Harvey to illustrate a poem by Johannes Thurman.
    • Tisdall Script (2002, with Michael Harvey): based upon the brush-drawn script lettering of Hans Tisdall, who was the designer of many distinctive lettered book jackets for Jonathan Cape in the 1950s.
    • Victoriana (2002, a Victorian font by Andy Benedek and Michael Harvey, Fine Fonts). Named after cyclist Victoria Pendleton.

    FontShop link.

    View Andy Benedek's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Font Fridays
    [Nabina Ghosh]

    Nabina Ghosh's blog in which he displays his fonts. These include Traffic Police (2008, a stencil typeface based on signage outside a Kolkata police station), BharatLotus (2008, ornamental), English (2008, Indic simulation), Travels (2008), Service (2008), BeanBags (2008, handwriting), Thane (2008, based on taxi stickers in Navi Mumbai), HornPlease2 (2008, signage font), Don'tTouch (2008, hand-printed), Stop Signal (2008, display), Horn OK (2008) and CargoLab (2008, stencil). All fonts are on Indian themes. Free downloads after registration. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Font Soup
    [Phil Kiel]

    This foundry's motto is: Font Soup is an independent type foundry that is primarily targeted at helping students and graduates break into the competitive world of being a type designer. Maze (2009) is a free biline stencil font. Font Soup is run by Phil Kiel, who is finishing the final year of his Graphic Arts Degree at Liverpool School of Art&Design. His typefaces include the Logotype family (2009---techno, with a stencil style thrown in), and the poster fonts Quam, P Warning, P Pong, P Fuzzy and P Maze. Behance link. A second Behance link. In 2009, we find Phil Kiel again at Phil Kiel Fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Font Studio Four
    [Paul Bokslag]

    Paul Bokslag is a Kilkenny, Ireland-based type designer.

    FontStructor (aka Four, or Font Studio Four) who made the dot matrix typeface Numbat (2012), the athletic lettering typefaces Atletica (2011) and Atletica Serif (2011), and the texture typeface Milky Way (2011).

    In 2011, he created Things That Go (car silhouette dingbat face).

    Faces from 2012: Crazy Fredericka (poster stencil face), Twisty, Remix Chinese Whispers, Toastbread (wavy, 3d) and Plywood (3d), Field Day (blackboard bold), Transfer Window (bilined), Walk in the woods (dot matrix face), Rock Paper Scissors (bilined), One Way Ticket (bilined), White Knight (outlined blackletter), Black Knight (blackletter), Shelf Life (stylish), Oystercatcher, Broken Promises (multiline typeface), Tarmac, Hibernation (German expressionist face), Glendalough (nibbed face), Tartan Permutations (multiline face), Return Flight, Orbital Flight, Quatermaster, Featherstone, Gorilla Republic, Granny's Bear Hunt (stencil), Detour Ahead (multiline face), Shanghai Express (angular), Cassiopeia, Camelopardalis.

    Creations in 2013: Solo, C Is For Cookie, Early Riser, Firelighter, Timberline (an angular script), Lupo, Polkastruct, Bridger, Six Quinces, Dompteuse, Scandalous, Lane Seven, Singel (cross stitching font), Shadowbox, Hide And Seek, Playroom, Realta 1, Glimpse, Sinistra, Crash Test Dummy, Flightpath, Close Shave, Popover, Switchboard (electrical circuit font), Black and Amber, Wavelength (prismatic), Sightline (multilined), Structurosa Outline, Sparky, Trasna (stencil), Hold Your Horses (Western), Lupo (a winner in the FontStruct Connected Script competition), Skate Park (multiline face), Circumscript, Blinker, Bobs Your Uncle, Snowcat (inline face), Cottage Industry (house silhouettes), Causeway, Springville, Longitude, Pebble Dash, Tulipano, Hitchhiker, Stretcher, Whalewatcher, Solituda, Carbonium, Railway Sleeper (shaded face), Bricklayer Sans, Candyfloss, Milvi, Bluebell Carpet, Pinball Dingo, Spinfish (blackboard bold), Pelicano (piano key typeface), Metropolaris, Glimpse.

    Typefaces from 2014: Thornbrush, Retro Pixel, Spacepixel, Level Rebel, Plutona, Blue Saloon, Seriosa, Bullwhacker, Spiegeltent, Stencilitis, Circumscript, Touchline Script, Brushland, Dordogna, Southbound, Things That Go (ar dingbats), Pacemaker Backslant, Hibernation (wood type emulation), Touchline Script, In Stitches, Stagefright, Process, Cabin Fever, Hamelin, Olingo, Black and Amber, Surftide, Move Over (stencil like Futura Black), Blackrock (rounded stencil), Windway (stencilish), Olingo (bubblegum face), a set of African-themed fonts (Bakelite, Amuletta, Spooner, Chevronel, Yellowhammer, Pinto), Rush Hour, Canario, Nova Zembla (sci-fi), Sleepless, Things That Go (vehicle dings), Cottage Industry (silhouettes of houses), Glimpse, Ticket to Ride (in the style of Tkachenko's Perfopunt), Oluna, Eyeliner, Linearo, Goldfinger, Permanent Black (fat rounded stencil), Solas (artsy dot matrix face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Structurosa Italic, Ketting, Panenka, Nook, Companero, Circularity (textured), Recap Stencil, Beach Street, Life Cycle, Waterway, Rock Paper Scissors, Microwave, The Pattern Exchange, Alphabetical Order, Bloem, Synopsis, Microwave, Marbello, Dustcloud, Timberline, Boxthorn.

    Typefaces from 2016: Proost, Blueback (a retro wood cut look).

    Typefaces from 2017: Appalachia, Chocomotion, CloseShave, CounterCulture (3d), Crocosmia (prismatic), FarewellOphelia, FromAToB, Hinterland, Madagascar (an art deco alphabet), Micrologue, PhoenixPark, PillowTalk, Roetsj, Shadowbox, Sinistra, Skatepark, Soulmates, Spacepixel, Stagefright, ThePatternExchange, Tulipano, UpsAndDowns, Velodrome.

    Typefaces from 2018: Hoek, Breach (paperclip style).

    Typefaces from 2019: Krabbel, Nollaig Shona (trilined), Night Swimming, Kwadrant, Soulpatch, Sylvestra.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bramble Pie (Western), Dialogue (prismatic), Greylock, Juggle, Tomorrow Never Comes (a great bubble font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Offstruct RGB (a color pixel font).

    Dafont link. Behance link. FontStruct link. Hellofont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fontalicious
    [Ben Balvanz]

    Original fonts by Ben Balvanz from Cedar Rapids, Iowa (b. Cedar Rapids, 1975), who now lives in South California. His original Fontalicious domain ceased in 2005 but was repurchased in 2007 with the help of Font Bros. Some fonts can be downloaded here and here. The list: Topanga (2017), Coney Island (2002), Cheeseburger (2002), Tabletron (2002, LCD font), Senor Pooglins, Plush (2001), Slide, Discotech, Galaxy, Pacfont, Rusty, PinniePoker, Geeves (tall letters--great), Moonpie Cadet, Fidelle, FontTwelve, Mister Easy, Mister Dope, Frosty, Chankenstein, Discotech, VintageVacation, Dazzler, Joinks!, Cyberwhiz, Swinkydad, Sonic Superpowers, Mikey Jax, Klink-o-mite, Caveman, Gloo Gun, Skylab 600, Cyberpop, Cyberjimmy, Smartie Capos, Jenkins, Earwax, Pimpbot 5000, Dreamy, Quinkie, Milkfresh, DateRape (great), SpaceAce, GirlieLeslie, Groovalicious Tweak, Porky's, International Chunkfunk, SuperTrooper, Chachie, Zodiastic, Great Head (dingbats), Chick (sassy!), the Eight Track family, Speedfreek, the Odyssey family, AlphaStep, Alpha Clown, dopenakedfoul, Lounge Bait, SpaceBeach, Jubie, Bean Town, Funkotronic, UndieCrust, and Poppycock, Pornhut, Robokid, Kinkie (Valentine's Day font), BorderMon (dingbat), Technicolor, Tennis (stencil), Moloky, JabbieJunior, Rave Queen, Alpha Niner, Croobie, Wednesday, Populuxe, the nice BoozeBats, Geekbats, Garage Sale, Arcade, Glamocon Retrobats, Fontalicious Thingbats, Good Head, Baby Kruffy, Kruffy, Fine-O-Mite, Disco Inferno, Jokewood, Toggle, Swinger, SurfSafari, OmegaMax, Pogo, Elvis, Trendy University (stencil), Hoedown, Fat, Atomic, Rocket, 12 Good, Moonpie Cadet Good, Dynomite, Superstar DJ (dingbat), Kravitz, Kravitz Thermal, hungrumlaut, Sporto, Sabadoo, Snappy, Chickabiddies (geek dingbats), Mandingo (1999, buncy hand-printed style), Heartbreaker, Smilage, 52 Pickup, Return of the Retrobats (wow!), Wunderland, Omega, Great Head, Air, Blackjack, BlackjackRollin, Borneo, CharlesAtlas, Cheri, CheriLiney (2001, Valentine's Day theme), DeejaySupreme, DigitCube, DigitLoFiShift, DigitLoFi, Digit, DimitriSwank, Dimitri, DiscoInferno, DunebugAlternates45MPH, DunebugAlternates, Dunebug, Dunebug45MPH, Freestyle, Garanimals, Gas, GleeClub, Jenkinsv20, Jenkinsv20Thik, JenkinsKeepinitReal (1998), KravitzExtraThermal, Moderna, MoogSchmoog, Moog, PussycatSassy, PussycatSnickers, Queer, Redensek, Sanka, Schmotto, SchmottoPlotto, Squarodynamic01 through 10 (pixel fonts), Stretch, SupervixenHoneyedOut, Digit, Digit Cube, Supervixen, TheKids (1999), TrendyUniversity, UltraSupervixenHoneyedOut, UltraSupervixen, WeLoveCorey, Manchester (great), Weltron (stencil font), Weltron Power, Mullet, Rolloglide, Planet, Gravity, Alba, BilloDream (2001), Stretch, Pasteris (based on the handwriting of Matthew Pasteris), PornStarAcademy (sports shirt lettering), Mullet, SuperStars (stars), Krupke (2002), Fresh Bionik, Stoney Billy (2001, not free), Hustle (2001, not free), Rustler (2001, Western font, not free).

    At T-26: Marshmallow (2001, rounded monoline geometric face), Superfly (2002, a Western font), Thursdoo (2002), Pacfont Good (2002), Thug (2002), Dokyo (2002, a free competitor of Futura Extra Black and Folio Extra Bold), Supreme (2002), Fresh (2002, at Chank's place), Juice (2002), Pinball (2002, not free), RunTron1983 (2002), Pixel Pirate (2002), Odysseus (2002).

    Rascal Miniatures, Wonderkid, Smilage Regular, Milk with Peanut Butter and Barnaby Candy machine are 2009 comic book style creations.

    Other 2009 fonts include Gringo Enchilada, Brute Strength, Blonk and Sparkle, Cheri Liney, Metroflex, Weltron (techno family), Sanka, Rolloglide (multiline), Pussycat, Poppycock, Pasteris, Moog Schmoog, Moog Synthesizer, Magnum, Krupke, Joinks, Jabbie, Hustle, Hungrumlat, Gravity, Fresh, FineOMite, Dunebug 45mph, Coney Island, Blackjack, Atomic, Air Regular, Shatner, Pixel Pirate, Munkeyshine, Thursdoo, Swinkydad, Surf Safari, Supreme, Stoney Billy, Speed Freaks, Bike Riding Chopper (Tuscan), Popcorn Loaded (ultra fat), Malibu Oceanside, Snafurter (Sinaloa?), Der Weiner Stentzel (stencil), Wordworth Byte, Blingo Diamond and Tiger Roams Jungle (art deco chic).

    Fonts from 2014: Blonk, Kangaroo, Giant, Jingles, Rascal, Coopman, Sinafurter (Sinaloa meets Frankfurter), Supergum (bubblegum font), Tiger, Popcorn, Der Weiner Stentzel (rounded stencil), Milk, Plague (scary font), Wonder (popart), Globitron (art deco), Death Squad (brush face), Spring Break, Tigra (stencil),Tigra (stencil), Fantastic, Parker (signage script) and the vector sets Mid Century Patterns, Banners (01, 02, 03, 05), Campus (01, 02, 03, 04: athletic lettering), Chickabiddles, Holiday 03, Jewelry, Lip Service 03, Optical Illusions, Seals, On The Radio, Viva, Hipster, Geometric Patters (+02).

    Interview. Alternate URL. Dafont link. Yet another URL. And another one. Many fonts sold since 2007 by Font Bros (see here for the announcement). URL from 2005-2007. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontan2.com
    [Ivan Hristov]

    Interesting geometric and experimental typefaces by Ivan Hristov in Bulgaria:

    Behance link, where one can find tens of beautiful logotypes as well. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    FontArte (was: Magdart Fonts)
    [Artur Frankowski]

    FontArte (est. 2004; ex: Magdart Fonts) is Artur Frankowski's foundry in Warsaw, launched in cooperation with Magdalena Frankowska. Frankowski is a Polish graphic designer, typographer, type designer and lecturer, b. 1965, Zamosciu. He taught typography at the Technical University of Warsaw and is professor of typography and design at the Faculty of Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2004 he finished his PhD thesis on legibility of type on cartographic maps at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 2013 he presented a habilitation thesis on street lettering as an inspiration for a graphic designer. In 2015 Artur graduated from the Expert Class Type Design (EcTd) at the Plantin Institute in Antwerp. He has published type and visual communication-related articles in design&print magazines. Through FontArte he wants to preserve Polish typographic heritage, specially Polish Avantgarde and introduce new directions in Polish type design culture. Author of Typespotting Warszawa and co-author (with Magdalena Frankowska) of a book about Henryk Berlewi, a pioneer of functional typography.

    He spoke at ATypI 2005 in Helsinki on Type on maps and at ATypI 2007 in Brighton on Designing a regional typeface. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on From Typespotting to Warsaw letters. Designer of several typefaces:

    • From the Magdart era: MF Ala i As, MF Norma 1 i 2, MF Trond, MF Multi Putli, MF Plazma, MF Towarowy, MF FCR, MF Proteza, MF Strzeminski.
    • FA Berlewi (2006): a stencil typeface based on poster lettering from 1924 by Henryk Berlewi. Together with Magdalena Frankowska, he wrote a book called Berlewi (2010). Henryk Berlewi was a Polish pioneer of typography and design.
    • FA Cindy (2002): shoe dingbats by Magdalena Frankowska.
    • FA Desiconz (2005): dingbats by Magdalena Frankowska.
    • FA Dropsy (2000)
    • Grotesk Polski FA (1996-2006): inspired by the first Polish typeface design---Antykwa Poltawskiego. Has sans weights, and one stencil style.
    • FA Domestic Godess (2005): domestic dingbats by Magdalena Frankowska.
    • FA Julian (2003): avant garde ransom face, based on Wladyslaw Strzeminski's lettering in the 1930 publication "Z Ponad".
    • FA Karaker: medieval script based on a scan.
    • FA Komunikat (2004): almost unreadable, an experiment in minimalism, inspired by Wladyslaw Strzeminski (1932).
    • FA Merz.
    • FA Modernista (2004): grungy sans based on Baccarat, an early 20th century typeface by the Polish foundry Jan Id'zkowski.
    • NASZ Stencil.
    • FA Norma (2000): destructionist.
    • Ozdoby Gardowskiego (2004): ornaments based designs by Ludwik Gardowski (1923).
    • FA Praesens (2004): great avant garde display face.
    • FA Prototyp (2007): minimalist unicase.
    • FA Relief (2006): pixelish.
    • Co-creator with Henryk Sakwerda in 2006 of Silesiana 2006 (see also here), a great calligraphic font whose development was supported by the Silesian Government.
    • FA Supersam (2003): dot matrix style.
    • FA Szczuka (2000): avant garde poster display typeface based on pixel type.
    • FA Zero One (2007): experimental pixel style type family.
    • Designer of a character in the September 11 charity font done for FontAid II.
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontbistro
    [Oszkár Boskovitz]

    Oszkár Boskovitz's Hungarian foundry. Before Fontbistro, he ran Nepfont Digital Foundry. He is a graduate of MOME, Moholy-Nagy University of Art & Design, Budapest, Hungary. His fonts sold at Fontbistro include Balek, Blabla, Ecsetirás (2001, a brush typeface based on a typeface of Zoltán Nagy, 1967), Konwektor (techno), Hardware, Monostar (2014, a monoline rounded sans), Pannon Antiqua (2001, based on a family by Edit Zigány (1972), Pluto (2006), Shrapnel (organic), Syrup (2005, stencil), Tilos (2002, rough stencil family), Troppauer (2005, unicase), Tubyfex (2005, experimental). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    FontBlast
    [Jamie Place]

    Jamie Place (aka FontBlast, b. 2002) is a UK-based FontStructor, allegedly born in 2002 (?), who made these typefaces in 2012: Microstruct (gridded, kitchen tile face), FontStrukt Soft, FontSrukt Clean Soft, Kombinationsschrift, Gridder (a kitchen tile family: +Soft, +Box, +Bold), Skyber, Diabolo (piano key stencil genre), fb Catbop, Hangar Shot, Hangar (army stencil), FontStrukt (+Soft), Braille Full, fb Symbols, Imagine More FB, fb Atarian, Imagine FB, Barkode, Fontstruction No1 (+Extended), Tetraminos, Structurosa Fill, fb Karakter, Minimal Export, Barkode, fb Scoreboard (dot matrix typeface for Latin and Cyrillic), Wenlock, Small Fonts, Fat Largo, Largo, Kerr, Kerr Bold, fb Mixture Unstable, Freehand, Structurosa Refined, fb Switch, fb Mixture, Vado, NES Forever, Retrotype Dot Matrix, Avant Pixel, fb Tall, Fast Money Clean, Retrotype, Retrotype Too (pixelish), Retrotype Sliced, Braille Caps, Tiger Sans (horizontally striped), Pixelface (smilie face), Karmink (star dingbats), Cofmugg (+Gap: piano key typefaces).

    Typefaces from 2013: Slink, Tuning Fork, Dicey (dice font), Septober, Pico Pop (kitchen tile), Plano (kitchen tile), Dolphin Sans (hairline), New English (stencil), Gadget, Curvaceous Script, Avant Pixel, Barkode, Brailled, Haus (counterless), Zapadni, Curvaceous Script, Metric (a piano key Futura-like stencil face), Mocha, Mocha Book, dm FB Solidis, Tapedeck, Gridder Bold (kitchen tile face), Modulator, Turning Fork, Zapadni (Western), FontStrukt2, Metric (piano key face), Monaco (pixel face), Blackfoot (Pac-Man style), FB Catbop, Peach Condensed, Noodle, Peach Squared, Vaquero, Haus, fb Academy Sans, Peach, Rider.

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fontdation (was: Twicolabs Design)
    [Fahrizal Tawakkal]

    Fahrizal Tawakkal (Twicolabs Design, Malang, Indonesia, b. 1986) markets his fonts via Twicolabs Design and Fontdation.

    In 2013, he created Colin, Dollar Bill, Coleen (Victorian signage face), Nurjan (free sans titling face), Trigger (Victorian typeface), Athenry (heavy block vintage typeface), Sly (Victorian typeface), Gauntlet (spurred typeface), Rooters (a spurred tattoo typeface), Incognito (spurred tattoo font), Incognite (like Incognito), Chuck Noon (a copperplate signage font available from Creative Market), Debute and Black Velvet (a Victorian advertizing typeface, followed by Black Velvet 2 in 2014).

    Typefaces from 2014: Facile Pro (geometric sans), Deadhead Rough, Armament, Black Velvet, Facile Sans (free), Lifer (spurred, Victorian), Dublin (spurred), Dollar Bill 2, Carlingford (a spurred beer bottle typeface), Akura Popo (copperplate; free), TM Stanley (a spurred beer label font), Deadhead Script (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2015: Greenore, Armament Stencil, Avondale (handcrafted all caps typeface), Deadhead Classic, Deadhead Brush, Patronia Script.

    Typefaces from 2016: Westmeath (free art deco style), Kite Script, Armament, Premier Sans, Premier Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Haarlem Serif, Haarlem Sans (Dutch deco), Haarlem Deco (Dutch deco), Signatra (signage script), Chuck Noon 2 (copperplate caps).

    Typefaces from 2018: Lansdowne (vintage all caps, copperplate), Lifer (spurred), Neue Stanley (spurred), Rebute, Pittsbrook Sans (octagonal), Pittsbrook Serif (octagonal, with small wedge serifs), Highwind, Nufced, Jalisco (monoline script), Linoleo Script, Slainte Script (monoline).

    Typefaces from 2019: TF Handwriting, Tequila Sunrise, Chuck Noon Script (for signage), Tawakkal Sans (for headlines), Obsypac (Victorian), Baisteach, Pioggia (a text typeface with several didone elements such as ball terminals), Ferghaus Sans, Vallely, Cairlinn.

    Typefaces from 2020: Mullingar (a sharp-edged display typeface), Killarney (a flared display font), Kinsale Display.

    Typefaces from 2021: Athlone.

    Fontspace link. Creative Market link, where one can buy the fonts. Hellofont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontdeli (or: LF Design, or: 83grafik)
    [Leigh Flurry]

    UK-based foundry, est. 2005 by freelance designer Leigh Flurry, with some free and some pay fonts, specializing in the techno look. Creators of the techno typeface FDshogun (2005). Free: FD Acorn (paino kaey face), FD Shogun, FD Hunterseeker, FD Spank, FD Tounge, FD Twinpines. Pay fonts: FD Bughug, FD Calibre, FD Childsplay, FD Dieselpower, FD Formula One, FD Knukledusta, FD Locust, FD Lungbutter, FD MrMajestic, FD Skylarking, FD Wolfglove, FD Flurry (paperclip font). In 2006, he added FDnaturesfinest, FDNaturesshadows, FDKubi, FDJazzclouds, FD Tek9, FD Xavier (fat, counterless) and FD Insight. Fonts made in 2009: FD Hustla (brush), FD Southbron (graffiti face), FD Parkway (rounded stencil). Fonts from 2010: FD Necromancer (octagonal, dark, and counterless), FD 57RMX, FD Gridlock, FD Jawbreaker, FD Noir, FD Optimus, FD Rainpaper (multiline face), FD Richtea, FD Skylarkdog, FD Warlord. Alternate URL. Behance link. Dafont link. Another Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fonteam International
    [Marin Darmonkow]

    Marin Darmonkow is the designer at Fonteam International of Refugee (2002), K-Taj (2002), Jaxon (2002), Inahurry (2002), Fontone (2002). He used to be located in St. Johns, New Foundland. Alternate URL. List of fonts at the site: Aga, Bordy, Clichet (stencil), Darmonkow, Dotmap, Fontone, GiaMagdalena, Grozen, Inahurry, Jaxon, Kitaj, Liveon, Moden A, Newold, Orthodox, Orthodox 2 (cyrillic simulation typefaces), Ossie 02, Pechat, Refugee, Repenton (gothic), Squaremap (pixel face), Sunny Samuel, Tutiin, Valerie ZD, Vetren Sans (elegant high contrast sans family), Vlast. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fontfabric
    [Svetoslav Simov]

    Fontfabric is the foundry of Svetoslav Simov, a visual designer who is located in Sofia, Bulgaria, b. 1984. They design highly innovative typefaces that have lots of style and flair. Most fonts cover both Latin and Cyrillic. Until 2022, their fonts were sold through MyFonts, but gradually they switched to their own independent shop.

    • Typefaces from 2008: Cubic (3d face), Clou (cloud-like letters), Colo (double-lined and geometric), Snail, Blou (very thick and counterless letters).
    • Typefaces from 2009: Uni Sans (first called United Sans), Kare (psychedelic), File (fat face), Zag (7-style monoline sans with tear drop terminals; it include Zag Drps and Zag Deco), Clou (cloudy letters), Facet (Black and Ultra: paper fold typefaces), Noveu (psychedelic, art nouveau), Pastel (brush face), Rolka (round ultra-fat and curly lettering), Val (rounded fat), Kvant (severe and octagonal), Duplex (fat techno), Avatar (ultra fat black), Dovde (bubbly, co-designed by Maria Karkova), LOT (fat art deco), MOD (ultra-fat), Oval (rounded sans), Quad (octagonal outline), Portal Strips and Portal Black (hyper-experimental geometric typefaces), Prisma (more ultra-fat experimentation) and Wigan (Wigan Thin and Bold of this paperclip typeface appeared in 2014).
    • Creations in 2010: Hero (free sans family), Null (ultra fat, free), Aston (a modern high-contrast rounded display face), DAN (free piano key font; Dan Pro is not free though), Solomon (headline sans family) [Images of Solomon: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii], Dox (ultra fat geometric poster face), Sudoku (a geometric display family with several biline and triline styles, done with Fontan2), VAL Stencil (a stencil in which repeating letters makes them tilt the other way; free), Code (2010, a fantastic monoline sans family; images: i, ii, iii, iv, v), Dekar (techno), Clipdings Web, Clipdings Travel, Clipdings Graphic Arts, Babydings, Artdings, Reader (Light, Bold: avant garde sans), SAF2010 (comic book/signage: well, Jan Erasms, the designer in 2006 of Menyaka for FIFA WC 2010 is not happy, calling SAF a blatant imitation), Age Free (free fat organic face), GOTA (a free fat finger sans face).
    • Typefaces from 2011: Gabriel Sans (grotesk family), La Boheme (signage face), Qero Mite (an organic monoline sans), Code Pro (caps only clean sans headline family), Solomon Sans (a headline monoline sans family).
    • Typefaces made in 2012: Nexa (a geometric sans in 16 styles), Nexa, Rex (free octagonal family for Latin and Cyrillic), Hagin (free), Intro (26-style superfamily in the Futura style) and Intro Inline (free Futura-style family for Latin and Cyrillic). Intro Condensed was created in 2014.
    • Typefaces from 2013: Nexa Slab, Nexa Slab XBold, Nexa Slab Bold, Nexa Slab Book, Nexa Slab Light. [Recognize the typeface by the a and the g (an 8 with a small piece missing).
    • Typefaces from 2014: Nexa Rust (a weathered letterpress emulation family of 83 typefaces by Radomir Tinkov, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Vasil Stanev).
    • Typefaces from 2015: Bronn Rust, Bronn Script and Bronn Rust Extras is a handcrafted collection of 22 typefaces created on the coat tails of the hugely popular Nexa Rust and other typefaces in the grungy worn letterpress and layering vogue. The roundish tightly set broad-ranged sans typeface family Panton is sure to make waves for years to come---it is the typeface for mobile devices. Sensa (2015, Radomir Tinkov and Svetoslav Simov) is a handcrafted 21-style family divided into the subfamilies Sensa Brush, Sensa Pen, Sensa Wild, Sensa Sans, Sensa Serif and Sensa Goodies.

    View Fontfabric's typefaces. In 2015, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Radomir Tinkov co-designed the 214-style mammoth font system Intro Rust, a rough version of Fontfabric's Intro. The fonts are partitioned over Intro Rust, Intro Script, Intro Head and Intro Goodies. Still in 2015, we find Nexa Script.

    In 2017, Plamen Motev and Svetoslav Simov co-designed Uni Neue, a total remake of Fontfabric's earler typeface Uni Sans (2009). Svetoslav Simov, Plamen Motev and the Fontfabric team (Vladislav Jordanov, Stan Partalev, Mirela Belova, Jacklina Jekova, Nikolay Petroussenko) produced Zing Rust, Zing Sans Rust and Zing Script Rust in the same year: it consists of 521 handmade typefaces.

    In 2018, Mirela Belova and Svetoslav Simov co-designed the 20-style geometric sans typeface family Mont. Svet Simov and Svetlin Balezdrov co-designed the humanist sans family Squad, and Simov published the free all caps flared terminal font Colus in 2018. Gilam was designed in 2018 by Ivan Petrov, Plamen Motev and Svetoslav Simov---it is based on DIN, but is more geometric and has obliquely cut terminals.

    In 2019, Svet Simov, Radomir Tinkov and Stan Partalev designed the 72-strong Noah family of geometric sans typefaces, which is partitioned into four groups by x-height from small (Noah Grotesque) to medium (Noah and Noah Text) to large (Noah Head). Codesigner of Mozer (2019, by Svetoslav Simov, Ani Petrova, Mirela Belova and Nikolay Petrousenko: a condensed headline sans family that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; Mozer SemiBold is free).

    In 2021, Svetoslav Simov and Vika Usmanova dusted off the 18-style update of Mont called Mont Blanc. It has very short descenders and medium-sized ascenders, two variable styles, and some redesigned glyphs. Its biggest problem will be the name---surely, the famous Swiss pen maker Mont Blanc will complain sooner or later about its trademark. I am puzzled about MyFonts, which did not catch this problem when they announced the typeface. In 2021, Simov also co-designed Code Next (a 20-style geometric sans by Svetoslav Simov, Mirela Belova and Stan Partalev; it includes two variable fonts).

    Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fonthead Design
    [Ethan Paul Dunham]

    FontHead Design (Wilmington, DE) sells cool fonts designed by Ethan Dunham (b. 1972, Glens Falls, NY), who now heads Fontspring. A partial list: Mother Goose (2008), Allise, GoodDogCool, Fontheads (dingbats), Randisious, Greyhound (1997, an arts and crafts face), Rochester, Samurai, AsimovSans, Gurnsey20, Scrawl, BadDog, Holstein, SlackScript, Bessie, SloppyJoe (gone?), Blearex, HandSkriptOne, SmithPremier, BlueMoon, HolyCow, SororityHack, Bonkers, HotCoffeeFont, SpillMilk, BraveWorld, Isepik, Sputnik, Brolga, TekStencil, Carnation, Mekanek (1995), Teknobe (1995), Merlin, Toucan Grunge (gone?), Tycho, TypewriterOldstyle, MotherGoose, Croissant, Democratika (now Americratika--I think Emigre forced FontHead to change the name), Noel (1996-1997, Lombardic all caps face, with an open version added), LillaFunk (gone?), Margo Gothic (gone?), Toddler (gone?), NoelBlack, WashMe, Diesel, Orion, Gritzpop, Pesto, BattleStation, CircusDog, Dandelion, DraftHand, Flowerpot, Navel, ShoeString, Stiltskin, ZipSonik. Plus JohnDoe, and old typewriter font. Free fonts: Font Heads (dings), Smith Premier, Vladimir, Tycho, Typewriter Oldstyle, ScareCrow, Millennia, SpillMilk, GoodDog, Holstein, Red Five. All formats, Mac and PC. In the comic font series, look for Stan Lee (now Comic Talk), FH Excelsior (now Titlex), Grimmy (now Flim Flam), and Kirby (now Grit).

    Dafont link.

    Fonts created in 1999: AppleSeed, Caterpillar, Chinchilla, ChinchillaBlack, ChinchillaDots, CrowBeak, CrowBeakLight, CyberMonkey, DanceParty, DingleHopper, FourScore, FourScoreTitling, Hopscotch, HopscotchPlain, Ladybug, Leaflet-Regular, LeafletBold, LeafletLight, ReadOut, ReadOutSuper, Smoothie, Swizzle, TwoByFour, VeryMerry. Made in 2001: ButterFinger, ButterFingerSerif, CatScratch, Catnip, FighterPilot, FrenchRoast, Handheld, HandheldItalic, HandheldRaised, HandheldRaisedItalic, HandheldRound, HandheldRoundItalic, Kingdom, OldGlory, Quadric, QuadricSlant. MyFonts page.

    In 2006, several dingbats fonts were added, such as the ClickBits Arrow series and the ClickBits Icon series.

    In 2008, he created InfoBits Things and InfoBits Symbols, Abigail, Assembler, Click Clack, Drawzing (children's font, crayon or chalk style), El Franco (grunge), Good Dog New (hand-printed), Helion (futuristic), Lead Paint (brush), Schema (architectural lettering), Skizzors (paper cut font), Tachyon (2008, techno, futuristic). Free font download. This place has Allise, Americratika, AppleSeed, AsimovSans, Asterix-Blink-Italic, Asterix-Blink, Asterix-Italic, Asterix-Light-Italic, Asterix-Light, Asterix, BadDog, BattleStation, Beckett, Bessie, BlackBeard, Blearex, BlueMoon, Bonkers, BraveWorld, Brolga, BrownCow, Carnation, CatScratch, Caterpillar, Chinchilla, ChinchillaBlack, ChinchillaDots, CircusDog, CornDog (2004), Croissant, CrowBeak, CrowBeakLight, CyberMonkey, DanceParty, Dandelion, Dannette-Outline, Dannette, DayDream, Democratika, Diesel, DingleHopper, DoomsDay, DraftHand, Flowerpot, Font-Heads, FourScore, FourScoreTitling, FunkyWestern, Goliath, GoodDog-Bones, GoodDog-Cool, GoodKitty, Greyhound, Grimmy, Gritzpop, GritzpopGrunge, Gurnsey20, HandskriptOne, Holstein-Bold, Holstein, HolyCow, Hopscotch, HopscotchPlain, HotCoffeeFont, HotTamale, Isepik, JohnDoe, JollyJack, Keener, Klondike-Bold, Klondike, Ladybug, Leaflet-Regular, LeafletBold, LeafletLight, LillaFunk, Log Jam (+Inline), MargoGothic, MarvelScript, MatrixDot-Condensed, MatrixDot, Mekanek, Merlin, Millennia, Mondo-Loose, MotherGoose, Navel, Network, Noel, NoelBlack, Oatmeal, Orion, Pesto, Randisious, ReadOut, ReadOutSuper, RedFive, Rochester, Samurai, Scarecrow, Scrawl, ShoeString, ShoeStringRound, SlackScript, SloppyJoe, SmithPremier, Smock, Smoothie, SororityHack, SpaceCowboy, SpillMilk, Sputnikk, StanLee-Bold, StanLee-BoldItalic, StanLee-Regular, Stiltskin, Submarine, Swizzle, TekStencil, Teknobe, Torcho, ToucanGrunge, TwoByFour, Tycho, Typewriter2, TypewriterOldstyle, VeryMerry, Vladimir, WashMe, Watertown-Alternate, Watertown-Black, Watertown-Bold, Watertown, ZipSonik-Italic, ZipSonik, ZipSonikSketch-Italic, ZipSonikSketch.

    Font Squirrel carries ElliotSix (simple handwriting), GoodDog (children's hand) and Millennia (squarish). In fact, in 2009-2010, Ethan Dunham became a very active web font persona, offering a commercial web font service, Fontspring, and a free font service, Fontsquirrel.

    Klingspor link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    FontMeister
    [Elwin Berlips]

    FontMeister is the commercial foundry of Elwin Berlips in Almere, The Netherlands.

    In his first life, he ran a free font site called 11th Floor, where he made these free typefaces in 1999: Civilization (octagonal), Plastik-Film (grungy semi-stencil), Raw (grunge), Rocket-Fuel, Timeline, Greenlight (dot matrix), Interstatic (futuristic), Handsolo, Optimum, Roswell (handwritten), Jean-Pierre (handwriting), 11th Floor (gridded).

    At FontMeister, he published

    • FM Eva (2011). A hand-printed chalkboard or poster face.
    • FM Bebel (2011). A monoline organic rounded sans family.
    • FM Secessionist (2011). Inspired by the Vienna secessionist Joseph Maria Olbrich, as seen on his architectural drawings from the 1920s.
    • FM Rossija (2011). A modular CD label face.
    • FM Julie (2011). An architectural hand.
    • FM Aloysius (2011). Also inspired by the Viennese secessionists.
    • FM Monomo (2011) is a simple, all caps, monospaced font.
    • FM Kaantaa (2011) is a bold typeface that draws inspiration from stencil and technical typefaces.
    • FM Ted (2012) is a simple geometric sans typeface.
    • FM Pointifax (2012) is a dot matrix typeface.

    In a third life, now as Elmigo at Dafont, he published the circle-based font Modern Ringflash (2012).

    View Font Meister Elwin Berlips's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontmunkások
    [Gábor Kóthay]

    Gábor Kóthay (Fontmunkások) is a Hungarian type designer (b. 1962) who lives in Szeged. Gábor Kóthay's fonts include:

    • At T-26: Alphabet2, Alphabet4, Archetype, Axis No 1, Bacchus, and Tyrnavia in 2000, and the Roman inscription inspired family Minerva Modern, Minerva Display (a Roman family) in 2002. Also, Betabet sans, Betabet web, Gnosis (hairline italic), Oceanus (2004, hairline sans), Pelso (2004, hairline), Laureate (2004, hairline art deco), Picaresque (2004, irregular handwriting).
    • At FONTana: LaDanse, Y2K, Domino, QwertyRegular and Luxury, all in 1999-2000.
    • At P22: Driade (2005, Regular, Linea and Aged: calligraphic futuristic experiments), Zephyr (2001, curly; +Open Face), Schwarzkopf (2003, a Schwabacher face), La Danse (2001), Ambient (2001), the Schwabacher Fraktur font SchwarzKopf (2002), Caffe (2009: originally designed for the Artz Gallery Cafe in Budapest Hungary. The design is a contemporary handwriting style adapted from examples in lettering exercise books. It has been redrawn and expanded into six styles. The four weights were created by drawing the style using different mediums: Cappuccino in pen, Pastry in felt-tip, Lemonade in brush and Tobacco, the original, in pencil, and Poster and Poster Inline are additional styles).
    • At PsyOps: the formal script Anglia (2001), Berill (2001), SchwarzKopf (2002, Fraktur) and Plexo (2001).
    • At Job Art Studio (his own studio in Szeged, which he founded): Cats (free dingbats), Disasters (dingbats), Bubble (comic book font), 103 kék.
    • At Fountain: Zanzibar (2003, nice script face), Incognito (2007, a typical old map typeface), Dessau (2007-2008, a collection of eleven Bauhaus and Bauhaus stencil styles).
    • At Fontana: Zodiac, Tisza (2001-2007), a sans family. And Kinesis (2003), a sans typeface based on geometrically precise instructions.
    • At Cinqueterre Type Foundry: Eva (wedge serif; sample, another sample).
    • At Fontmunkások: Birdland (1999-2002), a minimalist face; Asphalt and Asphalt Signs (1996-2000), a slightly grungy set of fonts; Arcade (1999); Adagietto (2000); Flyer and Flyer Fossil (2002), a curly family.
    • Custom typefaces: Aqua Futurist (2008): a hairline unicase sans family with uncial influences. It is unclear if he had a hand in the typography of stockings, which I found on his site.
    Blog.

    Dafont link. FontShop link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fontom Type
    [David Waschbüsch]

    Heidelberg, Germany-based type foundry of David Waschbüsch (b. 1988), who studied at the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt, Germany, class of 2011. About his free unicase modular stencil font BS Konstata (2010) he writes: Created for use as stencil for signage it features a set of only 10 different elements out of which you can compose the complete typeface. Therefore it borders between being somewhat grungy, modular and classic. Skyhook Mono is a versatile octagonal family. Future fonts include Bahnhof Zoo, Empty Sky and Fink Black.

    Behance link. MyFonts link. Old URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontop
    [Dmitry Arakelov]

    Russian designer based in Turkey. Creator of these typefaces in 2017: Roadster Script, North Star, North Script, Phonema (a stylish display sans), Synopsis (a condensed fashion mag serif), Tropical Script (a gorgeous Treefrog style curly script), Okelani Script (another gorgeous Treefrog style curly script), Roadster (a decorative script), Follow Script (a wide connected calligraphic script), Construct (layered, beveled), Defocus.

    In 2017, at YWFT, he published YWFT Sugar. He also designed Constructor (a layered, beveled typeface), Presto Script, Synopsist and Paramaribo (a delicate upright hand-lettered typeface) that year.

    Typefaces from 2018: Cutcut (a party time paper cutout typeface), Bon Ami, Good Day (a delicate handcrafted coffeeshop typeface), Turkuaz (a comic book family), Episode (an ultra-condensed tall poster typeface), Skyscraper (a tallcondensed hexagonal typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: QSansPro (a workhorse sans), Legatum (a classical roman font inspired by the old inscriptions in Rome).

    Typefaces from 2020: Avayo (a 9-style modern sans), Sansmatica (38 condensed techno fonts), Formatica, Ascent Pro (a geometric sans), Factum (a didone hybrid with high contrast styles culminating in some stencil types).

    Typefaces from 2021: Uplift (a 6-style font characterized by mechanical notches and a certain blue collar appeal), Hygge Sans (a 34-style simple sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontourist
    [Hans Gerhard Meier]

    Fontourist is the Norwegian foundry of Oslo-based Hans Gerhard Meier (b. 1972). The fonts there include Boycott Israel (2003, dingbats), Deathmix (1999, gothic), Stencil or Die (2007, paint drip stencil), Streetart Tribute (2006, dingbats), Yalla, Metoo Pixzi (2001, pixel font), Journal (1999, handwriting and dings), Stencile or Die (2017), Mr. Otis (2017), NYC ABC (2014, ransom note style), and HubaHuba (1998, a hubcap dingbat font also known as GF HubaHuba at Garagefonts).

    Dafont link. FontShop link. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fontpartners
    [Morten Rostgaard Olsen]

    Danish type cooperative by Ole Søndergaard (b. 1937) and Morten Rostgaard Olsen (b. 1964), located in Helsingor, Denmark. Olsen is a graphic and type designer who lives and works in Copenhagen. Ole Søndergaard is basd in Elsinore, Denmark.

    Morten Rostgaard Olsen's typefaces include FF Olsen, FF Max (2003, an elliptical sans inspired by Novarese's Eurostile from 1962). In 2014, Olsen extended FF Max to FF Max Pro and FF Max Condensed Pro. Ole Søndergaard has had his own design studio since 1972, and has taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His most famous font family is FF Signa (2000). He also created Thule Letters (2005) based on carved letters on Knud Rasmussen's monument. Custom fonts include Public (2005) and Signa Tryg (Søndergaard, 2003). Together, as Fontpartners, they published these typefaces:

    • FP Dancer Pro (2006) and FP Dancer Serif (2006). By Morten Rostgaard Olsen. An upright part script part sans part serif concoction. Followed by the more octagonal FP Dancer Tango (2014). Olsen's Dancer is described by Jan Middendorp as follows: In the sans serif realm, spelling out human and warm, while avoiding to become childish or silly, isn't as easy as some type designers assume. Morten Olsen's Dancer is one of those new, and newly conceived, text typefaces that seem to do the job. It strikes a balance between typographic quality and charisma, between conventional wisdom about legibility, and expressiveness. Also, it has an equally eloquent serifed companion.
    • FP Elsinore (1980-2006) by Ole Berntsen Søndergaard. FP Elsinore was originally custom-made for street name signs in the city of Elsinore.
    • FP Fragile (2015), jointly designed by the Fontpartners. FP Fragile is a worn and scratched stencil typeface, inspired by packages, package-design and shipments.
    • FP Head Pro (2008, by Morten Rostgaard Olsen) and FP Head (2006). FP Head is a redesign of a corporate typeface for the Danish trade union FOA, and is described by them as a broad headline font, with a blur-style architecture. The typeface has a touch of FP Max, hard and soft at the same time. Yves Peters writes: Architectural yet human, as if the letter forms had been delicately carved in stone; their rounded stroke edges and corners lovingly eroded by the surf of the Baltic Sea; slightly overexposed, radiating comforting warmth, giving the impression one was looking at the characters against the setting sun.. See also FP Head Stencil.
    • Morten Rostgaard Olsen and Fontpartners colleagues Ole Søndergaard and Henrik Birkvig co-designed the free typefaces KBH and KBH Pictos, also in 2015, for the visual identity of the city of Copenhagen. At the retail level, one can buy FP Kobenhavn (2016) at MyFonts and FontShop. Olsen's FP Kobenhavn Sans and Kobenhavn C were added in 2019.
    • FP Palina (2005). A stencil typeface by Ole Søndergaard.
    • FP Quality (2005). A stencil typeface by Ole Berntsen Søndergaard.
    • FP Silly (2006-2007). A stencil typeface by Ole Berntsen Søndergaard.
    • FP Stage (2005). FP Stage by Ole Berntsen Søndergaard was inspired by old Victorian theater posters and corresponding typographic designs.

    MyFonts link. FontShop link. Another FontShop link. Font Squirrel link. Klingspor link.

    View Morton Olsen's typefaces. Morten Rostgaard Olsen's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontpeople
    [Jason Harcombe]

    Graduate of the TDi program in 2018 at the University of Reading. In 2017, he was appointed UK Sales Director by URW. After URW was absorbed by Monotype, he set up Fontpeople, a foundry that sells typefaces designed by John Beltran, Jason Harcombe, Max Saille, Jörn Oelsner and Iachawr Telyncombe (undoubtedly an alias for Jason Harcombe). Jason's typefaces, often rooted in URW designs:

    • In 2020, Jason Harcombe and Max Saille published the 18-style variable sans font family Mazin and the 20-style geometric sans typeface family Cadiz at Fontpeople. Over at MyFonts, credit for Mazin and Cadiz only goes to Jason Harcombe.
    • One of the custom fonts shown on their website is Ryman Eco, which was designed by Dan Rhatigan and Gunnar Vilhjalmsson.
    • In 2020, Harcombe released FP Typewriter (a copy of URW Typewriter), the 20-style soft corner geometric sans typeface Zabal and the 12-style humanist sans Billie.
    • Cooper Black (2021). A serif and stencil font family that revives Cooper Black.
    • Chewie (2021). A plump serif in the style of Cooper Black and Windsor. Unknown designer at Fontpeople.
    • Leyendo (2021). A 20-style text family by Jason Harcombe and Max Saille.
    • Plentyn. A copy of VAG Rounded (Linotype).
    • Suiza. A copy of URW Nimbus Sans.
    • Taran. A copy of URW Egyptienne.
    • Testun (2022). A copy of Mayonez (2013, Sergio Ramirez). Sergio was quite upset about this.

    There is a discussion on Typedrawers (old link) egarding the legality and morality of Fontpeople's relicensing practices. On June 23, 2022, Jason asked me to remove this article from your website. Joyce Ketterer and TypeDrawers are in receipt of legal documentation pertaining to material loss due to libel on this website and your publishing and sharing of this article will be included in any material losses we have suffered as a result. I did remoive a link for a few months but reinstated it after the November 20, 2022 discussion on Typedrawers. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontron
    [Ronald Underwood]

    Foundry, est. 2005 by Ronald Underwood in Surbiton, Surrey, UK, specializing in display type. Fonts made in 2005: Acron (2005), Foldron (2005, bubbly extra fat), Halfron (2005, extra fat with a horizontal line spliiting the glyphs), Sideron (2005, LED-inspired). In 2007, these were added: Ronsect (stencil), Ronsten (stencil), Runsect and Runsten. Designed in 2008: Herron (a rounded octagonal monoline face), Roncial Untra (ultra fat rounded mechanical face), Squaron Extra Black (ultra fat beauty), Sabron, Phatron, Triron (a futuristic horizontally-striped headline family). Novelties in 2009: Zebron (art deco stripes).

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fontscafe (was: Fonts-Lab)

    Fonts Lab was an Italian free font foundry with emphasis on "free", even for commercial use. The first fonts, all made in 2011, included Fonts-lab Gift, Fonts Lab Symphony, Free For Fonts-Lab Subscribers, Lady Jane Old, Five Dollars Matter, Writing Something by Hand, Hint Retro, Hint Retro Grunge, Soul Handwriting (brushy script), Variety, Universal College Draft (2011, a sketched sports jersey alphabet), Handwriting Draft (sketch face), Around 20 (experimental), Adelfy, Old Printing Press (grunge), Frank Handwriting, Sketch Me, Retro Lined Area.

    Fonts Lab became Fontscafe, located in Milan.

    Production in 2012: Making Lettering Tall, Universal College (grungy athletic letters), Marmellata Jam (connected script), Marmellata Jar 01 and 02 (connected fat signage scripts), Henry Rodeo Circus (Western face), Scrappy-Looking, Contribute Free Version (connected fountain pen script), Basically Serif, I'm Fashionista, Sign Handwriting, Chalk Hand Lettering, Chalk Hand Lettering Shaded, Voluptate (retro connected script), Retroactive (a great connected script face).

    Around June 2012, something happened---possibly a complaint from the FontLab software people---, and the name changed from Fonts Lab to Fontscafe. In the same year, a commercial foundry was started via MyFonts.

    Typefaces from 2013: Free Sketching, Hand Printing Press [in ten styles such as Meshed, Scraped, Normal, Stencil, Stamps, and Eroded], Egregio Script (retro script), Hand Shop Typography A20 (an 8-style poster font set that includes shadow and inline typefaces), Hand Shop Typography C30, and many more in the Hand Shop Typography pack, including the frame font Hand Shop Elements.

    In 2014, we find Hand Christmas Doodle, My Valentines Love (heart dingbat font) and Bold Pressing (vintage letterpress typeface family, with ornaments).

    Typefaces from 2016: Handwriting Draft (a great sketched font that shouts Leonardo da Vinci), Universal College (a grungy athletic lettering font, updated from an earlier 2011 version).

    Typefaces from 2017: Hot Varsity Team, Hot National Team, Back To School Elements, Hot Winner Team, Ultimate College Team (athletic lettering), Display of Character.

    Typefaces from 2018: Publishing Draft Script, Publishing Script, Ottanio Pack, Advertising Master, HandPrinting Press Eroded, Making Lettering, Hot Legend Team.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Abstractfonts link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fonts.tk (was: Blam Design)

    Hans Presto's site about Lettering, Comics, Handwriting, Vintage Steel pen nibs and Calligraphy. Based in Stockholm. It has a subpage about stencil fonts, and includes a small stencil font archive. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    FontStruct: Stencil Competition 2012

    The stencil competition at FontStruct ended on October 26, 2012. A very popular competition among Fontstructors, the winners are three of FontStruct's best, Beate Limbach (for db Smoothie), Tibor Lantos (for Thorin Stencil), and Paul Bokslag (for Crazy Fredericka). All three are fantastic designs. The judges were Rob Meeks, Ray Larabie and Stephen Coles. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fontyoufonts.com
    [Henrik Kubel]

    Nearly all (Mac only) fonts at Fontyoufonts.com are made by Henrik Kubel, who works at the London-based design studio A2-GRAPHICS/SW/HK in London, which was founded in 2000 by Royal College of Art graduates Scott Williams and Henrik Kubel. Henrik Kubel is visiting lecturer at Royal College of Art since 2009. In 2010, Kubel and Williams set up A2 Typwe. Kubel's text fonts include FY-Battersea, FY-Klampenborg, FY-Neon, FY-ParsonsGreen, FY-M.Carpenter, FY-Gt.Eastern, FY-Stencil, FY-Typewriter, FY-Centera, FY-Cubitt Fax, FY-S.Staton. The display fonts include FY-Grot-7, FY-Boing, FY-Army, FY-Woodblock, FY-Rodeo, FY-Ornamenta, FY-Italic One, FY-Signsystem, FY-Black, FY-Stencil. There are grid-based/pixel fonts such as FY-Lego-Logo, FY-Bauhaus (a kitchen tile font), FY-Link, FY-Optic, FY-Graduate, FY-MeSoHungry, FY-Buckminster, FY-3D (2001), FY-Dictate, FY-Angel, FY-DotZero, FY-Square. Finally, there are the dingbat fonts FY-Pictogrammes, FY-Early Learning Dingbats. Kubel is also the designer at ACME of 4590, AF-Battersea (1999, a grotesque family), AF-CENTERA, AF-Copenhagen, AF-Klampenborg (1997-1999, grotesque sans, done with Scott Williams), CPH-ArabicNumbers, CPH-Medium, Grot-25. With Margaret Calvert, he updated the British Rail fonts in 2009, adding East European characters, for example. At ATypI 2010 in Dublin, he spoke about New Rail Alphabet, a revival of that typeface, still with Margaret Calvert. During the Expert Type Design Class (2011, Plantin Genootschap, Antwerp), he created the text family called Antwerp. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Formatype Foundry
    [Deni Anggara]

    Berlin, Germany and/or Medan, Indonesia and/or Bandung, Indonesia, and/or New Zealand-based designer who set uo first Degarism Studio and, in 2017, Formatype Foundry. At Formatype Foundry, he published these typefaces:

    • The 11-style sans family Epillox (2020), which, by virtue of its sloped terminlas and hipster features is characterized by the designer as emotional. Epillox has a variable style as well.
    • Biofolio Ultimate (2020). A 22-style geometric grotesk.
    • Afical (2021). A 35-style sans with sub-families Afical Std, Afical Neue and Afical Stencil.
    • Fixga (2021). A 17-style rounded monolinear geometric sans family.
    • Satoshi (2017-2021). A free 10-style mostly grotesk sans typeface at Fontshare.
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Forme Type
    [Jeremy Johnson]

    London-based graphic and type designer (b. 1975) who studied at The Royal College of Art, The University of Brighton, and was taught at the Royal College of Art by Margaret Calvert, Malcolm Kennard and Alan Kitching. Creator of the sans typeface family Forme One (2014) and the related typefaces Forme Signage (2015, for wayfinding), Forme Furniture (2015, pixelized), Forme Type Block (2015), Forme Type Ornaments and Geometric Patterns (2015), Forme Pixel Type (2015) and Forme Stencil (2015), a layered typeface family that was carefully crafted based on compass and ruler. Jeremy writes: This typeface derived from a three dimensional stencil with two characters, made from wood manually rotated to create letter shapes.

    In 2017, he designed the 3d pixel font Furniture Type.

    In 2018, he created TextFace Type.

    Graduate of the MATD program at the University of Reading, class of 2020. His graduation typeface was called Forme Grotesque. It comes with a three-axis variable font (weight, slant, optical size). It explores the richness of the 19th century British Grotesque genre, performs remarkably well both on screen and in print, and shines at very small sizes. It also covers Arabic, Cyrillic and Greek. Forme Grotesque was published by Colophon in 2022. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Formist Foundry
    [Mark Gowing]

    Formist Foundry (Sydney, Australia) is part of Mark Gowing's Formist Group, which is a design studio, publisher and type foundry. The foundry specializes in experimental typefaces. In 2020, their catalog showed Boulder Mono (with the help of Ben Kiel), Black (a pixelish blocky font by Mark Gowing, Alexander Tanazefti, and Ben Kiel), Serous (emulating liquid letters; aided by Ben Kiel), Non Dit Dah, and One+Two (2018: nine bilined and stencil styles; by Elle Williams, Mark Gowing and Ben Kiel).

    In 2020, Mark Gowing and Kris Sowersby started the design of a typeface to typeset Kris Sowersby's planned book, The Art of Letters. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fort Foundry
    [Mattox Shuler]

    Type foundry in Washington state, est. 2014 by Mattox Shuler. Typefaces:

    • Abolition (2014). An octagonal titling typeface.
    • Bourbon (2014), Gin (2014). These are sturdy mechanical typefaces with copperplate terminals.
    • Factoria (2014) (a squarish geometric slab).
    • Industry Inc (2014), Industry (2014). Industry Inc is a sturdy military sans family with ample layering (beveled, 3D, inline, stencil, etc.). Industry is a basic squarish sans family.
    • Prohibition (2014). Octagonal design, almost as in varsity lettering.
    • Termina (2015). A modern take on Industria, a wide sans family designed by Hermann Zehnpfundt in 1913 for Emil Gursch.
    • Rift (2016). A sci-fi all caps font family.
    • Native (2016). A great monospaced typewriter style family.
    • In 2021, Brian Brubaker and Mattox Shuler released Figure at Fort Foundry. Figure is a sturdy quirkhorse sans inspired by gothic wood type of the 19th century, available as a family of 40 fonts of 5 weights across 4 widths including roman and italics.
    • Alkaline (2021), by Jonathan Ball, Mattox Shuler and Brian Brubaker. This typeface family at an 18 degree slope was inspired by 1950s lettering and logos on kitchen appliances.
    • Pentz (2021). A Victorian font by Mattox Shuler and Brian Brubaker. First developed for the Motown Museum in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. The album title was originally set in Tedesca (a late 19th century font), but the cover designer, Curtis McNair, took some nice liberties in adjusting the letterforms when setting the type. Pentz continues in this theme, reviving and modernizing Tedesca.
    • Cinder (2021). A vintage expressionist typeface with elongated letters that reference the title sequences of classic animation films from the 1950s.
    • Locale (2021). A 16-style rounded geometric sans with a large x-height plugges as a national park signage or supermarket font.

    Adobe link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Foundry 73
    [Brian Toth]

    Graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, class of 2005. Freelance designer in San Francisco who created the free outlined hipster bitmap typeface EightBit (2015, free) and the race car inspired 12-font family Racer (2016), which as a free Medium subfamily, and various overlay, outlined, and stencil styles.

    Typefaces from 2017: Piko, Block Head (a layerable squarish typeface family), Old Boy, Falcon SS (sans serif), Falcon SR. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fragtype
    [Rodrigo Fuenzalida]

    Graphic and type designer from Caracas, Venezuela, b. 1981, who moved first to Buenos Aires and then to Santiago in Chile. While mainly a type designer, he also practices calligraphy. He was involved in and set up multiple type foundries, including Fragtype. Fuenzalida designed these typefaces:

    • The art deco faces Erre.
    • The experimental typefaces Tructura, Tangram, Sicodelica (multiline), SuperC (2009, tall condensed) and Pixid (2010, pixel face).
    • Concrete Stencil (2010). Stencil meets calligraphic script.
    • Fux (2010). A rounded monoline sans.
    • 7Tees.
    • Aushaus: letters like music notes. This is also called Aubhaus.
    • Gerd (2009). An artsy stylish piano key font that used to be free.
    • LINE_A and K5 (multiline).
    • Cubo (aka Khubo, 2009, Die Gestalten). This 3d geometric family was a grand prize winner in the experimental typeface category at Tipos Latinos 2010.
    • Factur (2011) is an angular typeface.
    • Isosibilia. A 3d face. This typeface won an award winner in the experimental typeface category at Tipos Latinos 2010.
    • The connected upright script face Nedo.
    • The grunge typeface Belt.
    • The stencil Bodoni typefaces Giambo Stencil (2009, Die Gestalten) and Giambattista.
    • Titan (2011). A fat rounded poster face, downloadable from Google Web Fonts.
    • Fux (2010). A basic monoline sans family.
    • Poetsen One (2012) is a rounded signage sans typeface co-designed with Pablo Impallari.
    • Racing Sans (2012). A techno typeface that conjures up speed. Codesigned with Pablo Impallari, it is free at Google Web Fonts.
    • With Nicola Massi, he created the textura typeface Pirata+One (2012, Google Web Fonts).
    • Hermeneus One (2013, with Pablo Impallari) is a slab serif.
    • Tweegi (2013) is an elegant super-condensed serif typeface family.
    • Kardia (2014) is a rounded slightly elliptical warm-hearted sans family.
    • Libre Baskerville (2012, Google Web Fonts, Open Font Library, Github, and CTAN) was developed together with Pablo Impallari. It is based on 1941 ATF specimens, but it has a taller x height, wider counters and minor contrast that allows it to work on small sizes in any screen.
    • Libre Caslon (2012-2014). A free typeface family co-designed with Pablo Impallari.
    • Raleway (2010-2013). This popular free sans typeface family was started by Matt McInerney in 2010 and completed by Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida in 2013. In 2017, it was extended to Rawline.
    • Libre Bodoni (2014) was developed by Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida based on Morris Fuller Benton's Bodoni types---they optimized the glyphs for use on the web. Github link. Google Fonts link.
    • Latina (2015) is a humanist sans typeface family developed with the Latinotype team. It won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016. Its headline styles have exaggerated humanist features, while its text styles are more subdued.
    • In 2016, Latinotype published the 32-style Corporative Sans Round Condensed, which was developed by Elizabeth Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernandez.
    • Libre Franklin (Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida) is a revival of Morris Fuller Benton's 1912 classic, Franklin Gothic. Created in 2015, it was only published in 2016 at Google Fonts. Github link.
    • Taberna (2016). A vintage copperplate style family based on design trends in bar signage, liquor packaging and street wear. Codesigned by Jorge Cisterna at Latinotype.
    • Letteria Script (2017, Latinotype). A signage script family.
    • Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Mixta (Joya Type Foundry).
    • In 2018, Daniel Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida enlarged the fat all caps slab serif Latinotype typeface Rita that was originally started in 2010.
    • Market (2018, Latinotype) is inspired by hand-painted grocery store signs.
    • In 2019, Latinotype published the great super-slab typeface Breton which was designed by Daniel Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida.
    • In 2018, he published Multiple at Latinotype. Partly geometric and partly humanist, it has Sans and Slab subfamilies.

      In 2019, Alfonso Garcia and Rodrigo Fuenzalida released Utily Sans at Latinotype. Utily Sans is a slightly humanist take on Futura.

      In 2019, Fuenzalida released Atenas through Los Andes. It emerged as a mixture of science fiction and calligraphy, with notable influences of Eurostile and Microgramma. There is a fully stocked stencil subfamily, Atenas Stencil.

    • Mixta (2020, Latinotype). A total of 54 typefaces with these subfamilies: Mixta Sharp, Mixta Pro, Mixta Didone. Includes weights from Hair to Heavy.
    • Spock (2020). A 48-style demi-sans and demi-slab family by Luciano Vergara, Cesar Araya and Rodrigo Fuenzalida.
    • In 2020, he co-designed Ragtag (a ragtag of capitals) with Alexander Wright for In-House International.
    • Mixta Essential (or: Mixta Ess) (2020, Latino Type). A 12-style hybrid of a didone-inspired rectangle-shaped serif and a sharp wedge serif.
    • In 2020, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Alexander Wright and Michelle Benaim Steiner co-designed the exaggerated reverse stress (or: Italian) typeface Pata Slab at In-House International. All uppercase characters were built to fit precisely inside a square, so they are all the same width and height.
    • Mumford (2021). An 18-style display sans.
    • Outfit (2021, Google Fonts). Github link. This geometric font family was originally designed for the brand company Outfitio and On Brand Investments Pty Ltd. It includes a variable font.
    • In 2022, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Alexander Wright published the decorative angular typeface family Broker at In-House International.

    Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Behance link. Kernest link. YWFT link. Creative Market link. MyFonts link. Dafont link. Another Behance link. Google Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    François Rappo

    Swiss designer (b. 1955) located at Lake Geneva. Recipient of the 2012 Jan Tschichold prize. He is Head of the Master in Art Direction at ECAL/University of Art & Design Lausanne. His typefaces:

    • The gorgeous revival family Didot Elder (published at Optimo, 2004), which is based on work by Pierre Didot from 1819.
    • The stylish typewriter family CEO (2005, Optimo).
    • At B&P Foundry, the serif family LaPolice BP (2007-2008).
    • The Theinhardt family (2009, Optimo), which was named after the (generally accepted) designer of the first sans. It covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. An update was issed in 2018.
    • At B&P Swiss Typefaces, he published New Fournier (2011) based on the typography of Pierre-Simon Fournier. It comes in 24 styles.
    • Genath (2011, Optimo). Erik Spiekermann twitters: Best Caslon alternative yet. The typeface is based on a baroque type from the Genath foundry in Basel, and is based on a specimen from 1720 that is most likely Johann Wilhelm Haas's first design in Basel.
    • Clarendon Graphic (2015, Optimo). Comprehensive, perfect, all-encompassing, a new standard for Clarendon. It has 26 styles including some stencil cuts.
    • Plain (2014), Apax (2016) and Rand (2019), a trilogy of grotesque typefaces. Rappo writes: As Plain investigated the rational simplicity of modernism and Apax re-evaluated the visual grammar of constructivism, Rand explores the shapes that brought a certain spirit and warmth to the rigidity of modern design---emerging notably from The New York School. While some glyphs like the a inherit the clarity of Swiss rationalism, other glyphs borrow from design icons such as the from the Westinghouse logo by Paul Rand. Rand also features a nice Rand Mono subfamily.
    • Practice (2016). A typeface family for magazines.
    • JJannon (2019). A revival of Jean Jannon's type from 1641. This 16-style family is crisp and sharp-edged.

    Swiss Type Design link. Pointypo piece on him. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Frances Martlew

    Manchester, UK-based designer of the stencil typeface Winston (2015), which was created for Pol Roger packaging. Winston, named after Churchill, uses lines from the union jack. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Francesc Viladoms

    Graphic designer in Granollers, Spain, who created the rough stencil typeface stranger (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Francesca Sterpone

    Graduate of the London College of Communication, class of 2013. London-based designer (b. 1989, Alba, Italy) of the fat-stroke rounded stencil typeface MyVoice (2013). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Francesco Filigoi

    Francesco Filigoi (Udine, Italy) designed the soft stencil typeface Olivia (2009) while taking a type design course at Consorzio Poli.Design in Milan. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Francesco Mistico Canovaro
    [Zetafonts (or: Studio Kmzero, or: ZeroFont)]

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    Francisco Javier Paez

    Santiago, Chile-based designer of the pixacao-inspired Alquitran Stencil and Alquitran Rust (2018, at Rodrigo Typo; with Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev). See also Alquitran Family (2019). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Francisco López Bustamante

    Graphic designer in Guadalajara, Mexico, who works at Memela Studio. Behance link. His typefaces include the seductive multiline beauty, Miami Deco Type (2011), Haarlem (Display and Stencil), the Italian Western face El Solitario (2011), and the arts and crafts typeface Poiret (2011). Later in 2011, he promises the fashion mag typeface Marais Serif, and made the alchemic typeface Arcan.

    I am a bit confused, as most of these typefaces also show up in the portfolio of Pancho Lopez, also of Guadalajara. And to top it off, the Behance link now mentions that the designer is Frank Gutierrez from Monterrey. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Frank Adebiaye
    [Velvetyne Type Foundry (or: VTF)]

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    Frank Béla
    [Faberfonts]

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    Frank Bruder

    During his computer science studies at the University of Hamburg, Frank Bruder, a supporter of open source code software, designed several typefaces. Creator of the Open Font Library fonts Tomson Talks (2008, comic lettering), Block Stencil (2008), Far Side (2008, sci-fi) and Futhaark hnias (2008, runes), Tomson Talks (2010, hand-printed). Aka Skotan. Dark End is a hand-coded SVG font---check the source code to see what can be done with so little! Devian tart link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Frank Heine
    [UORG]

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    Franklin Veiga

    Sao Luis, Brazil (and before that, Vancouver, Canada)-based creator of Flaot Stencil (2013, a modular stencil face), Obvious (2013, a hairline geometric experimental typeface) and Hideseek (2013, a straight-edged experimental typeface).

    In 2014, he created the ultra-fat typeface Dreew.

    In 2016, he published Modernista which was inspired by the work of Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer.

    In 2020, he released Andarillo (a display typeface inspired by vintage travel posters and magazines).

    Typefaces from 2021: Sarttori (a stylish 6-weight display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Frantisek Storm
    [Storm Type Foundry]

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    Fraugerlach
    [Verena Gerlach]

    German designer (b. Berlin, 1971) who studied Visual Communication at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee from 1993-1998. Shortly after finishing art school in 1998 and two visits to the UK as an exchange student, she founded her own studio for graphic design, type design and typography. She has lectured on type design and typography at Designakademie Berlin since 2003. In 2005, she started Fraugerlach. At ATypI 2006 in Lisbon, she spoke about type in the streets of Berlin (PDF of Verena's presentation). At ATypI 2010 in Dublin, she spoke about her personal experiences with cultural oppression (censorship) in Algeria in 2009. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam: Ala has a pen - a remixed type workshop in Katowice [a report on a type design workshop held in Poland in 2012].

    Author of Karbid From lettering to type design (2013, coauthored with Fritz Grögel and published by Ypsilon Éditeurs). This book was released on the occasion of the ATypI 2013 conference.

    The PTL fonts in the list below were published at Primetype in 2002. Verena Gerlach created these typefaces:

    • LT Pide Nashi (1997). An Arabic simulation font.
    • EF Aranea (1996). A script face.
    • The FF Karbid family, 1999-2011. Includes FF Karbid Slab (2011) and Ff Karbid Display (2011). FF Karbid Text was published in 2011.
    • She co-designed CstBerlin-West with Ole Schaefer in 2000 at FontFont.
    • FF Citystreet Types East, FF Citystreet Types West.
    • PTL Blinkenlights (2001). Free at Primetype, this pixel font commemorates a happening in Berlin organized by Verena's hacker friends who made a tall building in Berlin into a computer screen in which pixels could be controlled by cell phones).
    • PTL Touja Sans, PTL Touja Slab (2002). These are comic book or dishwasher ad types.
    • PTL Trafo (2002).
    • PTL Tephe (2002).
    • PTL Lore (2002). A stencil family.
    • PTL Bugis (2002).
    • In 2008, she published the 8-style sans family FF Chambers Sans (one free weight).
    • In 2009, she finally completed Vielzweck at Primetype, described by Christoph Koeberlin as a DIN Schrift with personality.
    • In 2017, she published the sans typeface FF Sizmo in which some rounded and foliate letterforms reveal an organic concept.
    • In 2019, she released Kommune at Laic and wrote: Kommune is a display typeface inspired by the vernacular shop- and promotion letterings of Burkina Faso. Originally designed as a stencil typeface for the solo show and accompanying catalogue of Burkina Faso born Architect Francis Kéré (famous for his Laongo Opera Village and communal school buildings) at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, it is now also available in a new version as a normal, non stencil typeface.

    Klingspor link. Linotype link. Fontshop bio.

    View Verena Gerlach's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Fre Lemmens

    Fre Lemmens (Zolder, Belgium) made the custom font family SKDR in 2012, and the custom handcrafted typeface Bar Marie in 2016. He designed Rotring (2016) based on the Rotring letter stencils, used to create technical drawings and plans. His typographic work for Apotheek Gijsenbergs and Belle & Belge (2016) is also noteworthy (and beautiful).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Frédéric Rich

    French designer (b. 1984) who s based in Montelimar. He created the poster typeface It's A Penalty Kick (2012), Paradise Road (2012), the shadow sci-fi typeface Far Away Galaxy (2012), the pixel game font Pixel Invaders (2012), Weltmeister (2012, a fat hand-drawn poster font), Chocolate Hippo (2012, hand-printed), Night Train 382 (2012) and Night Train 315 (2012). This font supports many languages, including for example : Romanian, Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic), Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian (Latin and Cyrillic), Bulgarian, Russian, Belarussian, Macedonian, Turkish.

    In 2012, he created the grungy poster typeface Mezzanine, the condensed pixelish typeface Hauptbahnhof, the grungy In The Streets Of Europe, the techno typeface Platform Eight, Mastodont (in the obese category), the noisy Second-Hand Shop, the grungy Zagreb Underground, the striped game font Press Any Key To Continue, Dusty Matchbox (children's hand), Slaughterhouse (grungy), the pixel typeface Back Label Pixel, Please Hold The Line, Under The Bed (grunge), Refrigerator, I Fink U Freaky (a severe sans), Night Prowler (scary dusty caps face), Six Weeks Ago (texture face), Dimension (3d face), Ernestine, Frenchy (thin face).

    Typefaces from 2013: Hostile Headline (textured typeface), Emergency Exit (grunge), Lazy Sunday (shaded outlined face), Moon of Jupiter (octagonal sci-fi face), Birthmark (grungy and condensed), Ruxandra (scribbly face), Auricom, Arcade Nightmare, Volga (grunge caps), Urban Brigade, Evil Conspiracy (poster fonts, +Shadow), Container (grungy stencil), Peach Milk (paper cut face), Brouhaha (a 3d face).

    Typefaces from 2014: Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon, Old School United (athletic lettering family; +Stencil).

    Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fred Smeijers
    [OurType]

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    Frederick Eschrich

    Illinois-based artist who created the stenciled typeface Horatio (2013), the angular geometric typeface Fois (2012) and the hairline fashion mag typeface Maquila (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Frederick W. Lambert

    British type and graphic designer who taught at the London College of Printing and headed Letraset. His typefaces:

    • LetterForm No. 2 (1953). See Letter Forms: 110 Complete Alphabets (by Fred Lambert, Dover, 1972; edited by Theodore Menten; 19 editions of that book were published between 1964 and 1990).
    • Sans Stencil (1959).
    • Compacta (1963, Letraset) is a super-condensed heavy industrial sans-serif family that can be used in phone directories, ads for airplanes, and masculine newspapers. It is in the gaspipe genre that descended from Schmalfette Grotesk, led to Haettenschweiler and Impact, and to Matthew Carter's masthead type for Private Eye. Compacta ended up in the digital as ITC Compacta and found its way to the Linotype collection, and by osmosis, to the Bitstream collection since 1990 (where the font took on a life as Swiss 930 and as Compacta Bold BT), and at Scangraphic in 2004 (as Compacta SH). Compacta's style was popular in the early 1960s: Rolling Stones albums such as Aftermath and 12x5 and The Who's I Can See For Miles either use Compacta or are in a similar style. It was in use on the cover of The Sexual Fetish (1965). It was also used as the titles and credits font for shows such as Emergency and The Six Million Dollar Man, as well as on-screen by NBC Sports from 1991 to 1995, and in the TV series Baywatch. It has been used by the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team since 1993. Compacta appeared as the logo typeface for World Wrestling Federation's television program SmackDown from 1999 to 2001.
    • Annlie (1966, Letraset). A strong black didone typeface with beautiful numerals that later became an ITC font, ITC Annlie.
    • Linear (1969, Letraset).

    Linotype link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Frederik Rafn Barfod

    During his studioes at KADK in Copenhagen, Denmark, Frederik Rafn Barfod designed Myterano Stencil (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Free graphics: stencil fonts

    This stencil font archive has Crass (Faizal Reza, 1997), DirtyBakersDozen (Ray Larabie, 1997), Rodchenko and Stencil (URW, 1992). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Free stencil fonts

    Download and follow links to free stencil fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fritz L. Amberger

    Artist and printer, 1899-1950, who was based in New York City. He designed Bam-Stencil in 1937 for Ruttle, Shaw and Wetherill. Mac McGrew: Bam-Stencil was designed by F. L. Amberger and reportedly cut by Ruttle, Shaw&Wetherill, a Philadelphia typographic firm, about 1937. It follows the general style of Corvin us (Glamour) Bold, but is heavier and has stencil-like breaks in the strokes. No lowercase was made. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    From Parts Unknown
    [Steven Waring]

    Manchester, UK-based designer of these typefaces, often experimental and exploratory:

    • The free 1970s style headline typeface Kayfabe (2015) that combines Americana, love, paranoia and psychedelia in a fantastic package. Styles include Block, Block Outline, Round and Round Outline.
    • The Flo Headline family: Typeface creation that began life as a few letters for a Mexican Hotel logotype. The initial reference was Mayan symbology, however was unused for its initial intention. The project became more personal as it developed and various incarnations of the typeface ensued.
    • In 2017, he designed the free 13-weight modular typeface family Nona and the experimental typeface Ephemera.
    • The Leat Sans (2017). A bespoke stencil typeface family for wayfinding.
    [Google] [More]  ⦿

    FrozenSerif

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to create the bold octagonal typefaces Mars and Bubbles. He also made Coldletter (blackletter stencil), Influence Engraved, Influence Small Caps (rounded ultra-fat), Artemis, Skylined (dingbat), Cronus, Influence, Pixelated, Modern Serif, Haunt, and Aqua (blocky). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Full Metal

    Mini-archive with Babylon-Industrial, CopperplateGothic-Bold, Knulla, Uptown, CasablancaAntiquePlain, Stencil (URW, 1992). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Futura Black circa 1860
    [Eric Kindel]

    This provocative title is used by type historian Eric Kindel for his presentation at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. His research is captured in the abstract, which is reproduced verbatim below.

    Futura Black, Braggadocio, Transito, Schablone. These typefaces, variously constructed of squares, triangles and circle segments, are blunt and counterpunctual. They are a consolidation of letters (and numbers) that emerged in the work of early European modernists, among them De Souza Cardoso, Léger, Hoerle, Arntz, Berlewi, Lissitsky, Schmidt, Albers and Moholy-Nagy. The Dutch, too, found such letters to their liking: Van der Leck at first, then Sandberg, Elffers, Schrofer, Bons and many others. The letters are emblematic of the first machine age and it impulse to build from or reduce to simple geometric elements. They seem mechanistic but are not obviously made by any specific tool or machine. This presentation will trace this most modernist of letters to its mechanical origins. The trail will lead to the northeastern United States where, in the middle decades of the 19th century, a group of inventor-makers devised letters of this kind for very practical reasons. Their aim was quick and easy stencil cutting. To achieve this, stencil letter punches seemed like a good idea---and so they invented them. When it came to their manufacture, the punches acquired striking features: forms stripped of all vulnerable detail, cut with grinding wheels, hack saws and files, built to withstand relentless hammer blows, driving them through brass into hard wood. Letterform conventions were followed but only so far as manufacture and use would allow. The results were odd, perhaps ugly, but certainly purposeful. In addition to reviewing the idiosyncratic form and manufacture of these letters, the presentation will offer brief profiles of their almost unknown inventor-makers. A range of artefacts associated with stencil letter punches will be illustrated, including stencil-making outfits advertised and sold in the US after 1860, which were bought by enterprising individuals in search of a trade. Requiring only a modest outlay, some initiative and perhaps a decent pair of boots, many purchasers became canvassing stencil cutters, armed with a license, an account book and a small catalogue of designs to tempt the public. The presentation will follow the evolution of stencil letter punches through the later 19th century and into the 20th, when their letters were reborn into a bright modernist world. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Fype Co
    [Muhammad Hasan]

    Aka Fitiyawan, who seems to have many other identities as well. As "Fype Co" (est. 2019), based in Magelang, Indonesia, he/she designed these script typefaces in 2019: Justoma, Ameyasi, Balgona (formal calligraphic), Qimona, Beardcanye, Renate, Grimalkin, Amelia Nature (a monoline script), Baliany, HoneySome, Blacks, Sunday Sugar (signage script), Minerals Buble, and Panda Script. Other typefaces designed in 2019: Biosphere (a squarish industrial style condensed all caps sans), Nought (an experimental slab serif), Graveyard, Blackfire (a rounded all caps sans with arts and crafts influences), Dioxide, Pomiform, Sci Fi Bronze, Prestigious, Relaunch, Marginal (oriental simulation), Necked (a sports font), Dia de Martini (Tuscan), Charlie (art deco), Kingfish (a cartoon font).

    Typefaces from 2020: King and Queen (a 23-style lachrymal serif family), Saodah, Rei Biensa, Lemenso, Hiluan Sea, Beard Canye, Pier Georad (a supermarket signage script), London Bridge (a wide geometric sans with a short-armed lowercase r and a spectacular ri ligature), Glover, Prestigious (a fashion mag typeface), Dioxide (an all caps wedge serif titling typeface), Relaunch, Bollent (fashionable, all caps), Cargiona (a stylish plumpish sans), Moilgo (a curvy display typeface), Kickers (a rounded vintage display serif family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Mister Frogs (a funky font with a cartoon feel), Bloena, Boedimant (a weathered stencil typeface), Dogiesland (scrapbook font), Gostend, Kamaboko (a delightfully loony children's book font).

    Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Gábor Kóthay
    [Fontmunkások]

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    Gabriel Vaury

    Graduate of the DSAA program at Ecole Estienne in Paris. Co-designer, with Léo Guibert of the transitional text typeface Heritier Print (in Book, Italic, Display, Display Italic and Black styles) and Heritier Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gaelle Roubault

    Bordeaux, France-based designer of a curvy ball terminal stencil typeface in 2018. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Galdino Otten

    Cartoonist from Recife, Brazil, b. 1966, whose sense of humor and artsistic prowess shine in his dingbat fonts. Dafont link. Fontsy link.

    Creator of the experimental Almost Sanskrit (2009), Zodiac Nice (2009, astrological symbols), Xilo in Zodiac (2009), Xilo-Cordel-Literature (2009, dingbats), Cordel Circo Mambembe (2010), Inside Issue (2009), Stretched Signature Flex (2009), Action of the time (2009, grunge), the dingbat typeface Ugly Cars (2010), the grunge typeface Capitão Galdino (2008), the grunge typeface Saltpeter-N-Fungus (2010), Texture Road (2010, more grunge), BSB DF 50 (2010, grunge), Fine Serif (2009), and the nice dingbat typeface Ochent Silibrina (2009).

    Fonts made in 2010: Sport 4 Ever (dingbats for Olympic Games), 60sPop (multiline face), DotSpot (dot matrix), IRON H METAL (tattoo, gothic), IngaStoneSigns (stone age glyphs), Ode2PasteUp (hand-printed), WideSquare (pixelish), ActionoftheTimeNewUL, BSBDF50, Haus-Sweet-Haus, INSIGHT-ISSUE-NEW, Movie Filmstrip, SquareChalk, Action Of The Time New (grunge), CordelValentine (dingbats), IngaStoneSigns (petroglyphs), SustainableAmazon, VeryDamaged (grunge), ParkTechCG (letters as in wired circuits), kidSWritten, Iron H MetallLight, LaceNice (knitted look), Ode2PasteUp, TextureRoad (grunge).

    Fonts from 2011: Booklet Cordel (sketched), Cordel Encarnado, Nuclear Accident (texture face), Noncircular (techno), Old Press (grunge), Old Typography (grunge).

    Fonts made in 2012: New Press (condensed sans family, +Eroded), Sketch Wall, Comic Gibi, Own Written, Comica BD (comic book shadow font), Cartoon Relief (a 3d cartoon typeface), Riscada Doodle (scratchy hand), Sketch Nice, Needlework Good (a stitching font), Biscuit Made, Just Skinny, Crazy Style, After Cheret (hand-drawn 3d shaded outline face), Spots in the mirror, TNT Xplosion, Escrita Toska (curly script), Cordel Movies (moviemaking dingbats), Fine N Tall, Cordel Groteska, From Street Art (free graffiti font), Sketch College (sketched athletic shirt font), Thin Press (grungy vernacular type), Sketch Serif, Relief BD, Maxxi Serif (very heavily slabbed serif face), Semi Cursive Gut, Sketch Coursive (sketch face), Salt Pet Non Eroded, Advanced Architecture, Very Fine Serif (a monoline Egyptian), Sketch Nothing, Freehand Nothing, Shark Attack (curly), Do Doodle, Maybe Pollock (dust texture face), Xilo Prosa (grunge), Thin Design, Amazon Palafita (hand-drawn 3d outline face), Snow Times, Snow Traces, USSR Army (rough army stencil with a Russian feel), Needlework US (stitch font), Old Scribe (Greek lapidary face), Nickel Bumpy, Soviet Style (stencil face), Top Modern (heavy slab serif), Lettering Set New, Carton East, Not Tuned TV (sketch font), Scar Bleed (scary font), Maxxi Dots (texture face, +Shadows), Dots Land Gotika (grungy blackletter), Stefanie Dots (textured letters), Karamuruh (textured caps), Broken Type (grunge: a glaz krak font), Touppeka (a Kafkaesque, tribal or painter's font), Old Dreams (grungy), Bad King (sketched typeface), False 3D (hand-printed 3d outline typeface), True2D, I Wrote All, Resistance Until The End.

    Typefaces from 2013: Serifa Comica (comic book slab), Press Style Serif (letterpress style), Press Style Large, Triatlhon In (sic: a Greek simulation face), Go 2 Old Western (grungy wood type), Old Serif Gut, Press Style (letterpress style typeface), Dust Serif, Thing Press, Thin Grotesk Serif, Before Collapse (glaz krak face), Stencil Style New (a military stencil), Damaged Serif, Press Serif Cool, Press Feeling, Sketch Toska, Link Parties, Almost Cartoon, Cartoon Toy, Toy Toy Toon, Fine Style (didone caps), Fine Sans (Peignotian), Beyond Blackboard, Forgotten Junk (grunge).

    Typefaces from 2014: Simply Rounded, Cartoon 2 Packages, Pain N Bleed, Yummy Lollipop, Hippie Movement, Rotunda Geo, Old Figaro Cursive, Cute Cartoon, Sketch Gothic School (sketched blackletter), Fine College (hatched athletic lettering face), Press Felling Eroded (letterpress emulation), School Book New (sketched), Stencil Cargo Army (military stencil), Fine Eroded, Grunge Poster, Education Is A Way, Cartoon Blocks, Cartoon Bones, Cursive Option, Odd Press (letterpress emulation), Cartoon Tunes, From Cartoon Blocks (3d), Hippie Movement, Yummy Lollipop, Needlework Perfect, Press Gutenberg (blackletter), Unic Calligraphy, Roundfed Eroded, Children's Book (outlined), Neon 2 News, Good Choice (shaded letterpress emulation), Cartoon 2 Us, O 10 Type, Dust West (grungy Western style), Comic Balloon, Caligraf 1435 (pirate era script), No Name Sans, Top Secret Stamp (grungy stencil), Fine Blackboard (blackboard bold, inline), Press Style Extra L (letterpress), Sounds Good (geometric sans), Sounds Eroded (shaded letterpress font), Cartoon Blocks Christmas, Street 2 Art (graffiti font).

    Typefaces from 2015: Snaps Taste (a grocery store or comic book font), Snaps Taste Christmas, Calligraphy Hand Made, Silly Aliens (dingbats), Sketch Match (3d, sketched), Cartoon 4 Sports (dingbats), Kids Book, Almost Japanese (oriental simulation font, +Comic, +Cartoon), Inga Stone Redesigned, Money Money Plus (engraved money font emulation), Thin Cool, Old N New Media (dingbats), Thinkers World (scanbats of famous intellectuals), Magical Cord, Quick Writing, Eroded 2 Much, Stencil Army WW I (military stencil), Stencil WW II (military stencil), D-Day Stencil (military stencil), Western Bang Bang (weathered Western font), Modern Serif, Modern Serif Eroded, Money Money (handcrafted engraved currency font), Almost Japanese Smooth (oriental simulation typeface), Write Righ, Ease Christmas (dingbats), Sketch Script Cool, Ficticcia College.

    Typefaces from 2016: Doodle Cafe Scents (dingbats), Christmas Cookies, Coffee Written, Soft Marshmallow, Niagra Faults, Sketch Toronto, Sketch Fine Serif, Sketch Handwriting, Typewriter Press, Typewriter Style, Sketch 3D, Maple 3 Cartoon (snow-covered letters).

    Typefaces from 2017: Crazy Krabs, Old Barbwire, Gregory Packaging, Ghost Army Stencil, Old Wise Sketch (sketched blackletter), Packaging Funny, Blackboard Restaurant, Kavernosa (bony typeface), Little Kid.

    Typefaces from 2018: 1927 Epoque, Cartoon Toy Turbo, Old Wise Lord (blackletter), Handmade Memories, Silly Cartoon, Old Press Original, Pet Shop, Cute Script, Dust West College (hatched), New Comic BD.

    Typefaces from 2019: Eco Bamboo (Cartoon, Fun), Karamuruh Turbo (all caps with a quilted texture), Cordel Junina, Cordel de Mangai (240 dingbats), Cordel Rustika.

    Typefaces from 2020: Beach Party Cartoon. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Galen Lawson
    [District (was: CV Type)]

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    Gareth Hague

    British type designer. With David James, [T-26] co-designer of AES, August. At Alias (a company he founded with David James in London), he made Barb (2016, a wide stencil typeface), Asperity (2012), Asphalt (2012), Aspic (2012), Caustic and Caustic Web (2012, chiseled), Lily (2012), Oban (2011, a gorgeous high-contrast didone family influenced by Thorowgood; with blackboard bold styles included), Ano (2012, a simple circle-based monoline sans family; followed in 2018 by the straight-edged Ano Angular), Cactus (2004, a condensed typeface family), Aspic (2011, a signage script), Asphalt (2011, signage script), Perla and Perla Outline (2004, an elegant artdeco unicase didone with teardrop terminals), Klute (Black, Capitals, White: an ugly and useless octagonal family that could be used for gnawing German expressionist pieces), Anomoly (2004), Key, Elephant, Harbour (2008: a medieval, broken look, with wedge serifs), Civility (2002, connected handwriting), Factory, Aminta, Granite (1995), Intimo, Jackdaw, Progress, Progress Two (2012), Sylvia, Jude (1999, a big text family), Mantis, Metropolitan, Metsys (1997), Pop (triline font), Sister (1995), Text.

    In 2009, he designed 2012 Headline for the London Olympics---typophiles are generally disappointed with this daring design in the general angular category, and refer to better representatives of this genre such as Cyrus Highsmith's Occupant Gothic, Emigre's Elektrix, Hubert Jocham's Keks, and Chris Lozos's Dez Sans Script.

    With David James, he designed Noah Text (2013).

    In 2018, he designed Quair: Quair mixes typographic and graphic reference points, most notably from market-stall trader lettering and from Thorowgood and Scotch nineteenth-century typefaces. He also published the stencil typeface High in 2018.

    Typefaces from 2019: Schism One, Schism Two, Schism Three [these are serifless versions of Alias Didot with various amounts of contrast. They are more modulated and twistier than Peignot], Vertical (a humanist sans with vertical terminals: a squarish, high-shouldered shape, suggesting Roger Excoffon's Antique Olive).

    Fontworks interview. Catalog of Gareth Hague's typefaces. FontShop link. Klingspor link. MyFonts interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Gareth Hague
    [Alias]

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    Garisman Studio
    [Risman Ginarwan]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1994) of Patient (squarish) (2021), Wilden (a national park signage font) (2021), Renaise (2021: a letter sign typeface), Farson Family (a weathered vintage label font) (2020), Hookward (condensed and handdrawn) (2020), Retrosey (2020), Holdem (a geometric solid font) (2020), Pylox Street (a fat graffiti font) (2020), Hello Eatery (2020), Highly (2020: an all caps grotesk with some quirks), Chelsea Olivia (a font duo) (2020), Attractype Reborn (2020: a vernacular script), Blocky (2020), Beblock (counterless, handcrafted), Yournotes (2020: a notebook script), Austellia (2020: a dry brush script), Courtland (2020), Lastwinter (2020: a brush script), GR Milesons (2020: art deco), Amoore (2020: all caps, hand-drawn), GR Altosa (2020: a headline sans), Blacks Roobin (2020), Barnett (2020), Highly (2020), Zanaz (2020: a neurotic font), Header Marker (2020), Folkner (2020: emulating stamped letters), Backrush (2020: a dry brush script), Bebrush (2020), Alligator (2020: a death metal font), Nersans (2020: a vintage display sans), GR Read (2020: an all caps headine sans), GR Norch (2020: a sports font), Pintersan (2020), Wattgone (2020), Delight Love (2020), Cattle (2020), Kartoon (2020), Yournotes, Magic Spring, Strong Boyz, Indentia (2020: art deco), Bruzh (2020), Australove (2020), Keypass (2020), Ecriture (2020), Meethlake (2020), Ellouise (2019), Rezpector (2019), Childo (2019: rounded sign painting sans), Elbrush (2019), Jungle Land (2019), Winterbrush (2019), Wintersoul (2019: free), Cordon (2019), Humming (2019), Ouders and Ouders Stencil (2019: rustic), Black Ground (2019: a letterpress font), Hardcore (2019: dry brush), Wattermellon (2019), Attractype Reborn (2019), Real Brush (2019), Wardness (2019), Headson (2019), Signation (2019: signage script), Meranie (2019), Blocky (2019), Destone (2019), Sattersoon (2019), Bassheads (2019; a brush script), Beautiful Heart (2019), Rembank (2019: script), Darkwart Letter (2019), Winsberg (2019), Smackover (2019), Magelove One (2019), Lastwinter (2019), Beattingvile (2019), Sanpaullo (2019), Slovenia (2019), Hellotropica (2019), Molliquam (2019: a brush stroke font), Alinnea (2019: a signature font), Webrush (2019), Starbricks (2019: dry brush), Sacreditty (2019: a free dry brush), Donatellia (2019), Chelsea Olivia (2019: font duo), Austellia (2019: dry brush script), Maxtield (2019: a mural paint or graffiti font), Courtland, Hasthon (2019), Beattingvile (2019), Hardner (2019: monoline retro script), Vector Type (2019), Mighty Brush (2019), Thanose (2019: blackletter), Motowerks (2019: a fat monoline script), Millo (2019), Freudian (2019), Hurson Clean and Rough (2019), Nootdorp (2019), Afterkilly (2019: blackletter), Vintages (2019), Sutter Camp, Westpart (dry brush), Maqueen (2019: sans and script), Easttalia (2019), Meifen (2019: oriental simulation), Chakie (2019: chalk font), Reallova (2019: brush), Theme (2019: a painted texture font), Sunkiss (2019: brush script), Riborn (2019: vintage lettering), Southen (2019), Ultra Brush (2019), Soul Paint (2019: brush), Dirty Brush (2019), Hurson (2019: vintage style), Northen (2019: brush font), Dakwart Letter (2019: brush font), Lolitta (2018), High Xire (2018: dry brush), Hoolegan (2018: grungy), Lesjam (2018: sans), Letter Hellen (2018: a rabbit ear script), Venator (2018: brush script), Sellwyne (2018: a creamy brush script), Kakara (2018), JustJessy (2018), Ellaine (2018) and Adelard (Serif and Scratches) (2018). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Gaslight (or: Valery Zaveryaev)
    [Valery Zaveryaev]

    Gaslight-type-foundry is collaboration between three type designers---Valery Zaveryaev, Maria Luarvik, and Roman Shchyukin---, founded in 2011. Valery Zaveryaev is a Russian designer (b. Bryansk, 1977) at LetterBe, who created the octagonal family Teco (2005), the display typeface Brut (2005), the clean sans family Maza (2005), the informal unicase family Rezerv (2009, inspired by a logo he created for Evroterm), Barrez (2010, a techno family inspired by the TC-Helicon logo), and the stencil typeface Marshrut (2005).

    He lives in Bryansk. All his fonts are Latin/Cyrillic.

    In 2011, Zaveryaev set up the commercial foundry Gaslight. Fonts there include the elliptical family Maza (2005), the angular elliptical family Barrez (2010), Brut (2005), and the stencil typeface Marshrut (2005). Electrolize (2011) is a free squarish typeface available from Google Web Fonts. Bad Script (2011, Google Web Fonts) is an informal hand-printed typeface made by Roman Shchyukin.

    Rock Logo (2012) is a metal band / tattoo font co-designed with Roman Shchyukin. Wide Display and Wide Display Ribbon are unicase headline typefaces. Teco Sans (2012) is an octagonal military typeface family, accompanied by the icon font TecoSymbol (2012) and the stencil family Teco Sans Stencil (2012). Teco Serif (2012) is an octagonal slab version of Teco Sans.

    Still in 2012, Zaveryaev designed Actio, Roz (rounded sans family), Wary (pop art typeface that won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014), the fat display overlay families Quadratish Serif and Quadratish Solid.

    Delgado (2012) is an elegant tall and thin fashion mag typeface for Latin and Cyrillic, made by Roman Shchyukin. It won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014.

    Typefaces from 2013: Kiddy, Gen (techno), Tesla (techno face, Roman Shchyukin).

    Typefaces from 2014: Dotee (octagonal paper cut-out typeface, by Valery Zaveryaev and Maria Luarvik), Sofya.

    Typefaces from 2015: Mx and My (Peignotian caps typefaces).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fada (by Roman Shchyukin), Pleinair, Rawer (sans, +stencil, +outline), Misty (by Valery Zaveryaev), Agio (by Valery Zaveryaev).

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    Gavillet&Rust
    [Gilles Gavillet]

    Gavillet&Rust is a design company based in Geneva. It was founded in 2002 by Gilles Gavillet and David Rust, two ECAL (University of Art&Design Lausanne) alumni. Now a four people studio, they develop projects for a range of institutional and private clients such as JRP|Ringier, Zürich and the EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). Their type, poster and book designs have been awarded numerous times at the Swiss design awards. In 2006, they received the Jan Tschichold Prize from the Swiss Federal Office for Culture. Type designs include Executive, Cargo (Optimo: a stencil family), Hermes, Index, Montana and Politics. Associated with Optimo in Lausanne. They are doing custom type such as the gorgeous bi-line deco face for the Saks Gallery in Geneva (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Geengraphy
    [Sarawut Klabkasem]

    Bangkholaem, Thailand-based designer of the stencil typefaces Berex (2020), Chavy (2020), Qugey (2020), Quora (2020), Agory (2020), Mova (2020), Avakan (2020), Urban (2020), Minimal (2020), Quater (2020), Ergosy (2020) and Havena (2020), the circle-based font Abadon (2020), and the modular typefaces Rough Rider (2020) and Botrio (2020). Earlier, he designed tens of other fonts, mostly of a techno or modular nature, including some color fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gen Ramirez
    [Tapatipo]

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    Gene Buban

    Gene Buban (aka geneus1) is the creative and prolific designer at FontStruct in 2008-2009 of these typefaces:

    • Aerologica (2009): 3-d headline face.
    • Alphadings: DeTracks.
    • Altitudinus (2010).
    • Amplifica (+Carved, 2010).
    • Arkham Bloodletters (2008).
    • bay6
    • Bauhaus style: Slink (2009) is a tribute to Josef Albers---one could also call it a piano key font. Codename Bauhaus (2010).
    • Arc Brick 1:1 and 2:2 (2010).
    • Bevelicious (2009): 3d shadow face.
    • Bezziaiare (2010): an imitation of Futura.
    • Brikd is a fantastic headline face.
    • Bubble Lab EF (2008) and Bubble Lab Bang (2008): dingbat fonts.
    • Calligraphique (2010).
    • Candella (2013).
    • ChequereBoard (2008): a 3d face.
    • Christmas fonts: Kallosia Decorative (2009, blackletter), Snowflakes (2009).
    • Clone War (2008).
    • code2
    • Codename Bauhaus (2010).
    • Country Fried (Western style)
    • Crossfyre (2010).
    • Crystles (2014). He writes: In 1983, Atari released the Crystal Castles video game. You play Bentley Bear walking around castles and collecting gems. Trimetric instead of isometric. Interestingly enough, the initials of the highest scorer in the leaderboard is used to build the first castle. This font version is created using the same thin plated tiles that the player traverses through the castles.
    • Decorata (stylized art deco)
    • Didone fonts: Legality (2009, sharply serifed), Petrissage (2009).
    • Digibubble (2014: pixelish face).
    • Dingbats: DeTrayne (graffiti-clad trains), Happy Halloween (2009).
    • Egalite (2010): a blackletter face.
    • Direktype (2014: striped).
    • Elektronika (2009) and Circularities (2015). Pixelish.
    • ElSeeDee (2008, white on a black grid, inspired by the baggage claim LED scrolling message system at the Oakland Airport)
    • Effleurage (2009).
    • Eurostijl (2008)
    • Exersia, Excursia
    • Ferno (hell?)
    • Filmstryp (2008)
    • Flameon (2008) is a vertically striped athletic lettering font.
    • Fluoralei (2008) and Fluoralyte (2008) are all caps floral-themed typefaces.
    • Futuro (2008) and Futuro Extra Bold (2008).
    • Futurity Watch (2009).
    • Fragg (2014: a rounded stencil face).
    • Framestore (2008).
    • G1 Construx (2012). An arched textured typeface for "under construction" signage.
    • G1 Stenzilla (2012). A piano key stencil face. G1 Twyne (2014: Celtic knots), G12 Brayed (2014: Celtic knots), G1 Explo (2014), G1 Fasttrax (2013).
    • Gappy and Gappy LC (2010).
    • Geolateral
    • Glossierre (2009).
    • Graffikki (2010): graffiti face.
    • Hammerslab (2008) is a very thick heavy slab serif face.
    • Happy Halloween (2008): Halloween dingbats.
    • HellStruct (2008): flamed letters.
    • hollo, holloback, holloblack
    • HulkSmash has the look of cracked concrete blocks---has to be seen to be believed!
    • HyperLynk (2010).
    • Indiglo (2010).
    • Interblok Cylindrome (2011) and Interblok Stroke (2009): labyrinthine / Celtic knot / texture typefaces.
    • IronManic (2008, letters resemble armor steel plates with bolts)
    • IsoMatrix 3D (2009, an Escher deception in 3D), Bevelluzian (2010, 3d beveled checkerboard illusion).
    • Jaggs (2010): angular.
    • Karuso 68 (2009).
    • Leefer is a kitchen tile font.
    • Legere (2010, a roman face).
    • LegoManiax (2008).
    • G1 Lovelines (2016). A multiline typeface with embedded hearts that won an award in the 2016 FontStruct competition on the theme of love.
    • Lucid (2009).
    • Lush Alienne Caps (2014).
    • Microboto (2014).
    • Modulus and Modulus Black, ultra fat fonts.
    • Motternal (2011), a version of Othmar Motter's Motter Tektura.
    • Mucro Bold, a heavy metal band font
    • Multiverse Diagonality (2009).
    • Nontroppo (2010).
    • Outlier (2010).
    • Paradoxx (2011). Peignotian.
    • Periculum (2010): monoline sans.
    • pixsle
    • Pixsle (2010).
    • Predatoric ad Predatoric2 (2010).
    • Prikkle (2010): angular.
    • Ray Type Alpha (2014). A game font based on Konami's 1981 game Scramble.
    • Renovare S1 (2010) and Renovare S2 (2015). a slab serif.
    • Requiemme Decorum (Sept. 14th, 2009): blackletter. He writes: Exactly one year ago two of my cousins, Chris and Cleofe, got into a dealer-loaned Lexus for a trip after their main car was being repaired. Cleofe's husband, a CHP officer, was driving and their teen daughter was along for the ride. While on the freeway, the accelerator became stuck and they lost control of the car. As the runaway vehicle sped up to over 100 mph, all four passengers were killed in a fiery crash in the San Diego River. The loss was unquantifiably devastating. This immensely tragic event led my aunt to testify before congress with damning evidence that would initiate the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles. Requiemme Decorum was created on the way down to southern California for the funeral services. For Chris, Cleofe, Mark, and Mahala, may you all rest in peace and love.
    • Renovare (2010, +Renovare S1, S2): a slab serif.
    • Roboscript (2008): an upright connected school script.
    • Rubrix (2008): a Rubik cube dingbat font.
    • Sanserity (2013).
    • Scipio (2010).
    • Scribble Not (2010) is a texture face.
    • Sequencia (2010).
    • sedagive
    • Seriface and Seriface 2.0 (2010, a roman all-caps set).
    • Sharp-serifed almost modern typefaces: Legality, Petrissage, Effleurage, Karuso68.
    • Sinaloco (2014: in the style of Sinaloa).
    • Sirkles (2015). a dot-matrix typeface.
    • Sonorous (2010). Broadway-style art deco typeface.
    • Spartan Tech (2010): inspired by the multiplayer game Halo3.
    • Stanley Twobrick (pointy minimalist face)
    • Startrek typefaces: Transformicon (2009).
    • Stencilline (2014).
    • Streamlyne (2010, squarish, outlined).
    • Structurocca and Structurozza (2009): Horizontally stencilled black typefaces.
    • Swizelle (2015). A lava lamp typeface.
    • Tangience and Tangience Solid (2008) are fonts in which the glyphs are built up from circles glued together.
    • Tetrisyde
    • The Pax Man (2009): metallic whatever.
    • Trelief and Trelief Rounded (2010): multilined 3d beveled typefaces.
    • Tubric (2010): counterless.
    • Upriteous and Upriteous Black, condensed protestant fonts.
    • Victoriana (Victorian caps)
    • Vindicta Dualine (2011: Blackboard bold).
    • Wall-F: white squarish letters in black circles
    • Waverly, with scary pointed barbs like on German WWI helmets.
    • Weaver (Celtic knot-themed letters)
    • Xerro (2010): like Helvetica.
    • Yeomamuh, a fat look face.
    • Wypeout (2010)
    • Zorea (2014, inline font).
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    Gens Creatif Store
    [Jujun Junaedi]

    Pangandaran, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1999) of these display typefaces in 2019: Punch Me (an angular coic book face), Kidzz (super plump letters), Baloon, Robinson, Ester, Halloween (a spooky brush font), Lunatic (a stencil typeface), Barbeque, Better, Metrum, Gens Barbeque, Gens Better Then You, Gens Font, Podol.

    Typefaces from 2020: Unicorns Monster (a great fat handcrafted caps typeface), Adelwish, Romusha, Scratch, Attachment, Bigfoot (a creamy script), Cheeseburger, Culture, Sweet, Rythem, Sugar Rush, Zero. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Geoff Anderson
    [Sparklefonts]

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    Geoff Gunning

    Aka Bud White. Dundee, Scotland-based creator of Winger (2013), Quird (2013), Knat (2013), Chinger (2013), Chum (2013), Plantor (poster face), Ohdoad (2013, an organic sans), Chunq Dipped (2013, blood drip font), Bacon Bad (2013, multilined wavy typeface), Hinge (2013, a thin sans face), Bumple (2013, FontStruct font), Waponi (2013, a military stencil face), Eeroom (2013, hand-printed), Platly (2013), the fun informal straight-edged typeface Bassist (2013), the ink spill typeface Oops (2013), the free brushy signage font Scribbage (2013), the hand-printed Order Up (2013), the tall Kinkich (2013, FontStruct), the paper cut typeface Chunq (2013), and the shaky typeface Landslide.

    Typefaces from 2014: Baddit (bilined), Cobac (shadow face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Geoff Huasca

    Nice, France-based designer of the free broken stencil typeface Orion (2015), which was done for a school project at EC Arts et Création. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Geoffroy Tobé

    French designer of these fonts (no downloads): NSBC (stencil), Opening (octagonal), 2/3 (experimental), Didi, Chatsworth Road (comic book face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Georg Seifert
    [Schriftgestaltung]

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    George Abbate

    Type designer who published these fonts at Photo Lettering: Aqua Bold (signage font), Black Gothic Condensed, Gothic Bold, Nixon (a soft poster face), Stencil Condensed. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    George Lygas

    George Lygas studied Printing and Graphic Arts at the National Design School (TEI) of Athens. His graduation thesis on Greek Typography was the base for PF Scriptor, a revival of a historic Greek typeface. He collaborated with Panos Vassiliou in the design of PF Stamps (2002-2006, a stencil family, also done with Panos Vassiliou). All his typefaces cover Greek and Cyrillic He currently works for Parachute. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    George Triantafyllakos
    [Atypical]

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    George Triantafyllakos
    [Backpacker]

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    Gerard Unger

    Dutch type designer, born in Arnhem, The Netherlands, in 1942, d. 2018. He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, and taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Reading, and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. From 1974 on, he designed type, starting his career at Hell in Kiel in 1986. Until the end of his career, he taught at Reading and Rietveld. Unger designed stamps, coins, magazines, newspapers, books, logo's, corporate identities, annual reports and many other objects. But he was best known for his typefaces:

    • Markeur (1972), not available as digital type. Unger's first typeface, designed for Enschedé's Pantotype system.
    • M.O.L. (1974), not available as digital type. M.O.L. is the type used in the Amsterdam subway.
    • Demos (1975-1976, Linotype). Unger said once that this was his first face, and that he made it at Hell in Kiel in 1974 (but I am confused then as to the date of Markeur then).
    • Demos (new version 2001), available from Visualogik. In 2015, Gerard published Demos Next (done together with Monotype's Linda Hintz and dan Reynolds) at Linotype.
    • Praxis (1976, Linotype). Revived in 2017 as Praxis Next, also at Linotype. Linotype writes that the design is by Gerard Unger, Linda Hintz and the Monotype Design Studio.
    • Hollander (1983, Linotype).
    • Flora (1984). There is also ITC Flora (1980-1984). Named after Unger's daughter, this is an upright sans italic.
    • Swift (1985). This sturdy transitional typeface is his most popular design. It is used by many Dutch and Scandinavian newspapers, and got Unger the Gravisie-prijs in 1988. In 2009, Linotype published Neue Swift (a 1995 design by Unger), i.e., Swift with old style figures thrown in. See also Swift 2.0 (1995).
    • Amerigo (1986), available from Bitstream. This was originally designed for 300dpi laserprinters. It is a tapered almost lapidary typeface family. In the Bitstream collection, Amerigo is called Flareserif 831.
    • Oranda (1987), available from Bitstream. This is a slab serif originally drawn for the European hardware manufacturer Océ in 1968.
    • Cyrano (1989).
    • Argo (1991), available from Dutch Type Library.
    • Delftse Poort (1991), a stencil typeface not available as digital type.
    • Decoder (1992), available from Font Shop. This was a font from the FUSE 2 collection.
    • Gulliver (1993). This typeface was used by USA Today and the Stuttgarter Zeitung. Can be bought from URW++ from 2009 onwards.
    • OCW Swift (1995-1997, for Ministerie van OC en W, Zoetermeer - NL, by Visualogik Technology&Design).
    • ANWB fonts (1997), available from Visualogik.
    • Capitolium (1998). Capitolium was designed in 1998 at the request of the Agenzia romana per la preparatione del Giubileo for the Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church in 2000. It was not used though for the millennium celebrations. In 2002, Capitolium was picked as the serif font for the material of ATypI in Rome. It was accompanied in that advertising by Unger's sans serif font Vesta (2001), loosely based on the lettering at the Vesta temple in Tivoli. He developed Capitolium futher to make Capitolium News and Capitolium News 2 (2011, Type Together), so that the adapted glyphs would be more legible (large x-height) and fit better on a page (more glyphs per line). The modern typeface Capitolium News 2 was published by Type Together in 2011.
    • Paradox (1999), available from Dutch Type Library. This is a Didone font done in 1999, for which he won a Bukvaraz award in 2002.
    • Coranto (2000). In 2011, Coranto2 was published at TypeTogether: Coranto 2 is originally based on Unger's typeface Paradox, and arose from a desire to transfer the elegance and refinement of that type to newsprint.
    • Vesta (2001). The sans serif Vesta (designed as a possible candidate sans serif for the Rome 2000 project) won an award at Bukvaraz 2001. It is available now as Big Vesta (2003).
    • Linotype Library is the licenser of the German government's new corporate design typefaces Neue Demos (Antiqua, 2004) and Neue Praxis (sans-serif, 2004) by Unger. The typefaces are to be used for all official correspondence, brochures and advertisements.
    • Allianz (2005) is a corporate type system with sans and serif typefaces developed with the firm of Claus Koch of Düsseldorf. The typefaces were designed in collaboration with Veronika Burian, London, and were produced as fonts by Visualogik, 's-Hertogenbosch.
    • Alverata (2013). A lapidary flared typeface with a huge x-height influenced by roman ("romanesque") lettering from the XIth and XIIth centuries. Alverata consists of three different fonts: Alverata, Alverata Irregular and Alverata Informal. For the development of the Greek letterforms, Unger collaborated with Gerry Leonidas (University of Reading) and Irene Vlachou (Athens). He cooperated with Tom Grace for the Cyrillic letterforms. Alverata was published by Type Together in 2014 and 2015. It appears to have Vesta's skeleton and dimensions. Alverata won the type design prize at Tokyo Type Directors Club 2016. PDF file.
    • Sanserata (2016, Type Together). The blurb: Sanserata is an articulated sans that mirrors Alverata's creativity and concept. Its bright and unflappable nature make it perfect for positive and casual brands, and its accentuated terminals improve legibility in text, especially on screens where light emission tends to round off the endings of glyphs.

    Gerard Unger lived in Chicago and Bussum, The Netherlands. Besides the awards mentioned in the list above, he received global prizes for his typography, such as the H.N. Werkman Prize (1984), the Maurits Enschedé-Prize (1991), the 2009 SOTA Typography Award and the TDC Medal (2017).

    Author of Terwijl Je Leest (Amsterdam, 1997) and Theory of Type Design (2018).

    Books about Gerard Unger include Gerard Unger Life in Letters (2021, by Christopher Burke, De Buitenkant).

    Interview by John L. Walters. At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about type for dailies, and also on Neue Demos and Neue Praxis. At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, he spoke about letterforms in inscriptions from the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries. FontShop link. Klingspor link.

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    Gerhard Schwekendiek

    South African designer of Greyton Script (1991, Letraset), an inline calligraphic (engraved) typeface. At Berthold in 1972, he published Gesh Export 233 (stencil), Gesh Introduction and Gesh Ortega Roman 275. For revivals of Gesh Export, see OPTI Gilpin 5 (by Castcraft) and the free font Stencil Expert (1993, Allen R. Walden). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    German Jiménez Pinilla

    Bucaramanga, Colombia-based graphic designer (b. Santander) who graduated from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogota in 1993, and now runs a studio in Bucaramanga. He also teaches at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Seccional Bucaramanga.

    Creator of Arko (2006), Mandela (counterless typeface), Nobde (2005), Mandela (2013), a dark counterless typeface. In 2014, he designed the heavy octagonal stencil typeface Arsan. In 2016, he published the techno poster typeface Magdalena and the experimental stick typeface Festis.

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    Geronimo Fonts (or: Paradox Fontworks, or: Typewire Studios)
    [Anthony Bowe]

    First called Geronimo Fonts, then Paradox Fontworks, and then Typewire Studios, this American studio created these free fonts in 2015: For Sara, Funkytown, Necktie (blackboard bold), Northpoint (strong octagonal varsity font), Kevin Eleven (handcrafted 3d font), Back to School (handcrafted), Musicnet (dot matrix font), Anxiety, Starship One, Astronaut City (comic book style), Internet Friends, Solitude (rounded sans), Kinetic Extreme (+Solid), Crank, Disco Flow, Psychedelic, Lemons, Bokai, Royalty Code, Operation (military octagonal stencil face), Northwest (squarish), Hijack, Establishment, Jamstone, Skinz, The Antenna, Distortion, Los Mesitos, Rock Salmon, Hand Stencil, Crossroads, Upton Funk, Zero Theory, The Million Mile Man (3d outline font), Blueberry Pie, Boraodway Musical, Block Cartoon, Cinematic Language, Kayak, Aerospace, Russian (constructivist), Lines (white on black), Ohio Collegiate, Alkaline.

    In 2014, Anthony designed these typefaces: The Ambrosia Society, The American (stencil), Clockwork (rounded and octagonal), Basico 1983, Crash Test, Christmas Sweater (textured, knitted), Dysfunctinal, Winter Sans, Tazorblade, Origami, Kingsbury, Mike, Secret Stencil, Braillefont, Encrypted, Spacecraft, Retro Serif, Something Blue, Lakeside, Amelia Pond, Kindergarten, Superpowers, Homeboys, Dispensations, Neutron (sans), Chrome, Mandarin, Battlecry (stencil), Spacebar, Starlight, Square Deal, Timeline, Simpetico, Guardians (octagonal), Pixel Rocks, Snakeway, The Spaceman, Paint Brush, Series Slab, Simple Life, Warehouse, Flappy Birdy, Brushmark, Hammers and Strings, I Do Not Trust You, My Dad Drives Me Crazy, Scriptfont, Widehand, Bastille, Destruction, Remember, Handlebars, Marksman, Animated, Chubby Gothic, Highlight, Lighthead, Random Type, Readable, Archibald, Stenciles, Andersans, Gondola (monoline geometric sans), Sundance Neue, Jangotype, Limousine, Crayon Kids, Packing Tape, Cartoon Adventures, Telescope, Little Shrimp, Destiny (FontStruct), Al Dente, Copper Four (piano key font), Digit LCD, Dimension (horizontally striped), Highway Block Sans, Integration, Overload (LED font), Scoreboard LED, The Distance LCD, Ace Gaffigan, Grean, The Distance (FontStruct), Reason to Believe, Quincy Egbert, Oklahoma, Anonymous, Amaretto, Espionage (horizontally striped), Waffleboy, Angular, Equalizer, Spangled, Freewind, Ancient Grease, Black Pine Trees, Etra Preview, Fun Fragment, Multilingual hand, Red Velvet, The Fragile Wind, Lightweight Serif, Instant Access, Black Pixel, Rapid Mental Thursday, Blue Chucks, Hand Power, Royalty Waffles, Anger Management, Pocket, Effective, Florida, Pencil Sharp, Silence Will Fall (a prison say counter font), Chuck, Caged, Diamond, Uncle Salsa, Zebru, Sun, Stafona, Questions, Fancy, Sunwave, Doodle Digit, Einstein Grand, Lollipop, Lemon Rose, Gentleman, Jukebox, Fuzzy, Monster Taxi, Popsicle, Ripleys, Fragment, Crashy, Ravioli, Little Picnic, Strobelight, Cool, Cheddar (hand-printed) and Comic Fade (a dot matrix font done at FontStruct), Schnoodle, Ice Cubed (pixel face), GF Albert, Garfield, Black Friday, National Industry, Warlox, Moneto, Troublemaers, Sundrop, Magnitude, Break The Chain, Black Fire, Ralph, Hexoto, Flubber, Crazy Smile, Angel, Cheapskate, Flatboard, Stitcher, Black Shadow (20143, a dripping blood font), Probably Yes, True Love, Charlie, George, Alpine Script, Aztec Kingdom, Megafont, LCD Expanded, Generation, Arcadia, Cosmo, Jokerface, Deco Future (a blackboard bold typeface, +Inline). Many of the typefaces were made with FontStruct.

    Typefaces from 2016: Inklings (textured), Scorpion (squarish), Vincentio (text typeface), University (varsity font), Gameplay, Barbershop (squarish blackboard bold style), Elevation (sans), Revolution Script, New Chinese (oriental simulation), Underground, The Neverlanders.

    Typefaces from 2017: Snowball, War of 1930, Superguns, High School, Destructive (octagonal stencil font), American Grunge, French Fries (shaded).

    Typefaces from 2018: Oldies Cartoon, Showtunes, Topline (squarish sans), Grunge Band, The Friendly Indians.

    Typefaces from 2019: Land+Mine (spurred), Jersey Slim.

    Typefaces from 2020: Meatloaf (pixelish), Space Galaxy, Ouitfield Pro (heavy sans caps), Alkine (circled letters), Flower Girl (alphadings), Lightzone (a dot matrix font), Gameplay 1987 (a pixel font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gerry Chapleski
    [words+pictures]

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    Gerry Powell

    Type and industrial designer, b. 1899, New York. He had his own design studio and became director of the American Type Founders company, commonly known as ATF. His typefaces:

    • Onyx (1937, ATF). Onyx was designed by Gerry Powell for ATF in 1937. It is a modernization of Modern Roman Bold Extra Condensed, and is virtually an extra condensed version of Ultra Bodoni. Mac McGrew: Linotype classifies the typeface with Poster Bodoni, their equivalent to Ultra Bodoni. Onyx Italic was designed by Sol Hess for Monotype in 1939, and is made as mats only by that company. Onyx is also cast by the [Lettergieterij] Amsterdam foundry as Arsis.

      Digital versions include Onyx (Bitstream), Onyx (Monotype), Onyx (Tilde), OPTI Onyx (Castcraft), and Onyx MT (Adobe). Arsis is now marketed by Linotype and URW. About Onyx versus Arsis, there has been some discussion by type lovers. Apparently, both were released in 1937, Onyx by ATF and Arsis by Tetterode. It is believed both foundries had a deal on the exchange of some typefaces. Lanston Monotype had a metal Onyx that was probably copied from the ATF version, and the Monotype UK metal Onyx was probably a copy of Lanston Monotype. The current digital version of Monotype seems to be made after the Monotype UK metal version. The Bitstream digital version was copied from the ATF Onyx typeface.

    • Stymie (ATF, 1935-1937, with Sol Hess). This was a Morris Fuller Benton design from 1931 created in reaction to the popular slab serif Memphis. Now available at Bitstream.
    • Stencil (ATF, 1937). Versions of this rounded stencil typeface exist at Bitstream, Linotype (1997, a Cyrillic version by Alexey Chekulaev), URW++, Adobe and Elsner&Flake. Mac McGrew: Stencil is a heavy roman letter with white breaks in the thinner strokes as though done with the traditional cut-out stencil. There are two versions of the type, both issued in 1937. The one drawn by R. Hunter Middleton for Ludlow appears to have reached the market first, having been advertised in June of that year. Its basic letter is much like a Clarendon (compare Craw Clarendon). The ATF version by Gerry Powell was ready the following month; it is narrower but has a bolder effect. Neither font has lowercase, but the ATF typeface is cut in a range of sizes, while Ludlow offers only one size.
    • Daily News Gothic (1938, ATF). Cut for the Daily News newspaper.
    • Spartan Bold Condensed (1940, ATF).

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

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    Gersan Borge

    Creator from Managua, Nicaragua, b. 1979, of the grungy display sans Promises Broken Dream (2011), the grungy Policia Corrupta (2012), and the military stencil typefaces Kripton A and Kripton B (2006-2008). Smash Punkers is a grungy stencil face. Alambrado Infernal (2006, Triton Company) is a barbed wire-inspired face. Cerca of Skulls (2008), Deat+Deat (2011), 1 Dimencion (2011), 5 Mentarios (2011), 48 Ver Lost (2011), One Punk (2011) and Breaksteel (2006) are grunge typefaces. Black Metal G (2011) are scanbats of black metal bands. Backspacer (2011) is a circled letter typeface made as a tribute to Pearl Jam.

    In 2013, he published The Libertines (old typewriter font) and Batman Evolution Logo (batman dings). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gestalten

    German foundry, part of Gestalten Designstudio and Die Gestalten Verlag (dgv) in Berlin, a company self-described as follows In 1990, industrial design students Markus Hollmann-Loges, Andreas Peyerl and Robert Klanten began to curate and organise prototype design shows commissioned by the worlds biggest consumer fair in Frankfurt in between attending their lectures and writing their dissertations. Very much aware of the limitations of their field of study, they soon moved to Berlin, where they quickly met key people involved in the local Techno and cultural scenes. With the advent of desktop publishing, they formed a loosely organized graphic design agency called Die Gestalten and started designing flyers and posters for clients such as the groundbreaking club Tresor and the annual Loveparade. Its typefaces, by designer:

    • Bowling Club: Victor.
    • Boris Dworschak: Basic, Exakt (stencil), Ikiru Sans (organic).
    • Stefan Gandl: DS Yakuti (experimental).
    • Alexander Puell: dtype (fuzzy typewriter), Online Gothic.
    • Frank Rocholl: Nuri (sans family).
    • Alexander Wise: Mini (hip display sans), Hiploe, Winter (modernistic two-line display face).
    • Marc Schilkowski: Traffic Wide.
    • Soffi Beier: Pemba (connected 50s script), Engel (sans family).
    • Fulguro: Adhesive (octagonal script).
    • Pau Misser: Agrafia (LED simulation), Bustia (futuristic), Escacs, Fastig, Hodierna, Natja, Oliosa, trifasic (futuristic), Quelcome.
    • Clarissa Tossin: Arvore (experimental).
    • Nik Thönen: Regular Cargo (stencil;; the Bold version is free), Blender (sans), Regular (sans).
    • André Nossek: Sassy (2006).
    • Martin Aleith: Boxen, Haudegen (octagonal style), Halunken (rpounded octagonal), Feixen, Braten Fat, Logasmen.
    • Michael Luther: Forza (was: Pilot).
    • Alexander Meyer: Lacrima (typewriter face).
    • Donald Beekman: Beatbox, Breeze.
    • Mika Mischler: Brother (stencil), T-Star Mono Round (monospace).
    • Birte Ludwig: Yogasaan (Indic simulation).
    • Pact: BR Jaeger (gothic).
    • Dimitri Lavrow: Hard Case Striped, Hannover Milennial (sans).
    • Erik Worsoe Eriksen: Friends (sans), Kit Fat.
    • Critzla: Flomaster (with JayOne), Starlet (fifties script), Franz Jaeger (ultra fat).
    • Jutojo: Inbetween (experimental).
    • Alexander Tibus: Wirefox (experimental).
    • Timo Gässner: 123 Naiv (2006).
    • Mutabor: Lingua Digitalis Icon Set (2012).

    Free fonts include Regular Cargo Bold by Nik Thoenen, RussianBread, DrEye and Doener Kebap Strong by Lund Sundson, as well as HardCase-Striped by Dimitri Lavrow. New releases. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ghassani Kargi

    Bekasi, Indonesia-based designer of the semi-stencil typeface Aeglyph (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gia Tran

    Gia Tran is a self-taught calligrapher and type designer. He has worked for Dragon Rouge, 4uatre and A&Mcreative in Paris, as well as Saffron Brand Consultants in Madrid. Gia was the Type Director at the French foundry FontYou, which was founded by Gregori Vincens in 2013. He also teaches calligraphy and type design at various graphic design and visual communication schools such as Strate College Designer, Intuitlab and ESAV Marrakech. With Brahim Boucheikha, he founded the Paris and Casablanca-based design studio Babelfont.

    Under the cover of Type Lovers and/or Fontyou in Paris, Gia Tran created the medieval typeface Court Hand (2012) and the blackletter typeface Gothic Fraktur (2012). He also did some great calligraphic pieces.

    In 2013, together with Gregori Vincens, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, and Elvire Volk at FontYou, Gia Tran created the monoline geometric sans typeface Younion FY. Younion One FY is free at Dafont. With Franck Montfermé, he co-designed the ball terminal beauty Squirrel FY. The letters of this ultra-fat didone reveal audacious geometric smoothness at large sizes.

    Codesigner of Kaili FY (2013: an exotic typeface with crazy ligatures, inspired by Indian scripts, by Gregori Vincens, Bertrand Reguron, Gia Tran and Alisa Nowak) at Fontyou.

    The EPS format display typeface Alice FY (2013) was co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Sub-themes are Alice in Wonderland and playing cards. The EPS format frilly script typeface Lullaby FY (2013) was co-designed by Alisa Nowak, Micaela Neustadt, Gia Tran, Bertrand Reguron and Valentine Proust at Fontyou. It too was inspired by Adrien Genevard's lettering. Exquise FY (2013) is a fashion mag didone co-designed by Bertrand Reguron, Alisa Nowak, Valentine Proust, Elvire Volk and Gia Tran at Fontyou. Gia Tran and Jason Vandenberg created the decorative typeface Ella FY (2013, Fontyou). Gia Tran, Alisa Novak, Micaela Neustadt, Bertrand Reguron and Grégori Vincens co-designed the curvy stressed elliptical sans typeface Bruum FY (2013).

    Beaurencourt FY (2013) is a 19th centery secretary's hand co-designed with Jeremie Hornus.

    Gregori Vincens, Gia Tran, J&eacxute;rémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the humanist sans typeface Klaus FY (2013).

    At Fontyou, Benjamin Lieb, Gia Tran and Julien Priez co-designed the hand-drawn typeface Brixton FY (2013). Not to be confused with two earlier typefaces called Brixton, one by Tom Chalky, and one by Luke Ferrand. Since two of the three Brixtons are commercial, I expect FontYou to change the name imminently.

    In 2014, Gia Tran and Bertrand Reguron co-designed the zombie script Vidok FY (free at Dafont). Together, Elliott Amblard (France) and Gia Tran created the bold signage / retro baseball script typeface Paname FY at FontYou in 2014. Minuit FY (2014, by Jason Vandenberg and Gia Tran) is a beautiful angular angry calligraphic display typeface. The punchy poster typeface Kraaken FY (2014) was designed by the FontYou team of Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier, Valentine Proust, Julien Priez, Gia Tran, Jérémie Hornus, and Alisa Nowak.

    Bertrand Reguron, Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the retro signage script typeface Coco FY (2014).

    Alice Resseguier and Gia Tran co-designed the girly script typeface Lola Lola FY (2014). This typeface was forcibly renamed Chelly FY a few days after its first appearance, possibly because there already was a typeface called Lola by Laura Messeguer.

    Codesigner with illustrator Quentin Vijoux of the hand-printed typeface Léon FY (2014).

    In 2014, he published the modular kitchen tile typeface Dorum FY with Julien Thébault.

    Benjamin Lieb and Gia Tran co-designed the 4-style retro display family Belleville FY (2014).

    With Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky, he designed the creamy signage script typefaces Maio FY (2014) and Kumiz FY [Maio renamed].

    Hansom Slab FY (2014, Gia Tran, Jeremie Hornus and Alisa Nowak).

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    Gilberto Moya Perona
    [Pisto Casero]

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    Gill Lu

    Taipei, Taiwan-based graphic designer and tattoo artist. His quest for an appropriate squarish tattoo font led him to design Lu (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gilles Gavillet
    [Gavillet&Rust]

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    Gilles Gavillet

    Ex-student of the University of Art&Design Lausanne (Ecal) and the Cranbrook Academy of Arts. Geneva-based designer at the Lausanne-based foundry Optimo. With Cornel Windlin at lineto in Zürich, he co-designed these fonts in 1999: Pixel Crude, Vectrex, GravurCondensed, Pixel World, Vectrex World (skyline dingbats), Liquid Crystal and Supermax. He designed Autologic (1997, created as a shortcut to make logos), DetroitMM (1997), Kornkuh, Lineto (2001, an octagonal font), Kabin, Chip at Optimo. With David Rust, he cofounded Gavillet&Rust in Geneva in 2002, and co-created these fonts in 2003: Cargo (a stencil face), Hermes (a typewriter family), Index and Politics. In 2004, he created the stencil family Montana (Optimo). In 2005, he and Rust added Hermes Sans to the Hermes family. In 2007, this was followed by Executive, a simple sans family. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gilles Le Corre
    [GLC --- Gilles Le Corre]

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    Gina Valdez

    Graphic designer in Chicago. During her studies at Columbia College Chicago, she created a minimalist stencil typeface (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Giuseppe Salerno
    [Resistenza]

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    GLC --- Gilles Le Corre
    [Gilles Le Corre]

    French painter born in Nantes in 1950, who lives in Talmont St Hilaire. His fonts include 2010 Cancellaresca Recens (inspired by a chancery type of Francisco Lucas from the late 16th century), 2009 Handymade (comic book style), 2009 Lollipop (chancery style), 2009 GLC Plantin, 2009 Primitive (2009, a rough-edged roman script), 2008 Script 2 (2008), GLC Ornaments One (2008) and 2008 Xmas Fantasy (2008: blackletter). In 2008, he started GLC -- Gilles Le Corre and became commercial. Creative Market link. He is best known for his historic revivals:

    • 161 Vergilius (2010)
    • 750 Latin Uncial (2010): inspired by the Latin script used in European monasteries from circa 5th to 8th, before the Carolingian style took over. The uppercases were mainly inspired by a 700's manuscript from Fécamp's abbey in France.
    • 799 Insular (2010): inspired by the so-called insular style of Latin script that was used in Celtic monasteries from about 600 until 820.
    • 825 Karolus (2009), and 825 Lettrines Karolus (2009).
    • 1066 Hastings (2009).
    • 1350 Primitive Russian (2012) was inspired by a Russian Cyrillic hand of Russkaja Pravda. It has rough-edged Latin charaters and many old Russian glyphs.
    • 1420 Gothic Script (2008).
    • 1431 Humane Niccoli (2010), after writings of Florence-based calligrapher Niccolo Niccoli (1364-1437).
    • 1456 Gutenberg (2008, based on a scan of an old text). Followed by 1456 Gutenberg B42 Pro, which was based on the so called B42 character set used for the two Gutenberg Latin Bibles (42 and 36 lines).
    • 1462 Bamberg (2008).
    • 1467 Pannartz Latin (2009): inspired by the edition De Civitate Dei (by Sanctus Augustinus) printed in 1467 in Subiaco by Konrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz, who was the punchcutter.
    • 1470 Sorbonne (2010) was inspired by the first French cast font, for the Sorbonne University printing shop. The characters were drawn by Jean Heynlin, rector of the university based on examples by Pannartz. It is likely that the cutter was Adolf Rusch.
    • 1470 Jenson-SemiBold (2008).
    • 1475 BastardeManual (2008, inspired by the type called Bastarde Flamande, a book entitled Histoire Romaine (by Titus Livius), translated in French by Pierre Bersuire ca. 1475, was the main source for drawing the lower case characters).
    • 1479 Caxton Initials (2009): inspired by the two blackletter fonts used by the famous William Caxton in Westminster (UK) in the late 1400s.
    • 1483 Rotunda Lyon (2010): inspired by a Venetian rotunda found in a 1483 book called Eneide printed in Lyon by Barthélémy Buatier (from Lyon) and Guillaume Le Roy (from Liège, Belgium).
    • 1484 Bastarda Loudeac (2008).
    • 1470 Jenson Latin (2009), inspired by the pure Jenson set of fonts used in Venice to print De preparatio evangelica in 1470.
    • 1491 Cancellarasca Normal and Formata (2009): inspired by the very well known humanist script called Cancellaresca. This variant, Formata, was used by many calligraphers in the late 1400s, especially by Tagliente, whose work was mainly used for this font.
    • 1492 Quadrata (2008).
    • 1495 Lombardes (2008): a redrawn set of Lombardic types, which were used in Lyon by printers such as Mathias Huss, Martin Havard or Jean Real, from the end of 14OOs to the middle of 1500s.
    • 1495 Bastarde Lyon (2008, based on the font used in the "Conte de Griseldis" by Petrarque).
    • 1499 Alde Manuce Pro (2010): inspired by the roman font used by Aldus Manutius in Venice (1499) to print Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the well-known book attributed to Francesco Colonna. Francesco Griffo was the punchcutter. The Italic style, carved by Francesco Colonna, illustrates the so-called Aldine style.
    • 1509 Leyden (2008; a Lombardic typeface inspired by the type used in Leyden by Jan Seversz to print Breviores elegantioresque epistolae).
    • 1510 Nancy (2008, decorated initial letters was inspired by those used in 1510 in Nancy (France, Lorraine) for printing of Recueil ou croniques des hystoires des royaulmes d'Austrasie ou France orientale[...] by Symphorien Champion; unknown printer).
    • 1512 Initials.
    • 1514 Paris Verand (based on initial caps that Barthélémy Verand employed for the printing of Triumphus translatez de langage Tuscan en François.
    • 1522 Vicentino (2011). Based on Ludovico Vicentino Arrighi's 1522 typeface published in La Operina.
    • GLC 1523 Holbein (2010, after Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death.
    • GLC 1525 Durer Initials (2010). Sample R.
    • 1529 Champ Fleury Pro and 1529 Champ Fleury Initials (2010): based on Geofroy Tory's original drawings and text face.
    • 1532 Bastarde Lyon (2008, based on work by an anonymous printer in Lyon (France) to print the French popular novel Les Grandes et inestimables Chroniques du grand et enorme geant Gargantua).
    • 1533 GLC Augereau Pro: inspired by one of Antoine Augereau's three roman typefaces: the Gros Romain size, used in 1533 to print Le miroir de l'&aciorc;me..., a poetic compilation by Marguerite de Navarre, sister of the French king François I.
    • 1534 Fraktur (2009; inspired by the early Fraktur style font used circa 1530 by Jacob Otther, printer in Strasbourg (Alsace-France) for German language printed books).
    • 1536 Civilité manual (2011). Based on a handwritten copy of Brief story of the second journey in Canada (1535) by French explorer Jacques Cartier.
    • 1538 Schwabacher (2008, based on a font used by Georg Rhan in Wittemberg (Germany) to print Des Babsts Hercules [...], a German pamphlet against roman catholicism written by Johannes Kymeus).
    • 1540 Mercator Script was inspired by an alphabet of Gerardus Mercator, who is known for his maps as well as his Literarum Latinarum, quas Italicas cursoriasque vocant, scribendarum ratio (1540).
    • 1543 Humane Petreius (2012) was inspired by the typeface used in Nuremberg by Johannes Petreius for De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, the well-known mathematical and astronomical essay by Nicolas Copernicus.
    • 1543 German Deluxe (2009): a Schwabacher inspired by the sets of fonts used in 1543 by Michael Isengrin, printer in Basel, to print New Kreüterbuch, which is a book with numerous nice pictures, the masterpiece of Leonhart Fuchs, father of the modern botany.
    • 1543 HumaneJenson-Bold (2008, after the typeface used in Vesalius' 1543 book De humani corporis fabrica).
    • 1543 HumaneJenson-Normal (2008, same source).
    • 1545 Faucheur (2011) is a rough garalde typeface that was inspired by the set of fonts used in Paris by Ponce Rosset, aka Faucheur, to print the story of the second travel to Canada by Jacques Cartier, first edition, printed in 1545.
    • 1546 Poliphile (2009), inspired by the French edition of Hypnerotomachie de Poliphile ("The Strife of Love in a Dream") attributed to Francesco Colonna, 1467, and printed in 1546 in Paris by Jacques Kerver.
    • 1550 Arabesques (2008, caps).
    • 1557 Civilité Granjon (2010).
    • 1557 Italique (2008, based on Italic type used by Jean de Tournes in Lyon to print La métamorphose d'Ovide figurée).
    • 1565 Renaissance (2010), inspired by French renaissance decorated letters.
    • 1565 Venetian Normal (2008, initial decorated letters that are entirely original, but were inspired by Italian renaissance engraver Vespasiano Amphiareo's patterns published in Venice ca. 1568).
    • 1584 Rinceau (2008, a set of initial letters is an entirely original creation, inspired by French renaissance patterns used by Bordeaux printers circa 1580-1590).
    • 1584 Pragmatica Lima (2011). Based on fonts used in 1584 by Antonio Ricardo to produce the first publication ever printed in Southern America.
    • 1585 Flowery (2009): inspired by French renaissance decorated letters.
    • 1589 Humane Bordeaux (2008, inspired by the Garamond fonts used by S. Millanges (imprimeur ordinaire du Roy) in Bordeaux ca. 1580-1590. The alphabets were used to reprint L'instruction des curés by Jean Gerson).
    • 1590 Humane Warszawa is a rough-edged garalde typeface inspired by a font carved circa 1590 for a Polish editor.
    • 1592 GLC Garamond (2008, inspired by the pure Garamond set of fonts used by Egenolff and Berner, German printers in Frankfurt, at the end of sixteen century. Considered the best and most complete set at the time. The italic style is Granjon's).
    • 1610 Cancellaresca (2008, inspired by the Cancellaresca moderna type of 1610 by Francesco Periccioli who published it in Sienna).
    • 1613 Basilius (2012) was based on the hand-drawn types used by Basilius Besler (Germany) for the carved plates of his botanical manual Hortus eystettensis.
    • GLC 1619 Expédiée (2015). A grungy Civilté.
    • 1621 GLC Pilgrims (2010).
    • 1634 René Descartes (2009), based upon his handwriting in a letter to Mersenne.
    • 1638 Civilité Manual (2010). Inspired by a French solicitor's document dated 1638.
    • GLC 1648 Chancellerie (2011). Inspired by the hand-written 1648 Munster peace treaty signed by roi Louis XIV and Kaiser Ferdinand II.
    • 1651 Alchemy (2010): a compilation created from a Garamond set in use in Paris circa 1651.
    • GLC 1669 Elzevir (2011) was inspired by the font typefaces used in Amsterdam by Daniel Elzevir to print Tractatus de corde, the study of earth anatomy by Richard Lower, in 1669. The punchcutter was Kristoffel Van Dijk.
    • GLC 1672 Isaac Newton (2012) is based on the hand of Isaac Newton.
    • GLC Morden Map (2011). Based on an engraved typeface used on a pack of playing cards published by Sir Robert Morden in 1676.
    • 1682 Writhed Hand: very irregular handwriting.
    • 1689 GLC Garamond Pro (2010): inspired by Garamond fonts used in an edition of Remarques critiques sur les oeuvres d'Horace by DAEP, published in Paris by Deny Thierry and seprately by Claude Barbin.
    • 1689 Almanach (2009): inspired by the eroded and tired fonts used by printers from the sixteenth century to the early years of twentieth for cheap or fleeting works, like almanacs, adverts, gazettes or popular novels.
    • 1695 Captain Flynt.
    • 16th Arabesques (2008, an exquisite ornamental caps scanfont).
    • 1715 Jonathan Swift (2011). An example of the hand of Irish poet and novelist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). It is a typical exemple of the British quill pen handwriting from about 1650-1720.
    • GLC 1726 Real Espanola (2012). Based on the set of typefaces used by Francisco Del Hierro to print the first Spanish language Dictionary from the Spanish Royal Academy (Real Academia Española, Dictionario de Autoridades) in 1726. These transitional styles are said to have been the first set of official typefaces in Spain.
    • 1741 Financiere (2009): inspired by the Fournier's font Financière. While it appears handwritten, it was in fact carved in 1741 by Pierre Simon Fournier le jeune and published in his Manuel Typographique in Paris (1764-1766).
    • 1742 Frenchcivilite (2008).
    • 1751 GLC Copperplate (2009), a 6-style family about which Gilles says: This family was inspired by an engraved plate from Diderot&Dalembert's Encyclopedia (1751), illustrating the chapter devoted to letter engraving techniques. The plate bears two engravers names: "Aubin" (may be one of the four St Aubin brothers?) and "Benard" (whose name is present below all plates of the Encyclopedia printed in Geneva). It seems to be a transitional type, but different from Fournier or Grandjean.
    • 1756 Dutch (2011).
    • 1776 Independence (inspired mainly from the font used by John Dunlap in the night of 1776 July 4th in Philadelphia to print the first 200 sheets of the Congress' Declaration of Independence establishing the United States of America).
    • 1781 La Fayette (2010): a formal bâtarde coulée script with caitals inspired by Fournier (1781).
    • 1785 GLC Baskerville (2011). Le Corre explains: The Baskerville's full collection was bought by the French editor and author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais who used it to print---in Switzerland---for the first time the complete work of Voltaire (best known as the Kehl edition, by the "Imprimerie de la société littéraire typographique"). We have used this edition, with exemplaries from 1785, to reconstruct this genuine historical two styles.
    • 1786 GLC Fournier (2010), based on several books printed in Paris just before the Didot era set in. The Titling characters are based on hymns printed by Nicolas Chapart.
    • 1790 Royal Printing (2009): inspired by various variants of Romain du Roy.
    • 1791 Constitution (2011).
    • 1792 La Marseillaise (2011). Based on the original manuscript of the French revolutionary song La Marseillaise which later became the French national hymn---it was composed in one night (April 25, 1792) by captain Rouget de Lisle.
    • 1805 Austerlitz Script Light: a typical French handwriting style from that period, named after one of the few battles that Napoleon actually won.
    • 1805 Jaeck Map (2011). Inspired by the engraved characters of a German map, edited in Berlin at the end of 1700s. The engraver was Carl Jaeck or Jaek (1763-1808).
    • 1809 Homer (2011), a grungy typeface named after the "homer" message pigeons.
    • 1815 Waterloo (2008): a handwriting typeface originating in Napoleon's government. Why do I feel that GLC is nostalgic for the era of Napoleon? Their own present dwarf-version of Napoleon is not exactly a huge success.
    • 1820 Modern (2009) was inspired by a didone font used in Rennes by Cousin-Danelle, printers, for a Brittany travel guide.
    • 1822 GLC Caslon (2010): inspired by a Caslon set used by an unknown Flemish printer from Bruges, in the beginning of 1800s, a little before the revival of the Caslon style in the 1840s.
    • 1845 Mistress (2009): calligraphic script.
    • 1848 Barricades Italic, a quill pen italic.
    • 1859 Solferino (2009).
    • 1863 Gettysburg (2008; inspired by a lot of autographs, notes and drafts, written by President Abraham Lincoln, mainly the Gettysburg address).
    • 1864 GLC Monogram Initials (2011) was inspired by a French portfolio containing about two hundred examples of Chiffres---deux lettres, created for engravers and jewelers in Paris in 1864, and drawn by French engraver C. Demengeot.
    • 1871 Victor Hugo (2011). Based on manuscripts from the final part of the life of Victor Hugo (1802-1885).
    • 1871 Whitman Script (2008) and 1871 Dreamer Script (2008): inspired by manuscripts by American poet Walt Whitman. See also 1871 Dreamer 2 Pro (2012).
    • 1880 Kurrentschrift (2010): German handwriting, based on late medieval cursive. It is also known as "Alte Deutsche schrift" ("Old German script"). This was taught in German schools until 1941.
    • 1883 Fraktur (2009): inspired by fonts used by J. H. Geiger, printer in Lahr, Germany.
    • 1885 Germinal: based on notes and drafts written by Émile Zola (1840-1902).
    • GLC 1886 Romantic Initials (2012).
    • 1890 Registers Script (2008): inspired by the French "ronde".
    • 1890 Notice (2009): a fat didone family.
    • 1902 Loïe Fuller (art nouveau face).
    • 1906 Fantasio (2010): inspired by the hatched one used for the inner title and many headlines by the popular French satirical magazine Fantasio (1906-1948).
    • 1906 French News: a weathered Clarendon-like family based on the fonts used by Le Petit Journal, a French newspaper that ran from 1863 until 1937.
    • 1906 Fantasio Auriol (2010), inspired by the set of well known Auriol fonts used by the French popular satirical magazine Fantasio (1906-1948).
    • 1906 Titrage (2009): a didone headline typeface from the same newspaper.
    • Underwood 1913 (2007, an old typewriter font, whose commercial version is Typewriter 1913), and 1913 Typewriter Carbon (2008).
    • 1920 French Script Pro (2010).
    • 1920 My Toy Print Set, 1925 My Toy Print Deluxe Pro (2010): inspired by rubbert stamp toy print boxes called Le petoit imprimeur.
    • 1968 GLC Graffiti (2009).
    • 1917 Stencil (2009; with rough outlines).
    • 2010 Dance of Death (2010): based on Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death.
    • 2009 Primitive (2016).
    • 2009 GLC Plantin Pro (2016).
    • 2010 Pipo Classic: a grungy typewriter slab serif family.
    • 2010 Cancellaresca Recens (2016).
    • 2011 Slimtype (2011, +Italic) and 2011 Slimtype Sans (2011): an old typewriter typeface.
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    Gleb Guralnyk

    Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine-based designer of these typefaces in 2015: Odd Times (a vintage blackletter typeface), Brandy Label (a layered Victorian signage font), Smoking (a great Western layered poster font), Traveller, Letterhead (steampunk, vintage, Victorian), Age, Nataly Temper, Vintage Auto (a retro chrome automobile font), Golden Dust (a lava lamp font), Rusty Phoenix, Phoenix, the Victorian signage typeface Whiskey, Spirals, Biker (spurred inline font), the oily signage font Pin Up.

    In 2016, he designed Far Kingdoms (Victorian), Brass Heart (steampunk / Victorian), Big City Light (a vintage movie theater typeface), Lostamp (a weathered vintage rough stencil script), Kexman (calligraphic script), Loftype (creamy brush script), Shoelaces (monoline script), Tobacco Box (Victorian), Humblest, Whiskey Label (a great vintage Victorian headline font), Insane Fear (spurred), Falchion Edge (Victorian display typeface), Inside The Box (techno), Amber Taste (a layered Victorian beer label font; see also Amber Taste Pro (2020)), One Thin Line (a paperclip font), Bald Eagle (Victorian), Autumn Feel (brush script), Dirty Cartoon, Magic Curls, Winery, Bite Hard (beveled caps), Lovebus (psychedelic style), Column (layered Victorian), Golden Brush, Marine Fairytale (Victorian), and Old Story (handcrafted).

    Typefaces from 2017: Goodwine, Daub (EPS format brush alphabet), Rusted Bevel, Dirty Cartoon (a layerable cartoon font), Bald Eagle (vintage), La Belman (Victorian; see also La Belman Pro in 2020), Bright (creamy calligraphic), Winery, Magic Curls, Black Queen (Victorian style), Little Mess (dry brush), Lovebus (psychedelic), Bite Hard, Fiver (prismatic style), Sweet Rum (vintage), The Freaky Circus (Western circus font), Biker New (spurred), Flex Wire, Agress (graffiti style), Old Story, Rusted Brushpen (dry brush), Mosaic Pool, Ranch (vintage style with layered textures), Golden Dust, Letter Head, Limber (dry brush script), Patina, Craft Beer (a layered beer label font), Droptune (Victorian), Chimera Tail, Hardwatt (dry brush), Megawatt (signage script), Jamish (a handcrafted blackboard bold typeface), Oak Lumber, Odd Times (blackletter), Gunshot (an art nouveau display typeface), Bootleggers (a vintage label typeface), Brandy Label (vintage layered font), Smoking Typeface (vintage Western style, with layering).

    Typefaces from 2018: Shining Night (a marquee font), Scratches, Candy Shop (a multiline titling typeface), Nataly Temper (a crayon font), Anise Seeds, Lostamp (a great stamp font), Hicksons (retro signage script), Loftype (creamy script), Far Kingdoms (spurred vintage typeface), Predators Cuspid, Sweet & Fresh, Frantic (a vintage car typeface), Affair (Victorian), Falchion Edge (spurred vintage style), Lost in Space, Traveler (an interlocking vintage Tuscan display typeface), True Black, Late Frost, Inside The Box (an interesting double-width font), Magic Garden (curly style), Skater Girl (retro script).

    Typefaces from 2019: True Black (Tuscan), Nature Force, Sweettooth (script: 2018-2019), Rusted Bevel, Rusted Bevel, Fishermans Knot (a vintage label font started in 2018), Skater Girl (a heavy upright script), Cidrella, Western Shooter, Little Mess (a dry brush calligraphic script), Spirit Board (pure Victoriana), Ranch Vintage (shadowed, textured, vintage), Forged Fence (an ironwork font), Long Ride (an octagonal license plate font), Chimera Tail Rough, Patina.

    Typefaces from 2020: Sweet Ponch, Natural Heap (letters in laurels), Street Rush, Cally (a decorative Tuscan typeface), Sunny Bay, Harietta (a retro monoline script), Cheer Inside (a vintage font), Frizzy (a vintage label font), Asia Impact (simulating an oriental brush calligraphy), Exa Metline (an inline font), Hallie (a curly display typeface), No Rules, Parallax, Golden Treasure (a vintage ironwork font), Squidink, Bushman (an organic sans), Florry (a display sans), Propeller, Spirit Board (a layered circus font family), Lord Grayson (Victorian), Grayson (a tall gloomy monoline sans), Grayson Rough, Kaipara (a patterned all caps font), Classic Heritage (a Victorian or steampunk signage typeface), Anise Seeds (vintage softly spurred Tuscan caps), Candy Shop (vintage trilined caps), Plop, Practish (an experimental slab serif family), Everleigh (a stylish thin typeface), Everleigh Duo, Love Affair (vintage, perhaps art nouveau), Lost in Space (sci-fi), Sweet and Fresh.

    Typefaces from 2021: Dusky Rough (a Western or saloon font), Dusky Pub (a Western typeface with Tuscan features), Dusky Slab (a reverse stress Western font), Humblest Pro (an all caps display sans), Giftbox (a vintage label font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Simply Royal (layerable vintage caps with an engraved money look), Go Pop (pop art). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Glen Nyundu
    [RainBomb Studio]

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    Glenn Parsons
    [Astrolux]

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    Global Lithuanian Net
    [Jonas Skendelis]

    About hundred Lithuanian truetype fonts from the following families: Antique Olive, Compacta, Algiers. Allegro, Arabia, Baltika, Brush Script, Impuls, Sans, ZypfHumanist (sic), Tekton, Trafalgar, Shelley Andante, AmericanText, Ariston, AvantGarde, Eras, Gothic825, Optima, GoudyOldstyle, Shotgun, Century Schoolbook, Letter Gothic, Garamond, Kastler, Memorandum, Mural Script, Palatino, Eurostile, Futura, Bremen, Stencil, Bookman, Blippo, Amazone, Amelia, Charter, Broadway, Brochure, Britannic, Impress, Mister Earl, Park Avenue. All fonts by Jonas Skendelis. JS_ShelleyAllegroScript and JS_Mariage are here. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Goatmeal

    Creator at FontStruct in 2009 of mostly pixel font families such as IMSureItSBeenDoneBefore (in many styles). He also made Material Electrons, as well as The Video Game Arcade Font, CASIOpeia ((+Menus), based on the CASIO fx-7700G Power Graphic Scientific Calculator) and Data Entry (inspired by TechnoDisplayCapsSSK, (C) 1992 Southern Software, Inc. [and 4 glyphs from the MICR font E-13B]). Other fonts: Futuristic Terminal Display (2009, great!), Mag Not Mad Solid (2009, pixel face), Mag Not Max (2009, horizontally striped pixel face), Son of Zaxxon (2009, horizontally striped, +Solid; both based on the 1984 Sega game Future Spy), Goin'Commando (2009, based on a 1985 Capcom game called Commando), Zenny Coins (2009, based on a 1987 Capcom game called Black Tiger), Smoking Gun (2009, based on the game Gun.Smoke (1985, Capcom; used again for 1943: Battle Of Midway, 1987, Capcom)), Bentley Bear (2009, based on 1983 Atari game called Crystal Castles), Temporal Aviator 84 (based on the 1984 Konami game Time Pilot 84), Reindeer Flotilla, Jet Bradley (inspired by the video game logo for "TRON 2.0", 2003 Buena Vista Interactive / Monolith Productions), Alan One (Font from TRON, 1982 Bally Midway Mfg Co), Buzzard Bait (font from Joust, 1982 Williams Electronics Inc., and its sequel, Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest, 1986 Williams Electronics Games, Inc), Genetic Engineering Error (from Robotron: 2084, (C) 1982 Williams Electronics Inc., and its sequel, Blaster, (C) 1983 Williams Electronics Inc), Mutant Bender (from Defender, (C) 1980 Williams Electronics Inc), Stargate Immortals (from Stargate, (C) 1981 Williams Electronics Inc), Separate Ways (from Journey, (C) 1983 Bally Midway Mfg), Deadly Disks (from Discs Of TRON, (C) 1983 Bally Midway Mfg Co), Jerry Belvedere (from Satan's Hollow, (C) 1981 Bally Midway Mfg Co, and from Satan's Hollow, (C) 1981 Bally Midway Mfg Co), Tortuga (from 600, (C) Konami 1981; Turtles, (C) 1981 Stern Electroncs/Konami; and Turpin, (C) 1981 Sega/Konami), OCRA Pixel 15x10, Intelligent Television Dings (Right, Left), Hand Aviator (Palm pilot font family), Intelligent Television (based on typeface used in Intellivision games by Mattel Electronics, and the True Type Font "Intellect"), DMP-200RS (based on the output of the Radio Shack DMP-200 printer), Bubbles (based on Bubbles, (C) 1982 Williams Electronics Inc), Mukor Rules All Galaxies (from Blasteroids, (C) 1987 Atari Games), Futuristic Terminal Display, Winky and the Hallmonsters (from Venture, (C) 1981 Exidy), Bubble City (from Road Blasters, (C) 1987 Atari Games), Mag Not Mad (from Mag Max, (C) 1985 Nichibutsu / Nihonbussan Co., Ltd), The Bacterian Empire (from Thunder Cross, (C) 1988 Konami, and its sequel, Thunder Cross II, (C) 1991 Konami), Solvalou Combat Aircraft (from Xevious, (C) 1982 Namco Ltd / Atari, and its sequel, Super Xevious, (C) 1984 Namco), Red Falcon Organization (from Super Contra, (C) 1988 Konami), Lucas Readies The Lawyers (from Star Fire, (C) 1979 Exidy), Cheese Was The Bait (from Mousetrap, (C) 1981 Exidy), Thunder and Lightning (from Raiden, (C) 1990 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc), Pepper The Zippering Angel (from Pepper II, (C) 1982 Exidy Incorporated), Beware I Live (from Sinistar, (C) 1982 Williams Electronics Inc), Goin Commando (from Commando, (C) 1985 Capcom), The Monkey Biz Gang (from Kangaroo, (C) 1982 Sun Electronics Corp. / Atari), Vic Viper (from Gradius / Nemesis, (C) 1985 Konami), Diskarmor Attack (from Rygar, (C) 1986 Tecmo), Benkin The Jogging Elf (from Mystic Marathon, (C) 1984 Williams Electronics Inc), Qix Are For Kids (from Qix, (C) 1981 Taito America Corporation), Omni Consumer Products (from ROBOCOP, (C) 1987 Data East Corporation), Mister Not Undo (from the Mr. Do series, Lady Bug and Jumping Jack: Lady Bug, (C) 1981 Universal; Mr. Do, (C) 1982 Universal; Mr. Do's Castle, (C) 1983 Universal; Mr. Do's Wild Ride, (C) 1984 Universal; and Jumping Jack, (C) 1984 Universal), Micro Police Pgo Stick Division (from Hopping Mappy, (C) 1983, 1986 Namco), Great Demon World Village (from Ghouls 'N Ghosts, (C) 1988 Capcom), Demon World Village (from Ghosts 'N Goblins, (C) 1985 Capcom), Secret Agent Dabney Coleman (from Cloak&Dagger, (C) 1983 Atari), Getting Away With It (from Electronic's 1991 self-titled album; a variation of Wim Crouwel's "Stedelijk" alphabet, used on his 1966 Vomgevers poster for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam), Galden Tribe Attacks Mu (from Last Duel, (C) 1988 Capcom), Superior Scientists (from Vastar, (C) 1983 Sesame Japan Corp), Keeper of the Zoo (from Zookeeper, (C) 1982 Taito America Corp), Taito 1982 (Font used in the following Taito games: Elevator Action, (C) 1982 Taito Corp; Front Line, (C) 1982 Taito Corp; Jungle Hunt, (C) Taito America Corp / Jungle King, (C)1982 Taito Corp; and Wild Western, (C) 1982 Taito Corporation), Howard Fine&Howard (from The Three Stooges, (C) 1984 Mylstar Electronics), TwinBee And WinBee (from TwinBee, (C) 1985 Konami), Quest For Honor (from Last Mission, (C) 1986 Data East USA, Inc), Street Justice (from Vigilante, (C) 1988 Irem Corp), Colwyn's Glaive (from Krull, (C) 1983 D. Gottlieb And Co.), Command Prompt (a family based on Microsoft system fonts), Temporal Aviator 84 (from Time Pilot '84, (C) 1984 Konami; used again for Contra, (C) 1987 Konami), Helicopter and Jeep (from Silkworm, (C) 1988 Tecmo Ltd), A Different Space Odyssey (from Space Odyssey, (C) 1981 Sega Enterprises Ltd), Cosmic Cruiser (from Kozmik Krooz'r, (C) 1982 Bally Midway Mfg Co), Kaptn Kroozr Goes Wacko (from Wacko, (C) 1982/1983 Bally Midway Mfg Co), Rescuing Astronauts (from S.R.D. Mission, (C) 1986 Taito Corp), Super Joe (from The Speed Rumbler, (C) 1986 Capcom), Alex Murphy (inspired by the RoboCop movie logos), Blazer of Trails (Chevy logo font), Second Vanguard (2010, from Vanguard II, 18=984 SNK Electronics; +Sold). Arthur Decorates (2010) is a kitchen tile/stencil face. Shinobi Child (2010) is based on a type in Nova 2001, (C) 1983 UPL Company Limited / Universal USA Inc; used again for Rad Action, (C) 1987 UPL Company Limited and Ninja Kid II (C) 1987 UPL Company Limited. Dingbats from Rad Action / Ninja Kid II. Smokey and the Dukes (2010) is based on Stocker, (C) 1984 Bally Sente; used again for Rescue Raider, (C) 1987 Bally Sente. Space Patroller Final Star (2010) is based upon from Star Force, (C) 1984 Tehkan Ltd (Tecmo) and Mega Force, (C) 1984 Tehkan Ltd (Tecmo) / Video Ware. Common People (2010) is based on Vulgus, (C) 1984 Capcom. Bongo Defense Method (2010) is based on a game from Stinger, (C) 1983 Seibu Denshi. Common People (2010) is based on the game Vulgus, (C) 1984 Capcom. Data Man (2010) is inspired by the "M" and horizontal "V" behind Yori in the 1982 movie "TRON" (0:58:08-0:58:54); shares similarities to Ray Larabie's "Para Aminobenzoic" font with just a hint of "Otto Mason SH".

    Creations in 2011: Generic Video Game Font 01 and 02, Take A Walk Man (based on the original logo for the Sony Walkman Cassette Tape Players from the 1980s), 21st Century Dot Matrix, Diamond Plate (texture face), Extrude (an experimental 3-D/geometric font, inspired by Mynameiscapo's "Metal Hammer [beta]"), Backtrude, OneQuarterTrude, OneQuarterTrude Inverse, MidTrude, ThreeQuarterTrude, ThreeQuarterTrude Inverse, InTrude, FrontTrude, Diamond Plate, Qbet, Fun With Curves.

    Creations in 2012: Titanium Mines (an octagonal typeface based on the logo of Outland, 1981).

    Creations from 2014: Medieval Pixel (for use in the graphic adventure game "Quest For Infamy" by Infamous Quests), New Dot City, Getting Away With It 2 (a variation of Wim Crouwel's "Stedelijk" alphabet, used on his 1966 Vormgevers poster for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Goddess Nadia (or: Bleedsopretty)
    [Nadia Zois]

    Goddess Nadia (or Nadia K, or Nadia Z, or Nadia Zois, or Scarlet Tragedy) is the Washington, DC-based designer (b. 1981) of the irregular handwriting fonts Virmeen t'Kirrrl (2006), Crunchy Cheese (2006, blocky), Dead of Night (2006), Bleed So Pretty (2001), hallowedground-HallowedGround (2001), Mutilate (2003), bleed, muNkiEz kAn flY, Enjoythesilence, Eyesinyourradio1 (2005), hallowedground-HallowedGround, LovethievezMedium, AluminumJesus (2006, pixel face), Biscuitsandheroin (2006, pixel face), Notearsnosympathy (2006, pixel face), Deathwish (2006, pixel face), and eyes in your radio 1 (2001). She also designed Condemnation (2006, grunge), The Hydrogen Prophecy (2006, stencil), Endlink (2006), Carbon Lullaby (2006), Blasphemous Rumors (2006, old typewriter face), Comatose Almost (2006), Carbon Lullaby (2006), Condemnation (2006, grunge), Crunchy Cheese (2006), Aluminum Jesus (2007, outline pixel font), and Silence Process (2006). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gogg03

    Creator at FontStruct of Optical Contusion (2009), Goggora (2009). The stencil/ kitchen tile typeface Abstrid (2009) and the dotted line typeface Leaves In Spring (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gomarice Font (or: Goma Shin)
    [Shintarou Nakayama]

    Japanese foundry, est. in Fukuoka in 2005 by Shintarou Nakayama (Goma Shin), b. 1982. It offers these free fonts, many of which are in the grunge or techno styles: Steel Boy (2005, techno), Manzyu (2005, liquid), The Past (2004), Atama (2004, liquid), Atama Serif G (2010), BAT-MEN__G (2004), BIG-BURGER__G (2010), Ballpoint-Pen (2004), Beer-Cape__G (2006), Boro-Slim__G (2003), Boroboro (2003), Chocolate__G (2008), Coffee-&-Curry-Shop__G (2009), Edamame Western (2012), Fude-Enogu__G (2006), GOMA-STANDARD__G (2010), Gomadelic (2003), Gomanema (2007), Goth-Goma__G (2006), Kamone__G and Kamone 6 (2006-2011, heavy mechanical / octagonal face), Kamone 7 (2012, polygonal typeface), Kigasuru__G (2006), Marker__G (2004), MINI POP__G (2010), Mukasi_Mukasi__G (2003), Mukasi_Mukasi_a__G (2005), Rihapop__G (2006), Rocks__G (2004, stone face), Simple-Slum__G (2005, informal poster face), Steel-Boy__G (2005), Tomipop__G (2006), honey-bone__G (2007), kamone-2__G (2009), kamone-3__G (2010), Yaki Goma (2010), Goma Western (2010), Goma Western 2 (2012), Mousou Recode (2010, ultra fat rounded face), Hot-Chocolate__G (2011), Milk-Chocolate__G (2011), Syouwa Retro Pop G (2011), Spicy Curry Rice (2011), Sikakusimen (2011, fat and rounded), Nantoka Western (2011), Goma Cookie (2012), Sandome G (2012: a beautiful rounded sans display face), Morning Wasabi (2012, a rounded black headline face), Goma Standard 02 (fat and rounded), Doughnut Monster G (fat elliptical typeface), Kaiju Monster (2012), Fine Serif Hosomozi G (2012), Melting Ice Cream, Wasabi Gum (2013, bubblegum face), Soy Sauce Junky (2013), Cyankonabe G (2013: oriental simulation face), Kensuco Stencil G (2013), Omotenashi (2013), Old Book (2013), Rockin Record (2014), Morning Karashi (2014: a great poster typeface), Kamone 8 (2014: octagonal), Zombie Shooting (2014; for those who still believe that zombies can shoot), Goma Block (2015), Okuba Cloud (2015), Hyouzi Display (2015), The Past (2015), What's Love Konnamozi (2015), Shibuya Zero (2015, stencil), Atama Simple (2015), Game Music Love (2016, Western font), GType (2016), Game Continue 02 (2016), Marker2 (2016), Nanikano Capsule (2016), Usuazi Hosomozi (2016), Nandaka Western (2017), No Continue (2017, squarish), Kaizen Seisaku (2017), Gogono Cocoa Mochi (2018), Kirie Fu (2018), Mucha Wo Minagara Milk Tea (2018), Katamari Serif (2018: headline slab serif), Shmup in the Zone (2018: octagonal), Yatsurano Western (2018), Heysel Synthesizer (2018), Toy Block Maestro (2019: a Western font), Round Pop (2019: rounded sans), Tanomuze Cowboy (2019: Western style).

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    Good Fonts (or: Font Lot, or: Gfonts)

    Singapore-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Quarlate (2018), Hilto Script (2019), and Sayano (2019), the script typefaces Pretty Script (2019), Wild Style Script (2019), Molinha (2019) and Bestari (2019), the signature font Lines (2019), the vintage font Alvand (2019), and the Peignotian typeface Quandco (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Stmath (a Treefrog script), Roneous (a stencil face), CH games (a monoline all caps sans), Integral (script), Lakers (a condensed all caps sans). Befonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Goran Sosa

    Croatian designer and illustrator. In 2010, he created Fourteen Stencil. In 2011, he made Paperfold. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Göran Söderström
    [Letters from Sweden]

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    Graffiti Fonts (or: Highground Industries, or: Highground Graffiti Fonts, or: Fulltime Artists)
    [Matthew Napolitano]

    Matt Napolitano (b. 1977) runs Highground Industries (ex-Highground Graffiti Fonts, ex: Fulltime Artists) in Milpitas and/or San Jose, CA. The company also goes by the name Graffiti Fonts and is known as Rase One Full Time Artists over on Dafont.

    Commercial graffiti fonts: first, there is a group of such fonts by Matt Napolitano, who runs the site (Dim Basic, Wild Style, Pilot Rase, RaseOne Original, RaseOne Outline, Human Rase, New Digital). There are free contributions by Ray Larabie (Funboy, Bomr, Degrassi, Graffiti Treat, Hawkeye, Yytrium), and Johan Waldenström (Writers, Writers2, writers3, Writers Bold, Writers Condensed, Homeboy, 08Underground, 5Cent, B-Boy, Subway).

    Fonts from 2019: Rase Nicolous.

    Fonts from 2018: Descent, Rase Grimm.

    Fonts from 2017: San Jose (graffiti font), Strokes (dry brush style).

    Fonts from 2014: Wild Style (graffiti).

    Fonts from 2013: RapScript (graffiti), Olde Crilt (blackletter).

    Fonts from 2012: Rase GPL (squarish, free at OFL).

    Fonts from 2011: Gang Bang (2011, graffiti tag style), Scrawl (graffiti style).

    Fonts from 2010: Stencil Font, Wild Style (tattoo or metal band font), New English (blackletter), Mad Props (brush), Graffick (futuristic), Olde Gangsta (blackletter), Back Spin, Ruckus, Pre Cursive (2007: lined school font; free at Open Font Library), Caption (brush), CaliCholo (brushy wall writing by LA gangs), Skin Art (an all caps tattoo family), Ballers (calligraphic brushy script).

    Fonts from before 2010: Standard Cap (2007, brush face), Hardway (2005, graffiti), Burner (2006), Scraper (2007, caps only paintbrush face), Fresh Paint (2006, like Scraper), Street Artist (2008, tag font for graffiti), Rase Downe (2006, graffiti face), Tough Guy (2001, mechanical family; +Stencil College), Dafunk, Fatcap, Pilot Rase, Califas (2006), Califas Chisel (2013), Scrawler (2006), Wild Style (2006), Rase Tribals (2006), Uni Wide (2006, graffiti font), Rase One (2004), Magik Marker (2006), Paint Cans (2003), Rase Basic (2003), Same Gang (2004).

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    Grafici Senza Frontiere (was: Tomaso Typo Baj Fonts)
    [Tomaso Baj]

    Gironico, Como, Italy-based designer of the retro sans all caps typeface Aero Club Como (2013-2014). In 2012, he created Archiquadro, a Bauhaus style piano key stencil face.

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    Grafisk Compagni

    Danish foundry in Copenhagen. Their fonts include Chablon (ca. 1938), a stencil face, and Blackburn (a Stymie clone). Scan of 12 WS typefaces (1938), which are mostly heavily inspired by (or identical to) the fashionable typefaces of the era: Blackburn, Kardinal, Ceylon, Silhouet, Hamlet, Relief, Boston, Salut, Fed Antikva, Fransk Antikva, Kalanderfast Kursiv, Vogue. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Graham H. Freeman
    [Grudnuk Creations]

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    Graphic Out
    [Bilal Ahmed]

    Lahore, Pakistan and/or London, UK-based designer of Contour (a titling sans), Chubby (2019), the free display sans Linicircle (2017), the free rounded sans typeface Roudge or Wasey E (2019), the modular typeface Bract (2019), the copperplate serif Billag (2019), the color font Taster (2019), Zonta (2019), the techno or architectural lettering font Italichno (2018), the geometric shape fonts Shape (2019) and Shape Out (2019), and the semi-stencil typeface CoolCut (2019). Behance link for Graphic Out. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Graphic Workman
    [David Ottley]

    David Ottley (the Graphic Workman) is a typographer and graphic designer in the UK. His typefaces:

    • Erno (2011), introduced as follows: Erno is a humanist sans serif typeface inspired by the brutalist manifestos and architectural practice of the 1960's. Informed by a study of traditional English typefaces by designers such as William Caslon, Eric Gill and John Baskerville. The name for the typeface is taken from the Hungarian born brutalist architect, and inspiration for Bond villian, Erno Goldfinger.
    • Luminare (2016, The Northern Block).
    • Stencil Book (2010).
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    Graphicfresh (was: Sameeh Store, or Sameeh Media)
    [Muhammad Husni Haikal]

    Bireuen, Aceh, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces:

    • In 2022: Cagey (a gret bold poster font with a retro vibe).
    • In 2021: Mores (a playful minimalist sans), Middle Name (a hipster font that only uses circular arcs and straight lines), Saikon (handcrafted), Jadey (a flattop display typeface), Mages (a fashion mag typeface), Amibata (monoline script), Miyoshe (a thin inky script), Daesung, Almonde, Tamrin, Brown Carlson, Brown austin, Frost (SVG brush), Ribons (sic), Sally Garden (script).
    • In 2020: Barqon (handcrafted), Utera (with halftone texture), The Melsa, Arjona (for children's books), Ryden, Kenzira (a hand-drawn art deco font), Kionsa.
    • In 2019: Sketching (dry brush), Coklat Sunda (a formal monoline script), Oregano (a monolinear vintage rounded sans), Vetto Cosellza, Asmiyati (an inky "wild" calligraphic script), Green Narcu, Nastar (script), Cristik (a pixel typeface), Wolfer (a weathered vintage font), Roger (an all caps sans), Rehab (partially a hacker font), Ansbach, Antigua Presidente, Bersihkan (a free watercolor brush SVG font), Masculin (a signature script), Almeda, Aversa (SVG dry brush font), Cardus Brush (a dry brush SVG font), Faceback (SVG brush), Bellevue, Green, Muiden Castle, Vernal Park, Super, Crepes French (stone cut, existentialist), Corma, Atjeh, Hallo Schatz, Valued, Crops.
    • In 2018: Pray Hard Now (an SVG brush font), Ripon (font duo), Adenium (a floriated decorative caps font), Aamazing Boombs (brushy SVG font), Posey (weathered vintage type), Kamikaze (signature script), Shoot (SVG brush font), English (a high-contrast thick script), Calcio (a free ultra-condensed sans), Biren, Banda, Ankara (signature script), South Korea (font duo), Edmund (an all caps vintage sans), Rotterdam, Sweet Yell, White Apparel, Quick, Nastar Script, Brush Action.
    • In 2017: Luna (sans), Indonesia (slab serif), Texas, Original, Aglow, Aglow Serif, Madison, Ornexo, Rehab (hipster style), Caos (inline), Gope (bilined, all caps), Draw Yoour Brand, Sabang Island (sans), Norman (thick brush), Paradise (tall signature script), Must Have (handcrafted), Newark (an all caps block serif titling typeface), Emma (connected script), Bemand (modular, techno), Sweet Heart, Don't Lebay, Cristik (pixelish), Brand, Gorden (horizontally striped, filled and outlined versions).
    • In 2016: Oxigen (an all caps inline typeface), Serpong (graffiti font), Gunoc, Manuvers (a bilined titling sans), Houster Script, Aspal (all caps roman typeface), Ronies, Drawsans, Bezaen (hipster sans), Dotcom (sans), Zeky (a stylish sans), Nixmat (a rounded monoline logo typeface), Alaska, the handcrafted typefaces Mabroc (a great inline typeface), Mr Haikal, Brush Action, Hibernate, Spine, Our Serif Hand, Our Hand, Billiony, Rainday, Kerape and Banda, the deco typefaces Ambisi, Bigboz and Karomah, the stencil typeface Abang, the minimalist sans typeface Axon, the straight-edged Sakap, the blocky typefaces Box and Aucall, Newstyle, and the techno typefaces Magz, Newtype and Arabuwa.

    Aka Ceo Haekal. Creative Market link. Personal web site. Graphicriver link. Graphicfresh home page. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Graphx Edge Fonts

    Lisa Johns from Orlando, FL, runs Graphx Edge Fonts, a foundry in Altamonte Springs, FL, offering "high quality pictorial fonts". Their 250-odd collection is surely not made from scratch, especially not their body, script and display fonts. One used to be able to find four great free dingbats here: GE Nautica, GE Zoom, GE Zodiac, GE Holiday Sampler. In the Font Services section, they will make custom pictorial, signature (10USD), or logo (20USD) truetype fonts. For 20 USD, get also packages of 20 fonts such as Absolute Fun Fonts, Absolute Dingbats (60 dingbats, 129USD) or Absolute Script Fonts. Now also called ScriptFonts.Com. Alternate site. Deco fonts, a collection of 4 dingbat fonts for 30 USD. Alternate URL. At this archive, you can find the following fonts: GEBanners, GEClipz, GEComedy, GECurviture, GEElegantScript, GEFiestaMarquee, GEFleet, GEFreeForm, GEFrills, GEGlob, GEHandyScript, GEMontage, GENervousTwitch, GERomanesse, GESheerScript. Partial list of dingbats: GEAngels (I to III), GECarouselHorses, GECelticArt, GEChineseArt, GEChristmasJoy, GEComicalChristmas, GECurviture, GEEdibles, GEEgyptianArt, GEElementsofNature (I and II), GEFloralStencils, GEHolidaySampler, GEIttyBittys, GEJapaneseArt, GEMerryChristmas, GENativeAmericanArt, GENautica, GEOutToSea, GEPennsylvaniaDutch (I and II), GESheerScript, GESnowmen, GESpringtime, GEStorybookTales, GEWhimsicalAnimals (I to IV), GEWildKingdom, GEZodiac, GEZoom. Another alias: Megadownloads. Another list of fonts: Fleet, Romanesse, Frills, Free Form and Comedy, Curviture, Elegant Script, Handy Script, Montage and Sheer Script, Fiesta Marquee, Nervous Twitch, Banners, Clipz and Glob. The list of fonts is long:

    • Dingbats: A Childs World, Angels I, Angels II, Angels III, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Barnyard, Birds, Bride & Groom, Carousel Horses, Celtic Art, Cherubs, Chinese Art, Clothing, Fun Christmas, Deco Animals, Deco Foods, Deco Music, Deco Traveler, Edibles, Egyptian Art, Elements I, Elements II, Food Basket, Floral Stencils, Grab Bag I, Grab Bag II, Halloween, Holiday Sampler, Itty Bittys, Japanese Art, Motion, Native American, Nautica, Out to Sea, Penn Dutch I, Penn Dutch II, Profiles, Reptibian, Santa Claus, Stylized Foods, Ships Ahoy, Snowmen, Stylized People, Springtime, Storybook Tales, Sweet Tooth, Teddy Bears, Toys, Velveteen, Victorian Art, Wedding, Whimsical I, Whimsical II, Whimsical III, Whimsical IV, Wild Animals I, Wild Animals II, Wild Animals III, Wild Animals IV, Women, Merry Christmas, Christmas Joy, Xmas Silhouettes, Zodiac.
    • Body fonts: Booker, Century, Chrome, Civilized, Civilized BI, Drover, Early Gothic, Ergonomic, Expression, Headline, Madhouse, Monograph, Novus Sans, Optical, Palladian, Penguin, Pilfering, Quartz, Rhythms, Romulus, Sultan, Timpani.
    • Script fonts: Adina, Afresco, Alluring, Amazonia, Arabesque, Arista, Ballantine, Basalt, Brand, Brush Stroke, Clipper, Coterie, Curviture, Cygnus, Darlah, Elegant, Esmeralda, Flair Brush, Fleurish, Formality, Freelancer, Handsome, Handy Script, Journeyman, Lara Script, Light Stroke, Martine, Memograph, Misty, Mona Lisa, Montage, NanoTech, Park Script, Primus, Quilt, Quintet, Ragged, Sentinel, Sepia, Sheer, Signature, Sonatta, Storybook, Travel, Twil, Twine, Twin Peaks, Vibrant, Vienna, Zebra.
    • Decorative fonts: Acorn, Army, Arroyo, Astarte, Bagel, Baliff, Banners, Barter, Dough, Buttress, Cadbury, Cameron, Clipz, Cobble, Comedy, Compo, Cortina, Croatia, Crystal, Decco, Delphin, Dimensions, Dipped, Distort, Enchase, Fiesta, Filigree, Firework, Fleurish, Florist, FlChild, Graffiti, Gravid, Greenway, Hawthorne, Ironwork, Ivy, Khevah, Letter Cut, Lollipop, Marble, Marquee, Meso, Milieu, Money, Nervous, Offshore, Oldwest, Saloon, Scroll, Serpent, Sidestep, Snowtop, Spooks, Spotty, Stone, Sunscreen, Sylvan, Bones, Timber, Time Warp, ToolTime, Tree House, Typography Caps, Vortex, Warped, Watershed Caps, Wedgie, William.
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    Graviton
    [Pablo Balcells]

    Graviton is a small type foundry based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded by Argentinian type designer Pablo Balcells in 2013.

    Balcells created these typefaces in 2012, most of which cover both Latin and Cyrillic: Engranajes (bike gears), Eslava Inline, Eslava Double Line, Eslava Stencil, Eslava Solid, Eslava Outline, Solida (10-style sci-fi blocky sci-fi typeface), Pixelar, Armadura (a monoline octagonal typeface with a stencil style), Oboe (an ultra-fat blocky typeface), Cuantica (sci-fi) and Led.

    In 2013, he published Gubia (a condensed elliptical techno sans), Mensura (a gaspipe sans), Mensura Slab, Mensura Titling (all caps titling typeface family that includes outlined and stencil styles), Mensura Slab Titling, Herradura (an 8-style wide wood type slab serif), and LED.

    Typefaces from 2014: Necia (modular), Necia Stencil, Tecnica Stencil, Tecnica Slab Stencil, Aguda (modular geometric sans), Aguda Stencil, Cintra (gaspipe sans, +Stencil, +Inline, +Outline), Cintra Slab, Tecnica, Tecnica Slab.

    Typefaces from 2015: Violenta Slab (+Stencil, +Unicase, +Inline), Violenta (+Inline, +Unicase, +Stencil).

    Typefaces from 2016: Citadina (techno sans family). Still in 2016, Jeroen Krielaars and Pablo Balcells co-designed the animated pixel typeface Pixelar.

    Typefaces from 2017: Estricta (a slightly elliptical techno typeface), Ruda (+Ruda Unicase, +Ruda Stencil), Ruda Slab.

    Typefaces from 2018: Binaria (an octagonal family), Ordax (an industrial sans typeface by Pablo Balcells, Mariya Vasiljevna Pigoulevskaya and Donna Wearmouth).

    Typefaces from 2019: Electronica, Intensa, Masiva (a geometric sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Holgada, Densa (an 8-style condensed sans), Nebulosa (a sci-fi typeface), Naftera (a squarish typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Tuerca (an 8-style octagonal typeface), Oxima (an 8-style technical sans).

    Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Grégoire Simon

    Paris-based designer of the compass-and-ruler stencil font Nero Nemesis (2016), which was developed on the basis of Helvetica Neue during his studies at LISAA. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Green Adventure Studio
    [Ardi Parwito]

    Kediri, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1995) of the stencil / neon font Softbox (2019) and the script typeface Samurai (2019). Typefaces from 2020: The Flybirds (a dry brush script), Creatours (script), Astagina Signature, Milli Nathan, Lastnocis (script), Moonday, Shofar (monoline sans), Roasted (a circlar monoline sans), Rush Hour (monoline script), Gallant (a grungy mural font), gaston Villa, Patricia safari, Aletheia (script), Hellena, Hillal (a signature script), Pulang Malam, Mister Child, Zippy, Labirin, Arsenic, Forza (brush), Bottom Scooter, Brontoseno. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Green Type
    [Dmitrij Greshnev]

    Green Type is the foundry of creative Russian type designer Dmitrij Greshnev (b. 1975, Lengingrad). Still based in Leningrad, Dmitrij received a TypeArt 05 award for the display family Multicross (2003-2004), which can be bought at ParaType. He will win many more awards.

    His typefaces include Stopwatch (2010, LED face), Sokol (Old Slavonic Latin simulation face), Slavica (2010), Reliant (2010, with Iza W at Intellecta Design), Reliant Beveled (2012, free), Logistica (2010, army stencil), Danger (2010, another army stencil), Dusk Thin (2010), and Multicross (2003-2004, stitching font).

    Typefaces from 2011: Zoo300 (techno sans; +Shadow, +yrillic). Behance link.

    In 2012, he created Patriciana (a Peignotian typeface for Latin and Cyrillic) and Directo.

    Typefaces from 2013: Finch, Hypermarket (dirty typewriter).

    Typefaces from 2014-2015: Trali-Vali (a children's book or party font family), Moveo Sans (with Condensed and Extended subfamilies, 80 fonts in all covering Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Artica Pro (a flared all-caps typeface family for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic that is based on classical roman (Trajan) letterforms) and Artica Rough Pro (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Festa (a brush typeface for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2017: Festa Classica (a happy all caps hand0crafted typeface family), Normative Pro (a neutral techno sans with glyphs tending towards the rectangular), Normative Lt.

    Typefaces from 2018: Streetline.

    Typefaces from 2019: Hubba (a modular squarish typeface family; has a variable font).

    Typefaces from 2020: Danger Neue (a military stencil).

    Typefaces from 2021: Fason (a flared fashion mag typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2022: Esquina Rounded (an octagonal typeface), Esquina College (an octagonal varsity typeface), Esquina Outline, Esquina Stencil (12 styles).

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Hellofont link. MyFonts link. Klingspor link.

    View Dmitry Greshnev's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Greengraphy

    Designer of display typefaces. Typefaces from 2021: Abadon (a monolinear circle-based sans), Abper (with hipster cuts), Afregky, Agker (a sports stencil font), Agory (stencil), Alisson, Amotrio, Bergato, Blogkio (stencil), Bonardio, Botrio, Emility (with hipster cuts), Ergosy, Ferrareo, Happenz, Havena, Kagony (stencil), Katerio, Lombard (a plumpish display serif), Maclisy (stencil), Magner (stencil), Mivarno, Morgow (stencil), Mosvolk, Mova (stencil), Quater, Quilan, Ramadona (script), Rockorn (a monolinear circle-based sans), Setters (stencil), Varisky (stencil), Vertrio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Greg Ponchak
    [SINDSINDSIND]

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    Greg "Seso" Ortiz

    New York City-based designer (b. 1996) of the free futuristic stencil typeface Quantum (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gregorio Manetti
    [PerSeo Design]

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    Gregory La Vardera

    Gregory La Vardera made fonts for Handcraftedfonts, including HfSecede (1994, inspired by the architectural drawings of Otto Wagner), HfModularStencil (1994, interpreted from LeCorbusier Stencils), HfLaVardera (1994, own handwriting). His fonts are no longer part of Handcrafted fonts, which has now turned into Adcrobatics. Presently, Gregory is an architect and principal of Lami Design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Greyletter
    [Neil Patel]

    Greyletter is Neil Patel's type foundry in Portland, Maine, est. 2009. It morphed into Tetradtype in 2016. Neil Patel is a semiconductor process engineer who was introduced to type design by his wife, a graphic designer. His typefaces:

    • Pinion Display (2010). A Victorian display face.
    • Dynatherm (2013). A custom sci-fi stencil font for Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block.
    • Rieux (2013). Neil writes: Named after the steadfast doctor from Albert Camus' The Plague, Rieux is an even-tempered slab-serif that is confident without being cocky and approachable without being casual. The aesthetic of Rieux is inspired by the industrial age. While the design is not directly derived from typefaces of that era, the shapes of letter-forms are informed by images of over-sized steel machines and the monolithic brick buildings that housed them.
    • Grafton Titling (2014). A classical lapidary titling typeface.
    • Custom fonts: Inside Voice (2014, for IDEXX Laboratories), Hugo's (2014: a logotype for Hugo's in Portland).
    • Texttile (2014). A system of heavy sans titing typefaces for chromatic overlays and simulating textile textures.
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    GreyWolf WebWorks (was DarkSide Productions)
    [Rich Gast]

    Now also known as GW3. Original TrueType fonts by Rich Gast from West Lafayette, IN: Abduction, AbductionCyr, AngieBareFoot, AngieGroovin, AngieImpressing, AngiePierced, AngieTanLines, BigTenMania, BlackWolf, BoilermakerSpecial (dingbats by email: 8 Purdue and Big Ten logos), BrocaineDecade (grunge), CannabisSativa (3 cannabis leaves), ChainLetter, DrawnandQuartered (stencil font), EchoDeco (vertically striped art deco face), ExpletiveDeleted, Frazzed, GravitySucks, GreyWolf, GroundZero, Hypmotizin, Kingbats43 (dingbat font with 6 Richard Petty related pics), KissTheSky, LeeBeeSchwarz (1998, Fraktur font), LoisAnn (elegant!), LongCoolGrandma, LongCoolMother, LongCoolWoman, LongCoolWoman8338, Makisupa, MystikOrbs, PepRally, PheanisWickey, PlatinumHubCaps (Western font), PlatinumHubCapsPolished, PlatinumHubCapsSolid, PlatinumHubCapsSpoked, PointedlyMad, PointedlyMadSmallCaps, ShadowTag, ShineOn, SpitShine, StixnStonz, SwedieCruel, Verticalization, WhiteWolf, XactoBlade (a futuristic stencil font), ZZZTop, ChristmasLightsIndoor, ChristmasLightsOutdoor, Demonized, Dusharnbi (Sinhala), FuturexVoyager, Primo, PrimoBright, SpitShine, Suncatcher, SuncatcherFill, TouristTrap, EagleGTII (1999), YouRookMarbelous, Molly Rose.

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    Grigorij Zaitsev

    Moscow-based designer of the (Latin / Cyrillic) mini-stencil typeface Sensor (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    GRIN3
    [Bartek Nowak]

    A group of independent designers from Poland, heade by Bartek Nowak, and located in Staromiejska. Nowak has been designing typefaces since ca. 2000. Typefaces:

    • Inkaust (2011). A grungy face.
    • Uniwerek (2011). A sketched hand-drawn family inspired by college and university sportswear.
    • Galicya (2011).A hand-printed poster family.
    • Tygodnik (2011, Bartek Nowak) is a poster font inspired by logo of Polish magazine Tygodnik Powszechny.
    • Tentacle Szrift (2011, Bartek Nowak) is a blackletter family.
    • Stencimilla (2011) is an army stencil face.
    • Goniec (2011) is inspired by graffiti.
    • Pascal (2011).A brush script.
    • Machina G and Machina R (2011). A pair of grunge typewriter typefaces.
    • Nokian11 (2011). A gridded face.
    • Quattro Tempi (2012). A sketched typewriter face.
    • Centura Round (2012). A hand-drawn monoline sans family.
    • Kidorama (2012) is a hand-drawn script inspired by the calligraphic models used in Polish primary schools.
    • Revers (2012). A roughened slab serif.
    • Eight Zeta (2012). A casual hand-drawn typeface family.
    • Skurier (2012) is a hand-drawn font inspired by Courier.
    • Monosketch (2012) is a hand-drawn font inspired by monospaced fonts like Andale Mono. This sketch typeface can be layered.
    • Holy Roller (2012). A lively hand-drawn outline typeface.
    • Larsson (2012). A tall poster font.
    • Antidotum (2012). A stamp or eroded wood typeface in the style of Veneer or Anodyne.
    • Sahan (2012). An elaborate Arabic simulation typeface.
    • Martita (2012). A festive connected script.
    • Secesja Pro (2013) is a redesign of his earlier Secesja PL font. It is a revival of Hermann Ihlenburg's über-Victorian typeface Nymphic Caps (1889).
    • Astalamet Pro (2013) is a dot matrix typeface that evolved from Astalamet Pure (2001).
    • Engineer and Engineer Stencil (2013) is a rounded techno sans family based on Bartek's own TechnicznaPomoc (2001).
    • Collegium (2013) is an athletic lettering font.

      Barme Reczny (2013) is a hand-printed typeface.

    • Splasher (2013) consists of nothing but ink, coffee and paint splashes.
    • Gwidon (2013) is a connected script typeface.
    • Athletico (2013) is a layered university sports lettering typeface family. See also Athletico Clean (2013).
    • Polina (2013) is a hand-drawn 3d shaded layered typeface system. Its original name, Dobra, had to be discarded because that name was already taken by Dino dos Santos.
    • Leitmotiv (2013) is a heavy calligraphic typeface.
    • Misterall (2013). An all caps brush typeface for posters.
    • Delegat (2014). A comic book lettering font inspired by handwritting of Frank Ching.
    • Procent (2014). Bold and hand-printed.

      Gotyk Nr 7: a grungy blackletter typeface that evolved from Nowak's 2001 typeface Gotyk Poszarpany.

    • Suarez (2014). A vintage upright connected script. The dingbats are called Suarez Extra.
    • Kowalski (2014) and Kowalski2 (2014). A swashy typeface family.
    • Revers (2014) is a grungy slab serif typeface.
    • Pascal (2014, handwriting), Inkaust (2014, fat finger font).
    • Jasminum (2014). A connected script together with a flower dingbat font, Jasminium Extra.
    • Quattro Tempi (2014).
    • Athletico Clean (2014). Athletic lettering font.
    • Procent (2014). A shop signage typeface.
    • Charlize Script (2015). A connected curly script family.
    • Rossellina (2015). A connected calligraphic script font.
    • Giulietta (2015). A calligraphic script family.
    • Bellfort. A letterpress font family.
    • Elementarz Pro (2016). A monoline school font.
    • Dramaturg (2016). A brush script.
    • Ripley (2016). A connected monoline script.
    • Baltasar (2016). A brush script.
    • Jeremy (2017). A brush script.
    • Bridgewater (2018). A brush font.
    • Bellfort Draw (2018). A hand-drawn typeface family.
    • Nauticus (2019). A monoline script and an all caps sans font duo.
    • Vintage Fonts Collection (2019). This letterpress extravaganza includes the following fonts: VFC Besson, VFC Besson Press, VFC Fantomen, VFC Fantomen Press, VFC Fiesta, VFC Fiesta Press, VFC Jagan, VFC Jagan Press, VFC Morty, VFC Morty Press, VFC Ogar, VFC Ogar Press, VFC Rewizor, VFC Rewizor Press, VFC Ruiz, VFC Ruiz Press, VFC Sufler, VFC Sufler Press.
    • Boromir (2019). A layerable font family.

    Aka Leitmotif. Dafont link. Klingspor link. Fontspace link. GRIN3 link. Old free font URL. Creative Market link. Home page.

    Showcase of Bartek Nowak's commercial fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Grinder Collective
    [Nick Kandy]

    Athens, Greece-based designer of the origami typeface Fader (2017), the free multilined experimental typeface Simulation (2018) and the 3d typeface Stairway (2018).

    In 2019, they published the free Latin / Greek stencil typeface GRT Revolution.

    Typefaces from 2020: GRT Sugar (a custom handcrafted typeface for Melisourgeion). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Grudnuk Creations
    [Graham H. Freeman]

    Grudnuk has original fonts by Graham H. Freeman: Grudblitter (2001, pixel font), Hygiene (2001), Melbylon (2001, stencil), ModeNine (2001, based on Andrew Bulhak's Mode Seven, in turn based on the screen font of the BBC Micro), Squeeg (2001), Strobo (2001), Tonky (2002, Western font), Weirdmojo (2001), Puddleduck (2002), Loosh (2002), Nottke (2002, inspired by Silkscreen).

    Elifont link. Fontspace link. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Grype
    [Charles Leroux]

    Grype was set up by Charles Leroux (b. 1980, Montreal) in Montreal. It was acquired by Astigmatic (Las Vegas, NV) in 2016. He created Rendezvous GRP (2008, a Tuscan typeface inspired by the lettering of Ben Shahn on the cover of the novel Rendezvous with Destiny), Condemned (2008, grungy letterpress style) and Banished GRP (2008, a Western slab serif saloon font inspired by Astro Zombies, the 1968 Cult Cinema Classic).

    Obliterate GRP (2013) is a grungy letterpress typeface.

    In 2016, Brian J. Bonislawasky and Jim Lyles published the rugged octagonal mega typeface family Tradesman, the rounded sans Tailwind, and the techno typeface Offroad at Grype. In 2017, they added Jukebox Hero (stencil), Lustra (a mechanical sans), Lustra Text, and Sunblock Pro (2017, by Brian J. Bonislawasky and Jim Lyles).

    Typefaces from 2018: Aspire Narrow SmallCaps, Aspire SmallCaps, Aspire, Aspire Narrow.

    Typefaces from 2019: Decade (a logotype inspired by an alphabet in Letters and Lettering (1938, Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring)).

    Typefaces from 2020: Binder (a revival of the ultra-condensed movie credit typeface Binder Style by Joseph Binder for D. Stempel in 1959), Avionic (a 40-style sci-fi family, inspired by aerodynamics and the Air China company logotype).

    Typefaces from 2022: Midsole SC, Midsole (a 40-style squarish sans with square counters). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    GT&Canary
    [Takaaki Goto]

    GT&CANARY, a New York City design lab, was founded in 2004 by Takaaki Goto (b. 1966, Japan), a.k.a. GT, who specializes in global brand identity and package design. Takaaki Goto designed the slightly arched Kana Sans type family (2012). In 2014, he created the organic sans typeface Morebi Rounded (+Stencil). In 2015, he added the beautiful geometric sans typeface family Mirai (meaning, the future). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Guasdro

    Creator of the rounded stencil typeface Eddie Rounded (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Guguh Gumantoro
    [Letter Stock (was: Gumacreative)]

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    Guilherme Schneider Denzin

    Talented Bauru, Brazil (and now, New York City)-based creator of the free font Kraftstoff (2013), which was inspired by an old gas pump meter.

    In 2014, during his studies at Parsons in New York, he created the wedge serif typeface Eckford.

    In 2015, he published the free font Marsh Stencil (a revival of a stencil typeface produced by the American company Marsh Stencil Machines during WWII).

    Behance link. Graphic River link. Specimen of Kraftstoff. Another Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Guillaume Berry
    [Marmite de Fontes (was: e753)]

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    Guillaume Caute

    Bordeaux, France-based designer of the rounded stencil typeface Libournavelo (2015, +icons). This font is used to promote bicycling in the city of Libourne. He also made a flowing hand-printed typeface for La Table de Josephine, a restaurant in the Hotel Kyriad in Bègles, France. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gunnar Link
    [Skogtype]

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    Gustavo Arrieta

    Graphic designer in Caracas, Venezuela, who designed the stylish neon stencil typeface Neon (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gustavo Cordeiro

    Gustavo Cordeiro (b. 1987, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) created the mini-stenciled typeface Maymay (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Gustavs Andrejs Grinbergs

    Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1943, he has mainly cooperated (since 1990) with Tilde in the font development of East-European languages, and has created the AG fonts collection for Cyrillic. He specializes in Cyrillic and East-European extensions of prominent typefaces (such as the ones in the Bitstream collection). His typefaces:

    FontShop link. Linotype link. Klingspor link.

    MyFonts collection. View Grinbergs's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Gustian Agung Asprilla
    [Rillatype]

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    Günter Gerhard Lange

    Known to his peers as GGL. German type designer, born in Frankfurt-an-der-Oder in 1921, d. 2008. He fought in World War II and lost his leg in a battle in France. Starting in 1941, Lange studied as apprentice of Georg Belwe at the Academy of Graphic and Book Arts in Leipzig. After graduation in 1945, until 1949, he was assistant of Professor Walter Tiemann, while also practicing painting and graphic design independently. In 1949, he continued his studies with Professors Hans Ullmann and Paul Strecker at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in West Berlin. From 1950 onwards, he worked at Berthold AG in Berlin, where he designed his first type, Arena in 1951. In 1955, he became Reader in Typography at the Meisterschule für Graphik, Druck und Werbung in West Berlin. One of his many students was Manfred Klein. He also was Advisor in Visual Communications and Reader at the U5 Academy of Graphic Design and Art Direction Munich, and Instructor at the School of Applied Art in Vienna. H. Berthold AG's artistic director from 1961 to 1990, Lange was responsible for the creation and meticulous production of many of Berthold's typefaces. According to Dieter Hofrichter, his motto was 8 point is the moment of truth (when proofing typefaces). In 1989 he received the Frederic W. Goudy Award from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Recipient of the year 2000 TDC medal. After ten years of retirement from his position as Berthold AG's artistic director, Lange resumed his design activities in 2000 at Bertholdtypes (now Berthold Direct Inc) in Chicago. Bio at ATypI.

    Lange's own designs include his revivals of many classical typefaces. Here is a list, all Berthold typefaces:

    Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin writes a day after his death: Dear type friends, yesterday morning, the 2nd of December 2008, Günter Gerhard Lange died, 87 years old. We lost an upright, steadfast fighter for quality in type design. Not only Berthold's artistic director, but a friend and objective adviser to many who needed personal help or an evaluation in type design. GGL was Berthold. For Berthold GGL "enhanced" many type designs of other well known type designers. His valued critizism was a great help, because it came from a positively tuned man. GGL transferred the lead heritage and its classical type typefaces into photocomposition and into the digital format on a high aesthetic and historically authentic level - as for instance Garamond or Van Dijk. Akzidenz-Grotesk is not thinkable without GGL. Bodoni Old Face one of the best contemporary text typefaces. With his sans serif Imago you can be different and yet classical. And the Americans should be pleased with the revival of Deepdene, which he also turned into a well working textface with a distinct character. But perhaps most important of all, he relentlessly encouraged the young, teaching and talking up to almost the end. Thus opening fences, eyes and hearts to art, architecture, literature and for the values of studies and love for the correct details without which the whole would not function. He was a rare communicator, because he lived his convictions and values. He became an example, a light of orientation. We lost a passionate type lover and expert---an authentic man. An era has come irreversible to its end.

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    Günther Flake

    German type designer (b. 1951, Hamburg) who co-founded Elsner&Flake in 1986 with Veronika Elsner. There, he designed many typefaces, including EF Renova (2006, a boutique sans; see also Renova Pro, 2016), EF Beasty (1993, with Gisela Will), Bluset EF (2000-2010, a monoline sans family), EF Casanova Script (2006-2007, Petra Beisse; the Pro version in 2015 also had input from Jessica Franke), EF Cash Monospaced (1994), EF Double Pac, EF TV Nord (an 18-style grotesque that is based on the corporate typeface NDR Sans which was developed by Elsner+Flake for the Norddeutsche Rundfunk (www.ndr.de) between 1999 and 2001; characterized by a large x-height, it was influenced by Trade Gothic; a redesign was done in 2014), Eurostile Mono, Glaser Stencil, EF KiddingKid, EF Petras Script, EF StealPlate (1994), EF Thordis Mono, EF TwinPick, Versa Old Style EF.

    At Apply Design in 1999, he co-designed a nice series of stencil fonts with Sigrid Claessens: WaltonStencil-BlackRough, WaltonStencil-WhiteRough, LaPinaStencil, Lasertac Stencil, Reedon Stencil, RoundedStencil, SerpentineStencil, StencilAntiqua, TeaChestStencil, WesternStencil, AdveraStencil, ArstonStencil, BankStencil-Medium, BankStencil-MediumRough, CaslonFinaStencil-Black, CaslonFinaStencil-BlackRough, ChicoStencil-Rough, ChicoStencil, FerroStencil, GeometricStencil, GlaserStencil, Futura Headline, Futura Index, Futura Text.

    In 2010 he created a digital family based on Morris Fuller Benton's Bank Gothic, called Bank Sans EF.

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    Gwenaëlle Le Floch

    During her studies at Ecole Estienne in Paris, Gwenaëlle Le Floch designed a stencil typeface (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    h1k765

    FontStructor who made Full Metal Jacket (2014), Barcode (2014, +Stencil), Shorai (2014), Lilia Dotted (+Sans; 2014, a dot matrix family), Jack in the Box (2014), Rhapsody in Blue (2014), Steamer Slab (2014), Script (2014), Poster Glue (2014), Disco Freak (2014), Voodoo Doll (2014), Fourmania (2014), Tribal Script (2014), Tribal Serif (2014), Azul (2014), Hand of the Vampire (2014), Old English Metal (2014, a great textured typeface), Hebba (2014), Deco Nouveau (2014), Hebba Diamond (2014), Hebba Inline (2014), Folded Stencil (2014), Sword Cut (2014: a piano key typeface), Open Circuit (2014, an inline face), Patchwork (2014, a square-shaped interlocking piano key stencil face), Zaul, Miss Suzie B, and a few other typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    H2D2
    [Markus Remscheid]

    Graphic and web design company in Frankfurt. Fonts to their credit: LT Mhai Thaipe (1997, Thai simulation script by Markus Remscheid, Linotype), LT Russisch Brot (1997, Linotype, a grunge typeface by Helmut Ness and Markus Remscheid), H2D2 Flame (OCR-A face, commercial), H2D2 Pochi (commercial headline face), H2D2 Lefthand (2006, children's handwriting, free). Special designs include a stencil font based on the license plates in Tobago, Alevita (based on Helvetica), H2D2TEXT-8PT (pixel face), Bizz Screen 10pt (pixel face), Audioplast (for a music label by that name), Norma (a futuristic typeface for V2). Offices in Frankfurt and San Francisco. I suspect that the type designer is Markus Remscheid. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hamidah

    During her studies in Medan, Indonesia, Hamidah designed the free sans typeface Hype (2017) and the modular stencil typeface Bold (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hamish Makgill
    [Studio Makgill]

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    Hamish Muir
    [MuirMcNeil Design Systems]

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    Hanggi Merwanto

    During his studies at ECV Nord Europe, Hanggi Merwanto (Lille, France) created the hand-printed typeface Magnificent (2015) and the modular stencil typeface Octorio (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hanken Studio
    [Alfredo Marco Pradil]

    Graduate of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts, Batangas State University, The Philippines, who has been working as a graphic designer since 2005. He is currently located in Dubai, UAE and is a prolific type designer. His typefaces:

    • Neue Einstellung (2021). A nine style geometric sans that exudes rigidity and mechanical precision.
    • Ouido (2021). A condensed old style serif family with twelve cuts.
    • Pianono (2021). A curly typeface named after a Filipino dessert.
    • Nuova Volte (2021). A carefully designed sans family.
    • Compound Sans (2021). In 45 styles, plus a variable font.
    • Trinkle Sans (2020).
    • HK Requisite (a 9-style low contrast sans) (2020).
    • Terminal Guise (2020). An 8-style monolinear geometric sans with open counters (except on the lower case o).
    • Luckybones (2020).
    • Action Sans (2020). A free almost monolinear sans.
    • Open Sauce Sans, Open Sauce One and Open Sauce Two (2020). He writes about these three large free sans families: Open Sauce is a font superfamily that I developed for Creative Sauce's internal type system. It is a compact typeface that is optimised for better viewing small text on screen and print. Open Sauce (Sans, One and Two) is under the SIL Open Font License and is going to be actively developed, improved and tested. One small modification is Cristiano Sobral's Criativa Sans (2020).
    • Yelena (2020). A brush script.
    • Keiner (2020). A rigid monolinear sans typeface family.
    • Cosmic Octo (2020). A blocky display/poster typeface for an experimental ice cream recipe venture.
    • Snah (2020). A playful free all caps typeface.
    • Belina Script (2020).
    • Itzkarl (2020). An all caps typeface with flared terminals.
    • Anahaw (2020). A foliate typeface modeled after palm leaves.
    • Batangas (2020). Free.
    • Lumi Sans (2019).
    • Device (2019). A sans that supports orange-dyed fascists, oil industry buffoons and climate change deniers.
    • Stenzel (2019). a stencil typeface.
    • Nourd (2019).
    • Suprapower SE (a display sans) (2019). Heavy and wide, for posters, packaging, headline and titles.
    • Sauce Grotesk (2019). Sauce Grotesk is a sans serif typeface that James Birch and Alfredo Marco Pradil developed for Creative Sauce's internal type system.
    • TEG (2019).
    • Enreal (2019).
    • Arca Sentora (2019). A geometric sans.
    • Serif 420 (2019).
    • Guise (2019). A Swiss style sans family.
    • Grantipo (2019), A sans family inspired by Cerebri Sans, Helvetica and Akzidenz Grotesk. .
    • HK Sentiments (2018). A neutral / geometric sans.
    • Natrix Sans (2018). A free grotesque family without italics.
    • Reminisce (2018). A Peignotian sans typeface family.
    • Aeon Hexa (2018). Alfredo explains that he tried to amalgamate the features of Helvetica and Cerebri Sans.
    • Acari Sans (2018). A free typeface by Alfredo Marco Pradil (Latin part) and Stefan Peev (Cyrillic portion). Based on HK Grotesk (2015).
    • HK Kontrast (2018). An angular wedge serif typeface.
    • HK Yavimayan (2018). A text typeface with flaring.
    • HK Focus (2017).
    • HK Gothic (2017). Twelve styles.
    • HK Compression (2017). A bold compressed all caps sans.
    • HK Carta (2017). A text typeface with didone elements.
    • HK Spec (2017).
    • HK Zercon (2017). A free sans.
    • HK Concentrate (2017). A sans typeface family.
    • Arlene (2017). A didone typeface family.
    • Barter Exchange (2017).
    • HK Blocker (2017), a heavy rounded sans.
    • Zwizz (2017). A Swiss typeface family.
    • Cerebri Sans (2017). Free download.
    • HK Nova (2017). A geometric sans family inspired by Century Gothic and Futura. The Medium weight is tweetware. See also HK Nova Narrow and HK Nova Rounded.
    • Illuma (2017). A free headline sans typeface.
    • Number 23 (2017). A text typeface family.
    • HK Caslon (2017).
    • Polarity (2017).
    • Placid Amor (2016). Copperplate style.
    • Ludema (2016). An informal sans typeface, made by Joao Symington..
    • Alienware (2016). A custom typeface for Dell's Alienware computers.
    • Extremis Compakt (2016). A custom typeface for Extremis.
    • Number 23 (2016). A Caslon-style text family.
    • El Enra Rounded (2016). A condensed headline sans.
    • Faldore (2015-2016). A simple sans typeface family.
    • Hans Grotesque (2016). A sans designed for long texts.
    • Decalotype (2016). A free sans typeface.
    • HK Compakt (2016). Inspired by Akzindenz Grotesk.
    • HK Serif (2016).
    • Jellee (2016). A very soft heavy rounded sans typeface. Download.
    • El Enra (2016). A free bold condensed sans.
    • Type 36 (2016). A clean geometric sans.
    • Arco Perpetuo (2016). A free subtly rounded sans family.
    • Industri (2016). A tweetware sans.
    • Okomito (2016). A sans with large open counters. Okomito Medium is free. Okomito Next was released in 2020.
    • Comprehension Semibold (2016).
    • Radnika (2016). Announced as a workhorse sans. Followed in 2017 by Neue Radnika Schriftart, or Radnika Next.
    • Hanken Sans (2016).
    • ADA Hybrid Display (2016).
    • The free geometric sans typeface Orkney (2016, with Samuel Oakes).
    • Caslon OS (2015, Open Font Library).
    • The basic sans typefaces Now (2015, Open Font Library: geometric), Now Alt (2015), Einstellung Schrift (2015, geometric sans), Neue Einstellung (2015), Elenar (2015; and the free Elenar Love), Amicale (2015), HK Explorer (2015), HK Explorer Soft (2015), HK Explorer Sharp (2015), HK Grotesk (2015: free; extended to HK Grotesk Pro in 2016, and HK Grotesk Light in 2017, HK Grotesk Wide in 2020, and Uacari Legacy by Cristobal Sobral in 2020), Industri (2015, caps only headline face), Monoist (2015, monospaced), Glacial Indifference (2015, Bauhaus-inspired), Malakas (2015), Genome (2015) and Gen Light (2014, OFL).
    • Arca Majora (2014) and Arca Majora 2 (2016). A free heavy geometric sans face.
    • SAG Block (2014).
    • Ahamono and Ahamono Monospaced (2012-2015). Originally, this was a free rounded monospace typeface with typewriter features.
    • Neue Hans (2014), Hanken Round (2014, a free rounded sans), Neutrage (2014, a neutral signage sans).
    • Hard Edge (2014). An octagonal typeface.
    • Teknik (2014). A technical sans typeface.
    • Bullet (2014).
    • The grotesk typefaces Primary Hans (2014) and Hans Kendrick (2014) and Neue Hans Kendrick (2016). Both have elements of Avenir and Futura, and are characterized by a relatively small x-height. Followed by the art deco sans-inspired Neo Hans in 2019.

    OFL link. Hellofont link (for purchasing his fonts). Behance link. Facebook link. He operates as Hanken Studio. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hannah Beck

    Brisbane, Australia-based designer of Saber (2014, a stencil typeface with maori symbolism) and of the alchemic Symbols Typeface (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hannah Bryce

    Brisbane, Australia-based student-designer (at Griffith University) of the stencil font Australian Space Typeface (2019). She writes that it was made for an Australian space station. Is there a secret Australian space program the world dioes not know about? [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hannes von Döhren
    [HVD Fonts]

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    Hans Bohn

    German type designer, b. Oberlahnstein, 1891, d. Frankfurt am Main, 1980. He worked mostly for Ludwig&Mayer. Creator of these typefaces:

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    Hans Brünnel

    Designer of the italic semi-stencil typeface Resolut (1937, Nebiolo). This typeface has seen two revivals:

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    Hans Gerhard Meier
    [Fontourist]

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    Hans Samuelson
    [Samuelstype Design]

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    Hans Sidharth

    Bangalore City, India-based designer of the intergalactic stencil typeface Andromeda (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hans van Leeuwen
    [Visualogik Technology & Design]

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    HansCo
    [Burhan Afif]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1988) of the font duo Nesans and Nesans Signature (2019), the script fonts Sweet Love (2019: upright), Mondena (2019), The Bellinda (2019: calligraphic), Austin Capittal (sic) (2019: monoline script), Bread Store (2019) and Wrongler (2019), and the vintage (often, Victorian) display typefaces Blue Spirits (2019), Bandits (2019), Sonia (2019), Belgia (2019), Berlina (2019) and Berlin (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Blue Spiris, Grapine (Victorian), Ricasto (a signage script), Grizlie (an octagonal sports font), Madanira (a semi-formal script), Amellisa Ink, Anstec (a techno / sports font), Razen (a techno / sports font), Sourta (a speed emulation sports font), Abigile (an upright script), Off Side (all caps, brush), Bastina Sindey (a dry brush script), Bread Store, Feeling Blessed (an upright rabbit ear script), Meristmas, Mosteri (a fantasy font), Ateros (a sci-fi typeface), Aloner (a sci-fi font), Nucleo (a sci-fi font), Roline (prismatic), Tahu Bullats (a creamy signage script), Valentiqu (a curly upright script), Magic Funk (a psychedelic script), Letter Magic (a decorative serif), Craft Lovers, Magzo (a decorative serif), Belights, Cute Meow, Baking Pastry, Sweet Butter, Feeling Blessed, Baby Bunny Script, Misteri Caps, Carglos (blackletter), Traditian, Genta (a rounded bold all caps typeface), Beyond Stars, Off Side (brush), Santoriu, Hi Panda, Crows (a curly serif), Zeniq (a stencil font), Nucleo, Abigile, Blaster, Botania, Crunchy, Femina, Graphite, Holly Days, Hot Sauce, Just Swirls, La Fiesta, Lets Espresso, Little Baby, Magic Sparkle, Ricota, Secillia, Shinesy, Skid Rock, Stripline, The Englands, The Spectre, USA Nation, Magzo (a display serif indeed for food packaging and logos), Stabillo (a food logo brand typeface), Austina Capitton, Kora Kora, Mosherif (Regular, Tall, Short), Golden Stanbury (a signature script font duo), Risolla Calisto (a wild calligraphic typeface), Wild Wolf (brush), Balistone (a wild script), Glastia Monoline, Amorista (a rabbit ear script), Eastblue, Crimmy (a dry brush script), Buchery, Castel, The Begundals, Sambal Pedas (a dry brush script), Blastoic (a dry brush script), Queen Sea, Skid Rock, Platinum Signature, Sonita (a condensed decorative serif typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bastro (a great obese short-necked retro display typeface), Romantic Serif, Pastel Orange (an elegant artsy ligature serif), Romantic Serif, Sunroll (fashion mag caps), Romla (a wide display serif), Magic Retro (a heavy magic mushroom typeface), Holingston (a dry brush script), Gopetter, Ballomont (handwriting), Astopher, Restoe Bumi (a handwriting font), Rotenfold (a script), Halima Sofira, Anastia Buttery (an inky signature script), Belighta (wild calligraphy), Bittle Birdy (an irregular typeface that will cause psychological damage), Magic Sparkle (a decorative all caps serif), Notted (an exaggerated fashion mag font loaded with smooth ligatures and featuring surprise gyhphs such as a lower case a that is a mirror of the lower case e).

    HansCo Studio. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hans-Jürgen Ellenberger

    German designer (b. 1950) of some Linotype fonts. Among his creations, which are mostly handwriting or rough fonts:

    Linotype link.

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    Happyloverstown
    [Jonathan Calugi]

    Very talented Pistoia, Italy-based designer (b. 1982). His typefaces:

    A follower of Calugi writes: Jonathan is a young illustrator hailing from Pistoia, Italy. It's nearly impossible to not recognize his signature style: what at first appears to be a child-like doodling, a closer look will reveal a world of intricate, carefully crafted patterns and eccentric geometric forms. Hellofont link. Behance link. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Haralampos Andreanidis

    Greek graphic designer. He created a number of minimalist/pizelish/squarish Latin/Greek fonts in 2009 under the name City Fonts. His Totem Font (2009) is experimental. Nomass Team Font (2009) is a squarish stencil. His typographic posters.

    Alternate URL. Another URL. Behance link. Devian tart link. Nomass site. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Harold Lohner
    [Harold's Fonts]

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    Harold's Fonts
    [Harold Lohner]

    Harold Lohner was born in upstate New York in 1958. He received an MFA in printmaking from the University at Albany and is Professor of Visual Arts at Sage College of Albany. He began making fonts in 1997 and starting distributing them the next year through Harold's Fonts. He lives in Albany, NY, with his partner, Al Martino. Originally, most of his typefaces were freeware or shareware, but gradually, he started selling most on his site or via FontBros. His typefaces:

    • Famous fonts: Boom Chicka (2013: a set of three cartoon fonts inspired by the poster for the Marilyn Monroe film, The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), designed by Bill Gold), Auteur (2007, after the handwriting in the opening titles of Jean Cocteau's The Beauty and the Beast, 1946), 12 to the Moon (2000, runes based on the Columbia Pictures movie "12 to the Moon"), Aardvark Café (2000, extrapolated from the famous Hard Rock Café logo), Bensfolk (2000, adapted from the work of Ben Shahn, in turn adapted from "folk or amateur" alphabets. Originally developed for The Arts Center of the Capital Region), Bensfolk Condensed (2000), Bensgothic (1998), BensgothicLigatures (1998), Calaveras (2002, a take on Daisyland), Comet Negative (2000, based on the logo of Country Music Television (CMT)), Comet Positive (2000), HonestJohns (2000, based on the lettering in the classic Howard Johnson's restaurants logo), Metrodf (2000, based on the Mexico City subway's lettering), Radio (2002, derived from the old NPR (National Public Radio) logo), Subway Mosaic (inspired by the classic mosaic tile signs of the New York City subway system).
    • Handlettering: Empress Monograms (2014), National Archive (2009, calligraphic), Rough Draft (2009, sketched font), Greg's Hand (2009), Rudland Hand (2007, inspired by the work of the British artist and designer Peter Rudland), Gamera (2006), Directors Script (2006, based on a film credits script from the 1940s), National Archive (2005, based on the lettering of Timothy Matlack, who wrote the Declaration of Independence), Frank the Architect (2004, based on Frank Ching's lettering, which also gave rise to the Tekton family), Imitation (2003, inspired by the handlettered titles of the film Imitation of Life (1959), directed by Douglas Sirk and artdirected by Richard H. Riedel), Imitation Two (2004), antiestablishment (2000), Christmas Card (2000, based on the handlettered opening titles of the film "It's a Wonderful Life", Art Director: Jack Okey. This font was retired and replaced in 2006 by Testimonial), Espangle (2002, as the lettering for El Corte Ingles), Dad's Recipe (2000, based on his dad's handwriting), Greg's Hand (2001, Greg Smith's writing), Greg's Other Hand (2002), Kaela (1998, reshaped and extended in 2006), Marker Man (1999), Synch (2000, with Phil Campbell, inspired by the work of the artist Stuart Davis), Synchronous (2000, based on Syncopated Script, again made with Phil Campbell), Syncopated Script (1999).
    • Blackletter: Waldorf Text (2011, after a 1914 original), Waldorf Heavy Illuminated (2011), Manucrypt (2011), Rude Goth (2007, grunge blackletter), Alsace-Lorraine, Benighted, Chinese Gothic, Christmas Card II, Kombine Regular, Kombine Kursiv (2000), Olde Chicago.
    • Woodtype: Blacktops (caps, 1999), Blacktop Small Caps (1999), Blacktop Regular (2014), Captain Hook, Captain Hook Crackle (2020), Cinderella (1998). The Western font Cattle Annie (2006) is an unauthorized digital interpretation of the analog font "Les Catalanes." According to ABZ: More alphabets and other signs by Rothenstein and Gooding, it was designed in 1952 by Enric Crous-Vidal (1908-1987) but was never produced.
    • Stencil fonts: JJ Stencil, JJStencilLight (2000, inspired by the work of Jasper Johns), JJStencil Wet, JJStencilMedium, Sideshow (2000, based on the stencilled lettering on a vintage Ouija board), JJStencilSolid (2003), StencilFour (2001, inspired by the logo of Channel 4 (UK); reworked in 2006 into Oaktag), StencilFourReversed (2001).
    • Western: Oklahoma (2006, based on the title of the film by that name), Captain Howdy (1999, 2000, Western font based on the lettering on a Ouija board).
    • Fraktur fonts: Benighted (2002), AlsaceLorraine (2000), Chinese Gothic (2000), Kombine Regular (2000), Kombine Kursiv (2000).
    • Revived Letraset fonts: BLOCK UP family (2000, based on the font family by the same name by Sally Ann Grover (1974) for Letraset), Good Vibes (2001, based on the analog font "Good Vibrations" by Trevor Hatchett for Letraset, 1973), GoodVibesBackbeat (2001), ObliqueTextBold (2000, based on a Letraset font called Obliq, 1984), ObliqueTextLight (2000), ObliqueTextMedium (2000), Wireframe (2000, based on the Letraset font Bombere designed by Carla Bombere (or Carla Ward)).
    • Art deco fonts: Cartel (2005, simply gorgeous), based on the lettering of the 1936 movie by that name), Crazy Harold (2009), Road Jester (2009), Onion (2003), Roberta (2003, based on a font of Bob Trogman, 1962), Roberta Raised Shadow (2003), Boomerang family (1998-2000), LeFilmClassic family (2000, based on the classic Art Deco font of the same name, originally designed by Marcel Jacno and released by Deberny&Peignot, 1927), LeFilmLetters (2000), LeFilmShadow (2000), PopUps (1998, a 3-d art deco font for signboards), Tapeworm (1998, based on the work of artist Ed Ruscha), Farouk (2001, a five-line art deco font, based on an analog font of the same name, as illustrated in Paul E. Kennedy's "Modern Display Alphabets"; in fact, the original source should be Fatima, a font designed by Karl Hermann Schaefer in 1933 at Schriftguss, and a copy of it at FT Française was called Atlas (1933). Lohner renamed Fatima to Atlas at some point, and added Atlas Solid, still in 2001).
    • MICR fonts: CMC7 (1998).
    • Dingbats: Everyday People (2013, silhouettes), Bingo Dingo (2011, inspired by the classic Mexican game, Loteria), Essene Dingbats (2005), Chapeau (2005, inspired by the 1902 Sears Catalog), Corset (2005, inspired by the 1902 Sears Catalog), Harold's Pips (2004), Alpha Bravo (2003), Rebus, AmericanCheese (1999), Candide Dingbats (1999, a reclinming women dingbat typeface based on decorations designed by Rockwell Kent for "Candide," circa 1928), Maritime Flags (2000), New Year Dingbats (1999: Japanese patterns).
    • Monospace fonts: Chica Mono (2000, based on Apple's Chicago; not really monospaced, by the way), Queer Theory Black, Bold, Regular and Light (1999).
    • Arabic simulation typefaces: Alhambra (2006), Alhambra Deep (2006).
    • Oriental simulation fonts: Bruce Mikita (+Solid) (after a metal font by the same name; Dan Solo calls it Lantern), Pad Thai (2006), Mystic Prophet (2002, inspired by Ouija boards), Chines Gothic, Font Shui (inspired by a style of hand-lettering illustrated in Alphabets: Ancient&Modern, compiled by J. B. Russell (Padell, 1946), Rubaiyat Shadow and Inline, Seoul (Korean font simulation), Shazi, Twelve to the moon, Chow Fun (2001, an oriental simulation typeface based on a sample of hand lettering identified as "Crooks' Stencil Designed Alphabet" in Alphabets: Ancient&Modern, compiled by J. B. Russell and published in 1945 by Padell Book Co), Quasi (1998).
    • Cartoon fonts: Laughtrack (2009, based on the work of the cartoonist Jerry Robinson), CokerOne (2000, based on the work of cartoonist Paul Coker Jr), Coker Two (2000) (note: therse fonts were erroneously named. They were renamed to Denney because of this: "The lettering in the fonts you have was developed by Alan Denney at Hallmark in the late 1950s. He also worked for American Greetings Hi Brows from 1960 - 1966 and then returned to Hallmark.... And he later went to a different lettering style when Shoe Box cards became Hallmark's funny card line replacing Contemporary Cards. Alan retired from Hallmark in 1993 and died two years later."), ZITZ (2000, based on the hand lettering in the King Features daily strip "Zits" by Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott), Ohmigosh (2007: 12 styles of comic book lettering).
    • Dot matrix fonts: Fortuna Dot (2001).
    • Pixel fonts: Larcher (based on a modular font designed by Jean Larcher).
    • Medieval script fonts: Sonnet Italic&Swash (2009), Galathea (2000, based on a classic analog font of the same name, "Originalerzeugnis von J. S. Schelter&Giesecke, Leipzig").
    • Fonts made in 2015: Ace of Clubs, Roberta (after Bob Trogman's art nouveau font Roberta, 1962).
    • Fonts made in 2013: OK Monograms (retro-futuristic), Splunge (based on Franklin Gothic).
    • Fonts made in 2012: Humerus (Halloween font inspired by the opening credit sequence of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, 1948), Retrospace (inspired by the hand-lettered opening credits of the film Some Came Running (1958)), Toynbee Idea (free font based on Toynbee tiles), Hymn (scanbat).
    • Fonts made in 2011: Institute Stamps (grunge), Magic Carpet, Shoemaker (shoe stitch face).
    • Fonts made in 2010: Salmagundi (grunge), Dynamotor (like Dynamo, which was designed by K. Sommer and first released in 1930), Poignant (inspired by the hand-lettered film titles of certain mid-1900s films from Twentieth-Century Fox, including "All About Eve", "Gentleman's Agreement" and "No Way Out."), Pharmacy MMX (unicase), Karta (3d face), Flores MMX.
    • Fonts made in 2009: Wexley (revival of a VGC font called Wexford), Sonnet (based on the printed text of Shakespeare, 1609), Fashion Brush, Fashion Script, Imitation One, Two, and Three, Generation B (all at Font Bros), Gainsborough (2009, an art deco typeface inspired by the hand-lettered titles of an Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes (1938)), Comfy (FontBros: inspired by an example of "Pinselschrift" (brush lettering) by Wilhelm Dechert), Sirena (FontBros: inspired by the hand-lettered opening titles of the film I Married a Witch).
    • Fonts made in 2008: Alumino (inspired by Saul Bass's design for the aluminum company Alcoa), République (four fonts inspired by Paris Metro signs---not the familiar Art Nouveau "Metropolitain" signs, but the later Art Deco design by Adolphe Dervaux), Handbill (based on rubber stamps), Flash Mob, Pen Script Monograms, Royal Wedding (commercial set at Font Bros), 2 Clover Monograms, 4 Heart Monograms, Silverliner (based on the opening titles of the 1951 Hitchcock movie Strangers on a Train), Tricot (lettering as done on a sweater, after a design by Nancy Stahl), Silverliner (based on the opening titles of the 1951 Hitchcock movie Strangers on a Train), Carbon Copy, Bracelet Mongrams.
    • Fonts made in 2007: Aeolian, Pub Bites, Barril and Barril Doble (a digital interpretation of the 1970s Neufville font Barrio), Circle Monograms, XOXO (grunge), Safety Pin (inspired by the cover of the June 1946 Ladies Home Journal), Swizzle Script (a script based on Stylescript, 1940, Sol Hess: compare with Coronet and Trafton), New England (script), Madfont (after MAD magazine's logo), Quince (a brush version of Klumpp's Murray hill), Plumber's Gothic, Gamera.
    • Fonts made in 2006: Humdinger (comic book lettering), Stella Dallas (a Koch Antiqua style typeface based on he hand-lettered titles of the film Stella Dallas), Foam Light, Mean 26 Sans, Mean 26 Serif, Gaudi, Lapis Lazuli (3 calligraphic fonts based on Dan X. Solo's Papyrus), Garden, Boston Line and Philadelphia Line (inspired by Boston Line Type, developed in the 1830s by Samuel Gridley Howe for use in raised-letter printing for the blind; the Philadelphia Line fonts were inspired by another raised-print font, this one developed by Julius Friedlander and adopted in 1837 by his Philadelphia school, now the Overbrook School for the Blind), Honeymoon (a script based on the Holiday Inn lettering), Blooper and Bloop Script (after Cooper Black and Brush Script), Roman monograms.
    • Fonts made in 2005: Don Semiformal, Fabulous Prizes, Valentin (inspired by the work of Valentin Haüy, creator of the first books for the blind), Chelt Press (a grungy Cheltenham), National Debt, Pub Smooth (followed in 2007 by Pub Bites), Baronial Monograms, Vine Monograms, Thaleia (revival of Thalia), Harold's Monograms Bold, Blockograms, CarmenMonograms, Profiler, Goya, Jest, Chaser, Rebus (dingbats), Dilemma, The Birds, CVelestial Alphabet.
    • Fonts made in 2004: Snowflake Monograms, Upbeat Demi, Pessima, White Birch, Artistamp, Entwined Monograms, Project, Dirty Finger, Koch Dingbats, Yard Sale, Shield Monograms, Gainsborough (inspired by the hand-lettered titles of the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Lady Vanishes", 1938), Jim Dandy (an interpretation of the 19th century typeface Jim Crow), Gaumont (based on the hand-lettered titles of the film The 39 Steps (1935), a Gaumont-British Picture, directed by Alfred Hitchcock), Imitation2, Sunset, Bend It, Pretz, Cantabile, Echo, Skidz, Columbia Stamp, Trudeau Sans (a companion of his architectural typeface Trudeau), Frank the Architect (2004, a Frank Ching-inspired typeface not unlike Tekton).
    • Fonts made in 2003: Card Characters, Pieces, Harlequin, Hexagrams&Octograms, Popstars, Level, Peace, Collegiate Monograms, Bead Chain, Marquee.
    • Fonts made in 2002: Level, Backhand Brush, Joggle, Script Monograms, Brickletter, Font Shui (oriental simulation), Heartland (for Valentine's day), Melodymaker (for music), Antiestablishment, Penmanship, RingTV, Cabaletta (now called Roosevelt), Graceful Ghost (caps based on an 18th century French design by Pouget&fils), the Ixat family (grunge fonts), PalimpsestBlack (grunge font), PalimpsestDark, PalimpsestLight, PalimpsestRegular, Pearlie, Repent (based on the work of American folk artist Jesse Howard), WillingRace (upper and lower case together).
    • Fonts made in 2001: Carmen Caps, Crazy Harold (2001, based on a font of the same name, as illustrated in Paul E. Kennedy's "Modern Display Alphabets"; extended to 8 weights in 2006), Easter Parade (brush script), Famous Label (pen lettering), FLORES (based on a florist's sign in Valencia, Spain), FONT ERROR, Guadalupe (Mexican simulation face), GuadalupeDos, HMBlackDiamondThree, HMBlackDiamondTwo, HMBlackOvalThree, HMBlackOvalTwo, HMWhiteDiamondThree, HMWhiteDiamondTwo, HMWhiteOvalThree, HMWhiteOvalTwo, Handmedown, Hymn, KaffeehausNeon (based on Kaufmann), PubSmooth (a variant of the classic font Publicity Gothic), Roselyn (a script font based on a font in "Lettering and Alphabets" by John Albert Cavanagh), RubaiyatDoubleLine, RubaiyatEngraved, RubaiyatInline, RubaiyatOutline, RubaiyatShadow, RubaiyatSolid, SanitaryBoldCaps, SanitaryDemi, SanitaryRegular, Shazi, ShaziGhost, Subtext (grunge font).
    • Fonts made in 2000: Arrobatherapy, Barbeque, Black Oval Monogram, Bruce Mikita (oriental simulation), Bruce Mikita2, Cantabile, CantabileAlternate, Celestial Alphabet, the Goya family (extrapolated from the logo of the GOYA food products company), King Harold (inspired by the lettering on the Bayeux Tapestry), KingXmas, KingXmasStars, KochQuadratFill, KochQuadrat, KochQuadratGuides, KochQuadratInline, KochQuadratOutlines, Koch Rivoli, Lab Rat, Law School (based on the architectural lettering at Albany Law School, Albany, NY, now named Trudeau, after a design by architect Robert Louis Trudeau), Milky Way (based on a style of hand lettering by Ross F. George included in 1930s Speedball lettering books), MilkyWayTwo (2001), Neurotoxin, Pharmacy, Punchhappy (holes in letters, influenced by Apostrophe's Toolego?), Punchhappy Shadow, Quarterround, Quarterround Tile (a kitchen tile font), RedCircle (based on the lettering on Eight O'Clock brand coffees), Ringpin, ScarletRibbons (inspired by a Speedball lettering book from the 30s by Ross F. George), Screwball (font in memory of Madeline Kahn), Solemnity (an uncial font modeled on the analog font SOLEMNIS by Günter Gerhard Lange, 1952), ThreePartySystemA, ThreePartySystemB, ThreePartySystemC, Vasarely (named in honor of Op artist Victor Vasarely; based on a modular font by Jean Larcher).
    • Fonts made in 1999: BrideOfTheMonsterStencil, Bubble Gum Rock A and B (1999-2002), CheltPressDark, CheltPressDarkVariegated, CheltPressLigh, CheltPressLightVariegated, CheltPress, Esquivel, EsquivelEngraved, Fulton Artistamp, MADFONT, Smellvetica, SmellveticaOutline, Vedette Blanche (movie roll font), VedetteNoire.
    • Fonts made in 1998: BrideOfTheMonster (caps and numbers are based on Rudolph Koch's Neuland), Cheapskate family, Dominican (coffee bean bag font), Landmark, OldeChicago (based on the Apple Chicago font), Ricecakes, SavingsBond extended in 2006 to National Debt, National Debt Hilite and National Debt 3D), StampAct, StampActJumbled, Thanksgiving, Virile Open, Virile Solid.
    • Typefaces from 2011: Bingo Dingo (dingbats inspired by the classic Mexican board game, Lotería), ManuCrypt (blackletter), Waldorf Text (blackletter).
    • Typefaces from 2012: Albanita (date unclear though), Curator (a compact handwriting font), Seafare (circus style face), Hardline (op art prismatic style), London (inspired by London, Susan Kare's bitmap-style Olde English designed for Apple in the early 1980s. Variations include cross-stitch, harlequin (black and white diamonds), and shaded (diagonal lines)).
    • Typefaces from 2015: Gilded Age (inspired by the opening titles of the 1952 French film Casque d'Or.
    • Typefaces from 2016: Mr. Kite (weathered wood type), Schnapps (blackletter), Egyptian Monograms, Bluelakehawk (with Jason Martinez, inspired by Southwest Pueblo pottery patterns and tribal art).

      Typefaces from 2016: Bogo (a digital version of Morris Fuller Benton's Hobo Light, 1915).

    • Typefaces from 2017: Asian Flavor, Time Lock, Flying Circus (a Western style slab serif modeled after Circo, which was made in 1971 by Jan Solpera at Berthold AG), Traftoon (after Howard Allen Trafton's Cartoon (1936)), Art Deco Monograms, Stage Left (with interlocking capitals), Intermittent (experimental: vertical lines only; inspired by West Side Story).
    • Typefaces from 2018: Niche, Licorice Whip, Mineral City (grungy), Cascade Monograms, Trails End (grungy), Maze Monograms, Harmonium, Tidal Wave.
    • Typefaces from 2019: Black Iris (blackletter), Headstand.
    • Typefaces from 2020: Jimmy Leg, Labelous, Divity Rose Monograms, Peaceful Protest, Headstand (Headstand was inspired by the logo for Melania Trump's Be Best campaign, reportedly designed by the First Lady herself), Tablet Monograms, Don Piano (an early computer-inspired monospaced typeface), Trente Neuf (hand-lettered with art deco roots), Vineyard (an art nouveau typeface inspired by two early 20th-century fonts from American Type Founders, Virile and Erratic Outline), Pheather, Gothic Vine Monograms, Vine Monograms, Money Tree (a currency font), Sonnet, Cantabile, Neurotoxin, Screwball. Typefaces from 2021: Tessera (a mosaic font), Diploma Monograms, Wet Ink (oily).

    Link at Dafont. . Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Harry Løhr
    [Det danske Skriftstøberi Harry Løhr]

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    Harvination25

    Designer of the stencil typeface Classic Stencil (2011, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hassan Haider

    Hassan Haider (b. 1980, Diepholz, Germany) sudied graphic design at FH Bielefeld. from Bielefeld, Germany, created the geometric typefaces Neo Serif (free), and Skate or Die (2009) and the grungy stencil typeface Soundpieces (2009). Nice accompanying poster too.

    Klingspor link. Bureau Hassan Haider link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hayinah Hayinah
    [Rockboys Studio (or: Rockboy Studio)]

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    Hayman

    Croydon, UK-based designer (b. 1982) of the beautiful stencil font Quarters (2007). Download here. All glyphs are made up from quarter circles and straight edges. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hayqal Samsuri

    Singapore-based designer of Doily (2012), an octagonal mechanical stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Héctor Gatti
    [Omnibus Type]

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    Headfonts Store (was: Mcraft, and Mihis Design)
    [Alexandru Mihis]

    Timisoara, Romania-based designer of the fat blackletter typeface Black Baron (2015).

    In 2016, he made the modular typeface family Epicon, the vintage typeface Knucklehead (sans and spurred version), the spurred Velasco, the octagonal typeface family Knox, Scripthead, Monogram World (+Vintage), the monoline script typeface Catarg, and the octagonal typeface family Epicoff (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Bauhead (piano key or Bauhaus style), Hammerhead (free at YWFT), Typehead (industrial; +Stencil, +Deco), Flathead Round, Merak, Millennium.

    Typefaces from 2018: Spearhead, Mudhead, Mudhead Serif, Blackhead, Numhead (industrial, octagonal), Modernhead (Serif, Sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Rustyhead, Uphead, Penhead, Decohead (+Display), Hothead, Inkhead, Techead, Retrohead, Blockhead (+Nova), Overhead (a sports font).

    Typefaces from 2020: Techead (a minimalist sans for start-ups), Nordhead.

    Typefaces from 2021: Arthead, Zighead.

    Typefaces from 2022: Blishead, RutheadArt Deco Monogram, Wildhead, Fathead.

    Mcraft link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hector Ramirez
    [Socker One]

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    Heikki Morgan Hämäläinen
    [Morganismi]

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    HEL Fonts

    Designer(s) at T26 of Commando-Barbwire and Commando (2000, stencil font), the Denim family (grunge), and the Stealth family (2000, after the shapes of the Stealth plane). MyFonts listing. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Helena Nowak-Mroczek

    Polish type designer who created the serifed Hel family, wich comes with a stencil style, Helikon (+Outline). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Helena Öhman
    [Studio Indigo]

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    Hello Creative (or Hello Mart, or Hello Media)
    [Margaret Harding Penney]

    Saint Petersburg, FL-based web designer. Creator of the following commercial typefaces:

    • Roccio (2010, fat geometric face), Untoward (2010), Roco (2013, a slit font). Thes typefaces seem no longer available.
    • Magik (2012, a geometric display face).
    • Faceplant (2013).
    • Boccaccio (2013, art deco, prismatic and multilined, named after the Belgian club Boccaccio Life, where New Beat was first played).
    • Haext (2013, hand-printed; followed by Haext Pen and Haext Bold in 2015, Ten Dollar Fonts).
    • In 2014, she created the Arabic simulation typefaces Maroque and Maroque Stencil: Maroque is a geometric type design inspired by the forms and pattern motifs found in Moroccan carpets, artwork and architecture. The pattern motifs most specifically associated with this font design are those found in the carpets of the Maghreb or Berber people of North Africa, these rugs have a kind of bold simplicity that appears decorative, detailed and grid-based.

    Her companies are called Hellomart and Hello Creative Co. You Work For Them link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hellotype
    [Erasmo Ciufo]

    Italian graphic designer and art director Erasmo Ciufo (b. 1982, Milan) graduated in 2004 in Communication Sciences at Milan University and obtained an MA in Visual and Graphic Design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design (SPD), Milan, in 2006. He founded Lettergram, a graphic design studio specialising in branding and type design, based both in Milan and New York. He also ran Fontinspiration and participated in Hellotype. In 2014, he co-founded the cooperative Italian type foundry CAST.

    His typefaces include Tura (2008), Rapida (2008), Inspiration (2006, free), Regolo, Saffran (2007, with Alessio D'Ellena; published in 2015 by CAST as a commercial typeface family) and Minutron. Saffran is a stencil sans with squarish letterforms.

    In 2019, he designed the ten-style forceful sans family Arkit at CAST. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hemphill Type (was: Typed)
    [Ed Hemphill]

    Typed stands for type by Ed. Ed Hemphill is a branding and packaging designer from England who founded Typed in 2018. His typefaces include Evolved (a quirky display family, with a fat geometric stencil weight), Sapiens (2019: an all caps family about which he writes: Sapiens is a prehistoric font family characterised by simplicity and crudeness, as if carved out and assembled by our sapiens ancestors), Forged (2018, a mechanical typeface with four substyles, including Bevel and outline), Heyday (2018), a vintage all caps font family in serif and sans styles.

    Typefaces from 2020: Flow (all caps, handcrafted), Otter (a hand-printed rounded all caps family), Kaldi (a rounded monolinear condensed sans family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hendra Pratama
    [HP Typework (was: Mikrojihad Inc.)]

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    Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld

    Hendrik Wijdeveld was a Dutch architect and art deco paper artist (1885-1987). He founded the trendsetting art deco magazine Wendingen in 1918 and remained its chief editor until 1931.

    Wijdeveld designed many letter types for special projects, such as book covers, buildings, and letterheads. Examples include a poster entitled Architectuur Tentoonstelling (1931), a poster entitled Internationaal Theater Tentoonstelling (1922), and an illustration for De Bijenkorf (1922).

    In 2003, Hans Oldewarris published Wijdeveld---Art Deco Design on Paper at 2010 Publishers. That book shows stencil-like art deco typefaces such as Wendingen and Amsterdam Deventer, both designed in the 1920s.

    Wijdeveld's lettering and alphabets inspired these digital typefaces:

    • AF Wendingen (1998, Christian Küsters for ACME Fonts). An LED simulation typeface named after Wijdeveld's art deco magazine.
    • Architectuur NF (2006, Nick Curtis).
    • Hendrikus Wijdeveld (2010). By swiftw5 at FontStruct. Based on the poster entitled Architectuur Tentoonstelling Frank Lloyd Wright (1931).
    • Wijdeveld by Matthew Bardram of Atomic Media.
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    Hendry Juanda
    [Letterhend Studio (or: Magang Letterhend)]

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    Henri Avecunk

    Sollentuna, Sweden-based creator (b. 1973) of Parsley Path (2016), Ignoreland A (eroded style), Ombudsman Stencil (2016), Chateau de Garage (2016, a heavy slab serif), King of Rome (2016, heavy wedge serif), Backboard Outline (2016, athletic lettering), Jollysight Sans (2016), Horseback Slab (2016), Playoff (2016), Bellet (2016, Peignotian, caps only), Strejka (2016, grungy and handcrafted), Promenade de la Croisette (2016, a condensed all caps movie credit font), Fogle Hunter (2016, a tall-ascender antiqued treasure map typeface), Ground Control (2016, a techno typeface), Hello Euroboy (2016), I Am A Rock (2016), the condensed handcrafted typeface Tamales (2015), Discoteca Rounded (2016), Entschuldigung (2016, squarish sans), Discoteca (2016, rounded sans), Mouthpiece (2016), Jumping The Couch (extremely condensed film noir font), the Peignotian typeface Nizza (2016), the athletic lettering font Be True To Your School, and the narrow handcrafted Stem Panini (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Wermland Gothic, Fields of Cathay, Chrobot, Grenade Stencil (military stencil), Camargue Serif, Krechanstaud Gothic (grungy), Spettekaka Serif, Boulodrome (heavy rounded sans script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Les Champs, Backcountry, Manhandle Slab, Out of My League (sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Budokan Rounded, Edsbacka Flare Serif, Bonard, Generalissimo, Airside Sans, Haute Corniche (art deco caps), Danderyd Gothic.

    Typefaces from 2020: Big Star (octagonal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Henrik Kubel
    [A2 Type]

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    Henrik Kubel
    [Fontyoufonts.com]

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    Henrik Petersen

    Frankfurt-based designer and illustrator who created Modular Stencil Font in 2017. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Henry Cohn

    UK-based FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2014: Stencil Class, Stencil Funk, Formal Dragon, Casual Dragon, Gothic Hand (blackletter), Slice, Font, Cheap Spaceship, Dickson, Katholikes (Greek simulation), Grotesque Italic, Clunky Gadget, Hirschfeld (ultra-condensed, based on the signature of one of cartoonist Al Hirschfeld), Strange Square, Traianus Scvlpta, Odd Oval, Traianvs, Canary, Canary Demi, Double Trouble, Metropolis (constructivist: based on Boris Bilinsky's poster for the 1927 film Metropolis), Albrecht, Fittin Justice (+Bold), Serif Ultra, Confessions of a Sinner (Cohn writes: A replica of the lettering I carved into a linocut book cover that I made for my favourite book: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg), Fake Kitsch, 1 Brick Letters, Gainst The Wind, Top Serif, Suggestion (+Bold: art deco).

    In 2015, Cohn created Stencil Funk (psychedelic style).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fittin Justice Bold (letters fit together through the middle), Seeing Double.

    Dafont link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Here East Fonts
    [Nastia Piven]

    Anastasia Piven is a designer from Minsk, Belarus and founder of Here East Fonts in 2018. Piven is currently based in Amsterdam. Her initial typefaces include the logotype Carpazzi Soft (2014). In 2018, she created Grossweight Stencil, Turnu (2018: a squarish logofont for a new Danish taxi service), One Manchester (squarish), Tech Tape, OCR Camp, Pretty Much Fur, and Fat Porn.

    Typefaces from 2020: Lorcan Mist (a caps only display typeface), Buck (a very wide squarish block font), Beier Third, Fatporn 2.0, Flatten, Galcher, Lorcan Mist, Papa Bear (counterless), Rolling Script, TT Techtape Font, Turn Denmark (squarish), Wallnutt Corps (hipster, dystopian, caps only). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Heric Longe Abramo

    Italian designer (b. Bologna, 1976) of some deconstructivist fonts such as Kill Your Neighborhood (2000, knife dingbats and scanbats of typefaces), and the broken stencil font Metal Meltdown (2001). In 2000, he co-founded the magazine Pressure, dedicated to graffiti art. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Herzberg Design
    [Matthijs Herzberg]

    Aka BaronHerzberg. Illustrator, letterer and type designer, who was born in the Netherlands, moved to New Orleans in 2013, and set up Herzberg Design, a commercial type foundry, in 2019. His typefaces include:

    • Libido (2021). A funky unicase psychedelic typeface based upon Wes Wilson's style. It has a traditional smooth or curvy style, and a ragged style with only straight edges, and is designed in variable format with a width axis and an optical size axis.
    • Bonkus (2020). A six-style geometric sans-serif typeface with a funky touch that was inspired by similar wide open organic typefaces from the 1970s such as Blippo and Ronda.
    • Wanchy (2020). A psychedelic typeface.
    • Yardbird (2020). A stencil typeface.
    • Cloisterfuch (2019). A blocky modern blackletter.
    • Psychblock (2020). A variable art nouveau font with two axes (width and optical size), inspired by the psychedelia of Wes Wilson. For Latin and Cyrillic.
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    Heypen Type
    [Rofiki Anas Maruf]

    Indonesian designer aka sixdegrees, b. 1986, East Java. He is based in Batu / Surabaya. Anas created Hargloves Sans (an 18-style elliptical sans) (2022), Hunkster (an artsy stencilized font family with nine styles) (2021), Hansplatz Grotesk (9 styles in the Akzidenz Grotesk genre) (2021), Halfroy (2020), Hostilica (2020: a slightly flared display serif), the children's book font Hagen Kids (2020), Horush (2020: a typeface inspired by aerodynamics and speed), Hazelle (2019), the squarish typeface Helios (2011) and the futuristic / sci-fi / industrial stencil typeface AV Cosmos (2019).

    Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hi
    [Megi Zumstein]

    Hi is the foundry of Swiss type designer Megi Zumstein, b. 1973, together with Claudio Barandun. Megi is the creator of Albis (2005, squarish, Bringolf Irion Vögeli), Dorfbeiz (2009, HI), Idol Stencil (2004, Bringolf Irion Vögeli), V&A-Outline (2003, Graphic Thought Facility). All her typefaces are in the orbit of DIN and VAG Rounded.

    House typefaces include New Elante (2007), Roxy (2008), and Countdown (2008, experimental). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hiekka Graphics
    [Ossi Gustafsson]

    Hiekka Graphics is a Finnish design studio located in Västerskog, and run by Ossi Gustafsson. Their typefaces: HG Rollo (2008, free), HG Amokey, HG Fatbrass (nice ultra-fat type), Fatbrass II, HG Cappella (art deco with filled-in counters), HG Oliver, HG Akimoto (2008, fat slab display face), HG Sepu (2009, rounded techno), HG Pale (2009, half-stencil, half-paperclip face), and HG Kalevi (2009, an open display typeface with an additional stencil style).

    Fonts made in 2010: Sketchetica (sketched Helvetica), Sketchetik (renamed Sketchetica?). Followed in 2013 by Sketchetik Fill.

    In 2013, he published Tushi (an attractive brush face), Savu (hand-lettered) and Sini Bold and Sini Ornaments (poster typefaces).

    Typefaces from 2014 include Golos.

    Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hilmius Akbar
    [Type Factory]

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    Hinterland Studio

    New York City-based multidisciplinary design studio. For the dentity and stationery system for Devona, an interactive agency, Hinterland created Devona Stencil Display (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hiro (or: ashar1802)
    [Chairul Ashar]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of these display and handcrafted typefaces in 2020: Up and Down, Roots (a signage script), Moonsilver, Eve Adam, Vembazax, Delissa Beauty (monoline script), Feels so Good (a scrapbook script), Love Conchetta (script), Alleysha, Conceptual Progressive, Echo Ethnic, Hardliners, Homogenic, Neuborn (octagonal, constructivist), New Ancient (script), New Florence, Silly Girls, Smille, Tendencies.

    Typefaces from 2021: The Deen (a reverse stress display font), Carrot and Strawberry (a scrapbook font), Echo Ethnic (a display typeface), Archapolago (a casual bold script), Rootsy (a signage font), Sunday Vibes (script), Relaxy, Rollerblack (script), Straight Edge (all caps, for signage), Michella Songs, Hello Tiffany (a swirly Valentine's Day script), Silly Girls (a thin script), Delissa Beauty (a thin script), Eve Adam (wild, calligraphic), Pro Smile, Vembazax Rm (an all caps display typeface with some stencil styles).

    Typefaces from 2022: Fortunella (a high-waisted vintage display serif), Aztec Club (a hilarious decorated typeface), Makio (a 6-style organic sans), Aztec Club (a hilarious decorated typeface), Quickly Brown (a bold all caps supermarket font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hiro W

    Osaka, Japan-based designer of the curly typeface Bone in Plant (2018) and the stencil typeface Cyber Grotesque (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    hisham4444

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to create I Love U Joined (letters in hearts), New Minimal, I Love U Black, I Love U BnW, I Love U 2 Seperated, I Love U 2, Marbles Light, I Love U, BATMANia (the Batman font), Traffic Light (billboard light font), Marbles Dark (dot matrix), the fat octagonal typeface Strong Simple and the stencil typeface Break It. Additions in 2009: Strong Simple, I Lov U 2, Recursive. Additions in 2010: Tiles. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    HiType (was: DMTR.ORG)
    [Dimitre Lima]

    Dimitre Lima is a Sao Paulo-based Brazilian designer (b. 1979) who created a few typefaces in his Fluid Typeface Project in 2005. In 2005, Dimitre Lima set up DMTR.ORG and started selling his fonts at MyFonts. These include O AFerrugem (unicase, techno), Opus (2005, a computer-look modular sans), Gatu (2005, futuristic semicircle face), Clave de Fá (2006, experimental), O Geena (2007, straight-lined outlines), Arame (2006, an octagonal family including a stencil version), Velocipede (2009) and O Decomputer (techno sans).

    In 2010, he started HiType [initial catalog].

    Typefaces from 2012 include Geena Mono (a techno or programming monospaced font).

    In 2015, he created the metalband typeface Metal.

    HypeForType link. Klingspor link.

    View Dimitre Lima's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hoefler (was: Hoefler&Frere-Jones, and Hoefler Type Foundry)
    [Jonathan Hoefler]

    Born in 1970 in New York, Jonathan Hoefler ran the Hoefler Type Foundry (or: HTF) in New York. It employed Tobias Frere-Jones, Josh Darden, and Jesse Ragan. In 2004, it was renamed Hoefler&Frere-Jones, or HFJ for the cognoscenti. However, a legal problem between Jonathan and Tobias led to a corporate divorce in 2014---the company is renamed again The Hoefler Type Foundry. In September 2021, Monotype acquired Hoefler, and that is the end of that chapter. Their typefaces:

    • Acropolis.
    • Archer (2001, by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere Jones). A humanist slab serif originally designed for Martha Stewart Living. It has a great range of features, including a classy hairline style. However, I see trouble down the road with the name Archer which has been used previously by several other foundries such as SignDNA, Arts&Letters and Silver Graphics. Some say that Archer is just Stymie with some ball terminals. Nevertheless, it became a grand hit, and has been used by Wes Anderson in The Budapest Hotel, and in Wells Fargo's branding. David Earls on Archer: with its judicious yet brave use of ball terminals, and blending geometry with sexy cursive forms, all brought together with the kind of historical and intellectual rigour you fully expect from this particular foundry, Archer succeeds where others falter.
    • Champion Gothic.
    • Chronicle Text. In 2007, HFJ published the "blended Scotch" newspaper serif text family Chronicle, which led to Chronicle ScreenSmart in 2015. See also Chronicle Display. In 2016, Hoefler published Chronicle Hairline. In Wired Magazine, Margaret Rhodes writes that it is for men who wear dress shoes without socks. Chronicle Hairline is a didone that breaks the didone rules. It is rounder, asymmetric (as in the mouth of the C), and as Hoefler puts it, more musical. As of 2016, the Chronicle typeface family consists of the display styles Chronicle Hairline, Chronicle Display (+Condensed, +Compressed), and Chronicle Deck (+Condensed), and the 60-style Chronicle Text family, which comes in G1, G2, G3 and G4 subfamilies.
    • Many custom and branding typefaces, including, e.g., General GG (2005-2007) and typefaces for The New York Times Magazine, Times Mirror, Esquire and McGraw-Hill (1995, free download). Time.com provides previews of fonts made for Esquire, Lever House, eCompany Now, The Guggenheim Museum, The New York Times, and the Whitney Museum.
    • Cyclone.
    • Decimal (2019). A sans based on early wristwatch typefaces, i.e., the microscopic letters used by Swiss watchmakers in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
    • Didot. HTF carefully designed and complete families include HTF-Didot (1991) in 42 weights/variations, originally designed for Harper's Bazaar; based on the grosse sans pareille no. 206 of Molé le jeune.
    • Eyes Only (2019). A stencil typeface.
    • Forza (2010). A sans typeface. Not to be confused with the 2007 font Forza by Michel Luther at Die Gestalten.
    • Geometer Screen Fonts. Free Mac fonts.
    • Giant.
    • Gotham (2003). The stylish sans typeface made famous by Obama. See also Gotham Rounded.
    • Historical Allsorts. This includes Historical-EnglishTextura, Historical-FellType, Historical-GreatPrimerUncials and Historical-StAugustin.
    • Hoefler Text (+Ornaments). This antiqua text typeface consists of 27 fonts made in 1991-1992, and is distributed with many Apple products.
    • Hoefler Titling.
    • Ideal Sans. A slightly flared humanist sans. In the 1996 Morisawa Awards competition, Hoefler received a bronze prize for Ideal Sans. In 2011, HFJ writes it up beautifully: Typefaces are born from the struggle between rules and results. Squeezing a square about 1% helps it look more like a square; to appear the same height as a square, a circle must be measurably taller. The two strokes in an X aren't the same thickness, nor are their parallel edges actually parallel; the vertical stems of a lowercase alphabet are thinner than those of its capitals; the ascender on a d isn't the same length as the descender on a p, and so on. For the rational mind, type design can be a maddening game of drawing things differently in order to make them appear the same. Twenty-one years ago, we began tinkering with a sans serif alphabet to see just how far these optical illusions could be pushed. How asymmetrical could a letter O become, before the imbalance was noticeable? Could a serious sans serif, designed with high-minded intentions, be drawn without including a single straight line? This alphabet slowly marinated for a decade and a half, benefitting from periodic additions and improvements, until in 2006, Pentagram's Abbott Miller proposed a project for the Art Institute of Chicago that resonated with these very ideas. As a part of Miller's new identity for the museum, we revisited the design, and renovated it to help it better serve as the cornerstone of a larger family of fonts. Since then we've developed the project continuously, finding new opportunities to further refine its ideas, and extend its usefulness through new weights, new styles, and new features. Today, H&FJ is delighted to introduce Ideal Sans, this new font family in 48 styles. Ideal Sans is a meditation on the handmade, combining different characteristics of many different writing tools and techniques, in order to achieve a warm, organic, and handcrafted feeling.
    • Idlewild (2012). A wide sans typeface family.
    • Isotope (2018). A squarish typeface family. Not to be confused with Isotope by Fábio Duarte Martins, designed six years earlier.
    • Inkwell (2017). Hoefler writes: Inkwell is provided in a range of styles with which readers already have clear associations: a bookish Serif and a cleanly printed Sans, a conversational Script, a ceremonial Blackletter, a fancy Tuscan for decoration, and a stately Open for titles. Each style is offered in six weights, from a technical pen Thin to a graffiti marker Black. Inkwell is a name used as far back as 1992 by Sam Wang, and additional older fonts called Inkwell exist by Dan Solo, Philip Cronerud and MXB Foundry.
    • Knockout. The Knockout collection was designed to celebrate the beauty and diversity of nineteenth century sans serif wood types.
    • Knox.
    • Landmark (2013). In Regular, Inline, Shadow and Dimensional styles. A collection of architectural caps which started out as a custom typeface for Lever House in New York.
    • Leviathan.
    • Mercury Text and Mercury Display.
    • Nitro & Turbo (2016). Hoefler writes: We designed Nitro for Pentagram's Michael Bierut, as part of a new identity for the New York Jets football team. Originally named Jets Bold, Nitro is rooted in the styles of lettering used by the team throughout its fifty-year history: even as its logotype evolved, it consistently used heavy, slanting forms to imply force and movement. and ends with corporate babble: Nitro embodies this indomitable spirit in the context of a fresh, contemporary design. About the naming: AF Nitro was made by Sylvia Janssen at the very popular Die Gestalten Studio in Germany, in 2001. It will be fun to watch that battle between giants. Not to mention that lesser known players also made commercial fonts called Nitro more than a decade earlier---these include Jack Wills at Sign DNA and Markus Schroeppel (in 2004).
    • Numbers. In 2006, HFJ published the Numbers family, 15 fonts with nothing but numbers from various sources: Bayside (based on a set of house numbers produced around 1928 by H. W. Knight & Son of Seneca Falls, New York), Claimcheck (inspired by ticket stubs), Delancey (from tenement doorways), Depot (modeled on vintage railcars), Deuce (based on playing cards), Dividend (from an antique check writer), Greenback (based on U. S. currency), Indicia (inspired by rubber stamps), Premium (after vintage gas pumps), Prospekt (based on Soviet house numbers), Redbird (inspired by New York subways), Revenue (from cash register receipts), Strasse (after European enamel signs), Trafalgar (inspired by British monuments), Valuta (after Hungarian banknotes).
    • Obsidian. In 2015, Jonathan Hoefler and Andy Clymer cooperated on the decorative copperplate engraved emulation typeface Obsidian. Various kinds of 3d illumination in Obsidian were obtained by an algorithmic process. Not to be confused with about ten other fonts called Obsidian--for example, we have Obsidian (pre 2003, Silver Graphics), Obsidian (2014, Steffi Strick), Obsidian (2012, Krzysztof Stryjewski), Obsidian Deco (2013, Yautja), Obsidian (2005, Sparklefonts), and Obsidian Chunks (pre 2002, Jeni Pleskow).
    • Operator, Operator Mono, Operator Screensmart and Operator Screensmart Mono. The non-typewriter typewriter type..
    • Peristyle (2017). A stylish condensed typeface family with piano key elements, and described by Hoefler as dramatic.
    • Quarto.
    • Requiem (1991-1994).
    • In 2003, they published Retina (which was originally designed for the stock listings in the Wall Street Journal), but that font disappeared from their listing.
    • Ringside.
    • St. Augustin Civilité: St. Augustin Civilité is a digitization of Robert Granjon's extraordinary type of 1562, now in the collection of the Enschedé type foundry, Haarlem. This typeface is reproduced in Civilité Types by Harry Carter and H. D. L. Vervliet (Oxford Bibliographical Society, by the Oxford University Press, 1966.) As figures and punctuation were lacking in the original, these have been borrowed from two other Granjon types, the Courante and Bastarde of 1567. (The remainder of the character set has been invented.)
    • Sagittarius (2021). A soft-edged compact semi-futuristic headline sans. In keeping with tradition, Hoefler dismisses or ignores the fact that the name Sagittarius was taken by a handful of other fonts since about 22 years ago.
    • Saracen.
    • Sentinel. Sentinel (1999) is HFJ's take on a Clarendon. I can't understand why they picked a name already taken by many foundries such as Graphx Edge Fonts, Comicraft, Dieter Steffmann and Sentinel Type. Anyway, in 2020, Sentinel got un upgrade (with smallcaps and ornaments) in 2020 in Sentinel Pro.
    • Shades (2003). In Cyclone, Topaz, Giant and Knox weights.
    • Surveyor (2014). An exquisite mapmaker and newsprint didone font family with Fine, Display and Text subfamilies.
    • The Proteus Project.
    • Topaz.
    • Tungsten (2009) and Tungsten Rounded. Their sales pitch: That rarest of species, Tungsten is a compact and sporty sans serif that's disarming instead of pushy - not just loud, but persuasive. Douglas Wilson compares Tungsten with Alternate Gothic No. 3 (Morris Fuller Benton). Not to be confused with Tungsten (2005, Sparklefonts).
    • Uncategorized early typefaces: Gestalt-HTF, Fetish-HTF (blackletter modernized, 1995), Ehmcke-HTF.
    • Verlag (2006). A 30-style art deco-inspired semi-Bauhaus geometric sans family based on six typefaces originally designed for the Guggenheim. HFJ writes: From the rationalist geometric designs of the Bauhaus school, such as Futura (1927) and Erbar (1929), Verlag gets its crispness and its meticulous planning. Verlag's fairminded quality is rooted in the newsier sans serifs designed for linecasting machines, such as Ludlow Tempo and Intertype Vogue (both 1930), both staples of the Midwestern newsroom for much of the century. But unlike any of its forbears, Verlag includes a comprehensive and complete range of styles: five weights, each in three different widths, each including the often-neglected companion italic.
    • Vitesse (2010). The typophiles react to the slab family with praise: I think they're chasing Cyrus Highsmith, Dispatch and Christian Schwartz, Popular on this one. Doing a pretty good job of it too! [...] Looks to me like the love-child of Eurostile and City. In 2020, Jonathan Hoefler added the inline Cesium, which forced him to modify the glyphs somewhat.
    • Whitney. In 2004, they produced an amazing 58-weight sans serif family, Whitney (by Tobias Frere-Jones), designed for use in infographics. Whitney's sales blurb: While American gothics such as News Gothic (1908) have long been a mainstay of editorial settings, and European humanists such as Frutiger (1975) have excelled in signage applications, Whitney bridges this divide in a single design. Its compact forms and broad x-height use space efficiently, and its ample counters and open shapes make it clear under any circumstances. See also Whitney Condensed and Whitney Narrow.
    • Ziggurat.

    Hoefler received Bukvaraz 2001 awards for HTF Guggenheim, HTF Knockout, HTF Mercury (1997, no relationship with Goudy's Mercury of 1936) and HTF Requiem. At ATypI in 2002, he received the Charles Peignot award.

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    Hold Fast Foundry
    [Mattox Shuler]

    Hold Fast Foundry (State of Washington) was founded in 2013 by Mattox Shuler. Its typefaces:

    • The all caps vintage poster fonts Gin (2013, chamfered), Abolition (2013, a propaganda typeface with soft octagonal corners) and Bourbon (2013, which used to be called Moonshiner when it was free).
    • The sketched typeface Prohibition Lines and its octagonal solid partner, Prohibition (a WPA typeface), both published in 2013.
    • Industry (2013). A six-style squarish industrial sans typeface family. Followed by the layered all caps typeface family Industry Inc in 2014, which includes beveled, inline, outline, stencil and many other options.
    • Clt (2015) and Colt Soft (2015). A pair of wide Clarendon / woodish typefaces.

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    Holger Ziemann
    [Erzaehlzeichen]

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    Holmkvist Creative
    [Robert Holmkvist]

    Holmkvist Creative is the London-based studio of Robert Holmkvist that created the octagonal typeface family Labour that includes a few stencil styles (2013). Buy Labour via Hype For Type.

    Into Film Rounded is a rounded bubblegum sans typeface. It was created for Into Film, a film education charity that puts film at the heart of the educational and personal development of children and young people aged 5-19 across the UK. Avios (2014) is a set of custom icons for Avios.

    Decade (2015) is a piano key typeface influenced by Albers, Crouwel, Garland and Gerstner.

    Schear Grotesk (2017) is a compressed grotesk custom font in the style of Haettenschweiler. In 2020, it went retail 175 dollars per computer. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hoon Kim
    [Why Not Smile LLC]

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    Horizon Type (was: Type & Design)
    [Ufuk Aracioglu]

    Turkish type designer in Sakaryu / Istanbul whose foundry was first called Type & Design, but became Horizon Type in 2016. As a student, he created the strong-willed sans typefaces Mental (2015, +Mental Rounded, 2016) and Serotonin (2015), the deco typeface Findel (2016), the 16-style rounded geometric sans family Acherus Grotesque (2016), the military stencil typeface Acherus Militant (2016), and the sans titling typeface Anarchy (2016).

    Typefaces from 2018: Crossten (a rounded geometric sans typeface family by Emre Güven).

    Typefaces from 2019: Marcher (a 10-weight sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Chesna Grotesk (a 20-style geometric sans), Acherus Feral (a 20-style geometric sans).

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    Hot Type
    [Marko Hrastovec]

    Ex-student of Nikola Djurek at the School of design in Zagreb, class of 2014. At Typonine, Nikola Djurek and Marko Hrastovec co-designed the several-hundred-style rich Audree type system in 2013. They write: Applying different parameters to same basic shapes isn't new, but Typonine.com's online application allows you to access each possible permutation and create your own version of Audree. The value isn't only aesthetic, but also didactic---by experimenting with serifs, construction and contrasts, one can learn how these variables affect the shape of the letter. Audree's many different, striking combinations make it a perfect fit for display purposes such as magazine headlines, logotypes or entire visual identity systems. One can choose along many axes: 145 serif styles, expansion or not, two choices of contrast, and for styles (normal, inline, stencil, stencil-inline). Discussion by the typophiles.

    In 2016, he designed Zico and Zico Display at Rosetta Type. Earlier, in the TypeMedia program at KABK in Den Haag, he designed Bolid Slab for his graduation in 2015. That typeface was at the basis of Zico. Zico won an award at TDC 2016TDC 2016.

    His Punta Display (a sharply sculpted serif family with typographic features that look like they could be carved in stone) won an award at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019.

    In 2021, he set up Hot Type and designed the playful serif typeface Nyck, a fun display family inspired by the equally playful work of Josef Tyfa (Tyfove Antikva) and William Addison Dwiggins. Nyck features two variable fonts as well. Other fonts from 2021 include Stroy Grotesk (a narrow grotesk newspaper sans in 12 styles billed as a contemporary interpretation of nostalgia) and Stroy Mono.

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    House Industries
    [Andy Cruz]

    Foundry located in Yorkly, DE. House Industries is run by Rich Roat and Andy Cruz with designer Ken Barber as Typography Director. Originally founded in 1993 by principals Andy Cruz and Rich Roat, House Industries has grown into a studio which sells unique display typography, illustration and design services, and, most recently, clothing and accessories. Fonts sell for 50 USD per face, and about 175 USD for ten. Many of the typefaces are grungy or special effect fonts, and all font names have the word "house" in them, as in the graffiti font Phathouse. Custom font service available. Alternate URL. Free fonts: United Stencil, House Slant, SpaceAgeRound.

    Type designers: Andy Cruz (Warehouse, Roughouse), Allen Mercer, Ken Barber, Jeremy Dean, Kristen Faulkner, Nicole Michels, David Coulson, Tal Leming, Ben Kiel.

    The early typefaces by House include United Sans (octagonal and stencil), Neutra (2002, a 30-weight stylish architectural sans family named after architect Richard Neutra), Global Font (renamed to Bullet), the Chalet Milan, Cologne, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, New York, London and Tokyo font families (in versions called 60s, 70s and 80s), Chalet Silhouettes, the Simian font collection (2001: OrangUtan, Chimpanzee, Gorilla, Sacred Scroll).

    In 2003, they released the Shag Collection, which includes Shagbats, Exotica, Mystery and Lounge. Andy Cruz designed Roughouse (1993) and Printhouse (1994), and co-designed Spookhouse and HauntedHouse in 1996 with David Coulson. House published House (2004, Gestalten Verlag), a 240-page specimen book. Also in 2004, they released five typefaces based on the lettering of Ed Benguiat: Ed Interlock (1400 ligatures), Ed Roman (animated bounce), Ed Script, Ed Gothic andi Bengbats.

    In 2005, they started digitizing the PhotoLettering collection, which they had acquired in 2003. This was done in partnership with Christian Schwartz and Erik van Blokland. They published Holiday Gothic, Holiday Sans and Holiday Script in the same year.

    In 2006, the 105-font family United was published. The six-weight Luxury family, also done in 2006, contains three serif text weights called Luxury Text, as well as three display typefaces, called Platinum (art deco), Gold, and Diamond (all caps with triangular serifs). They were designed by Christian Schwartz and Dino Sanchez.

    In 2007, we welcome Burbank, a large casual and quirky sans family, and Blaktur, a blackletter typeface which an award for display typeface at TDC2 2008. The lively signpainting typefaces Studio Lettering Sable, Studio Lettering Slant and Studio Lettering Swing also won awards in that competition. Show and Tell is their blog.

    In 2009, the low-to-zero contrast Alexander Girard family was published. It consists of Girard Sky, Girard Script, Girard Display, Girard Sansusie and Girard Slab in many weights and styles. It was created by Laura Meseguer based on the lettering used to announce the textile designs that Alexander Girard did for Herman Miller in 1955.

    Additions in 2010 include Eames Century Modern (+Poster Numerals, Cover Numerals, Thin, Ornaments, Stencil, +Black Stencil), a 26-style family of medium-to-low contrast modern typefaces in the Clarendon mode that feature nifty tricks on the ligature side---jointly developed by Erik van Blokland and House Industries type designers Andy Cruz and Ken Barber. Blacktur is a blackletter family.

    In 2012, House Industries was busy digitizing typefaces from the Photo-Lettering collection. Some of the typefaces in that collection have the prefix Plinc or PLINC in the name. This included typefaces such as Worthe Numerals (fat didone numbers) and Norton Tape (by Kimberly Winder; based on the stencil paperfold typeface Norton Tape by S.E. Norton).

    Among typefaces added in 2013 and 2014, we note Velo Serif designed by House Industries, Christian Schwartz, Mitja Miklavcic and Ben Kiel. At MyFonts: Velo Serif Text and Velo Serif Display.

    In 2016, they published Municipal Cast. Municipal (a font family inspired by the beefy iron letterforms on manhole covers; by Ken Barber, Quentin Schmerber of Production Type, Teja Smrekar, and Ben Kiel), which was released in 2020.

    In 2021, House Industries started selling its fonts through MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    House of Burvo
    [Matthew Burvill]

    House of Burvo is the UK-based foundry of Matthew Burvill (b. 1984, Kent, UK) located in Colwyn Bay, Wales. His typefaces:

    • Big Softie (2011). A fat round bubble gum typeface destined to become a hit. It is Burvill's most popular typeface.
    • Checks (2010). Patterns for checks.
    • FreeDee (2010). A 3d typeface.
    • GHS (2010). GHS stands for Geometric Hairline Serif. It is influenced by the didone style.
    • Links (2010, modular).
    • NK Fracht Round and NK Fracht Square (2010). An octagonal typeface family.
    • Neue Konstrukteur Round and Neue Konstrukteur Square (2010, an engineered, mechanical typewriter font).
    • Poster Hand (2010).
    • Sequencia (2011). A monospace and semi-monospace typeface done at Die Gestalten.
    • This collection of typefaces from 2007: Angel of Death (techno), Architect, Baby's Definate Hit (art deco heavy stencil), Beauty Full (rounded), Burvo (art deco stencil), Bürvo Konstrukteur (octagonal), Indivisual (art deco stencil), Killer (octagonal), Neg Space (pixelish), Optical (geometric, experimental), PUMP (ultra black art deco).

    MyFonts link. Behance link. Klingspor link.

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    House of Lime
    [Merethe Liljedahl]

    Defunct type foundry that had free original dingbats, alphadings and fonts, mostly from scanned art by Merethe Liljedahl (House of Lime) in Landskrona, Sweden.

    The font list: Abstract, Africa, African Design, African Eggs, AfricanPattern, AlphaRemember, AlphaSausage, AlphaThin, AmishQuilts, AngelsFairies, Angelsaroundtheworld, AngloText, Animal, AnimalDesign, AntiqueStuff, AntiqueStuffII, AroundSports, Aroundthehouse, ArtDecoMotif, ArtNouveauBild, ArtNouveauBlume, ArtNouveauFlowers, ArtNouveauFramesandBorders, ArtNouveauInitials (2001), ArtNouveauInitialsA, ArtNouveauInitialsB, ArtNouveauInitialsC, AsianArt, AsianArtII, BOO, BabyTime, BackToSchool (2000, pencil-themed face), Bagsandstuff, BagsandstuffII, Balloons, Baseball, Big Lou (2003, art deco), BirdStencilDesign, BirdStencilDesignII, Birdies, Bzzy (2004, alphadings), Books, Butterflies, Buttons (2006), Calender, CamelotCaps (2000), CarstensOwls, Cats, CelticElements, CelticElementsII, CelticMotif, Celtics, Cherub, CheshireInitials (2001), Chiseled (2006), ChristmasTime, ChristmasWreath, ChubbyDotty, ChubbyTrail, Cornerflair (2002), CrayolaKiddyFont, Curly Fleur Caps, DBLCeltic, DBLCorners, DBLFacesfromthepast, DBLFlowerDelight, DBLMedievalDesign, DancerInTheDark, DancerInTheDarkII, DancerInTheDarkIII, DecorativeOrnamental, Decorette, Decorina (2001), DesignMotif, DesignerCorners, DesignerCorners, DesignerDing, DesignerDividers, DesignerFrames, DesignerFramesTwo, DesignerMix, DesignerMixII, DesignerMixed, DesignerMotifs, DesignerMotifsThree, DesignerMotifsTwo, DesignerPlus, DesignerStuff, Dividers, DividersTwo, DoggyBag, DogsandCats, Dolphins, Dot Trail (2002), DoverChineseMotifDesign, DoverFloral, DoverFloralandDesignII, DoverJapaneseDesign, Dragons, Durbin Initials (2009), EasterBunny, EasterHoppy, EasterTime, EatingOut, Egypt, ElectionTime (2000), Elegance, EvelynsHeart, EvsDragons, ExtraOrnamentalNo2, FaceofaLady, Faces2Faces, FacesOfTheCentury, Faith, Fans, Fashion, FashionLadies, FleurCornerCaps (2000), FloralDesign, FloralStencilDesign, FloridVictorianOrnament, FlowerandFairyAlphabet, Folklore, FolkloreII, Fontanesi, Framed, Frames, FramesAndBorders, FramesAndBordersII, FramesAndBordersIII, FramesandBackgrounds, FramesandHeaders, Fromthegarden, Fruityandveggie, Furballs, GailsUnicorn, GardenTime, Geisha, Genzsch Initials, GermanCaps, GothicCornerCaps, GothicFlourish, GrafikText, GuinevereCaps, HalloweenKiddyFont, Hats, HatsII, HatsIII, HatsIV, HatsV, HeartsofLime, Heraldics, Horses, Houses, HousesII, Howling, Iconettes, Inmygarden, Inyourgarden, Itsserved, Jars, JustFrames, KarensKitties, KeyasTurtles, KiddyDing, KiddyFlakey (2002), KiddyFrames, KiddyHalloween, KiddyToys, KidsAlphabet, KittytheCat, Ladiesofthe20s, Leaves, LimeBlossomCaps (1999), LimeGloryCaps (2000), LisasDragons, LittleHeroes, LizsGibsonGirls, LovePoision, Maskes, MedievalAlphabet (2000), MedievalMotif, MedievalMotifTwo, MexicanMotif, MirrorImage, MosaicCaps (2000), Motif, Mousie (2000, alphadings), MoyrasParrots, Music For Your Ears (2006), MutansII, Mutants, Mythical, NavyBlues (2000, white on black buttons), OldFashionedIllus, OldFloralIllustration, OldFolksShuffle (2000), Onthefarm, OrientalDesign, OrientalIcons, OrientalIconsII, OrientalIconsIII, OrientalIconsIV, OrientalView, OrnamentalCorners, OrnamentalDecoration, OrnamentalDecorationII, OrnamentalElements, OrnamentalElementsII, OrnamentalFramesI, OrnamentalInitialsA, OrnamentalInitialsB, OrnamentalInitialsC, OrnamentalInitialsD, OrnamentalInitialsE, OrnamentalInitialsF, OrnamentalInitialsG, OrnamentalInitialsH, OrnamentalInitialsI, OrnamentalInitialsJ, OrnamentalInitialsK, OrnamentalInitialsL, OrnamentalInitialsM, OrnamentalInitialsN, OrnamentalInitialsO, OrnamentalInitialsP, OrnamentalInitialsQ, OrnamentalInitialsR, OrnamentalInitialsS, OrnamentalInitialsT, OrnamentalInitialsU, OrnamentalInitialsV, OrnamentalInitialsW, OrnamentalInitialsX, OrnamentalInitialsY, OrnamentalInitialsZ, OutOfAfrica (2000), Paisley, Paisley Caps, PaisleyII, Party (2004, Mexican simulation face), Pentagon (2003, Western face), PhilliBoo, PokemonKiddyDing, Retro Elite (2003, art deco), RibbonCaps, Rose, Rosegarden, Scary, Scary House, Scrapper's Arrows, ScrappersCorner, ScrappersElements, ScrappersElementsII, ScrappersElementsIII, ScrappersElementsIV, ScrappersElementsV, ScrappersKeys, ScrappersStencil, ScrappingDoodles, Scream, Sealife, September11, Shaking Salsa, Ships, SimplyFriends, Skeleton, Smelly, SomeoneSpecial, Spiders (2001), SplatterCaps, Spooky, Sporty (2004), Spring (2003, Victorian ornamental typeface), Square Frame (2006), Stamped Flowers, Starlite, Stars, Stencil, StripesCaps (2000), SugarFootStrut, Sun and Moon, Sunflowers, Sunny Days (2004), SunshineKiddyFont, Tattoo, TheGoddess, ThePerfectMan, ThemeCorners, TiffanyCorners, TiffanyCornersII, TiffanyCornersIII, Tiles, Tools, TraditionalFloralDesign, TraditionalFloralDesignII, TraditionalFloralDesignIII, Trapeze (2004), TreasuryofDesign, Treesandleaves, Tulips, TylersPokemon (2000), UncasWomen, Valentine, VictorianWindow, Wedding, Wildflower, WildflowerII, WildflowerIII, WildflowerIV, YesterdaysBeauty, YourSign, Yummi, Zodiac.

    Designer Menues (commercial dings, 2001). In 2006, these commercial dings: Scrapping Corners, Scrappers Fills. Direct access to the dingbats. Direct access to fonts.

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    HP Typework (was: Mikrojihad Inc.)
    [Hendra Pratama]

    Banten or Serang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1985) of Brookline (2020: sans), Hardome (2020: script), Sketsa Ramadhan (2020: Arabic emulation), Hoffermond (2020: script), Harvey Script (2020: monoline), Brotherline (2020: an upright monoline script), Shopie (2020), Sticky Notes (2020), Hugheid (2020: script), Rawk Brush (2020: dry brush style), Autography (2020: a signature font), Crossover, Sticky Notes (2020), Gillimore (2020: script), Nuchelle (2020: script), Bigfat Script (2020), Lovely Script (2020), Rottersand (2020), Birthland (2020), Quicklamb (2020), Alifia (2020), Rutheride (2020), Cartagena (2019: a dry brush script), Hisyam Facelift (2019), Hassanah (2019), Broderick (2019), Reactive (2019: a stencil font), Bellarina (2019: script), Sherlina (2019: script), Brushwell (2019: a dry brush script), Election Script (2019: monoline), Billgates (2019: brush script), Phallains (2019: a monoline script), Michland (2019: script), Blacktroops Stencil (2019), Hangover Brush, Colgneries, Spagheti (sic), Charmline Script (2019), Retrofunk (2019: a baseball script), Quick Signature (2019), Ramadhan Karim (2019: Arabic simulation font), Silent Fighter (2019), Groovy Script (2018, psychedelic signage script), Hisyam Script (2018), the free Barista Script (2018), the monolinear neon font Lazy Ride (2018), the free brush pen calligraphic typeface Azkia Script (2017), Knight Brush (2017), The Black Veil (2017, spurred), Hijrnotes (2016, connected script published at Aring), Banten Unfamous 2 (2016), Raven Script (2016, tattoo font), Nouradilla Script (2016), Bukhari Script (2015), Ababil Script (2015, tattoo script), Granada (2015, a wedge serif titling typeface), Al Ghifari (2015, brush script), MJ Zhafira (2015, a signage script; free demo font), Blacktroops (2015, a military typeface family with Basic, Rough, Inline and Stencil styles), Scriptonite (2015), Barber Kills (2015), Alisandra Script (2015, a brush pen signage script), Bukhari Script (2015, a free bold monoline cursive font), The Blackfat Script (2015, fat signage typeface), Granada (2015, spurred typeface), Fadli Script (2015), Jibriel (2015, ominous spurred vintage typeface), Umar (2014, a free spurred constructivist typeface), Aisha (2014, a spurred signage script), Rodja (2014, an Arabic simulation typeface), Banten Unfamous (2014), The Wahhabi Script (2014, free), The Black Veil (2014, a spurred font), Khadija Script (2014, free connected baseball script; +Khadija Spurs). Umar (2014) is an all caps font family that includes a stencil style and many athletic lettering styles. Dafont link. Home page. Behance link. Creative Market link. Fontspace link. Creative Fabrica link. Behance link for HP Typework. Dafont link for Hendra Pratama. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hubert Jocham

    German über-type designer (b. 1965, Memmingen) who studied graphic design in Augsburg (Germany) and Preston (England). His degree project dealt with the history of the italic type of the renaissance and the relationship between roman and italic. In 1998 he moved to London to work for Henrion, Ludlow and Schmidt in corporate branding. He worked at one point for Frank Magazine in London. Today Hubert Jocham is a freelance designer located once again in Memmingen, Germany. He develops brandmarks and logotypes for leading brand agencies like Interbrand, Landor, Enterprise and Futurbrand. He designs text and headline systems for international magazines like GQ London, Vogue Moscow, Vogue France (2010), Vogue Turkey, L'Officiel Paris, and New York and German publishers like Milchstraße and Gruner&Jahr. He is responsible for the corporate type of Bally in Switzerland, the Kunsthaus Graz and Agfa Photo. He set up Hubert Jocham Type in 2007. MyFonts link. FontShop link. His typefaces:

    • Adonis.
    • The ecccentric serif families Alida Text and Display (2007).
    • Becca (2018). An extensive slab serif family.
    • Bent (sans family).
    • Bravery. A curvy wedge serif. Accompanied by Bravery Sans.
    • The Contra Sans and Contra Serif families.
    • Contura. Inspired by Jakob Erbar's Feder Grotesk, and designed with the fashion industry in mind.
    • The Crema family (2012) has various flowing thick signage script styles.
    • Debra. A modern grotesque.
    • Dolce.
    • Element.
    • Elsner&Flake fonts: EF Havanna (1996), EH Herbert (1996), EF Panther, EF Sahara, EF Keule and EF Tabard.
    • Esquina. An open and attractive sans.
    • The TV-screen-curved Fernseher family.
    • Fire.
    • The signage brush script typeface Flavour (2004).
    • Flow. A sharp-edged sans.
    • Glanz (2018). A high contrast fashion mag typeface family.
    • Glenda (2009). A script face.
    • Granat (2009). A 14-style rounded sans family related to Jocham's own Teleplu and Teleneue.
    • Jocham (2012). A fat connected signage script family that won an award at TDC 2013.
    • June, New June and New June Serif (1999, after the large x-heighted June, used in W-magazine and Harvey Nichols magazine).
    • Keks (2009). A broken angular type.
    • The industrial sans family Konsens (with related Konsens Stencil).
    • Leaf. A playful serif.
    • Legau (2007). A sans with lots of stroke modulation.
    • Libris, Bally Libris.
    • LTA Identity.
    • Madita (2011). An upright connected script family.
    • Magazine.
    • Matrona (2010). An ultra fat rounded family, awarded at TDC2 2011.
    • The display serif typeface Mighty.
    • Mommie (2006) was originally designed as a display typeface for L'Officiel magazine in Paris in 2003. It won a display typeface award at TDC2 2008, and was followed in 2008 by MommieBrush. Boris Bencic, the art-director asked Jocham to design a script with high contrast in the stroke, in the tradition of Spencerian Hand.
    • The wide basic sans family Monday.
    • Motora Sans (2011). A simple sans family which according to Hubert is pure gasoline and sweat.
    • Narziss (a beautiful high-contrast ornamental didone headline typeface, winner at TDC2 2010). Followed in 2012 by Narziss Pro Cyrillic. See also Narziss Grotesk and Narziss Text.
    • Neopop (2009). A circular type experiment.
    • New Libris Sans. This is a multi-weight extension of Libris, the corporate typeface of Bally, Switzerland, designed by Jocham in 1999. New Libris Serif.
    • Oktober.
    • Other Sans, Other Oldstyle.
    • Perfetto (2008). A classic serif family based on a typeface penned by Giovanni Francesco Cresci with an x-height of 8 mm, and published in his book Il perfetto Scrittore in 1570 (also seen in Tschichold's Meisterbuch der Schrift).
    • Polia (2014).
    • Ramon (2014).
    • Riccia (2010). A grotesk family with schizophrenic "a" and "g".
    • The angular serif typeface Rudolph.
    • Safran (2009). A solid 18-style sans family.
    • In 2005, he made the brush script headline typefaces Schoko and Drop.
    • In 2008, he added the brush signage families Schwung and Milk.
    • September.
    • Softedge.
    • Spring Sans (2008).
    • Susa (2009). A connected script face.
    • Tantris Sans (2014). Created for the book about the famous restaurant Tantris in Munich.
    • The comic book family Tasty (2005).
    • Teleneue.
    • Televoice (2018). A sans with elliptocal curves.
    • Venturio (50s diner face).
    • Verve Sans and Serif (2006-2007) are a pair of fun birds, especially the frivolous serif originally planned for a women's psychology magazine called Emotion. A few days after their publication, they were renamed Verse Sans and Verse Serif, probably because the name Verve clashed with Adobe's VerveMM font made in 1998 by Brian Sooy (by the way, there is also a Verve type family by Dieter Steffmann, dated 2000).
    • Vivid (2009).
    • Voice (2004-2005, elliptical sans). Subfamilies include Voice Edge, Voice Sans and Voice Shoulder, all done at URW. In 2007, Voice was removed from URW and is solely available at Hubert Jocham Type&Design. The family was extended and now includes many styles, subdivided in Voice (sans), VoiceEdge, VoiceShoulder, VoiceSerif, Voice Heavy, Voice Medium, Voice Ultra Bold, and TeleVoice.
    • The very interesting asymmetrically rounded Volt (2007), a sans family he claims improves on similar typefaces such as Bernhard Gothic, Barmeno, Dax, Prokyon, Voice Shoulder, and Phoenica.
    • Weekend.
    • Work ahead: this serif face (2005).
    • Xmas Rudolph (2006). A free display serif face.
    • Yuri (2017). A predominantly didone typeface with gently sloped serifs.

    View Hubert Jocham's typefaces. Another view.

    Klingspor link. MyFonts interview. Volcano Type link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hubert Munier

    Art director in Versailles, France. For the visual identity of L'Espace Andrée Chedid, Hubert Munier designed an elegant bi-lined typeface family, L'Autre (2016). For a Luxemburg-based African food truck, he created Afrikan Gourmet (2016), a deco typeface with African tribal themes worked in. He also created the fun art deco logotype Le Popcorn Bar (2016), which hearkens back to old Hollywood. For the music label LSM, he created the hipster typeface Les Sales Mômes (2016). For ESAM (Ecole Superieure des Arts Modernes), he designed a piano key stencil typeface, ESAM. He designed a squarish typeface for the fitness club Aqualoft (2016). With Emilie Rad, he created L'Esperluette in 2016. Other typefaces from 2016: Retro Futura (avant-garde), Neo Gothic (hexagonal), Sweet, Tarot (bi-colored and origami), Fitness Type, Now Bretonne (dot matrix), Massive (shadow pixel font). Earlier typefaces include the vertically-striped Riley Type (2012), LSM (2014: a hipster typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Bim, Bodo Me (a variation on Bodoni), Kit (a piano key stencil typeface). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hugo Erhard Bazan

    Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico-based designer (b. 1966) of the condensed rounded monoline sans typeface Longfont (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Santo (a titling sans), Bipolar (a stencil font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hugo Marucco

    Graduate of the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag in 2014, where his graduation project included the development of Elisabeth, a transitional serif typeface. Hugo Marucco is a graphic designer and type designer from Annecy, France. He graduated with a BA as a graphic designer from The National School of Fine Arts of Lyon after studying visual communication at Bellecour School of Arts in Lyon. Before Type and Media he did several internships with Jean-Baptiste Lev&ecute;e and Atelier Carvalho Bernau.

    Codesigner of a digital revival of Affolter Grotesque (1945, Charles H. Affolter), aka Ouvrière, together with Alex W. Dujet and Dylan Sauty (2011, League, Genève).

    Other typefaces by him include Algebra Text (2016) and Internazionale Stencil (2016, a comissioned exclusive typeface for Internazionale Italy designed with Atelier Carvalho Bernau).

    Old (dead) URL. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hugo Zely

    Toulouse, France-based designer of the modular piano key typeface Hezyl (017) and the stencil typeface Telegraph (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Hunt Brothers
    [Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt]

    Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt (b. 1888, Greenfield, WI, d. 1970) was an American artist, outdoor educator and author. His books covered native American arts, woodworking, scouting, pioneering, jewelry making, metalworking, and calligraphy. Quoting wikipedia: Hunt was born in Greenfield, Wisconsin and grew up in a log cabin. He attended Milwaukee's South Division High School, but did not graduate, dropping out to become lithographic engraver at the Bruce Publishing Company. Hunt moved to Hales Corners, Wisconsin with his wife, Laura, in 1920. In 1924, Hunt, along with his father-in-law and his brother, Edwin C. Hunt, built a log cabin behind his home. The cabin, a 16x28-foot structure, made of tamarack logs, was the subject of Hunt's first article, How We Built Our Log Cabin. During the late 1930s, Hunt began to study the work of Native American artists. As part of his research, Hunt met with artists and leaders such as Nick Black Elk, Frank Smart (or Chief Gogeoweosh), and James F. "Buck" Burshears. Hunt shared his knowledge of "Indian lore" with Milwaukee's boy scout leaders and, in 1942, Hunt started writing articles for Boy's Life. He became a regular member of its staff, ultimately writing over 1,000 articles. Hunt's work for Boy's Life, led him to serve on the staff of the National Boy Scout Jamboree in 1950, 1953, 1957, and 1960.

    Edwin and Ben Hunt published Fifty Alphabets (1931), Lettering of Today (1935, revised in 1941), 60 Alphabets (1935, Bruce Publishing), and 101 Alphabets (1954, 1958). Several digital typefaces resulted from those publications. Grouped by type designer:

    • Pablo Mateu: HFF Hunts Deco (2012). Based on an alphabet designed by the Hunt Brothers in Lettering of Today.
    • Nick Curtis: Moonshine Script NF (2004). A casual connected script patterned based on 60 Alphabets (Hunt Brothers, Bruce Publishing, 1935).
    • Dick Pape created 11 fonts in 2012 that are based on 101 Alphabets, all named HuntBros101Plate followed by a plate number. Plate 02 is a Trajan typeface. Plate 5 is a Trajan face. Plate 6 is an art nouveau face. Plate 7 is a flared caps typeface. Plate 10 is a textured poster typeface. Plate 11 is an ornamental caps face. Plate 13 is a condensed caps face. Plate 14 could be considered as a Mexican vernicular typeface. Plate 18 is an antique italic face. Plate 25 is an upright script. Plate 26 Brush is fifties brush signage at its best. Plate 29 (octagonal), Plate 46 (Celtic), Plate 52 (German expressionist), Plate 54 Blackletter, Plate 56 (Lombardic), Plate 62 (uncial), Plate 63 Script, Plate 65 (Victorian ornamental caps), Plate 66 (Western typeface), Plate 74 (Mexican fiesta font), Plate 68 (Arabic simulation), Plate 71, Plate 76 (architectural lettering), Plate 77 (inline caps) and Plate 83 (stencil face) complete the collection.

    Download some typefaces based on the latter publication. Flickr site sith images of 101 Alphabets, courtesy of Diane Zerr. Local download of 101 Alphabets. Download link for Pape's typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    HVD Fonts
    [Hannes von Döhren]

    Hannes von Döhren (b. 1979, Berlin) is a Berlin-based designer (b. 1979). His foundry is HVD Fonts. He started out with free handwriting and grunge fonts such as HVD Comic Serif Pro (2009, an alternative to Comic Sans, according to HVD), The Subway Types (2009, a graffiti family: Shik (New York), Deon (Paris) and Etan (Berlin) came together to show the typical tag styles of their respective metropolitan areas. The fonts were digitized, spaced, kerned and programmed by Hannes von Döhren).

    Later he went commercial, first at T-26, and then under his own label, HVD Fonts. His typefaces: Shelton (2008, T-26), HVD Peace (2008, an army stencil font), HVD Comic Serif (2007, a serifed spoof on Comic Sans), HVD Rowdy (2007), HVDSpencils-Block (2007, stencil), HVDSpencils (2007, stencil), HVD Steinzeit (2005), HVD Edding 780, HVD Rawcut (2005), HVD Age 11 (2006), HVD Shelton (2008, T-26: wood type grunge), HVD Bodedo (2009, potato-Bodoni lettering), Quench Pro (2008, Linotype), HVD Peace (2008), and HVD Poster (2006, grunge).

    Typefaces made in 2009: Grandma (great hand-printed style---move over, Comic Sans), Christmas Dingbats, ITC Chino (a soft-edged signage and sans family, done with Livius Dietzel), Klint (sans family, +Rounded), Brevia (a soft sans in seven styles), Cowboyslang (a Western slab serif family), Embryo (superblack), Embryo Open, and Opal, a classy old style text family with tall ascenders. Bumper (2009) is an ultra-black sans family in a style related to Impact.

    Typefaces from 2010: FF Basic Gothic (a grotesk family done with Livius Dietzel), Reklame Script, Shelton (grunge), Blow Up is a fat balloon font. His masterpiece of 2010 and perhaps of his career thus far is the Brandon Grotesque family that relives the 20s and 30s. [A year after I wrote the previous sentence, Brandon Grotesque won an award at TDC2 2011, and all during 2011, it was the most sold typeface at MyFonts. It was followed in 2018 by Brandon Grotesque Condensed.] Livory (2010, with Livius Dietzel) is a rounded serif type family of four fonts influenced by the French Renaissance Antiquas from the 16th century.

    Production in 2011: Brix Slab (2011, with Livius Dietzel), Brix Slab Condensed (2011, with Livius Dietzel:(24 styles in all), Pluto (16-style semi-scriptish sans family, +Italics), Cheap Pine (a wood type caps family), Supria Sans (free web font family; +Black). Together with Supria Sans Condensed, this 36-style family is a basic sans workhorse. It won an award at TDC2 2011.

    Typefaces from 2012: Shelton Slab (eroded wood type or dirty letterpress look), Diamonds (geometric caps only family), Pluto Sans, Love Potion No. 10.

    Typefaces from 2013: Embryo Tiny, Niveau Serif (an engravers / copperplate style typeface), Niveau Grotesk, Mikado (signage family for games, food and advertising with a lot of genetic material from Brandon Grotesque: Mikado Bold Demo is free), Brandon Text (similar to, but with a higher x-height and more rounded corners than Brandon Grotesque, it is more appropriate for long texts and small print), FF Mark (together with Christoph Koeberlin and the FontFont team: this font is marketed as Ze new Germanetric sans; one weight is free).

    Typefaces from 2014: Brix Sans (2014, created using precisely engineered glyphs for corporate or information design; with Livius Dietzel), Brandon Printed (a caps-only letterpress version of Brandon Grotesque).

    Typefaces from 2015: Brandon Grotesque Office (screen-optimized; specially designed for Microsoft Office applications, it has 4 styles), Brandon Text Office (also made for Microsoft Office applications), Goodlife (a hand-lettered collection, consisting of Brush, Sans, Script, and Serif styles), Americane Condensed and Americane (based on American wood types).

    In 2016, Christian Koeberlin designed Fabrikat, which had creative input of Hannes von Döhren. This simple geometric sans serif family is based on the DIN style used in the 20th century by German engineers. It has a plain and precise appearance, and is a textbook example of a compass-and-ruler typeface. The monospaced almost-typewriter version Fabrikat Mono followed in 2017.

    Typefaces from 2018: Giulia (a creamy cutesy baby shampoo font family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Brandon Text Condensed (in 12 styles), Bouba Round (a round sans family for small devices and wayfinding), Fabrikat Normal.

    Typefaces from 2021: Palast (Text, Display, Poster; with Bernd Volmer).

    Abstract Fonts link. Another URL. Font Squirrel link. I Love Typography link. Fontsy link. View Hannes von Döhren's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hydro 74
    [Joshua M. Smith]

    Joshua M. Smith (Centerville, OH) runs Hydro74, which is located in Sanford and/or Orlando, FL. His typefaces take their themes often from metal rock bands, the goth scene, blackletter, and grunge. They can be bought at MyFonts or here. See also here. More direct access.

    His typefaces: Gestapo Dirty, Gestapo Tech, Terra Firma, Rehab, MissionUK, Messiahcom, Kogji, New York Corp, Texan, Grace For The Fallen. Free fonts include Beast, Broken74, Gatecrashertexan, Heresy, MeaniesThick, MegalomaniaItalic, MegalomaniaNormal, MilitarizeConform, MoogwaiItalic, MoogwaiNormal, MoogwaiThinOblique, OmnipotenceBlack, PietyBlack, Platipus, Proclivitydark, Proven, Resurrection, Revolution, Sacrafical, SailorJerry, Spitfire (2010, tattoo face), Submit, SubmitItalic, SubmitThinItalic, TripleXXX, Conform, Meanies, Megalomania, Moogwai, Platipus, Resurection, Revolution, Proven, Gate Crasher, Agnostic, Working Class hero (Western), Blasphemy, Disestarlishmentarianism, Napalm Vertigo, Black Mass (2005, blackletter / tattoo face).

    In 2009, he fired up his creative mind, and started working on a new batch of display typefaces: Muerte Black, West Coast Soul, Iron Fist, Nue Black, Uber Black (+Caps, blackletter), Le Venom (a phenomenal high-contrast art deco face), Avante (art deco, counterless), Nue Goth (blackletter), The Thickness (ultra fat), Script, Razor Black, Martyr Black, Sentry Black, Imperial Black, Thai Black, Dayton Black (racecar lettering), Slash Black (blood and guts font), Burial Black (blackletter), Cadaver Ink (gothic), Czar (hairline sans), Tramp Stamp, Wolfstien Electro (in the spirit of Sinaloa), Viper Black (scary), Catalyst Solid (ulta fat), Calypso (sans), Suture Slab (gothic), Venice Black (gothic), Black Mamba (metal rock band lettering, Cyrillic influences), Tyranny Gothic (blackletter), Blackmail Sect (more blackletter), Sailor Jerry (bilined), Napalm Vertigo (army stencil), Heresy Gothic (blackletter grunge), Working Class Hero (Western grunge), Golden Age, La Santisma Muerte (scary).

    Free typefaces at Legacy of Defeat, as of 2011: H74Cairissian, H74DemonRacer, H74EastZombieHigh, H74Federation, H74GhettoWolves (scary), H74InfectedZombies, H74Pistola, H74SnakeOilEmbossed, H74SnakeOilSolid (2011, constructivist), H74Spitfire, H74TheBlackBureau, H74TheGoldenDawn, H74TheGoldenDawnItalic, H74ThunderScript, H74ZombieAttack, Black Label Whiskey, H74 Cadaver Ink (2011, tattoo face), Cortez, Damn Hippies, H74 False Idols (2011), Heathen, Kremlin Ink, H74 Kustom Style (2011, a tattoo/graffiti font), Moscow Moonshine, San Loscisco (2011), Blood Tonic (2011), Snake Whiskey (2011), Time Is Money (2011), Valkyrie (2011), Viva Los Vatos (2011), Warriors (2011), West Coast Soul (2011), Yo Santos (2011).

    Commercial typefaces done in 2011: H74 Warriors (2011), H74 Viva Los Vatos (2011, cholo graffiti), H74 Snake Whiskey (2011, spurred Western face), H74 Norway Black (2011), H74 Her Majesty (2011, spurred face), H74 Muerte (2011), H74 Hellfire (2011, spurred family), H74 Luckys Flash (2011), H74 Le Venom (2011, art deco), H74 Dishonor, H74 Cobra (tattoo face), H74 Pistola (2011, a tattoo font), H74 San Loscisco, H74 Wizard Nip (brush), H74 Wizard Staff, H74 The Black Bureau (black slab serif headline face), H74 Zombie Allegiance, H74 Monniker, H74 El Librador, H74 Eastern Star, H74 Dead Empire, H74 Black Diamond, H74 Alcazar, H74 Corpse Black, H74 Corpse Paint.

    Production in 2012: Achilles, Bootleggers, Chingon, Hernandez, Kuso, Malice, Muerte Wolf, Pendejo, Pinche Muerte, The Order, Witness.

    Typefaces from 2013: The Pricks, Ocelot Piss, The Witches, Wizard Tit, Conquest, Wizard Dick, Riverside, Dirty Sanchez, Corpus Delicti, Warlock Ghetto Wolves, Spitfire.

    Typefaces from 2014: Thunder Pussy, The Kült, The Clap, Shit Script, Prison Bitch, Hëavy Mëtal, Fucktura Heavy, Fucktura Thin, Go Fuck YerSelf, Drop Anchor, Camp Cooter, Born to Lose.

    Typefaces from 2015: The Dirty Collection (Fucktura Thin, Brothel, Caracas, The Clap, Scalliwag, Cholo Fett, Camp Cooter, Drop Anchor, Born to Lose, Pillow Biter, Prison Bitch, Salty Sailor, Go Fuck Yerself, Heavy Metal, Fucktura Heavy, Fancy Fuck), Forty Thieves, Zombie Headshot, Fancy Fuck (a tattoo script), Emancipator.

    Typefaces from 2016: BloodCloth, Brothel, Dreamwave, GoldenDawn, HCholobakka, Mystic, Nomad, RazorBlack, RoyalBaron, Vahalla, Warlock.

    Typefaces from 2018, mostly military stencils, war game fonts and sci-fi typefaces: Bioroid, BlackOps, Cipher, Complx, CounterStrike, Crux, Crypto, DeathStrike, Destroid, Division, Epitaph, FirstAssault, Frontline, HouseHarkonne, Kuso, Merc, Protocol, Psyops, ReconDelta, RoboticSystem, SaintAnn, Section9, Shogun, Surrogate, System, Tachikomo, Tactical, Warmech.

    Typefaces from 2019: Recita (a solid oldstyle text typeface), Recita Sans, Interceptor, Mecha Unit 01 (octagonal), Ghost, Cataclysm, Protagonist (a tech / stencil font), Executioner, Kingslayer, Epitaph (stencil), Black Ops (a rough military stencil), Bioroid, Miami Viced.

    Dafont link. Legacy of Defeat is a related site with their free fonts. Behance link. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Hype Type Studio
    [Paul Hutchison]

    Los Angeles, CA-based Paul Hutchison runs Hype Type Studio. He created several custom typefaces ca. 2012. In 2013, he published the didone stencil typeface Stencil Two at Ten Dollar Fonts.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    HypeForType
    [Alex Haigh]

    British foundry started in 2009 in Sheffield, but now located in Dronfield. Their fonts include Nanami (2013, avant-garde sans), Nanami 3D (2014, free shadow typefaces, among the prettiest ones ever created), Miyagi (2008, a paperclip / neon sign typeface that revives Letraset's Yagi Link Double, a 1970s typeface of Robert Trogman for Facsimile Fonts) and Taku (2008, Taku stencil), BAQ Outline, BAQ Rounded (like VAG Rounded), Hiruko (geometric sans family, free at Dafont), Hiruko Pro (2013), Ebisu (2010), Sukato (very fat), Aiko, Kata (2009, grandissimo grunge).

    It seems that this foundry grew out of Alex Haigh's Thinkdust in Nottingham, UK. They have some exclusive typefaces by Si Scott (the curly typeface Hunter, 2009), Alex Trochut (Neo Deco, 2009), HelloHikimori (Lace, 2009), Luke Lucas (Lukano, 2009), and Jon Burgerman (the hand-drawn fun type Burgerman, 2009).

    Thinkdust link. Behance link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ian Farnam

    Graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he started the design of Human Sans in 2018. In 2021, he set up his own foundry, and released an 18-style set of fonts under that same name. Later in 2021, he designed Record Store Stencil (a formal almost piano key stencil typeface in nine styles). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ian Irwan Wismoyo
    [Just Font You]

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    Ian Leeye

    Fontstructor who made the horizontally striped typeface Lines For the Super Epic Win (2010), Big and Bold, Dioptikcal, Happy Cubing (2011, pixelish dice-themed alphadings), Berry Jerry (pixelish), Broken Rings, Shadow and Pillowcase Letter in 2010. In 2011, he made Apple Days, and Spare Letters. In 2012, he published Z40 J2.

    FontStructions from 2013: NFS Attic, NFS Gift, NFS Seaweed, Estase v7 Oxygen (a Bauhaus stencil), Estase V6 Germanium, Estase V1 Magnesium, Estase V2 Potassium, Exo C, Clarinett, Artificial Orbit, Supernova, Modern Script, Jazzen. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ian Lynam
    [Wordshape]

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    Ian Lynam

    Graphic designer (b. Plattsburgh, NY, 1972) and type designer who studied graphic design at Portland State University and the California Institute of the Arts. He currently runs a multidisciplinary creative studio specializing in unique solutions for international clients. The studio has been based in Tokyo since 2005. Lynam writes for a number of design, typography, and cultural publications including Font Magazine, This American Life, PingMag, and Neojaponisme. In 2008, he released his book Parallel Strokes, an investigation into the intersection of type design and graffiti. He created these commissioned fonts: Diesel Sans, Tri (dot matrix as in billboard lights). He also made Hanger, Garland Sans (based on stencil letters used by British designer, educator and theorist Ken Garland, 1929-2021), Inversion (uncial), Cruller (a fantastic handlettered typeface based on a German lettering book from 1910), Bon Appetit (a custom cut Antique Olive for Bon Appetit magazine), Cooper Pink, Cooper Swash Italic Traditional & Cooper Swash Italic Custom, Cooper Italic (2010, after Cooper's original from 1924), Cooper Initials (2010), Cooper Old Style (2010), Cooper Capitals (2010), Cooper Text (2010), Cooper Fullface (2010), Clobber (2010, is a stencil typeface designed for readability at very small sizes), Hanger, Rubber Vloeren (a geometric display typeface adapted from an alphabet used by Piet Zwart in the Netherlands for a series of advertisements for rubber flooring), Ensenada (a typeface designed based on hand-cut lettering that adorns businesses throughout the city of Ensenada in Baja California in Mexico) and BeautifulDecay.

    Before Ian Lynam Creative Direction and Design, Ian was involved in Wordshape, and I guess he still is. The main people are Ian Lynam, Simon Gane and Selena Hoy. MyFonts link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ian Mitchell
    [Beaufonts]

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    Ian Party
    [Swiss Typefaces]

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    Ian Swift
    [Swifty Typografix (was: Command (Z))]

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    Ian Swift
    [Typomatic (Swifty Typografix)]

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    Icelar

    Spanish art student (in 2013). FontStructor who created these typefaces in 2013: Beauvoir, Lancaster, Figaro, Abel, Cawdor (octagonal), Dilior (a didone), Harmond (blackletter), Antelopes, Godiva (blackletter), Autumn, Sasanida, Help I Need Somebody (circle-based geometric sans), Goodbye Fontstruct, Fairy Tale Vanishing, Slanton, Kyrie, Eat Me, De Stijl, Chiara, Hecate, Stancyl (piano key), Ionica, Winty's Gothica, Vintage America, El Greco, Fairy Tale, Ozawa, Donibo Display, Decade (blackletter), Donibo, Weirdy Moves (+Party), Bliss (crayon font), Ibsen (a dark copperplate style inspired by an Ikea logo), Avenzo, Avenzo Mad Serif, The Code of Honour (constructivist), Yago, Vienna Cafe Big (art nouveau), Castillian (Textura, +SmallCaps), Lumpy, Origami (3d face), Baldur2 (a lava lamp typeface), Trinity (Victorian), Patterns For Everyone, Evangelion, Scriptura, Maverick, Giralda, Freak Fraktur, Vienna Cafe (art nouveau), Sportiva (Small Caps, Deco1, Deco2 [blackboard bold], Sans, Alternates 1, Alternates 2, Alternates 3, Regular), Carmina, Hieronimus (a pixelish typeface inspired by Bauhaus: +Slab, +Stencil).

    Typefaces from 2014: Bronzino, Hagia, Decodrops, Kobe Slab, Enoe (blackletter), Adagio, Nemesis (thin avant garde sans), Shalott (geometric sans), Origami, Kobe Regular, Kobe Stencil, Giovanni (textura blackletter), Decan, Thoreau (blackboard bold), Blue Requiem, Funky Business, Red Requiem, Dreamcatcher, Drastic, Retropix, Vanity Strong, Dotchild, Reya (blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2015: Stanwyck (stencil), Tiberian (roman caps), Dresde Sans, Fraktur in the Forest, Dingbat Tribe, Action (in the style of Impact), Hibiscus (sans), Oranienbaum (a stylish serif), Amphora (sans), Lazzaro (squarish), Pineapple Juice, Sheldon.

    Typefaces from 2016: Watercolor (an art deco sans inspired by Carlos Winkow's Grotesca Radio), Hipster, Lakme Mondrianesque, Humanist Sans.

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    Iconian Fonts
    [Dan M. Zadorozny]

    Born in Philadelphia and a resident of McKinney, Texas, Dan Zadorozny's creations at Iconian. He is a prolific type designer who specializes in techno and sci-fi typefaces. Dafont link. Fontsy link. Abstract Fonts link. Font Squirrel link. His fonts in alphabetical order:

    • #44 font (2002), 00Starmap (2001, pixel font), 1968 Odyssey (2016), 1st Cav (2008), 1st Enterprises (2017), 2-Tech, 21 Gun Salute (2013), 2nd Amendment (2007, guns), 2nd Amendment 2050 (2009, more gun silhouettes), 2Toon, 300 Trojans (2008, comic book family), 4114 Blaster (2008, futuristic), 5th Agent (2008, techno), 7th Service (2002), 8th Element (2013), 911Porscha, 98 Bottles of Beer (2016).
    • Achilles, Action-Men (2008), Action Women (2008, female outlines), Aegis (2010, Greek simulation family), Aetherfox (2013), AirCobra (2002), Aircruiser (2011, trekkie family), AirForce (planes and copters), Airstrike (2013), Airstrip One (2003), Aldo's Moon, Aldo's Nova, Alexis (2001), Alien League, Alpha Century (2020), Alpha Men (2015), Alpha Sentry, Alpha Taurus (2007, octagonal, athletic lettering), Amalgam, American Kestrel (2019), Americorps (2012), Ampire (2019), Anakefka (2009, ultra-fat family), Annapolis (2016), Antietam (2015), Antikythera (2013, Greek simulation face), Antilles (2009, sans family), Arctic Guardian (2019), Argosy, Arilon (2008), Armed Lightning (2017), Army Rangers (2013, octagonal), Assassin Nation (2015, scary and perhaps referring to the "tradition" of school shootings in the USA), Astro Armada (2020: sci-fi), Astropolis (2009), Atlantia (2012, futuristic), Avenger (2008, futuristic).
    • Babes&Bond (2009, erotic silhouettes), Babe-alicious (2002, erotic outlines), Bad Axe (2017), Bad Robot (2007, computer game look), Bal-Astaral (2016, octagonal), Bamf (2011, techno family), Banjin (2016), Banshee Pilot (2016), Barcade (2018), Battlefield, Battleworld (2016), Beam Rider, Beam Weapon (2015), Beastian (2011), Behemoth (2018), Ben Zion (2008, Hebrew simulation), Berserker (2008, grunge), Beta Biergärten (2008), Big Blue Bug (2021), Bio-disc, Bio-discSolid, Bio-discThin, Bionic Comic (2002), Bionic Type (2002), Birds of a Feather (2007, dingbats), Black Bishop (2015), Black Gunk (2016), Blade Singer (2021), Blizzard Shaft (2020), Block, Blood Crow (2009), Blood Drenched (2020), Bloodlust (2011, dripping blood face), Blue Cobra (2020), Blue July (2009), Body Swipers (2014, Halloween font), Bog Beast (2013), Bomber Escort (2020), Boomstick (2015), Borgsquad (2014, mechanical/octagonal), Bretton (2018), Brin Athyn (2008, uncial/Celtric), Broken Cyborg (2019), Bronic (2004), Bubble Butt (2014, bubblegum typeface), Buchanan (2016), Buddy Champion (2015), Bummer (2007, octagonal), Bushido (2008, oriental simulation), Butch and Sundance (2013), Buttons the Bear (2008, children's hand), Byte Police.
    • Camp Justice (2018), Capella (2011, a wide techno family), Capricus (2018), Captain Canaveral (2019), Carnival Corpse (2016), CasperComics, Centaurus (2015), Chardin Doihle (2008), a useful informal handprinting family), Charlemagne, Charlie's Angles (2018: octagonal), Charmling (2019), Cheyenne Hand (2008), Chicago Express (2016), Christendom, Classic Cobra (2016), Clubber Lang (2013, grungy), Cobalt Alien (2015), C.O.D.E.R. (2012), Coffin Stone (2019: a stone age font), College Collage (2017), Colony Marines (2017), Colossus (2011, old chipped stone look), Combat Droid (2019), ComicBookCommando, ComicFX, Commonwealth, Concielian, Concielian Break (2015), Concielian Classic (2018), Concielien Jet (2015), Contour of Duty (2016), Corinthian, Count Suckula (2015, horror font), Covert Ops (2012, army stencil), Coyote Deco (2007, art deco), Crappity-Crap-Crap (2007), Crazy Ivan (2017: constructivist), Creepy Crawlers (2015, horror font), Crime Syndicate (2013), Crixus (2011, a squarish sans that includes an athletic lettering style), Cro-Magnum (2003), Cruiser Fortress (2016), CryUncial, Cyberdyne (2016), Cyberia (like Soviet: neat Russian imitation letters), Cyborg Rooster (2015), Cydonia Century (2017), Cyrus The Virus (2012, grungy, hand-printed).
    • DS Man, Daedalus (2008), Daemonicus (2012), Dagger Dancer (2020), Dameron (2016), Dangerbot (2016), Danger Flight (2015), Dan Stargate (2008), Dan'sHand, Dark Alliance (2014), Dark Dominion (2019), Dark Hornet (2020: a great blocky mechanical typeface family), Dark Horse (nice brush font), Darklighter (2018), Darkwind, Dassault (2013), Deathblood (2014, Halloween font), Deathshead (2019: a metal band font), Deceptibots (2019: stencil), Defcon Zero (2016), Dekaranger (2015), Delta Phoenix (2019), Delta Ray, Demon Priest (2013), Department-K, DepartmentH, Deranian (2008), Devil's Tongue (2019), Detonator, Devil Summoner (2014), DiegoCon (2004), Digital Desolation (2014), Ding-o-saurs (2007), Direktor (2008, Cyrillic simulation techno), Dire Wolf (2013), Disco-Dork, Disco Deck (2005), Disco Duck, Discotechia (2015), Dodger, Dokter Monstro (2017: a great fat hand-painted typeface), Domino Jack (2016, an octagonal stencil typeface), Domino Mask Condensed (2016), Dotcom (2002), Drafting Board (2008), Drafting Table (2008), Dragon Order (oriental simulation), Dread Ringer (2015), Drid Herder (2002), Drive (2015, techno font), Droid-Lover (2008), Drone Tracker (2016), Drosselmeyer (my favorite), Dusk Demon (2020: grungy).
    • Eagleclaw (2009), Eaglemania, Eagle Strike (2015), Early Warning (2021), Earth Orbiter (2016), Earthrealm (2013), Earthshake (2013), Earth's Mightiest (2002), East West (2015, constructivist), Echo Station (2017), Eco-files, Edge Racer (2917), Egg Roll (2016, oriental simulation), Elastic Lad (2020), Eldebaran (2012), Elder Magic (2009), Election Day (2009), Elephant Gun (2021), Elite Danger (2017), Emissary (2014, sci-fi), Empire Crown (2011, blackletter), Enduro, Ensign Flandry, Ephesian (2007), Eridanus (2015, octagonal / mechanical), Erin Go Bragh (2009, Celtic/uncial), Escape Artist (2015), Eskindar (2013), Eternal Knight (2013), Eurofighter (2015), Eva Fangoria (2018: a dripping blood font), EverettSteele'sHand, Excelerate, Excelsior, Excelsior Comics, Exedore (2008), Exoplanet (2013, techno), Extechchop (2005), Eyes Only (2018).
    • Factor (2016), Falconhead, Falcon Punch (2015), Famous Spaceships (2007), Famous Spaceships 2 (2019), Fanfare Ticket (2018: dot matrix family), FantasticCreatures, Fantazian (2003), Fantom (2009, bad handwriting), Federal Blue (2019), Federal Escort (2014), Federal Service (2011), Federapolis (2008, octagonal techno face), Fedyral (2019), Fedyral-II (2019), Feldercarb (2003, octagonal font), Ferret Face (2013), Fiddler's Cove (2012), Fight Kid (2009), Final Front (2019), First Order (2001), Flash Rogers (2016), Flesh Eating Comic (2013, grunge), Flight Corps (2008, techno/pixelish), FlyingLetaherneck (2002), Force Commander (2019), Force Majeure (2016), Foreign Alien (2020), Foucault (2014, uncial), Fox on the Run (2018), Fox on the Run Academy (2018: athletic lettering), Frank-n-Plank (2013, a wooden plank font), Freakfinder (2014: Halloween font), Free-Agent (2008), Freedom Fighter (2013, stencil), From Bond With Love (2014: military stencil), Front Runner (2019), Frost Giant (2019), Frozen Crystal (2016, LED font), Funk Machine (2016, a great ultra-black techno family of typefaces), FunnyPages, Furiosa (2019), Future Forces (2015), Futurex Grunge (2005).
    • Galactic Storm (2014), Galant, Galaxy-1 (2008), Galaxy Far Far Away (2009, futuristic dingbat font), Galaxy Force (2014), Galga (2008, futuristic), Gamma Sentry, Gemina (2011, sci-fi / techno family), Gemina2 (2013), Generation Nth, Gentleman Caller (2014), GeoBats (2007), Gearhead (2013, octagonal), Ghost Clan (2014), GI Incognito (2012), Global Dynamics (2014), Globe Trekker (2021), Goalie (2008, hockey mask alphading), Goblin Creek (2016: Halloween font), Gods of War, Gotharctica (2015, blackletter for horror flicks), Governor (2017), Graffiti Street (2019), Grand National (2015), Grand Sport (2015), Graymalkin (2011, trekky), Grease Gun (2012), Grendel's Mother, Grim Ghost (2013), Ghoulish Intent (2016: Halloween font), Grimlord (2009), Groovy Smoothie (2018), Guardian (2008), Guardian-Laser (2008), Guardian-Pro (2008), Guardian-Shadow (2008), Gunner Storm (2015), Gunrunner (2016: techno), Gunship, Gunship V2 (2002), Gypsy Killer (2013), Gyrfalcon.
    • Hadriatic (2008, roman lettering), Half Elven (2013), Halfshell Hero (2013), Hall of Heroes (2007), Halo, Hanging Tree (2019: a wood print emulation font), Han Solo (2013), Hard Science (2019), Harrier (2002), Hawkmoon (2011), Head Human (2021), Heavy Copper (2020), Heavy Falcon (2019), Hello Copters (2013: helicopter dingbats), Hemogoblin (2017: spooky font), Heorot (2009, stone age fonts), Hermetic Spellbook (2017: alchemic), Heroes Assemble (2011), Heroes Assemble Dingbats (2014: all Avenger characters), Hero Worship (2021), Hexgon (2018), Hexkey (2020), Highrise Heaven (2007, city skyline dingbats), Hip Pocket (2014: psychedelic), Hitchblock (2017), Hollow Point (2015), Holly Dingle (2015), Holy Empire, Home Base (2020), Homemade-Robot, Holo Jacket (2016), Homebase (2020: heavy, octagonal), Homelander (2020), Homeworld (2003), Homeworld Translator (2003), Hong Kong Hustle (2015), Horroroid (2015), Horroween (2013, Halloween font), Hot Kiss (2017: paint splatter font), Howlin Mad (2017), Hula Hoop Girl (2019), Hulkbusters, Hydronaut (2019), Hydro Squad (2014), Hyper Vyper (2019: octagonal), Hypno Agent.
    • Iapetus (2014, sci-fi), Icebox Art (2012), iChrono (2018), IWantMyTTR!, Iconian (2002), Iconified, iDroid (2020), Illuminati, Illumino (2016), Imaginary Forces (2008, mythical dingbats), Imperial Code (2003, Startrek style face), Imperium, Incubus, Incubus-Italic (2008), Incubus-Shadow (2008), Indigo Demon (2017), Infinity Formula (2003, super techno), Infobubble, Inhumanity (2014), I-House Edition (2014), Inspector General (2020), Instand Zen (2016: Halloween font), Inter Bureau (2019), Interceptor (2008), Interdiction (2012), Intergalactic (2017), International Super Hero (2002), Intrepid, Iron-Cobra (2008), Iron Forge (2012).
    • Jack's Candlestick (2013), Jackson, Jannisaries, Jedi Special Forces (2012), Jeebra (2018), Jerusalem (1999, Hebrew font simulation)[see also here], Jetta, JettaTech, Jetway (2012, a stencil face), Johnny Torch (2012), Joy Shark (2018), Judge, Judge Hard, Jugger Rock (2018), Justice (2009), Jumpers (2017), Jumptroops (2003-2015), Justinian.
    • Kahless, KameraDings (2009), Kangaroo Court (2018), KarateChop (2009), Kartoons (2008), Katana, Kaylon (2019), Kennebunkport (2013, script), Keystone (pixel font), Khazad-Dum (2011), Kid Cobalt (2008, comic book face), Kinex, King Commando (2011), King's Ransom, Kinnihuman (2020: dingbats), Knievel, KnightsTemplar, Kittrick (2019: a heavy octagonal type), Knock Furious (2003, dingbats), Kobold (2008, futuristic), Kondor (2013), Kountry Kodes (2008, international license plate lettering), Kovacs (2018), Kovacs-Spot (2016), Kreature Kombat (2018), Kreeture (2002), Kubrick (2008).
    • Lamprey (2012, techno family), LandShark (2001), LandWhale (2001), Laredo Trail (2013, a Western face), Laser Corps (2020), Laserian, Laser Wolf (2018), Law and Order (2005, dingbats), League Wars (2013, sci-fi stencil), Leatherface (2013), LED Sled (2016, LED font), Left-Hand Luke (2016), Legacy Cyborg (2019), LegalTender, Legion, Legionnaires (2017: silhouettes), Legio Sabina (2017), Lethal (2014), Liberty Island (2013, sci-fi), Liberty Legion (2015), Lifeforce (2018), Light Brigade (2018), Lightsider (2011, Star Trekkish family), Lincoln Lode, Livewired (2015, sci-fi), Lionel (2009), Low Gun Screen (2008, a totally square screen type family), Lincoln Chain, Lionheart, Lobo-Tommy (2008), Lord of the Sith, Loveladies, Low Gun Screen (2008, screen face), Lux Contra Tenebras (2018: a fat Textura typeface).
    • Machiavelli, Mad Marker, Magic Beans (2007), Major Force (2016), Mandalore (2019: squarish), Marathon-II, Marathon, Marsh Thing (2014, Halloween font), Masked Marvel (2002), Master Breaker (2017), Masterdom (2004), Merri Christina (2015, children's hand), Metal Storm 3D (2008), Metronauts (2013), Metroplex, MetroplexLaser, MetroplexShadow, Michaelmas, Michigan (2015), Milk Bar (2003), Micronian (2008, extensive pixel-based family), Military-RPG (2008), Mindless Brute (2015), Miracle Mercury (2017), Missile Man (2002, futuristic), Miss Amanda Jones (2004, brush style), Mister Twisted (2018), Mobile Infantry, Modi Thorson (2013, techno), Monsterama (2011, scary face), Monster Hunter (2017), Montroc (2015: squarish and varsity style), Moon Dart (2008), Moon Runner (2016), Morse Kode, MorseNK, Motorama (2018: car maker icons), Movie Gallery (2008, dingbats), Mrs. Monster (2013, Halloween brush font), Mystery Mobile (2015), Mystic Singler (2008, rough brush face).
    • Nathan Brazil (2013, art deco), National Express (2003), Native Alien, Navy Cadet (2016), Nemesis Enforcer (2013), Neo-Geo (like the letters on the Neon cars), Neo Navy (2015), Neuralnomicon, Neuralnomicon (2018), Neutron Dance (2020), New Come Title (2016), New Mars (2015), New York Escape (2015), Nextwave (2014), NGC 292 (2020), Nick Turbo (2001), Nicomedia (2020), NifeFite, NifeFiter, NifeFites, Nightchilde (2013), Nightmare Alley (2016: Halloween font), Nightrunner (2008, sci-fi), Night Traveler (2020), Nightwraith (2011, techno family), Ninja Garden (2018), Ninjas (2002), Nobody's Home (2014: poster font), NoloContendre, Northstar (2014), Nostromo, Nuevo Passion (2013), Nyet (2002, Soviet letter simulation).
    • Oberon, Oberon-Deux, Obsidian Blade (2020), Obsidiscs (2003, dingbats), Oceanic Drift (2013), October Guard (2013, Cyrillic simulation face), Odinson (2007, runes), Oh Mighty Isis (2014, Greek simulation family), Olympic Carrier (2017), Olympicons (2003), Omega 3 (2010, futuristic), Omega Flight (2020), Omega Force (2013, octagonal / mechanical), Omega Sentry, Omni Boy (2019), OmniGirl (2003, techno), Opilio (2012), Opus Magnus (2013, metal band font), Opus Mundi (2015), Oramac (2004), Ore Crusher (2013), Oubliette (2020), Outlands-Truetype (2001), Outrider (2013), Overstreet Bible (2014, hand-printed), Ozda (2011, a fat techno family with several horizontally striped styles), Ozymandias.
    • Psyonic VII (2012), Paladins (2015), Pandemonious Puffery (2002), Parker's Hand (2002, handwriting), Peace & Houston (2019: squarish), Pepperland (2019), Perdition, Peregrine, Phantacon (2017), Phaser Bank (2008, techno), Philadelphia, Philly Dings (2003), Phoenicia (2015), Piper Pie (2007), Pistoleer (2011), Planet N (2016), Planet S, Planet X, Player 1 Up (2012: architectural family), Pocket Ball (2016, dot matrix style), Pocket Monster (2016), Police Cruiser (2013), Postmaster, Power Lord (2011), Predataur (2019), Presley-Press (2007), Press Darling (2012), Procyon, Prokofiev (2009, rounded and squarish), Promethean (2008), Protoplasm, Prowler (2013), Pseudo Saudi (1999, Arabic simulation), Psycho Butcher (2014, ransom note font), PuffAngel, Pulsar Class (2018), Pulsar Class Solid (2018), Pulse Rifle (2009), Punch (2020), Pyrabet.
    • QTs (2013: erotic silhouettes), Quake-&-Shake, Quantum of Malice (2013), Quark Storm (2013), Quarrystone (2015), Quartermain (2002), Quasar Pacer (2018), Quasitron (2009, futuristic), Quatl (2002, an Inca font), Queen&Country (2009), Quest Knight (2009), Questlok, Quicken (2013, horizontal stencil), Quickening (2014), QuickGear (2019), Quickmark (2004), Quick Quick (2019), Quick Strike, QuickTech, Quill Sword (2016: soft blackletter style).
    • RCMP, Racket Squad (2017), RadZad, Radio-Space, Raider Crusader (2016), Raise Your Flag (2013), Range Paladin (2018), Ranger Force (2020), Realpolitik, Rebecca, Rebel Command (2012, Star Trek family), Redcoat (2008, blackletter), Red Delicious (2019), Redline (2015), Red Rocket (2011, techno), Red Undead (2016: Halloween font), Regulators, Renegado (2014), Replicant, Repulsor (2013, pixelish), Rhalina (2011, a nice upright script), Rhinoclops (2019), Righteous Kill (2009), Right Hand Luke (2016), Robo Clone (2018), Robotaur (2008), Rocket Junk, Rocket Pop (2016), Rocket Type (2002), Rockledge (2019: an eroded stone look font), Rogue-Hero, Roid Rage (2003), Ro'Ki'Kier (2008), Rosicrucian (2009, stone age font), Royal Samurai (2018), Rubber Boy (2013, poster font family), Rumble Tumble (2020: a rough military stencil), Rune Slasher (2019).
    • Sable Lion (2002), Sagan (2008, futuristic), Samurai Terrapin (2018: blocky), Scarab, ScarabScript, Sci-Fi (2008), SDF (2013), Sea-Dog, Searider-Falcon (2008), Secret Files (2011), Sever, Shablagoo (2015: thick creamy poster font), Shining Herald (2013), Shogunate (2019: a heavy octagonal typeface), Singapore Sling (2014), SisterEurope, Skirmisher (2014), Sky Cab (2017), Skyhawk (2014), Sky Marshal (2015), Sky Ridge (2020), Snubfighter (2009, sci-fi), Soldier (2011), Soloist (2018), Sound FX (2003), Soviet, Space Cruiser, Space Junker, Space Ranger (2013), Space Runner (2019), Spartaco (2016), Speed Phreak (2020), Speedwagon (2015), SPQR (2008, grunge roman), Spy Agency (2012), Spy Lord (2001), Starcruiser (2019), Starduster (2011), Star Eagle (2014), Star Fighter (2017), Star Guard (2019), Star Navy (2009: dingbats), Star Nursery (2018, fat stencil), Stranger Danger (2014: grunge), Strike Fighter (2017), Strikelord (2011, trekkie family), Stuntman, Subadai Baan (2013), Super Commando (2015), Super Soldier (2014, silhouettes), Super Submarine (2017: stencil), SuperUltra911, Superago (2002), Swordtooth (2017).
    • Talkies (2008, dingbats), Tarrget (2013, based on the Tekken "Tag Tournament" logo), Taskforce (2008), Tauro (2012), Team America (2014), Team Galaxy (2020), Tele-Marines, Tempest Apache (2018), Terra Firma, Terran, Terror Babble (2017), Texas, Texas2, The Immortal (2019), TheRifleman, The Shire (2009), The Shooter (2012: gun dingbats), Texas Ranger (2014: Western font), Thundergod, Thundergod II (2013), Thunder-Hawk (2011, an aviation techno face), Thunderstrike (2016), Thunder Titan (2017), Thunder Trooper (2017: stencil), Tigershark (2013), Timberwolf (2011), Time Warriors (2007), Tokyo Drifter (2016), Tool (2012, dingbats of tools), Toon Town Industrial (2005, comic book font), Tower Ruins (2014: stencil), Tracer (2015), Trajia (2008, a techno/stencil/athletic lettering family), TransAmerica (2015), Traveler (2008), Travelicons (2009), Travesty (2003, scrawly handwriting), Trek Trooper (2008, Startrek font), Trigger Man (2013, octagonal and mechanical), Trireme (2011, Star trek family), Tristram (2008, uncial), Troopers (2011, futuristic), Trueheart (2009, Celtic), Turbo Charge (2016), Turtle Mode (2020: heavy octagonal), Tussle (2002), Typeecanoe (hand-printed), Typhoon (2013).
    • Uberholme, Uberholme Lazar (2001), UFO Hunter (2009), Uglier Things (2018), Ultra 911, Ultramarines (2013), Underground Rose (2014, connect-the-dots), Union Gray (2015), Unisol, United Palanets (2014), UniversalJack, Uno Estado (2009, constructivist), Urban Defender (2019), U.S.A., US Angel (2017), USArmy, US Army II (2013), US Marshal (2012), US Navy (2007), U.S.S. Dallas (2008), Usuzi.
    • Valerius (2009, uncial), Valiant Times (2021), Valkyrie (2008), Valley Forge (2008), Vampire Bride (2016: Halloween font), Vampire Games (2001), VariShapes (2001), Viceroy of Deacons (2016), Vicious Hunger (2014, grunge), Victory Comics (2017), VideoStar, Vigilante Notes (2003), Viking Squad (2015, stencil), Villain Team-Up (2020: a fat finger font), Vilmos Magyar, Vindicator (2012, techno), Virgin Hybrid (2014), voxBOX, Voortrekker Pro (2009: octagonal and athletic lettering family), Vorpal (2012: sci-fi stencil face), Vorvolaka (2013), Voyage Fantastique (2013), VX Rocket (2014, fat octagonal face), Vyper (2008, futuristic stencil).
    • War Eagle (2009), Warlock's Ale (2014), War Machine, War Priest (2012), Warp Thruster (2013: military or Star Trek stencil), Warrior Nation (2011), Wars of Asgard (2009), Watchtower (2012), Weaponeer (2008, military lettering), Ween Dings (2918: Halloween dingbats), Were-Beast (2008), Westdelphia (2015, blackletter), Western Rail (2015), Wet Works (2013, grungy stencil), Whatafont, Ensign Flandry (2003), Whiskey Bravo (2003), Whovian (2015, scanbats of all Dr. Who characters owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation), Wiccan Ways (2020: alien writing), Wicker Man (2017), Wildcard (2011, Star trek family), Wimp Out (2004), Winter Solstice (2016), Wolf Brothers (2015), Wolf's Bane (+II, +Super-Extended, 2013), Woodgod (2013), Worldnet (great), Worm Cuisine (2016), Write Off, Writer's-Block, WyldStallyns.
    • Xaphan (2003), XBones (2018), XCryption (1999, a hacker face), X-Fighters (2014), XPED, Xcelsion (2002), Xeno Demon (2017), Xenophobia, Xephyr, Xeppelin (2005, zeppelin dingbats), X-Grid (2008), Xiphos (2007), Xmas Xpress (2013), Xoxoxa, X-Racer (2012).
    • Yahren, Yamagachi 2050 (2019), Yama Moto (2009: oriental simulation), Yankee Clipper (2011), Yay USA (2013), Year 2000, Year3000 (2001), Yellow Jacket (2002), Yeoman Jack (2021), Y-Files (2016), Yiroglyphics (2004), Yorstat (oriental simulation), Younger Brothers (2014), Younger Blood (2017), Young Frankenstein (2013), Young Patriot (2019: squarish), Youngtechs (2008, futuristic), Yukon Tech, Yummy Mummy (2018).
    • Za's Vid (2001, pixel font), Zado (2002, dot-matrix font), Zakenstein (2011, caps only grunge), Zamboni Joe (2002, hand-printed)), Zealot (2008), Zee Lance, Zen Masters (2002, pixelish), Zero Prime (2019), Zeta Reticuli (2019), Zeta Sentry (2009, techno/futuristic), Zirconian (2021), Zollern (2013), Zombie Control (2013: a bloody paint drip face), Zone Rider, Zoologic (2009, animal dingbats), Zoomrunner (2016), Zounderkite (2017), Zyborgs, Zymbols.
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    Ideabuk
    [Agne Matulionyte]

    Ideabuk is the Klaipeda, Lithuania-based illustration-oriented graphic design studio of Agne Matulionyte. Creator of theses typefaces:

    • The Pikolo sans headline typeface family (2017), which has Display, Block (stencil) and Block Alt substyles.
    • Jurta (2018). A flared all caps sans.
    • Sgraffito (2021). A squarish typeface family.
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    Identikal Foundry
    [Nick and Adam Hayes]

    Identikal is a UK foundry run by identical twins Nick and Adam Hayes. Fonts made in 2000, sold through Atomic Type and/or [T26]: 21stA, 21stB, 21stComplete (2007, a rounded sans family), 22ndClosed, 22nd Open, 45degrees, ACTStern (2001), Angol (octagonal), Attac, B4, Breeze, Bully, Canal Extra, Chord, Click (2003), Corisande (2003), Positec (2003, techno), Curvature, Dieppe (2002, techno family in six weights), DigiGraf (2002), Distilla (2009, sans, HypeForType), Formatt, Kanal, Kneeon (2008, a paperclip or neon typeface), Curvature (futuristic, 2002), Rebirth (futuristic, 2002), Masta, Metron, Monark (2003), Camo Sans (2003, T-26, an octagonal stencil font), Multimedia Blitz, Panic, Phat, Phlex (dot matrix font), Phuture, Plotta, Podium, Rally, Rayzor, Reaction, Rebirth, Revalo Classic (2003; regular weight is free), Revalo Modern (2003), Robustik (2003), Sampler, Seize, Sharp, Skak (2003, octaogonal font), Stalk, Trak, Tremble, UNDA Series 1, 21st, UNDA Series 2, Wages (2002, dot matrix font), Wired, Zero (2000, Nick Hays, an octagonal font), Angol (2003, an octagonal font), Skrean (a stitching font, T-26), 22nd Closed and 22nd Open (2006, T-26, stencils), Loxley Serif (2006), Emporio (2006), Alwyn (2006), Direkt (T26, 2006), Baksheesh (2006, simple sans), Loxley Sans (2006, T-26), Loxley Mix (2006, T-26), Kowboy (2006, T-26: futuristic), Kelt (2006, 6 weights, T-26), Neutraliser Sans, Caps and Serif (2006, 24 weights in all, T26), Ramblok (2006, T26), Identikal Sans (2006, T26, 8 weights), BQE (2011, piano key family, T-26). Some pixel font families, and many futuristic designs.

    Fontworks site. Catalog. Klingspor link for Adam Hayes. Klingspor link for Nick Hayes.

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    Identity Letters
    [Moritz Kleinsorge]

    Moritz Kleinsorge (Düsseldorf, Germany) studied at Rhine-Waal University. He attended the Expert Class Type Design in Antwerp and completed his Master in Communication Design at Peter Behrens School of Art in Düsseldorf. After graduating, he was mentored by Pilar Cano from LetterJuice via the Alphabettes mentorship program while developing his first retail font, Bw James (2017, Branding With Type), a 14-style sans typeface family that introduces many elements from handwriting and features subdued ball terminals.

    In 2018, he designed the geometric typeface Flink, the Peignotian typeface Bw Vivant (with Alberto Romanos), the fresh grotesque typeface Klainy, and the humanistic "upright italic" sans typeface Campuni.

    Typefaces from 2019: Faible (a soft and friendly sans), Kisba (a wedge serif workhorse).

    Typefaces from 2020: Compiler (a 32-font family that consists of 16 sans styles and 16 proportionally spaced typewriter or programming styles), Leifa (a flared serif in 16 styles), Glance Slab (an almost stencil style), Allrounder, Allrounder Antiqua (Granjon inspired) and Allrounder Monument (inspired by ancient inscriptions on columns, monuments and buildings in Rome), Allrounder Grotesk (from a hairline Air weight up to a strong Black).

    Typefaces from 2021: Baghira (an 8-style text family with sharp teeth by Christian Gruber and Moritz Kleinsorge), Kisba Nova (a wedge serif), Werksatz (a 20-style family inspired by early grotesque typefaces such as Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus, this evergreen grotesque ages like fine wine), Werkdruck (a Scotch roman), Glance Sans (14 styles; a sans that tries to decide if it wants to be a stencil font).

    I Love Typography link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ideoma Design

    Portuguese outfit located in Porto. Designers of the blackened display typeface Ideoma Pseudo (2004), the techno typefaces Ideoma Technit and Ideoma Maguiiii (2009), the multiline Ideoma Liner (2009), and IdeomaSpray (2009, stencil). Font Library link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ifont
    [Taber Buhl]

    Advertised as the internet's one stop resource for free fonts, typography, commercial fonts, and links. For now, we find Taber Buhl's commercial fonts BDFQ (dot matrix font, 2001), Biochem Yearbook, Boxxon, Capsized Gamut, Internal Calibrator, Jean Template (Bauhaus style, 2001), Kolkom, Licon, Mechno, Plasmatronix, Shark Scrote, Smelly Gazebo, Steel Crate, TB2 (pixel font), Thirty 9 (screen font), Zeichen LCD (LCD font), Bootyscratch (free) and Dirty Clutch (free). Taber Buhl was at Syracuse University and ran at that time The tabertype font foundry (useless link), which does not seem to exist any longer. At that place, he had one commercial font, Sarey, and many free fonts: Smelly Gazebo, Steel Crate, Sephus, the handwritten Taberhand, a grungy CrapSerif, BootyScratch, Dirty Clutch, PinkBlah, and a square Shitfont. In production: Sargon, Busport. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ignacio Casco

    London, UK-based designer of Wyde (2017, a wide all caps slab serif), Poliveau (2017, text typeface), Mindwash (2017, stencil), and Furtive Mono Sans, Slab and Code (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Igor Labudovic
    [IL Fonts]

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    Ikiiko Type (was: wep)
    [Wahyu Eka Prasetya]

    Madiun/ Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1982) of the script typefaces A Auto Signature (2019), A Apollo (2019), A Autoeyes Closely (2019), A Black Crown (2019) and A Baster Rules (2019).

    Script typefaces from 2020: a Apotik (a signature script), a Alam Raya, a Assassin Ninja (a brush script), a Berlari, Agen Giveaway, a Andai Kata (brush), a Ancen (brush), A Alley Garden, A Adistro, A Amazing Mother, A Ambyar Sobat, A Antara Distance, a Ahlan Wasahlan (Arabic emulation), Annyeong Haseyo, a Bators Growth.

    Non-script typefaces from 2020: a Asian Ninja (oriental emulation), a Barbeque Grill, a Big Deal (a heavy sans titling typeface), a Autobus Omnibus, a Aksi Mosi (brush), a Art Paper (a paper cutout typeface), a Ambang Resesi, a Among You, a Augustus Merdeka (painted), A Anggaran Dasar (an ornamental blackletter), A Black Lives, A Area Stencil, A Atmospheric, A Arush Shiny (a brush font), aAidilfitri (Arabic emulation), A Aha Wow, A Ablasco, Plat Nomor, A Annyeong Haseyo (Korean emulation), a Anterobot, A Abrushow, A Alloy Ink (a bubblegum font), a Attack Graffiti, A Arigatou Gozaimasu (oriental emulation), A Awal Ramadhan (Arabic simulation), a Arbei Berry, a Anti Corona, A Absolute Empire, A Asian Hiro (oriental emulation), a Abrigy Think, a Always Smile (a dry brush script), a Area Kilometer 50 (sans), A Atomic Md (sans), A Anggota, A Adelfa (a watercolor brush script), A Adulsa Script, A Acorn Squash, A Awake Hearts, A Ahay Hore, A Ape Mount (painted), A Arang (painted), A Bapakmu, A Aja Males, A Ampun Bang, A Akuilah, A Buster Down, A Atos (a brush font), A Anekdot (a dry brush font), A Aksentuasi, A Amne Sans, A Akar Rumput (a dry brush font), A Applicant Signature, A Agreement Signature, A Affirmation, A Aneka Satwa, A Alonia (a dry brush script), A Angkanya Sebelas, A Anak Cute Bonus, A Anak Cute, A Asalkan, A Aihao (painted), A Ai Love (painted), a Acakadut, a Semongko, A Alangkah, A Awanipun, a Abstract Groovy (oily), A Angkatan Bersenjata (stencil), a Artinya, a Sumpah Masih Muda, A Anoman Obong, A Api Nyala, A Another Tag.

    Typefaces from 2021: A Arena Graffiti, A Arus Balik, A Amaryllis Flower, A Astaga Dragon, A Apa Bedone 11 12, A Aromanis (a textured shadow font), A Amenity Kits, A Authorized Signature, A Andragogy, A Arrange Signature, A Amylase Script, A Artlazies, A Ahead Lettering, A Advice Quotes, a Accountant Signature, A Avocado Taco (textured), A Abrasion (grungy caps), A Agressive Winter (sketched caps).

    Typefaces shown at Ikiiko Type in 2021, with a trend away from script fonts and towards display type: Arka, Afrocultures, Bachroque, Beach Sound, Brooklyn Pirates (a baseball script), Brownie Fox, Cameo (a display sans), Eleanore, Felicidade, Fielke, Hellofolks (a monoline script), Kaivalya, Kooltura, Le Cirque, Lebron Slab, Maxmillion, Nevermine, New Kids Crew (graffiti), Newaves, Silvercrush, Southern Clan, The Archies, The Rascals, Tjoekil Kajoe (linocut), vernacular, Tropicalismo (script), Wolfgang Krauss (blackletter).

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    IL Fonts
    [Igor Labudovic]

    Vienna-based type designer who joined Schriftlabor in 2015, and started his own type foundry, IL Fonts, in 2019. He made the stencil type family Brilliant in 2010 at Facetype.

    Still at Facetype, he cooperated with Michael Hager on Stanley Slab (2012), which is an interpretation of wood type combined with the idea of modern stencils. Stanzer (2010, a unicase typeface done with Michael Hager) is an interpretation of wood type combined with the idea of modern stencils.

    Vendetta (2011) is a multilingual sans & serif text type family that supports Latin and Cyrillic.

    Wiener is an upright italic created with a bamboo-pen.

    Typo Passage is a high-contrast piano key display typeface. This is a modification of an original typeface by Mischa Zog at Erwin Bauer's office.

    In 2013, he graduated from the MATD program at the University of Reading. His graduation typeface was Salom [peace]: Salom is a type family for complex, yet lively typography, supporting Arabic, Hebrew and Latin. The purpose of this typeface is to balance all three scripts in equal harmony, keeping in mind their individual cultural heritage. Salom is designed to bridge challenging typography with the outspoken voice of the streets. The family comes in Light, Regular, Semi Bold, Bold and Black, every weight in three styles, Roman, Italic and Stencil. Salom was published at Schriftlabor as a retail typeface in 2018.

    In 2014, Hans Renzler, Dmitrij Ritter and Igor Labudovic co-designed the sans serif and slab serif pair of typefaces Donau Neue and Donau Alte.

    In 2016, Manuel Radde and Igor Labudovic joined forces for the development of the multiline OCL family of fonts and icons, where OCL stands for Open Commons Linz. These were developed for the city of Linz, and are distributed freely: The use, reproduction, alteration, or adaptation of the digital resources is expressly allowed. Still in 2016, he published the custom creamy signage typeface Almdudler and the 1930s style display typeface Schatzhauser.

    Typefaces done at IL Fonts:

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    Ilaria Iacoviello

    Graduate in Communication Design from Politecnico of Milan. For her studies, she created a system of fonts and pictograms for the city of Venice called Neutral Font (2010). She also made a beautiful italic called Grypho (2010) based on the old style of Francesco Griffo. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    IlhamSyah Vutra
    [Inspira Type (or: Collabro Studio, or: Inspira Sign)]

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    Iliuss Fernandez

    Tijuana, Mexico-based student-designer of the stencil typeface Fractal Type in 2015. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Image Daddy
    [Duncan Rogers]

    Also called Image Daddy Collection. Foundry, est. in London by Royal Tunbridge Wells (or Bromley)-based type and graphic designer Duncan Rogers, ca. 2006, and associated with (and having the same address as) Fontworks.

    Duncan Rogers designed the display typeface Worm Punch in 2006. In 2008, Overlap (a fat rounded face) was published.

    In 2009, they designed Balearic Thread.

    Duncan Rogers designed New Deco in 2012 and Marshmallow Laser Feast in 2013.

    In 2016, he designed Fluoro Stencil.

    Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    imagex

    Frenchman (b. 1957) who started making fonts in 2010, after a career in illustration, comics, and video games. In 2010, he created the free fonts BabyJo (pixel face), Bayday, Chrom (beveled face), LaPresse (grunge), Muffaroo, Poppy, Poppydot, Spacecard, Strokewith, Strokeless, ToonLand (comic book lettering), ToonLandBlack, ToonLandShad, TrashToys (grunge), WorldColors (3d face).

    In 2011, he published Francobelge (comic book face), Freepress (grunge), Gamix (Western titling face), Inmyroom (dingbats), Majestrick (calligraphic), Onomatopaf (comic book dings), Outerzone, OuterzoneB, Starz (dingbats), Stenstreet (grunge), Tram, Tramix (texture face), TrashToys02, War-Lettersn, Mixagex, Massive Dynamite (grunge), Not Well (grunge), Actu, Blck, Gling (texture face), HeRioz (silhouettes), Brightoon (cartoonish brush face), Muzo (ink spill face), Sharpy, Space Shop (dingbats), Pulp Dance (hand-printed), Essef (art deco), Retro Sign (grunge), Labo (grunge), Exhausted, Komikoz, Puzzled, Toonimals (dings), Penstriped (sketch face), Cashier (grungy), Dan Hand, Hardwell (grungy caps), Colleged (athletic lettering), Goodjean (jeans texture face), Seaside Things (dingbats), Real Tek (techno), Zou (3d hand-printed caps), Painter, Border Line (grunge), Handout (grunge), Tract (grunge), Pulpatone (grunge), Logos I Love, Pal Antic (chancery hand), Twent (fat rounded display face), DoodFlow (dingbats), Afro Add (texture face), Crump (grunge), Big White, Dark Room (grunge), Manifesto (grunge), Tacketil (a FontStruct font), Otto Land (sketch face), Over (outline face), Under (brush dings), Baskertown (grunge), Nursery Tale, Panic (texture face), BlackNDot (ink spill face), Beyond (striped display face), Advert, Car Crash (grunge), Heartz, Starsteel, Smart Faces, Blackflag (a brushed blackletter), Dock 51 (grungy stencil), Lead (3d face).

    In November 2011, he created a number of texture typefaces: Hotöcop, Pal Mod, Speedy (sketch face), Thirties Gold, Sunset GP.

    Further 2011 typefaces: Poptivi, Shadow Mole, Super Modern Black.

    Faces from 2012: Remanence, Winter Days (dingbats), Nowharehouse (grunge), Snuff (grunge), Cup of Tea (3d shadow face), Talk of the wall.

    Typefaces from 2012: Egirlz (dingbats), Art Post (white on black poster lettering), Volutes (copperplate calligraphic script), From me 2 you (curly script), PS I Love You, Kolossal (caps only), Kraash, Alexandre (3d engraved headline face), Monstres de poche (dingbats), Alternate (grunge), Warning, Dreams (brush face), Headline Crack, Bump Pad (textured typeface), Carton (grungy white-on-black stencil face), Maybe maybe Not, Frames n Riboons (sic), Blackboard (sketched face), Logotronik (a 3d techno face), Big Bad Dogs (dingbats), Libre Expression (engraved copperplate typeface), Mecagothix (textured blackletter face), Destroy, Destroy Helpers, Buy More, Things we said (curly face), Lost Saloon (Tuscan), Salon de Coiffure (beveled), Brighton Pier (grunge), Motel Vacancy (grunge), Bates Shower (dripping blood typeface), Venus Furs (texture typeface), Showmen, True Men Tattoos (dingbats), Quicker (sketch font), Romanum Est (grungy Trajan face), Also (scratchy letters), Lazy Day (3d font), Pusher, Hard Dumb, The Idiot, Overflowing (grunge), Fast Foont (sketched), Melange (grunge), Jumbo Parade (circus font), Happy Monsters, Zozox (experimental), Magic Sound (packaging typeface), Arena Mascaras (dingbats), Top View (3d face), Flagadoum, Last King Quest, Rhythm n Blacks (textured face), Troll Sketched, Superpoz (a 3d painted typeface of exceptional beauty), HalloCuties (Halloween font), Gothik Steel (circus font), Silvestre Relief (3d titling face), Just Like That (comic book face), Numero 10 (athletic lettering), Tet de Mor (skulls), Facelook, Xmas Dad, Instant Marker, Ragtimer, Punk Dots (textured face), Onomato Vlam (comic book balloons), 8th Cargo (textured mechanical octagonal face), Zu Kabarett (creepy curly German expressionist face), Unusual Day One, Happy New One (party font), Xmas Doods, Xmas Doods 2, Higher, Usual Day One, Team 401 (athletic lettering), Doonga (comic strip letters), Killer's Move.

    Typefaces from 2013: Them (fat brush), Ghost Code, Tiny Heroes (figurines), Over There (sci-fi), Higher than High, Abandon (sketched face), Broken Hearts, True Stories, A wolf at the door (wood style poster face), Elo Hand, Bots n Droids (dingbats), Toonimals 2 (dingbats), Halftoned Backup (textured face), Novlang (textured poster face), Come With Us, Ptits Pirates (pirate figurines), Board Dudes (skateboard dingbats), Big Bro's Watch (grungy), Doonga Slash (comic book face), Round About, Signz, Lethal League (grungy athletic lettering), Dark Times, Dandy Hat Trick, tardots (textured typeface), Dinoz (dinosaur dingbats), Big Surprise (fat script), Comix Loud, Arlequin, Fanzine Title, Scotch Taped, Phoenix (dingbats), Rock's Death (grunge), Tuamotu (textured), Trees Friends (dingbats), King Arthur Legend (blackletter), Fairy Strange, Flame On, Mystery, Money Go Round (ransom note font), Seven of One, Captain's Talk, Peaches en Regalia (sketch font), Wrong Board (textured or crayon typeface), Subito (comic book face), Extra Sales (signage face), Gimme Danger (grunge stencil), Alphabet City (graffiti font), Raleigh Rock, Rysky Lines, Splash, Good Vibers (comic book figurines), Tequilla Sunrise (3d shadow face), Graphers Blog, Star Waves, Splash, Action Comics, Wild Trails (wood plank typeface), Tiki Club (dingbats), Bad Striped (sketched face), Come With Me (paint drip face), Famous Oldies (textured face), Girly Toons (dingbats), Eshop Advert, Full Pack 2025, Dickson's Tale (a great grungy caps face), Hand Typewriter, Campus Relief (athletic lettering), ZalienZ (dingbats), Manga Style (oriental brush), Journal du Soir (letterpress emulation), Royal Delight (3d sketched face), Gothix Fate, Lettrisme (a letterpress ransom note font), NYC Zone 123 (graffiti face), Tedz (teddy bear dingbats), Merry Xmas, Last Day On Earth (textured typeface).

    Typefaces from 2014: Dite Alla Giovine (flared cursive script), Heavy Gothik (textured blackletter), Comix Bubbles, King of Scotland (textured), Lazy Sketch, Arabica Export (coffee bag texture), Scream Again, Season of the Witch, Soul Festival, Back Ride 342, Cheap-Potatoes, Nine-Feet-Under (grunge), Remingtoned-Type, Search'n-Destroy, Starz-2, Vanished, On The Roof (or: On The Tops), Mad Groove Blast, Another Brick (textured face), Destination Future, Perversionist, Dex's Jobs (Treefrog-style typeface), Ptit Coeur d'Amour, Mickey's School (athletic lettering), One Way or Another (a hand-drawn poster typeface), Californian Cars (license plates), Building State Empire, Back on Lime (shadow face), Next Ups (graffiti face), PatchFun (textured face), Railway to Hells, Shut'em Down, Misunderstanding, Another Brick (textureface), Perversionist (grunge), Destination Future, Linographer, Polish Posterisation, For Girls Only, Half Price 4 You (sketched typeface), Secret Agency (bad ink grunge), Player One (a grungy baseball Script), Raw Notice, Home Mad Popsters, No Silly Walk There, Bad Coma (lovely grunge), Dark Net Warrior (grunge), Cowboy Movie (Western font), Palm Beach (textured typeface), Search n Destroy (textured), Carnaval de mai, Variations (textured), Black Jeans (weathered font), City of Light, Santa's Air Mail (snow-capped letters), Cheap-Potatoes, Nine-Feet-Under, Remingtoned-Type, Search'n-Destroy, Starz-2, Vanished.

    Typefaces from 2015: Snake Jacket, Big Campus (athletic lettering), Penball Wizard, When The Eagles Dare, Urban Brush Zone (graffiti font), Wild West Pixel, World Black Shadow, Next Custom, Irresponsible Direction (grunge), Doodle Gum (textured), Posthuman (textured), Red Zone (glaz krak face), Smasher 312 (graffiti font), Columbine (dripping blood font), Tarentula's Web, Just Like This (retro funk), Eastern Brush (oriental brush typeface), Pulp Headlines (grungy typeface), War is Over (letterpress emulation), Thirties Relief, Flowers Power (sic) (floral caps), Direct du Gauche (inky brush), Jackpot (3d, sketched), Numero 10 Clean (athletic lettering), Lace Dreams (textured), Right Chalk (chalky crayon font), Lazy Sketch Black, Golden Age (shaded pixel font), Swamp Death (textured), Astounding News, Heavy Metal Rocking, Fifties Movies, Grunge Strokes 01, Cosmik Orchestra, Paysley Sports (sandy athletic lettering), No Safety Zone (grungy stencil), Quicksands (textured), Break It Down (glaz krak font), Naughty Cartoons, Mad Groove Clean (athletic lettering), Outlaw Stars (grungy Western face), Space Comics, Dirty Bowl 86 (athletic lettering), Cheap Potatoes Black (imitating pototo printing?), ExtraBlur (textured), Backside Air, Megalopolis, Curse of the Zombie, After the Goldrush, Avantgardiste 1934, Easy Fashion (textured), Free Thinking's Murder (textured), Phantom Zone (zombie texture), Snake In The Boot, Checkpoint Charlie (grungy stencil), For Girls Only Bold, Playing In The Mood (piano key face), Intergalactik Airlines, Les Mystères de Paris, Season of the Witch Black (blackletter), Resistance Is Futile (a great textured mechanical typeface), On The Tops Lights (matinee signage), Strawberry Fields, Serif of Nottingham, OnomatoBom (cartoon smaks).

    Typefaces from 2016: Dynamix (a shaded comic book typeface), Black Santa (snowy letters), Astral Delight, Mr. Headlines (titling sans), Sister Spray, Shaka Pow (cartoon font), Jack in the Box, Glitter Campus (athletic lettering), Ghost Crazy (heavy brush), Prezident, Flowers Kingdom (psychedelic), Galaxy Corps (octagonal stencil), Stitchn School, Brown Shoes, Armagedon (dry brush), Smasher 312 (graffiti style), Bad Stories, Master Droid, Heavy Metal Box (grungy letterpress), Outerspace Shoping (sic), Extros Backstage (squarish), Jelly Crazies (jellybean font), Black and White Banners, Ballad of Dwight Frye (grungy), Crazy Sixties, SciFi Movies, Maximum Strength (athletic lettering), Evanescente (sketched typeface), Urban Ghost, Vif Argent (watercolor brush script), Demolition Crack (textured), How to Disappear, Public Market, Pyjama Party, Magician Rings (modular sans), Pale Blue Eyes (brush script), All The Mad men (sketched), Dixociative (white-on-black), White Flame (octagonal typeface), Asian Delight (oriental brush emulation), Candy Shop, Barb Wire Club, Super Weird, My Socks Line.

    Typefaces from 2017: Scoubidou Rap, Good Morning (cartoon font), Graphik Arts (textured), Danger Zone Warning, Love The One You're With, Are You Hung Up (textured), Keys of Paradise, Mr Headlines Fancy, Game of Brush, Powerful, Ghost Shadow, Quick Menu Boards, Urban Fresh Air, Cheer Lace Leader (textured), Cracked Code (grunge), Very Simple Chalk, Fluo Gums, Very Popular, Personal Service, Blind Signature (crayon font), Blood n Guts, Quarterback Fight (octagonal athletic lettering), Supersonic Rocketship, Reboot Crush, Strange Path (dry brush font), Heroes Legend, Cache-Tampon, Championship (a great horizontally striped typeface), Silver Age Queens, Strange Tales.

    Typefaces from 2018: Play With Fire, Scrunched, Megalomaniac Headliners, Craps of Paper (white on black), All Things Must Pass (textured), Presque Normal, Interfearence, Pop of the Tops, Universal Knowledge, Digital College, Cold Turkey (a handcrafted horror font), Strange Magic, Grandissimo, Best Prices (sketched), Magician's Daughter, Children's Theater (textured), Magnifico, Lethal Slime, Pop of the Pops, Slow Death, Folk Festival, Strange Marvel, Strong Impact (octagonal), Heavy Metal Blight, Mango Slice, Are You Jimmy Carl Black, Strange Clowns, Mechanical Animals, Fast Forward, Spanish Castles, Vintage Warehouse, Swamp Black, Pixelmania, Enigma key, Vlump (wooden plank font), Guns n Flash Comix, Black Streamer, East Border (military stencil), Bot Craftshop, Super Quick, Don't You Know?, Return of the Flash, Only The Strong (weathered athletics font), Hands Up, Strange Shadow, White on Black, Ed Wood Movies.

    Typefaces from 2019: Inner Mounting Flame, Playtimes, Game Commands (white on black), Magic Spots (with a spotted texture), Vanishing (with a halftone effect), State Secret (squarish), All My Stitches (a hospital font), Lightyear Design, Ancient Ad, African Style (textured with African patterns), Secret Planet (sci-fi), Universal Ignorance, Give Peace a Chance, Hard Punk Gothic, Vraoum (speed emulation font), Galaxy Travels, Megapoliscape, Red Signal, Perfect Mystery (dry brush), Many Years Ago (mechanical, octagonal), Vintage Display (textured caps), Space Sport (textured, octagonal), Dancing Days, Steam Punk, Splatch (comic book font), Rear Defender (octagonal, stencil), Ghost Factory, Kids Magazine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bright Star (sci-fi), Fiesta Rumba (a matinee font), Sergeant Rock (a stencil typeface), Tricky Hearts (a vampire font), Organic Brand, Campus Riot (grungy), Crazy Love Song, Shiny Signature, Evil Highway, Slightly Eroded, Lightyear Shadow, City Player (graffiti), Night of the Deads (a horror font), Ka Blam (an all caps cartoon font), Unforgettable, Corrupted File (grungy, pixelish), Urban Heroes (a dripping paint font), Victorian Art Magic Remains, Kid Games, Restricted Area (a dripping paint stencil), Dark Poestry, Platinum Sign, Tacos de Tijuana (a Mexican party font), Retro Shine, Lower East Side (a graffiti font), Holidays Homework (a chalk font), Deep Shadow, Finger Printed, Crushed (a glaz krak typeface), Bing Bam Boum, Stars Fighters (a Star Trek font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Baby Party, Shadow Of The Deads, Big Bad Bugs, Boldfinger (bold caps), Paperback Writer (sketched), Comics Tricks, Charming Sixties, Squarely, Mad King Games, Back to School (a varsity font), Youtube Star (an oily typeface), Silver Medal (beveled), Cosmic Blaster. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Imogen Ayres
    [Möbel Type]

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    Indian Summer Studio
    [Alexander Bobrov]

    Alexander Bobrov (Indian Summer Studio, or simply Indians, Moscow) designed the vintage didone typeface family Dodo (Latin and Cyrillic) from 2008-2012. This beautiful typeface is in a style similar to Nick Shinn's scotch Modern and Alexey Kryukov'sOld Standard but was developed independently based on old books from 1930s (printed with 1860s to 1910s metal type). His web site shows lots of calligraphic work, but also a few typefaces such as Oriental Font (2015), Photon Display (2014) and Trafareta (2015, stencil).

    Typefaces from 2016: Historical Stencil Font USSR 1980 (2016), Geometric Sans Serif, Tanuki, Curly Cyrillic Sans, Historical Geometrical Art Nouveau Study, Indian Stylized Cyrillic, Historical USSR (constructivist), IBM Selectric Typewriter, 1966 Olympia SF DeLuxe Cursive (typewriter font), Moscow Metro, Cynzel (cyrillization).

    Typefaces from 2019: Funny Toons (a rounded cartoon family by Ekke Wolf and Alexander Bobrov), Selectric Century (a Scotch Modern / Schoolbook typeface modeled after the famous IBM Selectric golfball font), Aldo New Roman (a modern version of the typeface cut by Francesco Griffo for Venetian printer Aldus Manutius around 1490AD).

    Typefaces from 2020: Air Force 30 Stencil (the official US military fonts/lettering used in U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, based on their technical specifications), Oriental Kaishu (all caps, oriental simulation), Selectric Melt, Air Force (the official US military fonts/lettering used by US Air Force, US Army, US Navy and US Marine Corps, designed based on the Military Standards and Technical Manual; covers Latin, Cyrillic and Greek), Stone Age (a neolithic font), Selectric Pyramid (a typefwriter font based on Rudolf Wolf's Memphis from 1929), Selectric (a 1315-glyph (!) revival of IBM's famous golfball typeface, Selectric), Dymond (a dymo label font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Science Fiction (rounded, squarish), USSR (a squarish Russian cold war propaganda font; Latin and Cyrillic), Age (squarish and rounded; for Latin and Cyrillic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Indieground Design (was: Optimistic Designs)
    [Roberto Perrino]

    Poster artist Roberto Perrino (Optimistic Designs, Vicenza, Italy) created the script typeface family Gracia in 2014. In 2020, Roberto Perrino and Francesco Terragin co-designed the retro 80s and synthwave inspired typeface Coubra, and the sturdy octagonal typeface Nuport (2020). In 2021, they added the all caps geometric sans titling font Newake, the condensed octagonal titling typeface Atlantico, the Japan-inspired octagonal typeface Dujitsu and the 1970s techno font Radwave.

    In 2021, Indieground Design released the blocky stencil typeface Narse and Ransom Note Letters. Still in 2021, Roberto Perrino and Francesco Terragin co-designed the free brush font Blaster.

    In 2022, Roberto Perrino and Francesco Terragin co-designed the (free) bold confident aerospace sans font Airone. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Indraja Swaroop

    Ahmedabad, India-based designer of a deco stencil typeface in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Inessa Babkovich

    During her studies in Trier, Germany, Inessa Babkovich designed the stencil typeface Frosh (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ingrimayne Type (was: The Bovine Rebellion)
    [Robert Schenk]

    Ingrimayne Type was established in 1988 by Robert Schenk to sell his fonts via the web and via CDs such as the No-Hype Type CD (2500 typefaces in trueType and PostScript, with mostly original typefaces). Robert Schenk (b. 1946, Minnesota) lives in Rensselaer, IN. Before Ingrimayne, Schenk's type was distributed by Wayzata Technology. Free fonts at his site included Red Letter, Zirkle, Sallonext, Zarrow, Serpent.

    Specimen book. Alternate URL.

    Dingbat fonts: XPhyngern (1990, pointing fingers), XPointedDesert and XSimpleHands (1994, more fists), Schneeflaken (two snow fonts, now available as XSchneeFlaken), ComputerBugz (nice butterflies, now available as XCompuTerBuggz), Galaxies (around the theme of the sun and stars), GlitzyFlash (1990), Grandecort (1994), LeakOrLeach (1995), Baumfuss (1990), LeafMeAlone (leaves), StarsAndStripes, StarPieces, Fingers, SimpleHands, PointedDesert, IngyDing (1996, 3 dingbat fonts in the style of Zapf Dingbats; in 2010 overhauled into one 1400-ornament monster face, Ingy Ding MCD, containing smilies, arrows, Zapfian ornaments, dice, chess pieces, fists, weather dingbats, and so forth), IngyDingLeftovers.

    A list of fonts:

    • A: Aabced-Bold-Italic, Aabced-Bold, Aabced-Italic, Aabced-Regular, Aabced, AabcedBold, AabcedBoldItalic, AabcedExtraBold, AabcedItalic, AabcedRoman, AabcedXBold-Bold, AabcedXBold, Abagail-Regular, AbagailJackson, AccruedInterest, AcornSwash-Regular, AcornSwash, AcornSwashAltern-Regular, AcornSwashAltern, AcornSwashRoman, Accrued Interest, Albert Betenbuch (blackletter), AlbertBetenbuchExtrude, AllSmiles, AmericanMorseCodeIT, AnarckWarp, Anarckhie, AnarckhieBold, AnarckhieBoldItalic, AnarckhieDecayed, AnarckhieItalic, AnarckhieJiggled, AnarckhieRagged, AnarckhieShadow, AndrewAndreasBold, AndrewAndreasPlain, AndrewAndreasXBold, Andrew Andy College (athletic lettering), AndrewAndyStencil, AndrewAndyStencilBold, AndyEight, AntsyPantsy, ArgentBobSquish, Argenta, ArgentaBobbWig, ArgentaBobbed, ArgentaBold, ArgentabObbed, Asterx-Regular, Asterx, Auldroon-Regular, Auldroon (blackletter), AndrewAndyKactus, AntsyPantsy.
    • B: Baker Half (2004, an experimental hexagonally designed family), Balboat-Regular, BalboatBold, BalboatPlain, Bannetters (2021: letters for tilted banners), Barefoot, BaumSquiggle, Baumfuss-Regular, Baumfuss, BaumfussTwo-Regular, BaumfussTwo, Bear Anark (2021: a 10-style slab serif), BearButteTBold, BearButteTBoldItalic, BearButteTItalic, BearButteTPlain, BearButteTSpecial, BeastlyFont, Bene, BeneCryptExtrude, BeneCryptine-Regular, BeneCryptine (blackletter), BeneCryptineDistorted, BeneScriptine-Regular, BeneScriptine (blackletter), BetterEuroika, BetterEuroikaBold, BetterEuroikaBoldItalic, BetterEuroikaHybrid, BetterEuroikaHybridBold, BetterEuroikaItalic, BetterIngriana, BetterIngrianaBold, BetterIngrianaBoldItalic, BetterIngrianaHybrid, BetterIngrianaHybridBold, BetterIngrianaItalic, BetterKamp, BetterKampBold, BetterKampBoldItalic, BetterKampItalic, BetterTypeRightBold, BetterTypeRightBoldItalic, BetterTypeRightItalic, BetterTypeRightMedium, BetterTypeRightPlain, BetterTypeRightThin, BetterTypeRightThinItalic, BetterTypeRiteSpec, BetterTypeRiteSpecBold, Big-Regular, BigBottom, Big Stripes Mono (2021), Bigtop-Regular, Bigtop, Bilevel, Billowed (2022), BiteOfApple, Bizaro, BizaroRES, Blockboys, Bluster Left, BobsExtraPictures, BobsStandardChess, Bouncer (2019), Bowling, Bright Ideas (2020: lightbulb alphadings), BringInTheFrowns, Brrrrr-Regular, Brrrrr, BuggyFont, BumberShoot.
    • C: Caltic (2020), CemeteryWalk (2018), Cennerik-Bold, Cennerik-Regular, Cennerik, CennerikBold, CennerikEBold, CennerikExtraBold, CennerikPlain, CennerikSpiked, CennerikXBold-Bold, ChainLetterOne, ChainLetterTwo, CheckMateRES, ChessNut, ChessNutTwo, Chessterton, ChesstertonTwo, Circlet, Ckornoments (2020), Close Together (2020), CoffeeMug, Coffinated (2020: letters boxed into coffins), CompassOne, CompuTerBuggz, ConcavWarp, ConcavexCaps, ConcavexCapsWave, ConcavexStepper, CoughingNails, Court-Regular, CourtGesture, CourtJesterFrizzy, CrippledFont, CuthbMangle, CuthbeNick, Cuthbert.
    • D: DavidBurry, DavidFarewell, DavidFarewellBold, David Farewell Stencil, Dear John, Demotte-Bold, Demotte-Regular, Demotte, DemotteBold, DemotteWarp, Dinner-Regular, Dinner, DinoTracks (2021), Dottie, DrivEddie, Dschoyphul.
    • E: EdsDream, EdwardEdwinBold, EdwardEdwinPlain (1994, copperplate script), Eggad (2020), Eldroon, Erkball, ErkballBold, Euroika-Bold-Italic, Euroika-Bold, Euroika-Italic, Euroika-Regular, EuroikaBold, EuroikaBoldItalic, EuroikaItalic, EuroikaKamp, EuroikaKampBold, EuroikaKampBoldItalic, EuroikaKampItalic, EuroikaRoman, Euroika, Eyebel, EyebelBold, EyebelRuff.
    • F: FabFours (2015, patterned typeface), Fangs ALot (2022), FansiPensle (1990, connected signage script), FansiPensleBold, FansiPenslePlain, FansiPensleTwo, FansiPensleTwoBold (1990), FansiPensleTwoPlain, Febdrei, FebdreiBold, Federhozen-Bold-Italic, Federhozen-Italic, Federhozen-Regular, Federhozen, FederhozenBold, FederhozenBoldItalic, FederhozenItalic, FederhozenPlain, FeggoliteDancing, FeggoliteDancingItalic, FeggoliteHatched, FeggoliteKeyed, FeggoliteMonoBold, FeggoliteMonoPlain, FeggoliteRuffled, Fezdaz, Fishhook, FiveOhOne, FiveOhTwo, FlagDayFour, FlagDayOne, FlagDayThree, FlagDayTwo, Fly High, FlyHighBold, FlyHighBoldItalic, FlyHighItalic, ForTheBirds, FourJuly, FourJulyG, FourJulyH, Framo-Regular.
    • G: GLitzy, GLitzyBarbed, GLitzyPlain-Regular, GLitzyStripe, GLitzyVStriped, Galexica-Bold-Italic, Galexica-Bold, Galexica-Italic, Galexica-Regular, Galexica, GalexicaBold, GalexicaBoldItalic, GalexicaExtraBold, GalexicaItalic, GalexicaMono-Bold, GalexicaMono-Regular, GalexicaMono, GalexicaMonoBold, GalexicaMonoPlain, GalexicaPlain, GalexicaXBold-Bold, GlitzyCurl-Regular, GlitzyCurl, GlitzyFlash-Regular, GlitzyFlash, GlitzyJewel-Regular, GlitzyJewel, Gothamburg (blackletter), GothamburgBold, GothamburgShadowed, GothicHorror, GothicRock, GranCanaries, GrancMitSripes, GrandecortBold, GrandecortHoly, GrandecortMedium, GrandecortShadow, GretchenHelloBold, GretchenHelloPlain, Grundee.
    • H: Hammered, HandanaBold, HandanaPlain, HandmadeFont, HeartMatrixed, Hermainita, HermainitaBold, HermainitaPlain, Hexonu (2020: hexagonal), HeyPumkin, HippityDippityBold, HippityDippityInline, HippityDippityPlain.
    • I: IanSegoe, IggoliteMono, IngBurried, IngDingLeftover, Ingone, IngoneSaw, IngoneShadow, IngrianEuroikHybrid, IngrianEuroikHybridBold, IngrianEuroikaH, IngrianEuroikaHBold, IngrianEuroikaHBoldItalic, IngrianEuroikaHItalic, Ingriana, IngrianaBold, IngrianaBoldItalic, IngrianaCasual, IngrianaCasualBold, IngrianaCasualBoldItalic, IngrianaCasualItalic, IngrianaCasualPlain, IngrianaExtraBold, IngrianaItalic, IngrianaPlain, IngyArrows, IngyArrowsTwo, IngyDingThree, IngyDings, Ingy Star Tilings (2019), InsideLetters, InternationalMorseCodeIT, IrritationOne, IrritationTwo.
    • J: JabcedHy, JabcedHyBold, JabcedHyBoldItalic, JabcedHyItalic, JasperSqueeze, JasperSqueezeBold, JasperSqueezeBoldItalic, JasperSqueezeEB, JasperSqueezeEBItalic, JasperSqueezeItalic, JenneriCurved, Jennerik, JennerikBold, JennerikExtraBold, JennerikInfml-Bold, JennerikInfml, JennerikInfmlBold, JennerikInfmlExtraBold, JennerikInfmlPlain, JennerikInfmlXBold, JennerikRoman, Jester, JesterRES (Tuscan), JesterTwo (Tuscan), Jestres, JetJanBoldItalicGray, the Jet Jane family [JetJaneButton, JetJaneMonoBold, JetJaneMonoBoldItalic, JetJaneMonoCapsBold, JetJaneMonoCapsPlain, JetJaneMonoCapsThin, JetJaneMonoItalic, JetJaneMonoPlain, JetJaneMonoThinBook, JetJaneMonoThinItalic].
    • K: KampFriendshipBold, KampFriendshipBoldItalic, KampFriendshipItalic, KampFriendshipPlain, KampIngrianaH, KampIngrianaHBold, KampIngrianaHBoldItalic, KampIngrianaHItalic, KampIngrianaHybrid, KampIngrianaHybridBold, KampRipple, Karlisbad, KiddyChessFont, KlipJoint, Knaudens-Regular, Knaudens, Kneebls, KneeblsBold, KneeblsExtruded, KneeblsPlain, KneeblsRuffled, KneeblsThin, KnewFont, KnewFontBold, KnewFontJagged, KnewFontPlain, KnewFontWaisted, KnewFontWaistedBold, KnightMares, KolSpotted, KolStriped, KolkFizzy, Kolkman-Bold, KolkmanDimly, KolkmanGray, KolkmanShatter, KolkmanStriped, Kwalett (2020), Kwersity, KwersityBold, KwersityWider, KwersityWiderBold, Kwodsity, KyhotaBarbed, KyhotaOne, KyhotaTwo.
    • L: LaserTrain, LaserTrainBold, LastBigFling, LastBigFlingBold, LastMinuteChess, Laudens, LeakorLeach, LeakorLeachLeft, LeefMeAlone, LeefMeAloneHoles, LeekorLeech, Lentzers (2020), Letrinth, LetterTrain-Regular, LetterTrain, LetterTrainBold, LetterTrainBoldItalic, LetterTrainItalic, LetterTrainPlain, Lettergical (1994, blackletter with Lombardic capitals), LettergicalWave, LetunicalBold, LetunicalInline, LetunicalNormal, LetunicalShadow, LetunicalWarp, Library-Italic, Library-Regular, Life After College (2008, athletic lettering family), LineDrive, LineDriveBold, LineDriveOutlined, LineDrivePlain, LineDriveShadow, Lopsickles (a Hobo-style top-heavy font) (2021).
    • M: MITuscan, MMCheckered, MMDrawings, MMPattern, Mangaled, Masheen (1990, octagonal font), MasheenBold, MasheenConvicted, MasheenFlag, MasheenIIID, MasheenOutlined, MatthewTwo, MattsFastFont, MedicineShelf, MedievalGunslinger, MedievalGunslingerShadow, Metavoria (2021: playful), Minimalist-Regular, Minimalist, Minniesoda, MinniesodaBold, Modsten-Bold, Modsten-Regular, Modsten (stencil, 1990), ModstenBold, ModstenRoman, MoreTexture, MousyFont, MushmellowBold, MushmellowCactus, MushmellowOutline, MushmellowPlain, MuskitosCaps, MuskitosCapsShadDown, Myhota, MyhotaBarbed, MyhotaBold, MyhotaHatched, MyhotaHatchedBold, MyhotaPlain, MyhotaWithSpikes.
    • N: NailsNStaples, NairobiNormal, NeedALilly, NerdishHex, NerdishHexBold, Neu Altisch (blackletter), NeuAltischBold, NeuAltischGray, NeuAltischPlain, NeuAltischShadLeft, NeuAltischShadow, NeuAltischWormEaten, NeuropolMedium, NewLaudens, NewLibrary, NewLibraryItalic, NewNerdShadowed, NewNerdishBold, NewNerdishPlain, NewNerdishThin, NoPainRight, NoPainRightBold, NopainLeft, NopainLeftBold.
    • O: OakParkAve, OakParkAvePlain, OakParkBlvdPlain, OakParkExtruded, OakParkSpeckled, OakParkSquaRe, OakParkZiggy, OakParksTripped, Old Harold Ree (1992, a modification of PhederFract, which was a calligraphic fraktur typeface also by Schenk), OldHaroldReeBold, OldHaroldReePlain, Onyon (1997).
    • P: PastedWarp, PattyDay, PawnShop, Pedestrian, PencilFat, PencilIn, PencilOut, PensleCaligraf-Bold, PensleCaligraf-Regular, PensleCaligraf, PensleCaligrafBold, PensleCaligrafPlain, PeterPierreBold, PeterPierreCondensed, PeterPierrePlain, PeterPierreXBold, Pheder Frack (blackletter), PhederFrackBold, PhederFrackDtsh, PhederFrackDtshBold, PhederFrackDtshThin, PhederFrackPlain, PhederFrackShadowed, PhederFrackThin, PhrackCack, PhrackSle, PhrackSleBold, PhrackSlePlain, Phraxtured (blackletter), PhraxturedDeutsch, PhraxturedPlain, PhraxturedShadowed, Phyngern, Pigknot, PigknotBold, PlainPensle, PlainPensleBold, PlainPensleBoldItalic, PlainPensleItalic, PlainPenslePlain, PlainPensleXBold, PlainPensleXBoldItalic, Porker, PorkerGrey, Poultry Sign (2020), PutMyFootDown, Pzytupid.
    • Q: Qualettee, QualetteeBold, QualetteeMedium, Quatsity (2020), Quidic, QuidicHatched, QuidicHoley, QuidicItalic, QuidicRoman, QuidicShotUp, Quirtly, Qwatick (1992), QwatickBold, QwatickPlacard.
    • R: Ranger (1996, octagonal), RangerWider, Rankensteen, Rataczak-Regular, RataczakBold, RataczakBoldItalic, RataczakCandied, RataczakCondItalic, RataczakCondPlain, RataczakExtraBold, RataczakItalic, RataczakRoman, RataczakSwash, Rauchens, Razephu, Red-Regular, RedLetter, Renslaer, RoomingHouse, Rosary, RosaryBold, RoundUp, RoundUpBold, RoundUpShadow, RoundWhy (2019: Western), RoundWhyBold, RummageSaleOne, Rumpled, RundigPencilBold, RundigPencilMedium, RundigPencilNormal, Rundigsburg (1994), RundigsburgBold, RundigsburgMedium, RundigsburgPlain, RundigsburgShadowLeft, RundigsburgShadowRight.
    • S: SafetyPinned, Salloon, SalloonAStripe, SalloonCracked, SalloonHStripe, SalloonStripeBottom, SalloonStripeEnds, SalloonStripeMiddle, SalloonStriped, Saloon-Regular, SaloonExt, SaloonFrilled, Samsheriff (2020), Sansduski Mono (2022), Sansduski (squarish) (2022), Sansville, SansvilleBold, SarahfSlob, SarahfSlobItalic, SchneeFlaken, SchneeFlakenTwo, Screwged, Sdrawkcab-Regular, Sdrawkcab, Seasick, SeasickBold, SeasickMirror, SeasickMirrorBold, SeasonsGreetings, SeederChess, SeederChessSmall, Sergury, Serpent-Regular, ShadyCharacters, Sihmittree (2019), ShirlyUJest, SimpleChessFont, Sirpent, SJURecord (2019: blackletter), Skagwae, SkagwaeMono, Skigway, SkwareDots, SlimpiSquares, Slippery Fishes (2022), SmokeHausShadow, SmokeHaus (1998), SmokeHouseRough, SmokeHouseShatter, SmokeHouseWave, Snuggels (2020; hexagonal), Spicandspan, SquiggleRES, SquiggleRESBold, Stamper, Substance, SusiScript, SusiScriptBold, SusiScriptPlain, Swanville-Regular, Swanville, Swirlity, SwirlityBold, SwirlityScript, SwirlityText.
    • T: Tape Up (2022: a tape font), Tescellations (2012), Tessie Letters (2019), Tessie Some More (2020), Tessie Dingies (2012), TOCinRings, TRGrunge, Tacky (2005), Talloween, TapedUp, Teapot (1999), Teethee, TessieSpinners, TessieMiscellaneous (2018), TessieMoreStuff (2018), TessieXtraBirds (2018), TessieMoreBirds, TessieAnimals, TessieBugs (2019), TessieOddsNends (2019), TessieStandingBirds (2018), TessieFlyingBirds (2018), TessiePuzzlePieces (2018), TexturesOne, TiedUp, Tieroh, TierohBold, TierohSans, TierohSansBold, Tinkerer, TiredOfCourier (1992, + Bold, +BoldItalic, +Italic, +Plain, +Thin, +ThinItalic), ToothBrush, TootsieBold, TuskcandyBold, TuskcandyInline, TuskcandyPlain, Twigglee-Regular, Twigglee (1990, inspired by the hand lettering on the plates in a 19th century book on ornaments by Owen Jones), TwiggleeBold, TwiggleePlain, TwiggleeWarped, TwoTonedStoned.
    • U: UUeirdieBold, UUeirdieRoman, UUeirdieWarp, Undulate (a wavy typeface) (2021), Undulated (2021), Unikled, UnikledBold, UnikledPlain, UnikledSpotted, UnivoxAtomLight, UpsideDown, UrbanScrawl.
    • V: ValManGal, Valenteena, ValenteenaBroken, ValentinaContour, Valentine-Regular, Valgal, ValgalBold, Vglee, Vinetters (2020), VunderScriptBold, VunderScriptPlain.
    • W: WalcomeOne, WalcomeOneBold, Watchmaker, WatchmakerBold, WaterCloset, WaterWorksCaps (1992), WaterWorksCaps-Bold, WaterWorksCaps-Regular, WaterWorksCapsBold, WaterWorksCapsPlain, Weaving (2022), WeirdChessFont, Wetetque (1991, an all caps multiline family), WetetqueBold, WetetquePlain (1991), Whichit, WhichitBold, WhichitTwo, WhichitTwoBold, Woven (2022), WrenchedLetters, WurstCactus, WurstHassen, WurstchenDotted, WurstchenOutlined, WurstchenSplatted, WyomingMacroni, WyomingMacroniPegged, WyomingMacroniShadRight, WyomingMacroniShadowed, Wyoming Pastad (1994, Western slab face), WyomingPastadShadLeft, WyomingPastadShadowed, WyomingSpaghettiBold, WyomingSpaghettiPlain, Wyoming Strudel (Far West type).
    • X: XBobsExtraPictures, XBobsStandardChess, XChessNut, XChessNutTwo, XChesstertonTwo, XCompuTerBuggz, XGalaxies, XGalaxyOne, XIngDingLeftover, XIngyArrows, XIngyArrowsBetween, XIngyArrowsTwo, XIngyDingIII, XIngyDingTwo, XIngyDings, XInterntnlMorseCodeIT, XKiddyChessFont, XKnightMares, XLaserTrainBold, XLaserTrainPlain, XLastMinuteChess, XLeef Me Alone (leaf dingbats), XMMCheckered, XMMDrawings, XMMPattern, XMattsAnimalsOne, XMoreTexture, XPatColumRow, XPatCzeckerz, XPawnShop, XPhyngern (fists), XPointedDesert, XRoomingHouse, XSchneeFlaken (1995), XSchneeFlaken, XSchneeFlakenTwo, XSeederChess, XSeederChessSmall, XSimpleHands, XStarPieces, XStarsAndStripesOne, XStarsAndStripesTwo, XStellaStern, XStellaSternBright, XSternStellaNight, XTexturesOne, Xahosch, Xaltid, XaltidBold, XaltidPlain. The X fonts are predominantly dingbats.
    • Y: YahoschBold, YahoschMedium, YahoschPlain, YahoschWormy, Yassitf (2019: a sans), YngreEBStripe, Yngreena, YngreenaBold, YngreenaBoldItalic, YngreenaExtraBold, YngreenaItalic, YngreenaPlain, Youbee, YoubeeBold, YoubeeBoldItalic, YoubeeItalic, YoubeeShadow.
    • Z: Zarrow-Regular, Zarrow, ZcriptBold, ZcriptPlain, Zebraw, ZebrawOS, Zigzaggy (2021), ZimpleBlack, Zimric (2020), ZirkStressed, ZirkleOne-Bold, ZirkleOne-Regular, ZirkleOne, ZirkleOneBold, ZirkleOneRoman, ZumbelsburgBold, Zumbelsburg (blackletter, 1996).

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link.

    View Robert Schenk's typefaces. View Ingrimayne's typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Inna Serik

    Kiev, Ukraine-based designer in 2018 of the logotypes Fly, Advio and Rogue (stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Inspira Type (or: Collabro Studio, or: Inspira Sign)
    [IlhamSyah Vutra]

    We find the names Septian Fauzi and IlhamSyah Vutra associated with Inspira Type. Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of script and brush script typefaces, who also runs Aktab Studio. Fonts from 2019: Greenland, Jaeggers, Vancouver (script), Freya (a free script), Beneth (brush script), Gisella (script), Fearless, Anggada (a vintage script), Delia (a text typeface), Baratyuda, Stanford (or Standford: a vintage label font), Itikaf (a religious serif), Maldins, Riverside (signage script), Stucker, Rottordam, Cartoon, Cartoon Fancy, Magna, Hollaboi (a brush font), Bratarini, Nanda Script, Qiba Serif, Gula (a cartoon font), Qiba, Alvaro (a fat monoline script), Fresh Berries Script, Eastchaft, Fillia Script, Alistair Signature, Abhyaksa, Etherion (wedge serif), Adhe Sans, Herey (dry brush), Backhill (signage script), Cecillia (inky script), Never Ending (dry brush), Abhinaya (Victorian), Debtos Script, Dohong (vintage style), Dohong Kaliba, Bessita Handwriting, Cendolita Script, Dingbod Script (monoline), Aussiente, Pure Tintri.

    Fonts from 2020: Abimo, Baliosa (a signature script), Balkous, Bangga, Baswara Catra, Belly, Borude (sketched), Brigita, Bustracks, Candle, Cerita Senja, Confinental, Daniza Claretta, Dethars, Earthan, Eighties, Facibian, Fialiga (an octagonal sports font), Ghost Walker (dry brush), Gnaw, Goldstep, Halcyon, Hantari, Howkins (stencil), Intuitive, Itikaf, Jello, Khanaya (calligraphic), Kosmik, Kuffie, Lutuna, Malbourne, Mayasi, Mechanical (squarish), Mhoko, Nagista, Oblady, Our Story Begins, Panorama, Raimond, Rebellion, Sagittaria, Sanoraya (a tall inky script)Serpents, Shockwave (brush script), Sintya, Speedtrap (a speed emulation sans), Suballie, Sweetboys, The Bovalo, The Loccosta (dry brush), The Rolides, Throne (a wide all caps sans), Townsquare, Volare, Wildeoo, Wonderful Jungle. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Inspire Graphics.com

    Sister outfit of LetteringDelights.com. Fonts include ScrapColorMe6, ScrapColorMe7, ScrapMommy, ScrapPlaid, ScrapRound, ScrapStates, ScrapSweetness, ScrapTwiggy, LDBeehive, LDMixed, LDNotePad, CKTools, DoodleSuperFat, LDAmore, LDAntler, LDApple, LDBatBall, LDBeach, LDBeehive, LDCalligraphix, LDCamping, LDCeltic, LDChalk, LDCharming, LDChristmasBulbs, LDChristmasLights, LDCityScape, LDClover, LDCostumes, LDCritters, LDCupid, LDCuteCurls, LDDainty, LDDelightful, LDDerby, LDDoodles, LDDoubleLine, LDEasterBasket, LDEasterEggs, LDFallingLeaves, LDFillIn, LDFlyfish, LDGhosts, LDGingerbread, LDGreeting, LDHeartThrob, LDIrish, LDItalic, LDLaundry, LDLeaves, LDLoveStruck, LDLuvnLace, LDMixed, LDNativity, LDNotePad, LDNotebook, LDOwie, LDPlank, LDPlumbing, LDPookie, LDPotoGold, LDPresents, LDPretty, LDRiverRun, LDRoses, LDSandCastle, LDScouter, LDScratch, LDShadow, LDShamrock, LDShellyPrint, LDShellyScript, LDSign, LDSketch, LDSmiles, LDSmokey, LDSnowman, LDSpooks, LDSquiggle, LDStars, LDStencil, LDSunflower, LDSunshine, LDTwitterpated, LDWeb, LDWitchy, LDWormy, LDWroughtIron, ScrapAmor, ScrapBaby, ScrapBlocks, ScrapBones, ScrapBooks, ScrapBrother, ScrapBubbles, ScrapCactus, ScrapCalligraphy, ScrapCandy, ScrapCaps, ScrapCasual, ScrapCelebrate, ScrapCircles, ScrapColorMe4, ScrapColorMe5, ScrapColorMe8, ScrapCrayon, ScrapCursive, ScrapDaddy, ScrapFancy, ScrapFestive, ScrapFiesta, ScrapFlower, ScrapFood, ScrapFormal, ScrapGarden, ScrapGingerbread, ScrapHapnen, ScrapHearts, ScrapHugs, ScrapKatie, ScrapKids, ScrapLoop, ScrapMap, ScrapMarker, ScrapOutline, ScrapOval, ScrapPicnic, ScrapRhapsody, ScrapRollerCoaster, ScrapSamurai, ScrapSchool, ScrapScript, ScrapSerif, ScrapShadow, ScrapSilly, ScrapSimple, ScrapSister, ScrapSloppy, ScrapSnow, ScrapSombrero, ScrapSpangled, ScrapSplash, ScrapStitches, ScrapSwirl, ScrapSwoop, ScrapTools, ScrapTubby, ScrapTumble, ScrapWood. A subseries is called DoodleBats (2007): DBArkAnimals-Normal, DBBabyofMine-Normal, DBBabyofMine-Normal, DBBoxySpring-Normal, DBBuggin-Normal, DBButterflies, DBCutesieDoodles-Normal, DBCutesieDoodles-Normal, DBEasterMorning-Normal, DBEggBat-Normal, DBFallFrolic-Normal, DBFleuries-Normal, DBFleuries-Normal, DBFloragraphy-Normal, DBFlowerPower-Normal, DBHallo-weee!-Normal, DBInsects, DBKanjiWordsA-G-Normal, DBKanjiWordsBlackA-G-Normal, DBKanjiWordsBlackH-R-Normal, DBKanjiWordsBlackS-Z1-10-Normal, DBKanjiWordsH-R-Normal, DBKanjiWordsS-Z1-10-Normal, DBLovePastries-Normal, DBLoveTalk-Normal, DBMonsterEmotions-Normal, DBPartyAnimals-Normal, DBPartySketch-Normal, DBPetFun-Normal, DBPicnicParty-Normal, DBRobotFriends-Normal, DBSeashells-Normal, DBSillyFaces-Normal, DBSophomoreDoodles-Normal, DBSpringFling-Normal, DBSwirlyStars-Normal, DBToyLand-Normal, DBVintageObjects-Normal, DBWeddingWords-Normal, DBZoobies-Normal. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Iñes Vital

    Fontstructor who created the piano key stencil typeface Geomet (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Into the Type
    [Slavka Jevcinova]

    Or Slava Jevcinova. Designer from Bardejov, Slovakia, now located in Nice, France, whose first degree was an MA from J.E. Purkyne University in Czechia. She interned at Mota Italic in Berlin, and then started working for Fontwerk, a company specicializing in TrueType hinting. Since 2013 she is a freelancer and she regularly collaborates with the Rosetta Type foundry.

    Graduate of the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag in 2014, where she created Kin, an unconventional serif type family which explores distinctive styles while maintaining consistency. It has phonetic support and a drop-dead gorgeous black.

    In 2015, the 72-font family Skolar Sans (see also, Skolar Sans PE, 2016), codeveloped by David Brezina and Slava Jevcinova at Rosetta Type Foundry, won a silver medal at the European Design awards.

    In 2017, Slavka Jevcinova published Avory Latin at Rosetta Type Foundry. Calling it retro-chic, she writes about this sturdy Latin / Greek / Cyrillic sans typeface family: Avory is a gently condensed sans that challenges convention. Tall, with broad shoulders, easily spotted from afar. Inspired by the lettering work of Czech designer Jaroslav Benda.

    In 2019, she released the fashionable sans typeface Clarette at Future Fonts. Clarette pays special attention to Vietnamese.

    In 2019, at Rosetta Type, together with William Montrose and David Brezina, she released the variable font Adapter (with three axes, for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2020: Wilmer (a multilayered three-dimensional ornamental Tuscan type family), Polaire (a monoline cursive stencil). Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Invents
    [Atif Arshad]

    Aka Ameer. Designer of these typefaces in 2016: Ikndo (a handcrafted party font), Fisher, Fisher2, Engin (super-techno), Curly, Cruise, Cookies, Chikle, Aeliron, Alphabet Stencils, Akbaal, Agreloy, Adventure, and Omisans.

    Typefaces from 2017: City Track (graffiti font), Midnight (script), Glitzy, Glitch, Glaze, Chunky (spurred), Davil (spooky), Champion (striped), Asphalt (heavy weathered slab serif), Acids (art deco), Splodge (dry brush), Brush, Mars. His icons are sold separately. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ioana Vlad Munteanu

    Graphic designer and typographer in Bucharest, Romania. Her typefaces include Deco Interrupted (2009, stencil) and Overlaping 80s (2009) (sic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ion Lucin
    [Ionyc type]

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    Ionyc type
    [Ion Lucin]

    New York City (and before that, Madrid)-based illustrator who created the minimalist typeface Minim (2012), the scratchy typeface Displaced (2013), the free geometric sans all caps typeface family consisting of Big John (2014-2016, with Carlos de Toro), Regular Jim and Slim Joe (2014). In 2018, he published the animated stencil typeface Randomize and the kinetic modular color typeface Ionyc (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Iordanis Passas
    [IP Art]

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    IP Art
    [Iordanis Passas]

    Iordanis Passas (IP Art) is a designer in Athens, b. 1986, who was briefly located in London. He published some free typefaces including the grungy typeface Edirne (2015: free), the grungy Baston (2015: free for any use except police commercials), Athens (with Stergios Tsiamis), Peracto (2015, thin sans), Bomb Type (2015, sans), Koulouri (2014), Outer Space (2014, download), dPopper (2014), Born to be Condensed (2013), Serious Man (2013, a 3d typeface), IP Arial (2012, an experimental overlay typeface), Brush of Anarchy (2012, graffiti face), Cubes (2013), Mia (2014, free), Adamo (2014), The Kids Marker (2014), Gagalin (2014, a free brushy comic book font for Latin and Greek).

    In 2015, Iordanis Passas and Anastasia Dimitriadi created the gorgeous Finos, which was inspired by Greek retro cinema (buy it here and check the free demo).

    Typefaces from 2016: Repens (a free poster font), Sanek (a free handcrafted titling font; cyrillization in 2019 by Denis Kukushkin), April Ten.

    Typefaces from 2017: David Carson (a free grunge ransom font to pay homage to David Carson), Figno (free rounded sans).

    Typefaces from 2018: Meganek (free), Lulu Monospace (a free squarish font; with Stelios Ypsilantis), Depravo Stencil (which is advertized as free to anyone except police; covers Latin and Greek).

    Dafont link. Fontspace link. Blogspot link. Behance link. Download many of his fonts at Free Typography. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Iqbal Paj
    [Balevgraph Studio]

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    Irina Suchkova

    Moscow-based designer of a hybrid Latin typeface (2016) based on Garamond Italic and New Courier Italic. She also created a set of Olympic pictograms and a Cyrillic military stencil typeface called Ulichnyj in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Iris Sprague

    Graphic designer in New York City, who created Hennes Modular Stencil (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Isa Lapera Solbes

    Isa Lapera (b. Callosa d'en Sarria near Alicante, Spain) is a graphic designer in Callosa d'en Sarria (where she runs Isa Lapera Design) and in Barcelona (where she is with Nügat Bcn). She created the experimental Ciocco ball terminal stencil typeface in 2013 together with Carolina Poch Enciso, while both were students at ELISAVA. In 2014, she created the minimalist experimental typeface Lapera. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Isaac Gonzalez

    Spanish creator of Karlstad (2014: octagonal typeface), The Hummel Font (2013: squarish, rounded), Reactor Sans (2013, octagonal), Dysfunctional (2013, gridded face), Isaac Script 2 (2013, brush script), Yummy (2013), a (free) squarish outline shadow titling typeface. Odessa (2013) is an octagonal stencil typeface. Error Stencil (2013, known as Artificial Stencil at FontStruct) is a De Stijl typeface pushed to the extreme. It was the basis of Artificial Script (2013) and Artificial Serif (2013).

    Isaac Gonzalez works as 1saac at FontStruct. His FontStructions from 2011 include the black pixel typeface Minimalist (2011) and the labyrinthine typeface Thessalonica (2011).

    In 2012, still at FontStruct, he added Redondo (art deco), Pilot V Ball Pen, Dynamic 12, Buzz1, Talk, Eroded Pixel v1, Belica (Regular, Oversized), Odessa (stencil face), Belica Rude (octagonal typeface), Yummy (3d shadow face) and Friendly Rounded 1. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Isabel Soares

    FontStructor who made Desconcertante (2010, stencil face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Isha Jhunjhunwala

    Mumbai, India-based designer of a decorative stencil font in 2016. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Israel Soriano

    Web and app designer in Hertsliyah, Israel, who created the delicately stenciled Latin typeface Apocalypto (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Itomi
    [Antonio Moro]

    Antonio Moro is a professional designer in Italy, who has been at it since 1999. His typefaces include Aldo Sans (2004) and Vinca Stencil (2004).

    Another URL. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Iulia Strejan
    [Miss Shiva]

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    Ivan Alves

    Born in Porto, Portugal, Ivan Alves studied graphic design at ESEIG, Erasmus at Camberwell School of Arts in London and went to Barcelona to do an internship at Stanton Studio. Since 2011 he works at a studio in Porto called Nor267. In 2016, he designed the potato cut font Wild Potato. Its letterforms are based on the Jean-Luc font by Atelier Carvalho Bernau.

    Typefaces from 2017: Contra Headline (a stencil typeface for the revolution). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ivan Gladkikh
    [TypeType]

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    Ivan Hristov
    [Fontan2.com]

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    Ivan Nuñez Gomez

    Graphic designer in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, b. 1989. In 2015, he created the free stencil display typeface Tostada and the free display typeface Barbaro Roman. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ivan Phillipov
    [Neogrey]

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    Iza Wilma Lima Peixoto

    Iza W is a Brazilian type designer who works with Paulo W at intellecta Design. Klingspor link. She created Kocham (2008, an art deco geometric typeface with dots centered in all letters), Orchis (2006, Intellecta Design), an art deco famliy in the style of Broadway. Other fonts, done with Paulo W at Intellecta Design in 2006: Advantage, Biza, Elegancy, Estiliza, Frompac. She designed DeutschePosterSteinschrift, Alta (5 styles), Apolo Decorative (Victorian era caps), Ariana, Black, Cresciesco (roman times lettering), Drianh (late 19th century styles), Easy Callig, Evangeliaire Uncial, Geodec N9 (high contrast sans family), Glaciana (decorative caps), Grid, Half Flower 2, Laureatus (Lombardic), Malvinna, Paola Decorative (caps), Passo Borgo (the ultimate spiky dungeon family), Schneider Kontrast (a 15-style art deco and ornamental family based on F.H. Ernst Schneidler's Kontrast (1930, Weber)), and Questy (semi-slab serif) in 2007.

    Productions in 2008: Basilissa (flowery caps), Calligraphia Latina Soft, Chyrllene (curly Victorian family), Clea (caps), Fridha (undrerstated and 3d calligraphy), Hostetler Kapitalen 2, Litho Romana Inland (a caps family), Ogden (calligraphic), Olivetti Typewriter (5 styles), Syl (frilly Victorian caps), Tissot (2008, fine caps), Triball (headline blackletter family), TTF TATTOEF 8 (tattoo dings). MyFonts says The mysteriously-named Iza W shares most of the development activities at Intellecta Design with Paulo W. She specializes in revivals of historic advertising types, specifically metal and wood display types of the Americas, from the early 19th to mid 20th century. and lists these fonts at the end of 2008 as having been designed by her: Advantage, Agua (2007, an extension of Heinrich Maehler's 1931 font, Salut), Alta, AltDeutsch, Anatomy, Antiqua Shaded, Apolo Decorative, Ariana, Basilissa, Biza, Black, Boliche, Bruce Borders, Bruce Flourished, Bruce Hairline, Bruce Miscelania, Bruce Ornament, Cadels, Calligraphia Latina Soft, Catania, Centennial Script Fancy (+Three), Chancelaresca Spanola, Chyrllene, Clea, Cleo (Lombardic ornamental caps), Cresciesco, Deco Experiment 2, Deco Experiment 3, Deco Experiment 4, Deco Experiment 5, Deco Experiment 6 (2007), Deco Experiment 7, Deutsche Poster Steinschrift, Donald, Drianh, Easy Callig, Egipcia, Elara (2009), Elegancy, Engel, Estiliza, Evangeliaire Uncial, Faroeste, Feosa, Figgins Brute, Fin Fraktur, Flower Essences, Flower Jars, Fofucha (2007, a psychedelic typeface modeled after Seymour Chwast's Artone from 1968), Frames 1, Francesco Decorative, Fridha, Frompac, Fry's Alphabet, Furniet Roman (2008, after Fournier), Gans Animals, Gans Carmen Adornada, Gans Cornucopia, Gans Gotico Globo, Gans Italiana, Gans Royality, Gans Sport Club, Gans Titania, Gans Titular Adornada, Gans Transportation, Gans Vessels Fishes, Geodec Bruce Ornamented (2006, a tribute to George Bruce), Geodec Minuskel, Geodec N9, Geodec Petras Enhanced, Glaciana, Gloo Biloo (2010, spooky alphading face), Gothic Handtooled Bastarda, Gotische, Gotische Frame, Gottar (blackletter), Gradl Initialen, Grid, Grissom (insect dingbats), Grolier (caps), Grolier Beveled (2011, free at Dafont), Half Flower, Hannover, Hostetler Kapitalen, Imperio Romano (2009, roman heads), Intellecta Bodoned (+Two, +Trash), Intellecta Borders, Intellecta Crowns (royal crowns), Intellecta Grotesca Compacta, Intellecta Slab Bold, Intellecta Square, Intellecta Typewriter, Intellecta Typewriter 2, Japonesa (2010, oriental simulation), Julisa Script, Kocham, Latinish, Laureatus, Lettering Deco (2008, art deco, +Shadow), Litho Romana Inland, Littler Serifada, Magro, Majestade, Malvinna, Manuscript XIV Century, Merona, Missal, Monograms Soft (2010, with Paulo W), Naturella (2009, leaf and grape dingbats), Neretta (2008, +Italic), Numbers, Ogden, Olivetti Typewriter, Orchis, Palermo, Paola Decorative, Peloponeso, Porcupine, Questy, Remington Elite Typewriter, Samuello, Schneider Kontrast, Schneidler Zierbuchstablen, Schwandner Versalia (2010, ornamental caps based on an alphabet by Austrian penman Johann Georg von Schwandner), Schwandner Black Fleurons (2010), Schwandner Ornaments (2010), Selena, Sinfonia, Southern Flight, Speedball, Standard Typewriter, Suciellid, Sunamy (oriental simulation, after lettering by Ross F. George), Surrey (2008), Syl, Tissot, Tondella, Triball, TTF TATTOEF 4, TTF TATTOEF 6, TTF TATTOEF 7, TTF TATTOEF 8, Tuska, Underwood Typewriter (+Underscore), Uthan, Versatile Initials, Victorian Exotical Capitals, Warp, Woodball, Yanna, Zooth.

    From 2009: Calligraphia Latina Soft3, Cantate (+Beveled), Remington Weather (old typewriter), Xyla (caps), Polen, Polen Two (2007), Arrius (calligraphic), Catilina, Pentagraph (upright connected script), Renania (calligraphic), Renania Double Line (free), Samantha (caps), Silius Engraved (caps), Stencil Intellecta (+Trash), Tatooyn, Urszula (caps), Victorio (caps), Elfort (formal calligraphy after Poppl Exquisite, a typeface by Friedrich Poppl), Pretoria Gross (2009), Holy Church (2009, blackletter), Holy Church Fleurons (2009), Single Silhouettes (2009).

    Typefaces done in 2010: Penabico (a calligraphic script; with Paulo W), Baltimore Typewriter (a great typewriter family, with a black-on-white typewriter keys style added), Izouda (an art deco Broadway-style beauty), Bernardo (an italic family, with swash initials thrown in, named after Lucian Bernhard), Netuno, Supermarket (shop signage family), Bruce Influence (interpretation of Great Primer Ornamented No. 30, from the Bruce's TypeFoundry 1869 catalog), Pretoria Gross (a Victorian family done with Paulo W), Reliant (2010, with Dmitrij Greshnev: a free interpretation of Bernhard Schönschrift (Lucian Bernhard) and Liberty, which was designed by W.T. Sniffin for ATF in 1927, following the original designs by Lucian Bernhard), Reliant Limited (2012, free version).

    Gostosinhos (2010) are hilarious faces put together in a dingbat font. Centennial Onaments (2010) was done with Paulo W. Calligraphic Birds is pure penmanship.

    Fonts done in 2011: Ambrose Bierce Daned Font (ornamental caps), Menina Carinhosa (floriated caps), Menina Formosa (floriated caps), Menina Espinhosa (2011), Menina Graciosa Ornaments (2011, +Two), Menina Poderosa Ornaments (2011), Azalleia (floriated caps), Azalleia Ornaments, Naoko (a fantastic oriental simulation face), Bestiario (calligraphic penmanship dingbats based on the work of English writing master John Seddon, 1644-1700), Seddon Penmans Paradise Capitals (elaborate caps along the lines of Bestiario), Dolphus-Mieg Monograms (after a 1901 book by the Dollfus-Mieg company), Imprenta Royal Nonpareil, Dia de los muertos (2011), Naive Ornaments (2011), Eingraviert Dutch Capitals (2011).

    Creations in 2012: Spirulina, Promotion Script, Soft Ornaments (+Two, +Three, +Four, +Five, +Six, +Seven, +Eight, +Nine, +Ten, +Eleven, +Twelve, +Thirteen, +Fourteen, +Fifteen, +Sixteen, +Seventeen, +Eighteen, +Nineteen, +Twenty, +21), Soft Garden (ornaments), The Black Shapes, Sabor Words, Sabor Digital (textured), Sabor Rasgos Escritura (upright connected script), Floreart (floral dingbats), Mirella Script (French bastarda penmanship script), Soft Flowers, Derriey Vignettes (after Charles Derriey), Gracious Azaleas (flowery dings).

    Design from 2013: Bruce Ornaments Collection, Invitation Script (after the calligraphy of Andrade de Figueiredo, 1722), Mirella Initials Ornamentals (a swashy calligraphic script done with Paulo W), Menina Graciosa (ornamental caps), Menina Gostosa (Loira (caps), Morena (calligraphic), Ornamentos (floral)), Alien Trees. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Izmir University of Economics
    [Alessandro Segalini]

    Type design projects (June 2007) by Alessandro Segalini's students at Izmir University of Economics:

    • Nil Kip: Kememnce.
    • Alp Koca: Doner.
    • Tolga Gunyuzu: Pestemal.
    • Aycin Turan: Delight, Nargile (faux Arabic).
    • Merve Ayse Caglayan: Henna night.
    • Burak Besen: Cig Kofte (grunge stencil).
    • Deniz Kuru: Kunefe, Nalin.
    • Melih Altinkut: Cop Sis.
    • Ersa Kiray: Kokorec.
    • Arzu Sohoglu: Nazar Boncugu.
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    J Foundry (was: Greyscale Type)
    [Jason Vandenberg]

    Jason Vandenberg (Greyscale Type and later J Foundry, Toronto) created the 8-style Grey Sans family in 2013. Gia Tran and Jason Vandenberg created the decorative typeface Ella FY (2013, Fontyou). The slender display typeface Sérafine FY (2013) was co-designed by Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak. At the end of 2013, Jason Vandenberg and Jérémie Hornus co-designed the groovy poster typeface Jack FY.

    In 2014, Adrien Midzic, Jason Vandenberg, Jérémie Hornus, Julien Priez and Alisa Nowak co-designed the creamy script Vanilla FY. It was renamed Vanille FY after a few days.

    Minuit FY (2014, by Jason Vandenberg and Gia Tran) is a beautiful angular angry calligraphic display typeface. Still in 2014, he published the Peignotian fashion mag typeface families Bodoni Sans, Bodoni Sans Display, and Bodoni Sans Text.

    Typefaces from 2015: Abrade (a 12-style geometric sans with medium x-height and perfect rhythm covering Hairline to Ultra).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fourth (a baseball or roundhand script family), Town (a 124-style all caps art deco and lettering typeface family with enormous potential). Town includes subfamilies for Display, Inline, Outline, Lines (prismatic), 3 Dimensional, Shadow, Text, Emboss, Stencil, Chic and Contrast, and can be used for layering.

    Typefaces from 2017: Colby (a workhorse hand-drawn sans family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Stash (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Marsden (114 styles: a bold, no-nonsense Grotesque. It was designed for display, branding, advertising, packaging or anywhere a strong voice is needed. Marsden is built on a geometric foundation, with just enough warmth to keep the style confident and lively).

    Typefaces from 2020: Mello (an informal grotesque).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cutmark (a 60-style octagonal industrial typeface family that features common 45 degree chamfered corners, flattened ink traps and wide apex forms; Cutmark Variable contains the full family of styles in a single file with width, weight and slant axes).

    Typefaces from 2022: Sundry (44 styles; J Foundry's take on the early 20th century grotesque).

    Fontspring link. Behance link. Monotype link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    J. Fürst Gardiner
    [Aeolien]

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    J. Marquez
    [José Marques]

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    J. Randall Harris
    [Just My Type]

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    j3world
    [Mohamed Jabir]

    Kottakkal, India-based designer of the free display sans typeface Highmax (2015), the free display typeface Crox (2015), Dubai (2015, a free octagonal typeface)) and the free all caps stencil typeface Zelda (2015).

    Typefaces from 2017: Loadink (a free futuristic typeface). Behance link. Creative Market link for j3world. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ján Filípek
    [DizajnDesign]

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    Jacii

    Designer of Warmonger (2007, a hand-printed stencil). No downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jack Usine
    [SMeltery Fonts]

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    Jackrabbit Creative
    [Tyler Thorney]

    Northwest Montana-based designer Tyler Thorney created the hand-drawn typefaces Sandman, Hickory Slab, Atlas Sans and Atlas Slab in 2014. In 2015, he designed Death To Stock, Dagwood (brush typeface), Tiger Lily (a handcrafted serif typeface), Hastings (Fill & Stencil), Jackalope, Milktooth and Moonshine.

    Typefaces from 2016: Vintage Number Pack (numerals for dollar bills), Melvin (sans).

    Creative Market link. Another Creative Market link. Gumroad link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jackson Byam

    During his studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Jackson Byam created the squarish stencil typeface All America (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jackson Tadeu Amaral
    [Oliveira37]

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    Jacob Type
    [Brian Jacob]

    Brian Jacob (Houston, TX, and before that, Detroit, MI) set up Jacob Type in 2012. He designed these typefaces:

    • The illustrative alphabet Fox Type (2012), for which he used Futura as a basis.
    • Cellar Barrel (2012). A humanist slab typeface.
    • Boulevard Nights (2012). A heavy squarish typeface with copperplate terminals.
    • Various sets of numerals for a school project at College for Creative Studies called Zeitgeist Numerals (2012).
    • In 2013, he published the modular squarish typeface Wavering Nights.
    • The semi-condensed sans typeface Perfect Fall (2013).
    • Four Foxes (2013). A quartet of typefaces derived from wood, glass, metal, and paper.
    • The free font Glass Wing (2014).
    • The stencil art deco typeface Acoustic Beach (2015).
    • Kotori Rose (2018). A free sans.
    • Nyctophilia (2018).
    • Astro Lounge (2018).

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    jag och Linus + Lars
    [Joel Nordström]

    Joel Nordström is a Stockholm-based type designer at Lineto. He created Easyscript (2002), a script typeface based on four letters originally drawn in a logo by Eidenbenz in 1948. He also created Kada (2002-2004), a fat rounded stencil typeface loosely inspired by Frankfurter (by Alan Meeks and Nick Belshaw, 1978-1981).

    RBG6 is his studio in Sweden. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jaime Fernandez
    [Tata&Friends Studio]

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    Jaime Nathan Nash

    James Nash (b. 1987, Poughkeepsie, NY) is a designer in New York City. He created the stencil typeface Breath (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jakob Fischer
    [PizzaDude]

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    Jakob Runge
    [Typemefonts (was: 26plus zeichen)]

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    James Grieshaber
    [Typeco]

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    James Hansen

    James Hansen (Typo Design) created the stencil typeface Modern Edge (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    James Helps
    [LogoVend (was: James Helps, or Kludo Studios)]

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    James Lafuente

    Graphic designer in Seattle, WA (was: San Jose, CA), who created the free marker pen all caps typeface Parker (2014), Sergeant (2015, military stencil), Oak Ash (2015), and the hand-drawn Pearl District (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016 include the handcrafted Kindling.

    In 2017, he made 56th Street (free at Pixel Surplus).

    Typefaces from 2019: Ignite (a condensed squarish all caps typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    James Mattison

    British designer based in Dubai, b. 1978. Behance link. He created Schrofer (2009-2010), a lower-case only piano key stencil face, based upon an alphabet drawn by Bauhaus artist Jurriaan Schrofer, 1926-1990. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    James Partington
    [Dene Studios]

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    James Stone
    [Subversive Type (was: Meztone Design)]

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    James Vipond

    Creator of Vipondoctic (2008), an octagonal beauty, with the help of FontStruct. Other creations at FontStruct in 2008: vipond_angular, vipond_chubby, Fast Money, Vipond Octic, Lampoon, Fast Money (gridded face), Unity Titling (art deco), Vipond Angular (octagonal), Ringling (Victorian circus font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    James Walker Puckett
    [Dunwich Type Founders]

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    Jamie Place
    [FontBlast]

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    Jan Erasmus
    [CyberGraphics]

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    Jan Gerner
    [Yanone]

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    Jan Paul

    Australian creator of the informal monoline sans family Aerolite (2010), a font family designed by Jan Paul and digitized by Brian Kent in New York. A bit later, CheapProFonts made it commercial.

    In 2012, he designed the free brush stencil typeface Bombora (which was digitized by Brian Kent). Bombora is based upon designs for surfing. See also Bombora Pro (2012, Cheap Pro Fonts). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jan Schmoeger
    [Paragraph]

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    Jan Slettenhaar

    Geneva, Switzerland-based motion and graphic designer. In 2019, he designed the sans typeface family Mire (+Stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jana Faust

    Type designer at Mitelpunkt Zhongdian. She published the stencil typeface Schablone (1995, Elsner and Flake). Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jana Weyl

    In 2017, during their studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, Jana Weyl and Emma Winch co-designed the stencil typeface Jemma. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jan-Christian Bruun
    [JC Design Studio]

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    Jan-Henrik Arnold
    [JHA]

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    Jani Paavola
    [Cloud9 Type Dept and Paavola Type Studio]

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    Janja Baznik
    [Pencil Twist]

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    Janno Hahn

    Dutch designer and type designer (b. 1980, Enkhuizen) who studied at Graphic Lyceum in Amsterdam, the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and the Plantin Institute of Typography in Antwerp. Since 2006 he operates under his own name, working in the field of printed and spatial type design, typography and graphic design. He specializes in (often Dutch deco) type found on the bridges and buildings of Amsterdam. He created the custom uncial typeface Bonifatius in 2007 for the municipality of Dokkum, The Netherlands. Other typefaces by Hahn include the squarish monoline sans Riso (2019), the experimental 3d typeface Typomorphosis (2019), and Bike Lane Stencil (2013, for use on Amsterdam bike lanes). He also made 25 other fonts with another Dutch designer. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jason Castle
    [Castle Type]

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    Jason Harcombe
    [Fontpeople]

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    Jason Vandenberg
    [J Foundry (was: Greyscale Type)]

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    Jasper Nijssen
    [Studio Jasper Nijssen]

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    Javi Montoya

    Jaén, Spain-based designer of the distinguished text and stencil pair of typefaces Botera (2017), which was released at Cuchi Qué Tipo. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jay

    American FontStructor who made Dripped (2013), Afterwords (2013), Blocked (2013, blocky face), Subject To Flux (2013, piano key face), ClaWrite Square (2013), and Aethyrial Basic (2013, squarish). Aka Aethyrial and as eklipse13. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jay J. Marley

    Jay J. Marley (b. Bangkok, 1972) is based in Tampa Bay, FL (was: Orlando, FL). Designer of Pyrostyle (2000, a free stencil techno face), Zorkon and 9squaregrid (2001, a kitchen tile bitmap font) at Fontmas.de.

    Dafont link. Old Fontomas link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jay Palkar

    At Raffles Design Institute in Mumbai, Jay Palkar designed the mini-stencil typeface Techno Streak (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jay Pierstorff
    [Computer Safari]

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    Jayde Garrow

    Buffalo, NY-based creator of the logotype typeface NHL (2013). It includes the logos of all the NHL teams. He also made Warzone Stencil (2020), Get Rekt (2020: grungy), Warzone 99 (2020), Jersey 716 (octagonal, a varsity font), Big Marker (2019), Ancient One (2019: a labyrinthine font), Secret Files (2019), Deadlist (2019: a glitch font), VG Knights (2019), Bills Mafia (2019), Charred Zard (2019: octagonal), Z28 (2019), nWorder (2019: grunge), Pirate Scroll (2019), Dark Knight (2018), Clean Sports (2018), Sharp Core (2015), Bold Killer (2015), 10 Bucks (2014, engraved lettering for money), Jersey Sharp (2014), Blacklisted (2014), Be a Pro (2014), NFL Red Zone (2014), Pirate Ship (2014), Monsterz (2014, a hairy font), Caution (2014), Hard Grunge (2014), Royalty Savior (2014, possibly a tattoo font), Damage Inc (2014, a grungy stencil), Angry Letter (2014), Bold Curse (2014), Sweet Jersey (2014: athletic lettering), Cash Currency (2014: a textured money font), King of the Hill (2014, shadow font), Print Oldyz (2014: a textured typeface), Bob's Burgers (2014), Earth Bound (2014), Grungy (2014), Kill Em All (2014, grunge), LMAO (2014, circle-based font), Dark Ministry (2014), Hard Sports (2014), Rugrats (2014, comic book style), Break It (2013, a glaz krak face), Kenan&Kel (2013, cartoon font), Merrie Melodies (2013, cartoon font), Zany Sharp (2013), American Dad (2013), Wrestle Mania (2013), Survivor Series (2013), Hogan Mania (2013, gothic), Wrist Tat (2013, spurred constructivist), Destroy Humans (2013, grunge), NHL Wild (2013), Bang 4 Ya Buck (2013, grungy stencil), WWE Raw (2013), Army Rust (2013, a grungy military stencil face), Bad Grunge (2013), NHL Bruins (2013), NHL Flames (2013), NHL Ducks (2013), Royal Rumble (2013, stencil face), Write It Right (2013, fat finger typeface), Exp Font (2013, stencil), NHL Sabres (2013), Battleground (2013), Power Rangers (2013), Papa Grape (2013, hand-printed), How Bout That, EZ Sharpz (2013, angular and octagonal), Payback (2013), High Def (2013, sci-fi), Ridiculousness (2013), Rusto (2013, grunge) and We Wrestle (2013, a scratchy typeface).

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    Jayvee D. Enaguas
    [Moad Jameel]

    Jayvee lives in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and was born in 1996. Known as Grand Chaos, he also calls himself Nippon Central Fontmaster, NipCen Hacks Incorporated, and SMWCNC, and uses the abbreviation NC in some of his fonts. Recently, he started posting as Moad Jameel from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

    Home page. Dafont link. Devian tart link. Another Devian Tart link. And yet another Devian Tart link. FontStruct link.

    In 2009, he made Reality Pursuit NC and Pixel Operator (2009-2018).

    In 2010, he created the hand-printed typefaces Retrieve NC, NipCen's Print, NipCen's Handwriting, CartoonicMassive, CartoonicMassive3D, CartoonicMassiveCollage, CartoonicMassiveWacky, Cartonsix NC, and Basic Comical (a take on Comic Sans). Other 2010 typefaces include Retroville NC (pixel), Matthan Sans (mechanical sans), Monkirta Pursuit NC (squarish face), AeromaticsSmallCapsNC (techno), DynoNC (octagonal, techno), MatrixComplex3DNC (dot matrix face), MatrixComplexNC, MatrixComplexWaveNC, SpotlightTypewriterNC, SuplexmentaryComicNC, Coyotris (hand-printed), SMWTextNC (pixel family), and AeromaticsNC (angular face).

    In 2011, he made Neon Teocho NC (a techno face), Burbin Casual (2011, a casual sans face), Curse Casual (2011), Squaren Daren NC (2011, constructivisit), Hauracherell NC (2011, a movie lettering font based on "Senorella and the Haurache", 1961), Burvetica (2011, grungy), Allegre Sans (2011), 8bitoperator JVE (2011, pixel typeface done at FontStruct), The 2K12 (2011, dot matrix face, FontStruct), and Big Bimbo (2011, hand-printed).

    Typefaces from 2012: Minercraftory, New Era Casual (based on Dom Casual, 1951), Splendid Plan 9 (headline all-caps sans face), Aeromatics (inspired by Plan 9 from Outer Space), Destroyed Aero, Aeromatics Stencil, That's Font Folks (after the famous That's All Folks of Looney Tunes fame, 1930s), Dyno Sans, Stanberry (hand-printed), Pixisma (techno), Ander Hedge (octagonal), Jengle Jungallery, Freedom, Freeroad, Receiptional Receipt (dot matrix), Dimbo, Capital Daren, Tepeno Sans, Kemco Smooth, Kemco Pixel, Slabby Pices (an Egyptian), Mattelit (pixel typeface based on a Mattel game font from 1979), Barthowheel (comic book font), Minecraftory (pixel face).

    Typefaces from 2013: Moder DOS 437 (pixel face), Telespania (pixel face: Telespania is a monospaced pixel font, based from Teletext 1.5 for TVE (Television Espanola) in Spain or other services in Austria, Germany and Portugal), Sanidana (squarish), Santitechtro (a sans), Sanitrixie, Soniano Sans (octagonal), Magzetician, Grand9K Pixel (pixel face), Deluxe16 (pixel face), Polentical Neon (octagonal), Nechao Sharp (octagonal face), Magzetician (alien writing simulation), Saniretro.

    Typefaces from 2014: Reality Hyper (octagonal).

    Typefaces from 2017: Strow (free).

    Typefaces from 2018: Generic Mobole System (a pixel font).

    Typefaces from 2019: Half Eighties (a pixel font), Aire Exterior (a geometric sans serif typeface based on the title screen of the 1959 film Plan 9 from Outer Space). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    JC Design Studio
    [Jan-Christian Bruun]

    Danish graphic designer in Lyngby. He made the following typefaces:

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Hellofont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jérémie Gauthier

    Nantes, France-based student-designer of the free stencil typeface Stanley (2019) and the free decorative didone typeface Kate (2019), which is clearly intended for use by the fashion industry.

    In 2020, he published the free fashionable typeface Bigilla. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jérémie Hornus
    [Black Foundry]

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    Jérémy Landes-Nones

    Type designer at Frank Adebiaye's Velvetyne Type Foundry in France, which is committed to the Open Source movement---all fonts are free. He created the free semi-stencil typeface Rupture (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jean Gabriel Bery

    Fred Smeijers writes: Jean Gabriel Bery was a Paris stencil maker whose atelier was located on the Pont Notre-Dame. His work is mainly known from the stencil set he supplied to Benjamin Franklin in 1781, now at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Bery's confident sense of design and the excellent production of his stencils rank him among the best stencil makers of any period. Bery's roman letters exemplify the blend of calligraphic, engraved and typographic qualities found in French stencil letters throughout the eighteenth century. As a consequence, Fred designed the stencil typeface Bery Roman in 2012 at Our Type based on Bery's stencils. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jean Joveneaux

    Author of La lettre dans la peinture et la publicité (1957, Editions Charles Massin, Paris: see also here and here). His Futura Stencil-like Le Pochoir (plate 40) was digitally remade by Toto as Le Pochoir (2011), and also by Jan Gerner as Pochoir (2006). Author also of La lettre dans le décor. An art deco typeface from that book was digitally revived by Toto and Dick Pape in 2011 under the name La lettre dans le décor. Free download here.

    The alphabets of La lettre dans la peinture et la publicité (1957) include many styles, from art deco to blackletter, Victorian and retro. Joveneaux gave them names, so I will list them in alphabetical order: 1erEmpire, AnDeGrace1320, Antiquites, Aquarium, ArtsGraphiques, BalDeNuit, Bar, BeauxArts, Cafe, CompositionDecorative, Constellation, CoursDeStenotypie, DerniereHeure, EclairageFluorescent, Editorial, ElectroStatique, EnExclusivite, Exposition, Illustration, InitiationSportive, JeuDeDominos, LaGrandeParade, LePochoir, LettresOrnees, Massif, Meubles, ModeDEte1950, Motos, Nouvelle, Ordonnance, OrpheeAuxEnfers, PrestigeDeLaSoie, Promotion52, RealisationsGraphiques, RobesDEte, SalonMai1953, Samedi23Mai1953, TissusTousColoris, TouteUneGammeDeLaines, ZoneInterdite. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jean Wojciechowski

    Curitiba, Brazil-based graphic designer, who spent some time in New York City. His typefaces:

    • Massimo (2018). A bespoke wide sans typeface family for Massimo Studio in Curitiba.
    • Linsingen (2017), co-designed with Renato Bertao. It comes in Vintage, Moderna and Stencil styles, and was inspired by Brazilian lithographic tea barrel labels from the early 1900s.
    • St Monique (2015). An antiqua typeface.
    • Axis (2014). A stunning (and free!) sans typeface.
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    Jean-Baptiste Morizot
    [Phantom Foundry]

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    Jean-François Porchez
    [ZeCraft]

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    jebitter

    Creator of the geometric stencil typeface JB Strikethrough (2012, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jeff Canham

    Designer of the free stencil font Kaiser at Chank's. At FontStruct, in 2008, he made the sturdy Western-style display typefaces Sutter and Paydirt. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jeff Levine
    [Stenso Lettering Company]

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    Jeff Levine

    Prolific type designer in Florida, b. New York, 1952. His fonts were originally free and consisted largely of dingbats. Around 2005 he went commercial, and now sells his work (over 350 fonts as of 2009) via MyFonts. He has branched out into several font styles, with a soft spot for stencil fonts, fonts for signage, art deco, and fonts for advertising. Born in New York, his family moved to Florida in 1963, where he has been ever since.

    An interview. Alternate URL. Yet another URL with his early free fonts. My pages on him. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. MyFonts link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jeff Levine
    [Jeff Levine: Stencil typefaces]

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    Jeff Levine
    [Jeff Levine: Blackletter typefaces]

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    Jeff Levine: Blackletter typefaces
    [Jeff Levine]

    Blackletter typefaces by Jeff Levine:

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    Jeff Levine: Stencil typefaces
    [Jeff Levine]

    Jeff Levine may well be the most prolific stencil font designer alive today. His passion for this nook of type design is clear from his writings. The stencil typefaces made by Jeff Levine include Adverse Stencil JNL, Advertising Stencil JNL (2019), Amateur Stencil JNL (2010), Amusement Ride Stencil JNL (2016), Art Event JNL (2021: a Futura Black typeface see on a a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising), Artwork Stencil JNL (2018, based on an art deco stencil alphabet by Georges Léculier, 1939), Aussie Stencil JNL (2020), Back Lot Stencil JNL (2021: a hand lettered slab serif stencil design based on the titles and credits from the 1954 film Human Desire), Baggage Claim JNL (2021), Basic Stencil JNL (2018: based on a stencil sold by Dymo ca. 1968), Belle Epoque Stencil JNL (2019: based on an old ad for Cointreau Triple Sec Liquor), Bold Metal Stencil JNL (2017), Book Report (2006), Another Stencil JNL (2014), Antique Stencils JNL (2013), Antique Stencil Borders JNL (2018), Antique Stencil Borders Two JNL (2020), Aussie Stencil JNL (2020), Boot Camp JNL (2012, army stencil based on a set of vintage brass interlocking stencils made by the Stafford Manufacturing Company), Brass Stencil (2011, an army stencil face), Brassmark Stencil JNL (2015), Brattleboro Stencil JNL (2015, after a stencil punch die manufactured by S.M. Spencer & Co. of Brattleboro, VT, circa 1868), British Stencil JNL (2010), Cardboard Cutouts JNL (2007), Cartage Stencil JNL (2018), Carton Stencil JNL (2013), Case Closed (2011), Casemark Stencil JNL (2019: after an image of a hand made antique shipping stencil used by the Bridgeport Brass Company of Bridgeport, CT), Casual Stencil JNL (2013), Censorship JNL (2011), Clarenwood Stencil JNL (2015), Class Project (2006), Claim Check JNL (2009), Classroom Stencil JNL (2016), Cold Case JNL, Common Stencil JNL (2016, a grungy military stencil), Condensed Stencil JNL (2011), Confirmation JNL (2008), Corporal JNL (2009), Craft Project (2006, stencil design dingbats), Crude Stencil JNL (2016), Customs Agent JNL (2021: based on a hand lettered, condensed stencil title on a movie poster for the 1950 film Customs Agent), Cut Paper Stencil JNL (2011), Czech Stencil JNL (2015, modeled after Patrona Grotesk (1930, Czechoslovakia)), Deco Revisited JNL (2020), Delivered JNL (2005), Detective Bureau JNL (2016, based on the hand-lettered title card for 1951's Detective Story directed by William Wyler), De Vinne Stencil JNL (2010), Dijon Stencil JNL (2018), Dive Gear Stencil JNL (2015), Dual Line Stencil JNL (2020), Dry Goods Stencil JNL (2019), Duffle Bag JNL (2008: military stencil), Easy Stencil JNL (2021: based on a hand lettered example from the 1922 publication Modern Show Card Writing), Educator JNL (2010), Etched Stencil JNL (2020), Euro Stencil JNL (2021), Eutaw Stencil JNL (2021: based on the cover of the folio for the Stenso School Set, ca. 1940), Evidence JNL (2009), Excess Baggage JNL (2009), Farming Stencil JNL (2014), Favorite Stencil JNL (2015, modeled after Ludlow Stencil), Federal Case JNL (2008), Flatsider JNL (2012, a blocky stencil), Flocking Stencil JNL (2020), Folk Singer JNL, Franklin Stencil JNL (2017), Freightyard Stencil JNL (2019), French Shipping Stencil JNL (2019), French Stencil JNL (2010), French Stencil Moderne JNL (2019), French Stencil Sans JNL (2015), French Stencil Serif JNL (2019), Garment Bag Stencil JNL (2019), Grounds Crew Stencil JNL (an octagonal military stencil typeface) (2021), Hand Cut Stencil JNL (2016), Handmade Stencil JNL (2021: inspired by the hand lettered opening credits of the 1954 film Human Desire), Hitchcock Stencil JNL (2016, based on on the movie poster for Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 dark comedy-thriller The Trouble with Harry), Import Stencil JNL (2019), Industrial Stencil JNL (2019), In Shipment JNL (army stencil), Interboro JNL (2010), Investigator JNL (2010), Jailbreak JNL (2010, a stencil version of his wood typeface Hoosegow), Kashigata Stencils JNL (2012: based on round Japanese stencils), Kiddie Stencil JNL (2019: based on Letters and Numbers Stencil Book by Hampton Publishing Company of New York, ca. 1948), Lancashire Stencil JNL (2021: based on a 1950 stencil by The Butterfly Brand in the UK), Lettering Guide JNL (2007), Lumberyard Stencil JNL (2016), Maintenance Stencil JNL (2021: as seen in the 1938 Three Stooges comedy Tassels in the Air), Maitre d Stencil JNL (2019, based on an alphabet by Martin Meijer from 1949), Malagueña Stencil JNL (2015, art deco), Marketing Stencil (2019), Marking Stencil JNL (2014), Mechanical Stencil JNL (2014), Mess Hall JNL (2007), Metalmark Stencil JNL (2015), Metal Stencil JNL (2011, white on black), Meter Room JNL (2015), Midwest Railway JNL (2020), Mondawmin JNL (2010), More Antique Stencils JNL (2013: dingbats), Municipal Pool JNL (2021: a geometric solid font based on cement block lettering used by the Lowell Municipal Pool in Boise, Idaho), Mystery Stencil JNL (2010), Mystery Writer JNL (2021: based on the hand lettered title from the cover of a 1947 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine), Nameplate Stencil JNL (2021), Narrow Roman Stencil JNL (2015), Narrow Stencil JNL (2011), Nature Stencils JNL (2013), Nouveau Semi Stencil JNL (2017), Nouveau Stencil JNL (2017), Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL (2019), No Parking JNL (2011), North End Stencil JNL (2019), Nottingham Stencil JNL (2011), Odd Stencil JNL (2018), Oil Barrel JNL (2011), Old Brass Stencil JNL (2021), Old Chisholm JNL (2012, an old brass ornamental stencil), Old Spur Stencil JNL (2020), Old Trail JNL (2022: based on an antique metal marking Western style stencil [circa late 1890s or early 1900s] manufactured by Wolfe Brothers, Cumberland, MD), On Your Mark JNL (2021: a stencil font based on a vintage sign for J. Yormark Shoes), Open Case JNL (2016: like Cold Case JNL (2009), it is based based on sets of lettering stencils designed and manufactured by the Huntington Oil Cured Stencil Company (originally of Huntington, New York and later of Delray Beach, Florida)), Packed JNL (2005), Paris Stencil JNL (2017), Pekoe JNL (2020: a revival of Tea Chest (1939, Robert Harling, Stephenson Blake type foundry)), Pendleton JNL (2011, an octagonal stencil typeface created from some scant images found on military machinery housed at the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton, CA), Picturesque Stencil JNL (2019), Print Shop Stencil JNL (2013), Railyard Stencil JNL (2009), Paper Stencil JNL (2010), Parking Lot Stencil JNL (2013), Patrol Car Stencil JNL (2019), Play Day Stencil JNL (2019), Raider Stencil JNL (2016, based on the dust jacket for the 1929 Western novel The Raider by Charles Alden Seltzer), Rail Route Stencil JNL (2015), Ramshackle JNL (2010), Record Promotion JNL (2011), Refinery Stencil JNL (2018), Reform School JNL (2020), Retail Stencil JNL (2015), Ritz Stencil JNL (2011, art deco style), Road Repair JNL (2021: based on the opening credits from the 1954 film Drive a Crooked Road), Roman Stencil JNL (2016), Rubbish JNL (2007, grunge stencil), (2013), Sandwell Stencil JNL (2020), Saskatoon Stencil JNL (2015), Saw Mill Stencil JNL (2016), Schoolmarm (2006), Schoolyard Stencil JNL (2017), Science Fair (2006, a filled stencil font), Secret File JNL (2021: based on stenciled hand lettering in the credits for the 1965 Michael Caine spy thriller The Ipcress File), Shipped JNL (2005), Show Card Stencil JNL (2018), Signage JNL (2013, Futura Stencil style typeface), Sign Stencil JNL (2013), Simple Stencil JNL (2014), Sixties Stencil JNL (2014), Sloppy Stencil (2010, grunge stencil similar to Packed JNL), Soldier Stencil JNL (2018), Solid Stencil JNL (2021: after a stencil font by Robert Libauer of the Stenso Lettering Company, 1962), Spur Stencil JNL (2015), Stamped Brass Stencil JNL (2015), Steel Stencil JNL (2012), StencilBoard JNL (2010), Stencil Box JNL (2014), Stencil Chamfer JNL (2020), Stencil Cutter JNL (2019), Stencil Deco (2008, a modification of Cardboard Cutouts JNL), Stencil Decor JNL (2019), Stencil Designs JNL (2012, vintage dingbats), Stencil Edition JNL (2021: based on the cover title for a 1950s British glamour magazine called Beauty Parade), Stencil Extras (2013), Stencil Gothic, Stencil Machine JNL (2013), Stencil Maker JNL (2013), Stencil Mark JNL (2011, based on a stencil by Meyer and Wenthe from Chicago), Stencil Modernistic JNL (art deco), Stencilbats JNL (2005), Stencil Monograms JNL (2011), Stencil Package JNL (2015, after a 1955 example by the Stencil-It company), Stencil Piece JNL (2016), Stencil Plate JNL (2013), Stencil Press JNL (2011, based on just a few existing sample punches from a 1920s stencil machine made by the Diagraph-Bradley company), Stencil Product JNL (2018), Stencil Project JNL (2013, stencil ornaments), Stencil Set JNL (2013), Stencil Sheet JNL (2013), Stencilvania JNL (2006), Stencil Work JNL (2014), Stenson (2006, a stencil seen in rubber stamp shops), Storage (2006), Stovepipe Stencil JNL (2017), Streamlined Stencil JNL (2015), Strong Stencil JNL (2013), Study Hall (2006), Supplier Stencil JNL (2019), Surface Stencil JNL (2016), Sussex Semi Stencil JNL (2019), Sutton Place JNL (2016), Table Fortu JNL (2008, a stunning art deco stencil), Talent Stencil (2019), Tanker Stencil JNL (2016), Teacher JNL (2009), Template Moderne JNL (2020: a stencil style in the Futura Black genre based on an etched wax stencil by the mimeograph duplicating machine manufacturer A.B. Dick), Templit JNL, Term Paper (2006), Theatrical Stencil JNL (2016), Tin Lizzie JNL (2013, stencil-style automobile logos), Tin Stencil JNL (2015), Titling Stencil JNL (2019), Tote Bag JNL (2006), Trade Stencil (2019), Tramp Steamer JNL (2007), Trencher JNL (2011, based on hand-cut stencils spray-painted onto a vintage 1947 Cleveland Trencher acquired by the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton, CA), Trocadero JNL (2009, inspired by an early 1950s photo showing the signage for the Trocadero Restaurant located on Liberty Avenue and 23rd Street in Miami Beach), Trooper JNL (2009), JNL Turntable Stencil (2019), Tuxedo Stencil JNL (2018), Ultra Thin Stencil JNL (2012), Van Alt (2006, described as a geostencil, Futura Blacular kind of setup but from way before that style got Rennerized), Western Adventure (2006, classic stencil from the 1950s), Wine Vat Stencil JNL (2018), Wood Stencil (2019), Work Crew Stencil JNL (2015), Xmas Stencils JNL (2007, stencil dingbats). 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    Jeff T. Jarvis

    Jeff Jarvis (Brooklyn, NY) makes custom typefaces (such as Elizabet Dee (2012)) as well as experimental ones. In 2012, he created the Western typeface Ye Olde Geometric, Strypeface (a beautiful multiline display typeface) and the rounded stencil typeface Alphabits.

    Typefaces from 2014 include the 3d cubic typeface IsoType.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jefferson Cortinove
    [Sea Types]

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    Jemma Horsfall
    [Shutterjunkie]

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    Jen Wagner

    Jennifer Wagner (Nashville, TN; was: Denver, CO) designed these typefaces:

    • In 2022: Essential Sans (16 styles and one variable font), California Coast (a bold display serif), Casa Sol.
    • In 2021: Avanti (script), Mezcal (a thin display serif), Runaways, Levitate (an experimental sans and serif combination), Barnaby (a 2-style text typeface), Montmartre (a display serif), Kyrie (a display serif), Bonne Nuit (script).
    • In 2020: Violet, Ostuni (script), Larkspur (a fat finger font), Amora, Bastia (a transitional typeface), Oliver Label, Palmer Lake.
    • In 2019: Rylan, Margo, Palmer, Tangerine Skies (font duo), Halifax, Capri (Sans, Serif), Lyon (Sans, Script), Paris (Sans, Script), Noelle (a wedge serif), Rylan, Norfolk.
    • In 2018: Sorrento, Folsom (sans), Modena, Versailles, Albany, Osaka, Phoenix (a geometric sans family), Amaro (script), Sucre (condensed sans), Paris (SVG font duo), Laguna Beach (font duo), San Clemente (script), London (luxurious style), Rome (sans), Dallas (vintage sans), Calgary, Wink Wink (font duo), Nashville, Adelaide, Bordeaux (script), Oxford (sans).
    • In 2017: Milan (vintage sans), Prague, Sydney (font duo), Manhattan (high contrast city chic), San Diego (informal sans), Newport (brush script), Joshua Tree, Charleston (signature script), Knoxville, Malibu, Bronx (blackboard bold), Stockholm (sans), Ontario (four-layer sans), Tokyo (sans), Rochester (handcrafted), Brisbane (script), Florence (script), Montauk (all caps), Brooklyn (sans).
    • In 2016: Aleppo, Edinburgh (a didone), Paris (a heavy brush typeface), Christmas Town (handcrafted), Glasgow, Austin, North Pole, Chicago (handcrafted), Oceanside (a great romantic brush script), Louisville, Los Angeles (avant garde sans), Kingsland (a vintage sans), Baton Rouge, Venice (fashion mag style), Nashville (handcrafted), Manhattan (an all caps didone), Anchorage (sans), Athens (minimalist sans), Santa Barbara, Orlando, Jackson Script, Denver, the avant garde typeface Sacramento, the brush typeface Atlanta, the sans typefaces Pasadena, Vancouver and Portland, Portland Serif, the stencil typeface Faroe and the handcrafted typefaces Seattle, Dana Point and Honolulu.
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    Jeni Pleskow
    [Jeni's Fonts (was Rude Lizard Graphics)]

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    Jeni's Fonts (was Rude Lizard Graphics)
    [Jeni Pleskow]

    Jeni Pleskow's (free) creations: Abode, AlligatorPuree (like Zapata), Ironglass, BackcabExtraCrispy, BackcabOriginal, BleakFutureHand, BlueMutantDoubleSerif, CachexThin, CassattaZig, Crumble, EdjeSlant, Gecko, Hathor, Jeni (handwriting), Polywog, Simulation, Snigset, SpitCurl, Stencilbash, Wobble (1999), WobbleII. Mac only: Ironglass, Obsidian Chunks, Posche, IroGDC88. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jenna Beaupre

    Menomonie, WI-based designer of a stencil font (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jennifer Cox

    During her studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, Jennifer Cox designed Stone Cut (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jennifer Yan

    New York City-based designer of Cyclops (2015, stencil typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jens Uwe Meyer
    [Mutabor Design]

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    Jeremy Johnson
    [Forme Type]

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    Jeremy Mickel
    [MCKL (was: Mickel Design)]

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    Jeremy Rice

    American designer, who is studying towards a BFA degree in Graphic Design at Salisbury University. Blogspot page. He created the futuristic stencil typeface Skynet (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jeremy Vessey
    [Pixel Surplus]

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    Jermaine Bell

    Graphic designer in Gambrills, MD, who created the stencil font Celabracion (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jeroen Klaver
    [Shamfonts (was: Shamrocking.com)]

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    Jeruel Aaron Amar

    Designer from Quezon City, The Philippines, b. 1993, who used FontStruct in 2009 to make Pointers and Pointersoft (pixel arrow fonts), Eleaves, AcidSpeed, Parallelofont (octagonal), Missing Block, Acid Square, The First Font, Danubee (organic), Thorns, ReilyBill Richkid, Tabloid, StillAliveForNow, StillAlive, and The Curve.

    In 2009, he added Unbranded, Nokia 6000, Quickening, Bump it up, Corte (3d shadow face), Unbranded, Piloton (techno; +Piloton G, 2012), Tahoma (pixel family), Raft, Paper Company (octagonal), Afro Style, Arko, 7th Service (stencil), Thorns, and Afro Superstar.

    In 2012, he created Afro Superstar, Malibata Neue, a modernized and simplified Baybayin/Alibata (ancient Filipino writing), Gumball. In 2014, he designed the free gravestone typeface Furgatorio and an ancient Filipino script font, Malibata (2014, FontStruct). In 2015, he added XOX, the futuristic Babayin typeface Maria Stellar, and the techno sans typefaces Dozer One and Dozer Two. In 2016, he designed the marker pen font Jeboy and the coffin font Furgatorio Sans.

    Typefaces from 2017: Alta (a fashion design sans).

    Typefaces from 2018: Matatas One (a free Baybayin typeface), Cubao (free; inspired by the signboards hanged on Jeepneys, SUVs, buses and other transport vehicles within and outside the Metro; in 2022, a variable font was added), Quiapo (handcrafted all caps sans), Alta Kratos (alchemic; with Jean Pierre Cruz). He explains the genesis of Quiapo which is based on signs hanging in jeepneys: Quiapo Free is a brush typeface dedicated to the Filipino sign makers, Jeepney drivers, and the daily commuters in the streets of Metro Manila and anywhere in the Philippines.

    Typefaces from 2019: Maria Stellar X (a futuristic font for Latin and Baybayin).

    Typefaces from 2020: Hayskul, Kawit (a brushed lava lamp font), Dangwa (brush script), HPB (a stylish all caps sans created for the Christian Fellowship Church founded in Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines), and the Baybayin fonts Malibata Redux (prismatic), Titulo Tagalog, MKBYN Clara (cursive, pixelized), Malamaya.

    Typefaces from 2021: Goth Gothic (a free blackletter / tattoo font), Copula (a retro inline typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jeson Garnica
    [Eyecone]

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    Jess Garcia

    Cordoba, Spain-based designer of Precarios Stencil (2012). Oldy (2012) is a shaded slab typeface that is advertised as retro industrial cool.

    Devian tart link. Tumblr link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jesse Burgheimer
    [Down10]

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    Jesse M. Ragan

    Originally from North Carolina (b. 1979), Jesse Ragan studied type design at Rhode Island School of Design. After college, Jesse designed typefaces at Hoefler&Frere-Jones, where he had a hand in Gotham, Archer, and several other families. Since 2005, he has worked independently in Brooklyn, developing typefaces and lettering for a variety of clients. His work can be found at Font Bureau, House Industries, and Darden Studio. He also teaches typeface design at Pratt Institute and Cooper Union. He won an award at Bukvaraz 2001 for Gotham, co-designed with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. In 2017, he set up XYZ Type with Ben Kiel, who is based in Saint Louis, MO. XYZ Type is part of Type Network since 2018.

    His typefaces:

    • Afri Sans (2011). A custom typeface for the Museum for African Art in Manhattan.
    • Athenian Extended (2011). By Matteo Bologna and Jesse Ragan. This "playfully peculiar face" (their words) was custom designed for Typography 32, the annual of the Type Directors Club. A revival of the 19th century classic Athenian.
    • Cedar. An angular typeface designed during his studies at RISD. It was later published at XYZ Type.
    • Epiphany (2001). A hookish face.
    • Export (2012). A vernacular typeface based on signage seen in New York's Chinatown. This all caps typeface features square counters and comes with a stencil version.
    • Hoefler & Frere-Jones, 2001-2005. Assistance with the production of several typefaces at HFJ: As a full-time typeface designer for Hoefler & Frere-Jones from 2001 to 2005, I designed a full type family for Smirnoff Vodka (art directed by J. Walter Thompson and H&FJ). Working closely with Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler on a number of other typefaces, I designed bits and pieces such as hairline weights, Italics, and news grades. These include Mercury, Chronicle, Hoefler Titling, Sentinel, Surveyor (2014)), Gotham, and Archer (a type family done for Martha Stewart Living and designed with Hoefler and Frere-Jones).
    • Omnes (2006). A monowidth rounded sans designed by Joshua Darden. Ragan assisted in the production and design process.
    • Ruzicka Collection (2012). Digital versions of the alphabets shown in Rudolf Ruzicka's 1968 portfolio Studies in Type Design. This collection led in 2018 to the robust 12-style typeface family Study at XYZ and in 2020 at MyFonts.
    • Showcard Stunt (2008). Lower case of a comic book/signage typeface originally drawn by Ken Barber, House Industries. Inspiration from Dom Casual (1950s, Peter Dombrezian).
    • Smirnoff (2003). A custom typeface commissioned by J. Walter Thompson for Smirnoff.
    • The Bruins (2006). An athletic lettering typeface commissioned by Reebok for The Boston Bruins in 2007-2008.
    • USA Today Condensed (2012). He writes: I designed this headline typeface for the dramatic relaunch of USA TODAY, which was overseen by Wolff Olins. The condensed style complements the paper's proprietary version of Futura, but without resorting to the familiar elliptical shapes of Futura Condensed.
    • V Magazine (2011). A condensed high-contrast fashion mag headline typeface done for V Magazine.
    • Carlstedt Script (2013, with Ben Kiel: a custom signage typeface for Aldo Shoes based on the handwriting of Swedish illustrator Cecilia Carlstedt). Cortado Script (2014) was designed by Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel. It too was inspired by Cecilia Carlstedt's hand-painted lettering and is quite close to Carlstedt Script.
    • In 2017, Jesse Ragan published Aglet Slab and Export at XYZ Type. In 2019, he added Aglet Sans, and in 2020 Aglet Mono. The three Aglet families explore roundness. Aglet Mono, in particular is quite striking, and could be useful for programmers.
    • Escalator and Elevator (2021). Two multipurpose geometric sans families following in the footsteps of Block and Futura. Ragan writes: Escalator & Elevator grew from a client commission to replicate existing signage for the renovation of a landmark New York City skyscraper. They take inspiration from prefabricated letterforms of the 1950s, which manufacturers offered in so-called Block and Futura styles, by swapping in a few different shapes. Our interpretation increases the distinction between the two styles, pulling from surplus glyphs created for customizations of the design for other clients. No one really needs another geometric sans, but Escalator & Elevator claim their own aesthetic territories in an abundant genre. Both families are delivered as variable fonts, providing full access to a wide weight range. The optical size axis addresses the specific needs of different type sizes with adjustments to the structure, tapering, and spacing. From small text to the appropriately-named Huge, these typefaces evoke architectural lettering and the era of phototypesetting.
    • Polymode Sans (2021, by Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel). A variable font with a realness axis.

    Interview. Behance link. Interview by Lovers Magazine. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jessica Gaudino

    Graphic design student at the Academy of Fine Arts Brera in Milan, who was born in 1985 in Gemona del Friuli. She created a semi-stencil rounded typeface in 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jetsmax (was: Riljs, or: Typograph Pro)
    [Khairil Anwar Husain]

    Khairil Anwar Hussein (or Ril Anwar, b. 1996) is the Makassar, Indonesia-based founder of Jetsmax in 2018. Designer of these typefaces in 2020:

    • Carefour (2020). A signature script.
    • Celebes Signature (2020).
    • Desolator (2020). A free variable sans typeface.
    • The upright script Fillpattern (2020).
    • Halgonak (2020). A handcrafted typeface by Novia Lorenza.
    • The handcrafted typefaces Halo Emak (2020) and Qawber Pro (2020).
    • Hiromaru Script (2020).
    • Hundred Wars (2020). An octagonal stencil cybertech typeface.
    • Huntsville (2020).
    • The display sans Massedi (2020).
    • The squarish Meja Block (2020).
    • Nekofie (2020). A 2-style sans.
    • Ryujin Attack (2021). A dry brush typeface.
    • Sirukota (2020). A free rounded sans typeface.
    • The stretchable futuristic typeface Stretch Pro (2020).

    Typefaces as of 2021: Alternative Rock, Amulman, Balmonde Script, Carefour Signature, Cinematica, City Series, Coojertown, Craftsman Work, Creative Designer, Delmano Morelli, Erangel Field, Gellato, Halgonak, Hundred Wars, Hunian, Huntsville, Hynole, Javanesia (psychedelic), Just Bubble (a bubblegum typeface), Jx Tabe (a chamfered techno font in 54 styles), Kaidomaru, Kingdom Storia, Lagosi (a 15-style lava lamp typeface), Lylac, Malino Candy, Marcondensed, Markisa, Melt Fuji, My Leaf, Nimora, Nordille, Obstacle, Pixelated Display, Priska, Ryujin Attack, Sirukota, Stretch Pro, Studio Grotesk (a 5-style techno font), Summer Vacation, Taki, Veztro, Wanderism, Wedding Song.

    Creative Fabrica link. Jetsmax home. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    JHA
    [Jan-Henrik Arnold]

    Jan-Henrik Arnold (JHA, Berlin, Germany), b. 1980, studied first in Konstanz and then in Berlin at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam where he was taught by Luc(as) de Groot. He works mainly as a type designer. His typefaces from 2013: JHA Zucker (a fat didone stencil), JHA Libre (elliptical sans, +Pro), JHA Yeni Zaman (geometric sans with roots in the 1930s).

    In 2014, he published Bodoni Ritalic, a backslanted Bodoni Italic.

    In 2015, Arnold created the transitional typeface family JHA Times Now and the chiseled typeface Tetraktys (inspired by Friz Quadrata).

    In 2016, he released the text typeface Praeneste.

    Typefaces from 2017: JHA My Happy 70s. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jihoon Park

    Korean type designer. Typefaces from 2022: HU Makingfilm (a stencil typeface by ByoungHeon Park and Jihoon Park), HU Storyserif (a slab serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jim Strachan
    [St. Rachan Typeworks]

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    jimbob0737

    FontStructor who made the stencil typeface Future Stenc (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jiri Nvk

    Jiří Novák (b. 1973) is the Czech FontStructor whose fonts in 2011 include Repropolis, Cyklopilot (a nice Peignotian face), Duotwin (De Stijl stencil face), Polystereon (counterless, octagonal), Plexilesk (square stencil), Naocetka (pixelish), Motodidakt (pixelish), Kultivar (stencil), Autogramot, and Uradia (octagonal). In 2012, he made Sadorost and Rototuc (stencil face). In 2013, he created PolystereonAB2416 and PolystereonAD2416, In 2015, he published MuratoporAA24, MandatetrinkaAC60 and MandatetrinkaAA60. His floral typeface Floriituta won an award in the 2016 Love Competition at Fontstruct. It was extended in the years following this award. In 2017, one of his best typefaces was the graph-theoretic font Mocholata AA55. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    jlb

    In 2009, "jlb" designed these geometric fonts at FontStruct: Geometro (stencil), Geo Extended (stencil), Neotro (poster sans face), Structacon (metal&techno). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joachim Müller-Lancé
    [kame Design (was: kametype)]

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    Joachim Vu

    Type designer who contributed to FontYou. In 2014, Joachim Vu, Jérémie Hornus and Alisa Nowak co-designed the classical copperplate script typeface Vicomte FY.

    Janko FY (2014, FontYou) is an informal calligraphic typeface.

    In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Théo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Serif and Bespoke Slab at Fontstore / Fontshare. In 2020, Bespoke Stencil was added. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Joan Ramon Pastor Rovira
    [Ultra Types]

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    Joana Dziezaski

    Joana Dziezaski is a graphic designer in Lisbon, who studied at Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Caldas da Rainha from 2013 until 2016. She created a monoline stencil typeface in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joancarles P. Casasín
    [BaseLAB]

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    Joao Bastos

    During his studies at ESAD Matosinhos, Joao Bastos (Oporto, Portugal) created the modular stencil typeface Asgard (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joao Mota

    During his design studies in Oporto, Portugal, Joao Mota (Joao Mota Design, Torres Novas, Portugal) created some typefaces in 2012. In 2013, he designed Clarendon Stencil, Hariemuj, Modern Architecture, and Post-War Heritage.

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    Joao Pedro Franco

    Portuguese designer (b. 1980) of the gorgeous writing typeface Dry Ink (2004), of the script typeface arpadhw (2004), of the sans typefaces PB (2008) and Often (2007), and of the squarish display typeface MinaR (2003). He is working on the stencil typeface Maple (2007). Based in Lisbon.

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    Joaquim Massana
    [Tipos Reunidos (or: Petit Comite)]

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    Joaquin Alme

    FontStructor who made Code (2011, stencil face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joe Baldwin
    [RoastHorse Type Foundry]

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    Joe Finocchiaro
    [Joe Finocchiaro Design]

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    Joe Finocchiaro Design
    [Joe Finocchiaro]

    Joe Finocchiaro runs a corporate identity studio in New York, and specializes in custom typeface, symbol and logo design. His corporate font families include Roma 2002, the sans serif Ernst and Young family (1999), Air Canada (1994), the sans serif font Etna (2002), the sans serif family Largo (2002), a stencil font for the Performing Arts Center of Greater Miami (1999, based on Futura), the CHW font (1997) for Catholic Healthcare West (serif), Cargill (1994), the beautiful flared sans serif Wunderman Cato Johnson (1997), the PNC font (1993, for the PNC Bank, based on Fry's Baskerville, 1768), the Lincoln Life font (1994, in all-caps style like Bank Gothic), the Scotiabank corporate alphabet, the serifed Clinique (1997) for Clinique Laboratories Inc, Colgate (1993, based on Eras), the didone font Formica (1996), the didone family Tiffany, Tiffany Numerals, Tiffany SmallCaps (2000) for Tiffany&Co, the condensed sans family Schlumberger (1998), the sans family Orazio (2002), a logotype for Iberia (1997) and Univers AirService (1997), The NewYorkTimes (2000, a logo-matching typeface), some type for Avis (1999). He cleaned up the Cunard typeface (by Eric Gill), the Arthur Andersen typeface (1999) and the Deloitte Touche corporate typeface. Joe accepted money from the unscrupulous polluter Monsanto, the questionable Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation and the crooks at Arthur Andersen. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joe Joiner

    Designer of the stencil typeface Blips (2012) and the display sans Solace (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joe Rutledge
    [Para-Scope Design & Type]

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    Joe Staples

    Graduate of the Southampton Solent School of Art & Design. He designed Eclipse (2012) and Unsinkable (2012, a stencil typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joe vanderHam
    [Joebob Graphics]

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    Joebob Graphics
    [Joe vanderHam]

    Dutchman Jeroen van der Ham ("joebob"), who is based in s'Hertogenbosch, designed mostly handwriting fonts: Lingua (a fat finger font) (2021), Quarantinus (2020), Epistula (2020), Old Letterhand (2020), dearJoe 7 (2019), Black Hand (2018), Caput (2018: a crayon font),Manus Smooth (2017), Four Hand (2017), Maneo (2017), Tater Todd (2016), Creta (2016, crayon font), Hillbelly (2016, rough brush script), Hesster Mofet (2016, brush script, renamed from Hesster Moffett), Coalhand Luke (2014, crayon or chalk script), Dear Joe 6 (2014), Dextera (2014, by Geert Dijkers), Stone Hand Saul (2014, a scribbly hand), Manus (2014), Dear Joe Hannes (2013), Winston Nero (2013, a hipster cartoon font), Serious Sally (2012), Inkydoo (2012, +Serif), Serial Sue (2012), Calligra Phillip (2012), Mixtape Mike (2012, a fat finger face), Dear Joe 3 (2010), Brushtip and Brushtip Travis (2010, two of his nicest typefaces, with a calligraphic and rough-edged touch), Vince Hand II (2010), Crossword Belle (2009), BrushtipTerrence (2009), Brushtip Texe (2009), OnetrickTony (2009), Christel Line (2009, +Black), Etch A Sketch (2009, grunge), DearJoe 5 Casual (2008), PencilPete (2008, handwriting).

    Fonts added in 2007: Curly Joe, Sinister Sam (calligraphic), VincHand (handwriting of Vincent Haenen), DearJoe5, Moan Hand, FancyPens (a calligraphic pen).

    Fonts added in 2006: FlutSaus (hand-printed; done with Hilde Rikken), Amorrisline, Hilde Caps (based on the handwriting of 9-year old Hilde Rikken), C rial, Hildinia Donut, BrunoBook, BuffaloStance, Stam Pete (grunge), CrosswordBill, DearJoe 1, JoeHand 2, Kali Graff, Bearer Fond.

    His oldest fonts: BillieBarred (multiple-lined handwriting), BillieBob (a great poster typeface), BillieBoldHand, BillieKid (nice stencil font), BobTag, CalamityJoe, CrappyJoe, DearJoeItalic, DearJoe II, DearJoe IV (antique handwriting, 2005), DoctorBob, FruscianteHand, FuturexBob, JoeBobstraight, JoeHand, MarkerMoeII, MoanLisa (2001, linocut style), Onepunch Jim Outline, Detour Dork (2002).

    His fonts are available from MyFonts. Fontspace link. Font Squirrel link. Fontsy link. Alternate URL. Dafont link. Typoasis link. Abstract Fonts link. Klingspor link. Another Fontspace link.

    View Joe Vander Ham's typefaces. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Joel Nordström
    [jag och Linus + Lars]

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    Joel Pascual

    London-based designer. Creator of the thin stencil typeface Cecilia Sans (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Johan Morgane

    French designer of the free font Rozel Cut Cut (2014, OFL). This typeface provides a stencil cut of the successful typeface Alegreya by Juan Pablo del Peral (Huerta Tipografica). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Johanna Balusikova

    Johanna Balusikova (b. 1974, Slovakia), now Johanna Bilak, studied typography at Atelier National de Création Typographique in Paris and at the Bratislava Art Academy in her native Slovakia, as well as at the Jan van Eyck Akademie in the Netherlands. She now works as a freelance graphic designer in The Hague, where she has lived since 1999. She designed Jigsaw (1999-2000) at Typotheque: this was originally intended as a Multiple Master font that varies from roman to stencil.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, she spoke about "Experiment and typography". Co-editor with Alan Zaruba of We Want You To Love Type (2004, e-a-t). Since 2003 she is a partner in Peter Bilak's Typotheque. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Johannes Lang
    [Langustefonts]

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    John Albert Cavanagh

    Author of Lettering (1946). Designer of fonts such as Cavanagh No. 17 (1939, Ludlow). At Photo Lettering Inc, he designed Appalacia, Beacon Shaded, Billboard, Bingo, Bruce (+Italic), Calliope (Western), Chandelier, Dahlia, Dock Stencil, Eighteen Ninety (Western), Fournier, Hamilton, Hansa (blackletter), Initials 1 and 2, Jason, Kaleidoscope, Lenox Gothic Italic, Ogden, Parliament (blackletter), Pony Express (Western), Royal (roundhand), Shaded, Tiffany, Versailles, Yonalassi (script), and Zinnia. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    John B. Wundes
    [Wundes]

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    John Baichtal
    [Famished.org]

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    John Mitchell

    John Mitchell Design is located in Richmond, VA and Alexandria, VA.

    Creator of the stencil typeface Cut-Out (2011) and of Elephant (2012), a typeface inspired by Rudyard Kipling.

    Behance link. Another Behance link. John Mitchell design link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    John Moore

    Born in 1951, John Moore is a Venezuelan type designer. He studied graphic design in the Institute of graphic design Neumann from 1972 until 1976. In 1980 he took a workshop with Milton Glaser and since 1983 he has worked as an art director and creative director in many advertising agencies. He designs type since 1976.

    His typefaces Gordis (a fattish comic book family) and Tepuy won awards at Tipos Latinos 2008 in the non-text and experimental typeface categories, respectively. At Tipos Latinos 2010, he won twice in the display category, for Victorina and Radio Time.

    His typefaces: (New) Maracay (2013, a large layered Victorian signage family), Fine Art OT (2013, brushy typeface), Roadline Italic (2013, a retro script), JMTF Robin (2013, a layered post-modernist display family), Virgin Script (2013), Radio Time (2013, fat retro signage script), Radio Time Icons (2013), Palaima (2013, an aboriginal style face), Factor (2012, a layered geometric font), Onda (2012, a wavy psychedelic face), Blockee (2012), Aliykit Open (2012, a multiline typeface), VE Inconexa (2006, outline architectural face), VE Makiritare (2006, a double labyrinthine script that is based on symbolisms used by the Makiritare or Yecuana, river people who live in the village of Santa Maria de Erebato in the Venezuelan jungle on the border with Brazil), VE Moho (2006; or simply Moho in 2014), VE Palaima (2006, futuristic, Amazonian), Radio Time (fifties style script, with Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos), Fruta (stencil, influenced by Glaser?), Glaser Stencil Round, Gothike (sharp-edges), Aqua (ultra round), Club, Caracas (sans; +Caracas Pro, 2015; see also Caracas Stencil Pro, 2015), Factor (hookish), Space Lab (futuristic family), Robin (headline), Victorina (multiline Victorian poster typeface which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2010), Victorina Black Shadow (2011), Waterman (2010, a flowing undulating script family), Spacelab (2010, futuristic) and RobinBienalII (2005).

    Sudtipos sells these fonts of his via MyFonts: Makiritare (bilined, based on woven baskets), Palaima (experimental, runic), Precolombino (petroglyphs), Tepuy (rounded version of Makiritare), Roadline (2009, fifties diner font), Sacred Geo (2011, a geometric dingbat font that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012), DeCoro (2011, art deco family), Sacred Geo Tiling (2011), Primate (2012, an African look typeface family), Morenita (2012, a connected fifties or school script), Takox (2012), Petroglifos (2012), Xtencil (2012, a rounded stencil influenced by Milton Glaser; followed by Xtencil LC and UC in 2013 and Xtencil Pro in 2015).

    Typefaces from 2014: Moho Sport Pro (layered athletic lettering typeface family), Scripta Pro and Gothic (40s-style lettering typeface inspired by the style of L.H. Copeland), InkArt Labels, Moho (named after Laszlo Moholy-Nagy), MohoBis Pro (a multilined version of Moho), Moho Condensed, Moho Script, Duvall (named after Edward J. Duvall, who published Modern Sign Painting in the late 1940s; Duvall won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014).

    In 2015, the Moho series continued with Moho Style. He also made Arthaus (2015, a fantastic Bauhaus font family inspired by Herbert Bayer's universal alphabet), MyCard (a techno type), NeoScript Pro and Hierra (after a font by Dan Solo) in 2015.

    In 2016, he designed Artime (a sci-fi font), Virtual.

    Typefaces from 2017: FunFont (cartoon style).

    Klingspor link. MyFonts link. Behance link. Poster.

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    John Morgan

    John Morgan founded John Morgan Studio in 2000. He is Professor of Design, Typography and Book Arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. With Adrian Vasquez, John Morgan set up the type foundry Abyme in 2017. At Abyme, he published these typefaces:

    • English Egyptian (2011-2017, with Adrien Vasquez). English Egyptian is an interpretation of William Caslon's Two Lines English Egyptian of 1816, considered by some to be the first sans serif printing type to be sold commercially.
    • Nizioleti (2011-2017, with Adrien Vasquez). Named and modeled after the nizioleti, or Venetian street signs, Nizioleti is typeface consisting of painted letters stencilled within white plaster panels directly onto the city walls, in use since the early 19th century.
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    John Nahmias
    [Jonah Fonts]

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    John Power
    [Powerfonts]

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    John Skelton
    [Afrojet Type Foundry]

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    John West

    Charles S. Hazlett of Boone, IA, and John West, of Chicago, co-designed a script typeface for BBS in 1890. When he patented the stencil face in 1885, he was listed as living in Brooklyn, NY. This Stencil-Gothic appeared for the first time in the Eleventh Book of Specimens of printing types and every requisite for typographical use and adornment (1885, MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan). In the following years it was also offered by Shniedewend, Lee & Co. of Chicago as well as Barnhart, Brothers & Spindler of Chicago---in the later under the name Cleft Gothic. For a revival, see Stencil Gothic (2014, Johannes Lang and Stefan Ellmer; MyFonts link).

    In 1885, he patented another typeface.

    John west became manager of the small Chicago-based typefoundry, Indestructibe Type Co towards the end of the century. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    John Wollring
    [Koeiekat]

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    Johnny Locke

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to make the experimental typefaces JKLNo#1 through JLNo#7. JLNo#6 is a pixel face. In 2011, he made the mechanical industrial typeface Slabber.

    In 2012, Locke added the art deco typeface Broadway Love (and Broadway Love 2), Moscow Berlin (2012, a constructivist or Cyrillic simulation typeface), Rubicone (a stenciled Egyptian), Industry Stencil, Thakur, TipTap Decor, Karma, and Sketch6. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Johnny Martz
    [Robot Johnny (was: Robotic Attack Fonts)]

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    Joko Triwijayanto
    [Yanto Design]

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    Jolyn Ong

    Singapore-based designer of the smooth stencil typeface Granny (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jon Moran
    [Browning MGs]

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    Jonah Fonts
    [John Nahmias]

    Type and logotype company in Polanco (and now Mexico City), Mexico, run by John Nahmias (b. 1935, New York City). John is a graphic designer who started his career in 1952 in a New York studio with Lucian Bernhard. He left that company in 1958. He now lives in Mexico where he paints and runs his own studio. John's typefaces, mostly but not exclusively scripts, are sold by MyFonts.

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    Jonas Hecksher

    Jonas Hecksher holds a degree from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and The School of Design and Ecole supérieure d'arts graphiques et d'architecture in Paris, where he specialized in graphic design and typography design. Heckscher is Partner and Creative Director at design agency e-Types which he co-founded in 1997 and co-founder of type foundry and type design brand Playtype. He is a 5-time recipient of the Danish Design Award, a winner of two gold Creative Circle awards, a silver award winner at the Britsh D&AD, a winner in 2014 of the Knud V. Engelhardt Memorial Award, and the recipient of a certificate of excellence in type design from Type Directors Club N.Y. Playtype is currently based in Vesterbro, Denmark.

    He designed fonts such as Movie (2001, a very black condensed movie generics sans), iD:00 (2001, a large sans and serif family), Fletch Text (1998, a sans), DeLuca (Bodoni-like, 2001), NinetySix K (2001, a serif), Underton (1998), Point Sans (1999), Point Serif (1999), Cendia (1997), DenmarkSerif (1998), Mega (1999), Olic (1999), Arch Sans (2003), Arch Serif (2003), Arch Stencil (2003), Arch Pattern (2003).

    In the 2011 Playtype on-line catalog, it seems that several of his early designs have been renamed, and many others have been added. So here is the on-line list of his fonts there as of February 2011: AbidaleBook, AcademySans, AcademySerif, BingoSans, BingoSerif, DeArchie (didone), DeArchieDisplay, FletchText, FruOlsen (1998: a condensed display serif inspired by the old streets signs of Copenhagen, featuring tall x-heights, shaped drops and curved numbers), Geometric, Hall, HomeDisplay, Hazelwood, HermesBaby (old typewriter), Hill (2005: grotesque), HomeText, ID00 Sans (large family), ID00 Serif, ItalianPlate, JPSpecial Sans, JPSpecial Serif, JazzHouse (2007: a neo-grotesque), Mari (2006: a monolinear modern sans serif with a sense of nordic simplicity), MoviePlaytype, New Press, Noir Text, Nord Dingbats (circled letters), Norwegian, Play (2011, a minimalistic sans serif typeface, free at Google Fonts; CTAN TeX support), PrimoSerif (2000), Republic, SymphonyDisplay, TheWave, Trood, VentiQuattro (didone), Vertigo, Willumsen, ZettaSans.

    Later in 2011, he published the modern sans family Metro.

    In 2010, Hecksher created the 21-weight custom typeface family Berlingske for the newspaper by that name. It was extended over the years to a whopping 227 weights / 2100 glyphs-per-font in 2014, the year in which it was released as a regular retail font at Playtype, with Sans, Serif and Slab versions.

    Typefaces from 2013 include the large sans typeface family Nationale (Playtype) done for the National Museum of Denmark. See here.

    In 2014, an earlier typeface by e-types, Italian Plate, was releases in two monoline sans subfamilies, Italian Plate No. 1 and No. 2, and two serif versions, No. 3 and No. 4. In 2015, he published the extensive sans typeface family DuNord at Playtype.

    Typefaces from 2016: Hafnia Sans, La Fontaine.

    Typefaces from 2018: The Wave (sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Melanzine (sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Royal Theatre Serif (a didone), Royal Theatre Sans. Klingspor link. Google Plus link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jonas Skendelis
    [Global Lithuanian Net]

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    Jonathan Abbott

    Julian Moncada, Jonathan Abbott and Jonathan Barnbrook jointly designed Doctrine Sans and Doctrine Stencil in 2013 at Virus. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jonathan Barnbrook
    [Barnbrook (was: VirusFonts, Virus Foundry, Studio 12)]

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    Jonathan Calugi
    [Happyloverstown]

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    Jonathan Hill
    [The Northern Block (TNB)]

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    Jonathan Hoefler
    [Hoefler (was: Hoefler&Frere-Jones, and Hoefler Type Foundry)]

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    Jonathan Holburn

    During his studies at Falmouth University in Falmouth, UK, Jonathan Kevin William Holburn created a modular piano key stencil typeface in the style of Joseph Albers's work entitled Bauhaus Typography Experiment (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jonathan M. Hitchen

    FontFont designer of the stencil font FF Snafu (2002). Born in Sheffield, UK, Hitchen is a full time lecturer in Graphic Design and Multimedia at Liverpool School of Art&Design since 1995. There is a stencil font that is floating around on the web under the name FuckingGoodStencil APlainCaps that has his name in the copyright line (1995). It was posted on alt.binaries.fonts on January 17, 2003. The font is shown in Nathan Gale's book.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jonathan Martin

    Graphic design graduate from Birmingham City University, who is now based in Marlborough, UK. His typeface Two Lines English Egyptian was developed in 2013 for a university project. It was based on the specimen found in the Blake, Garnett and Co. type specimen c. 1819. This typeface was produced by the first William Caslon's grandson, William Caslon Junior and his type foundry in around 1816, and is said to be the first commercial printing sans serif.

    Creator of the alchemic typeface Ambicase Sans Display (2012), the double case typeface CO2 Display (2012), Facade Sans (2012, a combination of art deco and Futura), Facade Display (2012), Facade Display Stencil (2012), Facade Novelty (2012), and Twofaced Display Type (2012, Ten Dollar Fonts). In 2014, the entire Facade series was renamed Fassade---I think, but am not sure, that pressure must have come from Ascender / Monotype, which has a typeface called Facade by Steve Matteson.

    Typefaces from 2013 include Hadron (a strong-willed display typeface), Old Railway Type (revival of early 1900s sans serif lettering found on railway signage of the this period all across the UK).

    In 2017, he published the outlined Del Agua icons. In 2018, he designed the logotype Orshon. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jonathan Merry

    Batavia, IL-based designer of the octagonal stencil typeface Picket Fence (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jonathan Pierini

    Type and graphic designer from Italy, who he holds a BA in graphic design and visual communication from the ISIA Urbino and an MA in Type and Media from the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in 2008 in Den Haag, The Netherlands. He has worked for private companies, and has been teaching and tutoring in different Universities in Italy. He is currently working at the Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy. Since 2011 he has been running the ISIA Urbino Type design Week summer program. More recently, he had a stint with Dalton Maag.

    He created the Vasinto Sans family as a student at KABK.

    In 2013 Bistro Studio designed a new identity and typeface concept for Mediterranea 16. Implementation done by Jonathan Pierini.

    Together with Riccardo Olocco, Jonathan Pierini reinterpreted Bodoni's work in 2014. Their Parmigiano Typographic System, which is named after Parma, the city where Giambattista Bodoni (d. 1813) established his printing house, attempts to revive, interpret and boldly extend Bodoni's work. There is not a single official original Bodoni---Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico contains many slightly different examples---, and so, the first challenge was to create coherent relationships between various optical sizes (Piccolo, Caption, Text, Headline) and weights. Besides the Parmigiano Serif family, Olocco and Pierini also developed the creative extension Parmigiano Sans. There are also Stencil, Typewriter, Egyptian styles, to name a few. The Parmigiano Typographic System was published in 2014 by Typotheque, but was developed a few years before that.

    In 2014, Leonardo Sonnoli and Jonathan Pierini developed the bespoke typeface family Mast for the MAST Foundation in Bologna.

    His Ovo typeface (2014) is a restyling of the custom font originally designed for the multifunctional center Ginestra, Fabbrica della Conoscenza based in Montevarchi (Arezzo).

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    Jonathan Stephen Harris
    [Tattoo Woo (or: JSH Creates, or: Smokewire)]

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    Jonathan Swinn
    [Alphabet Agency Font Foundry]

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    Joost Schmidt

    German typographer and painter, b. Wunsdorf (1893), d. Nüremberg (1948). He studied at Bauhaus from 1919-1925, and started working with type in 1923. From 1925 until 1932, he was a professor at Bauhaus. After the war, he became professor at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Berlin. He created some typical Bauhaus alphabets.

    Digitizations:

    • Uhertype (2008, Paulo Heitlinger) is a revival of his lettering.
    • Jose Manuel Uros) is a monoline geometric / organic family with an odd Futura Black style piano key Stencil thrown in. He writes that the inspiration came from the Bauhaus Dessau im Gewerbemuseum Basel exhibition poster, designed in 1929 by Franz Ehrlich after a sketch by Joost Schmidt, and hence the name Joost.
    • Neubau (2009, Ramiz Guseynov) is a condensed geometric display family with sans and slab serif subfamilies, which took inspiration from Joost Schmidt's lowercase letters developed from 1925 until 1928 at Bauhaus Dessau. Neubau Grotesque (2010) is an elementary minimalist sans face. Neubau Serif is a slabby version---this entire family was inspired by Bauhaus proponent Joost Schmidt, 1925-1928.
    • The piano key typeface Joschmi (2018, Flavia Zimbardi). An Adobe Originals font designed as part of an effort to revive Bauhaus treasures, and named after Joost Schmidt.

    Paulo Heitlinger's page on Schmidt. Wikipedia. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jordan Davies
    [Wooden Type Fonts (was: American Wood Type and, Wooden Type)]

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    Jordan Fluidation

    London, UK-based designer of the condensed stncil typeface Urban Type (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jordan Halata

    Student at the University of St. Francis in Chicago. Creator of the stencilish typeface Somethings Missing (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jordan Stephensen

    Winnipeg, Manitoba-based designer of the industrial strength display typeface Gemstar (2017). In 2018, he designed the octagonal stencil typeface Keys Stencil, and the free decorative number font Tyndall. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jordi Bosch

    Graphic designer in Barcelona who created an unnamed stencil typeface for a school project in 2013. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jordi Fosch

    Tarragona-based Catalan designer of the typewriter font called Let32,2, and of the comic book font Love Gun. He also made Escher Desigual and FoschWords 1. In 2000, he created the poster stencil typeface called Cartolina (2000). In 2001, he designed the grunge typeface Surface (Garcia Fonts), the Kafkaesque all-caps typeface Jroña (Garcia Fonts) and the all-caps kids typeface Funny (Garcia Fonts). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jordi Manero Pascual
    [Woodcutter Manero]

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    Jorge Carrillo Morales

    Jorge Carrillo (Barcelona) created the monoline semi-stencil typeface Smooth (2014) ande the sans/slab pait Mishmash (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jorge E

    Monterrey, Mexico-based designer of the free stencil font TNA (2017), the free techno typeface Morena (2016) and the free Double Font (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jose A. Puche
    [Kingdom Pixels (or: Reding)]

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    Jose Alejandro Calero Londono

    During their studies, Colombia, Jose Alejandro Calero Londono (who lives in Palmira, Colombia) and Juan David Mafla (Cali, Colombia) designed the semi-stencil display typeface Without Line (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jose Gonzalez
    [Jota Jota]

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    José Alberto Big Beraka Lobos
    [Beraka Fonts]

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    José Manuel Urós

    Aka Josema Uros. Self-taught programmer in Barcelona, b. 1956, who set up the type foundry Type-O-Tones in 1992. He is also involved in Neue in Barcelona. Since 1993 he has been teaching at Eina, Elisava, ESDI and IDEP. His typefaces:

    • Arboria (2013). An art deco or architectural sans family published by Type O Tones. Its skeleton was used in the art deco sans stunner, Arbotek (2013).
    • Designer at type-o-tones in Barcelona of Ebu Script (2007). This is a techno script created together with Joan Barjau.
    • Chico (2009). Chico was by designed by Javier Mariscal and Josema Uros specifically for the final roll of credits in the animated film Chico y Rita. It was commercially released in 220 by Type-O-Tones as Chico.
    • Hannover Modern (1996, Type o Tones). Part of a series of fonts used at the Estudio (Javier) Mariscal in Barcelona.
    • Joost (1995-2010). Also done at Type o Tones, this is a monoline geometric / organic family with an odd Futura Black style piano key Stencil thrown in. He writes that the inspiration came from the Bauhaus Dessau im Gewerbemuseum Basel exhibition poster, designed in 1929 by Franz Ehrlich after a sketch by Joost Schmidt, and hence the name Joost.
    • Memimas (2007). A connected upright script, done with Joan Barjau at Type o Tones.
    • Matricia (2007). A dot matrix typeface done at TypeOTones done with Pera Ribalta.
    • Mundo Demibold (1997, Type o Tones). This comic book typeface is inspired by a series of drawings used in the Señor Mundo comic strip of the 1990s. It is in the style of Javier Mariscal.
    • Vulcano (2007, TypeOTones). A typeface developed together with Tori Alimbau and Luis Mendo.
    • At KABK in Den Haag, where he did graduate work in type design, he created Rumba as a final project (2004).
    • DINosaur (2016, Type-o-Tones). A rounded sans related to the DIN norm.
    • Skope (2019, Type-o-Tones). Skope is an experiment in horizontal stress and the extreme lettering style of comic masters such as Josep Coll or Manuel Urda from his cartoons in the pages of the classic TBO (Barcelona, 1917-1998). Some of the features of Skope are borrowed from the masthead of the magazine Triunfo (Valencia, Spain, 1946-1982), and remind this reviewer of the work of Lucian Bernhard in the 1910s.
    • Rothwood (2020). A slab serif family.
    • Final Six (2021, Type-o-Tones). A commercial adaptation of lettering developed for the European Waterpolo Final in 2014.

    Interview by MyFonts.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    José Maria Cerezo

    Spanish type designer who runs the digital type foundry Cajabaja. He designed Bravo (1990-1997, an octagonal family published in 1996 at Neufville), Fractura ND (1997, Neufville: a semi-stencil), Neutra, Neometric and Menú (1990-1997).

    See also here. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    José Marques
    [J. Marquez]

    Portuguese creator at FontStruct in 2008 of Goticula 1.3 (blackletter), Reposicao (octagonal), Frank Castle, Tomatix (rounded letters) and Tazaver (bold, rounded).

    In 2009, he made Corrida (multilined; +Evolved), Drible (+Drible 2.0), Lastico (octagonal), PixelSoulScript2X, DoneBefore, Ficha Serif, Ficha Sans, Sloppy, StrikeOver, Bad Point (dotted line upright script), Osoyotoyo (octagonal), Redundant, Solstice1X (pixel script), CuttingOldEdge, KickBack, MarkMyWork, Styl=0 (dotted line font), Bad Point (dotted line font), Eyelash, Garfield, Comitto, trapish, Nullam, Minipix (pixel script), Coppa, Chunky (octagonal), Douchebag Regular (as a favor for Melissa Hunt), Foxtrot, Torsion, Serifeito (slab serif), Comitto (rounded octagonal), Torsion Alt.

    In 2010, he made the dotted line typeface Redonda and the blackletter stencil BlindFold, as well as Lump (fat counterless), Taller, Dribble, Rumble, TheItalicJob SportsComp (techno), CryBaby, Crystallized (dotted), Hiatus (stencil blackletter).

    In 2011, he made the grotesk typeface Geomyk, Fonstiv (polygonal), Drible 2.0, Candy, Gibberish.

    Fontstructions from 2012: Lombada, Cape, Tentative, Sloppy, Cephalopod. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    José Ribeiro

    During his studies at Instituto Politecnico de Tomar, Portugal, José Ribeiro (Lisbon, Portugal) designed the stencil typeface Message (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    José Tiny

    FontStructor who made Stencil JT (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Josef Albers

    German-born designer (b. Bottrop, 1888, d. New Haven, CT, 1976) associated with the Bauhaus School that made artistic ripples from 1919-1933. He joined the faculty of Weimar Bauhaus in 1922 as a stained glass maker, and became professor there from 1925 until Bauhaus closed in 1933 under Nazi pressure. He emigrated immediately to the United States where he became head of a new art school, Black Mountain College, in North Carolina. In 1950, he left North Carolina to become head of the Department of Design at Yale University until his retirement in 1958. Albers is best remembered for his work as an abstract painter and theorist. The Josef Albers papers and documents (from 1929 until 1970) were donated by the artist to the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art in 1969 and 1970. His typefaces:

    • Display (1923).
    • Schablonenschrift (1923-1926). This is one of a series of stencil typefaces Albers designed while teaching at the Dessau Bauhaus.
    • Futura Black (1926, a great stencil face---Paul Renner and the Bauer design office made it into a typeface in 1929, and included it in the Futura series, even though Futura is quite different in concept).
    • Kombinationsschrift auf Glas (1928-1931; combine a few elements). This was revived as P22 Albers by Richard Kegler from 1995 until 2004. See also here. Kombinationsschrift is inherently modular, the principle at the basis of FontStruct and other font creation tools. On my pages, I sometimes call the blatantly modular typefaces in the style of Kombinationsschrift piano key fonts.

    Digital descendants of Albers's work include ThM Architype Albers (2013, Thijs Mertens), Architype Albers (Freda Sack and David Quay of The Foundry, 1997), P22 Albers (P22), Futura Black (Bitstream), Alber New (2010, Chris Dickinson at Moretype), Concreta (Tony de Marco and Niko Fernandez, 2011, at Just in Type), Modernist Stencil (Keith Bates, 2009, at K-Type), Sessions (John Skelton, 2009, at Afrojet), Idiom (Mike Jarboe, 2010, at Reserves), Gridiot (2003-2011, Peter Bain), Plaster (Eben Sorkin, 2011), Slink (Gene Buban, 2009), Albers (Crissov, 2009), Albers Numerals (2015, Tomek Zastawny), Duo (Omer Chafai), Rigid (Marta Cerda Alimbau, 2010), Albers Moiré (Nick Shea), Little Tittle (Michael Blair, 2012), Tp Floral (Two Points, 2006), Decade (Robert Holmkvist, 2015), Bauhaus Typography Experiment (Jonathan Kevin William Holburn, 2014), and Modular Alphabet (Isa Lloret, 2015).

    References: Regarding the Economy of Typeface (an article explaining Albers' vision for typography), Josef Albers: Interaction of Color (1975, New Haven: Yale University Press), François Bucher: Josef Albers: Despite Straight Lines: An Analysis of His Graphic Constructions (1977, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), Brenda Danilowitz and Fred Horowitz: Josef Albers: to Open Eyes: The Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale (2006, Phaidon Press), Eva Diaz: The Ethics of Perception: Josef Albers in the United States (2008, Volume XC Number 2 of The Art Bulletin), Nicholas Fox Weber and Fred Licht: Josef Albers: A Retrospective (1988, New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications), Nicholas Fox Weber, Fred Licht and Brenda Danilowitz: Josef Albers: Glass, Color, and Light (1994, New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications), The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Josep Muñoz

    Graduate of Eina, Escola de Disseny i Art in Barcelona, who works as a graphic designer in Barcelona. In 2016, he designed Pixel Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Josep Pep Patau i Bellart
    [Tipo Pepel (was: Antaviana Typeface Division, or: Astramat)]

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    Joseph Coniglio
    [Coniglio Type]

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    Joseph Miceli
    [AlfaType]

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    Joseph Rozier

    During his art direction studies in Paris, Joseph Rozier created Stencil Minimal (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Josh Hejka

    Michigan-based FontStructor who created these typefaces in 2009: Haus der Kunst (dot matrix), Epic Cubed, Dominoes, DigiClock Solid, Identity, Braille, Morse Code, House MD, Stedelijk (pixel face), Mojo (+Raised, + Inlay: piano key typefaces), Epic Sphered, the military stencil look family Goshawk, Razz, Razzle Dazzle, Tic Tax (pixel), Invasion. He made these fonts in 2010: Goshawk-Military-Inverse (stencil face), Goshawk-Military (stencil face), Ring Around, Ethereal, Oracle (pixel face), Diva.

    In 2011, he made or updated Fairytale, Goshawk (athletic lettering), Groovy, Goshawk Military Stencil, Goshawk Inverse, Dirty Deeds (blackletter based on the AC/DC logo), Razz, Razzle Dazzle, Orbis (circle and arc face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Josh Wilhelm
    [Life Without Taffy (was: Spork Thug Typography)]

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    Joshua Downey

    York, PA-based designer of Blokus (2014, FontStruct) and Blackmar (2014, stencil typeface, FontStruct). This typeface was finished during his studies at York College of Pennsylvania. Joshua is originally from Manchester, MD. FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joshua Holmes

    Art director in Sheffield, UK, and Manama, Bahrain, who created the wide display typeface Kove (2018) and the interlocking octagonal stencil typeface TF1 (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joshua Lunsk

    New York-based Garagedesigners who made Lobat (hand-printed), Plastered (grungy stencil), Supermodel, and Break, all in 1996. FontShop link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joshua M. Smith
    [Hydro 74]

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    Joshua Ownby

    Or Josh Ownby. Graphic designer in Knoxville, TN, who created these handcrafted typefaces in 2017: Catalogue (didone stencil), Sweet+Salty, Fresh Squeezed, Putnam, Coyote, Nashville (vintage all caps wedge serif), Tobacco, Troubadour, Mingus (rounded sans), Westmore (monoline script), Twig, Equinox.

    He also designed the sans typefaces Chloe (Peignotian sans), Fiona (2017), Fragile (2017, fashionable, with a lot of contrast and great use of ball terminals), Houston (2017), Von Bond (2017), Seafarer (2017, a beachy art deco font), Sinclaire (2017, clean and nearly art deco), Violet (2017) and Moonshine (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Olivia (fashion didone).

    Typefaces from 2019: Riley (a striking modern headline typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Joshua Redmond

    Centerville / Dayton, OH-based designer of the handcrafted typeface pair Parks Sans and Parks Script (2016), the handcrafted slab serif typeface Trail Ranger (2016, +Shadow), the curvy handcrafted stencil typeface Drink Up (2016), and the wood emulation sans typeface Ohio (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: 7th Inning Stretch, Offhand (textured 3d layered font), Whimsy (connect-the-dots), Rosie Script, Rosie Sans, Brace Slab (vintage lettering with and without spurs). Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jota Jota
    [Jose Gonzalez]

    Mexican designer located in Osnabrück, Germany. In 2021, he designed the free strong all caps stencil typeface Genau. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jozsef Gergely Kiss

    Graphic design student at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest. He created the modular typeface Mover (2012). In 2013, he designed the display stencil typeface Grey. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juan A. Odriozola

    Uruguayan designer in Montevideo (b. San José del Mayo, 1978) of Flopi (2007, an organic sans), Haas and Haas New (2011, sans family created by altering Helvetica according to personal taste), Yo Soy Lucia (2010, a humanist sans), Urbana (2010, stencil face), Sansme (2011, monoline sans), and Potato Type (2011).

    In 2013, he made the decomposable typeface Op.

    Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juan Beracaza

    During his studies in Bogota, Colombia, Juan Beracaza designed the rounded Cizaña Stencil typeface (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juan Casco

    Designer from from Puyo, Ecuador, b. 1991, known as Darko Juan. He made numerous free fonts.

    Creator of these typefaces:

    • Amazonica (2009) is a curlified roman face.
    • Artesanias (2011).
    • Básica (2010, an organic octagonal sans done with FontStruct) and Básica Unicode (2010).
    • Black Audio (2010): gridded.
    • Bohemia (2010): grunge face.
    • Borracho (2009).
    • Bosque Encantado (2010).
    • Cabaret (2011).
    • Chave (2010) and Gato (2010) are hand-printed typefaces.
    • Colonial (2010).
    • Cuneiforme (2010): cuneiform simulation face.
    • The scary gothic typefaces La Flama y La Espina, Pasión Acústica (2009), Dark Pix (2010, FontStruct), Goth Stencil (2009, blackletter stencil), Goth Stencil Premium (2009), Ming Imperial (2009) and Ming Gothic (2009, was Chino Gotico before that). The latter two typefaces have an Asian look. Pasion Gotica (2010, FontStruct).
    • Fam Fuerte (2011, grungy).
    • Furia&Venganza (2011). A tattoo face.
    • Hangul Love2 (2010).
    • La Rosa Muerta (2010).
    • Lejana (2010): a curly script.
    • Linexter (2013). A vintage typeface.
    • Luismi Murder (2009).
    • Magical Dreams (2011).
    • Mobile Sans (2015).
    • Narn Font (2011). Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia.
    • Ninja Turtles (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Sci-fi typefaces.
    • No Hubo Tiempo (2009) is a timid handwriting face.
    • PercanceFatal (2009).
    • Pixel typefaces: Code 7x5 (2015) and Code 8x8 (2016), Trium (2010), DarkPix (2009, done with FontStruct).
    • The blackletter typefaces Por Siempre Gótica (2011), Artesanias (2011), Fraktura (2011), Neue Goth (2011), Estilographica (2011).
    • The curly scribbly typefaces One Wild Line (2012), Romance Fatal 2.0 and 3.0 (2009, based on his own hand), Romance Fatal Pix (2010), Romance Fatal (2009, +Serif), Romance Fatal Goth (2009), Romance Fatal Sans (2011), Romance Fatal Serif Pro (2017).
    • Rounded Sans (2014).
    • Scars Before Christmas (2010).
    • Schindler's Font (2011). Inspired by the movie.
    • Sucker Font (2011). A metal band face.
    • Tatida Versal (2009), Tatida Rocking (2009).
    • Tattoo Sailor (2010).
    • A custom font for Teller Of Tales: A Fib Fit For A King, a 2011 movie by Woody Lindsey.
    • The Fire Regular (2011).
    • Tipófila (2010).
    • Valle Lejano (2010, FontStruct).
    • Verde Amazonico (2011).
    • Versal-Gothic (2009).
    • Xefora (2011). A spindly blackletter.
    • Schindler's Font (2011). Based on the movie sequence.
    • Frozen Font (2014) is also movie-inspired.
    • Viaje Script (2015).
    • The Marauders (2015). A pirate typeface.
    • Camomila (2015). A feminine script.
    • Jupiter Serif (2015). Based on the titling of the movie Jupiter Ascending.
    • Symphony Script (2015).
    • Erie Roman (2014). A roman caps typeface.
    • Ancient War (2015). Inspired by the movie War Craft.
    • Guayaba Sans (2016).
    • Letra Hipster (2016). A signage script.
    • Slim Chef (2016).
    • Verde Sans Neue (2017).
    • Legends of Tomorrow (2017) and Legends Sans (2017). Sci-fi style.
    • Ragnarok Serif (2017).
    • Ecuador Handscript (2018).
    • Herradura (2021).

    Behance link. Devian tart link. Home page. Dafont link. Old home page. Fontspace link. Abstract Fonts link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juan David Mafla

    During their studies, Colombia, Jose Alejandro Calero Londono (who lives in Palmira, Colombia) and Juan David Mafla (Cali, Colombia) designed the semi-stencil display typeface Without Line (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juan Pablo del Peral
    [Kalidoscopio]

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    Judith Sales

    Designer from El Salvador. Her creations include Sequence Light (2011, a thin stencil), Structure Wave (2011) and Cubic Bold (2011, squarish poster face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Jujun Junaedi
    [Gens Creatif Store]

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    Julia Artamanova
    [Julia Krysanova]

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    Julia Begher

    Munich, Germany-based designer of Vienna Classica (2014, a stencil didone) and Noham (2014, a playful redesign of Gotham). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julia Kruk
    [Julia Visht]

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    Julia Krysanova
    [Julia Artamanova]

    Graduate of BHSAD in Moscow, class of 2013. Aka Julia Artamanova, she presently is a graphic designer in Moscow. Julia created the flared (lapidary) Latin / Cyrillic text typeface Flandria in 2013 together with Sergey Pleshkov. This typeface has its dedicated site. Flandria comes in Regular, Italic, Display and Poster (stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julia Petretta (Kaestle)

    German designer who obtained an MA in typeface design from The University of Reading (2009), based on her typeface Creon. Before Reading, she studied at Hochschule Mannheim, and ran a design company there called MfG, for Mit freundlicher Gestaltung. Her Creon typeface contains Latin and Arabic alphabets, and was developed with hints of Greek.

    Free Google Web Fonts include Kenia (2010, a stencil display font with hints of blackletter), Keania One (2012: a gentler heavy stencil face), Text Me One (2012: an organic sans face), and Kreon (2011, slab serif). Other free typefaces include Lily Script One (2012: a retro signage script, free at Google Web Fonts).

    Old URL. Klingspor link. Google link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julia Visht
    [Julia Kruk]

    Belarussian designer inspired by mathematics and painting. Creator of La Belle Zabriella (serif and script) (2021), Vicky Nelly (a scrapbook script) (2021), Galyna Leaffe (script) (2021), Vivizza (a stencil serif) (2021). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Julian Kondej

    Designer in Warsaw, Poland, of the rounded stencil typeface Urban (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julian Mana

    During his graphic design studies in Buenos Aires, Julian Mana created a deco stencil typeface (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julian Moncada Tobar

    Colombian type designer based in Bogota. Graduate of the University of Reading in 2011. He also studied at ANRT in Nancy, France. In 2018 and 2019, for the past year he worked on the restoration of wood type at the Imprenta Patriotica, a government-funded printing museum in Colombia.

    He writes about his lively graduation typeface Lemona (2011), which covers Latin and Greek: Lemona, an army of absurdities and monstrosities, is a subjective interpretation and exploration of the proportions and conventions of classic typography. Giving each character a secret potion containing ingredients of the freaky and deformed, the classic, and the contemporary, the serious, and the sweet. Lemona is a kind monster coming to stage stories in a rather strange, but always friendly and lively manner.

    I cannot put my finger on it, but this is a bright and shiny baby, sure to be a soulful award winner in the next couple of years.

    Julian Moncada, Jonathan Abbott and Jonathan Barnbrook jointly designed Doctrine Sans and Doctrine Stencil in 2013 at Virus.

    Together with Jonathan Barnbrook and Ryuhei Nakadai, he designed Resolution and Resolution Blackletter (2015): A family of display typefaces that were developed as part of a creative response to the political situation in Northern Ireland.

    Codesigner with Jonathan Barnbrook of Sora (2019; free at Google Fonts and Github), Bourgeois Rounded (2019) and Bourgeois Slab (2019).

    Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Julian Morey
    [Club 21]

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    Juliana Cioffi

    Linz, Austria-based designer of the geometric modular typeface Module (2018), which has a stencil substyle. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juliana Figueiredo

    Rio de Janeiro-based designer of the stencil typeface Urban (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julie Caron Konaté

    Julie Caron\0Konaté studied at ECV Lille. Lambersart or Lille, France-based designer of the oriental mood typeface Rising Sun (2017), the display typeface Dita von Teese (2016), Transparence (2016, based on the architecture in Lille), and the stencil typeface Suggestion (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julie Soudanne

    French type designer. Her typefaces include:

    • Typefaces designed during her graphic design studies at ECV in Paris: the pixelish typeface QR Code (2014), an untitled modular typeface (2014), Wagon (2015, a modular expressionist typeface), and Electra Text (2015, a futuristic version of Dwiggins's Electra).
    • At Type@Paris in 2015, she created the angular text typeface Pressure which has strong calligraphic roots.
    • In 2016, Alisa Nowak, Julie Soudanne and Jean-Baptiste Morizot co-designed Graphico (Indian Type Foundry): Its letterforms are industrial and square-sided. The typeface looks like the product of precision mechanics: it should be featured together with tech---either old tech like appliances or watches, or new tech like apps and laptop stands.
    • In 2016, Julie published the art deco sans typeface Eileen: Eileen is named after the Irish furniture designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976). She was a pioneering Modernist, and this typeface is a fitting typographic tribute to her work.
    • At Indian Type Foundry, Jérémie Hornus and Julie Soudanne co-designed the Spencerian calligraphic copperplate style script typeface Spencerio (2016).
    • Tabular (2016): a monospaced programming font by Jérémie Hornus and Julie Soudanne for Indian Type Foundry. See also Tabular at Fontshare.

      In 2016, Julie Soudanne and Jérémie Hornus designed the condensed movie title and credit typeface Title.

    • Papelli (Indian Type Foundry, 2016): an informal typeface family by Alisa Nowak and Julie Soudanne.
    • In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Julie Soudanne and Alisa Nowak designed the attractive titling didone typeface Zesta.
    • Clother (Jeremie Hornus, Julie Soudanne, Ilya Naumoff, 2017, at Black Foundry). This geometric sans workhorse covers also Cyrillic, Hebrew and Arabic.
    • Baro (2018). A geometric layerbale typeface family published by Indian Type Foundry.
    • Interlink (Indian Type Foundry). A monolinear all caps stencil typeface characterized by many stencil ligatures.

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    Julien Gernez

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of La DK Danse (futuristic stencil) and Gibon. Aka Gibus. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julien Thébault

    Frenchman from Montpellier who left France for North America in 2009. He created the display typefaces The Wave Font and Dandy in 2013. Baby (2013) is a wonderful cuddly typeface.

    At Fontyou in 2014, he published the modular kitchen tile typeface Dorum FY with Gia Tran.

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Julio Dui

    Brazilian designer associated with Mono Artes Graficas in Sao Paulo. Creator of Mandinga at Burritos do Brasil (1998). Other typefaces by Dui include Jardelina (connect the dots face), GK (stencil), Burti (sans), Original (shaded caps), Nitra Mono (techno), Samakaka (organic sans), Ngola (stencil), Kapital, Federal, Secreta, and Esportiva.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Julius Woodard

    Born in Virginia in 1980 and based in Georgia, Julius Woodard designed the rounded squarish Cyrillic simulation typeface Moshka (2012) and its military sister, Moshka Stencil (2012).

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Junior Curotto

    Creative director in Londrina, Brazil. With Felipe Ramazzoti, he designed the free stencil typeface Bunkr (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Juraj Chrastina

    Freelance designer from Slovakia, b. 1981, Zilina. He set up shop at MyFonts in 2009. His typefaces:

    • 2009: Stanislawski (display sans), Bonatti (simplified sans), Motyka (an octagonal family).
    • 2010: Cassin (dingbats), Birkenmajer (blackletter and curly), Ruman (a piano key font not unlike many of the modular fonts made over at FontStruct), Komarnicki (geometric---it is largely based on arcs of a circle), Batura (ornaments), Flexi Social Icons (a set of 64 social network and media buttons), Messner (a hairline sans), Kammerlander (a high-contrast all caps Peignotian face that Juraj claims is well suited for fashion mags), Runout (a black marker face), Walker (a floral dingbat face), Trango (an unevenly spaced fun childish hand-printed face), Chogolisa (an elliptical sans family).
    • 2011: Primitive Icons (dingbats), Manaslu (his first cartoon font), Baltoro Sans (humanist sans), Masherbrum Slab Thin (hairline slab for fashion mags), Latok (a fat keyhole-themed art deco display face), Makalu (a flower dingbat typeface inspired by the lovely drawings of the famous illustrator Zdenìk Miler), Besley Hand (hand-printed didone), Ambassador (a hairline roman capitals face, ideal for glossy fashion mags. Its high-contrast Peignotian companion is Snob), Greenhorn (a comic book face), Gamba (an elliptical typeface), Valibuk (a strong black sans headline face), Lomidrevo (a grunge stencil derived from Valibuk), Baronessa (hand-printed poster face), Baron (hand-printed poster face).
    • 2012: Rumbarak (inspired by the titles of a few old Czech movies for children), Boudoir (a hand-printed poster face), Fimfarum (a wonderful set of hand-printed poster typefaces that can be mixed and matched for certain effects).
    • 2013: Gentleman (a sans family from hairline to black), Amundsen (an all-caps stencil typeface), Smart Labels (badges), Lustig (an interlocking poster font), Hilton Sans and Hilton Serif (fashion mag headline typefaces kerned and spaced by Igino Marini), Handy Labels, Loco (a counterless geometric art deco face), Charmante (hand-drawn poster typeface).
    • 2014: Fram (an uppercase stencil typeface for Latin and Cyrillic), General (neutral sans family with a very thin hairline weight).
    • Fonts from 2015: Vagabundo (hand-brushed), Britva (a glaz krak typeface derived from Valibuk).
    • Typefaces from 2016: Gerlach Sans, Gibon (a cartoon font).
    • Typefaces from 2017: Mysteria (hipster sans).
    • Typefaces from 2019: Freud (a 9-style sans).

    Pic. Myfonts link. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. Fontspring link. Behance link.

    Showcase of Juraj Chrastina's typefaces at MyFonts. Behance link.

    View Juraj Chrastina's typefaces. Showcase of Juraj Chrastina's typefaces at MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Jurriaan Schrofer

    Dutch Bauhaus era designer, b. Den Haag, 1926, d. Amsterdam, 1990, known for his photography book design and letterin projects. He drew some alphabets, one of which led James Mattison to create the digital stencil font Schrofer (2009). The Sans Serious family by John Skelton is also a revival.

    Jan Middendorp writes in Dutch Type: Schrofer made several attempts to create complete typefaces---one of which was wittily called Sans Serious---but this was never his goal. "Is it necessary", he wrote, "to make complete alphabets with upper and lowercase, figures, diacritics and seriously adorned with a name, when the aim is merely a formal investigation into basic recipes". Schrofer's domain was never the design of typographic alphabets, to be used by other designers, but always the creation of letterforms "made to measure" (Letters op maat) as part of his own designs of---mainly---book covers and postage stamps. He created a rectangular alphabet as the basic element of his ever-changing covers---each based of the same grid but colored differently---for a series of scientific books, "Les textes sociologiques" from Mouton Publishers. He made sophisticated pixel-based letters, all drawn by hand, and experimented with photographic screens as a means of distinguishing simplified letterforms from the background. He created logotypes built from custom-made letterforms, based on rectangular grids. [...] In his booklet Letters op maat (Type made to measure, 1987), Schrofer presented many of his experimental alphabets from the 1960s and '70s. The booklet was part of a series of goodwill publications edited by Wim Crouwel for Lecturis Printers, Eindhoven.

    In 2018, Ron Ruedisueli attempted to digitize all of Schrofer's alphabets in a special series at FontStruct called STF Letters Op Maat. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Just Font You
    [Ian Irwan Wismoyo]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1991) of the free typefaces Never Old (2013), Perwolesan (2013, a wide face), and Amalia Mutia (2013, stencil face).

    In 2014, he designed Amelian Script, Modiaro, Boneless, Helltown (spurred), Handoubt, Bowney Marowney (heavy brush face), Jackham, Abegnale (a weathered typeface), Scamfuk (brush) and Skumfuk (a brush typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: Vissal (brush script), Loveton.

    Typefaces from 2016: The Glamz (dry brush style), Skinny Jeans, Don't Click Me (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Battersweet (calligraphic script), Beyouty Script, Yellove, Aesthetik (monoline script), Sparkplugs Biker Rebel, Steady Bonanza (watercolor brush in Sans and Script), Keep Scrolling, Clickbait (dry brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Mittens, Abundant Script, Best Part (script), Always Love, Breakfast & Chill, Don't Click Me, Forefarmers, Aesthetik Script, SparkPlug, Bride Style (wedding script), Sweet Patterson (calligraphic).

    Typefaces from 2019: Quisas (handcrafted), Impulsa (a rough brush font).

    Typefaces from 2020: Brelie.

    Typefaces from 2021: Raitor, (sportsy; futuristic), Strippy (inpired by posters from the 1990s), Kabal (a bold display serif), Fontatonic (a bold display sans), Pomp Adore (a fashion mag sans).

    Typefaces from 2022: Grasond (art deco).

    Just Font You link. Fontspace link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Just in Type (was: Tipomovel)
    [Tony de Marco]

    Just in Type (ex-Tipomovel) is a Brazilian foundry run by Tony de Marco (b. 1963) and his brother Caio de Marco in Sao Paulo since 2005. They were joined later by Diego Maldonado. Tony de Marco was an illustrator for Folha de S. Paulo, 1987-1994. He co-edits Tupigrafia with Claudio Rocha Franco.

    As a type designer, he created over 50 typefaces for the newspaper Noticias Populares, for America Online, and the magazines Moderna, Saraiva, FTD and Atica. Free fonts at the Tipomovel site included Ariana, Beabá, Bloco, CyberComix, Cyber Rounded, Cyber-Zinha, Digital Typewriter, Egly (my favorite--a Bodoni with curly serifs), Futura Vítima, Futura Vítima Bold, Futura Vítima Extra Bold, Games, Genoveva, Helvetica Backlight, Illinoise, Macmania Bold, Neurastenic, Notícias Populares, Oficina Bold, Pin ups, Pixel, Pravda, Sequestro, Simbolo, Splash, Stalin, Sumô, Super Braille (created for the Dorina Nowill Foundation), Times Change, Tipografia, Toxic Bodoni, Web Power, Zine. Samba LT (2003, Linotype, designed with Carlo de Marco; this art deco typeface was inspired by the lettering art of J. Carlos, a Brazilian illustrator during the early 20th century) won an award at the Linotype International Type Design Contest 2003.

    Just in Type typefaces include HallowHell Dingbats (2006, Halloween dingbats), Drop It (2005, dot matrix), Illinoise (2005, techno-grunge, by Tony and Caio de Marco), Kindergarten (a school font), Pixel Zoo (2008, dingbats), Inferno Dingbats (2008), Brazil Pixo Retro (2007, rune simulation), Fractal (2010), Concreta (2011, a stencil typeface in the style of Josef Albers, done with Niko Fernandez).

    In 2012, Tony de Marco and Diego Maldonado co-designed Garoa (a black rounded sans). Influenced by Herb Lubalin, it was derived from the free font Garoa Hacker Clube (done with Diego Maldonado).

    In 2014, Bernardo Faria and Tony de Marco created the masculine typeface family Terrorista, and wrote this blurb: Terrorista is a homage to everyone who fought against the Millitary Regime in Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The Terrorista Marighella features generous inktraps, fits perfect for small sizes. Terrorista Dilma has the same design as the Marighella, but without inktraps, made for display. The last typeface from the package is Terrorista Lamarca, stencil version. This is the font for the political propaganda machine.

    Completely in line with Tony's exuberant and delightfully mischievous views, he published Represent (2017), a typeface with sexual orientation symbols that can be compared with Luc Devroye's own Sekushii font from 2002.

    In 2019, Tony de Marco and Monica Rizzolli released the free octagonal typeface family Tomorrow at Just in Type. Github link. Open Font Library link.

    Typefaces from 2020: Letrix1 (a programmed experimental variable font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Just Pixo (a seven-weight pixacao font by Tony de Marco and Monica Rizzolli designed for monumental type sizes and vertical alignments, and released by Latinotype; +a variable font).

    Fontspace link. MyFonts link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Just My Type
    [J. Randall Harris]

    Just My Type is a type foundry that was founded in 2012 by J. Randall (or Randy) Harris (b. 1947, Marion, IN) in Tucson, AZ. Harris is a graphic and type designer who has been making typefaces since 1997. He teaches at the Art Institute of Tucson. His typefaces from 2013: Megatropolis (a stackable deco font system), Historic Warehouse (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2012: Happenstance (a lovely retro-futuristic script), Illuminations Woodcut, Yule Love It (Christmas time dingbats), Gawain (based on the hand of Gawain Douglas), Oaxaca (a Mexican look face), Boxy Code, Channel B (a rounded monoline sans), Curves, Puzzle, Dempsey (based on the writing of Tucson film teacher, media artist and programmer, Vikki Dempsey), Chilespice, Strata, Deco Donut, Jiminy (a comic book face), Invites (a roundish upright script that intends to recreate the 1920s spirit), Hunky Chunky (an obese poster face), the hand-printed typeface Carissa, Got Milk, Cutting Corners, Astro (retro-futurustic), Dix (2012: a slabby wood style typeface inspired by the poster for the 1929 film Redskin, and a desire to create a black Edwardian font with an offbeat serif), and the monoline rounded stripped-down sans typeface family Laszlo (2012: the name is an homage to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy of Bauhaus fame).

    Kolega (2012) is a constructivist typeface family that consists of Kolega, Kolega Tall, and Kolega Podrobska (fake comrade).

    Steampipe (2012) is an ironwork, Jules Verne, wrought iron and time machine font.

    Los Muertos (2012) is a Halloween font.

    Typefaces from 2013: Megatropolis (a stackable deco font system).

    In 2014, he created the art deco typeface HG Welles, which was originally designed for a privately-published luxury edition of The Time Machine.

    Behance link. J Randall Harris Design link. Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Just One Dollar

    Designer of icons and typefaces.

    • Typefaces: Dinon (2017), Jubi (2017), Shavo (2017), Tallino (2017), Linus (2017), Ropeo (2017: hanging letters), Bazo (2017: circular sans), Quma (2017: titling sans), Xolo (2017), Massias Neo (2017), Massias (2015), Wolme (2015: deconstructed sans), Aruca (2015: stencil), Frow (2015).
    • Icons: Islamic, Fitness (2015), Communication, Marketing, Commerce, Analytics, Christmas (2015), Clothes (2015).
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    Just van Rossum

    Dutch experimental nutty (in the good sense!) and prolific type designer (b. Haarlem, 1966) who created famous fonts such as Beowolf, Brokenscript, BeoSans, Trixie, Flixel (FUSE 2), and Schulbuch. He is also a font software expert who has initiated many ideas in the areas of type software. He teaches type design and programming at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK) in Den Haag, The Netherlands, both in the bachelor graphic design program as well as in the Type and Media master course.

    Just graduated in 1989 from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK), where he studied under Gerrit Noordzij. After stints at Monotype in the UK and MetaDesign in Berlin he became an independent type designer, focusing on software design for type. He collaborated with Erik van Blokland under the name LettError. It is at that time that he published FF Beowolf has been included in the permanent collection of the MoMa in New York. He co-wrote RoboFog with Petr van Blokland in the mid-nineties, which can be regarded as a forerunner of RoboFont, and has been a very influential scripting type design tool in Python. His TTX/FontTools library is a crucial building block for lots of font software. He also wrote the original version of the DrawBot application.

    He designed Phaistos (1990-1991, the Font Bureau, with David Berlow), which was inspired by the flared angular designs of Rudolf Koch such as Locarno). Designer or co-designer at LettError of LettErrorRobot-Chrome (2001), FFTrixie (X-files original), FF Advert (1991, a flared sans family), FF Justlefthand, FF Schulschrift (1991; in versions A, B and C following the German school script recommendations), FF StampGothic (1992), FF Confidential (1992, grunge), FF Karton (1992, a grungy stencil face), FF Flightcase (1992, a grungy didone stencil), FF Dynamoe (1992, a dymo label font, white on black), FF Hands, FF Brokenscript (1990, blackletter), Federal, and the random font Beowolf (1990, with Erik van Blokland).

    FF Schulbuch (1991-1992) is a series of fonts based on the historical textbook types used in Northern and Southern Germany, and Bavaria. The Nord (North) variant is the closest relative of Helvetica. At FUSE 11, he designed What You See/What You Get (with Erik van Blokland).

    Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on The Sound of Shapes & Shape of Sounds.

    Bio at Emigre. FontShop link. Klingspor link. FontFont link.

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    Justin Daniels
    [Creative Juncture]

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    Justin Greene

    Los Angeles-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Chloe Lavender (2016, connected signage script), Black Coffee (2016), Wooden Atelier (2016, a weathered stencil font), Explore (2016), Caleb (2016, free) and Savannah (2016). He also designed the blackletter typeface Religion (2016).

    Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Justin Thomas Kay
    [Version Type Foundry (was: Industrial-Organic.Net)]

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    Jürgen Weltin
    [Typematters.de]

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    J.W. Joy

    Student of Graphic & Web Design at DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College). FontStructor who made Old Stencil (2012, thin stencil face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    K and T

    Foundry in the UK. Creators of the modular or gridded typefaces K&T Heidi (2009, an almost stencil typeface inspired by the pennant numbers on British Royal Navy warships), K&T Martine (2009, octagonal) and K&T Sasha (2009, tile face). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    K22 Fonts
    [Toto]

    Quezon City or Kyusi (Philippines)-based designer of revivals and opportunistic typefaces, who is quite active on newsgroups like alt.binaries.fonts. His production is impressive:

    • Typefaces from Dan Solo's books: Pluto Outline (2012), a 3d beveled typeface from page 82 of Solo's Outline Alphabets. K22 Angular Text (2012, an interpretation of Herman Ihlenburg's 1884 Victorian typeface Angular Text at MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan), K22 Helve Cursive (based on Helvetica Serif by Dan Solo; other digitizations include Pen Tip (WSI) and Renania (Intellcta)), K22 Spiral Swash (Victorian), K22 Athenian Wide (2011: K22 Athenian Wide is Athenian Wide on page 5 of Circus Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo; see also Tobias SSK), K22 TriLine Gothic (2011, a multiline art deco typeface based on Ross F. George's TriLine Gothic from 1956), K22 Timbuctu (2011: this is the Arabic simulation typeface Timbuctu on page 73 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces and on page 95 of Special Effects and Topical Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo), K22 Didoni (2011, + Swash: a fat typeface based on Didoni from page 33 of Swash Letter Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo and also on page 140 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces), K22 K22 Eureka (2010, based on Eureka from Dan X. Solo's book "Circus Alphabets, 100 Complete Fonts"), K22 Monastic (2010, based on Monastic from Victorian Display Alphabets by Dan X. Solo), Solo Ornaments (2003, based on Solo's books), K22 Eclair (2010, a decorative Western typeface Toto found in Dan X. Solo's book on Victorian alphabets, but which in fact dates back to Hans Brehmer in 1868), K22 Karnak Deco (2009, a slab serif based on Karnak Deco from the Moderne Alphabets by Dan X. Solo and published by Dover Publications in 1999).
    • Revivals of Letraset phototypes: K22 Lucifer No. 1 (2012, a beveled neon-look face).
    • Typefaces from 101 Alphabets (W. Ben. Hunt and Ed. C. Hunt, The Bruce Publishing Company, New York, 1958): Saisa (2011, art deco face), K22 Amihan (2011, an art deco face, after this original).
    • MICR fonts: K22 GKW Computer (2011, a MICR font which is based on KW Computer from ATF, and looks very similar to Moore Computer), Auto Mission (2011, after Auto Mission was derived from the MICR font Automation Shaded on page 3 of Solo's Special Effects and Topical Alphabets, and is more complete than Otto Mason SH, the Soft Horizon digitization of Automation).
    • Fonts based on work by Ross F. George: K22 TriLine Gothic (2011) is based on Tri-Line Gothic by Ross F. George in Speedball Text Book, 17th Edition, 1956.
    • K22 Xanthus (2012, based on Xanthus Computer, a dry transfer (or rub-on) font from Mecanorma).
    • K22 Stile Ballmer (2011, after an art deco typeface made by Walter Ballmer for Olivetti), Mallary (2011, based on Mallary from page 43 of Dan X. Solo's Moderne Alphabets).
    • K22 Landi Linear (2011, after Nebiolo's Landi Linear).
    • Le Pochoir (2011, an art deco stencil typeface (à la Futura Stencil) based on an alphabet from Plate 40 of La Lettre dans la Peinture et la Publicité by Jean Joveneaux, Paris, 1987), Le Pochoir Creux (2011), Lettre dans le decor (2011, based on an alphabet from "La Lettre dans le Decor et la Publicité Modernes").
    • Splash Gordon (2011, +Inline; after the title of Flash Gordon, the movie).
    • Soccer shirt fonts: Brooks Chile (2011, used by Chile in the 2010 world cup), SwitchImage FC Copenhagen (2011, used by FC Kopenhagen), Azmie WC2010 South Korea (2010), SwitchimageACMilan (2010), FCBarcelona (2010), Azmie WC2010 United States (2010), Azmie WC2010 England (2010), Azmie WC2010 Australia (2010), Azmie WC2010Brazil (2010, based on a vector image by Kuala Lumpur-based Azmie for the Brazilian World Cup team), Azmie WC2010Portugal, Azmie WC2010Netherlands, Azmie2Slovenija-2010, Real Madrid 2011 (2010), ABFonts RCD Mallorca 2012 (based on the shirts of Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, for the 2012-2013 season).
    • K22 EricGill Shadow (2011, after Gill's 1929 face, Gill Sans Shadow 338; and K22 EricGill Shadow Line, an inline version).
    • Sajou Fancy Gothic (2011, based on pages 3 and 4 of Sajou No. 236, a late 19th century French embroidery booklet).
    • RAWB (2010, ultra fat family).
    • Linyat Bilog (2010). A geometric monoline typeface.
    • K22 Ambelyn Condensed (2010, based on Ambelyn Condensed, page 2 of Condensed Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo and also page 21 of The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces where it is called Ambelyn), K22 Spiral Swash (2010, based on Spiral Swash from Dan X. Solo's Swash Letter Alphabets (p79)).
    • Art Jam MakingFaces (2003, a great dingbat font based on designs found in Image Club Graphics' volume 30, called Art Jam).
    • Town Sketches Bandstand (2003, based on volume 35 (Sketches On The Town)).
    • Fonts based on Aridi's designs: Nabel Initials (2005, based on Marwan Aridi's Nabel from the Initial Caps Vol I), Anabel (2005, a simpler version of Nabel Initials), Blister Caps (2005, based on the Blister set from the Aridi Initial Caps Vol. 1), RegalAlt, RegalInitials (2005, based on the Regal set from the Aridi Initial Caps Vol. I), SpringAlt, SpringInitials (2005, based on the Spring set from the Aridi Initial Caps Vol. I), VictorianaAlt, VictorianaInitials (2005, based on the Victoriana set from the Aridi Initial Caps Vol. III), Tuscan Initials (2005, based on more of Marwan Aridi's alphabets), Napoli Initials (2009, more Aridi capitals), Gothic Initials (2009, Aridi-based), Romant Initials (2009, Aridi-based), Royal Initials (2009, Aridi-based), Stone Initials (2009, also based on Aridi).
    • K22 You Know Who (2004, dingbats based on Dark Mark from the Harry Potter books).
    • Gidget Cameo (2004).
    • K22 Xerxes (2003, a stone carving typeface).
    • Dover Birds (2012, based on the Birds Alphabet Coloring Book by Ruth Soffer, Dover Publications).
    • K22 Spotty Face (2012, +Cyrillic) is a dot matrix font based on Tony Huggett's Spotty (Zipatone).
    • K22 Gadget Lined (2012) is an art deco typeface based on Gadget Lined by Peter Bennett at Zipatone. See also K22 Gadget (2014).
    • K22 Lawenta (2012). A teepee-styled typeface (check also Nick Curtis's Wigwam NF). He says: The font is based on the alphabet on page 63 of 101 Alphabets by W. Ben. Hunt and Ed. C. Hunt (The Bruce Publishing Company, New York, 1958).
    • K22 My Didot (2012). This is one of three known digitizations of CBS Didot.
    • K22 Aking Didot (2012). free.
    • K22 Plural (2013) is a revival of the op-art font Plural made in 1971 by Vicente Rojo for the Mexican magazine Plural.
    • Sabbath Paranoid (2018). It is based on the letters used in Paranoid, the 1970 album of Black Sabbath.
    • UP Fighting Maroons (2018). An unreleased custom font based on the sports font on the shirts of the Fighting Maroons at the University of the Philippines. The original Fighting Maroons font, called Maroons (Sharp Strong, Wide) is an octagonal family by AJ Dimarucot, Joanna Malinis of Plus63 Design Co., and Dan Matutina of Plus63 Design Co.
    Alternate URL. Fontspace link. Partial catalog from 2010. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    K22 Foundry
    [Niall Kitching]

    Teesside, UK-based graphic designer. Creator of Poster Slab (2011), Stussy Script (2013, hand-printed), Alycidon (2013, condensed wood face), Tulyar, Tulyar Eroded, Meld Bold Extended, Crepello.

    Typefaces from 2014, all inspired by wood type: Ballymoss, Green Howard, Blackwatch, Saint Paddy, Nimbus Condensed, Pinza Bold Condensed, Deltic Catchwords, Koyli Compressed (letterpress emulation). Tulyar (2015) is a Tuscan eroded woodbloack typeface.

    Typefaces from 2017: CAB Letterpress, Duga Stencil (a Latin / Cyrillic military stencl based on lettering seen in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone).

    Dafont link. Old URL Creative Market link. Aka Kitch 22. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kaeru Gaman

    FontStructor who made these fonts in 2010: Tolouse (LED), BestBefore (dot matrix), PicaBlox (white on black), GardLine (octagonal). In 2009, he designed WarLord Big, WarLordSmall, Nickle Blade, Oldskool Print (stencil), Insects, Flux a Frog (LED stencil) and C64 Hommage (pixel face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kaf Visual Communication

    Beirut, Lebanon-based designer of the stencil typeface Broken (2016, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kai Bernau
    [Atelier Carvalho Bernau]

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    Kaiser Zhar Khan

    Kaiser Zhar Khan (b. 1980, Chile), aka Zanatilja, used to run a new defunct archive called True Type Fonts. He also designed many typefaces himself. The most famous among these is his free African-themed typeface South Afirkas 2100 (2009), which is downloadable from Dafont.

    In 2012, he made Stickerman Bad Times, Rock X Start TFB, Aespiro TFB, Perspectivo TFB (3d face), Desgarvuda (textured face), Estancofida TFB (textured face), LEDisplay TFB, Restroom Signs TFB, Chinese Cally TFB, Discontinuo, Suast Ornad TFB (a textured face), Scoolar TFB (3d face), Katakana TFB, Hiragana TFB, Dragons TFB, Arrows TFB, Old Retro Keys TFB, Pycuaf, Pycuafodi, Dragon Ball TFB, Escaned (texture face), Chess TFB, Seagram TFB, Army Weapons TFB, Stamp Seal TFB, Logos TFB, Scripto TFB, Another Ornaments TFB, Vintage Auto Cars TFB, Simple (a monoline sans), Travesia TFB (information design dings), Music TFB (dingbats), Xmas Cartoon, Wings of Wind TFB, Mickey M TFB, Pincel Handwrite, Jigsaw Pieces TFB, Valentines Day TFB (heart dingbats), Proportional TFB (squarish sans), Stars TFB, Working Signs TFB, Signs Language TFB, Ornaments Labels and Frames, Snowflakes TFB, Christmas Nativity TFB, Chinese Zodiac TFB, Zodiac TFB, Only Skulls, Calendar Note TFB, Sports TFB (sports silhouettes), Old Retro Labels TFB, 11 Vator TFB, Xmas TFB (Christmas dings), Trees TFB, Clothing Logos TFB, Dirty Sweb, Can Dog TFB, Ornaments, Finger Print, Kitty Kats TFB, Batman Logo Evolution TFB, Light TFB (avant garde sans), Digital Display TFB (LED face), Skullx (dingbats), Tribal Tattoo (dingbats), Klingon, The Meme Font (dingbats), Rongorongo (a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island), Strangferfixcs, Hotel Transilvania and Frankenwine.

    Typefaces made in 2013: Pudahuel Sans, Variada TFB (simple circle-and-arc-based sans), Estorea TFB, New LED Board TFB, Rayada TFB (textured face), New Barcode Font TFB, Estrellas TFB (stars), Estrellass (sic) TFB, Spirits Dots Drinks, Mero Ornad TFB (fishnet textured), Toolz TFB, New Stencil TFB, Logocarsbats TFB, Caritons TFB (smilies), Illustrations TFB (scanbats), Edgebat TFB (knives), Crossbats TFB (crosses), Abstrec TFB (organic sans), Frames TFB, BitxMap Font TFB, Austera Simple TFB, Traffic Signs TFB, Extranger Sol TFB, Rifle Bats TFB, New X Digital TFB (LED typeface family), Dasgastada TFB, El Alambre TFB, Punk Not Dead TFB, Triangled TFB, Noxtrey Auf TFB, Cross LED TFB (+Bold), Cursi Extra TFB, Hearts Shapes TFB, Ornamentsss TFB, Eggfaces TFB, Orniste TFB, Shadded TFB (sic) (shadow face), Spoghetti Western (sic) (Italian Far West face), Groovy Font (shaded), Fireguns TFB (dingbats), Only Revolver TFB (dingbats), Aeg Flyon Now (condensed sans), Espinuda TFB, T1 Logoso TFB, Social Logos TFB, Hearts and Flowers for valentines, Astrology Astrological TFB, Ornametss TFB, Astrology TFB, Old Ornaments, Old Foundry Prints TFB, Old seals TFB, English Two Line TFB (pearly alphabet from 1796), Amame TFB (dot matrix face), Fontesda TFB (sketched face), Flowers Dots Bats TFB, Queen Destroy TFB, Bicycle TFB (dingbats), Stone Army, Ancient Weapons TFB, Numismatic Bats TFB, Elizabethan Initials TFB, Anome Ibul, Big Daddy LED, Mavole Sinpo TFB (spurred), Dowted Remix TFB (dot matrix face), QR Font TFB, Another Barcode, Display Free TFB (LED face), Cadabra Debilex, Initials TFB, Music Logos TFB, Toxic Waste TFB, Ornad Dentro TFB, Logos and Logos TFB, Amore Mio, Hearts Shapes TFB, Another X Display TFB (dot matrix), Pro Display TFB (dot matrix), Juino Net, Quiwo Luse TFB, Aliencons Two, Cargante TFB, News Board TFB, Aliencons TFB, Barcode TFB, Birthday Balon TFB, Birds TFB (silhouettes), Le Fish (fish silhouettes), Motos TFB, Love You Too TFB (Valentine's day font), LED LCD 123, Noteame (fat sans), Badopus TFB (monoline script), Estrellado TFB, Love You TFB (Valentine's Day font), Cubs LED TFB (LED / dot matrix typeface), Text Inside TFB (textured face), Kuwa Ronmcie Q (circle-based face), Zebra TFB, Distrogrunge TFB, Carillas TFB (smilies).

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    Kalen Kubik

    Student at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. He created the mysterious Monastery font in 2010, and the logo font Mason in 2011. Also in 2011, he added Valence and Technik (technical fat stencil). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kalidoscopio
    [Juan Pablo del Peral]

    Juan Pablo del Peral (b. 1984), aka Cocosaurio, is an Argentinian graphic designer who lives in Mendoza. He graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, and from FADU-UBA (in 2009: the graduation typeface was Alegreya HT). He is also a member of Fontana Diseño.

    Creator of the novel sans family Kalidoscopio (2006). Award winner at Tipos Latinos 2010 for Parque Chas (done with Sol Matas) and for Kalidoscopio. See also here and here.

    He joined Huerta Tipográfica, where he published Kalidoscopio HT, Alegreya HT (serif family), and Parque Chas HT. Alegreya is free and available, with TeX support, at CTAN.

    At Google Font Directory, he published the free fat finger typeface Gochi Hand (2011) and Alegreya Sans (2013) and Alegreya Sans SC (2013), both humanist sans versions of Alegreya. The open source version of Alegreya is Akiza Sans (2015, Huerta Tipografics).

    At Tipos Latinos 2012, he won the grand prize for Alegreya ht Pro. Alegraya also won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. Juan Pablo also won awards for the flared typeface Acme (display type category). Acme is free at OFL and Huerta Tipografica.

    Further typefaces from 2014 include Rozel Cut Cut, a free OFL stencil version of Alegreya created by Johan Morgane, published by Huerta Tipografica.

    Sahitya (2015, Google Web Fonts) is a Devanagari typeface family based on the Latin Alegreya fonts. Juan Pablo del Peral designed the Latin, and led the design of the Devanagari with Sol Matas.

    His free text typeface family Piazzolla won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018. Google Fonts link. Github link.

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    Kalle Graphics
    [Karl Martin Sætren]

    KalleGraphics is the portfolio of Oslo-based Karl Martin Sætren, a Norwegian multi-disciplinary freelance designer focused on visual identity, art-direction, typography, photography, graphic design and other various kinds of eye candy. He is based in Oslo.

    His modular sensual rounded stencil typeface Curb Desire (2008) deserves an award! Carved Blox (2010) is a counterless ultra-fat face. Chiseled (2010) is a beveled face. EcoLeaf (2009) is part stencil, part organic.

    Free fonts: Kilogram (2010, art deco sans display face), Alpharuler (2010, grunge), Disco Sans and Disco Deco (2009, art deco, counterless), Circle Script (2008; all outlnes are parts of arcs), Ribbon (2008, multiline), Softsquare (2008), Cable Script (2008, paperclip face; and its variation, Cable Climb).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    kame Design (was: kametype)
    [Joachim Müller-Lancé]

    Joachim Müller-Lancé is a German designer (born St. Wendel, Saar, 1961), who was trained in Basel and at the Cooper Union in New York. He had his own studio in Barcelona, where he taught information design at Elisava School. He was lead information designer for Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco for 3 years. Currently, he lives in Umkirch near Freiburg and/or San Francisco. Timeline of his achievements:

    • 1993. His Lancé type family (FF Lancé) won him the coveted Morisawa award in 1993.
    • His typefaces Flood (brush), Ouch and Shuriken Boy are available from Adobe.
    • He designed the kanji/Latin typeface Shirokuro, which won two awards at the 1999 Morisawa Awards.
    • 1996. He created an outline face.
    • 1997. He established kametype in 1997. Emodigi site.
    • 2001. In 2001, he started up Typebox with Mike Kohnke. His fonts there include Monodular (2003), Tiny Tim and TX Cortina (1997, an LED style face). At Bukvaraz 2001, he won awards for Nichiyou Daiku, Shuriken, Pesaro and Shirokuro.
    • 2002. He co-designed the dingbat font TXSignal Signifort (Typebox) with eight others.
    • 2006. At AND in 2006, he created the hand signal dingbat font H-AND-S together with Jean-Benoît Lévy, Diana Alisandra Stoen, Sylvestre Lucia and Mike Kohnke.
    • 2011. In 2011, he published Uppercut Angle (Delve Fonts), which was originally developed for the Krav Maga training center of San Francisco. Also at Delve, he (re-)published the futuristic family Cortina in that year. With Ernesto Gonzalez Serros, he co-designed Chato.
    • 2012. With Erik Adigard of MAD Design in Sausalito, he created the rounded octagonal monospace typeface family Oktal Mono (Delve Fonts).
    • 2015. Owlphabet (a decorative caps font).
    • 2015. Fleisch Wolf & Wurst: a fun German expressionist blackletter typeface.
    • 2015. Stenciletta (Delve Fonts).

    Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Creative market link.

    View Joachim Müller-Lanceé's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kamil Kwapinski

    Gdansk, Poland-based designer of the semi-stencil compass-and-ruler typeface White Graphic (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kari Elizabeth Stevenson

    Designer (b. 1980) of the experimental stencil font RAMI (2003). Kari Elizabeth Stevenson is based at UW-Stout in Menomonie, WI. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Karim Latrous

    Frenchman Karim Latrous (aka JayeW73) designed the techno stencil typefaces Agressiv (2010), Warriorz 73 (2011), and Block Jaye W73 (2010). He also made the beautiful Indian look typeface Dirty Vega (2011) and the experimental typeface Nelly (2011). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Karin Huschka

    German designer of Linotype Authentic (1999, sans, serif, stencil), Chineze Dragon (2002, Linotype, a dingbat font) and Picture Yourself (2003, Linotype, with Peter Huschka), which won an award at the Linotype International Type Design Contest 2003. FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Karl Martin Sætren
    [Kalle Graphics]

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    Kash Singh

    Graduate of Bedford College. Bedford, UK-based designer of the free hipster typeface Kontanter (2014) and the free rounded octagonal stencil typeface Marske (2014).

    In 2015, he nade the free Latin / Cyrillic sans headline typeface Natasha. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kasper Pyndt Rasmussen
    [Approximate Type]

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    Kat Gilbert

    During her Graphic Design studies at Central Saint Martins in London, American / Austrian Kat Gilbert created a modular stencil typeface (2013) and a triangular experimental typeface called Sparkle Tune or Sparkling Tunes (2013), which was custom-made for a music band. She also made a stencil typeface in Phil Baines's course in 2013.

    In 2018, she designed the triangulated typeface Gridlocked. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kate Peters
    [Burghal Design]

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    Katerina Yanchuk

    Kiev, Ukraine-based designer of the rounded monoline color stencil font Yanchuk Kate (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Katsuhiro Otomo

    Katsuhiro Otomo created the (free) stencil-like truetype font Memories (1998) at Ryoppei & Studio KPI. The glyphs of Memories are just letters replaced by lookalikes, aka hacker fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kayra Paköz

    Izmir, Turkey-based designer of the stencil typeface Never Argue With A Fool (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kazimir Samoscanec

    Graphic designer in Zagreb, Croatia. He created these stencil typefaces: Pediker (2013, octagonal military font), Monk (2013, fat and slabbed). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kazunori Yamazaki
    [Viewlogic]

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    KC Fonts
    [Kevin Christopher]

    Canadian creator (b. Regina, SK) of the free typefaces Subway Novella (2011, grunge), Death From Above (2011, grunge), My Girl is Retro (2011, grunge), Eclipse (2011, shadow face), Chemical Reaction (2011, grunge), Shotgun Wedding (2011, grunge), Smoke in the Woods (2011, grunge), Indie Press (2011, texture face), Fat Cat (2011), Bluprint (2011), Square Flo (2011), Serial Publication (2011, grunge), Criminology (2011, textured face), Yoghurt (2011, curly script), Crashed Out (2011, textured face), Scribble Box (2011, sketched), Demento (2011), Verbal Diarrhea (2011), Ol' Cowboy (2011, grunge), Urban Jungle (2011, grungy caps-only face), Overcast Skies (2011, grunge), Good Morning Afternoon (2011) and Seedy Motel (2011). He also made the hand-printed Western Swagger (2011), the grungy mural typeface family Media Blackout (2011), the white on black typeface All Ages (2011), In The Garden (2011), Past Due (2011, didone grunge), and the drippy Rainy Day Vandal (2011).

    Commercial typefaces: Pewter (2012), Varsity Playbook (2012, sketched), Subway Novella (2012).

    Typefaces made in 2012: This Line-Up (grungy), None Shall Pass (grungy stencil), Black Asylum (horror movie grunge), Jonze (rubber stamp grunge), Main Event (grunge), Pewter, Black Asylum (grunge), Transit Diplay (noisy), Muddy Tractor, Load up on guns (grunge), Tragic Vision (grunge), Closure, Rocky Shore (grunge), Kraft Nine, Hooverville (copperplate/engraved typeface), Misery Loves Company, All Ages (grunge), By The Throat (scribbly, fat), Faded Memory, Varsity Playbook, Headliner No. 45 (a heavy poster face), Dro (another poster face), The Biz (grunge), Scorched Earth, Gunslinger (grungy wood type), Friday Night Lights (athletic lettering), Noises in the Attic (grunge), Jonze and Jonzing (grungy poster typeface in the style of Veneer).

    Typefaces made in 2013: Misdemeanor (grungy stencil), Intaglio (grunge), Outliner No 45.

    Typefaces from 2017: Type Xero (grungy and texrtured).

    Dafont link. Home page. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Keith Bates
    [K-Type]

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    Keith Tricker
    [Studio K]

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    Kelge

    South African designer (perhaps based in London) of the stencil typeface Radio Edit (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kentaro Morita

    Sydney, Australia-based designer of the stencil typeface Ardent (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kernclub

    A font vendor specializing is funky, vernacular and groovy display type. The presentation and style goes hand in hand with the famous Filipino jeepneys. Their catalog in early 2021: acid bleach, acme hand, anva hell, battle hammer, beebosloth, boned, broken saddle, bubble serif, cheatin snakes sans, chinatown market, club neon, cobra hand, cold english, corpse bride, dagsen, darthaniel, distressed unrest, dj hi-jacker, drag race, earth alien, elderly english, envoyer, executioner, found , funk wagon, future funk, gangster sans, gangster script, golden trail, graffiti cringe, heavy crown, heirobrick, heisman, ill hand, kato bubble, kato hand, kern hotel, kern mansion, kernageddon, kernicus, kerninator, leisure park, liquid, lisa hand, luxury label, magic hand, maui wowie, merlot bevel, monroe, monroe serif, nalinak, neoglyph, obsessed compressed, old dinglish, old kernish, orale sans, painted hand, pixel hand, power slam, psycho serif, purple cat, radio sans, ragsak, rattle hand, rod iron, round up, rude life, sanctum of snakes, shadofax condensed, shopslumpscontactlicense simple sans, sketchy burger, soggy centers, starflower, stone cold fox, striker sans, tall english, tallboy, temple of sorrow, thrash blade, thumper, topia, trip serif, tropic sign, uppercut, upright casual, warlord, wax museum, wonky tonk, wookie script, zacher brush. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kevin Christopher
    [KC Fonts]

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    Kevin He

    Art director in Singapore (b. 1982) who created the (free) bold condensed stencil typeface Kong (2014), the oriental ink art-inspired fashion mag titling typeface D'Lotus (2015), and the free futuristic display typeface Capsule (2015).

    Dafont link. Behance link. J&K Viscom link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Khairil Anwar Husain
    [Jetsmax (was: Riljs, or: Typograph Pro)]

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    Khaito Gengo

    Khaito Gengo (Des Moines, WA, and Seattle, WA) graduated from High School in Australia. From 2005 to 2008, he worked as a graphic designer at his father's interior design company, Gengo Space Design Institute, in Japan. After that, he graduated from Highline Community College, WA, and was mentored by Laura Worthington. Sola (2011) is a minimalist modern sans serif type typeface with rounded corners. It features a standard set of information design pictograms. Asbel (2011) is an octagonal family. Hideko (2011) is midway between sans and serif, and is rooted in Japanese calligraphy. Air Factory (2011) is a simple geometric sans work horse family, that includes a Stencil style and Air Factory Rounded (2012, by Pablo Balcells, according to MyFonts---can this be correct?).

    In 2012, he published Mr and Mrs Peter, Garamono (a pattern font).

    Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Khalid Al-Mazrouei
    [Kmaz]

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    Kim

    This stencil font archive has Alpha Bold, Dirty Dozen, Due Date (by Digital Type Slut) and Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kim Stassar

    Kim Stassar works at Blanco Design in Amsterdam as graphic designer. Her first font, Blanco (2010), is a geometric stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kimberly Winder

    Creator of a revival of the paper-fold stencil typeface Norton Tape (2012) at Photo-Lettering. This typeface was originally designed by S.E. Norton for Photo-Lettering. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kinetikai

    FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: In Tension, Pixelhinge (Blueprint, Original and Darksquare), Concerned Citizen (stencil), Dimensions (3d face), Hip 2 Be Square (very fat family), and Staring Down The Barrel. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kingdom Pixels (or: Reding)
    [Jose A. Puche]

    Kingdom Pixels (or: Reding) is a design group in Spain. Reding on Behance. Kingdom Pixels on Behance. It is run by Spanish graphic designer, illustrator and art director Jose A. Puche, who is based in Madrid.

    They developed the custom stencil typeface eGruyère (2011). Other typefaces include Sommerschule Type (2012, a signage face), and Foamy Type (2012, morbidly obese and rounded: free for the price of a Twitter).

    In 2016, Puche designed the semi-stencil typeface Anchor (2016) and the colorful decorative caps typeface Royal Bali (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    KI's Atelier Moonglow

    Japanese foundry, est. 2003, which made the (incomplete) kana/Latin display font Doraemoji, the Hankyu Station font, 55font*, DOUTOR (stencil), The-Font-of-DRUAGA-, guruhude (curly kana), HABBO, KAIJI-no-"ZAWA", Laundry, PSX! (2003, futuristic design), Quintetto, UNAO-JAPON-PRO (handwritten kanji face), UNAO-JAPON, UO-FONT, womusubikun, Strawberry (2004), Goonies (2004), Siusendo (2004, handwritten kanji face), Hentaikana (2004), Osushi (2004, sushi ding font), Strawberry, Ozen (2004, sushi ding font). Alternate URL. Font names: 70:nine-round, Akou-47, 70:ARAHABIKA, 70:BIKKORO, 70:D-FONT, DORAEMOJI, 70:DOTTY-SQUARE, 70:DOUToU, 70:The-Font-of-DRUAGA, 70:GOOONIES, GuruguruFudemoji, 70:HABOBO, 70:Hankyu-Station, HenTaiKana, 70:O-DE-N, 70:O-SU-SHI, 70:PSPS, 70:Quintetto, 70:reclining-chair, Siusen-Do-Font, Siusen-Do-Font, 70:SPOOK, 70:-STRAWBERRY-, 70:Sakura-Valuation-Stamp, 70:Syouwa-Nostalgie, 70:TIROLING, 70:TOYBOX, UNAO-JAPON-pro--new--, UNAO-JAPON-PRO, UNAO-JAPON, 70:UO-FONT, 70:womusubikun, 70:Wonta, 70:ZAWA-ZAWA, 70:Laundry, 70:Mushroom-Land, 70:M*O*O*N*G*L*O*W (moon phases). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kix
    [Christoph Windmueller]

    German designer in Recklinghausen, Germany of First Strike (2008, FontStruct) and First Strike Spaced, a grid-overlay of First Strike. Other FontStruct fonts from 2008: Aria Penci Roman (sketched font), Canned Heat (dingbats), Guttermouth (slab serif), Guttermouth Spaced (dashed version), Guttermouth Bold, Bloc Party Outline Shadowed, BabyBaby (toy blocks), Possibly Winged Polepieces, Skylines, Canned Heat, Simplicity, Stadium, Brussels (inspired by the Atomium), Cardboarder (nice 3d face), Crazytown (a Western font, an hommage to Maurice de Bevere, creator of Lucky Luke, 1923-2001), Itallica, Orica*cut, Orica, Pavement, Moduli, Tinka, Tinka Filled, Moduli, Loreylane, FS United One, (gorgeous sketched letters), babybaby, bellevue, bloc-party-outline-shaded, brussels-contourized, elceedee, eurofiction, horrorhouse, plenum, scratch-me-if-you-can, simplicity, skylines, sophia---superlight (hairline), stadium, werkshalle (Ferrari lettering font?), schachmatt (stitching font).

    In 2009, he added Terence Kill (blackletter), Cellophone, Amanerd (texture face), Drenama, Poster Classic, Midnight Diner, Sunburst, Signo, Multiverse (Basic, Striped, Alaska, Couch), Pointless Task, Broadway (dotted outline), Mostly, Terence Kill (blackletter), Pole Position (dot matrix), Antares 37 (Startrek font), Figure Collection Part 1 (dingbats), and College Pornmag.

    In 2010, he made Motown Motel, Olympic Spirit (dot matrix outlined), Cyclobe Pro (octagonal), Gappy, Burtonesque.

    In 2011, he FontStructed the gorgeous typeface Vuvuzela, Dance (dancing men), and Zapotek (elliptical face), Asgardian, Legendary (eleven movie stars).

    In 2012, he created CMND (outline face) and Equinoxe.

    In 2013, Christoph made the crayon font Grungarian and Histamic.

    Typefaces from 2014: FS Dark Shogun, FS Galaxy Epsilon (3d font), FS Tigerwood (striped font), FS Orica Stencil, FS Moduli, FS Underworld (blackletter), FS Pointless Task (dot matrix font), FS Horrorhouse, FS Werkshalle (one of my favorite fonts in this collection), FS Brussels (connect-the-dots typeface inspired by the Atomium), FS Skylines, FS Signo, FGS Orica, FS Plenum, FSAntares37, FS Old Brewhouse, FS Commander.

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Klajdi Robo

    Designer and illustrator in New York City, who made a great stencil poster entitled New York Fucking City (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Klaudia Krynicka

    During her studies at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Universität der Künste in Berlin in 2014, Klaudia Krynicka set up her own type foundry. She graduated in 2015 and is working now in Berlin.

    Klaudia created the stencil poster typeface Crackle (2014). It was inspired by an advertisement in the polish weekly Tygodnik Powszechny from 1938. The 1937 edition inspired Mauer (2014), a proportional blocky geometric poster typeface.

    In 2015, she made the ribbed textured typeface Leafy. In 2016, she designed the brush typeface Prince for the Berlin-based company Outfittery. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Klaus Bartels
    [Babylon Schrift Kontor]

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    Klaus Sutter

    Designer in 2008 of Iwan Stencil (Linotype), which is a stencil font that updates a 1929 stencil font by Jan Tschichold. The name Iwan refers to the fact that during the 1920's Tschichold went for some time by the name Ivan. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kmaz
    [Khalid Al-Mazrouei]

    Kuwaiti designer of the Latin display typeface Lino (2019) and the Latin stencil typeface Minimal (2019). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Knackpack Studio

    Filipino designer of the heavy brush typefaces Boasterz (2018), Rolling Strokes (2018), Deepshockz (2018), Oh Golds (2018), Toda (2018), Deadly Claws (2018), Blood Seeker (2018), Gorgeously World (2018), Yenoh Brush (2018), Blessed Believer (2018), Freedoomed (2018), Bottomless Script (2018), The Black Festival (2018), Sunshine Melody (2018), Grind & Death (2018), From The Dead (2018) and Act of Rejection (2018). He also designed the grungy typefaces Bring Me A War (2018), Norikee (2018) and Rebel Scene (2018), the handcrafted typefaces Riskera (2018) and The Bad Weather (2018), and the grungy stencil typeface Stay on the Ground (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: The Flast (textured, glitchy), Chaos (a horror brush font), Blondness (brush script), Saerows (dry brush), Strongkey, Blondness (dry brush), Toda, Mt. Blevas (dry brush), Brushmoshi, Deadpack (an inky brush font), Nopia, Blame, Glades (dry brush), Mayhend (brush), College Freaks (athletic lettering), Brutality Yours (brush), Pilitacore (brush). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ko Sliggers
    [Dutchfonts.com]

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    Koeiekat
    [John Wollring]

    John Wollring (aka Koeiekat), b. Amsterdam, 1943, d. 2017, was passionate about type design. John worked in marketing communications in advertising agencies and at Philips. Bronwyn Holmes explains: His love of fonts came from his work in producing advertising and brochures and his close involvement with printers and printing. He was very aware of the power of typography in communication. He retired in Extremadura to a remote mountainous region. Small villages with little distraction except the very wild and beautiful nature so plenty of time for him to spend on typography.

    John Wollring designed these typefaces:

    • The tuxedoed art deco typeface Zig Zag ML (2009, based on Zig Zag, a 1972 alphabet by Marcia Loeb). See also ML ZigZag KK (2013). ML Rainbow KK (2013) is identical.
    • Monotoon KK (2012, monolined and simple).
    • The formal calligraphic typeface Monogram KK (2007, Victorian initials).
    • A revival of Modern Fancies (Lewis F. Day) called Fontenay Fancy (2012).
    • ML Sunglow KK (2012, ornamental caps).
    • HK Display (2012: HK Display KK is a free interpretation of an art deco alphabet designed by Henk Kolkmeyer for a poster for the Veiligheids Museum in Amsterdam).
    • Dwiggins Initials KK (1930, an art deco caps typeface based on an unknown sketch by Dwiggins from 1930).
    • Obese & Square KK (art deco stencil).
    • ML Roxy Initials KK (2012, after Marcia Loeb's Roxy).
    • Open Egmont Kapitalen (2013: an interpretation of Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos' Open Egmont Kapitalen also known as Egmont Inline and Egmont Versalien. Based on a 1935 specimen sheet of Lettergieterij Amsterdam and punctuation based on a 1938 specimen sheet of Intertype. Alternates in the lower case b and r based on a 1951 specimen sheet of the Belgian type foundry Plantin).
    • EA Sports Covers SC (2013).
    • Gotica Moderna KK (2013).

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    Kong Font (or: Gemes Font)
    [Fatimah Dipi]

    Surabaya, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces in 2019: the plump almost bubblegum fonts Cookies Chip, Cookies Bold, Broom, Glowie, Bobba, New Cookies and Chiki, the cartoon fonts Cartoon Cookies, Dolpi, and Boebloe, the squarish (sci-fi) typefaces Klock, Mancha (+ Bold), Maxim, Blades, Kong, Forgotten, Warlock, Hi Jack (techno), Retrolab, Bagfresh and Rubrick, the oriental emulation typeface Japanola, the handcrafted typefaces Worflat Bold, Pramudya, Santuy, Ceetar, Sticky and Honnestly, the script typefaces Casofa, Claudia, Welldone, Baliday, Extendo, Peenguin, Natune, Adinda and Meraphy, the rounded monoline sans typeface Orcef, the horror blackletter font Dark Power, the brush font Must Brow, the monoline script font Chalisa Beauty, the gooey fonts Zumanie, Wildness, Histery, Halloweenkuy and Walktrought, the foliated typeface Leaf, the sports font Ancients Bold, the blackboard bold font Breader, the brush font Must Brow, the kawaii children's fonts Cookies Bold, Nino, Minnio, Kidstation and Bobba, the rounded sans fonts Wudsap Bold, Stikco, Polka, Himenz Bold and Goostt Bold, and the display typefaces Alpawolf Bold, Bagie, Incloud, Manohara and Bublo.

    Typefaces from 2020: Abiyu Chan, Alloystan, Amatemora, Archimate (squarish), Baby Lovely, Battle Andy, Beckhand, Better Tomorrow, Blossom, Blue Julieta, Boogie Worth (an oily font), Brasblus, Butter Cookies, Byorg (all caps, blocky), Caitlin Angelica (wild, calligraphic), Carrie Gallerie, Chambers (a logotype), Confused, Dobbystar, Falencia, Faster Bottom, First Time, Forsegi, Hotte Brush (a dry brush script), Humingson, Nattalya, Pather Times, Petter Story, Pinkerston, Raspberry, Raynoss, Reflisatta, Sambara, Sebbastian, Snooky, Spicy, Stay High, The Texterius (a decorative serif), Varenthin, Walterson, Winne Vinne, Better Jack, Billie Bonnie, Greenleaf, Gumy Monster, Hello Olivia, Insurgence, Livermore (a speckled brush font), Lunar (a monolinear sans), Malcolm (a decorative serif), Manggala, Margo, North Coast, Red Steel, Shaeila Maker (a fat finger font), Simply Sugary, Smith Mouth, (a speckled brush font) Westie Ametta, White Systemattic Duo, White Systemattic, Zepplines (blackletter), Riverflows (a titling serif), Birawa (monoline script), Bintari (script), The Lord Night (script), La Lemonti (a display serif), Amerggedon, The Purple Love (an upright rabbit ear script), Monsterize, Wolfraid (a brush horror font), Hellowin (a display serif), Agnostic, Arcades, Armstrong, Babyface, Baimbo, Baliday, Beam Box, Blackmore (stencil), Blasteran, Bleach, Chucky buck, Classic Rock Band, Comfortune, Deathmatch (blackletter), Dolphin, Eniceplay, Fatayah Irhami (YonTypeStudio), Greatwriten, Humingson, Juicy Luicy, Lovamarte, Mustbrow, Passifille, Playbrush, Rackles, Ravenborg, Reflected, Samhock, Sevarozi, Spicy, Thenacious, Threarer, Wallrous, Wamatto, Wish Good, California Sun (blackletter), Brutals, Cartoon Cookies (a comic book font), Chalisa, Chucky-buck, Deallisa, Forgotten, Gient, Hiluck, Jacob-and-son, Mahoney, Dunford Moore, Buon Umore, Bongus, Samble Tracie, Retrow Mentho, Gilmoore, England Signature, Fleepavlop, Runcrow, Jacksilver, Backstranger, Heroes (spurred), Eastwood (Tuscan), Jellyo, Wilson Hawk (all caps, headline), Stilere, Charles, Beastic (script), Quanto (script), Benzo (modular caps), Wynfors (octagonal, inline), Masicha (script), Gottam (script), Marthinoul (a signature script), Cointa (script), Japan Rementen (oriental emulation), Tallo Stick, Cempe West (modular), Guard, Dumie, Fishtail, Horroh (a barbed wire font), Cosiris Cure, Borju, Fortman, DeBamboo, Donaldson, Winchester, Alison Finch, Kind Monster, Dr. Ziemboz, Mr. Draculle, Khilifah, Lobots, Song of Coronos (calligraphic blackletter), Aline Signature, Hooded, Limonea, Articha, The Rambler, Blackbird (grocery store script), Cooldown, Legend (spurred), Gentleman (Victorian), Mechane (octagonal), Darker, Bestbrust, Kenarock (blackletter), Spidol (script), Yellosun (script), Skelbourne, Stixuits.

    Typefaces from 2021: Orange Signature, Lovelystory, Double Signature, Sunny Rommansa, Mas Karebet, Brillian, Hi Jack, Wonderfull, Ventus, Wellside, Keffie Austina, Broom, Minnio, Addison Affson, Adellicia, Adriana, Alberteen, Amongh Sein, Antoinete, Aurella, Aurely Lovely, Baby Coffee, Baby Doll, Babydoo, Bagstore, Battalion Commander, Beattrice, Black Pearl, Bobbey, Bobbi Jeffina, Boostone, Bricktown (roman capitals), Buckingham (spurred), Bunny Honey, Candywell, Charlotte Bella, Charlotte (a monoline script), Christaline, Christmas Bells, Christmas Glooves, Clutter Street, Cute Cartoon, Dakiens, Dakota Artha, Decembery, Demon Blade, Divalia, Ellanor, Envellope, Eternal Amsterdam, Extendo, Freakland, Frozzy Mosther, Gladiolus Display, Gladiolus Script, Glory Sunshine (a decorative serif), Hellilove, Hello Beloved, Heywolf, High Jersey, Hopkinson, Hoppe Dizzie, Iron Shark, Jackdean, Javassoul, Jeniffer, Jessica Mariolline, Katherinna, Katterine Rose, Kayonna, Kenthir, Kiss Boom, La Fleur, Leviathan, Lillian May, Lokey, Loving Gabriella, Luimp, Mackline, Margarett (a signature script), Margharita, Mecha (sci-fi), Miles Hunt (inline), Minigame, Mintmolly, Miss Amalia, Moonday, Morthwicks, Moulin, Mozzana, Mozzarella, Mutchin, My Happy, Nevla, Northwest Signature, Obsurd, Ocean Aubrey, Odessa, One January, Palesik (eerie), Peenguin, Pollutant, Queency, Rayanne, Ressoven, Road Light, Road Sunshine, Rodano, Rosaffina, Rosanna, Rosemary Jasmine, Rubeckia, Sabrina, Schofield, Shaffari, Sharlene, Shean Holmes, Skylark (squarish), South Forest, Stable, Sunnday, Taylorsit, The Blester, Timeline, Victoria, Wimter White, Wishleman, Youth Wright, Zanden.

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    Konst & Technik

    Design studio. Designer of several multicolored type experiments, such as one called Morse Alphabet (2006, stencil letters). The picture below is taken from the thesis of Thomas L'Excellent. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Konstantin Klatt

    German FontStructor who made the white-on-black-grid face Pacto (2010), Telamon (2010, +Bold), the thin condensed typeface Sycamore (2011), Sansybar Wide (2011), and the octagonal family Telamon (2010). Klatt runs Konstantin Klatt Mediendesign in Berlin, and makes fonts as kla2t.

    FontStructions from 2012: Aldis Stencil LC (FontStruct), Bauhaeusle (based on Herbert Bayer's Universal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Koray Özbey
    [Koray Özbey]

    Turkish designer of Mezitha (2019: an alchemic or Aztec font, +Ornaments), Spaco Stencil SC (2019: a futuristic stencil typeface) and the 36-style Sadi (or Sadi Slab) (2019), which has enough sturdiness to make it shine in small print. In 2020, he added Sadi Sans (+Variable) to that family.

    In 2020, he published the squarish typefaces Ankara and Ankara Texture. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Koray Özbey
    [Koray Özbey]

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    Kornel Faludi

    Graphic designer in Budapest, Hungary. Graduate of Loughborough University, class of 2018 (with a bachelor's degree), and Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest in 2021 (with a master's degree). At Loughborough University (UK), Kornel Faludi designed a set of generative typefaces (2016), i.e., typefaces that are very modular and computer-generated to a large extent. His typographic oeuvre is quite experimental. Many of his fonts use just basic geometric structures such as circles, arcs and rectangles.

    In 2019, he published Thin Stroke, Alien, the kitchen tile typeface Blocks, the organic typeface Swan, the blocky typeface Bagur, the prismatic typeface Baton, the rounded stencil typeface Stencil, the experimental typeface Geometric, the piano key typeface Darling, and the techno typeface Aquarius.

    Creator of these display typefaces between 2015 and 2021: Aquarius, Black (piano key style), Blocky (kitchen tiles), Computer, Futuristic, Geometric (prismatic), Martian, Organic, Sliced, Stencil, Striped, StrokeLine, Thinline. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kosala Senevirathne

    Type designer specializing in the Sinhala script:

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    Koston Type Design
    [Andrzej Koston]

    Painter-artist-type designer Andrzej Koston offered a collection of free (mostly) grungy fonts, starting in 1999: Block (shadow typeface), Brandy, Cartoon, Caligari, NussCrips, Gully, Chroma (3D effect), Kundrum (grunge), Kamil (handwriting), Gongo Pongo, Petersilie, Takatuka, and Hot.Pot (scanbats). In June 2001, these fonts were published: Crumb (old typewriter), Furma, Glass, Harmless, Papua, Poppy, Quarry (ransom note font), Reaktor-B (rough stencil), Reaktor-C, Robinson, Splinter, Taboo. Page disappeared. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kreuk Type Studio
    [Rendra Diardjo]

    Rendra Diardjo set up Kreuk Type Studio in Baturetno and Belkasi, Solo, Indonesia in 2013. By 2021, Kreuk had three type designers, Rendra Diardjo, Iswahyudi and Ivan Pratama. Rendra Diardjo designed the free techno typeface Off (2013). In 2018, he designed the sans headline typefaces Midfield (a chamfered varsity font) and Midfield Pressed (weathered).

    In 2021, Kreuk released Midfield Stencil (a military stencil), KS Foo (a straight-edged techno typeface influenced by the skateboarding subculture), Nakara (an all caps copperplate emulation font) and KS Roam (a brush font). Fontspace link. You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Krista Radoeva

    Krista Radoeva (b. Bulgaria) studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London and type design at the KABK in Den Haag, class of 2013. She is based in London.

    In 2012, she created a beautifully integrated Latin / Cyrillic display typeface Moesia, with a tip of the hat to Old Slavonic.

    Her gradaution typeface at KABK was the rounded sketched broad nib stencil typeface Amanita (2013, Latin and Cyrillic).

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam on the topic of the difference between Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic. In 2014, the Society of Typographic Aficionados gave Krista Radoeva the 2014 SOTA Catalyst Award. Created in 2010, the award recognizes a person 25 years of age or younger who demonstrates significant achievement and future promise in the field of typography.

    In 2014, Maria Doreuli, Krista Radoeva, and Elizaveta Rasskazova co-designed Sputnik Display for Sputnik News. This organic sans typeface family covers Latin, and various brands of Cyrillic, including the ones used in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Abkhazia and Mongolia.

    In 2016, Krista Radoeva put the finishing touches on the luxurious fashion mag typeface FS Siena. Jason Smith had started drawing Siena 25 years earlier. It is delicate, oozes style, and shows touches of Peignot in its contrast.FS Siena that Jason Smith had started drawing 25 years earlier. It is delicate, oozes style, and shows touches of Peignot in its contrast.

    At Fontsmith, she published the joyful display typeface family FS Kim (2018).

    In 2021, Miles Newlyn, Riccardo Olocco and Krista Radoeva co-designed New Spirit, a 10-style typeface that revives the comfort food font Windsor. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kristofer Hoffmann Schärer

    During his studies at Westerdals Oslo School of Arts Communication and Technology, Oslo, Norway-based Kristofer Hoffmann Schärer designed the Bauhaus-inspired blackletter stencil typeface Umlaut (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kristyan Sarkis
    [TPTQ Arabic Type Foundry]

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    Krzysztof Kochnowicz
    [TYPO]

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    K-Type
    [Keith Bates]

    K-Type is Keith Bates' (b. 1951, Liverpool) foundry in Manchester, UK, est. 2003. Keith works as an Art&Design teacher at a Salford High School. They custom design type, and sell some of their own creations.

    Commercial typefaces:

    • Adequate (2012). A basic geometric monoline sans family.
    • Adventuring (2010, comic book style)
    • Alan Hand (2005, based on some blobby lettering, handwritten by printer and mail artist, Alan Brignall)
    • Alex (2002-2004)
    • Alright (2004, cursive script)
    • Anna (2002-2007).
    • Argot (2019). Characterized by square counters, this typeface family exhales brutalism and industrialism. See also Argot Machine (2019).
    • Artist Hand (2019).
    • Axis
    • Bank of England (2012, blackletter): Bank of England is loosely based on blackletter lettering from the Series F English twenty pound banknote introduced in 2007. The font also takes inspiration from German Kanzlei (Chancery) typefaces and the 17th century London calligrapher, John Ayres.
    • Banks & Miles (2018). Inspired by the geometric monoline lettering created for the British Post Office in 1970 by London design company Banks & Miles, a project initiated and supervised by partner John Miles, which included Double Line and Single Line alphabets. The new digital typeface is a reworking and extension of both alphabets.
    • Barbica (2015). A glyphic typeface.
    • Bricola (2020).
    • Brush Hand New (2013): Brush Hand New is a full font based on a copy of Flash Bold called Brush Hand marketed by WSI in the 1990s and more recently distributed through free font sites. Brush Hand was an anonymous redrawing of Flash which simplified, slightly lightened, smoothed out ragged edges, and improved the legibility of the original classic created by Edwin W. Shaar in 1939.
    • Building&Loan (2007, engaved face)
    • Bigfoot (2005, a Western font based on the slab capitals used by Victor Moscoso in his 1960s psychedelic rock posters)
    • Bolshy (2009)
    • Bolton750 (2003, a mechanical typeface done with John Washington).
    • Chancery Lane (2021). An italic text typeface that is based on chancery scripts.
    • Charles Wright (2016). A set of fonts based on the UK license plate fonts.
    • Chock (2009)
    • Circa (geometric sans)
    • Cloudbuster (2019). Inspired by Imre Reiner's Corvinus Skyline of 1934.
    • Club.
    • Coinage Caps (2017). Coinage Caps is a trilogy of small caps fonts based on the roman lettering used for the designs of British coinage. Coinage Caps Eric Gill is a regular weight, spur serif style drawn by Eric Gill for silver coin designs in the 1920s which were rejected by the Royal Mint. Coinage Caps Humphrey Paget is a medium weight serif based on the lettering of Thomas Humphrey Paget, designer of the Golden Hind Halfpenny first struck in 1937. This font simulates the soft, slightly rounded corners of the minted letterforms. Coinage Caps Kruger Gray is a glyphic, flare serif font typical of the bold style engraved by George Kruger Gray for numerous British and Commonwealth coins during the 1920s and 30s. This font also simulates the slightly rounded corners of the minted letterforms.
    • Collegiate (2009)
    • Component (2012). A font for lost civilizations and dungeon rituals.
    • Context (experimental)
    • Credit Card (2010, font for simulating bank cards)
    • Curwen Sans (2018). A monoline sans from the early 1900s originally created for in-house use at the Curwen Press in London.
    • Cyberscript (2006, connected squarish face)
    • Deansgate (2015). Deansgate and Deansgate Condensed are based on the clearest and most distinctive of the sans-serif letterforms used on Manchester street nameplates, and easily identified by a pointy Z and pointed middle vertices on M and W.
    • Designer
    • Digitalis
    • English
    • Enamela (2013). Keith writes: Enamela (rhymes with Pamela) is based on condensed sans serif lettering found on vitreous enamel signage dating from the Victorian era and widely used in Britain for road signs, Post Office signs, the plates on James Ludlow wall postboxes, railway signs, direction signs and circular Automobile Association wayfinding plaques throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The original model goes back to Victorian times, ca. 1880.
    • Engravia (2018). Engravia is a didone display typeface supplied in three varieties of engraving---Inline, Shaded and Sawtooth---plus a plain basic font.
    • Example (2017). A workhorse neo-grtesque typeface family.
    • Excite
    • Flip (2011), a western grotesk billboard face.
    • Flyer (2009, techno)
    • Frank Bellamy (2009, an all-capitals family based on the hand lettering of English artist Frank Bellamy, who is most famous for his comic art for Eagle and TV21, and his Dr Who illustrations for Radio Times)
    • Future Imperfect
    • Gill New Antique (2003)
    • Greetings
    • Helvetiquette
    • Hapshash (2010): an all capitals font inspired by the 1960s psychedelic posters of British designers Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (Michael English and Nigel Waymouth), in particular their 1968 poster for the First International Pop Festival in Rome. A dripping paint font.
    • Irish Penny (2016). An uncial typeface based on the lettering from Percy Metcalfe's influential pre-decimal coinage of Ireland, the Barnyard Collection.
    • Ivan Zemtsov (2009)
    • Kato (2007, oriental simulation face)
    • Keep Calm (2015). A geometric sans inspired by a British war poster from 1939.
    • Keith's Hand
    • Klee Print (2010, Klee Print is based on the handwriting of American artist Emma Klee)
    • Latinate (2013). A vintage wedge serif wood style typeface, and a rough version.
    • Lexie (an improved or "adult" version of Comic Sans) and Lexie Readable (2006, modified in 2015). Keith writes: Lexie Readable (formerly Lexia Readable) was designed with accessibility and legibility in mind, an attempt to capture the strength and clarity of Comic Sans without the comic book associations. Features like the non-symmetrical b and d, and the handwritten forms of a and g may help dyslexic readers.
    • Licencia (2016). A blocky typeface inspired by the tall, soft-cornered lettering on vehicle licence and registration plates world-wide.
    • Londinia (2016).
    • Matchbox
    • Max
    • Ming
    • Modernist Stencil (2009).
    • Monterey Pop (2020). A psychedelic / popart typeface based on Tom Wilkes's poster lettering for the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967.
    • Mythica (2012). A slightly condensed lapidary roman with copperplate serifs.
    • Modulario (2010): a contemporary sans.
    • New Old English (2010, blackletter)
    • Norton (2006)
    • Nowa (2004, a play on Futura)
    • NYC (octagonal)
    • Openline (2008, an art deco pair)
    • Oriel Chambers Liverpool: A Lombardic small caps font based on the masonry lettering on Peter Ellis's 1864 building, Oriel Chambers, on Water Street in Liverpool.
    • Pentangle (2008, based on album lettering from 1967)
    • Pixel
    • PixL (2002-2004)
    • Plasterboard (2004-2005)
    • Pop Cubism (2010) is a set of four texture fonts, combining elements of cubism and pop art.
    • Poster Sans (2006). A wood type family based on Ludlow 6 EC. See also Poster Sans Outline.
    • Rick Griffin (2006, more psychedelic fonts inspired by a 1960s Californian artist)
    • Rima (2020). A stencil typeface with heavy slabs.
    • Roundel (2009, white on black)
    • Runestone (2010, runic).
    • Sans Culottes (2008, grunge)
    • Serifina
    • Solid State (2008, art deco blocks)
    • Solus (2004, a revival of Eric Gill's 1929 typeface Solus which has never been digitized; read about it here)
    • Stockscript (2008, down-to-earth script based on the pen lettering of the writer, Christopher Stocks)
    • Susanna (2004)
    • Ticketing (2011): pixelish.
    • Total and Total Eclipse (2004, squarish display typefaces based on the four characters of Jaroslav Supek's title lettering for his 1980s mailart magazine, Total)
    • Transport New (2009: a redrawing of the typeface designed for British road signs. In addition to the familiar Heavy and Medium weights, Transport New extrapolates and adds a previously unreleased Light weight font originally planned for back-lit signage but never actually applied. Originally designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert beginning in 1957, the original Transport font has subtle eccentricities which add to its distinctiveness, and drawing the New version has involved walking a tightrope between impertinently eliminating awkwardness and maintaining idiosyncrasy.)
    • Union Jack (octagonal)
    • Victor Moscoso (2008, psychedelic)
    • Wanda (2007, art nouveau)
    • Waverly
    • Wes Wilson (2007, psychedelic, inspired by 1960s psychedelic poster artist Wes Wilson).
    • 3x5
    • Zabars (2001): a Western face.

    His free fonts:

    • Blue Plaque (2006: a distressed font based on English heritage plaques)
    • Blundell Sans (2009)
    • Celtica (2007) has Celtic influences
    • Dalek (2005, stone/chisel face: Dalek is a full font based on the lettering used in the Dalek Book of 1964 and in the Dalek's strip in the TV21 comic, spin-offs from the UK science fiction TV show, Doctor Who. The font has overtones of Phoenician, Greek and Runic alphabets). See also Dalek Pinpoint (2018).
    • Designer Block (2006)
    • Flat Pack (2006)
    • Future Imperfect (2006, grunge)
    • Gommogravure (2005)
    • Greetings (2006), Greetings Bold (2006)
    • Insecurity (2005, experimental) won an award at the 2005 FUSE type competition.
    • International Times (2006, inspired by the masthead of the International Times underground newspaper of the 1960s and 1970s)
    • Keep Calm (2011). Related to London Underground.
    • Kindersley Sans (2017). A modernized version of David Kindersley's 1950s type used for many street name plates in Britain, about which Bates writes: Kindersley Sans is a humanist sans-serif that conserves the Gill-inspired character and some of the calligraphic qualities of Kindersley's lettering, it retains the Roman proportions and its Britishness, but traditional prettiness and intricacy are discarded in favour of a clean modernity.
    • Klee Capscript (2005: based on the handwriting and capitals drawn by artist Emma Klee (USA) for her Color Museum Mail Art invitation. The upper case is based on Emma's capitals and the lower case is freely adapted from her script)
    • Lexia and Lexia Bold (2004)
    • MAGraphics (2004)
    • Magical Mystery Tour (2005, outlined shadow face), Magical Mystery Tour Outline Shadow (2005), Magica (2015, a serifed titling typeface family).
    • Mailart (2004), Mailart Rubberstamp (2004), Mailart Rubberstamp Sans (2018).
    • Mandatory (2004, a UK number plate font based on the Charles Wright typeface used in UK vehicle registration plates).
    • McKnight Kauffer (2021). A retro poster font in the style of poster artist Edward McKnight Kauffer.
    • Motorway (2015), a companion typeface to Transport, the British road sign lettering. This is an extension of an original design by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert: The Motorway alphabet was created for the route numbers on motorway signage, and is taller and narrower than the accompanying place names and distances which are printed in Transport. However, for Motorway Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert created only the numbers 0 to 9, the capitals A, B, E, M, N, S and W, ampersand, slash, parentheses and a comma. So, although the lettering made its first appearance on the Preston bypass in 1958, K-Type Motorway is the first complete typeface and contains all upper and lower case letters, plus a full complement of punctuation, symbols and Latin Extended-A accented characters. As with the Transport alphabet the starting point was Akzidenz Grotesk, Motorway taking inspiration from condensed versions. Changes were mainly driven by a quest for legibility, resulting in some reduced contrast between horizontal and vertical strokes, and Gill-esque straight diagonal limbs on the 6 and 9, and high vertex for the M.
    • Penny Lane (2014). A a sans serif derived from twentieth-century cast-iron signs displaying Liverpool street names.
    • Possible (2020). A 10-style mini-serif typeface.
    • Provincial (2014). A Victorian set of outline fonts.
    • Ray Johnson (2006-2008)
    • Roadway (2005, based on New York roadside lettering).
    • Romanica (2017). A humanist sans.
    • Sam Suliman (2020). A condensed squarish typeface which was inspired by lowercase lettering on a Sarah Vaughan album cover designed by Sam Suliman in 1962. Suliman was born in Manchester, England in 1927. After working for McCann Erikson in London, he moved to New York where he took on freelance work designing album covers, particularly celebrated are his striking minimalist designs for jazz records. He moved back to England in the early 1960s, designing many book jackets, film titles and fabrics, also working in Spain and India before settling in Oxford in the 1980s.
    • Savor (2011). An art nouveau family.
    • Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club (2014).
    • Sinkin Sans (2014, free) and Sinkin Sans Narrow (2015, commercial). Open Font Library link.
    • Soft Sans (2010)
    • Subway Ticker (2005)
    • Taxicab (2016). A squarish style.
    • This Corrosion (2005).
    • Toppler (2018). A modern and full range top-heavy cartoon font family that includes a Popdots style. Bates was striving to improe on 1990s clasics such as Baby Kruffy (Ben Balvanz), Comix Heavy (WSI) and Startling (Dave Bastian).
    • Wildcat (2016). An athletics typeface family.
    • Zinc (2018). A monoline sans with diagonal nubs.
    • Colnage Caps Kruger Gray (2018). Coinage Caps is a trilogy of lapidary small caps fonts based on the Roman lettering used for the designs of British coinage.
    • Dalek Pinpoint (2018). Based on Dalek comic book lettering from the 1960s.
    • Icky Ticket Mono (2018). IckyTicket Mono is a monospaced font based on the coarsely printed numbering from 1960s bus tickets.
    • Sexbomb (2018). A psychedelic typeface family.
    • Mancunium (2019). A monoline sans family.
    • Straight Line (2020). An outlined font with chamfered corners and straight edges, possibly useful as a blackboard bold type.
    • We The People (a blackletter font based on the peamble of the American constitution).
    • Bowdon (2021). A six-style warm, Bodoni-inspired English Modern, influenced by the 1930s lettering of designer Barnett Freedman.
    • Oxford Street (2021). A condensed grotesque with horizontal and vertical stem terminals; it is a street a signage font that began as a redrawing of the capital letters used for street nameplates in the borough of Westminster, which in turn were designed in 1967 by the Design Research Unit using custom lettering based on Adrian Frutiger's Univers 69 Bold Ultra Condensed.

    Custom / corporate typefaces: With Liverpool-based art director Liz Harry, Bates created a personalized font, loosely based on Coco Sumner's handwritten capitals, for the band I Blame Coco. Medium and Semibold weights of Gill New Antique were commissioned by LPK Design Agency. Stepping Hill Hospital and Bates created Dials, a pictorial font to help hospital managers input data about improvements. A custom font was designed for Bolton Strategic Economic Partnership.

    Abstract Fonts link. View Keith Bates's typefaces. Dafont link. Yet another URL. Fontspace link. Fontsy link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kurnia Setyadi
    [Deedeetype]

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    KurzProject in Type Design
    [Martina Flor]

    The type designs in Martina Flor's class at Fachbereich Design Dessau's Department of Design (in Dessau, Germany) are showcased here. They are free to download. Most fonts were created using Glyphs. A list of free creations:

    • AlmondLight-Regular (2014). By Mandy Haueisen.
    • Atvice-Bold (2014). By Philipp Rösler.
    • Awesome Type (2012). By Anna Rössler.
    • Blackmama (2014). A piano key typeface by Egon.
    • BurlingtonAntiqua-Regular (2014). By Maximilian Fuchs and Martin Heinemann.
    • Couch (2012). By Lukas Marx.
    • Countess (2012). An art deco typeface by Katja Segal and Carla Neumeister.
    • Dangerfont (2012). A stencil font by Andreas Dymke.
    • Frisko (2012). By Justus Streit.
    • Gentle (2012). A piano key typeface by Charlott.
    • Goldstrich-Regular (2014). By Ekaterina Feil, and Henriette Funke.
    • Harry (2012). A hipster font by Lisa Schmidt.
    • IceLYC (2012). By Yang Qian.
    • Kandinsky-Heavy (2012). By Wladimir Omelyanchuk.
    • Knatz (2014). An organic sans by Thomas Kores and Claudia Vollmer.
    • Lisbell (2014). By Maria Musiol and Florian Patal.
    • Luo (2012). An oriental simulation typeface by Luo Liyun.
    • Monarc Serif (2014). A metal band font by Benjamin Broschinski.
    • Marianne (2012).By Julia Hofmann.
    • Mathilde-Regular, MathildeThin-Regular, Mathildebold-Regular (2012). By Erik Baumann.
    • MinnaDrop (2014). A ball terminal-laden didone by Vanessa Bisky and Romy Fey.
    • Nelia (2012). By Aileen Wilke.
    • NewFont-Regular.
    • Oktober-display-Regular, Oktober-text-bold-Regular (2012). A didone typeface by Johannes Hirsekorn.
    • SafetyMedium (2012). A modular typeface by Christoph Thürsarn.
    • SlantCharlott (2014). By Clara Fendel and Saskia Seiler.
    • Slim (2012). By Chen Ran.
    • Starcrafter (2014). A video game font by Carl Müller and Franz-Julius Pelz.
    • Strukt (2014). An art deco typeface by an unknown student.
    • Triangle (2012). By Xie Tian.
    • XF Baby (2012). By Robert Schlaak.

    Non-downloadable fonts from 2013: Kong (Gustavo Neiva and Christian Sandig), Nougat (Julia Heilck, Marcel Weimann and Sandra Salm), Sparrow (by Linda Kuehne), Nanu (Margarethe Quaas and Michelle Günther), Heartbreaker (by Anne Rösch and Katharina Zschiesche), Wasted (by Jakob Wolf), Open (by Anja Hiebsch and Markus Angelmahr), Madame (by Laura Spang and Sophie Hawaleschka), Pingo (an origami typeface by Nina Rüb and Franziska Timm). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Kustomtype
    [Coert De Decker]

    Kustomtype is Coert De Decker's type foundry in Otegem, Belgium. Coert (b. 1966) created KTF Roadbrush (2014) and KTF Roadstar (2012, a retro connected script).

    Coert started his career as an assistant type cutter and stone carver in 1983, and founded the Kustomtype foundry in 2011.

    In 2013, he published the frame family Label Pro XL, the stencil typeface family Bomber TV and the stencil typeface Crate Pro. The Far West poster style and circus font styles are recalled in the 19th century wood type revivals Wood Factory, Buffalo Western and Buffalo Circus.

    Typefaces from 2014: Atlantic Cruise (avant garde), Copperhead (a titling all-caps typeface influenced by Goudy's Copperplate), Biscuit Pro (monoline sans), Medoc (a didone titling face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Starbounder (stencil), Integra Chic, Chic Chalk, Romantico, Annexxus, Beatboy.

    Typefaces from 2018: Fontwax (inspired by 1960s sign painting), Luckystrikes (a heavy comic book style typeface that was inspired by 1950-style advertising of these well-known American cigarettes), America Line (based on posters from the 1930s for the Holland-America Line made by Dutch graphic designer Wim ten Broe), New York Line (based on the Holland America Line inscription at Hotel New York in Rotterdam), Comicblast (based on the style of several Belgian comic book artists), Steampunk (a slab serif inspired on sixties hand-lettered French movie poster of Charles Bronson).

    Typefaces from 2019: Newbeats (based on a poster of the film A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles), Burlesk (Regular and Inline; based on the paper cutout letters in a 1950s Bollywood movie poster), Soundboy (a beatnik typeface that pays homage to Elvis Presley: it was drawn by hand from a number of images from Elvis's Blue Hawaii film), Poppin (a beatnik family), Sunbeam (a branding sans), Stonetype (an all caps for stonemasons, by an ex-stonemason), Initials BB (a hand-printed typefaces; BB stands for Brigitte Bardot).

    Typefaces from 2020: Doggybag, Strak (a squarish typeface family that celebrates the tight, precise lines in the work of Belgian comic strip artist Eddy Vermeulen), Deaffont (an experimental font specially designed for a music video and album concept by the metal band Deafcon), Mars Model (futuristic, sci-fi). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Kyiv Type Foundry
    [Yevgeniy Anfalov]

    Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1986, Yevgeniy Anfalov moved to Germany in 2003. He studied Visual Communication at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and he launched his own design practice in 2010, two years before graduation. From 2015 to 2017, he completed the MA Art Direction at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, with a major in Type Design. He obtained an award of excellence for his graduation book project on the history of electronic music, ROTARY. Geschichte des Studios für elektronische Musik WDR Köln 1951-1981. Yevgeniy is working primarily in the fields of editorial design, visual identities, bespoke typefaces and online projects.

    Founder of Kyiv Type Foundry, which aims to offer new perspectives on the Russian and Ukrainian heritage of type design.

    His typefaces:

    • LL Heymland (2018-2020, Lineto). An all caps flared typeface for Latin and Cyrillic that was influenced by a pen drawing of Koch's Koch Antiqua found in Solomon Telingater's estate.
    • The cyrillization of Stephan Müller's Chernobyl, a graphic stencil font designed in the late 1990s.
    • The custom typeface Malba Sans (2017) for Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA). He explains: Malba Sans is a corporate font of the museum, whose capital letters were drawn in-house (Aldus De Losa) and served the titling purposes. We were asked by the museum's graphic design team to analyse and update the capital letters, draw the lowercase letters, based upon the improved model and extend the character sets to cover more languages. The new version, named Malba Sans is characterised by a stronger vertical accent and more consistency due the reshape of all the letter forms. A new tighter spacing contributed to the better titling function. Malba Sans was fully kerned and is going to be implemented in the museum's upcoming identity in 2018. The font was exclusively drawn for the internal use and is not available for licensing.

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    Kyle Wayne Benson
    [Very Cool Studio]

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    La Page du Matérialiste

    About 400 truetype fonts here. Nothing surprising, except that it has a whole family of stencil fonts, called "Army". [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lacey Liang

    During her studies in Liverpool, UL, Lacey Liang designed the ball terminal-laden stencil typeface Circular (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ladyfingers
    [Anette Schmidt]

    Ladyfingers was established in 2010 by Anette Schmidt (b. 1976, Denmark), a Danish designer who obtained an MA in typeface design from The University of Reading (2009), based on Anglaise, which is a display face with influences from the psychedelic era and stencil typefaces, and uses lots of ball endings.

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    Laïc
    [Maciej Polczynski]

    Laic is the type foundry founded in 2018 by Warsaw, Poland-based type designer Maciej Polczynski. His typefaces:

    • As part of his Bachelor's project at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technologies in 2016, Maciej Polczynski (Warsaw, Poland) designed the sans typeface Ayka.
    • In 2016, as part of Warsaw Types, he designed the vintage technical typeface Cyrulik and writes: Cyrulik is inspired by technical stencil lettering found on electrical and mechanical devices in Warsaw, and a prewar headline display font---Cyklop---used in a newspaper called Cyrulik Warszawski. The font design combines a strong and sturdy form with delicate and modern details, reflecting the contemporary character of Warsaw. Cyrulik comies in Rounded, Sharp and Stencil styles and is free.
    • In 2017, at The Designers Foundry, he published the display typeface Solenizant, which covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
    • Obibok (2018): Obibok (2018). Obibok is a Polish word describing a lazy person. It is a modern sans serif typeface family consisting of five styles (Light, Regular, Bold, Black and Inversed). This fine geometric typeface was extended and modified in 2020 as Obibok Sans.
    • Maruder (The Designers Foundry). A reverse contrast typeface, 2018-2019.
    • Prostak. A plain geometric sans.
    • Ozzy.
    • Nieuk. An experimental modular typeface.
    • Krayewski: Krayewski is a display typeface based on sketch lettering of Andre de Krayewski from his book cover "Moje Okladki" (2014). Andrzej Krajewski (b. Poland) was an outstanding illustrator and designer who developed his own style mixing art-deco and pop art, and was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under the supervision of Wojciech Fangor and Henryk Tomaszewski. Krayewski is unicased. It consists of Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts. It was released at Laic in 2019.
    • Retor (2018-2019). A 6-style text typeface family.
    • Rygor (2018). An art nouveau typeface based on lettering by illustrator and publisher Ignacy Chodorowicz.
    • Wiwat (2019). A contemporary sans inspired by deco. In six weights.
    • Nielot (2019). Nielot (Polish for flightless) is a plain, geometrical typeface. It was inspired by posters created by designers representing Russian Constructivism.
    • Figura (2019). A nearly monolinear contemporary interpretation of a grotesque typeface.
    • Eksces (2019). A squarish display family.
    • Ozzy (2019, Laic). Described as calligraphic funk, this typeface by Brody Neuenschwander and Maciej Polczynski cannot be properly classified. Several versions were released between 2029 and 2022, numbered Ozzy I through Ozyy VIII.
    • Figiel (2020). A stylish wide monoline sans typeface family inspired by art deco streamline architecture.
    • Elektyk (2020, +Stencil). A quirky exaggerated display typeface.
    • Hybrida (2020). The slab version of Eklektyk, daring, in-your-face, and dystopian.
    • Pion or Pionek (2020). A condensed all caps headline sans.
    • Monter (2021). An octagonal typeface that refers to mechanical items such as nuts and bolts.
    • Iskry (2022). A sparling display serif.
    • Fason (2022). A hipsterish condensed sans family.
    • Awaria (2022). Emulating old pixel fonts.
    • Blef (2022). A triagular cutout typeface family.
    • Kommune Stencil (2022) and Kommune Display (2022).
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    Langustefonts
    [Johannes Lang]

    Johannes Lang (Langustefonts) is a graduate of the KABK in Den Haag in 2008. Originally from Vienna, he created the transitional text family Dendra as a student at KABK. Other fonts made by him at his Langustefonts: Alefbet, A Maze Thing, Audiotypi (filled in art deco letters), Baguette (smudged), Canard (octagonal), Canontire, Crossword, Doggy, Donotiron (glyphs like clothes), Elfenfreund (2006-2012, handwriting), Ella (connected upright script), Fontball Field, Fontballet (soccer dingbats), Hellvetica, Kapitalschaden (grunge), Klatschmohn, Lamb, Lichtenberg, LF Pixel, Noncept, Overdressed, Schnoerkel2512, Setzkasten, Somehand, Tak (child's hand), Unisize, Vin rouge (handwriting with scratchy hairy endings). He also made the Armenian text typeface Foltyn (2011).

    In 2013, Johannes Lang and Stefan Ellmer co-designed the free display typeface Brevier Viennese. It is based on a Victorian typeface called Viennese by the Fann Street Foundry from 1874.

    In 2014, Johannes Lang and Stefan Ellmer revived the frilly Victorian typeface Stencil Gothic [MyFonts link] originally designed by John West in 1885.

    In 2014, Stefan Ellmer and Johannes Lang cofounded Ellmer Stefan & Johannes Lang.

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    Larabie Fonts
    [Ray Larabie]

    Well over 500 original designs by Ray Larabie formerly from from Port Credit/Mississauga, Ontario, but now in Nagoya, Japan. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Another URL. Another URL. Fontsy link.

    Ray Larabie's fonts were originally free. The site was discontinued in the summer of 2001. Ray Larabie started a second life in his new commercial foundry, Typodermic, which opened in the Autumn of 2001.

    The following fonts are free: Blue Highway (1996-2011, based on American road signs, +Linocut), Strenuous, Shlop (2001, blood drip font), Tofu, Electoral Blue, Embargo, Lunaurora, MarqueeMoon, President Gas (nice stencil font), Motorcade, Overload, Baltar (2010), Dignity of Labour (1999), DirtyBakersDozen (1998, military stencil), Mufferaw (2000), Kimberley (2002), Typodermic, Mexcellent (2000, a great triline and 3D face), Minya (old typewriter font), PulseState, Quinquefoliate, Yadou, Para-Aminobenzoic, Hydrogen Whiskey, Metal Lord (an Iron Maiden font made in 1996), Golden Girdle, DazzleShips, Kredit, Minisystem, Boron, RiotAct, GlazKrak (1996), SoRunDown (1997; visions of Detroit in 2010), YellowPills, Fake Receipt, Tinsnips, Lucky Ape, Bailey's Car, Icicle Country, Home Sweet Home, Let's Eat, Giant Tigers, RoboKoz, Snidely, Xtra-Flexi-Disc, Fluoride Beings, Field Day Filter, Bramalea Beauty (1998), Braeside Lumberboy (stencil font), Oliver's Barney, Rothwell, Fragile Bombers, Yawnovision, Superheterodyne, Massive Retaliation, Instant Tunes, Neurochrome, Xenowort, Balcony Angels, Neuropol Deluxe, Quadaptor, Deftone Stylus, Lady Starlight, LetterSet, Map of You, First Blind, Larabiefont (monospaced, 1999), Monofonto (monospaced, 1999), Orange kid, Thiamine (1999), Green Fuzz, Gunplay (stencil font), Mail Ray Stuff, Walshes Outline, Mississauga, Union city blue, Carbon Phyber (1999-2009), Carbon Block (1999), Plain Cred, First Blind, Walshes, Credit river, Dendritic Voltage, Neuropolitical, Poke, Port Credit, Lesser Concern, Kustom Kar, Mold Papa, Kleptocracy, Blue Highway D, Hots, Coolvetica, Holy Smokes, Chinese Rocks, sudbury Basin, Lilliput steps, Hurontario, Participants, Adriator (1999-2014), Airmole (2000), Airmole Antique (2000), Ethnocentric, Biting My Nails, Biting Outline, Dyspepsia, Vanilla Whale, Libel Suit, Effloresce, DreamOrphans, EffloresceAntique, EnnobledPet, Euphorigenic, EyeRhyme, GotNoHeart, Hamma Mamma Jamma (1998), Octoville, PlainCred1978, Plasmatic, RadiosinMotionHard, Densmore (a modern stencil font), RadiosinMotion (a morse font), Sexsmith, ShouldveKnown, ShouldveKnownShaded, 20thCenturyFontItalic, Counterscraps, Cretino, Crystal Radio Kit, Duality, Echelon (1999, + Italic), Effloresce, Fabian, KenyanCoffee, MinyaNouvelle, OliversBarney, Oil Crisis (2002, car dingbats), SybilGreen (2000), Tork (2000), Degrassi (2001-2014: graffiti fonts), Vibrocentric, Rafika (stencil font), Berylium, Pakenham, Steelfish (see also here and here; Steelfish Rounded followed in 2019), Bullpen, Almonte Woodgrain, Sandoval, Sappy Mugs (2002, mugshots), Colourbars, Unispace, Urkelian (1998), Subpear, Stasmic, StreetCred (1998), Zekton Dots, Vademecum, Vectroid (2000), Zeroes One (1999).

    The early commercial fonts at Typodermic included Amienne (2004, brush script), Asterisp (named Aplha through Iota, asterisks, 2000), Bomr (2002), Jillican, Tank (2004, an octagonal face), Telidon Ink and Wyvern. Rare Larabie fonts. Mass download. Direct access to some fonts. Noteworthy is that Neuropol is the font in the official logo of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Roxio's new Easy Media Creator 7 includes 36 updated Ray Larabie freeware fonts with expanded character sets, kerning, Euro symbol and installable embedding: Arnprior, Baveuse, Berylium, Berylium Bold Italic, Blue Highway (based on the US highway series E font), Blue Highway Condensed, Blue Highway D Type, Blue Highway Bold, Blue Highway Linocut, Burnstown Dam, Carbon Block, Credit Valley (+ B, I,&BI), Earwig Factory, Hurry Up, Kredit, Krystoid, Minya Nouvelle (+ B, I,&BI), Neuropol, Planet Benson 2, Pupcat (unicase), Stereofidelic, Sybil Green (2000, girlish font), Teen (+ B, I, BI, Light, and Light Italic)), Velvenda Cooler, Velvenda MegablackWaker.

    Fonts made in 2004-2005: Stentiga (free), Boopee, Zalderdash, First Blind 2, Fenwick Outline, Amienne, Induction, Huxtable, Good Times, Euphorigenic, Neuropolitical, Effloresce, Squealer, Axaxax, Coolvetica, Cretino, Heroid (comic book).

    Catalog of the typefaces in the Larabie Fonts collection. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Larin Type Co
    [Pasha Larin]

    Pasha Larin or Pavel Larin is the Perm, Russia-based designer of these handcrafted typefaces in 2017: Andrea, Alaska (brush script), Phaeton, Modesty, Quarter (brush script), Magdolena, Casamia, Natalia, Kemuri.

    Typefaces from 2018: Jumbo, Winter Miracle, Planet Earth (signage script), Tiny Love, Cambridge, Shaimus, Darling Romance, Paeonia, Merchant, Kurtis, Road Crew (a monoline script), Lucky Fortune (a beatnik font), Aeriform, Christmas Mystery, Shanky, Cashmere, Seaward, Christmas Story, Inside, Sheraton, Beverly Hills, Vanilla Cream, Blue Moon, Bambino (children's script), Fun Play Day, Belorian, Malibu, Peach Blush, Royal Voyage, Crystal, Jackson, Highest, Stephany, Macbarel, Magnatec, Forestage, Honied, Arrivals, Fantasy, Modern Talking, Playful, Gulliver, Hadron (monoline script), Loituma (script), Rhonely (signature script), Sophia (smooth brush script), Chik Pik (a monoline children's script), Candy Land, Smashing (signature font), Garkleriny, Habital, Sambina, Space Jam Script, Taste of Desires, Rusarian Script, Lemon Blast, Skyline Script, Daintily Script, Fairytale Script, Jalsony, Balwest, Dandelion (calligraphic), Solar (brush script), Selrany, Joyful, Amplifier, Hantery (signature script), Richard, Buldery, Laperla, Largus Script, Juliet (watercolor brush), Dilation, Sun Island Script (brush script), Relang, Mirages Script, White Nights, Simple Game, Miracle Roved, Marylowe, Bird House, Selvia Script, Showing, Hendricks, Rosemary, Paradise, Adrenaline (a free signage script), Old Broadway, Virginal Script, Famous (script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Winter Day, Blauer, Captain Nelson (vintage), Winter Miracle, Loredana (script), The Pincher Brothers, Romanson (a serif typeface), Lost Wind, Prima Donna, Palatine (a soft-edged script), Firm (a black sans with some oomph), Bunny Hop (cartoon type), Evelyn (brush script), Milady, Wild Nebraska (a monolinear font duo), The Old Navy (stencil), Kataleya, Spinach, Palestra (a black titling sans, followed in 2021 by Palestra Moderna), Foucher, Sanremo, Selatine (a streaked brush script), Beauty Flowers, Rush Hour, Avenger (a vintage monoline display sans), Anderson, Santa Monica, Pointer, Pattaya (script), Brisbane, Avangard, Armstead and Armstrong (two calligraphic wedding scripts), Violeta (script), Futurino (a great chldren's book font family), Avignon (script), Bombastic (cartoon font), Velvet Line, Beyond, Bright Cofetti (font duo), Fort Yukon (spurred), Briosh (signature script), Marisha, Black Star (monoline), Sensation (inky script), Bonavista, Pina Colada, Milardo, Bondy Mondy, Ostende, Pasternak, Secret Room, Pointer, The Old Navy (stencil), Lush Garden, Blonde, Way to the Heart, Youth Wind, Mulled Wine, Helardy, Ramson, Marine, Silona, Horse White, Hello Sakura, Mirabella .

    Typefaces from 2020: Selna (a fashion mag typeface), Vianor (a decorative Victorian serif), Hughes (a retro signage script), Sugar Cake, Clarins (Script and Serif), Knopa (a beatnik font), Adventure Island (a monoline script), Morando (a decorative serif), Pina Colada, Norando (a decorative serif), Comilfo, Simaro, Malmont (script), Todes, Chaser (a military stencil), Mulled Wine (an inky Treefrog script), Bosca, Costa Mala (pure art deco), Sensal (formal art deco), Blaine (square-serifed), Leronda (a wedge serif typeface for display), Gron (bilined caps), Parnas (a stylish Peignotian sans), Landre (a retro script), Mansory (a Peignotian sans family), The Buchen (a rounded serif font), Platinor (a decorative serif), Grovana (soft all-caps sans), Ametis (an all caps fashion mag serif), Capella (brush script), Enigma (a stylish all-caps serif).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cicada (a 10-style modulated sans), Legend Of Christmas (six styles: a font trio), Etero, Black River (a vintage outdoors font), Miamo (a script / sans pair), Portaso (a vintage grunge family), Brewery Factory (a 16-style collection of vintage beer label fonts), Butcher's Daughter (a vintage family ideal for pubs and beer bottles), Baren (a 9 style wide sans), Rolan (a 6-style art deco sans), Casual Style (sans, script), Delores (delicate roman caps), Above Ground (a dry brush script), Thawed (a melting ink font), Poum Boum (a children's book font), Giordano Gold (a stylish font duo), Lerum (a stencil serif typeface), Dress Code (a 12-style all caps headline or poster sans), Melgard (script), Chroman (a decorative serif first named Chroma), Chopard (a 12-style fashion serif), Hermitage (a 6-style decorative serif), Fremont (an inky Treefrog script) (a Treefrog script), Mansory (a formal display sans), Senar (20 styles; a slab and sans serif family), Opera Signature (a stylish serif), Faberge, (a decorative serif), Berkut (a take-no-prisoners octagonal military font with sold and stencil versions), Poligon (a military stencil family), Marmaris (a soft serif), Lestina (an inky script), Milonga (a Treefrog script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Ramenson (a 15-style weathered vintage font collection including Sans, Serif and Script), Laro (an 18-style geometric sans). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lars Berggren

    Designer of the free font Wallpoet (2011), a stencil typeface that can be downloaded at Google Font Directory. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lars Pryds
    [Tolstrup Pryds Graphics]

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    Lars Törnqvist
    [Cercurius (was: Lars Törnqvist Typografi)]

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    Lasse Strøm

    Copenhagen, Denmark-based designer of Strom (2019). Strom (+Rounded, +Divided) is a simple organic rounded sans typeface family. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Latinotype

    Latinotype was founded in 2007 by Felipe Soto and Miguel Hernández, and is based in Concepción, Chile. Catalog of their typefaces. Latinotype now also includes the work of Daniel and Enrique Hernandez, Luciano Vergara and Joaquín Contreras. Their typefaces:

    • Stgotic Textura and Pintana (Daniel Hernandez) are pixel font award winners at Tipos Latinos 2008.
    • Patagon (2011, Latinotype) is a rounded wood-inspired poster typeface done with Daniel Hernandez and Luciano Vergara.
    • Selaive (2011, Paula Nazal) is a geometric monoline sans with an extreme hairline weight, Selaive Light.
    • Sanchez (2011) is a large slab serif family. The Regular weight is free at Fontsquirrel.
    • In 2011, he cofounded Los Andes Type, and published the fat round typeface Fatta (2011) there.
    • Mija (2011). Inspired by vernacular signs.
    • The Google Web Font Ceviche One (2011). This is an angular yet curvy extra black expressionist sans serif type.
    • Sail (2012). A didone script.
    • Sofia (2012). An upright script, free at Fontsquirrel.
    • Tikal Sans (2012).
    • Lolita (2012, Miguel Hernandez). A playful rounded sans family.
    • Chela One (2012). A bold condensed brush script, free at Google Web Fonts.
    • Arquitecta (2014, by Daniel Hernandez ad Miguel Hernandez). A 1930s sans with small x-height, great readability and an odd g, promoted as an alternative for Futura, Kabel or Avant Garde. It was followed later in 2014 by Arquitecta Office and Arquitecta Standar.
    • Via Sans (2014, Daniel Peralta). A wayfinding typeface family inspired by Steile Futura and DIN 1451.
    • In 2014, he co-designed Uomo with Tania Chacana at Latinotype. Uomo is a contemporary typographic system that explores the geometric sans style and Italian art deco in combinations of four widths and three weights.
    • In 2014, Daniel and Miguel Hernandez co-designed Texta, a geometric sans for all.
    • In 2015, the Latinotype team developed the 60-style semiserif typeface family Corporative [Corporative was developed by Javier Quintana and Cesar Araya, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara, and Daniel Hernandez], the 64-font family Corporative Sans, the 64-style Corporative Soft [Corporative Soft was developed by Javier Quintana, Eli Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernandez], the 32- style Corporative Sans Round Condensed (dated 2016; developed by Elizabeth Hernandez and Rodrigo Fuenzalida, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara and Daniel Hernandez], and the 28-style headline wood-inspired Titular.
    • Revista (2015, Paula Nazal Selaive, Marcelo Quiroz and Daniel Hernandez, at Latinotype) is a typographic system that brings together all the features to undertake any fashion magazine-oriented project. It has Revista Script (connected style), Revista Stencil, Revista Dingbats, Revista Inline and the didone Revista all caps set of typefaces. Revista won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.
    • Lota Grotesque (2017).
    • Inter Sans (2017). An information design sans. In 2021, they released Inter, which was advertized as a sans Rockwell.
    • Letteria Pro (2021). A script/sans/slab font trio by the Latinotype team.
    • Rebrand (2021). A 33-style Latin sans in Text and Display versions.
    • Osbourne (2021). A 20-font wedge serif that revives Keystone Type Foundry's Salem.

    View the Latinotype typeface library. View Miguel Hernandez's typefaces. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Laura Cano

    During her graphic design studies in Barcelona, Laura Cano created the stencil typeface Pernocta (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Laura Wright

    During her studies in Wakefield, UK, Laura Wright designed an untitled blocky stencil typeface (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Laurène Girbal

    French type designer affiliated with FontYou. In 2013, Denis Moulin, Bertrand Reguron, Valentine Proust and Laurène Girbal co-designed the hipster typeface Theory FY (2013, alchemic).

    In 2014, Laurène graduated from ESAD in Amiens, France. Her graduation typeface there is Gustave (2014). Gustave is a text typeface family that keeps on referring to calligraphic roots. It is crisp, and contains two stencil styles (pochoir) to boot. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lauren Robinson

    At Clemson University (Clemson, SC), Lauren Robinson designed Light Tranquility, Space Born (stencil), and Retro Times (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Laurent Savoie

    Laurent Savoie (Paint Black Editions) is the French creator of the 3d paint emulation font Paint Black (2009), of the alphading pkSLD (2010), of the ultra grunge typefaces Jeremiah (2010, after the 1972 Sydney Pollack film Jeremiah Johnson), Outsider (2010), Mika Teuf (2010: done by Tristan Savoie) and Guignol's Band (2010), of the 3d outline typeface Dead Wallace (2010), OE RMX, OE dans l'O (2009), Yo La Tengo (2009), Anti-Folk PK (2009), PK&Co (2010, brush), Mekano (2010), Do It Yourself (or DIY) (2010), D The Hero (2010, grunge).

    Faces from 2011: Monotaure, Shady Lane (3d, hand-printed), The Quick Monkey (ransom note face), Cool Hand PK, Figure Writing (Treefrog-style hand), Black Cobra (fat brush face), PK Cobra (chalk font).

    Creations from 2012: PK Shaman (bilined font), Trout (a circle-based typeface), Cruel Sun, Dragonfly, Manta Ray (grunge).

    Typefaces from 2013: PK Captain (a wonderful rough army stencil), Burnout (grunge), Fake Smiths, Yo Lobi (hand-printed), Viperine (circle-based sans), Cyclope, Elephant, No Color (counterless), Out of Tune (sketched face), For Winter (speckled grunge font).

    Typefaces from 2014: Konstructa Humana Stencil, Crystal Lake, Caligula, Bad Caligula (grunge version).

    Typefaces from 2017: Silure.

    Typefaces from 2018: 3 Snopes, Major Snopes, PK Like Guston, Deluge (a script on drugs), Albertine.

    Typefaces from 2019: Print Ogresse.

    Dafont link. Fontsy link. Fontspace link. Paint Black Editions. Blogspot link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Laurent Verbeke

    During his graphic design studies at ERG in Brussels, Laurent Verbeke created Unvoll (2013), a stencil version of Vollkorn by Friedrich Althausen. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lauri Johnsen

    Based in Orange County, CA, Lauri Johnsen is working on the stencil typeface Tuscan Stencil (2005) and Breccia Stencil (2004). Designer of a 2-pixel (!!!) font described here (2004). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Laurie Preston
    [Shadowy Mist]

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    Laurie Stoddart

    Graphic designer in Birmingham, UK, who studied at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design at BCU (Birmingham City University) in 2008. He created a number of typefaces in 2012 such as Coco, Deco Sans, Lovelle Stencil, and dada paper cutout typeface.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Léon Hulst
    [TypeFaith Fonts]

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    Leander Lenz

    Darmstadt, Germany-based graphic designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to create Afrobeat (+II, a piano key family), Afroblack (piano key typeface), Samoa, Serpentine, Freestyle, Criss Cross (2008), Apollo, Samoa (+Ultabold), Underground> (inspired by Pincoya Black), Freestyle, Shadow (fat rounded), Explorer, Beatboy Rounded, Contemporary (kitchen tile face), Fiesta (2009, ultra-fat octagonal), Battista (2009, an organic font with Bodoni influences), Boldy (2009), Breezy (2009, octagonal, ultra-fat), Jin-Jin (playful), Odyssey (art deco ultra-black), Disco Queen (2009), Sketch (slab serif), Mister O (+Bold), Clockwise, My Name Is Font, Beatboy Square, Mister O (dot matrix), No Room For Squares, Accident (Grotesque, Arabesque (a gridded version)), Tony Montana (+Divided), Turning Point, VincentVega (+Outline, +Bold), Beatboy (pixel family), Circles Horizon, Papua (ultra fat), Papua Square (kitchen tile), Winky Light, Winky, Circles, Nu Edge Regular, Cosmos, Toasty, Around The Block, Wave (kitchen tile), Nu Edge, OneMore Time (stencil), Techno Mouse (white on black pixel face), Techno Dog.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lecter Johnson
    [Betterfear.us (or: XXII Fonts, Or Doubletwo Studios)]

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    Lee Seunghyub

    Hangul font designer based in Sadang-dong, Korea. His typefaces: Ivatar (2014, Latin), Saemaul Undong (2014, in Regular, Stencil and Logo styles), Myungjo (2013, newspaper type), Papyrus (2013, free), Dodam (2012, a great free rounded sans). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Leigh Flurry
    [Fontdeli (or: LF Design, or: 83grafik)]

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    Leila Tjor

    For a school project at FADU / UBA in Buenos Airers, Leila Tjor designed the deco stencil typeface Jodry (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lena Schmidt
    [Spirit&Bones]

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    Lennart Hansson

    Swedish type designer, calligrapher and graphic designer, b. 1939, who lives in Skane, Denmark. He created RunaSerif (for Miles, 1995: inspired by the forms of ancient Viking runes, this typeface won the Nordic Typeface Competition in Copenhagen), Crane (1995, Agfa), Renasci (1997, based on old Danish inscriptions, mainly in churches), ZiP (Agfa Creative Alliance), and Hansson Stencil (Mecanorma). CV (in Swedish).

    View Lennart Hansson's typefaces.

    FontShop link. . [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Leon de Graaf

    Multimedia designer in Wervershoof, The Netherlands, b. 1996. Creator of the sans / stencil typeface Banger (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Leon Sloth

    Graphic designer and typographer from Copenhagen who founded the design studio More To Come. His typefaces include Lagen (2007, fat and counterless), Darkcut (2008, like wood cut), Paten (2008, constructivist), and Antiwar (2009, military stencil).

    In 2011, they designed Paten (a severe almost-constructivist typeface) and Antiwar (an army stencil face).

    In 2012, they created Deadman. In 2014, they designed the rounded black typeface M52 Black.

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    Leon White

    Designer in London, UK, who made a display typeface called Incomplete (2012). He also created an original set of stencil typefaces in 2012. In 2013, during his university studies, he created some unnamed modular typefaces (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Leonard Posavec
    [Creative Toucan (was: Leo Supply Co)]

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    Leonardo Silva

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based designer of the experimental stencil typeface Neo Path (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Letter Omega
    [Doni Sukma]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based type foundry that surfaced in 2016. Its typefaces include Neufile Grotesk (2018, a neo-grotesk by Doni Sukma) and Gelion (2018, by Doni Sukma: inspired by Avenir and Avant Garde).

    Typefaces from 2019: Upton (a condensed grotesk with hipster features (such as the vertical-eared g) that was inspired by Bauhaus and Wim Crouwel's Hiroshima), Poligon (a geometric sans family inspired by Avant Garde and Futura), Rifton (an all caps truck stop headline sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Bauziet (a 25-style grotesk with exaggerated inktraps: +a variable font), Gimbo (a fun super-fat poster or logo typeface family), Mono Spec (an all caps monospaced family with regular and stencil styles and a variable OTF option).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rioma (an 48-style sans font that is a descendant of Antique Olive; it includes a variable font and stretches from wide to very wide), Grafical (a 20-style geometric sans). You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letter Stock (was: Gumacreative)
    [Guguh Gumantoro]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1982) of Masura (2016, brush style), Space Cake (2016, sci-fi style), Caroline Script (2016), Morning Fever (2016), Binzo (2016), Morning Cloud (2016, handcrafted), Rancha (2016: grungy style), Alkhali (2016), Gath Is A Robot (2015) and Scarlet (2015, textured typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Vanhala (Tuscan), Orchard, Solitaire, Founder (a thin script), Elanor, Callous (signature script), Keith (script), Subsky (script), Hamburger (artsy script), Smith (monoline rounded sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Steven Mattew, Romansa (script), Pianicas, Infamous, Voltras, Faddox, Slayer Creeper (a dripping blood blackletter font), Hellioum (a balloon font), Grootten Beast (a wooden plank font), Lazarrous (beatnik), Salmounth (a clean script), Damaskush (a blackletter), Neurotic (spurred, blackletter), Maclucash, Neowave, Throoper, Maldivine, Morrisette (signage script), Descrendent (sans), Athlenstan, Hole Script, Cardigan, Lenox, Aero Space, Esentrik (over-decorated), Lethal (sans), Markwell (script), Hallmark, Fymous (signature script), Brighford (spurred), Bulb (a bubblegum font), Wavecraft.

    Typefaces from 2020: Flinch (a stone cut Flintstone font), Jack Miller (a signature script), Jaguar Jugglers (squarish, constructivist), Lazarrous (beatnik style), Jane Frediction, Grindmore (a calligraphic blackletter typeface), Descendent (a monolinear rounded coffee shop sans), Oliver Queen (a fat brush script), Orangutan, Chadwick (a Halloween font), Oakleaf, Buckles, Hackwell, Susan Brooks, Jacqueline, Alistair Morrison, Gibson Walsh, Slapstick, Monkey Werch, Rooselyn, Northway (lettering for outdoor or nature trail signage), Ghotana, Apija, Rawkin Pickles, Lockdown, Linger (a curly delight), Nuttyclash (a dry brush typeface), Ghosie, Kuro (a brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bellamind (a decorative serif), Bingana (a playful typeface with oriental influences; appropriate for toys), Cheshire (sketched, textured), Creepycall, Croftler (a grungy athletic shirt font), Goldenwick (a vintage decorative serif), Karlburns (an ultra-decorative font by Vic Carless), Shorelly (an arts and crafts all caps serif), Walkingblue (a round vernacular slab serif), Garlicha (a great formal copperplate calligraphic font that unfortunately features a lower case r that can be confused with a lower case n), Hamingduck (copperplate calligraphy), Antucious (an ornamental serif), Monkeymod (a textured reverse srtress display font), Eightbit (a retro pixel font), Maloney West (art nouveau), Adamovick (a spurred Halloween font), Grindleaf (organic), Cronicalypse (a reverse stress elephant foot display font), Houston Palace (a monolinear retro script), Raceryouth (a weathered stencil font), Lyonade (a monolinear script based on retro motorbike posters), Alleysondust (a calligraphic script), Carlosberg (a spurred Victorian typeface), Clubeight (a trilined neon typeface that is reminiscent of Wyman's designs for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico), Slacksluger (a decorative inline typeface with medieval terminals), Beckmarine (a rough typeface inspired by retro cartoon and retro motorbike posters), Bullmars (a heavy font), Sinofluck (a stylish brush script inspired by a samurai poster), Scandlers (a dry brush script), Melvines (a thick paint brush font), Rockapolis (stencil), Lexaviers (a rune simulation font), Mylo (a dry brush typeface), Meckatler, Machiates (a vintage signage font), Fluxion (a dry brush script), Black Marilyn (blackletter), Palermosh, New Kids on the Font, Psychonaut (a reverse contrast, or even a Western, font), Black Valentine (a decorative blackletter), Buckles (a dry brush font), Smegh Mouth (a dry brush font), Armthadore, Brookland (a dry brush script), Khian Shantang (a decorative blackletter), Laekar (a hand-drawn blocky poster font), Schoutler (an ornamental fantasy font), Sonoxa (a heavy and creamy dry brush typeface), Classicloud (a decorative and festive blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2022: Gavin Zoo (a vintage decorative serif), Sallam (Arabic emulation), Sururim Maudunah (emulating Arabic), Ar Rayyan (Arabic emulation), Hollybucks (a round handprinted typeface), Mack Dutch (a weathered elephant foot serif), Obidel (a squarish vernacular typeface), Pinkerton (a playful cartoonish font), Sloopy Joe (a condensed sans with some curly terminals), Xylo Macloud (a decorative serif), Hickenwitch (a decorative serif), Parkwilson (a decorative serif), Buckedtalk (an inline blackletter typeface), Buckedtalk (an inline blackletter typeface). Creative Fabrica Script. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterara Studio
    [Thomas Aradea]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based psychology student, b. 1988. He designed these typefaces in 2022: Australia Handwritten (a brush script), Easter Risen (a bean font), World Peace (a great graffiti font), Bollifia (a monoline script), Bollifia (a monolinear scrapbook script), Bellanos (a bean font), Asutenan (a dry brush script), Valkids, Light Bearer (a dry brush font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hello Easteria (a playfil scrapbook font), Blacker Valentine (an inky and wild calligraphic script), Allisabeth (a thick-and-thin script), Christmas Rockstar (a dry brush script), Dreamy Summer (script), Berries (a bold informal signage script), Miss Christine (a brush script), First Love FD (a font duo), Gardening, Chilli Peppers, Black Spartan (a dry brush script), Nijikon Japan (a plump supermarket or food packaging font), Summer Flower (a bold script), Mother Love (script), Earth Days (a textured typeface for ecologists), Good Friday (a heavy script), Natural Handwritten (script), Captain Kangaroo, Leaf Spring (a wild script), Merijola (script), Seruput Kopi (a fat finger font), Black Gladiator (a dry brush font), Baby Girl (a rabbit ear script), Heartberry (a scrapbook script), Princess Kimberli (an inky script), Wedding Dress (wild calligraphy), Harriella (an inky script), Pretty Butterfly (a wild playful script), Dear Darling (a wild script), Spring Sunshine, Still Valentine, Still Valentine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bellissa, Declaration Of Love, Endless Love, Bobby Anderson (a dry brush script), Thunder Ragnarok, Our Valentine (an inky script), Shepherd, Snowbound, Romeo Juliet, Sheepfold, Christmas Wonderland (a brush script), Holi Christmas Eve (an upright wild script), Christmas Journey, Mabelle (wild calligraphy), Barbiel (a wild calligraphic script), Michaello (a brush script), Sabastian (a wild inky script), Christmas Lights (a wild script), Merlyn, Snowball Bush, Christmas Magic (a creamy script), Cheerful Day (a wild script), Snowland (an inky Treefrog style script), Rolling Beat (a dry brush script), Batik Worldwide (a great textured font), Creepy Witch (a Halloween font), Angelynn Monogram, Angelynn, Mattera, Sweet Husky, Father Christmas, Hadriel, Alleffra, Olliffia (a great wild calligraphic script), Aguellera (a wild script), Angellolga (a signature script), Higher Jump (a dry brush font), Love Lovely, American Bulldog, Heal The World, Alaskan Malamute, Fergitta, Millena, Love Miracle, Cleanliness Power (a bold script, with our without shadows), Rayya (script), Matthew Woolsen, Heaster, Honnitta, Bluettelli, Good Thinking, Fressia , Easter Sunday, Well Done (swashy), Kobryan, Mileadila, Rutter, Jacksonville, Rockybilly (a brush script), Angelin Love (wild calligraphy), Backstreet, Roberto, Honey Bear (a heavy cartoon font), Horror Metal.

    Typefaces from 2019: Anderson Silvai (a monoline display typeface), Maithe, The Army of God (a rough brush font), Puppy Love Brush, Beautiful Kisses, Black Note (a cartoon font), Kristabelle, Ramovia (wild calligraphy), Brenda Valentine, Margareta, Fabregas, Darkness of the Night (a brush font), Black Fighter (a dry brush script), Brother Tom (a dry brush script), Antika (a calligraphic script), Gamos, Airora (or Aurora), Keraton, Djoker State, Angel Maleficent, Harleyquin, Boomboyah (dry brush), Seronita, Untitled Artwork (in the "wild calligraphy" genre), Hertina, Reindeer, Right Now (a monoline script), Assinatura (a signature font), Snowby (snow-capped letters), Rosse, Snowky Brush (snowy letters), Black Area, Mariagata, Cubby Brush, Mariosa , Princess Berlianty, Gennie, Bestowens, Haruka, Kanaggawa, katherine, Halloween Story, Only One, Kutharock, Happy Halloween, Art Maria, Knighthood (dry brush script), California Street (script), After Zero (brush), Hong Kong (dry brush script), Alleluya (script), Handpick (a creamy brush script), Yolanda Love Script, Summer Cherry, Black Pink Summer, Johnson Rock, Hobenshaw (a free bold signage script), Eiffel in Love, Galgadot, Andora, Heanffe, Santeria Signature, Jason Statan (free), Brigitta, Peach Queen, Black Pink Signature, Garbera, Flaming Carrot, Seoul Script, Ferrero Rocker (marker pen font), Ferrero Rocher, Stefani, Adventure Dreamer, and Witherscollin.

    Typefaces from 2021: Amsterdam Kindom (a fat finger script), Ordillon Handwriting (a fat finger script), Vallenta, Bittersoni (an inky script), Christmas Worship, Brigitta Signature (a dry brush script), Limit Breaking (letterpress emulation), Bellarosa (a dynamic inky script), Monster Scratch (a dripping blood font), Spooky Grave (a dripping blood font), Hallo Skull (a skull-and-bones font), Halloween Island, Billys Rock, Zombie Mummy (a textured mummy emulation font), Queenlery (a display serif), Ultimate Battle (dry brush script), Fastest (a speed font), Asgardian (a bold stencil font), Brillianissa (a stylish script), Hello Beach (a heavy script), Summering (a scrapbook font), Aishiteru (oriental emulation), Chilli Peppers, Gardening, Thanks Summer, Clarissa. Fontdaily link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LetterBe
    [Rustam Gabbasov]

    LetterBe is Rustam Gabbasov's Russian foundry, located in Ufa, Bashkortostan. He designed Booster and Booster Amp (2005) and Truefaret (2005, stencil). All fonts have Latin and Cyrillic characters. Valery Zaveryaev designed the display typeface Brut (2005), the stencil typeface Marshrut (2005), the fat display family Quadratish (2012) and the octagonal family Teco. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LetterGraphics
    [Marc Jones Barry Kimbrough]

    Photolettering foundry run by Marc Jones Barry Kimbrough in Culver City, CA. Russell Bean worked for the Los Angeles studio of Lettergraphics International in charge of lettering, logo design and converting type designs to film fonts. It was at this time (1973) that the Washington family (digital version at Type Associates, Russell Bean's present company) was completed. The company ceased operations in the mid-1980s.

    The 1968 catalog of Lettergraphics featured typefaces like the psychedelic Mod Poster in Alfred Roller's Viennese secession style. The 1974 catalog of Lettergraphics shown in ULC 1974 includes these typefaces:

    • House styles: Virginia, Vantage, Grading, Joe, Heritage, Chaparral, Radius, Nectar, JoJo, Dojo, Harvey, Spatz, Mamoru, Wellington, Sebastian, Belden, Parquet, Della, Nippy, Hess, Totemic, Ruby, Big Fat, Simoes Classic, Serendipity, Kiwi, Angelo, Bethany, Right-On Neon, Klein Lined, McGrath, Fitzner Caps, Skidoo Outline, Plastic.
    • By Joseph Churchward: Twenties, Churchward Sans, Churchward Roman, Churchward Lined.
    • By Marlene Steen: Steen Sans.
    • By Michael Di Canzio: Di Canzio Sans.
    • By Donald Carboni: Carboni.
    • By Patrick Collins: Arlenette.
    • By Edston J. Detrich: Detrich Sans.
    • By Martha A. Rowland: Rowland Grotesk.
    • By John E. Lorish: Lorish Shadow.
    • By Alfted Guerra: Times Square.
    • By Reynolds M. Roberts: Roberts Square.
    • By Peter Solly: Colescombe.
    • By Robert F. Brightman: Streak, Brightman.
    • By Robert L. Cooley: La Grange, La Grange Black.
    • By Herbert L. Frager: Frager Punch.
    • By Anthony Liliefeldt: Padua.
    • Ray L. Herness: Herness Script.
    • Robert E. Gotsch: Botsch Glob, Botsch Toe.
    • Donald L. Vernon: Chrome.

    Digital revivals:

    • Latitude Sans (2019, Stiggy & Sands). A heavy sans based on Lettergraphics' Free.
    • Mushmouth PB (2019, Phil Bracco). A revival of the comic book font Albert.
    • Nudity PB (2018, Phil Bracco) revives Ad Shadow as a layerable font.
    • Wintermint (2018, Phil Bracco) revives and extends the flared almost psychedelic typeface Lori.
    • Boilermaker (2018, Stiggy&Sands) is a revival of the tall condensed sans LetterGraphics typeface Flair G100.
    • The psychedelic (art nouveau inspired) typeface called Cantini (1972) was digitally revived and expanded by Patrick Griffin as Salome (2007, Canada Type).
    • Intrigue is a Lettergraphics film typeface that was digitized, revived and expanded to a large octagonal / mechanical typeface family, Contraption, by Phil Bracco (Pink Broccoli).
    • Scrwby (2013, Phil Bracco) is a revival of Surf.
    • Virginia (2008, Russell Bean) is a digitization of an old avant garde typeface by Bean himself from ca. 1970 that won a Lettergraphics typeface competition. It was extended by two weights and redrawn in 2016 as Virginia Neo.
    • Rebecca Alaccari (Canada Type) designed Goudy Two Shoes in 2006, an expansion of the film typeface Goudy Fancy by Lettergraphics.
    • Good Grief PB (2015, Phil Bracco) started out as a revival of Carmel (or Karmel).
    • MardiKrewePB (2015, Phil Bracco) started as a digitization of a (psychedelic) film typeface called MardiGras by Lettergraphics.
    • Maile was digitized and extended by Stiggy & Sands as Husk in 2018.
    • Gene Eidy's Sukiyaki (1968, Lettergraphics) was eventually digitized (without permission) by Jonathan Smith as Hirosh (1993). In 2020, Steve Harrison did a proper digital revival giving full credit to Eidy---his free typeface is also called Sukiyaki.
    • Laurel was revived and extended/modified by Stiggy & Sands in 2019 as Lorette.
    • Rackem PB (2019, Phil Bracco) is a beatnik font that started as a digitization of the LetterGraphics film typeface Eightball. There are other Eightball film fonts of a very different look elsewhere, so that name is a bit confusing.
    • The bullethole typeface Circue Solid was revived by Phil Bracco as Blackhole PB (2019).
    • Wood Grotesk. This font was revived and expanded in 2020 by Stiggy & Sands as Bugleboy. Berkshire Pro (a plump display typeface).
    • Caren. A great stencil font revived in 2021 by astigmatic One Eye as Rinzler AOE Pro.
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    Letterhead Studio VG Fonts
    [Valery Golyzhenkov]

    Letterhead Studio is located in Moscow. One of its designers, Valery (or Valerio) Golyzhenkov (b. 1965, Moscow) cofounded Letterhead Studio in 1998 with Yury Gordon and Olga Vasilkova, and has since designed over 100 typefaces. Still based in Moscow, he published the following Cyrillic fonts at Letterhead: 04.07 (1998), 532 Antique (2020), Accademico (2020), AeroBonus (2010-2014: for Aeroflot), Aeronautic (2020), Alfavita (awarded at Paratype K2009), ArtChronika, Artificio (2020), Atlas 1904 (2010), Atmosferico (2019), Barrytone (2005), Basalino (2020), Bort#1 (2000), Bramb (2019), Capitul (2015), CardHolder (1997), Channel (2004-2007: 24-style rectangular family), Chellebrity (2004, screen), DBL Cheque (2009, 22 styles), Cracker (1997), Cubes (2000), DBL Check, Dead Metro (1997, a constructivist family renamed Dead Mementro in 2017), Dicesimo (2019), Do Not Touch (1997), Dotlandino (2020: a dot matrix family), Dream Team (2000), Edgipto (2020), Edicolta (2020), Fabiola (2020), Feidi (2020), First Prize (2016, techno style inspired by Futura Display), Florisel (2020), Formalista (2001, squarish), Gamering (+Sans, 2009: a game font), Garbage (1997), GarbEdge (1997), Garmony (1997), Gibra (2020), Grammatik or Grammatika (1997), Haarddy (2020), HandsOn (1997, children's book font), Hole Down (1997), Ice Cola (2000), Interchargeable (2020: an all caps sans), Kabotage (1998, octagonal), Karkas, Kassa (2002, octagonal), Kren (1998), Laborant (2000), Lavert Noise (1997), Lexica (2010), Libellula (2018: a monoline display sans), Local Xellebrity (2010), Magrit (2020), Matrrolla (2001, octagonal), Medved (2010, angular), Method Two (2016: organic sans), Mnickers, Mono (2000), Monomania (2017), Musor (1997), Odessa 1832, OneCode (1998), Panetteria (2019), Pecorino (2019), Pricelist (2017), Primitiv (1998), Principal (1998-1999), PsyType (2013, an organic sans family done at Letterhead), Quando (2019: deco), Recruit (2004, octagonal), Remont (2000), Romb (2010, a Latin / Cyrillic poster typeface family), Rounded Slab (2009), Rounds (basic dingbats), Samizdat (2019), Silver Winner (2000), Sklad (2000), Soyombo Serif (2020), Soyombo Sans (2020), Stampit (2000), Svyaznoy, Uglaya (2019), Ugloed (2019), Upadok (1997, futuristic), Vestimentarno (2019: rounded sans), WTF Didot (2016, by Valery Golyzhenkov and Letterhead for WTFashion Magazine), WTF Special (2015), YE Stencil (2009), Zanoza (2005), Zaplyv (1997), Zeppelino (2020: a sharp-edged slab serif).

    Paratype link. Dailytype link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Type Tomorrow link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterhend Studio (or: Magang Letterhend)
    [Hendry Juanda]

    Hendry Juanda runs Letterhend Studio in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He designed the signage script typefaces Redoura (2016) and Kadisoka (2016), and the accompanying Redoura Serif (2016) and Kadisoka Monoline (2016). Hendry also designed the handcrafted typefaces Signerella Script (2016, +Sans), Motherline (2016), Motherline Sans (2016), Mukadua (2016: a beatnik serif and a script), Sakra (2016) and Sakra Script (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kaylar Script (formal calligraphy), Keylar Serif, Legion, Hipsterious (signage script), Megattor, Dear Jane (a signature script), Wonder Stark (a rhythmic script), Kingbirds (monoline script), Mandatory (Sans+Script), Modesta Script, Romzul Sans (a fat finger font by Muhammad Romzul Khoir), Kanuda (by Galih Prasetyo), Aamonoline (by Ageng Jatmiko), Fad Script, Ageng Sans (by Ageng Jatmiko), Anisa Sans, Morsel, The Lentigo, Quinible, Storytella, Rose Colored, Swiftone, Antone (letterpress family), Retrology (monoline script), Claytonia, Pipetton (brush Script and Sans), Marttabuck (retro), Gloriant Signature Script, Jouska, Brooklyn (dry brush), Holiday, Take Easy (dry brush), Larizo (brush script), Vanillate (monoline retro script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Sabatons, Autogate (font duo), Sharon Baker, Blue Phantom Script, Dologan, Bolica, Jaceline, Youther (brush script), The Goldies, Carllosta (curly), Black Space (brush style), Anjani Script, Melania Monoline, Calasans (retro layered), Arlington (spurred, Tuscan), Pastelle (SVG brush font), Diana Webber, Caligor (a vintage headline typeface), Greatly, Belymon Script (a great signage script), Majestika Script (signage script), Nagoya (monoline script), Charlotta Script, Stronger (vintage style), Vanillate (connected monoline script), Pipetton (script), Roseville (calligraphic: by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Rupture, Gustolle (a great watercolor brush font in OpenType SVG format), Riverside (monoline script), Bulgaria Script, The Majority (calligraphic script), Blacklite (signage script), Athalia Script, West Hood (Western), Fort Collins (font duo, by Sarid Ezra at Letterhend), Flanders Script (a signage script), Thirdlone (a monoline script), Bigstorm, Melania Script (named after the first golddigger), Motherline, Harsey (a 16-font toolbox of signage scripts and dingbats), Dearday Script, Dearday Sans, Blodders, Callonsky Script, Kulon, Quicken, Reklase, Skizzle, Storytella, Brighter.

    Typefaces from 2019: Shockbar (a Halloween font), Chanide Script, Girly Moods, Padlock (a great retro script), The Rouged (monoline script), Karatone, Kingdrops, William Letter Signature, Billskates, Dorothy Clark, Chord Brights (a Victorian typeface), Sequents, LS Olive 01 Script, Bargitta (an SVG brush script font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Hellone Script, Sharon Baker (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daniella Evans (a display serif by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Leafstar, Righton (a signage script by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Lotustail (by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Radicals, Seriously (a display sans), Rupture, North Avellion, Majestika Script, Palmbell (a signature font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Fokers (Victorian), Frankest (Script, Serif; with a Victorian feel), Danielle Harris, Callonsky Script, Murphy Script, Lanoline Script, Bittergrace Script (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Bordemile (a copperplate calligraphic script by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daybird Script, Amerta Misty, Wonderstory, Kingbirds Rough (monoline), Rupture Stamp (for signage), Gorgone (a one-style didone by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Stomper, Caligor, Asterone (a wide all caps sans), Venettica Script (a signature script), Hougbon Script, Philomena Script, Cephalonia, Birmingham Script (calligraphic), Hillstown (Sans and Script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Billrocks (a condensed all caps sans), Greybridge (a fine retro script), Lava Cookies, Just Because, Moraline Script (a baseball signage script), Lemonade Peach, Mayburn (a retro signage script), Fillerglad (a signature script), Breadfast, Della Brian (script), Sailritme (wild, calligraphic), Stacylia, Stacylia, Salty Unicorn (a monolinear marker pen font), Super Giants, Gingerly, Creeplens, Donthank (a fat finger font), The Viperion, Blantika, Maritosca (wild, calligraphic), Thirtylane Script, Winland (a brush script), Ballmarks (wild, calligraphic), Mellodate, Braleno (a shaky font), Siregar, Camie (a wedge serif), Hugiller (a high contrast ball terminal fashion mag serif), Mildistance (a tall calligraphic script), Midgeto (a casual all caps typeface), Crimson Black (a brush typeface), Duke Charming (a decorative serif), Lucky Spark, Blue Jones, Sunshine Valley, Hello Christine (a rough-edged script), Revalina (a wild calligraphic script), Ranshell (a chalky script), Malliandra Script (a wild calligraphic script), Vistaria Notes (a wide flowing calligraphic script), Achiever, Bullgine (blackletter), Billion Reach (a signature script), The Randi (a monoline script), Yorkson (a signage script), Laverty Castaroza (all caps, art nouveau), Kandani (a creamy signage script), Fragtude (a creamy script), Quick Counters, Kaeliwritten, Heaven Wanders (a lively vintage hand-printed typeface), Chillday Script, Redberries, Foretelling Script, The Stegris (a decorative serif), Bayland (a signage script), Darthon, Caligonia, Deluge (a heavy script), Laterlocks (a display typeface), Baille Simpson (a dry brush script), Kanote (an all caps cartoon font), Black Ground, Franceur, The Wanters, Alburgone (an all caps quaint shop front lettering typeface), Annette Bradford, Winstreak (a brush font), Madegra (a decorative serif), Samrose (a dry brush font), Dehors (a Tuscan circus font), Compania (a wild script), Neography (a formal script), Shakuro Brush (oriental brush), Rascals, Wednesdom, Chirpy, Altia (Script, Sans, Slab Serif, Signature, Hand, Brush, Dingbats), Stargation, Buttoni, Radgrows, Linkgray, Monday Bay, Brown Chunkers (a vintage label font), Squiborn (a hand-drawn athletics font), Brilliantly, Holystone, Detroit (a handcrafted slab serif), Spring Note, Bigtown (a heavy hand-lettered slab serif), Naville (a 6-style all caps sans family), The Proactive (script), Wardrum Pro (a wide sans) and Wardrum, Kinderline Script (monoline), Kingdrops, The Kogles Script (retro), Conseration (a condensed sans). Hopkins Angela, Blue Phantom, Gladiolus Script, Calvous (spurred and weatheed), Fort Smith (penmanship calligraphy), Ramdone (a creamy signage script), Devilion (a signage script), Cortair (a vintage typeface), Kingbirds (a monoline script), Purefell Script, Rangkings (serif), The Holloway (Victorian), Roquen (a rustic typeface), Gloriant.

    Typefaces from 2021: The Riskeys (a tall stylish serif), Brandice (blackletter), Carllosta (a Victorian font), Dountyland (a monoline script), Garten House (Victoriana), Hello Sierra Sans (a child's hand), Marla Griselda (a formal script), Nachinta (script), Winter Rosetta (a curly script), Distoniare (a thin calligraphic script), The Moon Milter (a vintage all caps display font), Asper Crown (a nature park display font), Delgian (script), Astropicks (a marker bpen font), Cerlistine (a fat finger script), Fintbar (a fat all caps display font with an oversized chin), Madre Rose (a stylish unicase typeface), Norvin (vintage caps), Roundkind, Sentra (a wide hand-crafted display font), Stone Masher (script), Beast Party (a Halloween font), Hollow House (a Halloween font), Blowsters (a dry brush mural font), Rumble Born (a bean font), Stano Sans (rounded), Amillia Rochete (a delicate signature script), Shopie Minclair (a fine pencil script), Sign Paintoh (a sign painter's font), Wednesday Island (script), Sinister Mind (a horror font), Divine Stone (a brush font), Pinsmalle (a signage script), Radnick (a plumpish retro font), Wackets, The Royal Chambers (decorative caps, with a hint of art nouveau), Shopie Minclair (a refined script), The Morshine (Victorian), Beauty Culture (an angled calligraphic script), Allarmante (a horror font), Billanta (a retro signage script), Galpike (a 9-style sans with modulated stems), Magnitude (a stylish display sans with large x-height), Romans Story (stylish caps), Stay Strong (a dry brush script), Cardila (a monoline retro signage script), Explore Magic (hand-printed), Kingslayer (a graffiti font), Marina Bullock (a flowing rabbit ear script), Dustland (a retro signage script), Haystack (script), Sakura Town (Japanese brush emulation), Boldistrike (a retro signage script), Maleryan (a delicate formal calligraphic script), Sellina Word (a calligraphic script with irregular line thickness), Servegin (a display serif), Shelbie Roger (Victorian), Stumble (a signage script), Foresight (a vintage script), Cordoba Sans (vintage caps), Badgear (a monoline script), Edellyn Script (tall and elegant), Glorify Sans (an 8-style decorative sans), Wellytonia Package (a scrapbook script), Turesco (a creamy caps typeface), Black Space (a horror brush SVG font), Slime Yogurt (a fat finger font), Black Hymned Script, Pompano (a lively almost vernacular headline sans), California Quotes (brush script), Rosterine (a vintage condensded display font), Between Days (a display serif), Crescent Slim (a stylish display serif), Captivate (script), Flumbery White (a thin tilted script), Modern Prestige, Olive Vine (a lively brush script), Graystera (an elegant script), Morning Glints (a marker pen font), Native Roast (a vintage layered typeface), Menleader (script), Neophyte (a flared vintage typeface), Dankfield (condensed, squarish), Sogate (a bold script), Hollow Sky (a thin script), Boosley (a condensed supermarket script), Killviners (blackletter), Chenile Deluxe (a vernacular supermarket font) Silvestern (a vintage display font), Arnette Script (a calligraphic script), Margoline (an elegant formal calligraphic script), Pinmold (a geometric stencil font), Eligated (all caps, vintage), Garmouth Display (a Victorian era advertizing font), Bugheds (blackletter), Candleton, Riotous, Baverley Astone (script), Belmistate (a fine rhythmic brush script), Hulberk (an all caps slab serif), Mogaster (a monolinear script), Black Rockets (a dry brush script), Glady Script (a bold signage script), Yesternight (a bottom heavy script), Welroseltone (a stylish calligraphic font), Bold Garage (an inky unusually elegant typefacre), Bright Clones (hand-printed) Grand Wilson (a font duo), Merodine (calligraphic), Appears (a decorative serif), Mounties (tall caps with flared terminals), Quatro, Ground Castle (a display serif), Linestay (a signage script), Alessia Harvey (a signature font), Caramel Chestnut, Londers (an upright bold script), Hubstone (a brush font), Oversouth (vintage, hand-drawn), Bright Gesture (a lachrymal font), Center Voyage (an all caps display typeface), Asteria Royalty, Georude (hand-printed), Raksana (a bold upright script), Aesthetic Notes, Broadley (a vintage font duo), Chopader (a vintage font duo), Wimp Stars (a beatnik font), Brown Holmes, Mortina (a vintage font duo), Dustown (a rounded handcrafted sans), Holymore, Lamberds (a rhythmic script), North Mountain (a decorative flared typeface), Butter Slices, Portalica (an all caps italic font with plenty of ball terminals), Evening River (an optimistic and playful script), La Graziela (formal copperplate calligraphy), Metro Capitals, Davenvale, Earthgate (a vintage penmanship font), Vindale (a retro reverse stress script), Better Hobby (a layerable cutout font), Bouldster (a bottom-heavy psychedelic script), Melorist (a display sans), Benorante, Millgrove (a condensed spurred typeface), Asterluck (a fat finger font), Boinger (wide, octagonal), Rimeland (calligraphic), Ansylia, Mantaray.

    Typefaces from 2022: Arturico (a frivolous art deco font), Calmine Font Duo (a bold vintage script), Foresight, Penster Bross, Mayhome (script), Rivervale (flared hand-crafted caps), Rontage (a late 19th century-style display typeface), Bert Watson (a tall thin upright script), Honnie (Greek emulation), Livemono (6 styles), Caldeisa (a creamy script), Coral Candy Regular Slant (a blocky plump unicase typeface), Hanstone (script), Hintown Slant (arts and crafts era caps), Liviatica (a wavy display serif), Rosie Brown (a font duo), Growline (an all caps display sans), Lion Parade (a vintage apothecary script), Praysire (a sharp-edged display serif), Bashiton (a monolinear script), Crainzel (notched caps), Garetra (a stylish serif), Moon Slayer (a scrapbook brush font), Growlies (a fat finger script), Ridge Cliff (a massive slab srif), The Bristers Sans (a font duo), Augify (a hipsterish display serif), Dustyland (a monoline script), Primore Castle (hand-crafted), Merry Brook (script), Monstroux (a brush font), Blue Carousel (an informal brush script), Bastinson (a thin monoline script), Happy Sparkle (an inky treefrog script), Arinkoln, Backdown (script), Krostenia (a monoline script), The Bardian (script), Black Rocket (hand-printed), Kaglia (script), Cyberion (sci-fi), Groovy Friends (hand-printed), Calfine (a bold condensed poster typeface with small wedge serifs), Fountencil (a blackletter stencil), Logirent (a minimalist logo font), Logirent, Hermush (art nouveau caps).

    Aka Magang Letterhend. Behance link. Dafont link. Graphicriver link. Dafont link. Creative Market link. Fontesk link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letterjuice
    [Pilar Cano]

    Letterjuice is the British type foundry of Pilar Cano, who graduated from the University of Reading, 2006, but started out life in Barcelona. After graduation, still in 2006, she co-founded Mídori, a graphic design studio specialised in editorial design. Letterjuice is based in Brighton, UK.

    Coauthor, with Marta Serrats, of Typosphere (2007, Harper Collins). Creator of these typefaces:

    • Edita (2006), an informal sans family that also covers kana for Japanese. This typeface was finally published in 2009 at Type Together. It was followed in 2011 by additional weights in Edita Book.
    • Techarí (2006, +Extra) comes from a commission in which the brief consisted of the creation of a typeface family to be used for the design of the third disc of the band called Ojos de Brujo based in Barcelona. This disc was called Techarí, which means free in Caló, the language of the Spanish gypsies---it also has a stencil version.
    • In 2010, she is working on an elliptical sans that covers Latin, Cyrillic and Greek.
    • Techarí (2010) is an extremely elegant custom family.

      Xuppis (2012) is a commissioned logotype for a candy shop in El Masnou, Barcelona.

      Together with Lluis Sinol, she designed the custom sans typeface SEAT (2013) for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.

    • Quars (2013). This angular typeface family, co-designed with Ferran Milan, grabs elements from Scotch Roman and old Dutch typefaces.
    • Sapmi (2013). A custom typeface for the Sami children.
    • Baldufa (2014, Ferran Milan Olivares): an award-winning flared, calligraphic and subtly rounded serif typeface family for Latin and Arabic. In 2021, Ferran Milan and Pilar Cano released Baldufa Greek Ltn (Greek and Latin), Baldufa Greek, Baldufa Cyrillic Ltn, Baldufa Cyrillic and Baldufa Paneuropean.
    • Aanaar (2014) was originally designed for children's textbooks.
    • Seat Sans is a corporate typeface co-designed with Minsk Disseny in 2014.
    • Catalana Serif won an award at Granshan 2014 in the Greek typeface category.

      Pilar Cano, Spike Spondike and the Dalton Maag team won an award at Granshan 2014 in the Thai typeface category for HP Simplified.

    • In 2017, Jordi Embodas's Trola family was updated, improved and expanded to Cyrillic. The Cyrillic version was designed by Letterjuice (Pilar Cano & Ferran Millan) under the supervision of Ilya Ruderman and Yury Ostromentsky.
    • Bespoke typefaces include Saffron Display (2017), Screwfix (2017) and Catalana (2016).
    • Pilar Cano and Ferran Milan bundled their efforts once again in 2018 for the Latin / Thai typeface family Arlette (TypeTogether).
    • In 2020, she published Portada Thai at TypeTogether to complete the text typeface Portada (2016) by José Scaglione and Veronika Burian.
    • Nawin Arabic (2022). An informal Arabic typeface inspired by handwriting by Pilar Cano and Ferran Milan.

    Interview by Unostiposduros. Cargo Collective link. MyFonts link. Behance link. Wiki page. Klingspor link. Behance link for Letterjuice. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LetterMaker
    [Teo Tuominen]

    Teo Tuominen is a fearless Finnish type designer and letterer based in Helsinki. Teo has a background in graphic design and has a masters degree in type design from the TypeMedia program in Den Haag, The Netherlands, class of 2013. Designer of Kaiser (2011, a sans designed for print and screen), developed at the tipoRenesansa 3rd international type design workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

    From 2010 until 2012, Paul D. Hunt (Adobe) and Teo Tuominen developed the monospaced programmimg font family Hasklig.

    Creator of the round signage / cartoon typeface Winnie the Hoop (2012, inspired by Winnie the Pooh).

    In 2013, he graduated from the Type & Media program in Den Haag, with a typeface family called Binky that was inspired by wood type. Before that, he graduated from the Pekka Halonen Academy in 2009 and the Lahti Institute of Design in 2012.

    He also designed Tartufe (2013), and drew the italics of Source Code Pro for Adobe in 2014.

    In 2015, Emil Karl Bertell and Teo Tuominen joined forces at Fenotype when they designed the retro connected signage script typeface Tea Biscuit.

    Typefaces from 2016: HK 1917 (originally drawn as custom lettering for the label of a gin called Helsingin. HK 1917 is based on the headline font used in the set of statutes from 1917 that started the prohibition in Finland), Paradise Sans (a custom typeface family designed for Paradise City Beverage Company; it includes a stunning stencil style), Warrior Sans (a custom typeface for specialty coffee company Warrior Coffee).

    Typefaces from 2017: Wolby (brush-lettered), Trevor (a kind slab serif), Floki (condensed sans), Wolt Display (for the food delivery service Wolt), Walter (Type Together; Teo writes that Walter originally began as a revival of an unidentified typeface used in a Dutch version of the play Tartuffe by Molière), Kaarna, Winnie The Hoop (signage script), Airo (a monospaced slab serif with reversed contrast).

    Typefaces from 2018: Geria (a hand-drawn sans), Papillon Script (a monoline script; with Emil Karl Bertell, at Fenotype), Calton and Calton Stencil (a utilitarian workhorse sans serif family), Quida (a flared display duo with sans and script, +Quida Rough), Vieno, Banto (wedge serif), Dallas Print Shop (a display family by Teo Tuominen and Emil Karl Bertell), Capital (a sans and serif family by Teo Tuominen, Erik Jarl Bertell and Emil Karl Bertell), Maestri (a classical connected scrupt by Teo Tuominen and Emil Karl Bertell).

    At Future Fonts, he published the wedge serif typeface Banto (2018) and the experimental typeface Chippo (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Portland (a reverse contrast typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Taurus (an all caps logotype family by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Zeit (a transitional text typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Avion (a sans family by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Fabrica (a decorative frilly didone by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Tapas (2019, by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen: a Serif, Sans, Deco and Script collection), Morison (a great 32-style wedge serif typeface by Erik and Emil Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Saiga (Future Fonts).

    In 2019, he released Luna at Future Fonts. Luna features high contrast and dashing details.

    Typefaces from 2020: Laurel (by Teo Tuominen, Emil Bertell and Erik Bertell: a 4 style sans with amnay wedge elements), Resolve Sans (by Teo Tuominen, Emil Bertell and Erik Bertell: an extensive grotesk super family of 124 fonts: from compressed to extended, thin to black), Rockford Sans (2020: an 8-style geometric sans with large x-height and slightly rounded corners; Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Ompu (Future Fonts: a heavy condensed sans serif), Walden (a heavy rustic serif typeface by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Klik (a geometric sans family with Bauhaus influences, by the dynamic trio of Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen).

    Typefaces from 2021: Imagist (a 12-style sharp-edged serif by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Alonzo (a 24-style Peignotian sans by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Maine (a 12-style modernized book antiqua by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Lagom (a 16-style slab serif with some Clarendon charm; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Wonder (a 12-style rounded serif in the style of Windsor; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen), Grand Cru (a refined serif family with 36 styles; by Emil Bertell, Erik Bertell and Teo Tuominen).

    Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lettermin Type Foundry (was: Ermin Design)
    [Ermin Mededovic]

    Croatian designer who lives in Ljubljana. He is owner and type designer at Lettermin (since 2012) and design director at Delo Publishing House. Creator of fonts such as Board, Counter (dot matrix), DeeDot, Dirty Karlson, Dope, EnfontTerrible (grunge), Exer, Fractual (Fraktur), Frizider (connected 50s style lettering), Gliberto, Jogurt Pi, Kelih, Latirilica, Malomorgen (Fraktur), Manifestina, Ministry of Defense, NoBodyType, Omar Sans and Omar Sans Plus (1999, Typohteque), Pope-Regular, PopeInline, Siscia, Sugestica, Tune, Telekom Pi, Video-Flat.

    At Plazm he published Centrifuga (1996), Board (1995). In 2005, he finished the design of a 40-style a typeface family for Delo, one of the leading Slovenian daily newspapers.

    In 2014, he created Lipa Agate (Type Together), a workhorse sans serif for use in very small type sizes. Similarly, Ingra (2015) is a 30-style sans family designed for use in magazines, with weights ranging from hairline to extra bold.

    In 2016, Ermin published Fino, Fino Sans and Fino Stencil at Type Together, which advertizes is as a dramatic, contemporary family that scales beyond the world of looks by tapping into archetypes. It amplifies the most theatrical aspects of the Didone, while bringing an uncommon flexibility of style and variation to any type palette. Tall and stately, this is a caps-only typeface system.

    In 2019, Omar sans was retired by Typotheque and Mededovic rejuvenated this octagonal design as Edge Sans. In 2021, he added Edge Slab. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Letters en Plaatjes
    [Thijs Mertens]

    Thijs Mertens is a Dutch designer in Arnhem who runs the design studio Letters en Plaatjes since 2009. He used FontStruct in 2009 to create ThM PurSans, ThM BlackBox (stencil), ThM For Minimal, ThM Papercut, ThM Concept, ThM Monomode, ThM Firefly, and ThM Freaktur (sic).

    In 2011, he made ThM Trade Stencil, ThM Tomahawk, ThM Thin (thin and octagonal).

    In 2012, he added ThM Toronto, ThM SPQR (athletic lettering), ThM Bone, ThM Tibetan (blackletter), ThM Trade (slabby), ThM Tulipe, ThM Mini, ThM LCD.

    Typefaces from 2013: ThM Liga, ThM Architype Albers, ThM Marksman (stencil face).

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    Letters from Sweden
    [Göran Söderström]

    Göran Söderström (b. 1974) is based in Stockholm and has been designing typefaces since 2006. He worked at Gernandt and started Autodidakt (MyFonts link). Fountain sold many of his typefaces. Behance link. Interview in 2010. In 2011, he set up Letters from Sweden with and Fredrik Andersson. Fredrik is no longer associated with it though. His fonts, now all at Letters From Sweden:

    • The beautiful understated modern Neptuna sans family, on which he has worked for 14 years. This font eventually became Exemplar Pro (1996-2008, PsyOps).
    • Autostyler (2006). A free comic book style face.
    • Trentor (2006): octagonal and bi-lined. This is accompanied by Trentor Script (2006, octagonal).
    • Shabash (2008). Shabash is rooted in an identity design project for Kashmir, an Indian restaurant in Stockholm.
    • Navelfluff (2008, grunge).
    • Flieger (2006-2007). A great grid-based connected retro script at Fountain. The accompanying Flieger Dingbats were by Lotta Bruhn.
    • Meadow (2009). A rounded sans family at Fountain.
    • In 2009, Göran Söderström and Peter Bruhn published Trailering Heroine, which was inspired by the typeface Windsor, designed by Eleisha Pechey in 1905. Windsor is the typeface used in the titles of many Woody Allen movies. The 9-style family Heroine was published at Fountain.
    • SEB Basic is the new sans type family for Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (2009).
    • The Satura Suite (2010, with Peter Bruhn). A versatile set of fonts from sans to zwans: Satura Pro, Satura Parts, Satura Text (elliptical), Satura Core.
    • Meadow Pro (2009-2010) and Meadow Pro Condensed (2010). A strong headline sans family, done at Fountain.
    • FF Dagny (2009). FF Dagny OT Thin is free! This family was created with O. Nordling.
    • LFS Siri (2011, Letters from Sweden) is a variable contrast humanist sans family.
    • Trim (2012). A large x-height sans family whose letters were squeezed through a narrow door. In 2014, he published Trim Mono, which is advertized at once as a programming and a typewriter font. The sans family Trim (2017) is influenced by the style of Knud V. Engelhardt, who used to trim away unnecessary elements of glyphs.
    • Kumla (2013, monoline squarish caps face).
    • Lab Grotesque (2014).
    • Brace (2015, a slab serif).
    • Eksell Display (+Stencil) was created in 2015. It revives the one of two typefaces designed (in 1962) by Olle Eksell (1918-2007). Eksell's other typeface, Eksell Sans (1973), was revived by Letters from Sweden in 2021.
    • In 2010, Peter Bruhn started a typeface but he died before it was finished. In 2015, Rui Abrey and Göran Söderström finished it as Bruhn Sans (Fountain Type). In 2010 Peter was commissioned to design a wordmark for the documentary Harbour of Hope. The type was to ellicit Malmö's harbor, and Peter found inspiration from the painted type of industrial tankers docked in his hometown.
    • Ivar (2017). A transitional typeface that is influenced by Times. In Text, Headline and Display substyles. Dedicated to Ivar Gustafsson, and initially created for the redesign of Tidskriften Arkitektur by Malmsten Hellberg. In 2018, it was followed by Ivar Nostalgi, which reflects on the exuberant and extravagant display type of the 1970s with its large x-height, tight-but-not touching letterspacing, and extreme contrast. The whole collection, including Ivar Soft and Ivar display Condensed, was released for retail in 2019.
    • Together with Ramiro Oblitas, Göran Söderström designed the polytope-and-circular-arc typefaces Mikro (2016-2020) and Mikro Super (2021).
    • Funkis (2018).
    • In 2019, they revived the chunky slab serif Adtype by William F. Capitain (1903, ATF) as Capitaine, which the Swedes describe as a good-humoured slab serif.
    • Gothia Sans and Gothia Serif (2019) were originally designed for the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten as part of their rebrand by Brandwork. The design was based on historical Dutch types by Hendrik van den Keere and Christoffel van Dijck.
    • Eklips (2019). A fun display typeface with hipster influences.
    • El Taco Truck (2020). A custom all caps sans for the El Taco Truck company.
    • Inline (2020-2021). A variable font with width and optical size axes, designed with Stefania Malmsten, who first used this super-heavy typeface in the documentary Maj 68.
    • Rund Display (2021) and Rund Text (2021). These families are based on classical geometric sans typefaces like Neuzeit Grotesk, Futura and Avenir but are characterized by subtly concave terminal endings.

    Letters from Sweden is an agency whose sole focus is type design. Göran Söderström was previously instrumental in Familjen Pangea's type design department and is a well-known commissioned type designer who has drawn typefaces for C&A, Zeta, ICA, Posten Frimärken, Expressen, ATG, SEB, WyWallet, Ulf Rollof and collaborated with Stockholm Design Lab, Stefania Malmsten, Pompe Hedengren, Hummingbirds, Designkontoret Silver, The Kitchen and Bold Stockholm. His retail typefaces listed above have been used by Red Bull, SVT, Expressen, The New Republic, Pitchfork Music Festival, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Lassila & Tikanoja, Rodeo Magazine and others.

    View the typeface collection of Letters From Sweden. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lettersoup
    [Botio Nikoltchev]

    Also written Botjo Nikoltchev, b. 1978, Sofia, Bulgaria. Botio studied graphic and type design in Potsdam. He is living and working as a freelance designer in Berlin. He studied communication design at the University of Applied Science Potsdam and took type design classes with Luc(as) de Groot. After his studies Botio worked with Ole Schäfer (Primetype) on the Cyrillic characters of PTL Manual, PTL Manual Mono and PTL Notes. Since 2010 he has been collaborating with Ralph du Carrois and Erik Spiekermann as type designer and art director at Carrois Type Design, focusing on Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic language extensions and CI projects. In 2014, he set up the commercial type foundry Lettersoup.

    Creator of the free font Ropa Sans (2012, Google Web Fonts, +Arabic, +Ropa Soft, 2014). The typeface is in DIN's circle of friends.

    Sofadi One is a scriptish font that is free at Google Web Fonts.

    Share Tech Mono (2012, Google Web Fonts) is a monospaced sans face. Share Tech (2012, Google Web Fonts) is its proportional version. Both are derived from Share (2012, Google Web Fonts). He helped with the Greek and Cyrillic portions of FF Meta Serif.

    Corporate fonts by Botio include MMH Netrange Cyrillic + Greek + Arabic, Cisco, Meta Science and Exploratorium Sans. He designed the icons for Museo de Art de Ponce.

    In 2014, Botio designed the humanist sans typeface family PTL Manohara (Primetype) for Latin and Cyrillic.

    In 2016, a team of designers at Lettersoup that includes Ani Petrova, Botio Nikoltchev, Adam Twardoch and Andreas Eigendorf designed an 8-style Latin / Greek / Cyrillic stencil typeface, Milka, which is based on an original stencil alphabet from 1979 by Bulgarian artist Milka Peikova. Later in 2016, he published the nearly geometric sans family Quasimoda, which covers a full range of weights, from Hairline to Heavy.

    Typefaces from 2017: Attractive (a free sans, done with Ani Petrova), Ropa Mix Pro.

    Typefaces from 2019: Rouse Sans (by Botio Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova: based on Sofia Sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Apparat (an 88-style geometric sans family that was given a humanistic treatment).

    FontShop link. I Love Typography link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lettertype Studio (or: Pradipta Creative)

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1997) of these handcrafted typefaces in 2021: Leuthikline (a monoline script), Nonplussed, Evergarden, Innocent (a monoline script), Kid Boys (a rounded sans for children's books or cartoons), Grawust Brush, Jhenyta Signature Script, Brittish State Script, Awkward Handwriting Typeface, Delions.

    In 2021, Pradipta also designed the display typefaces Suika, Braga Serif (a semi-stencil typeface), Geyster, Milestone, Belgia and Afteris Moghu. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Letterwerk
    [Fabian Widmer]

    Fabian Widmer is a Swiss type and graphic designer in Basel and Zürich, b. 1981. He graduated in 2006 from the Schüle für Gestaltung Basel, and runs Letterwerk, which he cofounded with Dominique Bößner in 2008.

    His (free) fonts: Mister Pix&Junior (2004, pixel font), BlackPearl (2005, not finished), Jungle (2005, experimental) and Kreuzfahrt (2005, religious dingbats).

    His Nomad (2006, a sans family) and Carrosserie (2009, a display sans influenced by the 1930s; in 2011, new styles were added) are not free.

    Carrosserie showcased.

    His main work in 2012 is the six-layer stacking display family Modular Roman and Slab.

    In 2014, they made Stencil Allround.

    Typefaces from 2015: Nord (a typeface family with Inline, Form, Black and Sun styles; the beveled subfont is especially wonderful).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fab Figures (several sets of decorative numerals).

    MyFonts link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Level Up
    [Paul Glazkov]

    Smolensk, Russia-based designer of these fonts in 2019: Wider, Stenciler (a space age stencil font for Latin and Cyrillic), Fairytaler. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Levi Bunyan

    Designer from Aberdeen, Scotland, whose studio is called Aekido.

    He created Relic (2011, an abstract geometric caps face), UniStenc (2011, stencil face), Wonderland (a simplistic sans headline face), Body (2011, monoline geometric typeface with some stenciled letters), and Diamond Sans (2011, caps only).

    In 2012, he designed Blackjack Gothic, and Body Shop (a thin stencil typeface for The Body Shop).

    In 2013, he published Oznacheniya (inspired by Bulgarian signage), Pipeline (a gaspipe caps only typeface), Modular, and Black Grape (a monospaced sans typeface).

    Behance link. Cargo Collective link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Levi Szekeres

    Cluj, Romania-based creator (b. 1973) of Levi Brush (2004, brush face), Levi ReBrushed (2012), Lipsum (2011, hand-printed), Levi Marker, Levi Crayola, Lorem Ipsum, LeviNaiveLetter1 (grunge), LeviWindowsExtraLight (pixel face), Pxlxxl (2012, pixel face). These were all made under the alias Scotch Kitsch Sandwich.

    In 2013, he made Pxl, Pxll and Pxlxxl Cond. In 2014, he published the stencil typeface Rubber and the condensed roundish sans typeface Ruler. In 2015 he made HermanoMayor, HighVoltage-Rough, HighVoltage, Ruler-Modern.

    Typefaces from 2016: Ruler Stencil, Loveletter No. 9, Ruler Volume, Hermano Alto Chisel (octagonal), Fashion Fetish, Gotcha Gothic, Hermano Alto, Supercaligrafilisticexpialidoc, Cry Brush, Loveletter No. 9, Post Scriptum.

    Typefaces from 2017: Sugar & Vinegar (a rounded art nouveau typeface), Fat Flamingo 5 (didone fat face), Hermanoalto Unicase, Ogonek (a great sans family), Ogonek Unicase, Golden Age.

    Typefaces from 2019: Windows Outline, Windows Dots, Pxlxxl, Virgula Vulgaris (a text typeface).

    Dafont link. Home page. Old URL. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lewis McGuffie

    British graphic designer and sign painter who was at some point in Tallinn, Estonia. Graduate of the MATD program at the University of Reading, class of 2019.

    Old German Baltic maps gave him the inspiration for the signage family Livo Display (2014). Other typefaces, all done in 2015: Imperija Roman (2015, an impressive Trajan typeface for posters and editorial use; Lewis explains: The original letters were drawn from a memorial engraving in Ljubljana, Slovenia), Trout Beer (display type), Andra Roman (a humanist sans based on a letter sample dated around 1920 found in the Estonian History Museum), Cream (an Italian western type based on an original wood type), Gauss (a pointy stencil type), Heath Egyptian (based on Caslon's Two-Line Egyptian: a custom type for London-based craftsman Daniel Heath), Poison, Titanik Tuleva, Hebden (a grotesque and incised pair inspired by the original signs at Hebden Bridge train station in Yorkshire).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fleischer Display, Bobik (a sans / slab / wedge serif triplet of fonts initially developed based on basic principles described in Jean Alessandrini's Codex 80), Cindie Mono (four monospaced fonts of widely varying widths), Cenotaph Titling (a free engraved titling typeface influenced by Eric Gill's inscriptions).

    Typefaces from 2017: Osselian Demi (lapidary), Borough Grotesk (free; updated to Pro in 2018), Tusker Grotesk (a headline grotesk in the tradition of Haettenschweiler, Impact and Helvetica Inserat; influences include Inland Type's Title Gothic No.8 and Stephenson Blake Elongated Sans No.1), Gardner Sans.

    Typefaces from 2018: Chicken Shop Gothic (a condensed grotesk published by Typeverything: partly inspired by Benguiat's 1968 sample book Psychedelitype and part-nod to the stretched tacky stick-on-vinyl lettering on the windows of late-night takeaways, Chicken Shop is a variable font with a super-size height axis), Zierde Grotesk (a take on early advertising, small-copy grotesks of the late 19th/early 20th century, and is largely inspired by Miller & Richard's own range of grotesques. The ornaments were inspired by J.G Schelter & Giesecke's 1913 type specimen book Die Zierde). Sortie Super (Italian stress Western font). During his studies at Ecole Estienne (Paris), Manuel de Lignières (Montpellier, France) published Waba (2018) with Lewis McGuffie. Inspired by woodblock types and art nouveau, Waba is a bit of love letter to Estonia, the Baltics and the visual history of Eastern Europe. The free variable font Waba Border (2018) was added by Lewis McGuffie. Find Waba at Typeverything.

    Typefaces from 2019: Cham (heavy, octagonal, based on fascia lettering from 1875 in Liverpool; released by Typeverything), Chicken Shop Gothic (a condensed poster sans, with a variable type option), Columba (a variable font done for his graduation at MATDi with Latin, Greek, Cyrillic & Hebrew coverage and optical size and weight axes; Grand Prize winner at Granshan 2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Salford Sans (an 8-weight headline sans family; a collaboration between Lewis McGuffie (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic), Dave Williams of Manchester Type (Latin, Arabic) and Elsa Baussier (symbols)), Jooks Script (in the style of Kurrent and Sütterlin; reviving Walter Höhnisch's Werbeschrift), Auroc (a flared incised petite-serif), Cindie 2 (an extension of Cindie Mono, this family has 26 monospaced widths).

    Typefaces from 2021: Tekst (a Latin / Greek / Cyrillic font family based on Literaturnaya---a book type popular in the Soviet Union; it comprises ekst A (Analog for print), Tekst D (Digital for screen) and Tekst M (M for Mono)).

    Typefaces from 2022: Mushy (a soft-edged joining script display type with four substyles, Cheese, Butter, Yoghurt and Cream), Rulik (unicase, uncial), Narwa (a wonderful all caps poster typeface).

    Future Fonts link. Type Department link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lex Kominek

    Calgary-based designer of Naranja (2005), an experimental typeface built up of quarter circles and L-brackets. Its dingbats are inspired by Clockwork Orange. Faces made with FontStruct in 2008: Robot Builder (Solid, Shaded and Open: squarish typefaces), Polygonal Lasso (Far West type: 938 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended A & B, Greek, Cyrillic, and Katakana), Marshmallow Script (based on Einhorn, Eclat, Deftone Stylus, and Magneto, all connected diner scripts), Crazy Eights (deck of cards), Ficus Stencil (+Compressed, +Condensed, +Extended, +Regular, +Zebra, +StencilOpen), Big Fat (+Vibrate, +Solid, +Shaded), Negatron (Regular, Solid and Fill), Tuscan Radar, Nuclear Depot Americum (495 glyphs consisting of stars), Nuclear Depot (Radioum, Neptunium, Plutonium, Uranium: a futuristic family that covers Cyrillic), Am I see are you pee see, eh? (a font that combines MICR with UPC-A). The links: big_fat_shaded, crazy_eights, ficus_stencil_compressed, ficus_stencil_condensed, marshmallow_script, negatron_fill, negatron_regular, negatron_solid, serpent_like_bold, tuscan_radar.

    2009 creations: Haemophobe (pixel), Star Wreck, Mouthcaster (a bilined typeface based on the lettering on the front of the 1978 edition of the Scoutmaster's Handbook), Pasta (white on black), Medical Station Alpha (techno), Disco Stud (Chrome, Solid, Chrome Oblique, Solid Oblique), Affix, Infix (experimental and minimalist), Pinball Blizzard, Tears in Rain (a simplistic textura), Five Minute Hair Colour (slab serif), Seg Sixteen (LED face), Trajedy (pixel), Nobody 8 Italic (pixel), Home Sweet Home (a cross-stitch font), Wotan, Tiki Deaky, Writetyper, Chromatose (shadow family), Chocobot (an octagonal family containing Dark, Stacked (multilined), Milk, White), Big Fat (Shaded, Vibrate, Solid).

    2010 creations: Fungal Sharp, Fungal Rounded (described by himself as a unicase stovepipe sans), Elliptical Lasso (Western ornamental caps), Astral Projection (a dot matrix typeface that updates Astra, a Letraset font designed by François Robert and Natacha Falda in 1973), Brick-block tops (3d effect), Knots, Spacerock (an extensive arc-based geometric family), Telephone (counterless), Pixular, StarWreck the Next Generation, Hockey Club, Brick-Block Tops, Bubblemania, Ziabelle Remix (outline, 3d, shaded), Hextone, Falcone (robotic face), but I didn't Trap the Deputy (Egyptian), Dinosaur Gothic.

    Fonts from 2011: Apé'ritif (bilined), Csillagok (a futuristic face based on a Hungarian Star Wars poster), Valhalla (faux runic), Birodalom, Haboruja, Piezo, Felix (black art deco face).

    Typefaces from 2013: Portafina, Portofino.

    Typefaces from 2014: Hanz and Franz, McRasky (a MICR font), Apricpt, Classic Spacerock, Five Minute Hair Colour.

    Typefaces from 2015: Big Fat Shaded Neue, Rampy, Managrom (monogram font), Spagett (connected cursive script). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    LFCF (was: El Serif de Chocolate)
    [Luis Fernando Carvente Flores]

    Luis Fernando Carvente Flores is a type designer and illustrator in Pueblo de Zaragoza, Mexico. Initially, he made free fonts published via Dafont, and using the foundry name El Serif de Chocolate.

    Creator of Spatha Serif (2010), Spatha Sans, Musa Ornata (2008, fat round signage face), Knema (2010), Musa (2009), Bascula (2009, athletic lettering and Egyptian typeface; +College), Toeris (2009, a western heavy slab serif face), Golondrina (2010, in Africana and Europea styles, all blackletter), and Memela Fraktur (2009, blackletter).

    In 2010, he turned commercial and set up LFCF.

    In 2011, he published the free blackletter typeface Carmilia and the tropical typeface Babalu.

    In 2012, he added the (free) thin ornamental typeface Ferrica Light and the bouncy Tuscan typeface Festiva (free).

    Typefaces from 2013: Paky (a brush typeface for a packaging project with Mario Tapia), Vinilo Ultra (curvy stencil, tweetware).

    Typerfaces from 2018: Agustina.

    Home page with a typography blog and a calligraphy blog in Spanish. . Home page. Blog. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    LGF Fonts (or LG Tipos)
    [Manuel Lage]

    LGF fonts is the foundry of Manuel Lage Novo, a Galician type designer in La Coruña, b. 1970. He inherited the Richard Gans collection.

    Manuel specialized initially in sexy silhouette fonts: Sexy Spanish Erasmus Girls (2007), Chicas y Mujeres (2007), Sexy Spanish Woman (2007), Gimnasia (2009). He also made the distressed typefaces TNewPro (2009) and Carboncillo Palo (2007), Galería Coruña (2008, Victorian), the geometric display typeface WFF Lage Grafica (2007) and the elegant upright script Lage Goyesca (2008).

    In 2009, he published Sistemas Font BT, which seems to be a copy of or very close to the well-known stencil typeface Futura Black BT. Fuck This Copy (2011) is a counterless grunge face.

    In 2012, he published LGF Goyesca, LGF Disco Inferno, LGF Terra Demo and LGF Patuko (fat finger face).

    In 2013, he created Belter (a vinyl disk font), LGF Besitos Square, LGF Besitos Round, LGF Lovevelyn, LGF Lage Logo TresD (a 3d shadow face), and the inline typeface Elucidar Titulares.

    Fonts from 2015: LGF Centelleo, LGF Cup.

    Typefaces from 2016: Circus LGF (an art deco layered family, ideal for coloring), Primavera LGF (based on Richard Gans's Primavera, and extended with a bold weight), Alicia LGF (a Broadway style art deco typeface based on Fatima, a font designed by Karl Hermann Schaefer in 1933 at Schriftguss), Mario LGT, LGF Avadar (an inline display typeface), ImanRG (a great shadow headline typeface after Richard Gans's Iman), Lgf Besitos Round Light (an architectural font).

    Typefaces from 2017: Decorativa RG (after Richard Gans), Elucidar, Ornato, Escorial RG (after Richard Gans), Rias Altas Ribadeo, Escritura Luis XVI (after Richard Gans), Maruxa (a script typeface after Richard Gans), Ortegal, Gauntlet LGt (a great neon / metal / disco typeface), LGF A Lage Logo (origami), Alage Evo + Evo Century (octagonal).

    Typefaces from 2018: Ornamentos Orlas y Vinetas.

    Typefaces from 2020: Patri LG (a belle epoque display typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Volvoreta RG LG (or Bolboreta; a revival of Richard Gans's Decorativa).

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Liberator Crew

    Creator of a gun dingbat and stencil font, Browning (2003), and a handwriting font, Calvin (2003). I can't seem to be able to download Calvin any longer. Old link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Librito.de
    [Florian Zietz]

    Florian Zietz (b. Salzgitter-Bad, Germany, 1967) studied graphic design at Fachhochschule Hildesheim and participated in the German art and design school's exchange program with the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Since completing his studies in 1994, he has been working as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator for a variety of clients. Creator of the dingbats typeface FF Headz (2005), which won an award at TDC2 2006. Librito is the web outfit of Agnes von Beöczy and Florian Zietz, who are located in Hamburg, Germany. They are involved in graphic and type design, calligraphy and illustration. Besides FF Headz (dingbats), they created Just Seven (2010, a child's hand), Cutz (informal script that is way better than Comic Sans), Segmenta (2008, modular, octagonal, slightly stencilish; based on grids similar to those used in train station and airport signage), Stars (2009, dingbats), and Zansibar (a great type project concerned wit the reconstruction of an old map alphabet). Viktor (2011) is based on wood type.

    In 2012, he published the Sketchimpact family (a sketched version of Impact) and the roughened antiqua typeface Argento.

    Typefaces from 2014: Ahoy (based on cruise line posters), Neometrix (3d, layered, outlined and hand-drawn).

    Typefaces from 2015: Fatone (a high contrast semi-didone caps family, with wood type ancestry).

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. Librito link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Life Without Taffy (was: Spork Thug Typography)
    [Josh Wilhelm]

    Josh Wilhelm is an artist, musician and comedian who lives in Florida. It is possible that he also is a reverend. His original type designs were presented at Spork Thug Typography. Some time before 2010, he moved to Life Without Taffy. The fonts: A-Damn-Mess, Adrenochrome, Airwalker, AirwalkerOutline, Aneurysm, AnotherMorningStoner, Antioch, AntiochBitchslap, AphidManureHeist, Apocalypshit, AshleysWriting, Askew, AssholeBasicSansSerif, AstroCreep2, Atomic-Toothpaste, BackSplatter-DrippyPS, BallTongue, BallTonguePreview, Bandnames, Bandnames2, BeerGoggles, Belching-Up-Salisbury-Steak, Betsy, BilBurr, Black-Sunshine, BloodyShrapnel, Bogusflow, BollWeevil, Bootyneck, BotchedVasectomy, Bowel-Trouble, Brackish, Bunfuzzled, Bunker, Buscemi, Cactus-Love (Mexican simulation face), CaffeineFreeDietPorkSoda, CamelWalk, Captain-Shiner, Cardboard-Love-2, Cardboard-Love, CardboardLove, CarsickTimes, Cheap-Ass-Phaser, Clunk, Configuration9, Corinne, Cracked-Dendrite, Craptacular, CrystalGypsy, Cut-It-Out, Cyanide-Breathmint, DawnOfTheDead, Dead-Ewoks-Everywhere, DeadAlive, Denrito (2001), Derelict, DietPorkSoda, Dispepsi, Divine, Dollar-Store-Stencil, Donald, Downer, Drew, Dumpster-Diver, EatMoreGravel, Eeviac, EeviacBold, EeviacOutline, ElScorcho, Electronic-Cobbler, Elser, Eulogy, Evil-Dead, Fifty, Fildnik, Fingered, Fisticuffs, Flamer, FlutingOnTheHump, FrailLimbNursery, FreakingStars, Fridge-Magnets, FrostbittenWanker, Future-Boxes, FuturexSchizmatic, GeorgeWBushIsACokehead, GlassSandwich, GoldenShowers, Gubernaculum, Hallisey, Handyman's-Special, HappyHero, Hellacious-Migraine, Hendershot, HotwaxResidue, Human-Brown-Eye, Humpbunny, InterstellarHarddrive, Invaders, InvadersPartTwo, InvadersPartTwoOutline, Johnny-Bracket, Josh-Is-Tipsy, JoshIsStoned, JoshSober, Juggalo, JuggaloWarped, Kagan, Kalamazoo, Lacquerhead, Lanky-Bastard, Lebowski, Lego-Maniac, Lhyrma, Lickspittle, Lithium, Little-Tubby-Jesus, LoungeAct, LoungeActOutline, MagnaCumNada, MaximumRadiationLevel, MaximumRadiationLevelOutline, Miasma, Minus, MirandaWrites, MissKatie, Mister-Haddaris, MoFo, MollyRingworm, Mope, MopeOutline, Mrnikas, Mudshovel, Muffy, Mump, MusickThief, MusickThiefTwo, Mustachio, MustyPrivates, MyPromiscuousDaughter, MyPromiscuousDaughterOutline, MyPromiscuousDaughterSquat, Necrosis, Nerdball, Nobody-Loves-Me, Nonsense, NovaCane, One-Lousy-Bottom, OneLeggedDonkey, Overactive-Bladder, Oxalic, Paralacrimation, Pink-Noise, Pio, Pio, Poltergeist, PoltergeistHollow, PoltergeistShuffled, PoltergeistThick, Poop, Pork-Soda, Praise-'Bob', Praise-'Bob', Protonic-Feelers, Pudmonkey-RegularPS, PudmonkeyShrapnelFree, PudmonkeyTwo, Punched-Stub, QuarterOzToFreedom, Queasy, Quite-Blunt, REVEREND-JOSH, Rachel, RangDang, RedneckZombies, Rhoda-Dendron, SassmouthSkinny, SassmouthThick, SelfMutilation, ShotgunBlast, ShotgunBlastMadThick, ShotgunBlastThick, Single-Stroke, Sissyneck, SissyneckOutline, SixtyPercentLessSassmouth, Sloopy, Snafu, SnootchieBootchies, SnootchieBootchiesBold, SnootchieBootchiesItalic, SnootchieBootchiesOutline, Some-Boxes, SonofX51, SoulManure-NormaLPS, SoulManure2, SoulManureOutline, SpaceLord, SpaceLordOutline, SpankThru, SpankThruBold, SporkThug, Sporkbats-Two, Sporkbats, Sporkbats3, Stamper, Stickons-Two, Stitch, StunOperator, SuckyDigital, SuitePee, Takeout, Tanklason, Target-Practice, Teardrop, Terminus, TexasJigsawMassacre, Thirty-Seven, TongueOfColicab, Turnaround, Ubiqita_Europa, Undertow, Uppity, Uppity2, Uppity3, Uppity4, VenerealStrobeEffect, VenerealStrobeEffectItalic, VenerealStrobeEffectStroked, VeryAssy, Vibrato, VibratoHollow, Vic-Twenty, Vinyl-Stickons, Wadlow, WadlowsSon, WaitAndBleed, Wireframe-Davenport, X51Outline, Xanthisma, Xanthisma, XitRAM!, Yonkerismo, Zaboodla, ZaboodlaThin.

    Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lili Lieber
    [42 Studio]

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    Lindsay Yee

    Creator of the stencilish typeface Semi Circle Sans (2009), of New Type (2011), and of the funky psychedelic Curly Numbers (2011). Lindsay is a graphic designer based in Christchurch, New Zealand. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lindsey Robin Hudlow Charles

    Greenville, SC-based designer of the blackboard bold typeface Nirosta (2016) and the all caps rounded monolinear wide sans typeface Paris Mountain (2016) intended for use on state park signs. She also designed the free tape typeface Cassius (2016) and ten went on to study at Type@Cooper.

    Typefaces from 2017: Caprino Stencil, the Trattoria series (Mascarpone, Pecorino, Caprino).

    Dribble link. Behance link. You Work For Them link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lineto
    [Cornel Windlin]

    Since 1993, Swiss type designer Cornel Windlin (b. 1964, Küssnacht am Rigi) heads "lineto" in Zürich, with Stephan "Pronto" Mueller. Lineto is based in Zürich, Switzerland. The foundry has grown in size and influence and includes work by many type designers. Windlin himself made these typefaces:

    • The old typewriter family FF Magda (1995) and its smooth versions, FF Magda Clean (1995) and FF Magda Clean Mono (1995). Noteworthy is the white-on-black FF Magda Cameo. See also Mono (2003, Lineto).
    • Airport (FontFont).
    • Dot Matrix (FontFont).
    • Experimental typefaces: In FUSE 10, Windlin designed the symbol font Robotnik, and at FUSE 7, he made Mogadishu. He alsi created FUSE Classic 1.
    • FF Watertower (1998-1999, stencil font).
    • Screen Matrix (1995, with Stephan Mueller, FontFont).
    • ThermoNuclear (1999).
    • Mono-book (1998).
    • Autoscape-Regular (1998).
    • LL Alpha Headline (1997, based on the British license plates). This initial caps-only headline font in a Bold cut was redrawn and extended to a full character set in 2002, also adding an italic style, and additional Regular and Italic weights. The resulting fonts as exclusively licensed as corporate typeface for Mitsubishi Motors across Europe between 2002 and 2012. Since then, Alpha Headline was extended to Cyrillic, and two Stencil cuts were introduced. A new, revised and entirely redrawn version of Alpha Headline will be published by Lineto in 2019.
    • LL Lutz Headline (1997, derived from the lettering on British license plates).
    • Luggage Tag.
    • LL Gravur Condensed (1999, with Gilles Gavillet). This initial version of LL Gravur Condensed has been replaced by an entirely redrawn version, with additional Italic cuts (2010–2012, in collaboration with Radek Sidun).
    • Cobra: a phenomenal geometric font combining ideas of kitchen tile and stencil fonts, made in 1996.
    • FF Moonbase Alpha (1991, part of FUSE 3).
    • With Gilles Gavillet, dated 1999: Pixel Crude, Pixel World, Vectrex (1999), Vectrex World (skyline dingbats), Liquid Crystal (1999), Supermax (1999). Pixel World and Vectrex World are free.
    • VFutura (2004). Used as a corporate typeface by, e.g., Vitra Internatonal AG.

    FontFont write-up. Fonts by designers. The Lineto collection has many beautiful trend-setting digital-look typewriter typefaces. From other designers:

    • Stephan Mueller: Regular (typewriter family), Valentine (typewriter family), Aveugle (Braille font, 1995), Parking, FF Gateway (1997), Grid (1996), Paragon, Batarde Coulee, Shuttle, FE Mittelschrift and FE Engschrift (1997), 104 (nice geometric font), FF Chernobyl (1998, from stenciled letters on the Chernobyl plant), FF Container, Bitmap-Condensed and Bitmap-Regular (1998), Office (Eurostile-like monospace, 1999).
    • Norm: Normetica (1999, now retired), Prima (1999, now retired), LL Simple (1999-2000), LL Replica and LL Replica Mono (2008), LL Riforma (2012-2017).
    • James Goggin, Rafael Koch, Mauro Paolozzi, Alex Rich and Arve Båtevik: LL Prismaset (2003-2014).
    • Elektrosmog/Pierre Miedinger: LL Storno (1999, an interpretation of the numerals of an old Sharp cash register; by Marco Walser & Valentin Hindermann), LL Brauer. Brauer was Marco Walser's digital revival of Pierre Miedinger's original design for a mid-1970s corporate typeface for the Zurich-based Hürlimann brewery. This was later developed into the six weights of LL Brauer Neue (1999-2006) by Marco Walser and Philippe Desarzens, and has since been extended further (publication pending, scheduled for early 2019). The copyright for LL Brauer Neue is held by Lineto, the author's rights are held by Marco Walser/Elektrosmog.
    • Marco Walser and Philippe Desarzens: Le Corbusier Oldface (2004).
    • Nico Schweizer: Albroni (1992), Hoboken-High (1998, a US sports jersey font), LeCorbusier (great stencil font, 1999), Le Corbusier Condensed (1999), Typ1451 (1999, sans family), Gigaflop (1999), Ultrateens (1999).
    • Martha Stutteregger: Number Two (1996), Lord (1996).
    • Jonas Williamsson: Biff (1999).
    • Urs and Juerg Lehni and Rafael Koch: Lego (1999).
    • Laurent Benner: Pez (1999), renamed Tablettenschrift.
    • Hansjakob Fehr: Deadtype (dingbats consisting of metal parts of a typewriter, 1999).
    • Masahiko Nakamura: Terminal One (1999).
    • James Goggin: Courier Sans (2001).
    • Laurenz Brunner: LL Akkurat and LL Akkurat Mono (2004), LL Circular (2011), LL Bradford and LL Bradford Mono (2018).
    • Aurèle Sack: LL Purple (2006, together with NORM), LL Brown (2011), LL Grey (2004-2016).
    • Christian Mengelt/Team77: LL Unica77 (2012-2014).
    • Kobi Benezri: LL Lettera (2008), LL Lettera Text (2012).
    • Robert Huber: LL Moderne (2017).
    • Nazareno Crea: LL Gulliver (2008-2018), renamed LL Catalogue in 2019.
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    Linotype's selection of classic stencil fonts

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    Linotype's selection of modern stencil fonts

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    Linotype's selection of techno stencil fonts

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    Lisa Beranek

    German designer of the stencil typeface Richy (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lisa Fischbach

    Lisa Fischbach (Kiel, Germany) studied at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel. She graduated from the MATD program at the University of Reading in 2014. Her graduation typeface there was called Kaius. Kaius has a complex typographic structure. Designed for small print, it features a large x-height. Kaius covers Latin, Gujarati, Greek, Cyrillic and IPA. In 2020, she released Kaius Pro in 16 styles at TypeMates.

    In 2016, Jakob Runge and Lisa Fischbach co-designed the bespoke sans typeface family SAM Text and SAM Headline at TypeMates for the food company S:A:M.

    In 2017, she joined Jakob Runge once again for Cera Round Pro, an absolutely wonderful geometric rounded sans typeface family for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Jakob Runge, with the help of Lisa Fischbach, designed Harrison Serif Pro (a slab serif) in 2017 at Typemates. Harrison serif won an award at TDC Typeface Design 2018.

    In 2019, Jakob Runge, Nils Thomsen and Lisa Fischbach released Halvar and wrote: Halvar, a German engineered type system that extends to extremes. With bulky proportions and constructed forms, Halvar is a pragmatic grotesk with the raw charm of an engineer. A type system ready to explore, Halvar has 81 styles, wide to condensed, hairline to black, roman to oblique and then to superslanted, structured into three subfamilies: the wide Breitschrift, regular Mittelschrift and condensed Engschrift. Halvar Stencil, which was released simultaneously, is a German engineering stencil font family. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lisa Josée

    During her studies at Instituto Politecnico de Tomar, Portugal, LLisa Josée (Aveiro, Portugal) designed the neo deco typeface Fifty Fifty (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lisa Villeneuve

    Ottawa-based creator of the semi-stencil typeface Glowworm (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Little Fonts
    [Max Little]

    Little Fonts is a type foundry in Norwich, UK, run by Max Little (b. London, 1986). Max Little studied graphic communication at Norwich University.

    Inspired by the work of Wim Crouwel, he designed the massive mechanical octagonal super-heavy stencil typeface Mass (2012). Loop and Loopo Stencil (2012) are circle-based stencil typefaces.

    Decode (2012) is a gorgeous art deco triplet of typefaces.

    Olio Bold (2012) is a geometric retro sans, while the multiline version, Olio Inline (2012) was inspired by the op-art of Lance Wyman's Mexico 1968 Olympic identity.

    In 2013, Little designed Spika (a straight-edges geometric monospace typeface). The angular metal rock band typeface We Are Rockstar (2013) is free.

    Typefaces from 2014: Note (brush family), Divert (outlined, constructed using the bended paperclip principle).

    Typefaces from 2015: Note (rough brush), Hazmat (stencil).

    Typefaces from 2017: Upside (all caps, art deco).

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    Little Red Circles (or: LRC Type Foundry)
    [Carl Seal]

    Carl Seal was a designer at Tealeaf Digital Type Foundry in the UK. He founded the free font foundry Little Red Circles, which is based in Manchester, UK. His typefaces are preponderantly of the grunge style, which was in fashion at the time of their creation, ca. 1998-1999:

    • By Carl Seal: BaskerSans4 (1994-1995), Bitbloq, Bitmapbreakfast (1998), Bull (1998), Butter (1998), Calliglession (1998), Carl Hand (2015), Carl Scrib (2004), Carl Seal (1998), Chewy (1997), Crafty (2015), Crushedtalc (1998), DirtyHandBacks (2003), Dry Transfer Clarendon Crunch (2015, a glaz krak typeface), Dry Transfer Clarendon Crusty (2015), Dry Transfer Eurostile Bold Extended (2016), Dry transfer Futura Medium (2018), Dry Transfer Haphazard (2016), DuoGypsy (1998), EasyLino, Forma, GeekNormalish, Geekfat (1994-1995), Grivant, Growbag, Growbaged, Gypsy (1997), Hadnuf (2004), Inbreed, IndexCapsLoose (1997), IndexCapsStraight, IndexCapsTooLoose, IndexCapsTooStraight, Instamatik, Jakes FuzzyFelt, Jakes Stencil (2018), Kyleaged5, Kyleaged5half, Kyle Stencil (2003), LadyBoy (1998, calligraphic script), Leavingglassvegas (1999), Litrecs, Carl Lefty (2016: free), LRC Type Jake Aged Five (2016), MatrixBlow, MatrixNorm, MatrixSuck (1997), Mend (1997), MetisRota (1994-1995), MrFish (1999), Munch, Next, NuChina (1998), NuEngland (1998), NuJapan, Nudgedashak, Passion, PrintisDead (1994-1995), RaygunA, RaygunB, Repo Pocket (1998-1999: Sans, Outline Shadow, Condensed, Serif (2017), Slab Serif, Outline Fat), Repo Hands (2013, a free sign language font), Rupture, Scratch (2003), Scritch (1998), Shakasonikphormal, Shati, SheMale, Skript, Something, StampBold, Stamp CO Serif (2013: free), StampHeavy, StampLight, StampMedium, StampRegular, StampThin, StampUltraThin, Synsis, Theo Aged 6 (2016: free), Timig, Tweak, UnderWorldBlock, UnderWorldLine, Unrulycucumber, UnstukLino, Untitled, Userunknown, Whanted, Word Score Double (2015, scrabble font), Yatta.
    • By Mark Bradley and Carl Seal: Phobia.
    • By Tony Howell: Yuleo.
    • By Jon Ratcliffe: Calligruffy.

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    LittleWind Studio
    [Arvan Fatwa]

    Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces in 2020: Hambalang (squarish), Brownies Pie (squarish), Buitenzorg (blackboard bold), Fighter Brick (a nice modular octagonal stencil font), Madja Fruit (octagonal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lizard Sharkragon
    [Filipe Aryel]

    Brazilian designer (b. 1988) of Crash-a-Like (2010), SharkFormalFunnyness (2010), Shark Party (2010, comic book face), SharkMadeInJapan (2010, hand-printed), Shark Army (2010, stencil), SharkHandWrittenABC (2010), Shark Random Funnyness 2 (2009), Shark Claw Damage (2009), Shark Trouble (2009), Shark Claw Damage (2009, hand-printed), Super Mario Bros Alphabet (2009), Shark Got Your Hand (2009), Shark Soft Bites (2009), SharkCrash (2009, comic book style), FOP Title Style (2009, comic book face), Onomato Shark (2009, comic book style), FOP Title Style (2009, comic book face), Shark Super Hand (2009), FairlyOddFont (2008, comic book style), Shark Supah FX (2008, comic book style), Shark Heavy ABC (2008), Shark Hands (2008, comic book outline face), SharkRandomFunnyness (2008, comic book style) and the pixel typefaces SMWHudNameFont (2008) and SMWTextFont (2008), used in the Super Mario games. He also made Shark Scratching (2008). FairlyOddFont (2008) is based on a font shown in the cartoon Fairly Oddparents, by Butch Hartman. Dafont link. Fontsy link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    LJ Design
    [Luis Jaramillo]

    Luis Jaramillo (LJ Design Studios, Monteria, Colombia; b. 1993) created these free typefaces in 2014: AGreaterFoundation-Bold, Capella-Century, CapellaRockIII-Bold, Decasmini, Dolgan, LJStudiosGF, LuisSmartTX-Bold, Melinett1, Parallels, ThePowerlessRise, WallIT-Bold. In 2015, he made the decorative connect-the-dots caps typeface Night of Music, the great slab serif titling typeface Inicio and the extremely tall x-height logotype Lidea National Fontype, the alchemic occult typeface Zilap Geometrik, the sans typeface Fina, and the headline / poster sans family Silver (Regular, Forte, Grunge). The current list of fonts: AoceanbetweenUS, AGreaterFoundation-Bold, AJourney, AnewHeardDecorative, AsILayDyingLogoFont, Beforeandafther-Bold, Blade, CapellaRockIII-Bold, Capella-Century, CapellaRock-LJDesignStudios-Bold, CapellaRockIII-Bold, Condemnedtoyourlove, DZTypography-Zilap-Bold, DZTypography-Zilap, Darkpast, Decas-Bold, DecasII, Decasmini, Dolgan, EarthDry (2014, glaz krak font), Fina (thin sans logotype), Forsaken, Lacalle6, IS-BoldItalic, IS-Bold, IS-Italic, IS-Thin, IS, Logo, LJPromiseDarck, LJStudiosMB, LJStudiosMFJH, LJStudiosMNS, LJStudiosMNS2, LJStudiosMonitorIS-MAYUS, LJStudiosMonitorIS-MAYUSMinus, Leven, Leven, LordZeDD-LJStudios, LordZeDD3-Bold, LorenaGalarcio, LorenaGalarcio, LorettoGrafic-Bold, LorettoGrafic-Italic, LuisSmartTX-Bold, LuisSmatTXNormal-Bold, MarlenThePonderosa, MeliVargas, Melinett1, Melinett2, Melinett3, MyBrush, NeoLR, NovedosaStick-Italic, Overcome, Parallels, ParalyzedSkyandMoon-LJ-designStudios-Grunge, PenetrationOut-Deformed, PenetrationOut-Grunge, Pequeita, Pizcas, PowerDark-Bold, ShadowsofSecurity, SilverDust, SilverForteGrunge-Grunge, SilverForte, Sincedust, TRG-Zilap, The Dark (spooky), TheSoundofTruth-Grunge, TheSoundofTruth-smooth, ThePowerlessRise, ThroughStruggle, WallIT, WritingMemories, ZILAPGEOMETRIK, ZulmCool, redout, thedark, withindestruction.

    Typefaces from 2016: Zilap Urban (hipster style), First Christmas (snowy font), Shadows of Security, Hellion (textured), Blade, This Is Who We Are (grungy sans), GE Body (a sharp-edged sans), IS (unfortunately named, IS stands for Independent Style; it is a techno sans), Start With Today, The Sound of Truth, Zilap Geometrik, Silver Forte Grunge, Leal (monoline sans), The Frontman (free), The Frontman 2 (free), Primera (caps only sans), Zilap Oriental (oriental simulation typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Robusta (dry brush font), Dulkanyca, Factory LJDS, Murderess, Zilap Monograma, Zilap Black Storm, Red Out Reloaded, Zilap Sleep, Melibrush, Ligera Rouden.

    Typefaces from 2018: Geobin, Striker Eureka (stencil), The Darkest Night, Demon Killer.

    Typefaces from 2019: Daily Reading (a text typeface).

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    Lloyd Springer
    [TypeArt Foundry (or: Digiteyes Multimedia TypeArt Foundry)]

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    Loch Typography
    [Agi Pramudiman]

    Its name, Loch Typography, evokes dark Scottish types, but this foundry, set up in 2017 by Agi Pramudiman, is based in Bandung in sunny Indonesia. Designer of the squarish constructivist Latin / Cyrillic typeface Gullcoast (2017), AP Pro (2017: an intense text typeface family), and the squarish movie poster font Loch Khas (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Fopo (stencil), DN Pro (18-style geometric sans), Monoloch (monospaced, basically a typewriter font family), Nitro (sans in 27 styles), Loka (a geometric slab serif in 18 styles). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Locho Soo Kim

    London-based designer of the compass-and-ruler typeface Locho Sans (2014; this includes a rounded stencil and a 3d version) and Locho Stencil Slab (2016). These typefaces were made during her studies at Central Saint Martins. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Logan Lambert
    [The Fragile Machine]

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    Loginnovation Technologies

    The fonts.zip file (2MB) has about 100 shareware truetype fonts. Among the mostly display typefaces, these are the rarest: Dalmation By Zane (Zane Revai, 1990-1992), Showboat (Brian Prince, 1996), Stencil (URW, 1992), StoneTempleSF (Brendel Informatik, 1991), YoungStar (1997). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    LogoVend (was: James Helps, or Kludo Studios)
    [James Helps]

    Several free fonts made by James Helps at LogoVend (previously The Logo Factory, and before that, Kludo Studios), mostly in 1998 and 1999: DevGothic, EricssonGA628 (pixel face), GeekSpeek, John315 (stitch font), MingusRoman, NorthernBookSale, NuSchoolMilitia, NuSchoolMunitions (1998, a stencil font), OverprintBlack, PeriodMu, PeriodX, Ronnie, Scribblicious, ShoppingList, Slushfaux, SnagMag, Zamyatin, Looking Glass (1996), Slushfaux Union (1996), SnagMag, Zamyatin (original sans serif!). Styles include techno, screenfont emulation, handwriting, and sans serif.

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    Lo-ol Type foundry
    [Loris Olivier]

    Talented type and graphic designer based in Morgin and/or Grand-Lancy, Switzerland. After obtaining a BFA from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco, he started a Masters in the TypeMedia program at KABK in Den Haag, graduating in 2015. After the KABK, he started working from Geneva on editorial identity, branding, editorial, graphic and type design. His spouse, Noheul Lee, is also a type designer. Loris's typefaces:

    • Animax (2016). A lineale geometric consisting of text and display.
    • Aragon (2014). A transitional serif for display.
    • Arancia (2016). A lineale geometric consisting of text and display.
    • Bachus (2016). A heavy brush script.
    • Brienz (2019).
    • Chablaix (2015). A neo-textura.
    • Civilitate (2016-2018). A blackletter with roots in Robert Granjon's Civilité..
    • Cozette (2016). A didone.
    • Fanny (2014). An exquisite display family.
    • Fournier (2014). A revival.
    • Gloubi (2019). A psychedelic font.
    • Groo (2013). A lineale neo-grotesk for text and display.
    • Kartel (2014). A lineale neo-grotesk for text.
    • Katchka (2014). An all caps typeface for Latin and Cyrillic.
    • Lemanic (2015). His graduation typeface at KABK. This large transitional text typeface family Lemanic is accompanied by a decorative blackletter typeface. Loris writes: The different weights and styles are made for magazine or newspaper environements. The entire family is constructed in order to decrease the usage of images next to the text. The shapes of the book weights and its inspiration are taken from the fluidity and the rhythm of the work of Fournier and certain shapes of the Romain du Roi.
    • McQueen Superfamily (2020). A 20-style sans family in Display and Grotesque subfamilies by Loris Olivier, Noheul Lee and Katja Schimmel, realeased by Fontwerk.
    • Medley (2015). A transitional serif for display.
    • Merle (2016). A slab serif.
    • Milwaukee (2014). A text typeface, + Stencil Bold.
    • Misc (2013). A serif, sans and script trio.
    • Moritz (2015). A slab serif.
    • Orniere (2016). A lineale humanist sans, slightly flared and lapidary, for text and display.
    • Phantom (2016). A transitional monospace serif (text and display).
    • Phily (2015). A lineale geometric consisting of headline and display.
    • Rouka (2015). A lineale neo-grotesk stencil typeface.
    • Saudade (2013). A transitional serif in text and display versions.
    • Scarpelli (2012). An étude in ball terminals.
    • Soprana (2014). A transitional serif in text and display versions.
    • Susanfe (2016). A sans typeface.
    • Tuilots (2014). A gorgeous calligraphic text typeface.
    • Tweelo (2014). A garalde.
    • Volpe (2015). A transitional serif for display.
    • Wicht (2016). A humanist serif.

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    Lorenz Lopetz Gianfreda
    [burodestruct (or: Typedifferent.com)]

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    Lorenzo Miola

    Designer in Ferrara, Italy. In 2018, Lorenzo Miola, Luca Pedali and Lorenzo Richetta co-designed the didone stencil typeface Affettato for a school project. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lorenzo Richetta

    Designer in Brandizzo, Italy. In 2018, Lorenzo Miola, Luca Pedali and Lorenzo Richetta co-designed the didone stencil typeface Affettato for a school project. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Loris Olivier
    [Lo-ol Type foundry]

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    Louis Ross

    Designer in Glenrothes, Scotland, who created an unnamed LED style typeface in 2013, and a curvy stencil typeface in 2015.

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    Love Letters
    [Sebastien Sanfilippo]

    Sebastien Sanfilippo founded Love Letters in Brussels, Belgium, under the motto Single-handedly drawing letters for world peace. He designed these open source typefaces:

    • Polsku Regula (2010).
    • Reglo (2009). Free at OSP and at Open Font Library).
    • Bagnard (2016). A wedge serif typeface inspired by the graffiti of an anonymous prisoner of the Napoleonic wars. The sans serif version, Bagnard Sans (2016), was developed jointly by Sebastien Sanfilippo, Doug Thomas, Chris Fodge and May Kim. Github link.
    • Cotham Sans (2016). A grotesque typeface. Github link.
    • Grotex (2018).
    • Kvetch (2018): Monospace extended is the new reverse contrast. Kvetch is named after the Yiddish word for being a pain in the you know what. Initially started as a bit of a joke, this monospaced and extended typeface combines two unlikely ideas. Brutish but with calligraphic roots, Kvetch is Frankenstein in a ballerina costume. A commercial font family.
    • Agrippa (2019). A playful ultra-fat stencil typeface.
    • Blimey (2019). Intended to become a 2-axis variable font, Blimey is inspired by art nouveau and psychedelia. Variable font version. Future Fonts link.
    • Mint Grotesk (2019) and its sturdy, no-nonsense sans-serif companion, Mint Book (2022).
    • Tatras and Tatras Shaded (2021). These typefaces pay homage to eastern European design and its socialist heritage. The typeface takes its inspiration from the lettering that is emblematic of mid-century design in Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and the Balkans.

    Behance link. Personal home page. Git repository. Future Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lovedesign Company
    [Wataru Osakabe]

    Lovedesign offers free fonts, mostly by Wataru Osakabe (aka J. Brain). Many are techno typefaces. A partial list: Fool22, CommonPixel, Haris, SecretPassage, SucideNote, Vanilla, Arupino (2001, kana), CherryBlossom (futuristic, 2001), Metropolis (Bauhaus style, 2001), Lovedesign 99 font kana, Gulico Extra Bold, Han-Rice (2000, Asian lookalike font), Tytyle kana, Tytyle Regular (kitchen tile face), Cobra-Ld Regular, ErisKana, MonnaLisa, LovelyDesign, Aurora Devil, Tonight Tonight, Cobra2, GENOCIDERMX, GameOver, HEIGHt, Loedesign99HIRABold, Metamorphose, SweetDays, Poo, tonighonigh, Tytyle, Romantic9 (2004, with Junichi Kato), Papicon (techno), Gameboy gamegirl, Ookami-girl, Hirakumo, Ikkoue, TKO Crazy, F39 Gold (stencil), Fickle, Mr. Chan, Aurora Dance, Masshimo (dingbats of figures made by Akiko Yaeshima). As of January 2004, these can be downloaded: LVDCCLASSIX, LVDCCobra4AL, LVDCCobra4KN, LVDCDisco02, LVDCDubKana, LVDCErisSQ, LVDCFool22, LVDCGOLD, LVDCGulico3, LVDCIKKOUE, LVDCLovelydesign, LVDCMirinda, LVDCNextGames, LVDCOtsukaDream, LVDCPapicon, LVDCPoo3, LVDCSecretPassage, LVDCSucideNote, LVDCSweetDays, LVDCTonightTonight, LVDCVanilla, LVDCauroradance, LVDCver5, LVDCArupino, LVDCBloodyValentine, LVDCCommonPix2, LVDCDubKana, LVDCHaris, LVDCauroradevil, LVDCHanricever3, LVDCMrsChan, LVDCGarnet (2004), LVDCMelos (2004), LVDC Berlin, LVDC Rebirth, LVDC Parthenon, LVDC Nina.

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    Lucas Benjamin Sharp
    [Sharp Type]

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    Lucas de Groot
    [LucasFonts (and: FontFabrik)]

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    Lucas Franco
    [Now Type]

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    Lucas Kaliszan

    German designer in Düsseldorf. Creator of LeMo (2011), a squarish stencil typeface named after Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the famous architect of the Bauhaus movement. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    LucasFonts (and: FontFabrik)
    [Lucas de Groot]

    Luc(as) de Groot (b. 1962, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands) studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Den Haag and worked from 1989-1993 as a freelancer at the design bureau Premsela Voonk. From 1993 until 1997, he was with Meta Design in Berlin as typographic director in charge of many corporate design projects. In 1997, he set up FontFabrik and in 2000 LucasFonts in Berlin. He creates retail and custom fonts, and made his reputation with his humongous font family Thesis. Originally, he published most of his retail fonts with FontFont, but his "FF" fonts were withdrawn from FontFont in 1999, and renamed with LF instead of FF, where LF stands for LucasFonts. His most popular typefaces include Thesis (the superfamily that includes TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix and The Antiqua), Calibri (a default font at Microsoft), Sun, Taz and Corpid. He is also well-nown for his Anisotropic Topology-Dependent Interpolation theory which roughly states that a 50% interpolation is not the optical middle between two weights. He teaches type design at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. His typefaces:

    • Agrofont (1997, for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries) and Agro Sans, developed in collaboration with the Dutch design bureau Studio Dumbar.
    • BellSouth Basis, Serif and Bold, developed with Dutchman Roger van den Bergh.
    • BolletjeWol (1997, Fontshop).
    • Calibri. Done for Microsoft, Calibri is the default typeface in MS Word. Calibri received a TypeArt 05 award and won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition. For a yet-to-be-revealed reason, Google decided to support a metric-compatible free clone of Calibri for its Chrome OS system, Lukasz Dziedzic's Carlito (2014). Calibri became the standard font for all Microsoft 365 apps, but will be replaced some time in 2021 by one of five candidates, Bierstadt (by Steve Matteson), Grandview (by Aaron Bell), Seaford (by Tobias Frere-Jones, Nina Stössinger, and Fred Shallcrass), Skeena (by John Hudson and Paul Hanslow) or Tenorite (by Erin McLaughlin and Wei Huang).
    • Consolas. Done for Microsoft, this typeface was intended as a successor for Courier.
    • Corpid III (2002-2007). A sans family with support for Cyrillic, Greek and Turkish.
    • Floris (a ball terminal text typeface in 18 styles, Floris was developed on a four-dimensional grid of several axes or parameters: weight, width, x-height and ascender/descender height).
    • Fohla Serif (2001). Designed for a Brazilian newspaper in Sao Paulo. This collection includes a multiple master font, FohlaMM.
    • FF Jesus Loves You all, now LF Jesus Loves You all.
    • Koning (2017), co-designed by Luc(as) de Groot, Martina Flor, Jan Fromm, Phillipp Neumeyer and Daria Petrova. Koning won an award at TDC Typeface Design 2018. The first retail release of this flared typeface family came in 2019: Koning Display (a 20 style sans with Peignotian traits and occasionally, flared terminals).
    • LucPicto (dingbats for private use at FontFabrik). Not available to the world.
    • LeMonde (2002, new headline family). An OEM family made for LeMonde in 2001 includes Lucas-Bold, Lucas-BoldItalic, Lucas-ExtraLight, Lucas-ExtraLightItalic, Lucas-Italic, Lucas-Light, Lucas-LightItalic, Lucas-SemiBold, Lucas-SemiBoldItalic, Lucas.
    • MetaPlus (1993, with Erik Spiekermann).
    • MoveMeMM (erotic multiple master font)
    • FF Nebulae, now LF Nebulae.
    • LF Punten: Punten Straight, Punten Extremo and Punten Rondom.
    • Spiegel and Spiegel Sans, originally designed for Der Spiegel. The retail versions are called Spiegel Sans (a 32 style American gothic family) and LF Spiegel Serif.
    • Sun (1997, for Sun Microsystems) later became a retail font, also called Sun, a 28-style humanist compact sans typeface in the genre of industrial era American newspaper headlines.
    • LF Taz (sans family, 2002), Taz III (2003, including a hairline weight) and Taz Text (for "taz", the magazine), sans typefaces designed for use in newspapers. Are these the same fonts as Tazzer and Tazzer Text? Taz has grown as follows: TazText, Taz Condensed (2010), Taz Text Small Caps (2011), Taz Wide (2013-2014), Taz Textended (2013-2014). By 2021, the Taz family contained 128 styles.
    • Thesis (1994-1999) originally known as FF Thesis. This consists of many subfamilies all starting with the prefix The. MyFonts links for the Thesis family: TheAntiqua, TheMix, TheSans, TheSerif. Thesis includes
      • LF TheAntiqua (a 14-style medium contrast oldstyle typeface), LF TheAntiquaSun, Qua Text (a newstext version of TheAntiqua developed in close collaboration with the Berlin newspaper Die Tages­zeitun taz), TheAntiquaB (1997; 1999 Type Directors Club award), TheAntiquaE, TheAntiquaSun. TheAntiqua received a TypeArt 05 award.
      • LF TheMix (69 styles: semi-serif), TheMix Mono (48 styles; a monospaced version of TheMix), The Mix Classic, The Mix Basic, The Mix Office. TheMix is part of the Thesis superfamily. It originated as an alphabet for the logotypes of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management drawn by Luc(as) while working at BRS Premsela Vonk in Amsterdam. The alphabet later became the starting point of the entire Thesis system.
      • Thesis Mono.
      • LF TheSans, The Sans Classic, The Sans Basic, The Sans Office, The Sans Condensed, The Sans Mono (48 styles), The Sans Mono Dc, The Sans Mono 11pitch, The Sans Mono Cd Office, The Sans Typewriter (a monospaced and grungy version of TheSans). First published in 1994 as a descendant of Franklin Gothic, The Sans is a modern classic.
      • LF TheSerif (52 styles), The Serif Classic, The Serif Basic, The Serif Office. TheSerif is part of the Thesis superfamily. The Serif's ancestors include Linotype Rotation.
      • The Stencil (2021).
      • SPD 2002 TheSans. An OEM for the SPD party.
      • Grundfos TheSans (2007).Another commissioned font.
    • Transit and Transit Pict (both at FontShop).
    • Volkswagen Headline and Volkswagen Copy (1996), extensions of Futura. Note: the other Volkswagen house font is VW Utopia, a descendant of Utopia.

    DeGroot designed custom fonts for newspapers such as Folha de S.Paulo, Le Monde, Metro, Der Spiegel, taz.die tageszeitung, Freitag and Jungle World. In addition, he created corporate type for international companies such as Sun Microsystems, Bell South, Heineken, Volkswagen and Miele.

    Speaker at many international conferences. At ATypI 2015 in Sao Paulo, he spoke about his Folha Sao Paulo newspaper typeface.

    In 2021, LucasFonts joined Type Network.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. I Love Typography link. View the typeface library at Lucasfonts. View Lucas de Groot's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Luciano Perondi
    [Molotro]

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    Luciano Vergara
    [Mendoza&Vergara]

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    Lucie Frydl

    Student in Prague who created the multiline and stencil fonts Expos, Exops and Sexpo in 2013. Earlier, she designed the modular typeface Oze (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lucie Jullian

    At Ecole Estienne in Paris in 2008, she wrote a thesis on Mendoza. Luxembourg-based designer of the hexagonal stencil typeface Overlap (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lucille Derensy

    Lille, France-based student-designer at ECV Nord Europe of the octagonal stencil typeface Tangram (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lucy Maitre

    Lucy Maitre (London, UK) created the free piano key stencil typeface Pontiff (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ludlow
    [Robert Hunter Middleton]

    Foundry in Chicago run by Robert Hunter Middleton. Myfonts.com writes that its type library was largely derivative, with some original scripts. After Middleton's death, and Ludlow's demise, most of the typefaces from the Ludlow library were licensed exclusively to International TypeFounders, Inc., (ITF) and are part of the Red Rooster collection. Fonts by Middleton at Ludlow include Bodoni Campanile, Bodoni (see Bodoni D Black by URW, and Bodoni Campanile Pro (2017) by Steve Jackaman), Coronet, Mandate, Lafayette (now sold by Font Bureau), Tempo (see Tempo by Monotype), and Umbra (now sold by Bitstream and Monotype).

    Ludlow house typefaces revived by Steve Jackaman include Caslon RR Extra Condensed, Chamfer Gothic (the original being from ca. 1898), and Gothic Medium Condensed.

    A renewed Ludlow was established in 2001 and is run from the UK. Current (2002) catalog: Admiral Script (Robert H. Middleton's formal script, 1953: see the digital revival by Ralph Unger in 2005), Adrian VGC (2003), Annonce Grotesque (Wagner&Schmidt, 1914), Delphian Open Title (Robert H. Middleton), Flair (connected writing, 40-50s style), Franklin Gothic ExCnd Title, Founders Garamond (based on the Berner type specimen of 1592), Lotther Text (blackletter based on an alphabet of Melchior Lotther, 1535), Ludlow Ornaments (2001), Ludlow Stygian (art deco, which inspired Nick Curtis' 2009 font Kharon Ultra NF), Maxim (Peter Schneidler, hand-printed font from 1955), Orplid (Hans Bohn), Samson (Robert H. Middleton), Speedball Roman, Ludlow Stencil (1937, Robert H. Middleton; a digital revival includes Jeff Levine's Favorite Stencil JNL (2015)), Tempo MedCond (Robert H. Middleton), Theda Bara (great titling type), Vulcan Shaded (based on the design of the Richard Gans Foundry in Madrid), Karnak Black (Egyptian slab serif originally designed by Robert Hunter Middleton in 1930), Oriana (blackletter font based on a design of the Imprimerie Nationale, Paris), Ludlow Square Gothic (revival/modernization of a 1920s font by Robert Wiebking for Ludlow), The Hardy Arcade (like Umbra), Ogre, Vulcan Bold (a display font inspired by a 1925 design of the Richard Gans Foundry, Madrid), Walbaum. Crestwood (2006, Ascender) is an updated version of an elegant semi-formal script typeface originally released by the Ludlow Type Foundry in 1937.

    References: Ludlow Typefaces A Supplement, November 1933, Ludlow Typefaces Typefaces Recently Produced, April 1936, Ludlow Typefaces [Edition D] (between 1940 and 1956).

    View a list of digital typefaces derived from the metal typefaces at Ludlow.

    Ludlow Foundry: List of some digital fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ludovica Jannello

    Graphic designer and illustrator in Milan, who created a new style of stencil typeface in her Beagle Stencil (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luis Alvoeiro

    At MAGA Atelier in Lisbon, Luis Alvoeiro designed the stencil typeface Alvo Eat (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luis Bandovas
    [Satori TF]

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    Luis Calzadilla

    Barquisimeto, Venezuela-based designer of the free stencil typeface L7 Stencil (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luis Fernando Carvente Flores
    [LFCF (was: El Serif de Chocolate)]

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    Luis Jaramillo
    [LJ Design]

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    Luis Palencia
    [Threz]

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    Luis Siquot
    [Siquot Design]

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    Luis Valdez

    During his studies in Mexico, Luis Valdez designed the stencil typeface Elekbill (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luiz Felipe Souza

    During his studies in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Luiz Felipe Souza Soares designed the sans typeface Procmatika (2014). Later he created the free hairline sans typeface Speck Display (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: B & B Stencil (octagonal style).

    Typefaces from 2018: Uneexal (free). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luiza Panaro

    During her studies at ESPM, Niteroi, Brazil-based Luiza Panaro designed the free all caps stencil typeface Maresia (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luka Peric

    Luka Peric studies design at the University of Zagreb. In 2012, he created the stencil serif type family Thea, as well as Poucni Sans (developed under the guidance of Nikola Djurek), which has hints of art deco. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lukas Bischoff
    [Artill (or Artill Typs)]

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    Lukas Gerber

    Zug, Switzerland-based designer of the brush typeface Blemished (2008), the ornamental caps typeface Polar Shift (2010), the didone stencil typeface Femoralis (2010), the hand-printed typeface Camille Javal (2012, named after Brigitte Bardot in Le Mépris by Jean-Luc Godard), and the athletic lettering typeface Limbus (2015).

    Fontsy link. Home page for his illustrations and graphic design. Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Lukas Schneider
    [Revolver Type Foundry]

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    Luke Thompson

    British type designer. In 2016, he published the curvy Dopamine, which comes with an outlined tattoo style. In 2017, he designed the sans typeface Sea, the chunky stencil typeface One Ton, the art deco travel poster font Annecy, and the informal rounded typeface Entree. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lukyan Turetskyy
    [2D Typo]

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    Lunchbox Design
    [Adam Roe]

    Adam Roe (Lunchbox Design, Charlotte, NC) is the American designer of Percolator (T-26), Adolescence (Monotype), Blind Date (T-26), Epicure (T-26), Intention (T-26), Girlfriend (T-26), BMetaphorA, Epicure, Dumpster (stencil), Epitaph, Intention, Lunchbox, Metaphor, Technique, Ashtray, Boogieman (1999), Gas Station, Malaise, Airmail, Alexander, Angobie, Article10, Category, Charisma, EightTrack, MulletHead, NotQuite, NowWhat, Outahere, PillowTalk, PromDate, Replicant, Sabotage, Sandbox, Secretary, Soapbox, Solace, Substance, Surrogate, Technique, Undertow.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Adam Roe's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Lungo
    [Rasmus Lange]

    Rasmus Lange is the Danish creator in 2009 of the FontStruct fonts LungoMinimal (a horizontally stencilled family) and LungoType (octagonal). The Boss (2007) was patterned after the lettering in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) by George Cukor. Cronista (2006) is a condensed font made for the TV series Kroniken. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Luther Himes

    Illustrator, designer and art director in Austin, TX. He created the poster stencil typeface Bon Poster (2010). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    M+

    Hong Kong-based studio that designed the bespoke stencil typeface Nomadic in 2013. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    M. Moullet

    Author of 100 Alphabets Publicitaires Dessinés par M. Moullet (1946, Editions Caboni, Bruxelles). Alphabets from that book include Letters in relief, Fancy Character, Ornamental Antique (art deco), Fancy Antique (multiline art deco), Fancy Antique 2 (a different style altogether), Pochoir (stenciled).

    Some of Moullet's fonts were digitized by Dick Pape in 2011 and 2012 and can be downloaded here. Pape's fonts: FAA3DLettresEnRelief, FAAAllongees, FAAAllongeesBold, FAAAntiqueAllongee, FAAAntiqueGrasse, FAAAntiques, FAAAntiquesGrasses, FAABaroque3DInitiales, FAABlockLettresEnRelief, FAACameoHollow, FAACaracteresdeFantaisie, FAAChevauchantes, FAACubiques, FAAEcossaises, FAAEcritureGrasseEmoussee, FAAEgyptienneGrasse, FAAEgyptiennesEmoussees, FAAFantaisie, FAAFantaisieBlaireau, FAAFantaisieHardi, FAAFantaisieHaut, FAAFantasio, FAAFloralGothiqueInitiales, FAAFrenchMecane, FAAItalianHeavySlab, FAALettresAuCrayonItalic, FAALiberty, FAANormandes, FAANormandesAllongees, FAAOmbreeEnRelief, FAAOnciale, FAAOrientales, FAAPochoir, FAARomainClassique, FAARomainTypographique, FAScenesPaysannes, FAASerifEgyptienne, FAAVetteFantasieAntieke. Download page.

    Jeff Levine revived some of Moullet's typefaces: Silly Behavior (2019), Old Sport JNL (2018), Relaxation JNL (2017), Peppermill JNL (2017), Script Spot Initials JNL (2017), French Lettering JNL (2017), Martial Arts JNL (2017, an oriental simulation font), Relaxation JNL (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    M. Verneil

    French typographer from the art nouveau era. One of his alphabets was made into a digital typeface by Dick Pape in 2012, LFD Asian Stencilling 205 (original oriental-looking art nouveau drawings by E. Grasset and M. Verneil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mário Feliciano
    [Feliciano Type Foundry]

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    Maarten van Maanen

    Dutch designer (b. 1975) who runs MvM Grafisch Ontwerp and is based in Leiden. Designer of the fun decorative caps typeface Grimas (2015), the colorful Untitled (2015), the serif typeface Zinc (2002), the black sans Laudanum (2004), and the handwriting typeface Bastard (2004). He also made a serif type face (2004) and the stencil typeface Ceka (2005). At his web site, you can look at Ephedrine (2005) and Unreasonable (2005, handwriting). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maciej Cecot

    Kielce, Poland-based designer of the trainline-inspired display typeface Trainline (2016) and the grid-based stencil typeface Milano (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maciej Polczynski
    [Laïc]

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    Mads Wildgaard
    [Bold Decisions]

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    Maghrib Lab
    [Rizky Satyaludin]

    Rizky Satyaludin (Maghrib Lab) is the Bandung, Indonesia-based creator (b. 1990) of Botanica (2018, SVG), Mixing (2018: Open SVG format), Crude (2017: an OpenSVG font), Born Losers (2017), Baling Ink (2017, brush script), Siberia Rough (2016, brush style), Holihood Script (2016), Slav Rough (2016, an all caps brush typeface), Slav Clean (2016), Storing Brush (2016), Chamberline (2016, brushy typeface), The Rupture (2016), Voltunes (2016), Pantel Rough (2016, a rough brush script), Society (2016, a connected hand-painted typeface), Good Vibes (2016), Himalaya Script (2016), Quite Hustle (2015, brush type), Addic Type (2015, dry brush script), Rusty Cola Pen (brush script, 2015), Asmara (2015), Siren (2015: blackletter), Natalia Script (2015), Author Type (2015, signage typeface), Messy Script (2015, a rough brush font), Dream Big (2015), Bold Face (2015), Southern California (2015, retro spurred tattoo script also made by Reza Rahman), Delight (2015), Austin Type (2015), Sunoise (2015), Road Culture (2015, biker gang blackletter), Rise & Shine (2015, brush typeface), the brush typeface Mallow (2015), the Victorian or pre-art nouveau typefaces Ginusto (2014), MGH Vinolian Hand (2014). MGH Divergent (2014, a Victorian display typeface), Mira Script (2015), Bladekade (2014, a stencil script), Rude Cookie (2014, a layered hand-drawn font), Stooges Races (2014), Alpha Rough (2014, hand-drawn signage face), the ball terminal typeface Mucilage Type (2013), the fat brush typefaces Beats (2014) and Baurbon (2014), and the spurred typeface Brave (2013).

    Aka ngulik, as Satyaludin, and as Yuyun Miranur. Possibly also the same as Reza Rahman. Creative Market link. Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. A second Behance link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Magique Fonts (was: Cpr. Sparhelt)
    [Bálint Koczman]

    Bálint Koczman (aka Cpr. Sparhelt, and Magique Fonts) is the Hungarian designer (b. 1992) of free fonts (from 2008 onwards, as Cpr. Sparhelt, or as Magique Fonts) and commercial fonts (from 2012 onwards), and he is located in Puspokhatvan, Hungary:

    • Capture Smallz (2014). A stencil family.
    • Thrownup (2014).
    • Take Cover (2013). Grungy white-on-black caps.
    • Selya (2013). A calligraphic script.
    • Dolen Taith (2012).
    • Teitheas (2012: tattoo font). A gothic blackletter pair of typefaces.
    • Gotique (2012).
    • Razalgur (2011), Font GF (2011, hand-printed), One Dance (2011, the engraved American dollar bill face), Sweet Lady (2011, cursive script), Clean Work (2011, stencil), Ancient God.
    • Future West (2010, Western face), Hexatus (2010, hexagonal).
    • Old Stamper (2009, grungy stencil), Top Secret (2009, army stencil), Floral Dawn (2009), Origicide (2009), Splincide (2009), This is Electronik (2009), Infinity Media (2009), Capture It (2009, grunge), Younger Than Me (2009, grunge), New York City (2009, skyline-themed letters), Electroinsanity (2009), Need for Font (2009, futuristic), Duplexide (2009), Veteran Typewriter (2009).
    • Niiiii-trous (2008, heavy square font), Urban&Slick (2008, graffiti lettering), District (2008, grunge), Times New Halftone, Times Old Attic (2008), Jigga Jigga (2008), and Most Wasted (2008, graffiti).

    Catalog as of 2011: i, ii, iii.

    Dafont link for Magique Fonts. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Maha Aki

    Co-designer with Kristyan Sarkis of the Latin / Arabic typeface Kanun Stencil (2021), a playful typeface inspired by industrial signage and mechanical stencilling. Kanun Stencil is equipped with a collection of transportation and travel-related signs, symbols, icons, and various sets of arrows for signage and wayfinding systems. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mahmood MazaheriTari

    Teheran-based typographer. At Typography Day 2012 he speaks on Abilities Of Persian Typefaces&Persian Calligraphy In Stencil Type Design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maiara Barbosa

    Recife, Brazil-based designer of a paper cutout stencil typeface in 2018. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Malou Verlomme

    French type designer who graduated from l'Ecole Duperré in Paris and the University of Reading (2005). He cofounded the type foundry LongType in 2012. Since 2016 he works for Monotype UK. His typeface Ficus (2005) won an award in the Creative Review Type Competition 2005.

    He wrote Technological Shifts in Type Design and Production (2006).

    His typefaces: Respublika (2013, a humanist sans done with Gregori Vincens, Fontyou), Camille (2010-2011, for Camille Muller), ECAM (2009-2010, for the ECAM theater), Dijon (2011, for the identity of Dijon's Opera house), Arbre (2010, for the identity of the coffee brand L'Arbre de Cafe), Totem, Ficus (2005-2006), Syneas (2009, for Syneas), Digitaline (2007, a Futura-like family done for Agence Digitaline), Vingt-huit (2007), Sabasi (2008), Gem (2007, art nouveau), Oops (2006).

    Marion Andrews, Malou Verlomme and Laurence Bedoin collaborated on the school fonts Écriture A and Écriture B which are presented in Modèles d'écriture scolaire (2013), a document issued by the French Ministry of Education. These fonts are available from Eduscol.

    Verlomme set up Long Type in 2012 with Mathieu Chévara, Mathieu Reguer and Thomas L'Excellent.

    In 2016, for Monotype, on commission for the Transport For London company, he redesigned / tweaked New Johnston, called Johnston100. It will be used in TfL's trains and station signage including for London's new Crossrail Elizabeth line that is scheduled to open in 2018.

    In 2018, he published the geometric sans typeface family Madera and the revival typeface Placard Next (based on an old Monotype condensed poster typeface) at Monotype.

    In 2019, he released the 12-style high-contrast Ariata (Text, Display, Stencil) at Monotype.

    In 2020, he published the superfamily Macklin (Sans, Display, Text, Slab) at Monotype. Influenced by early 19th century designs in Europe, and especially by the work of Vincent Figgins, it is intended for use in headlines and short blocks of text. Variable fonts are also available.

    Co-designer, with Clement Charbonnier Bouet, of Ionic No 5 (2021), a ten-style Clarendon that revives and refreshes a classic Linotype Clarendon-style serif for Monotype. Noteworthy is that the designers replaced Clarendon's ball terminals by 21st century serifs, even including the hipsterish coathanger f. The ball terminals are relegated to the "alternates".

    In 2021, he took part in the development of Helvetica Now Variable (Monotype). Helvetica Now Variable was designed by Max Miedinger, Charles Nix, Monotype Studio, Friedrich Althausen, Malou Verlomme, Jan Hendrik Weber and Emilios Theofanous and published by Monotype. Monotype writes: Helvetica Now Variable gives you over a million new Helvetica styles in one state-of-the-art font file (over two-and-a-half million with italics!). Use it as an extension of the Helvetica Now family or make custom-blends from its weights (Hairline to ExtraBlack), optical sizes (four point to infinity), and new Compressed and Condensed widths. It contains 144 static styles.

    In 2022, he released Boucan (a variable all caps font that can be animated to react to sounds and music).

    Typecache link. Speaker at ATypI 2017 Montreal. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Malte Haust
    [Bionic Type Engineering (or: Bionic Systems)]

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    Mame Shibori
    [Tictac]

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    Manfred Klein
    [Manfred Klein's Fonteria]

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    Manfred Klein
    [Manfred Klein: Stencil]

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    Manfred Klein: Font Hosting

    In July 2017, Typoasis / Moorstation shut down. Run by Petra Heidorn out of Hamburg, Germany, it hosted her own fonts, as well as those of the popular and talented type designer and artist Manfred Klein (Frankfurt, Germany). Manfred, who was an active type designer from the late 1990s until about 2007, created over 3600 fonts in that period. Those fonts are now hosted at my site, thanks to Petra Heidorn. Manfred's oeuvre is too large to consume and analyze in one sitting or even one month.

    This zip file contains all his fonts. For those interested in particular styles, please visit this web page for downloads of individual fonts, or fonts grouped by these themes: 3d, Africa, aliens, animals, architecture, arrows, astrology, birds, calligraphy, cave style, codex, Christmas, dada, decorative caps, didone style, dingbats, display style, Egypt, eyes, fists, Fraktur, handcrafted typefaces, Karla, kids, Laurens, masks, medieval styles, Mexico, monsters, native themes, ornaments, painters, peace, people, pixel fonts, runes, Sans, serif, slab, stencil, stone age, typewriter, uncial, wood and woodcuts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Manfred Klein: Stencil
    [Manfred Klein]

    Creations and revivals of stencil typefaces by Manfred Klein include ABCThru, AeroSans, BlackGapSans, CasualStencil-Medium, Chaplone, Eatyourheartout, FutstencilSerif, Kenzotiqua, KenzotiquaSwinging, LeArchitect, Linearus, LinearusCentSix, MKStencilsansBlack, MKlungerFS-Medium, MKlungerFS-Medium, MissingLinks, MoKsfordStencilDemiBold, MoKsfordStencilExtraLight, SailingStrongBreeze, SansKleinCut, SanstencilBend, SchabLonski, Schablonski-LessFat, Schablonski, StencilBricksMK, StencilBricksMK, StencilBricksNineSeven, StencilBricksRandom, StencilStamps, Stencilia-A, Stencilia-Bold.

    Download page. Download all these fonts in onze zip file. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Manfred Klein's Fonteria
    [Manfred Klein]

    Frankfurt-based designer (b. 1932, d. 2018) whose creative output is so large that he deserves a separate web page. His URL at Moorstation from 2000-2007. New page on him by Florian Rochler. Font squirrel link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Maniackers Design (or: MKS)
    [Masayuki Sato]

    About 150 free original fonts by Masayuki Sato (from Futaba and/or Takasaki, Japan), over half of them pixel fonts. Maniackers designers started in 1995. For most fonts, he has a Latin alphabet (denoted by AL) and a katakana alphabet (denoted by KT). Some also have a hiragana version (denoted by HR). All fonts were made between 1998 and 2009.

    • By Masayuki Sato&Tsuyoshi Nagae: Merumo-AL, KT, PonyPony-AL, KT, HR, Topo-AL, TM Extended-AL / 2Type, MinnanoUta-AL, KT, HR, Seele-AL / 2Type, Robin-AL, Peco-AL, KT, Honey-AL, Blur-AL.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Eri Nagae: Stitch-AL.
    • By Masayuki Sato&T. Waka: Chihuahua-AL, KT, HR / 3Type.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Mami Kobayashi: Alphabet Man, Detroit Type City-AL, Foood-AL, KT, Pokupoku-AL, KT, HR, Ball2-AL, Box2-AL, Button2-AL, Xtal-AL, KT, HR, Ikaho-AL, KT, MD Radiogram-KT, HR, Nepon-AL.
    • By Mami Kobayashi: Ikaho-HR, TypeCantabile-KT, Kotodama-KT, Sandy-AL / 2Type, Yonimofushigina-AL, KT, Cloooud-AL, Yonimofushigina-HR, Timber-AL,KT, HR, Sunday-AL / 3Weight, Hyonnakotokara-AL, KT, HR.
    • By Eiji Sunaga: Tanrei 2.0-KT.
    • By Junya Yamada (Channel 67): Drip-KT, Bobo-AL.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Junya Yamada: Maniac 2-AL, KT.
    • By Atsushi Moda: Angle.
    • By Shinji Naka: Typobokan katakana (at least, the graphics of this comic book style font were by Shinji Naka).
    • By Masakazu Fukushima: Lucha-doll mask (a fantastic mask dingbat font).
    • By Atsuko Onozato: Pazool.
    • By Malte Haust of Bionic Systems: DorisOrange.
    • By André Nossek: Collage Rmx-AL, Hard Rmx-AL.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Hiroko Takiguchi: Holiday Bitmap14-AL, Holiday Ultra-AL, KT, HR, Holiday Bold-AL, KT, HR, Holiday-AL, KT, HR, Holiday-illust, Holiday Tategaki-KT, HR, Holiday-MDJP03 / 2Byte, Holiday-MDJP02, Ribbontic 2.0-AL.
    • By Masayuki Sato and Masashi Kato: Pico (2009, rounded comic book style).
    • By Masashi Kato&Mayucco: Yakitori-AL, KT, HR / 2Byte.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Ryo Asoda: Wallpainting-AL, Cosmic-AL, Bellows-AL, KT.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Kaori Inada: Sennin-AL.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Shizuka Yamazaki: SwingingBird-AL, KT, HR.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Junichi Omi: Omiyage-AL, KT, HR.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Rollingcradle: Poranger-AL, Lucha doll-mask.
    • By Masayuki Sato&Omnikono: Gt informat-AL, KT.
    • By Masayuki Sato: Donki-KT (2010), Cherry-Cherry KT (2010), 239 Schablone-AL (2010), RBIO-AL (2010), FSB08 Klang-AL (2010), 224 MKSD-AL (2010), 223 MKSD-AL (2010), 235MKSD (2009, thin octagonal), Nepon-KT, Nepon-HR, Monday-AL / 3Type, Childish-AL, KT, HR, Volt-AL, KT, HR, Gavadon Ultra-KT, Building 2-AL, KT, Gachapon 2-KT, CinemaMa-AL, KT, HR, Skinny-AL, Magatama-AL, Astro 3.0-AL, KT, 160MKSD-AL, KT, TypoBokan-KT (3DCG), Lunch-KT, HR, Partner-AL / 3Type, Pico Super Ultra Bold-AL, 096MKSD-Synapse-AL, Millennium 5lines-AL, Tekuteku Round-AL, Warp-AL, Cherry Cherry-KT, Donki-KT, 078MKSD Medium Con-AL, Poco-AL, Temporary Extra-AL, 071MKSD Medium-AL, KT, 071MKSD Bold-AL, KT, Paco-AL, Collage-AL, Zerozero Nine-AL, KT, HR, Finger Five-AL, Electronica Nine-AL, Drifter Five-AL, Ultra Seven-AL / 3Type, Thaitype Ten-Thai, AL, KT, Gogo Five 2.0-AL, System Seven-AL / 7Type, 201MKSD-AL / 4Type, Fluorescent-AL / 2Type, FSB07 Astra-AL, KT, HR / 4Type, Nihonbashi 2.0-AL, KT, 176MKSD-AL, Continue-AL, Spaghettini-AL / 3Type, Pinponpan2, 3, 4-HR / 3Type, Pico-AL / 2Type, Kokecco2-KT, Charakyoro-AL, Coppepan-AL, KT, HR, Sardinen-KT, HR, Hachipochi Eight-AL, KT, Janis Heavy-AL, Futaba-KT, April Fool-AL, KT, HR, Arawasu-KT, Airline-AL, KT, HR, Astro 2.0-KT, Snail-AL, KT, Akachan-AL, KT, HR (Flop Design), Dorisorange-AL, KT (T26), Parade20-AL, KT, UFOnt-51silhouette, Rabbit35-silhouette, Dog30-Silhouette, Coil-AL, KT / 3Type, Frankfurter Custum Black-AL, COLOR-AL, Fivemani-AL, KT, Astroro-AL, KT, Puco-AL, 184MKSD Omnibus-AL, Alfadental-AL, FSB08 Klang-AL, KT / 3Type, TDA140607-AL, Shotaro V3-AL, KT, Colopocle-AL, KT, Melt-AL / 3Type, Tekuteku-AL, Crayon-AL, Digits-AL, Performar-AL, Pinponpan-HR, Airplane 2.0-AL, KT, Button-AL, Ball-AL, Box-AL, OLD CUBE-AL, Elekitel-HR, Retroket-AL, MKS Dot-AL, RikuKaiKu-Illust, Angle-AL, FontRemix 02 (36-kanji dingbat font). Font Pavilion sells these fonts: Building, Gavadon (kata), Volt (romaji, kata), Colopocle (katakana, romaji), Shotaro (katakana, romaji). Typo Bokan, Sennin, Snail. At Digitalogue, he published the screen font series Zerozero in 2000.
    • Between 2009 and 2011 he designed 232 MKSD Round.
    Abstractfonts link. Fontspace link. Artistic rendering of a kanji character. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Manon Durand

    Rouen, France-based designer of Round Stencil Zelek (2016), which was influenced by Bronislaw Zelek's famous Zelek typeface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Manorota Studio

    Studio in Barcelona. Their typefaces include Pernocta (2014, a piano key stencil typeface), and Basic (2016, a geometric solid typeface). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Manosij Sarkar

    Graphic designer studying at the University of the Arts in London in 2012. In 2012, Manosij carried out a bilingual stencil experiment: This is an experiment on bilingual stenciled typography and different shapes. The stencil consists of six simple shapes which can be combined to produce Latin script in upper & lower case along with Devanagari script.

    He drew a useful world map of traffic typefaces. Yatrakshar (2012) is a prototype of a set of bilingual stenciled typeface for the transport system in Maharashtra (a state in western side of India). It supports Latin and Devanagari script and covers the English, Hindi and Marathi languages used in the state of Maharashtra. The type is based on Britain's Transport typeface by Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir.

    His last typeface of 2012 is Grid, which is designed on the basis of a 3d octagonal grid pattern.

    In 2013, Manosij created Tinsel Town, a school project at IIT Guwahati for Prof. G. V. Sreekumar (IIT Bombay), which is supposed to be used as a masthead. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Manuel Eduardo Corradine
    [Corradine Fonts]

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    Manuel Guerrero
    [Blue Typo]

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    Manuel Lage
    [LGF Fonts (or LG Tipos)]

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    Manuel Olmo-Rodriguez

    Visual communications designer from San Juan, Puerto Rico, who operates as OlmoCs. Behance link. Logo and type designer. His typefaces by date:

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    Manuela Rodes

    Buenos Aires-based designer of the stencil typeface Rodest (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mao Kan

    Ningbo, China-based designer of the Latin stencil typeface Gouyugifts (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marc Borrell

    Designer in Vilanova i la Geltru near Barcelona. Interior design student in the Graduate School of Design Elisava, which is part of Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

    Creator of the semi-stencil typeface Claim Claim (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marc Jones Barry Kimbrough
    [LetterGraphics]

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    Marc Rucker

    Creator of the pixel stencil typeface Elab Collaboration (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcel Jacno

    Born in Paris in 1904, died in 1989. Jacno, whose real name was Marcel Jacnovitch, was a poster designer who did the cover of the Gauloises cigarettes. He was an ardent designer and user of stencil fonts. His typefaces:

    • Brantôme.
    • Calame (Deberny&Peignot).
    • Chaillot (1951-1954, TNP, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot [Typophane]). A rough stencil typeface.
    • Corneille (1978, for Théatre mémorial Corneille).
    • Hercule (Deberny&Peignot).
    • Hippograte.
    • Italic Club. Italique Slab.
    • Jacno (1948, Deberny&Peignot). Klingspor gives the date 1950. Marcel (2015, Jeremia Adatte) is an angular upright script typeface that was inspired by Jacno. Some say that Jacno was the inspiration for Roger Excoffon's Banco.
    • Le Film (1934, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot). This 3d art deco font was inspired by Cassandre's Bifur. It was remade by Harold Lohner in as LeFilmClassic (2000), LeFilmLetters (2000) and LeFilmShadow (2000). Lohner gives an original date of 1927, not 1934.
    • Memphis Ombré. Klingspor says 1950.
    • Ménilmontant (1973, for Théatre de l'Est Parisien).
    • Molière (1970, for Théatre de la Comédie Française).
    • Quillet (1936, for Quillet).
    • Rétif.
    • Savoie Gras (1949, Club Bibliophile de France).
    • Scribe (1936, Deberny&Peignot). A signage and advertising script that was revived by Hans van Maanen at Canada Type in 2012 as Gaulois.

    Marion Duval wrote a thesis in 2008 at Estienne on Jacno entitled Marcel Jacno, redécouverte d'un créateur typographique.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Marcelo Quiroz Duarte

    Chilean type designer, who contributes to Latinotype. Revista (2015, Paula Nazal Selaive, Marcelo Quiroz and Daniel Hernandez) is a typographic system that brings together all the features to undertake any fashion magazine-oriented project. It has Revista Script (connected style), Revista Stencil, Revista Dingbats, Revista Inline and the didone Revista all caps set of typefaces. Revista won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    In 2017, he designed Diplome Script (a copperplate calligraphic script published by Latinotype).

    In 2020, he released the 18-style semi-calligraphic semi-Trajan typeface family Emperator at Latinotype. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Marcin Beben

    Wroclaw, Poland-based designer of the construction-themed stencil typeface Configure (2022). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcio Duarte

    Marilia, Brazil-based digital artist (b. 1976), who studied at Faac-Unesp and teaches in Marilia. Marcio created the techno typeface Nucleo (2010) and the organic experimental typeface Wabi MD (2009, free). The organic typeface Sayuri followed in 2010. Creator of the free fonts Textbox Stencil (2010) and Textbox Regular (2013).

    At FontStruct, he made Nucleo (2011) and Geo MD (2012, octagonal).

    In 2013, he set up SeaTypes together with Jefferson Cortinove. Slab MD (2013) is a slab serif typeface and Di Grado (2012) is a dadaist / beatnik poster typeface after the lettering of Brazilian book cover designer Vicente Di Grado in tge 1960s.

    In 2015, Duarte published the modular elliptical sans typeface Hollyday (sic) at Sea Types.

    Behance link. Dafont link. Behance klink for SeaTypes. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcio Hirosse
    [Fabrika de Typos]

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    Marco Condello

    Torino, Italy-based designer of Pietre (2013), a stencil typeface inspired by stone slabs.

    As a member of the Italian open source font cooperative Collletttivo, he designed the free monospaced typeface Necto Mono (2016) and writes: Necto Mono is an aseptic, neutral font designed for any kind of visual mutiny.. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marco Serpieri

    Italian creator of the artsy stencil typeface Essedicom (2009). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcus Eriksson

    Swedish graphic, type and logo designer, and photographer, born and raised in Skelleftea in Northern Sweden, but now located in Vancouver. His typefaces include SD Stencil, Bolsrf (ultra fat), Street Typeface (squarish), Swedisc (avant garde sans), Crispy (hairline octagonal), SubStreet (sturdy sans headline face), Miru (experimental), Subscript (upright connected script), and Bulky (ultra fat). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcus Melton

    Designer in 2019 of Orbit (a cosmic font), MM Strokes (dry brush), MK Ultra (blocky, octagonal), Switch Blade, Quick Pencil (sketched), Mck Glitch, Jot Sp Inverted (a stencil font), Marker Scratch (a charcoal font), High School Notebook (a doodle font) and Fancy Nancy (hand-drawn and super-curly). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcus Schreiter

    Budapest-based graphic designer, who created the stencil typeface Sablon (2005, Garcia Fonts). Originally from Germany, he emigrated to Hungary in 1998. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marcus Sterz
    [Face Type]

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    Margaret Harding Penney
    [Hello Creative (or Hello Mart, or Hello Media)]

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    Maria Eugenia Cazares

    At Universidad de Monterrey, Maria Eugenia Cazares designed the modular display typeface I Was Created To Create (2017), Knot (2017), Clea (2017), Look At Me I Am crazy (2017), New Hand (2017: calligraphic script), Boicot (2017: stencil), Get Set (2017: stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maria Ferreira

    Designer from Lagoa Santa, Brazil, who created a beautiful modular stencil typeface in 2011, as well as a sans typeface called Blackemo (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marian Steinbach

    German designer of DIN Schablonierschrift (1997, stencil). Free, but uppercase only. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mariana Ferreira

    During her studies, Mariana Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal) created the stencil typeface Guerlain (2015). In 2016, she designed the vintage typeface Witty. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mariano Gonzalez

    Medellin, Colombia-based creator of the origami typeface Plegado (2013) and the Bauhaus-inspired stencil typeface Baunano (2013) [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marica
    [Miphol Studio]

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    Marie-Michelle Dupuis

    Trois-Rivières, Quebec-based graphic designer who published the free display typefaces Aery (didone stencil) and Fancy in 2014. In 2015, she created the free blackboard bold typeface Stoked. Home page. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marie-Thérèse Koreman

    Marie-Thérèse Koreman studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. She is a co-founder of Visualogik Technology & Design bv and is director of design for Neufville Digital. She has been involved in digital type since 1981, mainly for corporate identities for large companies. From 1997 she and her team have been working on the digital version of the ever expanding Futura typeface. For Traffictype, a Visualogik brand, she developed the mainstream of digital road signs that has become the standard reference in The Netherlands.

    Her work on Futura includes Futura ND (1999), Futura ND Black (2003), Futura ND Display (2003), Futura ND Alternate (2015), and Futura Next (2016). These are based on the original sources by Paul Renner (1920s) at the Bauersche Giesserei, now held by FT Bauer in Barcelona. There is a consensus among typophiles that this is the best digital version of Futura around.

    Klingspor link. View Marie-Thérèse Koreman's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Marija Juza
    [Babushke Studio]

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    Marijke Ludwig
    [Miosis]

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    Marin Darmonkow
    [Fonteam International]

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    Marina Diniz

    Belo Horizonte. Brazil-based designer of the stencil typeface Fluffy (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marina Durdic

    Podgorica, Montenegro-based designer who created a semi-stencil Cyrillic typeface in 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marina Khodak

    As a student at TypeType Education, Marina Khodak designed the rounded slab serif typeface Splash (2016-2017). She joined TypeType after these studies. In 2018, Ivan Gladkikh, Alexander Kirillov, Philipp Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, and Nadyr Rakhimov published TT Severs. Still in 2018, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and Marina Khodak co-designed the forceful display typeface TT Phobos, which features striling stencil and inline styles. Continuing in 2018, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Marina Khodak and the TypeType Team designed the not-quite-geometric 18-style typeface family TT Smalls, which is characterized by a small x-height and modulated joins. Co-designer of TT Barrels (2018: a Scotch modern typeface by Inessa Mitrozor, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and the TypeType Team). At the end of 2018, TypeType published TT Supermolot Neue (Roman Ershov, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Ivan Gladkikh and the TypeType Team).

    In 2019, TypeType published TT Tsars, a 20-style font family with five subfamilies. It is a collection of serif display titling fonts that are stylized to resemble the fonts of the beginning, the middle and the end of the XVIII century and seen on book title pages in Russia. A reference for the development was Abram Shchitsgal's book Russian Civil Type. The fonts were designed by Marina Khodak, Inessa Mitrozor, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and the TypeType Team.

    In 2020, Marina Khodak and Anna Tikhonova co-designed TT Marxiana (TypeType). It is an attempt to reconstruct a set of pre-revolutionary fonts that were used in the layout of the Niva magazine, published by the St. Petersburg publishing house A.F. Marx, and includes antiqua, grotesque and elzevir styles.

    In 2020, she was part of the Type Type team that designed TT Ramillas, a 20-style high contrast transitional serif by Pavel Emelyanov, Marina Khodak, Yulia Gonina and Kseniya Karataeva. TT Ramillas also contains variable styles.

    In 2021, she designed the thin roman capital lettering typeface TT Ricordi Fulmini which was inspired by an inscription on the altar in the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia. Still in 2021, she co-designed TT Commons Classic (a 24-style geometric sans by Ivan Gladkikh, the TypeType Team, Pavel Emelyanov and Marina Khodak; it includes two variable fonts). Near the end of 2021, she published TT Rationalist (a 22-style slab serif with accompanying variable fonts). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Marina Zertuche

    During her studies in Monterrey, Mexico, Marina Zertuche created the piano key stencil typeface Montagu (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mario Arturo

    Barcelona-based graphic designer (b. 1963). Dafont carries his free fonts, which are often revivals, or fonts based on scans from Dover books. The list of his typefaces:

    • Amarfil (2012). Traced from the Dubbelde Auguftyn Capitalen typeface by father and son Izakk and Johan Enschedé.
    • Angelface (2014). Mario writes that it is loosely based on the Lariata typeface. It was traced from the 1993 edition of the Novum Press book Schreibschriften/Script Types, compiled by Michael Rau & Rosemarie Kloos-Rau.
    • Better Heather (2000): a cleanup of De Nada's script font Heather.
    • Bodoni Fragile Sharp (2018). A Bodoni stencil.
    • Boizenburg (2013). An art nouveau caps typeface.
    • Brennan (2012). A heavy slab serif typeface.
    • Brook Flair (2012). Mario explains: This font is traced from the book Alphabete 2 by Erhardt D. Stiebner and Helmut Huber for Novum Press (1990). I added the missing swashy characters and punctuations. From what I understand, this is a variation of a typeface called Macbeth that was designed in the 1950's for Filmotype.
    • Dean Martin and Dean Martin Swing (2012). A retro font and its curly cousin.
    • Doris Day: an upright connected script.
    • Echedo (2018). This typeface was traced from an unnamed ornamental Roman alphabet from the 1958 edition of 101 Alphabets by W. Ben Hunt and Ed.C. Hunt. Originally published as 60 Alphabets in 1935.
    • Esplanade Script (2015). Published at Aring Typeface.
    • Flamingo (2015). A revival of a condensed titling typeface (+Inline) family designed in 1929 by Louis Oppenheim at H. Berthold Schriftgiesserei A.G.
    • Galeries (2001): based on a type that appeared on a receipt from a store called Galeries Sant Jordi in the 1960s in Pineda de Mar, Catalunya.
    • Halo Handletter (1997): taken from Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets-100 Complete Fonts (Dover).
    • Helvelow: based on Helvetica.
    • Individual (or: Initial): calligraphic all caps face. Scanned from an alphabet book.
    • Japan (1997): a brush stroke font based on a scan from Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets-100 Complete Fonts (Dover).
    • Lisbon Script (2014). Based on a script shown in Schreibschriften/Script Types (1993, Michael Rau & Rosemarie Kloos-Rau, Novum Press).
    • Lombard (2018). This typeface was traced from an unnamed orient alphabet from the 1943 edition of «New Letters and Lettering» by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring.
    • Masana (2011). An upright connected script family inspired by the handwriting of Catalan photographer Josep Masana from Barcelona who was also a publicist in the 1930's. Followed by Masana Grata, Masana Maxima and Masana Extras in 2011.
    • Mister Sinatra and Mister Sinatra Slim (2012).
    • Oz's Wizard (2012). Based on scans of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), which used a typeface designed by Goudy.
    • PetuniaBounce (1997): based on a Dan Solo typeface from Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets-100 Complete Fonts (Dover).
    • Riddle (Riddle Upright and Riddle Script, 2010-2013): based on the typeface used on the Frank Sinatra&Nelson Riddle LP "Only the Lonely". With help from Harold Lohner. Continued in Riddle Upright (2013).
    • Rom (2001): inspired by Barcelona's Rom Caffe logo.
    • Rough Spring: based on Spring by Letterperfect.
    • Sahara (2000): based on the font Arbot.
    • South Pacific. Inspired by a phrase from The ABC of Lettering (1965, J.I. Biegeleisen, Harper & Row Publishers,NY. See also this OFL link.
    • Thick Deco: art deco face.
    • You're Invited (2014). An invitation script font that revives a script found in Lettering (1916, Thomas Wood Stevens). The typeface was designed by Lawrence Rosa and later refined by Mario Arturo.

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Marius Guillemain

    Nantes, France-based designer of a stencil typeface for Musée des arts et métiers (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mark A. Klein

    Mark A. Klein (of Klein Design) made the freeware stencil font Phantom-Stencil (2002). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mark Caneso
    [ps type (was: ppwrkstudio)]

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    Mark De Winne

    Mark Yehan de Winne (Singapore) graduated from Temasek Polytechnic and Lasalle College of the Arts with a BA(Hons) in Graphic Design. He then worked as a book designer and educator for three years, before starting Relay Room, a typography-led creative studio he co-founded with his wife in Singapore. Graduate of the Type & Media program at KABK in Den Haag in 2014. His graduation typeface is Morris. He writes: A homage to the fat typefaces and decorative ornamented type from the Victorian era, Morris is a contemporary attempt intended for display purposes. Each master packs a proverbial punch; clean lines are contrasted with sweeping curves and sharp serifs---a full range of details to delight and tickle any typographic fancy. Morris consists of 4 connected styles (Roman, Medium, Bold, Heavy), which are complimented by 2 striking stencil styles (Black, Black Italic). Facebook link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mark Gowing
    [Formist Foundry]

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    Mark Mora

    Odessa, Ukraine-based designer of the free experimental poster typeface Bankay (2017), the free rounded sans stencil typeface Alexana (2017) and the free Alexana Neue (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mark Niemeijer
    [Soft Machine (or: Open Studio)]

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    Mark Noad

    London-based designer of a wide cargo stencil typeface for Latin and Cyrillic (2014). Other URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mark Richardson
    [Superfried]

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    Mark Swan

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of The Pit and the Pendulum, 3plus3 (a modular stencil face), and Grumpy. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mark van Wageningen
    [Novo Typo (was: Atelier van Wageningen)]

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    Mark Zwart

    Industrial designer in Enschede, The Netherlands. Creator of the free industrial-cum-stencil font Container (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marko Hrastovec
    [Hot Type]

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    Markus Remscheid
    [H2D2]

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    Markus Schröppel

    German designer, b. 1965. Currently, he teaches typography at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, but maintains a home in Wuppertal, Germany. His typefaces:

    • Claus (2019). A typeface with a shaky outline.
    • The dingbat typefaces LL Sami Signs (2016) and LL Hullu Poro (2016).
    • LL Mystic (2016). A pixel or embroidery typeface.
    • LL DCL (2016) and LL Miral (2019). Dot matrix typefaces.
    • LL Disco (2016).
    • LL Colon (2016).
    • LL Mountain (2015). Mountain scene dingbats.
    • LL Calligraphy (2014).
    • LL Paladin (2014). Medieval calligraphic typeface.
    • LL Liberte (2013). a rough stencil typeface based on railway stencils seen in Arles, France.
    • LL Lisa (2013). A Cyrillic sans.
    • LL Faces (2013).
    • LL Rounded (2012).
    • LL Charlotte
    • LLChina (2009): a grunge stencil face.
    • LLTippa (2009): old typewriter.
    • LL Pochoir (2007, grunge).
    • The dingbats font LL Hulu Poro (verrucktes Renntier) presented at FUSE95.
    • LL Faktotum (1995, grunge). Download here.
    • LL Humboldt (2012). A grungy signposting or poster face.
    • LL Record (2002-2006): music dingbats.
    • LL Medien (2004): extra-wide rounded techno face.
    • Free typefaces: LL Nitro (2002, grunge), LL Mirai (2018), LL Futur (2013), LL Pearl (2013), LL Pixel, LL Pikseli (2009, dotted face, done with Rovaniemen Yliopisto), LL Rubber Grotesque (grunge, letterpress simulation, and/or rubber stamp font originally done in 1997), LL Regular (grunge), LL Cooper (2009, sketched typeface based on Cooper Black) and LL Alarm (roughened stencil face). LL Rubber Grotesque has been used in the Harry Potter films since 2005: see here.
    • The typefaces for the interior of Smart cars (Smart Roadster) and the exterior of the Smart 4-4 and 4-2 (see here).
    • LL Textur (2014, a calligraphically constructed Textura face).
    • LL Xmas (2012, stitching font) and LL Dot (2012, dot matrix face).
    In October 2007, he organized a Type Workshop in Rovaniemi. At that workshop, his students made a number of typefaces: Väinö Klemola, Siru Lämsä, Mika Junna, Merja Lahti, Lena Raeuchle, Kalle-Pekka Alare, Jussi-Pekka Koivisto, Heidi Ettanen, Hanna Piekkola, Hanna Kauppinen, Esa-Pekka Niemi, Elisa Niemelä, Elina Virtanen, Emile Uggla, Antti Huhtala. This was followed by similar workshops in 2008 and 2009. Type glossary.

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    Marlon Ilg
    [Studio Marlon Ilg]

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    Marmite de Fontes (was: e753)
    [Guillaume Berry]

    Marmite de Fontes (and before that, E753) is Guillaume Berry's typography site. Guillaume is a graphic designer in Lyon.

    His typefaces include Chupple (stencil), Sin84, Gelinda, Winslow. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mars Attacks

    Creator of a free fat blackletter family called Grobe Hand (2012), which is identical to the famous Ganz Grobe Gotisch (1930, F.H.E. Schneidler), but also includes outline and stencil versions. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marsh Wise

    Fort Loudon, PA-based creator of the military fonts CrappyWehrmachtTypewriterBold (1996), SS-Runes, WWIIGermanTacSymbols (1998). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marta Alves

    Leiria, Portugal-based designer of the stencil display typeface Corvo (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marta Alves

    Or Marta Goncalves. Faro, Portugal-based designer of the stencil typeface Broken Tipo (2016, a student project at University of the Algarve). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marta Ambrosetti

    During her studies at Politecnico di Milano, Marta Ambrosetti (Varese, Italy) designed the grid and compass-based art deco stencil typeface Geometric (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marta Cagno

    Torino, Italy-based designer of the modern stencil typeface Kaigo (2018, with Elisa Iadicicco). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Marta Leon Martinez

    Sevilla, Spain-based designer of the shaded 3d typeface Sailor Stripe in 2016. In 2017, she created the stencil typeface Space and the slab serif Revolution Type. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Martín Sommaruga

    Uruguayan type designer. Since 2001, he has been teaching in Communication and Design at the ORT University in Uruguay. Award winner at Tipos Latinos 2010 for his humanist sans large x-height typeface family MVD Rambla. In 2011, he published the Rambla family at TipoType (+Rambla Alt Libro)---see also at MyFonts.

    In 2013, he designed the humanist sans family Amelia at TipoType and Underground. He added Amelia Rounded in 2015. Amelia won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    At Tipos Latinos 2012, Martín Sommaruga won an award in the display type category for the didone typeface family Rufina Regular. Rufina Ornaments followed in 2015.

    In 2013, he designed Amelia Basic, a soft very humanist sans typeface family.

    At Google Web fonts, one can download free versions of Rufina and Rambla. Rufina was published at TipoType in 2014.

    Marin&eacite; (2014; see also Marin&eacite; STD) is an unstrict geometric sans published by TipoType. It was followed in 2017 by Mariné Rounded.

    In 2016, he designed Rufina Stencil.

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    Martijn Oostra

    Dutch type designer whose fonts may be bought from 2Rebels in Montreal. They are now generally available from T-26. Some creations: BlackMail (1996, ransom note font), Educational, EricsSome (dot matrix face), Mould Archi (1997, grunge), Tsjecho (1997, a wood type simulation face), Wire And Planks (1997, a semi-stencil).

    Future URL. Klingspor link.

    View Martijn Oostra's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Martin Aleith
    [PFA Typefaces]

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    Martin Campillo

    Based in Marseille, France, Martin Campillo designed the Olivaw Stencil typeface in 2014. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Martin Dusek

    Graphic designer in Litomerice, Czech Republic. Behance link. He created Grideater (2011) based on the grid design that characterizes the work of Wim Crouwel and so many others. Grideater has many weights that were designed together, as a whole. The design is modular and octagonal, and consists of Grideater Stencil and Grideater Semiround in various weights. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Martin Fewell
    [Fewell Foundry]

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    Martin Fredrikson Core
    [CORE.NU Fonts]

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    Martin Lexelius

    Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1970, Martin Lexelius (aka Core, aka Martin Fredrikson Core) started his career in the 1990s an an artist and freelance illustrator. Then he designed type, publishing at Chank's place, at T4, at Fountain, and at his own outfit, Core, where one can find his free fonts. Martin Fredrikson Core (b. Gothenburg, 1970), whose real name is Martin Lexelius:

    • Chank fonts: Industri No. 35 (2002), Oh La La (2002 screen font), Sauerkrauto (2000), Som Ett Hus (2001).
    • T4 fonts: Corpse Grinder (gothic font), Kantor (2002, since 2007 commercial at T4), Motor Mouth (2006).
    • Fountain fonts: Borgstrand (styles called Regular, Web, Stencil, Hellas), Filt (2001, a fat display face), Jalapeño (Mexican-style diner display, see here), Malmö Sans (2000 (styles Regular, Alts&Ligatures, Bold, Oblique, Bold Oblique, Headline, Small Caps, Small Caps Lining Numbers, Small Caps Lining Numbers Mono, Small Caps Bold).
    • CORE.NU fonts (mostly free): Backstabber Grotesk, Backstabber Roman (1999), Banditos, Bilprovning Gothic, Blocky Smocky (2002), Bodoni Natural, Bodoni Slapp (2000), Bongonaut (1999), Boy-O (2002), Bunth Serif (1999), Daniel Hando, Darlito, Das Kavel Gotisch, Dot City (1999), DrunkPunk (2002), Executive Producer, Fizzo (1998), Flake Anfang (1999), Funky Mushroom (2000), Gentleman Caller (2002 (pixel font), Grill Sans (2000 (a funny hotdog and hamburger dingbat font, together with Finn Hallin and Simon Grdenfors), Felvetica (2001), Il Tempo Gigante (2001 (extra wide screen font), Isterburk (2001), Komputter (2002), Lager Neon, Lindhagen Script, Marfhaus (1998 (his take on the Bauhaus "Universal" unicase font), Messages, MuskelBengt (2000), No Reklamo, Nuderflaken (2002), Oblata Kurrenta (1999), Pixelette (1998), Plugger, Practicamente, RunStop, Sarcastic Girl Scout Bitch (2000), Sensory Input (2001), Serge Hand, Small Talk (1999 (nice screen font family with styles called Tight, Tight Mono, Wide, Wide Mono), Stiffy99, The Perfect Font.
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    Martin Meijer

    Dutch alphabetician who was active in the 1930s. In 1949, he published Album de Lettres Arti (Arti, Alkmaar, the Netherlands), which features 32 decorative alphabets. In 1940, he released the 20-page booklet De Perpetua van Eric Gill (Boek- en Handeldrukkerij Wormerveer).

    Hans van Maanen at Canada Type revived his lettering as digital fonts: Archie (2010) is a square face, and Agent (2010) is pure comic book or signage style. Chikita (2008) by Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari at Canada Type is an upright ronde script that is also based on Meijer's work. The angular calligraphic type family Libertine (2011, by Patrick Griffin and Kevin Allan King at Canada Type) was also inspired by Meijer.

    Jeff Levine was also inspired by Meijer's alphabets in his JNL Ornate Deco (2019), Sign Studio JNL (2019) and Maitre d Stencil JNL (2019). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Martina Flor
    [KurzProject in Type Design]

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    Martine Brenna McGuirk

    During her graphic design studies in London, Martine Brenna McGuirk created Rad (2016, an experimental stencil typeface).

    In 2016, while studying in London, she designed a typeface simply called 2d3d. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maryia Hilep

    Maryia Hilep is a designer and photographer, based in Vilnius, Lithuania. She grew up in Homel, Belarus, and moved to Vilnius in 2013 to study Visual design and Media at European Humanities University. In 2015, she designed the rough military stencil typeface Trafaret for Latin and Cyrillic. In 2016, she published the free triangle-themed font Delta. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Masahiko Nakamura

    Designed Terminal One (1999) and Asphalt (2002, nice stencil font) at lineto. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Masayuki Sato
    [Maniackers Design (or: MKS)]

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    Massimiliano Vitti

    The Due Studio (or: Due Collective) of Alessio Pompadura and Massimiliano Vitti, both based in Perugia, Italy, co-designed the grid-based stencil typeface Nodo in 2017.

    In 2018. they developed PVF Display for the identity of Palazzo Vertemate Franchi.

    In 2019, they designed Grotta, and wrote: Grotta is an irreverent contemporary neo-grotesk typeface with strong geometric accent and sharp contrast in its form. Characterized by tight apertures and an overall dynamic feeling it is suited for both display and text sizes. It is our interpretation of the 21st century grotesk, exuberant, irruptive and [...] winks at [...] Venus-Grotesk and Monotype Grotesque. It shows influences of hipstertism in the way strokes are joined in the 1, N, M, V, W, and other letters.

    The semi-pixel typeface Analo Grotesk was codesigned in 2019 by Alessio Pompadura and Massimiliano Vitti.

    In 2020, he released Slack Light, a sharp-edged serif typeface.

    Typefaces from 2021: Lay Grotesk (a neutral family following in the footsteps of Helvetica, Neue Haas Grotesk and Folio).

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    Matej Hlavacek
    [Vesturbaer]

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    Mateo Mok
    [Demonics]

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    Mathieu Desjardins
    [Pangram Pangram Foundry]

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    Mathieu Le Lay

    Creator of Oswald Stencbab (2014), a free stencil font developed at the ERG school in Brussels. It is based on Oswald (2011, Vernon Adams). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mathilde Tolly

    Lyon, France-based designer of the stencil typeface Le Point d'Ironie (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matias Islas

    Montemorelos, Mexico-based designer of the multiline retro stencil-style typeface Mich (2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matrero G

    Lanus, Argentina-based designer of Gayacos Primaria Bastarda (2002), Tapi (2006, monoline octagonal), Negada (2006, handwriting), Cementeria (2006), Chingolo Pro (2006), Letrograda (2006, bad typewriter), Bloqueada (2006), Alsina (2006), Reienhardt (2006, scratchy handwriting), Cholo Sperry Rand R20 (2006, old typewriter), Daft (2006, handwriting), Kill All Fonts (2006, experimental stencil), Venerada (2002, shadow face), Thapkie MG (2002, pixel face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matt Dennewitz
    [Font Emporium]

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    Matt Willey

    British creator of a 3d beveled bespoke typeface for Wired (2012), the rounded monoline sans B-Word, NSW01, the bespoke sans and stencil pair AType (for Applied Graphics), the heavy octagonal typeface Timmons (for a book called Jazz), MFred (with Henrik Kubel, for Port magazine, later drawn up in to a full Cyrillic (for Port Russia) by Dmitry Rastvortsev; published at Typespec), Port One (a stencil typeface for Port magazine), the gridded Wired Travel typeface (for Wired magazine), Fogerty (for the identity of the Central School of Speech and drama of the University of London). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matteo Molinaro

    Udine, Italy-based creator of Genoa Regular (2013, sans) and Genoa Stencil (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Matthew Aaron Desmond
    [Matthew Desmond]

    MADtype (est. 1996) is Matt Desmond's place in the type world. He has had a prolific career that started out with shareware fonts while Matt was at the Minneapolis Technical and Community College. His page back then said A haven for quality shareware type for the Mac. Later, Matt started mattdesmond.com, and co-founded the Test Pilot Collective (est. 1998 with Joseph Kral and Mike Cina). Many of his early typefaces were experimental and/or futuristic. In late 2003, mattdesmond.com disappeared, and MADtype, commercial now, resurfaced at the MyFonts site. Currently, Matt is based in Minnetnka, MN. He has also lived in Atlanta, GA, Fayetteville, GA, Rochester, NY, Redwood City, CA, and San Francisco, CA. His fonts can also be purchased via You Work For Them. He also does commissioned type design. Some fonts are freely available at the Google Font Directory.

    Retail types as of 2011:

    • Abel (2011, Google Font Directory). Abel Pro was published in 2013.
    • Aldrich (2011). A Bank Gothic style face, free at OFL.
    • Amber (2000): kitchen tile face.
    • American Gothic (1998): squarish.
    • Audebaud (2010): a 19-th century style French Clarendon (wood type look). The design was inspired by the work of Constant Audebaud, an engraver of wooden type that was used for posters. Audebaud's work appeared in the 1880s in the Deux-Sèvres département of France.
    • Beat (1998): rounded OCR face.
    • Brauhaus (2004): Textura face.
    • Cagliostro (2011). A free font at Google Web Fonts that is based on the handlettering of Ozwald Cooper.
    • Curbdog (1998).
    • Desmond Text (1998): a roman that has features of University Roman.
    • Distill (2009): a De Stijl font that shouts 1920s.
    • Dunelm (1996): emulation of 17th century printing styles.
    • Dwiggins Deco (2009): This typeface was originally designed in 1930 by W.A. Dwiggins as the cover for the book "American Alphabets" by Paul Hollister. Only the 26 letters of the alphabet were included on the cover, so the rest of the numbers, punctuation, symbols, and accented characters have been crafted in a matching [art deco] style.
    • Findon (2007): stencil.
    • Futuristic category: ER9 (1999), KAH (2005, LCD style), Lunarmod (1997), Retron (1997; can be considered as a retro upright connected script as well), Shifty (1998).
    • Grunge category: Bulletin (1997), Gothico Antiqua (1999), Rubba (1997), Stomper (1997--a rubber stamp font), Zapatista (1998-2007).
    • Handwriting, handprinting category: Casino Hand (2005), Ghouliez (1996), Handegypt (2002---hand-drawn slab serif), Handy Sans (1997, hand-drawn sans), Joppa (1997), Pufficlaude BT (1998).
    • Hessian (2009): Tuscan style wood type.
    • Hydrochlorica (2004): organic.
    • Invoice (1997).
    • Ironside Crosses (2004): dingbat face.
    • Marble Roman (2004-2009): angular roman all caps type.
    • Matterhorn (2013). A 9-style sans family created with Michael Cina for Disney. Not to be confused with the many retail typefaces that are also called Matterhorn, such as Paratype's PT Matterhorn (1993) and Treacyfaces' TF Matterhorn (1990s).
    • Pacioli or Luca Pacioli Caps (2007: emulating a mathematically constructed caps font by Pacioli (1509) published in his treatise De divina proportione.
    • Pixel category: Basis (1999), Mang (1997).
    • Plenti (2004): ultra plump.
    • Quantico (2007): octagonal.
    • Stencil category: Bandoleer (2009, +Tracer: a couple of stencil fonts with art deco and army influences), Madison (2007, slab serif stencil), Mercado (2005; has a non-stencil Mercado Sans).
    • Urbandale (2018). A basic sans family.
    • Variable (2004-2010): a sans-serif monoline typeface that includes ultra thin weights.
    • Vexed (2005): sketched face.
    • Wolfsburg (2007): blackletter stencil.
    • Wooddale (1999): wood type emulation.

    Free types as of 2010: Marble Roman, Environ regular, Dorkbutt, Europa, Exsect, Inthacity, Liquidy Bulbous, Lustria (2012, Google Web Fonts), Stomper.

    Commissioned types: 77kids (2007, for the children's brand; the sketched typefaces were done with Justin Thomas Kay), AE Aerie (2005-206, American Eagle Outfitters), AE Newburgh (2005-206, American Eagle Outfitters), AE Summer Fonts (2007, all for American Eagle Outfitters), EEL Futura (2006, for Enjoying Everyday Life), Nike World Cup (2006), Virgin America (2006).

    Typefaces from 2019: Starfire (2019, a retro geometric sans).

    Orphaned types that disappeared or were planned but never executed: BrotherMan, Caprice, Convolve, HipstersDelight, Lugubrious, ModestaSmallCaps, Serifity, Skitzoid, Sliver, ThrowupSolid, Auresh (1998, futuristic; Test Pilot Collective), Kcap6 (1998, with Cina; Test Pilot Collective), Epiphany (1997; Test Pilot Collective), Testacon (with Kral and Cina; Test Pilot Collective), Civicstylecom (1999; Test Pilot Collective), Lutix (1998; Test Pilot Collective), Xerian (1997; Test Pilot Collective), Swoon, Furtive (2004, a sans), the display typeface Flathead (2004), the blackletter typeface Bahn (2004), Mesotone BT (2006, Bitstream, a monoline sans), Practical (a monoline connec script, planned in 2007 but not published), Poliphili (planned in 2007, as a revival of an Aldus/Griffo font), Wutupdo (1996, Garage Fonts), GFDesmond (Garage Fonts), Drone, Golden Times (2014, a corporate small caps typeface for the University of Minnesota), Vapiano (2014: hand-printed typeface for Vapiano International).

    Behance link. View Matt Desmond's typefaces. Fontspring link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Matthew Burvill
    [House of Burvo]

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    Matthew Desmond
    [Matthew Aaron Desmond]

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    Matthew Napolitano
    [Graffiti Fonts (or: Highground Industries, or: Highground Graffiti Fonts, or: Fulltime Artists)]

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    Matthijs Herzberg
    [Herzberg Design]

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    Mattox Shuler
    [Fort Foundry]

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    Mattox Shuler
    [Hold Fast Foundry]

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    Maurice Vanderfeesten

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands-based designer of a dotted line font in 2016, as a student at Sintlucas in Boxtel. He also designed the stencil typeface Industrial (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mauricio Astete Brito

    Or Mauro Andres. Concepcion, Chile-based designer at Latinotype of the upright copperplate script and accompanying lapidary sans typeface family Antonietta (2016, Script and Caps), which is inspired by the eccentricity of the rococo style and Queen Marie Antoinette's wild personality. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Antonietta.

    In 2020, Mauro Andres published Universo (+Stencil) at Peggo Fonts. This display font family includes a nice hairline weight. Universo was initially made for Caos Sagrados and was inspired by Aldo Novarese's style (Microgramma, Eurostile) and other retro-futuristic fonts and poster designs of the 1950s. The work was started in 2018.

    Typefaces from 2022: Hardbop (in eight ultra-condensed styles: Hardbop is a typographic system inspired by hardbop jazz. It is also inspired by the prolific graphic work of Reid Miles for the covers of Blue Notes Records in the '50s, Japanese jazz album covers of the '70s and condensed and grotesque hand painted signs). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Maurizio Strippoli

    Graduate of the type design program at Consorzio Poli.design di Milano. His graduation project involved the stencil typeface Fi (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Max Ayalla
    [Millieangelo Design Co]

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    Max Infeld
    [Xerographer Fonts]

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    Max Körner

    Max Körner (1883-1963) was a painter and German trademark designer. From 1913 to 1921 he was a teacher of visual design and crafts at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart. From 1921 he held a professorship at the State School of Applied Arts in Nuremberg. His 1949 book, Das Neue Schriften Buch is a collection of bold, modernistic examples of the Germanic style. Samples all reside on Flickr either from Indra Kupferschmid or Depression Press, courtesy of Mindofone Fonts.

    In 2012 and 2013, Dick Pape digitized twelve of Körner's alphabets: MaxKornerBlackMouse, MaxKornerBlackletter, MaxKornerBodenseefahrt, MaxKornerFlotteSchreibschrif, MaxKornerHaircutBlock, MaxKornerKraftigeWerbegotik, MaxKornerMachinenbau, MaxKornerModeausstellung, MaxKornerRed&BlackScript, MaxKornerSchablonen-Bold, MaxKornerSpikyAntiqua, MaxKornerStencilCaps.

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    Max Little
    [Little Fonts]

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    Max Orloff
    [Pen Art]

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    Max Phillips
    [Signal Type Foundry]

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    Maxim Neufeld

    Aachen, Germany-based designer of the stencil typeface Divisa (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maxime Loretti

    Rennes, France-based designer of the stencilish typeface One Way (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Maximilian Hesse
    [ADGY]

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    Maximilian Kerr

    Type designer in the photo type era, who worked for Photo Lettering Inc and was based in New York. His typefaces include Bigtown Bold, Casual, Christmas (blackletter), Crayon Casual, Kerr Lightline, Madison Avenue, Kerr Stencil (+Bold) and Ultra Slim Light. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    May Garrido Guirado

    Almeria, Spain-based designer of the stencil typeface Buscher (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MCKL (was: Mickel Design)
    [Jeremy Mickel]

    Jeremy Mickel runs a design studio in Los Ange;les, where he moved to from Minneapolis in 2015. Before that, he was located in Brooklyn, New York and Providence, RI. Originally called Mickel Design, the studio and foundry was renamed MCKL in 2012. Mickel has taught at RISD and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

    He is working on this VAR-Rounded sans serif style face (2007) that was based on plastic cut letters seen in New York's subway. See also here and here. Mickel's typefaces:

    • Router (2008, Jeremy Mickel): a rounded sans family.
    • Baro (2010, Chester Jenkins and Jeremy Mickel): Baro is inspired by memories of Antique Olive Nord, Roger Excoffon's landmark design originally commissioned for Air France in 1956. Nord, the heaviest weight of Antique Olive, was the starting point, but Baro shares DNA with other Village designs, including Apex New and Mavis.
    • Eventide (2009, Jeremy Mickel): octagonal and 3d family based on ideas by Paul Carlyle in the early 1940s. That Carlyle typeface had also made it into the PhotoLettering collection in 1971. Eventide was developed into a family at House Industries under the art direction of Ken Barber and Christian Schwartz, and won an award at TDC2 2011.
    • Superior (2010, Jeremy Mickel): a high-contrast transitional "nearly didone" face. Superior Title (2013) is described as a high-contrast missing link between Times and Bodoni. It was designed for fashion publications.
    • Shift (2010, Jeremy Mickel): a slab serif family that won an award at TDC2 2011.
    • Gonesh (2009, Jeremy Mickel): a great new sans family.
    • Aero (2010, Village Type) was developed in cooperation with Chester Jenkins. This poster family, inspired by Excoffon's Antique Olive, was awarded at TDC2 2011.
    • Letterboxes (2008). A stencil typeface that was part of a collaborative project with John Caserta at the Design Office.
    • Plinc Flourish (a 2011 digitization by Jeremy Mickel for House Industries). Based on William Millstein's Millstein Flourish, an upright script first designed for PhotoLettering Inc in the early 1940s.
    • Union (2011). A basic sans family, ideal for corporate design.
    • Jeremy Mickel created a digital version L.Harl Copeland's (prismatic, beveled, roman caps) Trillium typeface [originally done at Photolettering] in 2011 at the new digital Photolettering / House Industries.
    • Fort is a sans family published in 2012 by Village.
    • Playoff Sans and Playoff Serif (2015).
    • Adidas has partnered with MCKL to create an innovative suite of variable fonts. These fonts are being used across a wide spectrum of applications, including Creative Direction, Product Design, Graphics, Communications, Digital Experiences, and the brand campaign for the upcoming World Cup. In 2015, Mickel expansed the Adineue Pro family. In 2017 they started the first Adidas Variable Font, Adineue CHOP Variable, an octagonal athletic sans in a wide range of weights from hairline to black, and widths from extra-condensed to extra-wide. In 2018, Mickel embarked on Adineue Pro Variable.
    • Rosa Sans (2019: by Jeremy Mickel and Pentagram). A free geometric grotesk (in their own words) sans family.
    • Trust (2020). A flared typeface first used for the identity of the Commission on Presidential Debates (Trump versus Biden).
    • Logic Monospace and Logic Monoscript (2020). Mickel writes: Logic Monospace takes inspiration from midcentury typewriter fonts, including IBM Selectric's Advocate and the ubiquitous Courier, with additional references in slab serifs like Stephenson Blake's Scarab. While there are many great script typewriter fonts, including Olympia and Aristocrat, Logic Monoscript is a novel creation, with few examples of true connecting monospace scripts in existence.
    • Uber (2020). A custom job for Uber.
    • Owners (2021). iJeremy explains: Owners is an expressive family of fonts that takes inspiration from the dynamic energy of handmade signage as seen around Los Angeles.
    • RedHat Display, Text and Mono subfamilies. The open source fonts were originally commissioned by Paula Scher / Pentagram and designed by Jeremy Mickel / MCKL for the new Red Hat identity. Mickel writes: Red Hat is a fresh take on the geometric sans genre, taking inspiration from a range of American sans serifs including Tempo and Highway Gothic. The Display styles, made for headlines and big statements, are low contrast and spaced tightly, with a large x-height and open counters. The Text styles have a slightly smaller x-height and narrower width for better legibility, are spaced more generously, and have thinned joins for better performance at small sizes. In 2021 we added Light and Light Italic styles, and a Monospace family. Variable fonts with a weight axis are available. RedHat's official site.

    Klingspor link. Village link. Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    mderpth
    [Michelle Devlin]

    Michelle Devlin (b. Guam) moved to New York in 2010, and currently lives in London. She graduated from RISD with a BFA in Graphic Design and a focus in HPSS (History, Philosophy, Social Sciences). Currently, Michelle is a graduate student studying Communication Design through the Royal College of Art's MRes programme, where she researches the intercultural collaboration behind the development of Korean typefaces for multilingual font families published by American tech giants such as Adobe, Google, and IBM. Graduate of TypeWest, class of 2021. Her typefaces:

    • Arcadia (2022). An unconventional, three-style display font family inspired by video-games of the early 21st century. Arcadia was her graduation project at Type West, where she was guided by Graham Bradley, Lynne Yun and James Edmondson.
    • Candida (2021). A decorative geometric slab serif revival of Candida Antiqua (Jakob Erbar, 1936). Guided by Graham Bradley and Kel Troughton of Type West.
    • Augustine (2020-2021). An interpretation of 18th-century punchcuttings inspired by minor inconsistencies found in metal type. Guided by Frank E. Blokland of Plantin Instituut voor Typografie.
    • Stencil (2020). A Korean/Hangeul stencil-style display font inspired by the work of Laura Meseguer, Ken Lunde, and event branding of ATypI 2020. Guided by Chorong Kim of Sandoll.
    • Ribbon (2020). A horizontal-contrast sans.
    • Bridge (2018-2020). A 9-style pixel font illustrating the history of cultural assimilation on Guam inspired by the speech Paradox in Paradise.
    • Canoe (2017). A humanist serif text font inspired by the book IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation. Guided by Richard Lipton of RISD.
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    Me123456

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of the organic typefaces Thinny, Block Dot and Evolution. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mecanorma

    French graphics lettering company initially involved in instant lettering (made by Trip Productions), and some original typeface designs. From 1989 until 1994, Mecanorma worked with another Dutch company Visualogik to create digital versions of their typefaces, all having MN in their names. Monotype licensed and digitized some of Mecanorma's typefaces. In 1995, Mecanorma got out of graphics and stepped into home decoration. In 1999, Trip Productions, a Dutch Company located in Lisse, purchased the Mecanorma brand and what was left of the company. In 2004, International TypeFounders from Cedars, PA, licensed the typefaces from Trip Productions and released them as the Mecanorma Collection.

    Their collection includes some great fonts: Access, Artdeco, Artworld, BalloonMN, Brio, BusoramaMN, Campus, CardCamio, Carplate, CaslonAntiqueVL, ChocMN, CircusMN, ComicStripMN, DynamoMN, Galba, Globe-Gothic-Outline, Glowworm, Jackson, LibraMN, MtPlacard, Ortem, Renault, RoslynMN, Sayer, SayerScriptMN, SquashMN, Sully-Jonquieres, Watch-Outline. You can also buy through Atomic Type. Projected new URL, which I am afraid will never be activated because in 1999, the company was bough by the Dutch company Trip Productions.

    MyFonts sells these typefaces: Access, American Uncial, Anatol, Arnold Bocklin (art nouveau), Artdeco, Artworld (an embossed font), Aster, Balloon (brush font), Blippo Black, Brio, British Inserat, Brush, Bulletin Typewriter, Caligra (blackletter), Campus (athletic lettering), Cardcamio, Carplate, Caslon Antique, Celtic (in the style of University Roman), Chicago (dot matrix / marquee typeface), Chinon, Choc (brush script), Circus (Western font), Classic Script (a copperplate calligraphic script), Comic Strip, Commercial Script, Contest, Cooper Black, Dubbeldik, Dynamo, Egyptienne, Estro (Western font), Eurostile, Forelle, Fumo Dropshadow MN, Galba (Trajan typeface), Globe Gothic, Glowworm (a bubblegum font), Gothique (blackletter), Hansson Stencil, Hillman, Hotel (multilined art deco), Isonorm, Jackson, Jubilee Lines (an engraved money font), Latina, Leopard, Libra (uncial), Michelina (anthroposophic), Milton, Mistral, Normalise Din, Old Style, Olive, Orator, Organda, Ortem, Polka (a brush typeface), Renault, Rondo (retro script), Roslyn, Sayer Interview (old typewriter font), Sayer Script, Sayer Spiritual, Squash, Stencil, Stop (stencil typeface), Studio, Swaak Centennial (pure art nouveau), Tzigane, Viant, Vivaldi, Voel Beat (beveled), Watch Outline (LED font), Windsor, Zambesi (African look font).

    Designers include Albert Boton, J.H. Crook, Jan van Dijk, J. Dresscher, Roger Excoffon, U. Fenocchio, L. Fumarolo, William Gillies, N. Glason, Lennart Hansson, B. Jaquet, K. Kochnowicz, J. Larcher, C. Mediavilla, José Mendoza y Almeida, L. Meuffels, Aldo Novarese, Georges Renevey, F. Robert, Manfred Sayer, M. Schmidt, J.P. Thaulez, J. Werner and Bogdan Zochowski.

    The Western slabby font Figaro MT (2004) is ascribed to Mecanorma.

    A list culled from the web: AccessMN-Bold, AccessMN-Medium, AmericanUncialMN, AnatolMN, ArnoldBocklinMN, ArtdecoMN, ArtworldMN, AsterMN-Demi, AsterMN-Roman, BalloonMN-Bold, BalloonMN-ExtraBold, BlippoBlackMN, BrioMN, BritishInseratMN, BritishInseratMNCondensed, BrushMN, Bulletin-Typewriter, BusoramaMN-Bold, CaligraMN, CampusMN, CardcamioMN, CarplateMN, CaslonAntiqueVL, CelticMN-Bold, CelticMN-Italic, CelticMN, CenturyMNCondensed-BoldItalic, CenturyMNCondensed-Bold, CheltenhamMN-Book, CheltenhamMN-BookItalic, CheltenhamMN-Ultra, ChicagoMN, ChinonMN, ChocMN, CircusMN, ClassicScriptMN, ComicStripMN-Italic, ComicStripMN, CommercialScriptMN, ContestMN, Cooper-Black-Italic, Cooper-Black-Outline, CooperBlackMN, CushingMN-Book, CushingMN-Heavy, CushingMN-HeavyItalic, CushingMN-Medium, DubbeldikMN, DynamoMN-Bold, DynamoMN-Medium, DynamoMN-Shadow, EgyptienneMNCondensed-Bold, ElanMN-Extended, ElanMN-Light, ElanMN-Medium, EnrouteVL, ErasMN-Book, ErasMN-Demibold, ErasMN-Ultra, ErasMN, EstroMN, EurostileMN-Extended, EurostileMN-ExtendedBold, EurostileMN-Medium, FidelioMN, FolioMN-Bold, FolioMN-Extrabold, ForelleMN, FranklinGothicMN-Book, FranklinGothicMN-BookItalic, FranklinGothicMN-Heavy, FrizQuadrataMN-Bold, FrizQuadrataMN, Fumo-DropshadowMN, FuturaBlackMN, GalbaMN, Gillies-Gothic-Bold, Gillies-Gothic-Light, Gillies-Gothic-Ultra-Shadow, Gillies-Gothic-Ultra, GlobeGothicMN-Bold, GlobeGothicMNCondensed-Bold, GlobeGothicMNOutline, GlowwormMN, GlowwormMNCompressed, GorillaVL-Bold, GothiqueMN, HanssonStencilMN-Bold, HanssonStencilMN, HillmanMN, HillmanMNCondensed, HotelMN, IrishUncialVL, IsonormMN, Italia-Bold, Italia-Book, Italia-Medium, JacksonMN, JubileeLinesMN, LatinaMN, LeopardMN, LibraMN, MRunic-Condensed, MSwingBold, MachineMN-Bold, MachineMN, MichelinaMN, MiltonMN-Demibold, MistralVL, MtPlacard-Condensed, NormaliseDinMN, OklahomaState, OliveCompactMN, OliveMNBold, OliveNordMN, OratorMN, OrgandaMN-Bold, OrgandaMN, OrtemMN, PascalMN, PolkaMN-Bold, PolkaMN, PopplExquisitMN, PopplExquisitMN-Alternative, RenaultMN, RenaultMNBold, RondoMN, RoslynMN-Bold, RoslynMN-Bold, RoslynMN-Outline, RoslynMNMedium, SaphireMN, SayerMN-Interview, SayerScriptMN-Black, SayerScriptMN-Bold, SayerScriptMN-Light, SayerSpiritualMN-Italic, SayerSpiritualMN, SloganMN, SquashMN-Outline, SquashMN, StencilAntiqueMN, StencilAntiqueVL, StencilMN, StencilMNOutline, StopMN, StudioMN, SullyJonquieresMN-Bold, SullyJonquieresMN, SwaakCentennialMN, Syntax-Bold, Syntax-Roman, ToucheVL, TziganeMN, ViantMN-Bold, VivaldiMN, VoelBeatMN, WashSymbolVL-Light, WatchMN-Outline, WindsorMN, WindsorMNElongated, ZambesiMN.

    MyFonts link.

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    Megflags (was: HOUS Studio)
    [Fahrenno Asnawan]

    Vintage badge designer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who created the weathered vintage all caps typefaxe Suhanto in 2019. By 2020, his (mostly vintage) typefaces included: Caslar, Eastwood, Giyo, Jelaga, Kisna, Kisna Stamp, Mardie, Mondrogoeno, Narto, Salam97 Stencil, Soerip, Soul Wanders, Suhanto, Vacant.

    Typefaces from 2021: Wellmons (a rounded hand-drawn blackletter), Sigher, Grissed (free, vintage), Elthon (sketched), Sirie, Kranon (vintage metal sign emulation), Soerip, Tudjuh Dua (vernacular, all caps), Balero (+Stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Megi Zumstein
    [Hi]

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    Mehmet Abaci
    [Studio Typo]

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    Mehmet Reha Tugcu

    Mehmet Reha Tugcu (Tugcu Design Company, Istanbul, Turkey) designed these typefaces:

    • In 2020: Calamity (squarish), Blight (a spurred typeface), Kasumi (a rounded all caps sans), Nezuko (a Saul Bass style poster font), Avalon (a glitch font), Anima (a horror font), Belmont (medieval), Starforge (sci-fi).
    • In 2019: Bios (octagonal), Magnate (a trilined art deco typeface), Megaton (a great stencil typeface), Polaris (cyber typeface), Quartz (art deco), Visage (an all caps titling sans), Solaire, Cinderheart (a cutout typeface), Osiris (a sci-fi typeface), Pandemic (dry brush), Loki (a comic book font), Coven, Valencia (an art deco font).
    • In 2018: Mistlock, Wraith (a super wide sci-fi typeface), Sojourn, Gore (blocky), Grind (grunge), Junkdog, Wisteria (foliated caps), Brigmore, Lash (a free weathered font), Halcyon, Kusanagi (futuristic), Periwinkle, Minerva (art deco).
    • In 2017: Vera (a vintage all caps typeface), Odachi (a free rough brush font), Quas, Stargaze (retro-futuristic), Derelict (a macho octagonal typeface), Noatun (hispter sans), Nigma (dry brush), Wisp, Honeysuckle (watercolor brush), Kohm (vintage), Nectar (sans), Emporia (art deco), Drip, Ghoul, Voyager (trekkie font), Heatwave, Njord (a hipster sans), Robinson (a free poster typeface family with various texture styles), Grimtotem (handcrafted).
    • In 2016: Ico (multilined, labyrinthine), Nikopol (comic book style), Aoki (rounded sans), Jotunheim (rune emulation typeface), Hikou (sans), Quas, Brigmore (art deco sans), Sumac (hand-painted), Okami (rough brush font), Björn (a sharp-edged Scandinavian sans), Grind (eroded style), Equinox (sans), Bonfire, Covenant (brush font), Cormier (art deco).
    • In 2015, he created Beast (brush font), Glaive (inspired by metal rock), Prospekt (a squarish headline typeface family), Primal (a squarish futuristic typeface), Muertos (a cartoon font named after Day of the Dead), Brigand (spurred Western font), Fairwind (rounded all caps sans), Portico (layered multi-style all caps headline sans typeface), Ironclad (art deco), Cred, Muertos, Beast (brush face), Mecha 08 (a free futuristic typeface), Robinson (vintage newspaper titling typeface with many styles such as Regular, Shadow, Press, Rough, Oblique, Distorted, Urban, Corroded, Diagonal, Inline, Outline), Bronco (+Inline), Centauri (futuristic), Omicron (circle-based sans), Hyperion (futuristic), Atone (a brush font), Venge (a fashionable sans), Thiket (an interlocking poster typeface), Phage (a free squarish font), Fenrir, the Soviet propaganda typeface Sputnik, the brush typeface Veritus, the retro-futuristic Dagon, the stencil typeface Ember, the tall condensed typeface Ogre (+Inline), the art deco / avant garde typeface Metropolis, the free display typeface family Geist, the hipster typeface Pandora, the handcrafted typeface Saryn, the techno sans typeface Helios, the stylish art deco typeface Fontaine (+Rough, +3D), free inline typeface Timber, the great inline slab serif typeface Decurion, and the commercial typefaces Solaris (fururistic), Sledge (grungy black sans), Behemoth, Zephyr (sans), and Manticore (brush).
    • In 2021: Witch (a Halloween font), Scourge (a grungy rune simulation font), Azurite (a sci-fi font), Monolith.

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    Mel Muraca

    Illustrator and graphic designer from Christchurch, New Zealand. Behance link. Creator of the modular fat stencil typeface Get It (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Melissa Carolissen

    Located in Cape Town, South Africa, this graphic designer and illustrator created an art deco typeface family called Retrofunk (2009), which includes a stencil style. Her logo lettering is also remarkable. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Memela Studio
    [Peter Lorenz]

    Peter Lorenz (Memela Studio, Guadalajara, Mexico) designed Cali Ms (2010, with Alberto Arellano), Fina (2011, a tall hairline all-caps face), Marga (2012, a polygonal typeface done with Alberto Arellano), Marcatextos (2012, a stencil family), and Quetzal (2012, decorative).

    In 2013, Memela designed the art deco marquee typeface Albahaca.

    Behance link. Another Behance link. Behance link for Peter Lorenz. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mendoza&Vergara
    [Luciano Vergara]

    MendozaVergara is Luciano Vergara, a Chilean graphic designer from Concepcion (b. 1979), and his companion, Guisela Mendoza. Mendoza & Vergara is located in Santa Juana, Chile.

    Vergara created these typefaces between 2004 and 2010: the sans typeface Conce (2004), Pepona (2006, T-26, a pixel face), Sketch (2008, T-26), Trauco (2006, T-26, a wonderful display face), Otto (2006, T-26, another pixel face), Roket U (2007, T-26, rounded anthroposophic unicase typeface) and Hisla Negra (2004), the serif typeface Patua (2003; Patua One is free at Google Web Fonts), the pixel typeface Xerif (2004), the pixel typeface Sinaptix (2004), the pixel typeface UNXERIF (2004), the pixel typeface Don Paul (2004, named after Paul Renner), the liquid display typeface Revolución (2006), the pixel family Renex (2004) and the pixel typeface O'Higgins (2003).

    At Latinotype (which Vergara co-founded with Daniel Hernandez in 2007), he created the dingbat typeface Chilean Bugs (2006) (free at Dafont), as well as Patua (serif), Regia (2008, hairline condensed sans).

    At FontStruct, he experimented with Flaca (2008).

    At his Flickr site, check out more commercial typefaces: Fidel (strong sans), Regia and Trasans (two light, even hairline, sans typefaces), Biotech,

    Working on a short-ascendered sans typeface called Midas (2010).

    Typefaces from 2011: Biotech, Cachiyuyo (a pixel family), Machi (titling sans), Los Lana Pro (an angular poster face; a stone age font), Fidel Black (a strong rounded sans, +Stencil Black), Patagon (Latinotype: a rounded wood-inspired poster typeface done with Miguel and Daniel Hernandez), Suisside (a humanist sans).

    Typefaces from 2012: Julius Sans One (Google Web Fonts), Pantano Pro (Pantano is a handmade grunge typeface inspired by the rustic style of Amazonia), Antartida (an 8-style family at Latinotype), Antartida Rounded (a rounded sans family), Kahlo (2012, Latinotype, designed for magazine headlines), Frida (Latinotype: a Latin style hipster sans typeface), Schwager (a steampunk slab serif, followed by Schwager Sans in 2014).

    Typefaces from 2013: Estandar (a wayfinding sans published by Latinotype; the Regular is free), Estandar Rounded, Moderna Condensed (+Unicase: an organic sans family), Four Seasons (handwritten, with Guisela Mendoza), Pasarela, Kahlo Rounded (Latinotype). Moderna (a monoline organic sans, with unicase styles thrown in). Antartida Rounded Essential (2013) is a rounded sans by Luciano Vergara, done for Los Andes Type.

    Typefaces from 2014: Estandar Rounded (by Vergara, a rounded sans in 13 styles named after Standard Oil Company), Garden (a playful decorative set of typefaces), Darwin (2014, a 20-font sans family with multiple fathers; see also Darwin Office, 2014, Darwin Pro, 2017, and Darwin Rounded, 2018), DIY Time (hand-printed, with Coto Mendoza at Latinotype).

    Typefaces from 2015: Nordikka (a headline sans with large x-height and a Scandinavian feel; Latinotype), Styling (a simple almost techno sans family inspired by the aerodynamic curves and elliptical shapes of old cars and airplanes). Corporative Sans, Corporative Sans Rounded and Corportaive are large typeface familes created by the Latinotype Team in 2015. In particular, they were developed by Javier Quintana and Cesar Araya, under the supervision of Luciano Vergara, and Daniel Hernandez.

    With Bruno Jara, Luciano Vergara designed the angular Jurassic park style typeface Los Lana Niu (2016).

    In 2016, Mendoza Vergara (Cecilia Mendoza, Coto Mendoza and Luciano Vergara) published the script family Bach and the script/slab pair Matcha at Los Andes.

    In 2016, Bruno Jara Ahumada, Alfonso Garcia, Luciano Vergara, Daniel Hernandez and the Latinotype Team designed the roman square capital headline typeface family Assemblage.

    In 2017, Luciano Vergara published Niemeyer as a tribute to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, and the modular---almost sci-fi---sans typeface family Nizzoli as a tribute to Marcello Nizzoli. He also designed the 28-style Internacional in 2017-2018, following the Swiss grotesque examples.

    Typefaces from 2018: Alvar (a humanist sans family at Los Andes; italics designed with the help of Alfonso Garcia), Resort (Sans, Script, Ornaments).

    In 2019, Luciano Vergara and Alfonso Garcia co-designed Moderna Sans at Latinotype. It is an interpretation of American gothics like Alternate Gothic.

    Typefaces from 2020: Abstract (an eclectic serif family with post-pandemic tensions and existential angst; by Luciano Vergara at Los Andes), Aestetico (Luciano Vergara, Daniel Hernandez and Alfonso Garcia: a 54-style sans family having Formal and Informal subsets of fonts so that the family covers several sans genres), Spock (2020: a 48-style demi-sans demi-slab family by Luciano Vergara, Cesar Araya and Rodrigo Fuenzalida), Neogrotesk. P>Typefaces from 2021: Grotesco (advertized as a South American grotesk; in 20 styles).

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Behance link.

    View Lucian Vergara's typefaces. Fontspring link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Meneer de Zwart

    Graphic designer in Amsterdam. Creator of the stencil typeface Geissler Serif (2013), which was named after Heinrich Geissler (1814-1879), the inventor of the Geissler tube, which later led to neon tubes. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Merethe Liljedahl
    [House of Lime]

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    Merve Yildiz

    Graphic designer in Istanbul who made the semi-stenciled Latin corporate typeface Bit Pazari in 2013. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mevstory Studio (or: Mandeh Studio, or: Eleanor Studio, or: Mevricks Studio, or: Lettercorner Studio)
    [Muhammad Afif Ersya]

    Padang, Indonesia-based studio and designer that changes its name almost monthly: Mevstory Studio, Mandeh Studio, Eleanor Studio, Mevricks Studio, Lettercorner Studio, Mhdafifersya, take your pick. Designer of these typefaces:

    • Signage script: Retroshoes (2021), Pokechu (2021), Stanok Valley (2020: a retro signage script), Sunnylise (2020), Cansast (2020), The Bellerin Script (2020), Bealiva Vintage (2020), Retropus (2019), The Dreamstars (2019), Codename (2018).
    • Script: Scripted (2021), Tropical Smoothie (2021), Adelynn Display (2020), Babyla (2020), La Rosaleda (2020: a creamy rhythmic script with some personality, accompanied by La Rosaleda Serif), Sunnylise (2019), Toulouse (2019) Kick Slide (2019), Speakup Script (2019), Hendys Playfull (2019), Pandal Sikek (2019), North Landon (2019), Natash Sena (2019).
    • Brush style: Litch in Holland (2020), Bryana (2020), Little Linka (2020: kawaii style), Tormanted (2019), Future Enforcer (2019), Jorge (2019), Kafka (2019), Kick Slipe (2019), Royal Dutch (2019).
    • Monoline script: Mocha Frappuccino (2020), Pergola (2020), Breachery (2019).
    • Signature script: Danisya (2019).
    • Eerie fonts: The Tormanted (2019).
    • Vintage: Satisfice (2021: a chunky didone display serif), Akira Jimbo (2020: spurred), Revicil (2019: spurred), Tropper (2019: spurred).
    • Stencil: The Time Machine (2020), Cosmos (2020: futuristic).
    • Squarish, techno: Crizen (2021), Raceline (2021: a speed font), Time Machine (2020), Astroman (2019), Droping Sans (2019).
    • Decorative serif: Devitos (2020: free)), Pulchella (2020), Vikendi (2020: a free chubby serif), Cholens (2020), Kiano (2020).
    • Font duo: Nyctaghina (2021), Javelin (2021), Lachi (2020), Futusicia (2019).
    • Arabic emulation: Al Risalah (2019).
    • Sans: Lichfield (2021), Nomz (2020), Molina (2020), Gelael (a 16-style artistic sans loosely related to Peignot) (2020), Bechtlers (2020), Garuda Kencana (2020). Giagonic Regular (2019), Muvcix (2019), Fourty (2019), Hello World (2018: a display sans).
    • Western: Stinky Pete (2020).
    • Alphadings: Christmasland (2020).
    • Speed emulation fonts: Super Drift (2021).
    • Deco typefaces: Beatrick (2022).
    • Miscellaneous: Fantasea (2021), Crafton (2021: an octagonal mechanical typeface), Varane (2021).

    Behance link for Lettercorner Studio. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Meytav David

    FontStructor who made the Hebrew stencil typeface MDshine (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mic Rogers

    Mic Rogers (Philadelphia, PA) graduated in 2016 from Atlanta's Georgia State University with a degree in Art. He created these typefaces in 2014: Zerone (techno typeface), Bastic 4.5 (hand-printed), Prime Cru (thin techno stencil), and Marathon (LED emulation). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Blair

    Student of Graphic & Web Design at DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College). FontStructor who made a few nice typefaces in 2012. These include Little Tittle (a stencil typeface influenced by Josef Albers' Kombinationschrift), and the tall-legged condensed Skinny & Sweet. Aka ciotog. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Candels

    Creator of Fatfont (2011, FontStruct), a fat stencil face. Aka GfxWiz. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Cina
    [You Work For Them (or YWFT; formerly Cinahaus or TrueIsTrue)]

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    Michael Cina
    [Associated Typographics (or: Public Type)]

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    Michael Gene Adkins
    [The Fontry]

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    Michael Gilliam
    [Flycatcher Design]

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    Michael Gills
    [ULGA Type (was: Creative Goats)]

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    Michael Hager

    Austrian type designer. At Facetype, Igor Labudovic cooperated with Michael Hager on Stanley Slab (2012), which is an interpretation of wood type combined with the idea of modern stencils. He also co-designed Stanzer (2010), a semi-stencil typeface. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Harvey

    Stonecutter and renowned carver (b. 1931, d. 2013), cyclist, and type designer. Michael was a visiting lecturer in the Department of Typography&Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, and is the author of several books on the lettering arts. CV and picture. He worked from his studio in Bridport (Dorset). At ATypI 2007 in Brighton, he analyzed the work of Frederic Goudy, Hermann Zapf, Eric Gill, Georg Trump, and Jan van Krimpen, and took the listener from analog to digital.

    Obituary by Yves Peters, who quotes Sumner Stone: We will miss the presence of his marvelous big smile and the twinkle in his eye that went with it. That twinkle always seemed to be there above his ruddy cheeks and one quickly learned that it was a true transmission of his inner state. He was a tall leprechaun, full of laughter. He had a subtle and perennial sense of humor and just being in his presence lifted you up. He could float on the jazz piano clouds of Ellington and Strayhorn, and named typefaces after each of them. He was also a serious thinker, a scholar, and always ready to engage in a discussion of the finer points. His achievements in the lettering arts are numerous and numinous. By any measure he was prolific. He carved letters in stone and wood, drew them for hundreds of book jackets, wrote books about them, taught them to graduate students, and made them into typefaces that ranged from goofy to sublime. He was a true master in every respect.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link.

    In 2001, he and Andy Benedek founded Fine Fonts, an independent digital type foundry in Cheltenham, UK.

    His typefaces:

    • Aesop Script (Fine Fonts).
    • Andreas (1996), an outline font, and Moonglow , an all-caps typeface, two stone-cutting fonts published by Adobe.
      • Balthasar (2002, Fine Fonts).
      • Braff (2003, Agfa and later, Fine Fonts).
      • Conga Brava MM, a fluid stencil font published by Adobe.
      • DTL Unico. An extensive all-purpose family at the Dutch Type Library.
      • Ellington (1990) and Strayhorn (1995), both at Monotype.
      • Fine Gothic (blackletter).
      • Frieze (Andy Benedek and Michael Harvey, Fine Fonts). The original font dates from ca. 1990. They explain: The origin of this font was a frieze in the RAF Chapel in Westminster Abbey which Michael Harvey was commissioned to design and create. It was comprised of the names of the top brass in Bomber Command, namely Dowding, Harris, Newall, Tedder, Portal and Douglas. The Brief was to cut the letters in bronze and guild them. Instead, they were cut in perspex and guilded. Some twenty years later, the missing upper-case letters were drawn together with the lower-case letters and Frieze, the font, was born.
      • Marceta Uncial (Fine Fonts).
      • Mentor (Fine Fonts).
      • The multiple master Mezz at Adobe.
      • Quirky (Fine Fonts).
      • Ruskin (2008, Andy Benedek and Michael Harvey, Fine Fonts). This display serif typeface was originally created as a commission for Michael Harvey to design a signage font for the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh.
      • Songlines (Fine Fonts).
      • Studz (at Adobe).
      • Tisdall Script (Fine Fonts).
      • Victoriana (2002, Andy Benedek and Michael Harvey, Fine Fonts). A Victorian typeface named after cyclist Victoria Pendleton.
      • Zephyr (at Ludlow).
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    Michael Jarboe
    [Reserves (or: AE Type)]

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    Michael Jason Browers

    Duluth, MN-based designer (b. La Crosse, WI, 1977) of Ekkehard (2020: inspired by multiple blackletter typefaces that appeared in an 1862 printing of "The Doctrine of the Simple and the Power of the Powerless" by Hans Nielsen Hauge), Gladstone Street (2019), Jayce (2018, +Fleurons), Dulcyna Hand (2018), Bombastic (2010, grunge), Jeyran (2010, a blotchy hand-printed typeface done with Elnara Browers), Gladstone (2009, a readable blackletter), Diegeometrische (2008, a stencil for Latin and Cyrillic), Menim Elim (2007, cursive hand), Ellaroza (2007, gorgeous fleurons), Konscript (2007, old typewriter face), Geistig (2006, classical caps), Sophiazoya (2006, Victorian era ornaments), Dovshan (2007, more Victorian era ornaments), Loza (2006, curly antique face), Disjecta (2006, a shaken serif face), Formasi (2006, grunge face), Mehriban (2007, grunge), Mehriban Outline (2008), Squarefill (2008, grungy stencil), Squarefix (2008, grungy stencil), Wingbrush (2008), Somatica (2006, grunge) and Isoglyphics (2005, dingbats).

    MyFonts page. Alternate URL at MyFonts. View Michael Jason Browers's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Knapp
    [Nap Type]

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    Michael Munzert

    German photographer who lives near Potsdam. He created the free font MM Stenxil (2010). Comments. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Muranaka

    San Salvador-based designer (b. 1985) of the thin slab typeface Espacio (2011), the monoline extended sans typeface Añejo (2011), the playful Antelope (2011), the razor blade-themed Font Interrupted (2011), the sci-fi typeface Cerebro (2011), the headline sans Jenkins (2011), the stencil typeface Mura Knockout (2011), which can be downloaded from Dafont.

    He also made Diminuto (2011, monoline slabby face), Wednesday (2011, gridded), Diamante (2011, elliptical architectural sans face), 50 Blizzards (2011, stencil face), Kiona (2011, headline caps face), the geometric logotype New Drop Era (2011), the angular typeface A Brand New Day Midnight (2011), Catman (2011), Lowery (2011), and the tattoo font Slayer Dragon (2011). Naomis Citadel (2011) is a font comissioned by author Rick Austinson for his upcoming Consecution Books series. Ocho Siete (2011) and La Quince de Mayra (2011) are hairline sans typefaces. Ciudad Nueva Caps (2011) is a geometric avant garde caps face. Home page. Mariko Chan (2011) is a soft rounded and friendly monoline display sans. Alto Voltaje (2011) is also a monoline typeface but its sharp corners make it much more threatening.

    Typefaces from 2012: Bad Handwriting, Sessions, Gorila (sic) (techno sans), Daiichi (hairline elliptical sans), Elite Hacker Corroded, Impalinger (hand-printed).

    In 2013, he made Dolce Vita (avant garde sans), Blackbook Two, Giorgio (organic sans), Blackbook One (graffiti face), Tokyo Pop Star.

    Typefaces from 2014: Tranquila (grungy), Blackbook 3rd (graffiti brush face), Bobby Corwin, Outlier (sci-fi face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Break Label (monoline techno font), Generica (clean sans), Sylphie, Mnml Fnt (experimental stroke removal font), Espacio Novo (thin slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2017: Head Traffic.

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Parson
    [Typogama]

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    Michael Tension

    Michael Tension (b. 1973) run Tension Type in Victoria, BC. He went commercial in 2012.

    Creator of the grunge typeface Caslame (2008), the old typewriter typeface My Underwood (2008), the handwriting typeface Prophecy Script (2008), the hand-printed 2Dumb (2009), 3Dumb (2009) and Chinese Ruler (2008), and the dymo white on black label typeface Impact Label (2008). In 2009, he made Sans I Am (sans), Fuck Beans (hand-printed; +Bold, +Italic), Key Tab Metal (outline) and the western typeface Heffer.

    Additions in 2010: Bottle Depot, Leander, Kyboshed (ball terminal face), Sears Tower (old typewriter), Helveticrap, DINK (grunge).

    Fonts from 2011: J.P. Kasperville (hand-printed).

    Fonts made in 2012: Deadspace.

    Fonts from 2015: Overspray (stencil).

    Fonts from 2017: Neutrina (hexagonal sci-ffont), She Said (comic book style, created for a transmedia project called Amplify Her, a motion picture and graphic novel), Note to Selfie.

    Typefaces from 2018: Nuetrina (round octagonal).

    Font Squirrel link. Fontsy link. Fontspace link. Kernest link. Font Squirrel link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Michael Wallner
    [The Type Fetish]

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    Michael Want

    British type designer from Waltham Abbey who worked as a staff designer for P22 from 1994 until 1999. Morisawa Judge's Choice Award winner in 1996 for his typeface Fusaka (an oriental simulation font, 1996, Adobe). Other designs: P22 ToyBox Blocks, P22 ToyBox Animals (1996), P22 ToyBox Regular (1996, child's hand), P22 Vincent, P22 DeStijl (1995, with Richard Kegler--Regular, Stencil, Extras and Tall: of these, Want only did the Stencil style), P22 DaddyO (1998; a beatnik set that includes Blackface, Crazy, fatface, Gaunt, Hip, Junkie and Square styles; by Richard Kegler and michael Want), P22 Bayer Fonetik (1997), P22 Acropolis (1995, Greek simulation typeface done with Richard Kegler), P22 Kells Square (1996, Michael Want and David Setlik), P22 Insectile (1995), P22 Cezanne (1996, a popular handwriting face), P22 Fonosaurus, P22 Folk Art (1997, a number of stitching fonts done with Richard and Denis Kegler), P22 Vincent and P22 Vincent Extras (1998, dingbats and script based on Vincent Van Gogh's work), P22 GD&T (1997: a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing fot), P22 Prehistoric Pals, P22 Prehistoric Pen, P22 Garamouche (+Ornaments; Think of Garamouche as Garamond's drunken cousin, he writes). The ToyBox set was co-designed by Michael Want, Jennifer Kirwin, Richard Kegler, Kevin Kegler, and Mariah Kegler in 1996. The P22 Kells set was co-designed by David Setlik, Richard Kegler, and Michael Want in 1996.

    FontShop link.

    View Michael Want's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Michal Grazewicz

    During his graphic design studies in Edinburgh, Scotland, Michal Grazewicz designed the vertical stencil typeface 1210 (2007). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michal Nowak
    [Neoqueto]

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    Michel & Michel

    Graphic designers in Paris. Behance link.

    Creators of a type family in 2007 called DIN Interpretation, which comes with a stencil style. Before that, they created PacBit (2009, pixel font), BlaBla (2003, a script typeface for comic books), Empowered (2009, a comic book family for the series BD Empowered), SamSam (2007, hand-printed), Crush (2006, pixelish), Blake & Mortimer (2008, based on the comic books series by E.P. Jacobs entitled Blake & Mortimer), and Caron (2006, a geometric sans family created for the Croulay vineyard). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Michel M.

    German freelance artist and designer, associated with URW++, b. 1964. He graduated in 1992 from Fachhochschule für visuelle Kommunikation und Design Münster. He created Tricky (2002, stencil face), Keys (2002), Hands on Albrecht (experimental font at URW, 2005, based on Albrecht Dürer's geometrically constructed letters), TrickyTracky, MovingMouse (computer key fonts), Oranda MM and Oranda SC (for NABU Münster), LuxSansBookNumsOsF and LuxSansBookNumsTab (for Mekomnet), CometoMama and CometoDaddy (done for invers-Weihnachts-Typo-Wettbewerb), GooseBump (Farmers, Plants, Desaster, Twinkle: free download!), Playstation (free dingbat font), Radieurorund ascii (free download), Teletron (grunge family done at Volcano Type). In 2010, he set up Fontschmiede with Frank Baranowski, another (ex-)URW++ designer. His fonts there include the techno typefaces Und4 (2008) and Line44 (2009), and the hand-printed typeface Just Deine (2011).

    MyFonts page. Alternate URL. Klingspor link. Volcano Type link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Michelle Devlin
    [mderpth]

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    Michiel Van Wijngaarden

    Designer in London. Creator of Morganiser (2012), a corporate typeface for Nicola Morgan, and of the rounded monoline stencil typeface AI (2012).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mickey Rossi
    [SUBFLUX experiment]

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    Miftahur Rohmad

    Temanggung, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1990) of the almost-stencil display typeface Gleyda (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miguel Batista

    In 2011, London-based Miguel Batista obtained a Masters Degree in Editorial Design from the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal. He designed Schnellfetter Grotesk (2013), Gama (2015), Bota (2014, started at Dalton Maag), and W Stencil (2014, stencil numbers). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miguel Calobra

    Student in Porto, Portugal, who designed Glas Stencil in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miguel M. Velacoracho

    Madrid-based creator of the sans typeface Cero (2001, Garcia Fonts) and the game-inspired pixelish typeface Game (2002, Garcia Fonts). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mihai Licanescu

    Bucharest, Romania-based designer of Forsch (2019: a custom octagonal design), 68Comeback (2019: an LED font), Calpam (2019: a multiline sports font), and Monologic Display (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mika Mischler

    Or Michael Mischler. Designer at Die Gestalten of Brother (stencil) and T-Star Mono Round (monowidth). In 2002, he coedited Los Logos, a 444 page book of logos (with Robert Klanten and Nicholas Bourquin). In 2007, the typewriter typeface Generell TW was added.

    At Binnenland, he has Relevant (Michael Mischler and Nik Thoenen, 2007; loosely influenced by 'Record Gothic', created by R. Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph Company in 1927), T-Star Pro, T-Star TW Pro (typewriter face, 2002), Korpus (2012, with Nik Thoenen), Korpus Grotesk (2014), and Catalog (Michael Mischler and Nik Thoenen, 2005).

    In 2021, Nik Thoenen and michael Mischler released the text typeface family Lexik at Binenland. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mike Gaines
    [Mondo Graphix from Mike Gaines]

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    Mike Hill

    Crewe and/or Manchester, UK-based designer of Order (2019: a free dystopian typeface), Helton (2019), Cedar Ridge (2018: a condensed all caps sans family), Sketchmate (2018: a marker pen font), Rhode (2018: Sans + Stencil), Flare (2018: a free high-contrast display typeface), Amphi (2017: a modern serif, +stencil, +glitched), Kodek (2017: monoline sans), Halken (2017), Claxton (2017), Daze (2017: a quaint sans), Fiore (2017), Ornate (2017, art deco), Polar (2017, brush font), Samson (rounded sans, 2017), Reign (2017, a stately all caps serif), Lucid (2016, a poster sans with a castrated e), Daybreak (2016), Blok (2016, an all caps rounded poster typeface in Regular and Rough styles), Venture (2016, a rounded poster sans typeface), Fifty Five (2016, a free art deco typeface), Highrise (2016, a tall sans display typeface), Quoyle (2015, curled and non-curled: a vintage typeface) and Order (2015, +Rounded, +Outline: a free sans family). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mike Larsson
    [Mr. Fisk (or: MR.FISK's FONTEX 2000mg)]

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    Mike Mra Tha

    During his studies in Melbourne, Australia, Mike Mra Tha designed Mra Stencil (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mikolaj Grabowski
    [Font Bud]

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    Military Stencils

    No fonts here, but plenty of information on military stencil fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Milka Peikova

    Milka Peikova (b. 1919, Pavel, Bulgaria, d. 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria) was a famous Bulgarian artist. She created paintings, posters, book covers, portraits of famous Bulgarians, textile designs and alphabets, both individually and together with her husband Georgi Kovachev-Grishata (1920-2012). She is a graduate of the Bulgarian National Art Academy, class of 1948. She founded Cosmos magazine and designed for the Women Today and Problems of Art magazines.

    In 1979, she designed an alphabet that was extended to an 8-style Latin / Greek / Cyrillic stencil typeface---Milka (2016)---by a team of designers at Lettersoup that includes Ani Petrova, Botio Nikoltchev, Adam Twardoch and Andreas Eigendorf. The basic Milka font is a clean stencil design, while the Aged, Baked, Brittle, Crunchy, Dry and Soft styles are inspired by stencil and letterpress techniques and expand the usefulness by adding various degrees of warmth or roughness.

    Milka Peikova also designed the first Bulgarian typeface for phototypesetting called Grilimil with her husband Georgi Kovachev-Grishata. She is the recipient of the first prize for a typeface at the Bulgarian National Book Exhibition and Illustration [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Miller Type Foundry
    [Richard Miller]

    Richard Miller (Miller Type Foundry) was located in Annandale, VA, but now resides in Phoeniz, AZ. Born in Pacifica, CA, he is a type and graphic designer.

    Creator in 2009 of the sans and headline sans family Mr. Jones. The Richard Miller all caps sans family (2009) is testosterone-powered. It was followed by the softer Richard Miller Rounded (2009), the rounded signage typeface Kalico (2010), Manwriting (2010), Nikaia (2010, a contemporary sans family), Nikaia Script (2010), Swagg (2011, humanist sans family with one slab serif "r" thrown in to make a statement), Westin Black (2011, a take on Cooper Black), Gilman (2011, a text family), Gilman Sans (2011, to accompany Gilman Serif for large bodies of text), and Project Fairfax (2009, stencil).

    In 2014, Miller published the multi-width geometric typeface Uniform. That was followed in 2015 by Uniform Rounded and Uniform Italic.

    In 2016, he published the large techno typeface family Tactic Sans: Tactic Sans was created to be as versatile as a special forces operator. Tactic Round is its rounded cousin. Towards the end of 2016, he finished the geometric sans typeface family Mercenary.

    Typefaces from 2017: Veronica Script and Caps, Blunt.

    Typefaces from 2018: Intervogue (a revival of Vogue (1929, Stephenson Blake) and Intertype Vogue, competitors of Kabel and Futura in the 1930s), Intervogue Soft.

    Typefaces from 2019: American Auto (a retro monoline script family).

    Typefaces from 2020: Uniform Pro (a 42-style geometric sans).

    Fontsquirrel link. Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Millieangelo Design Co
    [Max Ayalla]

    Mission, KS-based designer of the spurred Victorian display typeface Legendary (2013).

    In 2016, now located in Kansas City, MO, he designed the rough stencil typeface Surplus Pro.

    Typefaces from 2017: Sumner (soft edge sans), Union Made (a vintage typeface family: It offers that bit of that masculine, whiskey drinking, machine using, denim wearing, ass-kicking touch to any design or logo), Argentine (a great roughened poster font), Kansas City, Pueblo Blackletter (tattoo font), Sylvester (headline sans), Soft Block (vintage octagonal typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Homestead, MDC Uptown, Vintage Athletic, Venice Gothic, Bevel Block.

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Old URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Milton Glaser

    Milton Glaser (b. 1919, New York, d. 2020) was an important American graphic designer who founded Push Pin Studios (in 1954) in New York where he worked with Seymour Chwast. He left in 1970 and founded Milton Glaser Inc in New York in 1974. He taught classes at SVA, where according to Michael Samuel he said to his students: There are three responses to a piece of design---yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for. One of his most iconic designs is the New York City logo from 1977 set in ITC American Typewriter. Glaser designed type on art boards. In the 1973 monograph Milton Glaser Graphic Design, George Leavitt is credited for lettering execution. Author of Sketch & Finish: The Journey from Here to There (2020, Princeton architecural Press). Glaser's typefaces:

    • Baby Teeth (1968, Photolettering). Milton Glaser's inspiration for his Babyteeth typeface came from a hand-painted advertisement for a tailor he saw in Mexico City. He was inspired by that E drawn as only someone unfamiliar with the alphabet could have concieved. So he set about inventing a completely legible alphabet consistent with this model. Available in the grapevine as BabyTeats. Cyrillically extended by Alexey Kustov (1993, TypeMarket) as Bebit. For a variation of Glaser's psychedelic Baby Teeth Baroque, see Nick Curtis's Aint Baroque NF (2009). Other digital versions include OPTI Buford (Castcraft: after Baby Teeth Ajar) and Baby Teeth (2009, Daylight). Drew Maughan's Wisdom Teeth (2020) is a modern and personal take on the original Baby Teeth, made in response to the large number of hideously bad clones of Baby Teeth (in Drew Maughan's own words). Finally, in 2021, Richard Kegler at P22 published P22 Glaser Babyteeth. Kegler writes: In 2019, P22 Type Foundry met with Milton Glaser to initiate the official digital series of typefaces designed by Glaser in the 1960s and 70s. P22 Glaser Babyteeth is the first family released in the series. P22 Glaser Babyteeth was based on original drawings and phototype proofs from the Milton Glaser Studios archives. Over the years there have been many typefaces that borrowed heavily from the Glaser designs, but these are the only official Babyteeth fonts approved by Milton Glaser Studio and the Estate of Milton Glaser. The solid and open versions are designed to overlap for two-color font effects and can even be mixed and matched for multi layer chromatic treatments.
    • Glaser Stencil (1967, avant-garde typeface available at URW, Elsner&Flake, Linotype, and Apply Interactive). The Cyrillic version is due to A. Kustov (1993). For another digital version, see F37 Glaser Stencil by Rick Banks (2015). Glaser Stencil is sometimes referred to as Neo Futura and Futura Stencil.
    • Hologram (1970). For a revival see Capital Ideas NF (2012, Nick Curtis).
    • Baby Fat (1964). Glaser's first typeface. Digitized by Nick Curtis as Keepon Truckin NF (2007) and Baby Curls, and by Richard Keglet at P22 as P22 Glaser Babyfat (2021), which introduces six additional variations to allow the user to easily colorize the type as Glaser envisioned: Keyline, Fill, Glyph, Left, Right, and Down.
    • Test (1996, a Braille simulation face).
    • Houdini (1964). Milton Glaser commented about this type family: The typeface is called Houdini after the famous American magician. I wanted to produce a letterform that would gradually disappear as one line after another was removed. For a digital revival, see Richard Kegler's layerable family P22 Glaser Houdini (2021).
    • Kitchen or Big Kitchen (1976), an art deco shadow caps face. It was digitally revived by Nick Curtis as Coochie Nando NF (2011) and by Richard Kegler as P22 Glaser Kitchen (2021).
    • Einstein (1970s).
    • Film Sense (1968, Photolettering, with Seymour Chwast). This typeface was digitized and extended by Adrian Candela in 2013 as Newsense.
    • Sesame Place (1980).

    Musings about life (dead link). Linotype link. FontShop link. A brief tour of Milton Glaser's typography. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mindofone Fonts

    Dallas, TX-based creator of the free art deco stencil typeface Glas Deco (2012), which is based on a specimen found in Hoffmanns Schriftatlas: Das Schriftschaffen der Gegenwart in Alphabeten und Anwendungen, Stuttgart 1930. Another download site. View the original.

    Creator of Mexico 86 (2011), a bilined headline typeface that was modeled after the Mexico 1986 World Cup logo font, which in turn was based on Avant Garde Extra Light. Free download at abfonts.

    Creator of Twin Mo 1 (2012, bilined).

    In 2013, he/she created Hadley Numerals (based on the numbers originally generated by Gunter Gerhard Lange for his Derby typeface), and Hadley Stencil (based on the letters originally generated by Gret Mengelt-Mergenthaler and Walter Ballmer for their Swiss typeface TEXPO). Free download.

    North Dallas Forty (2012, free) is based on the custom letters in the original 1979 movie posters and marketing materials for the film North Dallas Forty.

    In 2011-2012, Dick Pape created a number of free fonts based on designs pointed out to him by Mindofone, and he calls them his Mindofone collection, 86 files strong. They include French Alphabets (FA) and French Advertising Alphabets (FAA). The French Advertising Alphabets were designed by M. Moullet in Brussels in 1946.

    The FAA series: FAA3DLettresEnRelief, FAAAllongees, FAAAllongeesBold, FAAAntiqueAllongee, FAAAntiqueGrasse, FAAAntiques, FAAAntiquesGrasses, FAABaroque3DInitiales, FAABlockLettresEnRelief, FAACameoHollow, FAACaracteresdeFantaisie, FAAChevauchantes, FAACubiques, FAAEcossaises, FAAEcritureGrasseEmoussee, FAAEgyptienneGrasse, FAAEgyptiennesEmoussees, FAAFantaisie, FAAFantaisieBlaireau, FAAFantaisieHardi, FAAFantaisieHaut, FAAFantasio, FAAFloralGothiqueInitiales, FAAFrenchMecane, FAAItalianHeavySlab, FAALettresAuCrayonItalic, FAALiberty, FAANormandes, FAANormandesAllongees, FAAOmbreeEnRelief, FAAOnciale, FAAOrientales, FAAPochoir, FAARomainClassique, FAARomainTypographique, FAScenesPaysannes, FAASerifEgyptienne, FAAVetteFantasieAntieke.

    The FA series consists first of all of digitizations that are from a booklet by signpainter Roumond entitled 32 Alphabets Modernes, published in Paris by A. Charayron and Léon Duran, some time in the 1930s. Pape's 32 fonts are FAModerne0369, FAModerne0562a, FAModerne0562b, FAModerne0946aBold, FAModerne0946bBold, FAModerne1367a, FAModerne1367b, FAModerne2021a, FAModerne2021b, FAModerne2491a, FAModerne2491b, FAModerne2491c, FAModerne2491d, FAModerne4441, FAModerne5204, FAModerne5204a, FAModerne5204b, FAModerne5204c, FAModerne6183a, FAModerne6183b, FAModerne6518a, FAModerne6518b, FAModerne6518c, FAModerne6518d, FAModerne7287a, FAModerne7287b, FAModerne7666, FAModerne7798, FAModerne9002a, FAModerne9002b, FAModerne9321a, FAModerne9321b.

    The other fonts in the FA series are FAAntique2748, FAAntiqueShaded, FACondensedGothic, FACondensedReversedGothic, FAGillSignWritersGuide, FAGothicInitials, FAHerrickSignWriters, FAJeuSubstantoBold, FAPutti, FARoundSans4901, FAThin3394, FATransportReversed4858, FAUltraLight, FAVineInitials, FAWildFlowers.

    Further typefaces by Dick Pape: Cathedral (2011, a sketched expressionist face, based on Martin Wait), ColorLinesFont (2010, based on work by Anton Gridz), ColorOutLinesFont, FuroreMexicoCameo, FuroreMexicoNormal, FuroreMexicoPlain, FuroreMexicoWide. The Furore series was made in 2011 based on Furore No. 11 The Mexico Issue (Piet Schreuders, Amsterdam, 1978).

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    Minhocossauro Emporium (was: Minhocossauro Tipografia)
    [Paulo Caparica Junior]

    Architect and designer in Sao Paulo, who runs Minhocossauro Tipografia. He created Salyma (2015, part vampire script, part curly Victorian extravaganza), Essential Coffee (2015, stencil), Militante (2015, stencil font), Cogumelo (2014, a retro futuristic unicase typeface), Biotech (2014, techno), Action Flick (stencil font), Morango (2015, handcrafted Western font), and Cinema Novo (2015, handcrafted typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Cinema Novo (handcrafted).

    Typefaces from 2017: Disco Voador (stencil). In 2018, he designed the handcrafted Party Popper, the deco typeface family Mystax and the stencil typeface Farofa.

    Typefaces from 2020: Pipoca (a great rounded stencil typeface), Milchkaffee (handcrafted), Delirante (squarish and stylish).

    Fontspring link. Behance link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    minidonut

    FontStructor who made Greyscale Road (2014), Tealquoise Ultra (2014), Chess of Clans (2014), Try Again (2014, a gaming pixel font), Plumber's Favorite World (2014), FB Initiatis (2014), iFB Kerblampf (2014, cartoon face), FB Semper (2014), FB Mega Maze (2014), Binary00 (2014), Calculetter (2014), fb Floralis (2014, +Cyrillic), Minisular (2014), Parallelle (2014), Monokube (2014, 3d and pixelish), Kerblam (2014), En Ligne (2014), Gribouillé (2014, textured font), Musician (2014), Aerobat Regular (pixelized art deco face), Blackmono New (2014: pixelized blackletter), Coffee (2014), Nonogram Alpha (2014), Typewritten (2014, grungy pixel face), Typura (2014), Blackmono (2013, pixel face), Stripe (2013), Stream (2013), April Fools (2013), Sideview (2013), Defontstructed (2013), Written Hand (2013), Connect (2013), Bullseye (2013, a labyrithine typeface), 2x7 Steelstone (2013), Script O Flip (2013, white on black pixel script), Fontcity (2013, pixelish dingbats), fs Fusilli (2013), fs Spaghetti (2013, a monopixel font), fs Antistencil (2013), fs Threedee (2013), fs Typewriter (2013), fs Handy 2.0 (2013), fs Fins (2012), Lines and Dots (2012), Chart (2012), Glossy (2012, texture face), Shadows (2012), Digittal (2012, digital clock numerals), Tall (2011, ultra condensed face), Anti Alias (2012), Default Pixel (2011), and a few other pixel typefaces such as Crazy Pixel Extended Extended (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Miosis
    [Marijke Ludwig]

    Miosis is a design studio based in Limburg, The Netherlands, founded in 2018 by Marijke Ludwig. Designer in 2019 of Avris, a feminine stencil typeface. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Miphol Studio
    [Marica]

    ShenZhen/Hong Kong-based photographer, b. 1989, who currently lives in Miami, FL. Alternate URL. Miphol Studio is related to Marica Typographic Design Studio, run by Marica. Creator of the elegant hairline sans family ULT Sans (2007). She says that, inspired by FF Milo and Stainless, it took her over two weeks of straight work just to get the beta out. She also made the squarish stencil typeface SquareX (2008), the mechanical typeface Incognita (2008), and the semi-serif typeface ChanorSans (2008). Her latest: the gorgeous constructivist-marries-didone headline typeface Modern 9, and Melor (2008, a simple sans family in two styles done for Miphol Studio). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Misha Panfilov
    [Russian Fonts]

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    Misha Vlasov

    Or Mikhail Vlasov. Verona, Italy-based designer of these typefaces:

    • From 2017: Fast Gothic, Gothic Ornamental, Minimum Sharpness, Modern Stencil, Fast Left Hand Script, Ordine and Textura Nouveau.
    • From 2021: Goratrix (a death metal blackletter font), Vedrana (a stylish sans), Ondina (a display italic), B Sign (an industrial stencil font for Latin and Cyrillic), Arina (a display serif for Latin and Cyrillic inspired by the (Slavic) ustav style).
    • From 2022: Rotunda Divina (a rotunda blackletter), Braleyhlex (a medieval / Lombardic font inspired by a Verdun altarpiece in Klosterneuburg), Kelsi (a bubble graffiti font).
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    Misprinted Type
    [Eduardo Recife]

    Misprinted Type (est. 1998) offers free and commercial old typewriter and grunge fonts designed by Eduardo Recife, an illustrator and graphic designer from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, b. 1980. Although his main work is in illustration, he became well-known in the early 2000's for his original grunge type designs. Typefaces:

    • Max Rhodes (based on the handwriting of Max Rhodes), Nasty, Shortcut, Carimbo (2003), Mosh (2004), Trashold (2004), Great Circus> (2004, a five-weight calligraphic decorative family), Pastelaria, Downcome (2002), DIESEL, DirtyEgo (2001), Mialgia, OverBored, PrintError, RecifeDings, ThirdWorldBuzz, Besign, HorsePuke, Lhabia, MemoryLapses, misprintedtype, NoMoreTypewriters, PrintFuck151, Selfish (2001), Misproject, Porcelain, Rochester (old typewriter), NailScratch, Astonished, Broken15, DisgustingBehavior, Guilty (2011, grunge).
    • NeasdenPIP was designed with Steve Smith (2001).
    • At Visuelle Orgasmus, we find Superphunky, Superload and Superaircraft, all made in 2001.
    • Here, we find DirtyEgo, Downcome, Porcelain, Selfish, Shortcut.
    • Myfonts sells Rapid Writing (a penmanship font), Magic 1985 (2017, grunge), King Bloser (2014, a calligraphic penmanship font named after E.W. Bloser), Bloser Serif (2014), King Bloser X (2014, ornaments), Mercy (2013, a set of connected Spencerian penmanship style fonts, with ornaments and flourishes if needed), Revanche (2013, a grunge stencil font), Grandpas Typewriter (2013, old typewriter font family), Monster Days (2007, grunge calligraphy), Kyoto (grunge), AntiRomantic (2006), Toscography (2007, slightly Kafkaesque), LeKing (2007: Eduardo calls it the Frankenstein of vintage ornamental typefaces of the past centuries), HandMade (2007, hand-drawn ornamental caps), Nars (2003, grungy script).

    Earlier versions of this site could be found at TypOasis (dead link) and Dafont. Many of his fonts are also here and here. Klingspor link. Creative Market link. Fontspace link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Miss Shiva
    [Iulia Strejan]

    Iulia Strejan (Miss Shiva) is the Bucharest, Romania-based designer of the 6-style rounded sans typeface family Flashing Lights (2016), which has neon and stencil versions. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Missy Barclay

    Missy Barclay (Long Beach, CA) created a stencil typeface called Stencil (2012) that uses some ball terminals. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mitchell F. Brown

    Or Mitchell Foster. Boston, MA-based designer of the mini-stencil typeface San Vicente (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mitsutoshi Nobusawa
    [Nobufont (was: Honey and Death)]

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    Mitz Mistry

    Creator of these typefaces in 2013: Negrot (monoline rounded Latin stencil), Kanta Script (Indian type Foundry, for Gujarati). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MM Fonts
    [Mugur Mihai]

    MM fonts, and before that, Mugur Mihai is a design and type studio in Brasov, Romania run by Mugur Mihai (b. 1972, Brasov). Typefaces:

    Fonts sold by MyFonts. Behance link. Fontsquirrel link. MM Fonts home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    mnmnmn

    FontStructor who made the horizontally striped typeface Font Due (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Moad Jameel
    [Jayvee D. Enaguas]

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    Mocosans (or: Slidehack)
    [Excellent Ritma Florendia]

    Blitar, Indonesia-based designer of Amnesty (2018: dry brush), Hello Doe (2018: script), the fat finger font More Sugar (2018), the dry brush font Rushk (2018, or Salted Bay), Bad Ink (2018) and the squarish typefaces Durbank (2018) and Marsek (2018: probably imitating the Maersk logo font). In 2020, the brush typefaces Trusto, Tagliner, Spotlight, Paris Rebel, Les Noir, Rushway (script), Time Breaker, Many Miles, Southeast Better, Thunder Storm, Stone Crusher, Stand Steel, Bamboo Brush, Flight Back, Friendly Stranger, Witness History, Vibe Giver, Recalling, Tasty Food, Flavoridge, Jack Saxophones, Makoa, The Lamon Black, Signature Presto Police, Damals Quelle, Skateboarder, and Something were added. Vlox Spray (2020) is a stencil font.

    Personal home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Modern stencil fonts

    The typophiles were asked in 2013 about their suggestions for beautiful modern looking stencil fonts. Their selections:

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    Modern Typography
    [Paul Barnes]

    Modern Typography is a dot com web presence organized by the London-based type designer and graphic designer, Paul Barnes (b. 1970), typophile extraordinaire. It is promised to have plenty of material for the typophile. In the 1990s, Paul Barnes worked for Roger Black in New York where he was involved in redesigns of Newsweek, US and British Esquire and Foreign Affairs. During this time he art-directed Esquire Gentleman and U&lc. He later returned to America to be art director of the music magazine Spin. Since 1995 he has lived and worked in London. He has formed a long term collaboration with Peter Saville, which has resulted in such diverse work as identities for Givenchy and numerous music based projects, such as Gay Dad, New Order, Joy Division and Electronic. Barnes has also been an advisor and consultant on numerous publications, notably The Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian and The Observer Newspapers, GQ, Wallpaper, Harper's Bazaar and Frieze. Following the redesign of The Guardian, as part of the team headed by Mark Porter, Barnes was awarded the Black Pencil from the D&AD. They were also nominated for the Design Museum Designer of the Year. In September 2006, with Schwartz he was named one of the 40 most influential designers under 40 in Wallpaper. He cofounded Commercial Type with Christian Schwartz. Author of Swiss Typography: The typography of Karl Gerstner and Rudolf Hostettler (Modern Typography, 2000).

    His typefaces:

    • The (free) font Pagan Poetry (2001), done for one of the sleeves on Björk's albums. The font was made for Show Studio (see also here and here).
    • Codesigner with Christian Schwartz in 2005 of the 200-font family Guardian Egyptian for The Guardian, about which he spoke at ATypI 2006 in Lisbon.
    • In 2007, he worked with Peter Saville on the Kate Moss brand. As a font, he suggested a variation on Brodovitch Albro, a typeface by Alexey Brodovitch, the famous art director of Harper's Bazaar from 1934-58. The Creative Review reactions to this typeface are a bit negative though.
    • In 2003, he created Austin, a high-contrast modern typeface. Now available at Schwartzco and at Commercial Type, Christian Schwartz writes: When hired to design a new headline typeface for Harper's&Queen, Britain's version of Harper's Bazaar, Paul thought to flick back through the pages of its 60's precursor, the über cool Queen. The high contrast serif headlines were lovely, but a little too expected in a contemporary fashion magazine. Some time poring through specimens in St Bride's Printing Library inspired the perfect twist: rather than taking our cues from Didot or Bodoni, we would start with [Richard] Austin's first creation, turn up the contrast, tighten the spacing and make a fresh new look that would look bold and beautiful in the constantly changing world of fashion. The end result is Richard Austin meets Tony Stan, British Modern as seen through the lens of late 1970s New York. iThe Cyrillic version was designed in 2009 and 2016 by Ilya Ruderman (CTSM Fonts).
    • Dala Floda (1997-now) is based on gravestone inscriptions, and was turned in 2010 into a logotype stencil family at Commercial Type. As a stencil family, it is praised by the typophile community. Realted is the semi-stencil typeface family Dala Moa.
    • Publico was designed from 2003-2006 with Christian Schwartz, Ross Milne and Kai Bernau. Originally called Stockholm and then Hacienda, and finally Publico for a Portuguese newspaper by that name. Publico Text Mono (Christian schwartz and Paul Barnes) was commissioned in 2012 for Bloomberg Businessweek. Greg Gadzowicz added the italics, which are optically corrected obliques, in keeping with the un-designed aesthetic, in 2014.
    • Brunel (1995-now): an English modern, this is an anthology of the late eighteenth and nineteenth century English foundries. It was drawn from original source material, most notably the Caslon foundry and the work of John Isaac Drury).
    • Marian (2012) is a type experiment based on Garamond, consisting of 19 hairline styles with names referring to dates between 1554 and 1812. Commercial Type writes: Marian is a series of faithful revivals of some of the classics from the typographic canon: Austin, Baskerville, Bodoni, Fournier, Fleischman, Garamont, Granjon, Kis and van den Keere. The twist is that they have all been rendered as a hairline of near uniform weight, revealing the basic structure at the heart of the letterforms. Together they represent a concept: to recreate the past both for and in the present. [...] Faithful to the originals, Marian comes with small capitals in all nine roman styles, with lining and non-lining figures, with swash capitals (1554, 1740, 1800&1820), alternate and terminal characters (1554&1571). And like the hidden track so beloved of the concept album, Marian is completed by a Blackletter based on the work of Henrik van den Keere.
    • His classics series, mostly influenced by old Britsh type foundries, includes Figgins Sans (original 1832), Besley Grotesque, Caslon Antique, Fann Street Clarendon, Caslon Italian, Blanchard, Thorowgood Sans, Antique No. 6, Antique No. 3, and Ornamented (original c. 1850 at Caslon, Barnes use a Steven Shanks interpretation).
    • VF Didot (2013) is a custom Didot by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz for Vanity Fair, as requested by its design director, Chris Dixon. Based on work of Molé Le Jeune, a punchcutter used by the Didot family in the early part of the 19th century, VFDidot has 7 optical sizes and up to 5 weights in each size, plus small caps and even a stencil style.

      Early in 2014, Christian Schwartz, Paul Barnes and Miguel Reyes joined forces to create the manly didone typeface family Caponi, which is based on the early work of Bodoni, who was at that time greatly influenced by the roccoco style of Pierre Simon Fournier. It is named after Amid Capeci, who commissioned it in 2010 for his twentieth anniversary revamp of Entertainment Weekly. Caponi comes in Display, Slab and Text subfamilies.

      In 2014, Dave Foster and Paul Barnes (Commercial Type) designed Marr Sans. They write: The influence of Scotland in typefounding belies the nation's small size. Marr Sans, a characterful grotesque design, was inspired by a typeface from the 1870s found in the work of James Marr & Co. in Edinburgh, successors to Alexander Wilson & Sons. From a few lines in three sizes, and only one weight, Paul Barnes and Dave Foster have expanded the family from Thin to Bold, plus an Ultra Black weight, a wider companion to the six lighter weights. While Graphik and Atlas represent the greater homogenity of twentieth century sans serifs, Marr, like Druk, revels in the individuality of the nineteenth century, and is like an eccentric British uncle to Morris Fuller Benton's Franklin and News Gothics.

    • Le Jeune (2016, Greg Gazdowicz, Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes): a crisp high-contrast fashion mag didone typeface family in Poster, Deck, Text and Hairline sub-styles, with stencils drawn by Gazdowicz. This large typeface family comes in four optical sizes, and was originally developed for Chris Dixon's refresh of Vanity Fair.
    • Marian Text (2014-2016) is a grand collection of ultra thin typefaces designed at Commercial Type by Miguel Reyes, Sandra Carrera, and Paul Barnes. Marian Text 1554 depicts the old style of Garamond & Granjon; John Baskerville's transitional form becomes Marian Text 1757; the modern of Bodoni, with swash capitals and all, becomes Marian Text 1800, and the early Moderns of the Scottish foundries of Alexander Wilson & Son of Glasgow, and William Miller of Edinburgh, become Marian Text 1812. And like the original, a black letter: Marian Text Black, referencing the forms of Hendrik van den Keere.
    • Gabriello (2015) is a soccer shirt font designed by Paul Barnes and Miguel Reyes: Inspired by brush lettering, Gabriello was commissioned by Puma. First used by their sponsored teams at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, it was later used at that year's World Cup, held in South Africa. It was used on the kits worn by Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, and Ghana.
    • Sanomat (2013-2017). This custom typeface by Paul Barnes was originally commissioned by Sami Valtere in 2013 for his acclaimed redesign of Helsinging Sanomat in Finland. Sanomat is now available for retail via Commercial Type in two subfamilies, Sanomat (serif) and Sanomat Sans.
    • Chiswick (2017), a series of three typefaces families based on vernacular forms found in the British Isles from the eighteenth century.
    • Darby Sans, Darby Sans Poster, Darby Serif, done together with Dan Milne, and published in 2014 and 2019 at Commercial Type, respectively.
    • The Commercial Classics series from 2019:
      • Brunel (Paul Barnes): Elegant and hardworking, Brunel is the Anglo variant of the high contrast Modern style. Based on designs that were cut first for Elizabeth Caslon at the end of the eighteenth century, we have expanded them to encompass a range of weights and sizes: from a roman to an emphatic black and from a text to a hairline for the largest sizes.
      • Caslon Doric (Paul Barnes): The sans was the natural progression of nineteenth-century innovations. From the pioneering faces of Caslon and Figgins in the second and third decades, they quickly became a phenomenon across Europe and the United States, but it was only in the second half of the century that the British foundries would embrace lowercase forms and make faces that could be used in multiple sizes. Caslon Doric is the synthesis of these styles, from narrow to wide and from thin to heavy.
      • Caslon Italian (Paul Barnes, Tim Ripper, Christian Schwartz): Perhaps the strangest and ultimate example of experimentation in letterforms during the early nineteenth century was the Italian. Introduced by Caslon in 1821, it reverses the fat face stress---thins becomes thicks and thicks become thins---turning typographic norms on their heads. This new version extends the forms into new territory: a lowercase, an italic, and another one of the more unusual ideas of the time, the reverse italic or Contra.
      • Isambard (Paul Barnes and Miguel Reyes): The boldest moderns were given the name fat face and they pushed the serif letterform to its extremes. With exaggerated features of high contrast and inflated ball terminals, the fat face was the most radical example of putting as much ink on a page to make the greatest impact at the time. These over-the-top forms make the style not only emphatic, but also joyful with bulbous swash capitals and a wonderfully characterful italic.
      • Caslon Antique (Paul Barnes and Tim Ripper): The slab serif or Egyptian form is one of the best letters for adding a drop shadow to. Its robust nature and heaviness support the additional weight of a prominent shading. First appearing in the 1820s, the style was pioneered and almost exclusively shown by the Caslon foundry, who introduced a wide range of sizes and, eventually, a lowercase.
      • Caslon Sans Serif Shaded (Jesse Vega and Paul Barnes): The addition of graphic effects to typefaces was one of the most popular fashions of the nineteenth century, with the most common being the shaded form. Fashionable throughout this period, they largely disappeared from the typographic landscape, but their simple graphic qualities offer much potential today.
      • Rapha (2018, Serif, Sans). A bespoke typeface at Commercial Type for the cycling clothing company.
      • In 2019, Commercial Type released Caslon Ionic by Paul Barnes and Greg Gazdowicz. They write: Bolder and more robust than the modern, yet lighter and more refined than the Egyptian, the Ionic with its bracketed serif was another innovation of the nineteenth century. Lesser known than Thorowgood's Clarendon, Caslon's Ionic No. 2 is a superb example of the form and greatly influenced the newspaper fonts of the next century. With additional weights and a matching Egyptian companion, Antique No. 6, it is a masterpiece of type designed to be robust and legible. Antique No. 6 was designed by Paul Barnes in 2019.
      • In 2019, Commercial Type released the Thorowgood Grotesque collection by Paul Barnes and Greg Gazdowicz. It is accompanied by the subfamilies Thorowgood Grotesque Dimensional (beveled) and Thorowgood Grotesque Open (based on Thorowgood's Seven-Line Grotesque Open), and the related condensed headline typeface Thorowgood Egyptian.

    The crew in 2012 includes Paul Barnes (Principal), Christian Schwartz (Principal), Vincent Chan (type designer), Berton Hasebe (type designer, who worked at Commercial type from 2008 until 2013) and Mark Record (font technician). Miguel Reyes joined in 2013. Hrvoje Zivcic helps with font production.

    View Christian Schwartz's typefaces.

    His St Bride Type Foundry. Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mohamad Rian Rahardi
    [Creatype Studio (or: Taro Creatype, Crella Marketplace, Rahardi Creatype)]

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    Mohamad Ridwan
    [Prestigetype Studio]

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    Mohamed Jabir
    [j3world]

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    Mokatype (was: Typotypea Studio)
    [Rivo Adriansyah]

    Design studio in Bengkulu, Indonesia, established in 2018 by Rivo Adriansyah, a designer specializing in decorative serif typefaces. His catalog from 2021: Voguella (a luxury serif), Aveneur (a wavy reverse stress display typeface), Sableklish (a display serif), Waltrach (a display serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Belgietta (a display serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Rogie (a display serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), The Quality Moment (a stylish all caps typeface by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Bestagrach (a display serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Orchidesta (a stylish formal serif), Elegante Classica (a decorative serif), Kavaloora (a roman caps typeface), Magicher (a ligature-laden serif), Black Delights (a display serif with hipster coathanger lower case f and t), Wonderlova (a spurred and star-studded display typeface), Stangith (co-designed with Abdul Malik Wisnu), Elegante Classica (+Stencil), The Quality, Kavaloora. Typefaces from 2020: Bestorika (a decorative serif by Abdul Malik Wisnu and Rivo Adriansyah), Magicher, Stinker. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Molotro
    [Luciano Perondi]

    Molotro is Luciano Perondi's type foundry, which he runs with Stefano Minelli and Valentina Montagna. This Italian type designer (b. Busto Arsizio, 1976) lives in Busto Arsizio (Varese). At ATypI in Rome in 2002, he spoke about the logo-grammatic approach to type design: "Carattere senza un nome importante". His ATypI 2002 report is here. In this enlightening piece, you can read about his opinions on type. In 2000 and the following few years, he lectured at the Basic Design Lab of the Politecnico di Milano. In 2003 he founded the Research Team EXP. The research team, formed by type designers and psychologists, studies the reading process, the influences of the irregularity of typefaces on reading and the non linear script. EXP is now starting to work on the effects of presbiopia on reading and on how an adequate design of types could help presbiopian readers.

    He was appointed associate professor of Design at the IUAV Venice in 2018 and he is also a member of the Alpaca cooperative of designers. From 2003 until 2007 he ran the Molotro studio. From 2005 until 2013 he was on the editorial board of the Italian design magazine Progetto Grafico. He has lectured in many Italian universities. From 2013 until 2016, he was the Director of the ISIA Urbino. In 2012 Stampa Alternativa published his book on non-linear writing, Sinsemie: scritture nello spazio.

    In 2013, he became a member of the cooperative foundry CAST, and is now its chief designer.

    At ATypI 2005 in Helsinki, he spoke about How does the irregularity of letters affect reading? His type designs include

    • Solferino Text (2007), a great transitional understated text typeface for the Corriere della Sera newspaper. Done with Leftloft (Andrea Braccaloni).
    • Minotype (2006, aka Ninzioletto, a stencil face).
    • Zotico/Zotica (2004, a sans family for the Milano Film Festival).
    • Ninzioletto (2004, a stencil typeface designed for the Venice sign system).
    • Tecnotipo (2005, designed for Tecno).
    • Quinta (2006).
    • DeA (2003, for DeAgostini).
    • Ccunami.
    • Csuni (which stands for Carattere Senza Un Nome Importante).
    • Csuni1885 (2003, for Mattioli1885; see also Experience1885).
    • Mattioli1885.
    • DeA, for DeAgostini (2003).
    • Sessantacinque (2003).
    • Eye of Goat: designed in 2005 by Perondi, Valentina Montagna and Federico Zerbinati. It is a medieval ornaments typeface (free for a limited time).
    • Nanoline (hairline sans).
    • Decima (2005), a sans.
    • Lontano (2003). A Caslon-style typeface commissioned for the Matteoli 1885 edition.
    • Brera (2007, a sans family by Leftloft and Molotro).
    • Voland (2010). A commissioned Baskerville typeface for the Italian publishing house Voland.
    • Under the identity design and art direction of FF3300, Molotro created the sans typeface family Divenire, in Regular, Italic and Mono subfamilies, for the Italian Democratic Party in 2012-2013. Since 2014, Divenire can be bought as a reatil font at CAST.
    • Dic Sans (2014). This elliptical sans was inspired by Aldo Novarese's Eurostile. It has its own idiosyncracies, and comes with a gorgeous Dic Sans Extra Bold weight (2014). On the nomenclature---French are allowed to operate Sans Dic, and Americans are permitted to typeset with Extra Bold Dic.
    • Tribasei 16-000 (2006). An experimental typeface.
    • Macho Modular (2015, CAST). Macho was originally designed in 2010 for MAN (Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro) and is based on the idea of modular widths of the 20th-century typesetting systems, as required by the Olivetti Margherita and the hot-metal Linotype machine. It was followed by Macho Moustache (2018, CAST).
    Klingspor link. Google Plus link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mondo Graphix from Mike Gaines
    [Mike Gaines]

    Mike Gaines is the Corvallis, Oregon-based designer of mainly scanbat typefaces such as Monster Party (1997), Udeman (1998), Sunnydale (2001), Tabloid One, Tabloid Two, Thundercats Ho, TNGcast, ForcedReentry (2000), Conan, Jay Leno, Rosie O, Quotidian (1998, a TV series actor scanbat font), Xcast, Herc/xena, Tcatsho, JCdux, Phlegmy Kilmister, PrimeDetective (StarTrek dingbats), and Sankavyn (1998). The place to go for drawings of celebrities, especially female movie and TV stars (Sankavyn) and male movie stars and celebrities (U de Man).

    In 2013, he designed the scanbat typeface Sunnydale and the mini-stencil typeface Lou Gramm (based on the logotype of the band Foreigner).

    Dafont link. Fontreactor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Monica Celletti

    Italian FontStructor who designed the curvy stencil typeface Sakura (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Monica Velosa

    Funchal, Portugal-based designer (b. 1992, Funchal) of a font simply called Stencil (2016), obtained by removing stroke segments from Monotype Modern Std Wide. She also made a squarish typeface using FontStruct for the Saldanha subway station in Lisbon (for a school project). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Moonbandit
    [Bramaji Dipa Manggala]

    Indonesian type designer specializing in techno, cyberpunk and futuristic typefaces. Typefaces from 2020: of Gardane, Modernis, Techbot, MBF Predatory (a sci-fi font), MBF Futurist Edge, MBF Neutral Jack (a ten-style sans), MBF Hourglass, MBF Marcos (a poster font), MBF Umami (a playful poster font), MBF Inno (in the sci-fi genre), MBF Typerisme, MBF Bad Motor (an all caps motor oil or route 66 font), MBF Taurian, (an all caps display or poster typeface) and Mbf Grub (an all caps poster font).

    Typefaces from 2021: MBF Reanimatic (stencil), MBF Archita (techno, stencil), MBF Modifi (a chamfered typeface), MBF Moonlander (sci-fi), MBF Astronomus (a very wide sci-fi font), MBF Cafe Lumen (a fashion mag typeface), MBF Nanomaton (an organic circle-based monolinear sans), MBF Quadria (octagonal), MBF Alligra (an experimental psychotic font), MBF Kasa (a monospaced techno font), MBF Urban Poet (a flared display typeface), MBF Louna (a delicate and refined display typeface with calligraphic influences), MBF Alphamoon (an experimental sans without tittles on i and j), MBF Canno (a monolinear sans that is based on circular arcs), MBF Ergosia (all caps, display), Atom, Beyond, Beam, Carbon, Capacitor, Droid, Edge, Ergo, Greco, Kiddo, Lazer, MBF Astronomos, MBF Little Tooth, MBF Raveny, MBF Silver Night, MBF Thale, Minimal, Nautica, Necoma, Origin, Pulse, Prime, Raw, Royal, SpaceMiner, Ultima, Ultra, Virtu, Warp.

    Typefaces from 2022: MBF Modern Rebel (a glitch font), MBF Pexo (a pixel font), MBF Manata (sci-fi), MBF Ligione (an 18-style minimal futuristic sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mooniak

    Mooniak is a collective of designers and creatives based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Mooniak type studio works with designers to produce quality fonts for South Asian scripts, and supports free culture by releasing almost all of their work under libre licenses. In 2016, they published Abhaya Libre via Google Fonts: Abhaya Libre is the Unicode compliant and complete libre version of Pushpananda Ekanayakes's FM Abhaya font, the most popular Sinhala typeface on Earth, with a new and original Latin [didone style] designed by Sol Matas. They were helped by Pathum Egodawatta, Ayantha Randika, Sumantri Samarawickrama and Liang Hai.

    In 2011-2013, Kosala Senevirathne, Siva Puranthara, Lasantha Premarathna and Tharique Azeez co-designed the free stencil typeface family Post No Bills.

    In 2021, Mooniak published Yaldevi at Google Fonts. Yaldevi is a narrow font intended for titles and short texts in the web supporing Latin and Sinhala scripts, designed by Sol Matas, Rajitha Manaperi and Kosala Senevirathne. Github link for Yaldevi. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    More Type
    [Chris Dickinson]

    British foundry located in Liverpool and run by Chris Dickinson, a graduate from Brighton University. MyFonts sells its 8-style sans families Alber (2006, and in 2010, Alber New), Hedley New (2010), Faricy New (2010, a monoline geometric sans), Depot New (2010), and Depot (2006) and its 10-style monoline large x-height sans family Alwyn (2008, and in 2010, Alwyn New, and in 2011, Alwyn New Rounded).

    These typefaces appeared a bit earlier at The TypeTrust as well. Before More Type, Chris Dickinson was affiliated with T-26, where he designed the sans type family Hedley (T-26, 2004), the checkbook typeface Fold (T-26, 2004), the sans typeface Faricy (T-26, 2004; followed by the FontShop font New Faricy in 2009), the humanist (futuristic) sans Mic32 (T-26, 2004, a futuristic family), and the stencil typeface Faricy Stencil (T-26, 2004).

    Under the alias Simon Cooper (or simply, coop) he discussed early versions of his typefaces on Typophile: Mare (2005, not a bad sans!), Depot (2005, humanist sans; see also here and here and here; this was updated to Depot New in 2010), Alwyn (2005, updated to Alwyn New in 2010) and Alber (2005, see also here, and the update Alber New in 2010).

    Typefaces from 2012: Rehn and Rehn Condensed, workhorse sans families.

    Typefaces from 2013: The fat finger font Varly, Mic 32 New Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2017: Bale (a large sans typeface family), Bale Mono.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link. Behance link.

    View all typefaces by More Type / Chris Dickinson. Typefaces by Chris Dickinson. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Morgane Pambrun

    French type designer in Paris who created the text typeface Toine in 2016 during her studies at Ecole Estienne. In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Théo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Serif and Bespoke Slab at Fontstore / Fontshare. In 2020, Bespoke Stencil was added. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Morganismi
    [Heikki Morgan Hämäläinen]

    Morgan (whose real name is Heikki Juhani Hämäläinen) is an artist and gardener in Finland who was born in 1963 in Pälkäne.

    In 2010, he founded Morganismi (in Finland's Sysmä), and created the children's hand Morganshand, the petroglyph font Rock Painting, the retro futuristic typeface 2010 Outta Space (2010), and the insult-inspired dingbat typeface 1HarshLanguage. Morganismi (2010) is a primitive human alphabet. Kauhaatos (2010) is a scary gothic face. Fraught (+Icons, which includes some fists) (2010) is a rough hand-printed stencil face. Curser (2010) is an old typewriter face.

    Morgothick (2011) is described as follows: Morgothick is an ugly not-so-decorative blackletter font, hand-drawn like straight from the dark Middle Ages of drunk monks and dim chambers.

    Riipale (2012) is a font family with two sets of hand-drawn characters.

    Typefaces from 2013: However (ransom note font), Alph Deco (art deco outline font), Seriffi Morgan (an antiqued roman typeface).

    Typefaces from 2014: Snow Now.

    In 2015, Morganismi published the handcrafted typeface Nippon.

    Typefaces from 2016: Circus Minimus Pulex (+Icons).

    Typefaces from 2017: Sulawesi (an adventurous font imitating old map styles), Sulawesi Kuwa (dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2018: Ruutu (a funny faces font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Pandemizing (a COVID-themed alphabet).

    Typefaces from 2022: Alternasci (emulating medieval manuscript text, +Alchemia, +Magia, +Picturae dingbats; the upper case of Magia is the so-called Theban or Witch's Alphabet).

    View the typefaces made by Morganismi. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Moritz Kleinsorge
    [Identity Letters]

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    Morten Rostgaard Olsen
    [Fontpartners]

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    Mostar Design
    [Olivier Gourvat]

    Graphic and type design studio founded in La Boissière-d'Ans and/or Cubjac, France by Olivier Gourvat in 2004 and first located in Cubjac, Dordogne, France, and later in La Boissière-d'Ans, France. Olivier Gourvat originally worked as a graphic designer for various agencies, producing artwork, brands, corporate publicities and print layouts. He later joined the team at Chronicle Editions to create image content, cover designs, illustrations and maps for numerous books on the history of the twentieth century. Following his printing experience, he pursued web design and interactive web functions, founding a website company with three associates in 1999. Olivier is an über-talent.

    Typefaces: Sofia (2009; a great sans family which includes a hairline weight), Sofia Pro (2012), Sofia Pro Soft (2014: a rounded version of Sofia Pro, soft as a baby's bottom), Sofia Rough (2015, letterpress emulation and layering, in the style of Trend or Nexa Rust), Sofia Rough Script (2015), Hexagon, Microbia, Bucharest, Interval (Condensed, Sans), Neolux (experimental), Riga (sans family), Visoko (striped; Visoko is a playful, geometric typeface inspired by post-modern fonts designed by Mecanorma in the 80s), Glamwords (2009, a 1970's glitter style face), Mozziano (2009, purely geometric), UNIcod Sans Pro (2010, a techno sans family), Kyrial Display Pro (2011, a mini-serifed sans family).

    In 2012, Olivier Gourvat designed the flared typeface family Kara which was inspired by Basque (Euskaran).

    Mettro Pro (2013) is an elliptical sans family that could attract a large fan base. Its hairline weight is called Mettro Air. A few weeks later, we learn that this family was renamed Metronic Pro. And a month later, Gourvat published Metronic Slab Pro (2013). It was followed by Metronic Slab Narrow in 2014.

    Typefaces from 2014: Filson Pro (a geometric sans family with curvy R, k and t).

    Typefaces from 2015: Univia Pro (a squarish sans family), Strato Pro (not to be confused with Sophie Brown's Strato from 2013; Strato is a legible classical roman serif typeface family), Chronica Pro (a clean geometric sans workhorse).

    Typefaces from 2016: Interval Next (a successor of Interval Sans Pro), Filson Soft, Fengo (an oriental brush typeface by Olivier and Jean-Claude Gourvat that was influenced by Sino-Japanese and traditional Chinese hieroglyphic characters).

    Typefaces from 2017: Rival Sans, Magnetic Pro (inspired by typewriter characters; with a mechanical aspect), Rival (slab serif).

    In 2018, Olivier added Rival Slab and the soft sans serif Marlon Pro.

    Typefaces from 2019: Archeron Pro (a sharp-edged serif and stencil typeface family), Ariana Pro (a 9-style geometric sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Natom Pro (an 18-style chunky low contrast geometric sans), Natom Pro Variable (a geometric sans), Sofia Pro Variable.

    MyFonts link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Klingspor link. MyFonts interview. Images of some of Olivier Gourvat's commercial typefaces. Fontspring link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Motokiwo
    [Anton Cahyono]

    Madiun, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1992) of these typefaces in 2018: James Black, Wilgaty (Pen, Smooth, Rough), Billy The Gang (signage script), Smoothy, Husterdun (signature font), Brave Heart (graffiti brush), Husterdun (Script, Serif), Genit, Atziluth (a Cyrillic version was developed by Cherry Vishnya in 2019), Beatrix Signature and Rotterland.

    Typefaces from 2019: Modric, Horrible Brush, Heroic Mage, Southima, Billybond, Cherio (script), Mommy Lemon, Storytelling (a Treefrog style script), Canadian Brusher, Gaspol Remblong, Husterdun Script, Islandia (a signature script), Nighiri (dry brush), Odishary, Marthiline (a dry brush script), Musician Crush, Bellayla, Cherrydorry (a monoline script with tall ascenders), Belgedes (script), Genit, Mode Style, Carolissa, Londoner (dry brush), Crushed, Bridgesty, Jiangkrik (free), Seconds (brush script), Raidden Script, Harley (a stick font, with a stencil style), Glarious.

    Typefaces from 2020: Orange Melon, Instabread (a signage script), Heidenberg (a retro signage script), Hellena (a monoline script), Konichiwa (a dry brush script), Romania (a monoline script), Ballpoint Rush, Letter Sketch, Ben (a playful 18-style Peignotian sans with a baby curl lower case g), Courteous (a tall condensed serif), Time Breaker (brush), Shepila, Bashington, Dhealova, Blacklisted, Dichigan, Claudio (a rounded sans), Microba Pro SVG, Courteous, Oh Chewy, Hatchback (thick brush script), Hypetype (a dry brush font), Gallardo, Distortion, Attomi Gilbert, Makise (oriental emulation font), Gladis (a fine wide signature script), Ridiculous Script (wild calligraphy), Wkwkwk (a brush font), Canadian Brusher, Last Kids.

    Typefaces from 2021: Kiss Me (a flowing script), Marylane (a monolinear upright script), Pendragon (a fat finger script), Rongjam (a dry brush font), Round Block (modular, squarish), Colabero (a headline typeface for fashion mags), Jagadita (a condensed semi-blackletter typeface).

    Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Möbel Type
    [Imogen Ayres]

    Möbel Type was founded by Imogen Ayres in Glasgow, Scotland. Their retail typefaces include Lacuna, Beach Goth (blackletter), Furniture (sans), Zetkin and Ripley (polygonal). Bespoke typefaces include Horizon (rounded stencil), Noam, Eyvin (sans), Phew, Doves Flare, Geo (a geometric art deco stencil typeface; for Paulin watches in Glasgow), and Paws N Claws. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mr. Fisk (or: MR.FISK's FONTEX 2000mg)
    [Mike Larsson]

    From Sweden, Mike Larsson's fonts include some dingbats, many grunge styles, some gothic fonts, and many crazy designs. These were mostly free. URL at 1001 fonts. Larsson went partially commercial in 2006. His commercial fonts include the distressed family Jackdaws and the grunge family My Big Sphinx. Devian Tart site. His Murderama site is dedicated to art and music. Dafont link.

    His fonts: Happy Days (2013, an old typewriter font), Cold Coffee (2005), Terror 2005, Psych (2005), SwedeTrauma2005, Typewriter Royal 200 (2004, bold, thrashed and normal styles), A Perfect Drowning, Kraut-type-a-fuck (2004, distressed blackletter), Megalomania X (2003), Crap Music, AMobileLife, AlienCrops, Alienoid, AmateurLobotomy, Anal Probe (2012), Anarchistic (nice), Angrybitch, AreaIntruder, BadCargo, Beyond-Dingbat, Bio-septic, Bodybag, BrainDamage, BrendaSpencer, Buried, CafeAuShite, Caffeine, ColourBlind, Cypher, Damnation, DeadPostMan, DeadPostMan2004 (2004, old typewriter), DeadlyBreakfast, Dear-Theo (the Vincent Van Gogh font), Division-X, Dr. Benway, Dr.Enoksen, EdGein, Electric-Chair, Evil-Mail, FadedMovieStar, Feed-The-Enemy, Feed, FingeredFlesh, Fishcheese-Lungpeed, Fiskish-art, FlamingCorpse, ForgottenHospital, Fuckin'uglyfont, Hairofthedog (2000), HardWare, HateYouAll, HeadSurgery, ImpotentDeadFucker, InterZone-2, InterzoneCode, Jack-The-Ripper, Kontakt-Zagreb, LittleInsect, Living-End, LostPassenger(part2), LostPassenger(version3), LostPassenger, LostPassenger4, LowDown, LubricantSmell, Mr.Fisk.(hand), Mr.Fisk.-Art-2, MrFisk-Coke, MyBiopsy, NaiveFont, NoOne, Nofriend, Note-Of-Terror, NothingNet, PeepShow (white on black), Peter-Kurten, Private-Death, PrivateHell, Re-buried, Reinfeldt's Rotten Brain Font (2008, grungy stencil), Remington Riviera (Sperry rand, 2007, old typewriter), Santanas Humanum Salvator, ShittyDings, SickCoke, SixPointNine, Space-ship354, Suicide, Sweden-sucks, SwedishMeat (special), SymbolNerve (hacker font), The End (blackletter), The-Evil-Cop, TimesNewZoo-man, Under-water, Untitled, Washme,please, ZeBirdzLaMortum, DancingDead, Depressionist (2000), Areyouawake, Neo?, BadCargo2.0, BrokenPlanewing, Brother Deluxe 1350 (2012, old typewriter face), FriedAss, Handgranade, Head-injuries, German Underground (2003, smudged blackletter), Satanas Humanum Salvator (2000, a blackletter typeface with arrows for learning the curves).

    Aka Murderama at Devian tart. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mr. Ginanto (or: Mangga Design)
    [Anto Ginanto]

    Anto Ginanto is the Indonesian designer of AN Fun (2016), the handcrafted typefaces Iwedonesia (2016) and Chileup (2016), the stencil typeface Wongdewek (2016), the handwriting font Ceker (2016), the wide connected script typeface Gonaabae (2016), the lava lamp typeface Callisugan (2015), the brush script typeface Rusli (2016, oriental brush), Ginanto (2016), Dewiku (2016, a luxury motif font), and the splashy paint font Tlepax (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Scribble Bae, Esdawete (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Dugal, Didno (a free fat finger font). Creative Market link. Another Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MuchoGrafico.Net

    8000-font archive. Has a subpage with military (mostly stencil and dingbat) fonts. Most fonts come from the IMSI and WSI collections. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mugur Mihai
    [MM Fonts]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Muhammad Afif Ersya
    [Mevstory Studio (or: Mandeh Studio, or: Eleanor Studio, or: Mevricks Studio, or: Lettercorner Studio)]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Muhammad Hasan
    [Fype Co]

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    Muhammad Husni Haikal
    [Graphicfresh (was: Sameeh Store, or Sameeh Media)]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Muhammad Iqbal Firdaus
    [Tegami Type]

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    Muhammad Khoirul Amal
    [CBRText Studio]

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    Muhittin Günes

    Istanbul, Turkey-based designer of the free stencil typeface family Temiz (2017) and the free monospaced regular and stencil typeface pair Muar Mono (2018).

    In 2018, Fatih Hardal and Muhittin Gunes set up Bold Type Istanbul. Both graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts. They co-designed the sans typeface families Bold Type Modern (2018) and Bold Type Grotesk (2018).

    In 2019, Muhittin Günes released the ink-trapped variable font Ranua, the fashion mag typeface Zermatt, the art deco sans typeface MT Maeve Deco, and the 14-style Muana Grotesque.

    Typefaces from 2021: Olten (a didone-based display serif), Gronland (a sans serif typeface designed in 2018-2021 and inspired by Swiss public transport signage, NYC wayfinding systems and Greenland), Tofua (a hybrid between a didone and a gothic cathedral). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    MuirMcNeil Design Systems
    [Hamish Muir]

    MuirMcNeil Design Systems is a project-based collaborative between Hamish Muir and Paul McNeil, est. 2010. Their activities are focussed on exploring parametric design systems to generate appropriate solutions to visual communication problems. Hamish Muir is a founding principal of 8vo (1985-2001) and co-editor of Octavo (1986-1992). He currently combines work as an independent graphic design consultant specialising in editorial, information and systems design with teaching part-time at the London College of Communication. Paul McNeil is a London-based independent graphic design consultant specialising in type, information and systems design. He is a Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Graphic Design at the London College of Communication and lead developer, MA Contemporary Typographic Media.

    They have several parametric and modular software systems for typography and type design. These include 20-20 (done in 1974: a modular design idea in the spirit of FontStructor, but without any active software), Interact (done in 1994---grid-based parametric screen fonts), Three Six (an experimental optical / geometric type system consisting of six typefaces in eight weights. It explores the possibilities of using systematic principles to generate geometric typeforms which are distinctive at large point sizes but which can also be read at smaller sizes in bodies of extended text), Four Two (an extension of Three Six). The Three Six project led to a number of multiparametric dot fonts. It was published by FontFont in 2012.

    In 2014, four commercial modular and pixelish typeface families were published, Panopticon (a system of layered 3d geometric typefaces), Intersect, Nine (Metric, Mono) and Interact. In that series, the nine-weight geometric almost-typewriter typeface Nine Mono (monospaced and monoline) stands out. The superfamily of pixelish and dot matrix fonts Two followed in 2015.

    Muir helped Dalton Maag with the development of Tephra (2008), an experimental multi-layered LED-inspired family.

    In 2016, the designed the dot matrix-themed identity for Typecon on the theme Resound. Still in 2016, MuirMcNeil released the geometric stencil typeface Cut.

    THD Sentient (2017) is an all-capitals monolinear rounded proportionally spaced all caps sans type family in four weights, designed by Tim Hutchinson in collaboration with MuirMcNeil.

    In 2017, Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir co-designed the stencil family Five.

    Typefaces from 2018: Farset (MuirMcNeil and John McMillan), Feirste (a gaelic typeface by MuirMcNeil and John McMillan). Farset and Feirste are digital reinterpretations of the tiled lettering used for Belfast's historic street signage in matching Latin and Gaelic scripts.

    In 2020, they released the Bauhaus typeface Two Bar Mono to complement the TwoPoint, TwoPlus and TwoBit series. Interlock (2020) is an experimental geometric bitmap typeface.

    Worm (2021) is an experimental modular type system designed in seven compatible weights.

    Typetoken link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Mum Type
    [Felipe Sanzana]

    Designer in Santiago, Chile, who created Tempo (2012, sans headline face). In 2015, he designed the sans typeface family BCH (BCH stands for Banco de Chile).

    In 2014, he cofounded Without Foundry with Diego Aravena, and co-designed Without Sans (2015, by Felipe Sanzana and Diego Aravena). This large sans family is characterized by a large x-height and rhombic dots.

    In 2016, he published the large functional semi-humanist sans typeface family Sana Sans at Latinotype. Sana won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    In 2018, he designed Helios Antique and Helios Stencil together with Salvador Rodriguez at W Foundry. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Scratch TTM.

    Typefaces from 2021: Arp (a 10-style display sans with quirky ink traps and some contrast) and Arp Display. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Muntab Art
    [Satriyo Hutomo]

    Malang, Indonesia-based designer of the serif typeface Lorena (2019: for fashion mags featuring skinny models), Orlando Sign (2019), Banana Caroline (2019: font duo), Salvages Bold (2019), Davinci (2019), the loud typeface Dogtown (2019), the blackletter typeface Tribal (2019), the black metal blackletter font Southside (2019), the brush script fonts Selfakia (2019) and Destroit (2019), the multi-font Good Vibes (2019), the monoline scripts Freeflow (2019) and Lemonade (2019), the curly tattoo script typeface Chicano (2019), the tattoo font Brigade (2019), the sans font Walker (2019), the spurred tattoo script Dayles Script (2019) and the script font Hanselle (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Esteban (Tuscan), Aquatone, Oakle, Familia (a tattoo font), Gangsta (a blackletter typeface with decorative spurs), Martyr, Santiago (decorative), Mayhem, Westcoast (spurred), Mexicanos (a tattoo or cigar box font), Florida (a wavy font), Aveden (an all caps avant garde typeface), Skyload, Black Sails (brush), Hardcore (dry brush), Mood, Caithlyn (a great inky calligraphic script), Lestly (a curly text typeface).

    Typefaces listed by early 2021: Aeromono (a futuristic semi-stencil), Akasara (a decorative serif), Amerald, Anomaly, Aquatone, Armora, Aveden, Balmonte, Baltre, Banana Carolline, Becko (futuristic, sci-fi), Befaro, Berlin (a sci-fi stencil typeface), Black Sails, Brigade, Caithlyn, Carl Brown (a decorative serif), Chicano Font, Chicano Vol. 02, Davinci, Dogtown, Dayles Script, Defrozo, Destroit, Eastside, Esteban, Evalter, Exposure, Familia Tattoo Lettering Font, Farware, Fenomeno (futuristic), Florida, Freeflow Monoline Script, Good Vibes, Gangsta Typeface, Glenca, Hardcore, Havox, Herlik, Herofin, Lemonade Signature Font, Leoni, Lestly Fonts, Lorena, Magna (a decorative serif), Maldito Font, Mandora, Martyr, Maverick, Mayhem, Metrolic, Mexicanos, Mijuo, Minerva, Monica, Monreal, Mood Font, Nordik (a sci-fi stencil typeface), Nova, Oakle, Orlando Sign, Phoenix, Quadron, Quincy, Rebelion, Reforma, Reviews, Roman, SALVAGES BOLD, SOUTHSIDE, Santiago, Selfakia, Skyload, Tribal Font, Valkrye, Velta, Westcoast, Wilyam, Zemora.

    Typefaces added in 2021: Anabele (decorative serif), Arizona (a stylish all caps typeface), Avander (a stylish serif), Babylon (an all caps blackletter), Badgiek (decorative serif), Bandito Script (for tattoos), Bestie, Boston (retro baseball script), Bravado (decorative serif), Brescia (decorative caps), Brown Sugar (an all caps decorative serif), Calya (decorative serif), Carl Brown (a decorative serif), Carola (an art deco mini-serif), Caterina (an all caps display typeface), Cigero (a decorative all caps serif), Dectro (decorative caps), Dream Avenue (a decorative serif), Elmo (a decorative serif), Elva, Felicio (an art gallery serif), Gamero (a monolinear paperclip font), Ghania, Hexagon, Katrine (a decorative condensed serif), Le Monte (a high contrast jewelry store typeface), Lemonia (a reverse stress serif), Love Story Self Made, Lower Coast, Macron (a spurred Victorian tattoo font; why it is named after the French president beats me), Margate (a sword-serifed display typeface), Matrix (a bullet hole font), Molten (a display caps typeface), Monstar (an all caps typeface for fashion mags), Musa, Pleasure (blackletter), Qaigero (a display serif), Qureka (a glamour font), Ragesta (decorative with wavy junctions), Reno (cyberpunk), Rhapsody (a swashy penmanship script), Rioky (a lovely wedge serif display typeface with a vaguely tribal vibe), Romance (display caps), Rosalia (a fashion mag typeface), Stachy, (elephant-footed caps) Tropico Salte (art nouveau genre caps). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mushishi

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of insane, a sparse stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mustard Man

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make MM Apfelsaft (dot matrix), MM Ticker (pixel face), MM Grid (griided typeface with pizzazz), and MM Striped (dizzying letters). Earlier, in 2008, he created MM Rust (grunge), MM Small Caps, MM Apfelsaft, MM Grid and MM Stripes. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mutabor Design
    [Jens Uwe Meyer]

    Mutabor Design in Hamburg, Germany is where Jens Uwe Meyer (b. 1973) and Heinrich Paravicini publish their work. They are the winners of an award at the TDC2 Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2002, with Globetrotter, a fine hand-printed font. At fonkingz, he made BOT (2002, +Stencil) and the tecno typeface Zero G (2002).

    At Die Gestalten, Mutabor published Lingua Digitalis Icon Set (2012).

    Jens Uwe Meyer has studied in visual communication at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld and now works for MUTABOR Design as a graphic designer and illustrator.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    MWC Fonts

    Kiwi creator of the Bundy-Yellow stencil font family, in hollow and solid versions, modeled after the Married With Children lettering. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    My Creative Land
    [Elena Genova]

    Elena Genova (My Creative Land, Edinburgh, Scotland) specializes in digitized handwriting fonts. She designed these commercial typefaces in 2014: Ariadne (connected curly script), Veryberry (curly script, + Cyrillic), Handy Sans Condensed (+Distressed; for Latin and Cyrillic), Handy Casual Condensed.

    In 2015, she designed the brush typefaces Celestial, Dessert Menu (Sans and Script), Botanica (Sans, Script, Ornaments) and Evenfal and the script typefaces Storyteller (a great connected script in Script and Casual sub-styles ideally suited for children's books), Allegretto Script (calligraphic), Catfish (monoline and connected), Rosalinda Script, Aristelle Script (+Aristelle Sans: identical to Ariadne) and La Veronique.

    Typefaces from 2016: Sunshine Daisies (handwritten type system), Nefelibata (in Brush and Sans versions), La Parisienne, La Veronique Two, New Storyteller.

    Typefaces from 2017: Above the Sky, Lovingly Friends (a collection of sixteen handcrafted typefaces), Scandiebox, Brushability, Rockeby (32 fonts, which she describes as slightly more geometric than Block Berthold but much softer than the industrial Din Next; see also Rockeby SemiSerif and Rockeby Brush).

    Typefaces from 2018: Adventures Unlimited (a connected monoline script and a super-condensed sans companion), Brushberry (dry brush script), Absolute Beauty (a monoline signature script and accompanying thin serif), Combinado (Sans, (a didone) Serif, Text, Script), Brooklyn Heritage (Sans and Script), Palomino (a crayon script), Beautiful Minds (a fashion mag typeface family; +Stencil).

    Typefaces from 2019: Contempora Script and Contempora Sans Condensed, Freethinker, Hello Bloomie (a watercolor SVG font), Above the Beyond, Lumios Marker (a marker pen font), Lumios Typewriter (old typewriter), Beautifully Delicious (Sans+Script duo).

    Typefaces from 2020: Dreaming Outloud (a fat finger font), Roca (a plump serif influenced by Windsor and Cooper Black), The Youngest, Praline MCL (a chocolate store Serif and sans pair), Balerno Serif (a lachrymal didione).

    Typefaces from 2021: Parlare (a flowing script), Lumios Brush (a bold brush script), Boss Jock JNL (an informal font based on the title and credits from the 1965 film Strange Bedfellows), Peachi (a 6-style soft serif typeface with rounded terminals), Carelia (a didone display typeface for Latin and Cyrillic).

    Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    My Longley

    My Longley (b. 1986, Åland Islands) works as a graphic designer in Stockholm. Shee studied design at Konstfack and printmaking arts at Grafikskolan. In 2018, My designed the modular stencil typeface Blåkulla (at Letters from Sweden). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Camouflage fonts

    A selection of typefaces tagged camouflage at MyFonts. These are mostly military stencil fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Cargo typefaces

    Cargo fonts. These are mostly rough stencil caps typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Crate stencil typefaces

    MyFonts selection of stencil typefaces as used on crates. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Export

    MyFonts selection of typefaces tagged with the word export. Some of these are stencil typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Military stencil typefaces

    MyFonts hit list for military stencil typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Military typefaces

    Top military fonts at MyFonts. These are often stencil or cargo fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    MyFonts: Stencil typefaces

    MyFonts hit list for stencil typefaces. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Myles Ketelsen

    Chattanooga, TN-based designer of the athletic stencil font Proformance (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Mysterian
    [Caleb East]

    Texas-based designer of Interzone (2021: an eerie stencil font), Ezekiel (an angular script with broken outlines) (2021), the polygonal typeface Soutumi (2021) and the anthroposophic typeface Multipolar (2021). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    MyType Foundry

    Digital type foundry based in Manchester, UK. Designer at Type Department of the sans typefaces Quench Variable (2020: ultra-compressed), Labour Grotesk (2020) and Metrik (2020), and the decorative stencil serif typeface Celine (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Merchant (a 4 weight sans serif that goesback to the 20th century British typefaces, particularly those by Eric Gill, Edward Johnston, and Margaret Calvert).

    Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nabina Ghosh
    [Font Fridays]

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    Nadezhda Polomoshnova

    Nadezhda Polomoshnova was educated in classical art in Yaroslavl and at the Department of Graphic Design of the Polytechnic University in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2016-2017, during the TypeType education program, she created the Latin / Cyrillic humanist sans typeface Leo.

    Saint Petersburg, Russia-based type designer in the TypeType and Pinata teams. In 2017, Yuliana Morgun, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and the TypeType Team co-designed TT Knickerbockers Grotesk and TT Knickerbockers Script. They write: TT Knickerbockers Grotesk symbolizes the monumentality of New York expressed in both its traditional historic architecture and skyscrapers. Both typefaces are loaded with features: TT Knickerbockers Script consists of 967 characters and also contains a huge number of contextual alternatives and ligatures. For all lowercase and uppercase letters of basic Latin and Cyrillic alphabets we have drawn 236 swashes which, depending on the context, can appear both at the beginning and at the end of a letter.

    In 2018, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Vika Usmanova, Phill Nurullin, Nadyr Rakhimov and the TypeType Team co-designed TT Jenevers. Still in 2018, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and Marina Khodak co-designed the forceful display typeface TT Phobos, which features striling stencil and inline styles. Continuing in 2018, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Marina Khodak and the TypeType Team designed the not-quite-geometric 18-style typeface family TT Smalls, which is characterized by a small x-height and modulated joins. At the same time, she created the fantastic experimental ultra-ink-trapped typeface Hunter. Co-designer of TT Barrels (2018: a Scotch modern typeface by Inessa Mitrozor, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and the TypeType Team). At the end of 2018, TypeType published TT Supermolot Neue (Roman Ershov, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Ivan Gladkikh and the TypeType Team).

    In 2019, TypeType published TT Tsars, a 20-style font family with five subfamilies. It is a collection of serif display titling fonts that are stylized to resemble the fonts of the beginning, the middle and the end of the XVIII century and seen on book title pages in Russia. A reference for the development was Abram Shchitsgal's book Russian Civil Type. The fonts were designed by Marina Khodak, Inessa Mitrozor, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and the TypeType Team. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nadia Zois
    [Goddess Nadia (or: Bleedsopretty)]

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    Nadine Muhtadi

    Communication Design student at Parsons the New School for Design in NYC in 2013. Creator of the Bauhaus (piano key) stencil typeface Haeckel (2013, Friday Fonts), which was named after the German naturalist, philosopher, biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who promoted the idea of structure and symmetry in marine organisms and nature.

    She also created the experimental typeface Eliminated (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nadyr Rakhimov

    Type designer in Saint Petersburg, Russia, who is active in the TypeType team. TypeType is particularly stingy with its credits of who-designed-what, but it appears that Nadyr Rakhimov had a hand in many of the TypeType team typefaces. In 2018, I believe---but am not sure---that Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Phill Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Nadyr Rakhimov and the TypeType Team co-designed TT Jenevers. In 2018, Ivan Gladkikh, Alexander Kirillov, Philipp Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, and Nadyr Rakhimov published TT Severs. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Naghi Naghachian
    [Naghi Naghashian]

    Naghi Naghashian's foundry (called Naghi Naghachian, with a c) is located in Frankfurt. Quoting MyFonts, where we can buy his fonts: Naghi Naghashian was born in Teheran. After completing his school education in Iran, he studied illustration and book design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG), an academy of design, in Offenbach, Germany. Thereafter he was engaged as art director in various advertising agencies in Germany, Switzerland and England. He also worked as a freelance graphic designer with focus on illustration and brand designing for leading producers of brand articles in Europe, and also for broadcasting stations in Germany and other European countries. He was occupied with theoretical work in the field of color and research in the passive perception of color and "after image" phenomena. He carried out an analysis of the letters of the Arabic alphabet and a definition of their structure, enabling him to design a number of modern types of Arabic script. He designed the monoline typeface Aban (2010), which covers Latin, Arabic, Persian and Urdu. Jasna (2010) is a monoline rounded family with the same support. Avesta Extra Bold (2010) and Anahita Extra Bold (2010) are headline typefaces. Bi Bi (2010) is a squarish (Bank Gothic style) typeface that also covers Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.

    Ahoura (2011) is an Arabic font family. Decora One (2011) is a curly ornamental all caps face. Decora Two (2011) is another ornamental caps face. Bamdad Extra Bold Condensed (2011) is an Impact-like typeface Bamdad that supports Latin, Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Parsi (2011) is an elliptical sans family that supports Latin, Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Novin (2011, +Shadow) is an elliptical typeface that supports Latin, Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.

    Typefaces from 2012: Parto (elliptical).

    Typefaces made in 2013: Iranica, Avid Pro, Nima (a Latin/ Arabic techno family named after Persian poet Nima Yooshij, 1896-1960), Decora Arabic, Decora Pro (and its Arabic / Farsi / Urdu companion, Parvin), Ekbatana (for Latin, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu), Apadana (for Latin, Arabic, Persian and Urdu), Roumi Pro (an elegant inline typeface), Surprise Pro (headline rounded sans), Mocca Pro, Nana Pro, Nana Rounded Pro, Nana Arabic, Petrol Stencil (an Arabic / Urdu / Latin stencil typeface), Kashi (2015: inspired by 16th century building decorations in Iran).

    Typefaces from 2013: Ostad Arabic.

    Typefaces from 2016: Naghashian, Golestan (supports Arabic, Persian and Urdu), Babak (a techno family for Latin, Arabic, Persian and Urdu), Ostad Pro, Elogium Pro.

    Typefaces from 2017: Afsoon, Afsane, Jekta, Pasargad, Kamane (Naskh style for Arabic, Persian and Urdu), Damavand.

    Typefaces from 2018: Bieta, Afshid, Pegah, Homayoon, Hafez, Dara, Homa (for Arabic, Farsi and Urdu), BaBa Rounded, BaBa.

    Typefaces from 2019: Nahid, Nameh (a single-weight sans), Gilan, Jaleh, Bauhaus Arabic.

    Typefaces from 2020: Golnama (a prismatic typeface for Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Latin), Esfand, Bonyad (modern kufi / geometric sans), Art Deco Arabic, Behtab.

    Author of Illustrated Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, Geometrie als Mysterium, and Design and Structure of Arabic Script.

    Klingspor link. MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Naghi Naghashian
    [Naghi Naghachian]

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    Namik Kemal Sarikavak

    Turkish type designer. His work includes some pixel typefaces, as well as the angular NKS Kesim (2010), the pixelish stencil typeface NKS Bes Nokta (2010), and NKS Sergi94. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nap Type
    [Michael Knapp]

    Michael Knapp (Nap Type, Leeds, UK, est. 2012) created the Nap typeface family (2013, Regular and Stencil), the display sans typeface Range (2013), and the Silent K display typeface (2013).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nastia Piven
    [Here East Fonts]

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    Nastya Levina

    Nastya Levina studied mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the St. Petersburg State University. In her second year she began to create websites on demand. As a student at TypeType Education in 2016-2017, she designed the Latin / Cyrillic stencil typeface Depot. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Natalia Vazquez

    Barcelona-based designer of the modular stencil typeface Carmen (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Natasha Jen

    Natasha Jen (BFA 2003) and her team at Pentagram designed the stretchable typeface Herita Geo in 2015 for the AIA New York Heritage Ball.

    Type designs from 2017: Closed Worlds (mechanical, octagonal; Closed Worlds is a new exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York), Open View Stencil (for the Boston-based venture capital firm Open View).

    In 2019, she released the multiline custom typeface family Building Cycles, and the custom pixel typeface Droit.

    Behance link. Pentagram link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nate Russell

    American designer of the stencil typeface Ascend (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nathalie Stotzer
    [SwissMad S.A.]

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    Naum Type
    [Pyotr Bushuev]

    Peter or Pyotr Bushuev is the Pskov, Russia-based designer of the geometric typeface families Umbero (2016, retro deco) and Kontora (2016, for Latin and Cyrillic). He also designed the brush typeface Burelom (2015).

    Typefaces from 2017: Juxta (Sans, Sans Mono, Script), Juxta Sans Mono, Ravensara Antiqua Stencil, Ravensara Sans, Ravensara Serif (a high contrast fashion mag font derived from didones; in Sans and Serif styles).

    Typefaces from 2019: Base + Bloom (experimental).

    Typefaces from 2020: Strikt (a viariable pixelish font on a 3x3 grid with two axes, weight and animation), Cascadeur (Pyotr writes: Cascadeur is a variable modular sans with 3 axes, a modernistic hommage to space-age typography).

    Type Department link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nav Raw
    [Rajesh Rajput]

    Rajesh Rajput (since 2014 with Cognizant Technologies, Gurgaon / Delhi, India) designed the free 5-style stencil typeface family Break in 2015. Interestingly, a guy called Steven Han calls it his font in 2016. He worked for four months on an elaborate decorative set of 26 capitals under the project name Type Soul (2015).

    With Raina Agarwal, Rajesh Rajput designed the free scratchy font Chemin in 2015.

    From his home base in New Delhi, he created Hagna (2017; although inside the font we find another name, Webvilla), the free variable condensed sans display family Thunder (2017) and Gorgeous (2017, a free tall fashion mag typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Morganite (a free condensed movie credit sans in 18 styles),

    Typefaces from 2019: Emberly (a free 54-style didone, with a variable option).

    Typefaces from 2021: Mango Grotesque (a free 18-style+variable condensed elongated sans font family), Moniqa (a free 162-style (+variable font) family of art deco typefaces for Latin and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2022: Meshed Display (a free display serif family with a fashion mag didone vibe).

    Behance link. Behance link for Nav Raw. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Naveen Chandru

    Indian designer in Tiruchirappalli, b. 1989. FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: En Pulli Kolam (ased on kolam, an art of floor drawing, which is prevalent in South India), En Sans, En Simple Script, En Drunay (heavy, bilined), En Dhiran, En Stencil, En Stencil Pixel, En Druna (futuristic caps), En Hollow Tiles (beveled letters), Enchan (shadow face), En Evil Devils, En Broken Grill, En Grids (kitchen tile face), En Grids Exp, En Panju, En Horns, En Real Horns, En Tall, En Fatty, En Muthu (horizontal stripes), En Origami (+v2, +Pencil Shaded), En Simple Serif, En Drawn n Cut (white on black), En Dots.

    Fonts from 2011: En Simple Black, En Zelo (modular and pointy), En Drawn n Cut, En Brushah (+Connected).

    Fonts from 2012: En Chyn (Chinese simulation face).

    Fonts from 2014: En Word Puzzle, En Pelger.

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    nazlfrag

    FontStructor who made many fonts, including the unicase typeface Nerug (2010, based on the futuristic logo of the TV show Gruen Transfer), the Stringbead family (2010), Silicon Neon Straight (2010), Therlea (2010, an angular fat didone face), Globus (white on black), Miagan (pixel face), Mertinal (2010: a graph theory face), Xharon (2010: a techno stencil), Deebee Dee (2010: like Futura Black), Logoremix (kitchen tile face), Logoremix Thin, Ragett, Ells Split Peas, Barowin, Desert Bean (floral face), Tonkted (knotted face), Belumt, Plink (blocky futuristic face).

    Typefaces from 2011: Recused, Recused 3x3, Trec Funch (an artsy stencil face), Tied Lance, Curdevic. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    N&D

    Creator of the free military stencil font N&D (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Neal Fletcher

    Neal Fletcher (Liverpool, UK) studied at the University of Central Lancashire, but was born and raised in Merseyside, England. His fonts are free.

    He made a typeface out of pieces of circles called Circular Alphabet (2010). Decani (2011, +Stencil) is an ornamental semi-Victorian type family.

    Creations from 2011 include Dalle and the fun monoline sans family Elega (+Rounded). Bino (2011) is a simple and free sans family with a monospace option.

    He complains: is everywhere, in airports, on signage, on TV and in corporate literature. Meta has become synonymous with the German middle ground. Almost too convenient and easy to digest it has spread like a disease. So he made the cancerous grungification of Meta, Metastasis (2011).

    In 2012, he created the free typeface Bouwen, the angular typeface Utile, and the custom typeface Metroplitan Wharf (for a building in Wapping).

    Klingspor link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Neale Davidson
    [Pixel Sagas (was: Protoform Project, and Fontshack)]

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    Neder Font Foundry
    [Rafael Neder]

    Neder Font Foundry, or Neder Type, is Rafael Neder's outfit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Neder is a graphic designer.

    He created Discord (2006, an octagonal monoline type family with some grunge and stencil styles thrown in), Eklipse (2009, a fat octagonal face), Neder Pixeleite (2005), a free pixel face. Pixeleite was published with T-26 in 2005. Nova Sans (2009, with Francisco Martins) is a modern geometric sans-serif font which captures the spirit of Bossa Nova.

    HypeForType link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Negro
    [Ariel Di Lisio]

    Negro is a design site where some commercial fonts can be found, all designed by Ariel Di Lisio, a native of Buenos Aires. He studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. From 1993 to 1997 he worked in the design department at Puma. Since 2015, he is a professor at FADU / UBA in Buenos Aires. Still in 2015, he set up Nodo Type Foundry in Buenos Aires together with Mexican designer Aldo Arillo.

    His typefaces from before 2010: Marzo (2008: a hairline vogue typeface commissioned by the Argentinian mag Atypica), Donuts (2008: a layer of round upon a layer of round), Paz (2008: a stylish night club or fashion magazine family---stunning), Lynda (2008: an octagonal/mechanical face), Lunes (2007: art deco), Day (2007: art deco), Friday (2007: art deco), Nigga (2007: an ultra-fat art deco typeface with an experimental edge), Love (2007: a mini-serifed geometric beauty), Santino (2008: trying to bring waves into a simple sans face), Normal (2008: gorgeous, geometric and galant), Mate (2008: a geometric all caps typeface for magazine headlines), Caracas (2008), Soko (2009), Stola (2008), Pink (2008: experimental), Cascabel (2009: a kitchen tile typeface digitized by Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos), James (2009: a bullet hole-themed face), Inlove (2009, Sudtipos: a Lubalin-style poster face designed by Di Lisio and digitized by Alejandro Paul).

    Typefaces shown in 2010, mostly experimental / geometric / art deco: Destiny, Drimpy, Hongki, Mobile, Moonglow, Normal, Vincent.

    In 2011, Ariel published the futurismo face Saturna at Sudtipos [and I do not understand HypeForType's claim that it is an exclusve HypeForType font]. Their offices are in Buenos Aires and Caracas.

    Typefaces from 2012 include Uma (with Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos: a gorgeous two-weight monoline sans family).

    In 2013, he created the stencil typeface Anima for a housing project in Punta Chica, San Fernando, Argentina.

    In 2015, he designed the cold sans typeface family Stockholm Type, and the display typeface Roska. In 2015, he set up Nodo Type Foundry in Buenos Aires together with Mexican designer Aldo Arillo.

    Negro Nouveau link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Neil Patel
    [Greyletter]

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    Neil Summerour
    [Positype]

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    Neogrey
    [Ivan Phillipov]

    Ivan Phillipov (Neogrey, also written as Ivan Filipov) has offices in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Turkey. He designed the techno typefaces Research Remix (1993), Neogrey (2004) and Red October (2004, inspired by Soviet poster art; can be used for Cyrillic simulation; followed by Red October Stencil, 2009). Release Yourself (octagonal), Research Remix (rounded octagonal), Arkitech Light, Discophat and Neogrey Medium appeared in 2009. In 2011, he published Artitech Round and Syntha.

    In 2012, the free round monoline typeface Syntha and the techno typeface Arkitech Medium were published. Multicolore (2012) is a free EPS-format round sans typeface for coloring (a monochromatic version is free in truetype format).

    In 2013, he designed Arkitech Bold and in 2019 Arkitech Stencil.

    In 2014, he created the free roundish squarish typeface Ronduit (+Capitals).

    Typefaces from 2015: Tricolore (multicolored rounded sans), Lausanne (a free font inspired by the Prada and Louis Vuitton fashion house logos).

    In 2017, he designed a free color font called Color Tube.

    Typefaces from 2019: Konstruktor (constructivist), Red October Eroded, Arkitech Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2020: Syntha Nova (a free round sans advertized as the electronic music font), Fattern (a free color font with textures and patterns influenced by Romero Britto's work).

    Typefaces from 2021: Cimero Pro (a free color SVG font).

    Alternate URL. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Abstractfonts link. Behance link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Neoqueto
    [Michal Nowak]

    Michal Nowak (b. 1994, aka Neoqueto) is the Koszalin, Poland-based designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to make the horizontal stripe typeface Mastercore (+Laddered), Cut The Paper (arched face), Vision Division (techno), Axis (condensed pixel face), PixelIconix (emoticons), Mionta (2010, futuristic; FontStruct), Stencil 4000 (2010, FontStruct), Auricom (futuristic), Vision Of Division, the broken marble typeface Sector 017 (grunge---followed in 2011 by Sector 034), Tetraminos, Sinclair Logo, the beveled Mekotek, Pictograms Audio, and the extended square typeface Mechion.

    In 2010, he created the computer game fonts ET Pixel Mark 1, 2 and 3, as well as the techno fonts Sinclair Logo, 4KSTNCL (techno stencil), LDR Dream (futuristic), LDR HAET (counterless), LDR#2, LDR#3, LDR#6, LDR Manufacture (circle-based geometric face), DOT/LED Scope and DOT/LED Illumination. Monolithic is modular to the extreme. Safe Plastelina (2010) is a soft experimental face.

    In 2011, he added LDR Hexatron, LDR #8, Sector 034, Microfuture (octagonal sci-fi face) and Hexample LDR (hexagonal).

    Typefaces from 2013: Walker Bot LDR, Synthek LDR, Kleen Blades LDR, Scary Glyphs & Nice Characters, LDR#1, nakki LDR, Tegma, Segment Rush LDR, LDR Hextaron, LDR Kaet, Spray Me (stencil), Terminal LDR, Proto LDR, Sampa LDR, Kasual Bloks LDR, Drum and Bass LDR, Pink Has Gone Extinct, Darktech LDR (stencil face), Affection LDR, Hextremum LDR, Hexotic LDR.

    Typefaces from 2014: Mapper Kit, Charmest (horizontally striped), Corruptor Clean LDR, Corruptor LDR, Critical Mass LDR, 2589 LDR, LDR2, Eurosteal (+big Caps: modeled after Eurostile), Mapper Kit (dingbats), She Stole The Night (multilined art deco font), Track Mania (based on an online racing game by Nadeo).

    Most of his typefaces are modular and can be categorized as techno or sci-fi.

    Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nepfont Digital Foundry
    [Oszkár Boskovitz]

    Hungarian type designer who studied at MOME, Moholy-Nagy University of Art & Design, Budapest, Hungary, BA and MA, Communication Design, 1995-2000. Oszkár Boskovitz ran Nepfont Digital Foundry, and at some point, ca. 2009, changed its name to Fontbistro (dead link). He digitized the award-winning typeface family Pannon (2001) made by Edit Zigány in 1972. He is working on a book that will summarize Hungarian type in the 1970s and 1980s. His repertoire:

    • Experimental typefaces: Balek (2005), Cassius (2001), Tubyfex (2005).
    • Stencil: Syrup (2005), Digital Sherpa (2002), Tilos (2002, rough stencil family), Wagon (2001, another rough-edged family).
    • Brush style: Ecsetirás (2001, based on a typeface of Zoltán Nagy, 1967).
    • Techno: Krax (2001, free), Konwektor (2001), Moab (2002, family), Shrapnel (2004, octagonal family).
    • Signpainting: Thaifun (2003).
    • Simple monospaced fonts: Monostar (2002).
    • Unicase: Troppauer (2005, many weights).
    • Text families: Pannon Antiqua (2001, based on a family by Edit Zigány (1972).
    • Testosterone enhanced typefaces: Pluto (2006).
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    Nestor Delgado

    Bogota-based creator (b. 1977, Colombia) of the free stencil typeface Gray Cat (2012, FontStruct) and the modular sans typeface Hemigraphy (2012).

    In 2013, he made Expansiva (a wide techno industrial sans typeface), Seagle (an industrial display sans) and Graystroke.

    Typefaces from 2014: Groteskia, Enfatica (squarish, modular).

    Typefaces from 2015: Daggersquare (a formidable squarish techno sans).

    Typefaces from 2016: Cuyabra (clean sans).

    FontStruct link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Neubau Berlin (or: NB Typography, or: Neubau Laden)
    [Stefan Gandl]

    Stefan Gandl was the designer at Designer Shock in Berlin of the pixel fonts DS1D, DS2D, DS3D, DSClone, DSClone3D, DSCutout, DSImitate, DSMufdi, DSMufdi3DL, DSMufdi3DR, DSNSW45, DSNSW55, DSNSW65, DSNSW75, DSNSW85, DSNSW95, DSP9RMX (with Markus Angermeier), DSP9RMX3D, DSSQR35, DSSQR45, DSSQR55, DSSQR553DL, DSSQR553DR, DSSQR65, DSSQR75, DSSQR85, DSTicket35, DSTicket45, DSTicket55, DSTicket65, DSTicket75, DSTicket85, DSTicket95, DSVDOTXT1, DSVDOTXT2, DSVDOTXTError. At the end of 2001, he established Neubau Berlin or NB Typography. He created DS Yakuti (experimental) and DS Lane (2001, trilined) at Die Gestalten. Fonts at Neubau include NB55RMS, NB55RBX, NB55RLS, NB55MS, NB55BX, NB55SET, NBFETT, NBFORM, NBRUND, NBTRANSFER, NBUNIVERS, and NBBLOCK, which are all mostly futuristic-looking designs. In 2008, they added the beautiful 6-weight (35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85) NBGrotesk family (+Mono, +Mono Stencil), also by Stefan Gandl. In the Neubau series, we also find the gorgeous didone display typeface NB Antiqua Nero (+Italic), NB Antiqua Roman, Antiqua Libro, and NB Typewriter.

    NB Architekt and NB Architekt Neue (2015) pay tribute to blueprint typefaces used during the Letraset era. The typeface is a classic modern monoline monospace that was originally designed by Gandl in 2002 and named NB55RMS.

    Neubau made a concerted effort in the Akzidenz Grotesk genre. The classical AG became the starting point for the development of Neubau's distilled grotesque NBGrotesk (2008)---a strongly restricted, grid-based, brutally honest and optically non-corrected mono line type system comprising 28 styles. An optically balanced version of NB Grotesk's skeleton resulted in Neubau's popular NB International (2014) type system paying homage to the "international style" era. Coming full circle with NB International's conceptual successor---NB Akademie---(2016-2020) is a more distinctive and refined follower inspired by the studio homegrown Berlin influences. The in house, non-retail and beta versions of NB Akademie are called NB National. Gandl writes: The typeface's infuences and naming go way back to legendary German type designer Ferdinand Theinhardt and his revolutionary typeset Royal Grotesk (1880) designed for the publications of the Königlich-Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. After selling his own type foundry Ferd. Theinhardt Schriftgiesserei Berlin Theinhardt's Royal Grotesk became internationally successful as Berthold's Akzidenz Grotesk (1896)---the godmother of all modern grotesque typefaces.

    Other typefaces: NB Plan Pro, Postmates (2017).

    Alternate URL. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Neutura
    [Alexander McCracken]

    Neutura was formed in 2003 by Alexander McCracken, who is located in San Francisco. His typefaces have a large geometric component: Aerion, Aperture (slab serif family), Autobahn, Belfast (octagonal black-bowled headline face), Cerie Outline, Children (paperclip face), Circle (avant garde style), Deuce (ultrafat), Deuce Round (fat and counterless), Estrella (2011, a high-contrast fat vogue didone titling face), Frank (fat and counterless), Frank Stencil, Frank3, Gulden Draak (blackletter), Interpol (texture face), Magnum (2006, for Neo2 magazine: free), Maisalle, Neutrino (ultra-fat futuristic beauty, 2006), Neutura (clean geometric sans family), Orange (geometric hairline sans), Orange Round, Rabbit, Register (architectural sans), Royale (fat decorative didone), Sabre (octagonal), Sarcophagus (very original blackletter), Slayer Heavy, Spade (fat and counterless), SPQRExlight, Syrup (paperclip font), Vendella (2011), Wafer (ultrafat). At T-26, he published Children (2006, a paperclip font), Deuce and Sarcophagus.

    Behance link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nev Petkova

    Sofia, Bulgaria-based designer of the didone titling typeface Omantala (2017) an the thin Cyrillic sans / stencil typeface Kinetika (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    New Tropical Design Studio
    [Tom Cunningham]

    Byron Bay, Australia-based designer of these fonts in 2018: Modernist Milk (stencil), Signwriter, Cloak (stencil), Stamp & Co, Merchant (vintage sans), Big Show (layerable), Sea Spray (experimental minimalist stencil).

    Typefaces from 2019: Farmhouse, Sophillia (an elegant sharp-edged display typeface), Modernica Tropico (a fashion mag titling typeface), Grange (a fine high-contrast fashion font), Dahlia (a mini-serifed font), Sunflora (a fashion font with some linked letters), Rockwell (a wedge serif---it takes a loy of chutzpah to design a typeface called Rockwell that is not a slab serif...), Botanica (an all caps fashion font), Coast & Co, Hunter, Marigold, MariSans, Work & Wear, Avalanche (a warm vintage wedge serif), Kinfolk, Wrangler, Sundays.

    Typefaces from 2020: Salsico, Milkman, Evangelina (a hipsterish fashion mag font), Culture, Commune, Zephyr, Classico, Analogue, Gallery Modern (a sharp-edged display serif), Mattina Sera SVG (a dry brush typeface by Laura Bennett for New Tropical Design), Geomatik (a minimalist sans), Tangerine (a 1970s style display typeface), Sage (a high contrast decorative didone), Monte Carlo (a stylish all caps typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Ginger (a romantic and artsy display serif), Silvera (a display serif), Stoned Youth (a disturbing graphic sans), Sign Writer, South Pacific, Grange (an extreme contrast fashion mag typeface), Vineyard (an ornate serif), Raygun Grotesk, Evangelina (a hipster display serif), Cost del Sol, Angelica (a display serif), Seaker (a decorative serif), Palm Springs, Starlight (a decorative serif), Palm Tree Icons (in vector format), Yorker (a decorative serif), Future Classic Sans, Lost Lovers (a boutique font), Sunshower Dreams.

    Typefaces from 2022: Evangelina (a fashion mag typeface), Dark Paradise (serif). Type Department link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    New Typography
    [Vernon Adams]

    Vernon Adams (born England, 1967) was a furniture restorer, woodcarver and typeface designer. On August 24, 2016 Vernon Adams passed away from injuries sustained in a scooter accident in May of 2014. New Typography was his type design site. Vernon graduated in 2007 with an MA in type design from the University of Reading and lived in San Clemente, California. His wife Allison now holds the trademark and/or copyright to most of his fonts.

    He developed Mako (2007), a type family for text and image in magazines. Earlier, he created AutoPacHousehold. Nobile (2010) is part of the Google font directory. Through the Open Font Library, one can get the source Fontforge code for this open source sans family. About Mako, he writes that he submitted the font to Fontsmith, which sat on it for a while and rejected it, only to publish a few weeks later Lurpak, which according to Vernon is too similar to his rejected design. Free fonts at Google Code by Vernon, as of the end of 2010 include Coda (a heavy elliptical face), Nobile (mentioned above), Corben (a curvy bold typeface in the style of Cooper Black), and Gruppo (a thin sans).

    In 2011, he added Coustard (a slab serif family), Damion (connected signage script), Smythe (Victorian), Radley (display face), Oswald (a reworking of the Alternate Gothic style: see this dedicated page; Oswald was updated continually by Vernon Adams until 2014. Vernon added Light and Bold weights, support for more Latin languages, tightened the spacing and kerning and made many glyph refinements throughout the family based on hundreds of users' feedback. In 2016 the family was updated by Kalapi Gajjar and Alexei Vanyashin to complete the work started by Vernon, and support languages that use the Cyrillic script), Candal (sans), Pacifico (connected signage face), Bangers (comic book face), Anton (heavy sans), Bevan (a reworking of Beton, a traditional slab serif display typeface created by Heinrich Jost in the 1930s), Six Caps (a condensed headline face), Meddon (a display font created from the handwritten script of an Eighteenth century legal document), Rokkitt (an Egyptian), Paytone One (headline face), Holtwood One SC (wood block simulation face), Monofett (white on black), Carter One (casual face), Francois One (gothic sans), Sigmar One (think mid twentieth century pulp magazine advertising), Bigshot One, Metrophobic, Mako, Francois One, Nunito (rounded; CTAN link), Shanti, Sigmar, Muli (minimalist sans), Kameron (an Egyptian), Stardos Stencil, Bowlby One, Bowlby One SC (fat poster face), Tienne (serif), Monoton (a multiline face in the style of Koch's Prisma, 1931), Sancreek (emulating an ornamental wood font), Amatic SC (hand-printed poster family), Sancreek (a Tuscan face), Oswald (in the old Alternate Gothic tradition of sans typefaces---a free Google font; CTAN link), Rammetto (based on the Stephenson Blake uppercase display font Basuto, released in 1926), and Michroma (modeled after Microgramma).

    Typefaces made in 2012 include Bench Nine (Google Web Fonts: based on old Stephenson Blake typefaces), Oxygen (a sans typeface available from Google Web Fonts; forked in 2016 at Open Font Library as Comme and in 2017 as Oxygen Sans, with two new oblique styles), Oxygen Mono (Google Web Fonts), Norican (free script font at Google Web Fonts based in part on Stephenson Blake's Glenmoy from the 1920s), Cutive (free at Google Web Fonts, based on the IBM typewriter typefaces Executive and Smith-Premier), Pontano Sans (Google Web Fonts: a light basic sans), Trocchi (Google Web Fonts: derived from Nebiolo's Egiziano, and Caslon & Co's Antique No.4 and Ionic No.2), Seymour One (Google Web Fonts: derived from Sigma One), Anaheim (sans, Google Web Fonts), Cutive and Cutive Mono (Google Web Fonts: based on the typewriter typefaces of IBM's Executive and the older Smith-Premier).

    Typefaces from 2013: Mondo (sans), Anton (grotesque).

    In 2016, Jacques Le Bailly extended Nunito to a full set of weights, and an accompanying regular non-rounded terminal version, Nunito Sans. Another extension of Nunito is Iunito (2019, unknown designer).

    In 2020, Jacques Le Bailly, Cereal and Vernon Adams (posthumously) released the sans typeface family Mulish at Google Fonts. Mulish is a minimalist sans, designed for both display and text typography. It was initially drawn in 2011 by Vernon Adams under the name Muli and then refined until 2014. In 2017 the family was updated by Jacques Le Bailly to complete the work started by Vernon after he passed away, in collaboration with his wife Allison, an artist who holds the trademark on the typeface family name. In August 2019, it was updated with a variable font weight axis.

    Donations to Vernon's family. Memorial. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Google Plus link. Fontsquirrel link. Klingspor link. Github link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Niall Kitching
    [K22 Foundry]

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    NiceToMeetYou

    Mrio (NiceToMeetYou) is into experimental type. His work includes Stitched to Death (2007) and the experimental stencil typeface Neue.Bold (2007). No sales or downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nicholas Garner
    [Codesign (or: Aviation Partners, or AVP)]

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    Nicholas Rogers

    During his studies at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Nicholas Rogers designed a stencil typeface (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nick and Adam Hayes
    [Identikal Foundry]

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    Nick Curtis

    Nick Curtis (b. Chicago, 1948) lived in Texas from 1952-1997, and lives since 1997 in Gaithersburg, MD and Alexandria, MD. From ca. 1990 onwards, he has been designing fonts, first for free, and then commercially. He had a great reputation as a "revivalist" type designer, with a particular interest in retro fonts and art deco types. In 2003, his site had become too popular and too expensive to maintain, and thus he went commercial as Nick's Fonts. In 2013, he stopped making fonts, and donated his collection of rare books and type material to the University of Virginia. Interview. Complete list of names and other info, maintained by Sander de Voogt. Interview in which we learn about his fondness for Corel Draw as a type design tool.

    Near the end of 2012, he posted this comment on his web site: Fifteen years ago, I embarked on a wonderful voyage of discovery, when I created my very first font with Fontographer 3.15. My maiden voyages were, frankly, rather clunky and amateurish, but I have been told that they showed promise. Well, sure enough, thanks to the diligent (and patient) efforts of Ilene Strizver, I polished up my craft enough to sell my humble efforts---first as a sideline business and, since 2006, as my full-time job. In total, I have produced over eleven hundred fonts---almost five hundred of them freeware fonts, which I conservatively estimate have been downloaded and enjoyed by over three million people worldwide. Unfortunately, this past year has brought a series of unanticipated setbacks, culminating in the loss of my wife's beautiful mind and soul to the scourge of alcoholism. In an effort to generate extra income to cover the expenses for her long-term care, I have proposed a number of, I believe, innovative ways to revamp the online font business; unfortunately, those efforts have fallen flat, primarily due to the professional font community's abject fear of crossing the $165 million Elephant in the Room. I even offered a special discount rate of 75% off retail price for full-time students of Typohile Forum. To date, there have been zero takers. Hell: even the webfont kit of one of my own fonts which I purchased from myfonts.com turned out to be an empty folder. Talk about a run of bad luck. Which leaves my with you, dear readers. If you or someone you know has had fun or made a buck from my humble efforts throughout the years, please donate whatever you can---even a lousy dollar would help---to help me out. I would greatly appreciate it.

    Home page. Dafont link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link.

    View the typefaces designed by Nick Curtis. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nick Curtis
    [Nick Curtis: Stencil typefaces]

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    Nick Curtis
    [Art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis: II]

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    Nick Curtis
    [Art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis: I]

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    Nick Curtis
    [Nick Curtis: Commercial typefaces]

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    Nick Curtis: Commercial typefaces
    [Nick Curtis]

    Nick Curtis (b. Chicago, 1948) lived in Texas from 1952-1997. Since 1997, he is in Gaithersburg, MD and Alexandria, MD. Since the 1990s, he has been designing fonts, first for free, and then commercially. He had a great reputation as a "revivalist" type designer, with a particular interest in retro fonts and art deco types. In 2003, his site had become too popular and too expensive to maintain, and thus he went commercial as Nick's Fonts. Interview. Free downloads at TypOasis. Complete list of names and other info, maintained by Sander de Voogt. Interview in which we learn about his fondness for Corel Draw as a type design tool. Home page. His free fonts are listed elsewhere.

    On MyFonts, he says this about himself: Nick's Fonts is a modest little foundry dedicated to the preservation of our rich typographic heritage. Most of the foundry's designs are based on authentic historical sources, gleaned from the massive collections of the Library of Congress. If you are looking for a font that captures the essence of the Wild West, the Gay Nineties or the Jazz Age, look here first: if it is not in the catalog, it will be soon. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nick Curtis: Stencil typefaces
    [Nick Curtis]

    Nick Curtis designed these stencil typefaces:

    • Bo Diddlioni Stencil NF.
    • DeStencilNF (2003, free). Based on this poster.
    • Dittem Datum NF (2009).
    • East India Company NF (2011). A faithful revival of Tea Chest (1939, Robert Harling at Stephenson Blake).
    • Geodezyx NF (2008). An ultra-geometric stencil display face.
    • Graphic Stylin NF (2006). A script stencil typeface with an art nouveau feel.
    • Jeanneret NF (2011): after architect Le Corbusier, whose real name was Charles Edouard Jeanneret.
    • Loading Dock NF (2006). A stencil patterned after the lettering produced by the Marsh Stencil Making Machine.
    • Lyric Stencil (2008).
    • Matthews Modern Stencil NF (2004). Based on lettering artist Eric Matthews.
    • Mister Bones NF (2011). Based on Solotype's Alpha Midnight.
    • Odalisque Stencil (2008). An art deco font based on Morris Fuller Benton's Chic, 1927.
    • Pearson Stencil NF (2004). Based on a 1923 offering by F.A. Pearson in Ticket and showcard designing.
    • Shiver Me Timber NF (2006). An eroded stencil typeface based on old Victor Hammer designs.
    • Waxahachie WBW (2005). A Victorian stencil face.
    • Zuider Zee NF (2004). A strongly geometric stencil typeface based on a 1937 travel brochure for the Dutch Mails Shipping Company.
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    Nick Kandy
    [Grinder Collective]

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    Nick Keppol

    Brooklyn, NY-based letterer, illustrator and type designer. Behance link. Creator of nice type posters, as well as a few typefaces such as Copola Stencil (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nico Inosanto
    [Nootype]

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    Nico Schweizer

    New Yorker (b. 1969) who graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1993 and set up a studio in Hoboken, NJ. In 2004, Nico moved to Tuscany, and then Switzerland with his young family. He started a line of wooden children's toys in 2005, and later he ran a small agency for identity and website design in Zurich. He returned to the NY area in 2013, and since 2016, he has been a design director at The New Yorker magazine.

    He designed Albroni (1992, a revival of the slinky 1950 typeface Albro by Alexey Brodovitch), Hoboken-High (1998: an octagonal typeface), Typ1451 (1999, a very airy and open-bowled sans serif), LeCorbusier (great stencil font, 1999), Le Corbusier Condensed (1999), Gigaflop (1999) and Ultrateens (1999) at Lineto.

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    Nicola Ivec

    Nicola Ivec (Australia) created mainly children's handwriting fots. These include A Fat Child (2010), A little bit fanc-aaay (2010), Just That Neat (2010), Sticks and Stones (2010), You are just an idiot (2010), Hearts and Smarts (2010), Nicola (2010) and English Boredom (2010). Other typefaces from 2010: Schools and Rules, Capital Fun, Dotty Spotty, Slightly Covered Up, Stencil Pencil, Little Miss Script, Scri-Bubble, Fatso D, Bored in Science, Niki Chunkiee, Emily Smyth, Bayley Moroney, Back to School, Dunno tell me then, and Celine Ingram, Light it up like it's dynamite, Blocks, In The Stars, Just while he's speaking, Curly Twirly, To Love You, Holly Meier, Lego Blocks, Vous devez telecharger, I think your beautiful too.

    Creations in 2011: Goodbye 4 now, Goodbye 4 Good, I Like You Stay In My Life, Pokemon, J'aime le poisson, Cupid's gonna get ya, What the fudgesticks.

    Typefaces from 2013: Procrastinating.

    Another Fontspace link. And another one. Tumblr link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nicolas Baillargeon

    Nicolas Baillargeon (Montreal) is a talented art director. His campaign for Tabasco (2011) is outstanding.

    In 2011, he made an unnamed 3d typeface and the curly family Shoelace. Reserva (2011) is a vintage stencil family made for a brand called Reserve 51 for the Bâton Rouge restaurant. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nicolas Magallon

    Zaragoza, Spain-based designer of Finura (2016), a deco stencil typeface inspired by Gotham. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nicolas Massi

    Graphic designer in Buenos Aires who is also involved in Tomo Fonts. His typefaces, dated 2009, include Tesca (a condensed-modern grotesque typeface. Three styles: Flaca, Normal&Gorda), and Arco (a fat face with some geometrical tweaks grabbing fresh and ideal for fashion editorial headlines). With Rodrigo Fuenzalida, he created the textura typeface Pirata+One (2012, Google Web Fonts).

    He is working on Tesca Specimen, San Francisco, Quick Pick (brush), Mick's, Jumper, Alask (brush), Royal Twins, Clas (brush script).

    In 2018, Nicolas Massi and Leonard Posavec co-designed Storehouse, a vintage all caps copperplate family with small wedge serifs. It includes a stencil style, San Francisco, Quick Pick (brush), Mick's, Jumper, Alask (brush), Royal Twins, Clas (brush script).

    Free typefaces by Massi include Braulio (2020; based on Futura Maxi Demi and a post by Braulio Amado), and Sato Sans (2020).

    MyFonts link. Behance link. Typedia link. Github link for Nicolas Massi. Nico Works link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nik Thoenen
    [Binnenland.Ch]

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    Niklaus Troxler

    Designer (b. 1947, Willisau, Switzerland) of several multicolored type experiments, such as one called Children are the rhythm of the world (2004, stencil letters). The pictures below are taken from the thesis of Thomas L'Excellent.

    Since 1998, Niklaus teaches at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Niko Design Works (was: 643 Double Play Combi)
    [Shiroishi Tetsuya]

    Shiroishi Tetsuya is the main type designer at Niko Design Works (which was 643 Double Play Combi): he created these free Latin and kana fonts: Niko Stamp (2008), Doremi, Hokuo, Treering (2006, multiline display face), Peeton, HanaHana (2006, a simple sans), SampleFont, Tenderheart (sans), Loop (2-line sans), Ger (2004, stencil), Tette Bitmap (2004, pixel face), Tomoro (2004), Hankul (2003), Caramel (2005), Oioi (2005), Panda (2005, multiline sans), Orecle DB (2004, techno, not free), Heart (2004), Glasses (2004, scratchy handwriting), Score (2004, pixel face), Sweeeet (2004, liquid), Ipop (2004, simple sans), Tette (2004, Bank Gothic lookalike), Disco (2005, condensed sans display family), Mamichan (2005, children's handwriting), Smile Smile (2005), ShinAkitsu Salon (2005), Zansin (2005), Clover (2005), Miscellaneous Good (2004, clean sans), Spacewalk (2005, futuristic), Air (2005, artsy). This site also has free typefaces by

    • Mami Kanbayashi (2003-2004, Mamichan--a child's handwriting).
    • Shiho Okada (2004, Kawaiippoi).
    • Martha (2004, Martha---a handwriting face).
    • Chie Hirano (2005, Smile Smile--a comic book family), Potteri (hand-printed).
    • Aki Maruyama (2004, Fittonia--a handwriting face).
    • Iccicoron: Kinokoset (kana), Colors, Olive (2007, hand-printed).
    • Yoshiko Tsukaue: Minimocha (2006, Latin handwriting face).
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    Niko Fernandez

    Brazilian art director who has worked with with Tony de Marco at Just in Type. From Brazil, he moved to Amsterdam. His typeface Concreta (2011, done with Tony de Marco) is a stencil typeface in the Bauhaus and piano key styles. It was inspired by the work of Josef Albers.

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    Nikola Djurek
    [Typonine]

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    Nils Thomsen
    [Nils Types]

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    Nils Types
    [Nils Thomsen]

    Nils Thomsen or Nils Thomsen-Habermann, (Kiel, Germany) is a graduate of the Masters program in type design at KABK, 2010. Before that, he did a Bachelor of Arts in 2009 at Muthesius Academy of Arts and Design Kiel, Germany. From 2011 Nils Thomsen worked at Bureau Johannes Erler in Hamburg for two years. He set up Nils Types in 2013 and co-founded Typemates with Jakob Runge (Ortenbach) and Lisa Fischenbach (Hamburg).

    During this time he participated in the redesign of the German daily, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, ca. 2012, contributing to its new corporate typeface, SZ (Serif, Sans, Sans Condensed, Text, 40 fonts in all). Nils writes: In 2011 and 2012 I participated on the corporate typeface for the German daily, "Süddeutsche Zeitung", at the office "Bureau ErlerSkibbeToensmann". Hand in hand with type designer Henning Skibbe and art director Christian Tönsmann the different styles and weights were carefully designed. The technical part was edited by fontshop.com. SZ Text is based on Excelsior (Chauncey H. Griffith, 1931). The new typeface got narrower and the capitals smaler and lighter. To this we added lots of new details, which worked better and made it overall more efficient in tight columns and line spacing. SZ Serif is based on SZ Text and replaced the "Times" (Stanley Morison, 1931). Higher contrast and slightly narrower letter shapes makes it more useful for headline typography. SZ Sans is designed for strong headlines and replaces "Helvetica" (Max Miedinger, 1957). Simple and silent shapes gives the right touch to the neutral character of "Süddeutsche Zeitung". SZ Sans Condensed is made for tables in the sport or economy segment. It replaces FF Unit (Erik Spiekermann & Christian Schwartz, 2003-2011).

    His typefaces:

    • Conto Compressed, Conto Narrow, Conto Condensed, all made in 2015.
    • Jabana (2014), Jabana Alt (2015) and Jabana Extras (2015). A compressed rounded font family, with dingbats, designed for menus. It is the first font in his own foundry, Nils Types, est. 2013. It was inspired by having a Schorle at Hamburg's coffee bars. There also is a custom version of Jabana for Lufthansa Magazin.
    • Meret (2010) was his KABK graduation project. Meret is a typeface family for news, designed for tight columns and narrow interlinear space. The family includes six weights from light to black in upright and italic style. Christian Schwartz selected Meret in 2011 for use in the American magazine Fast Company. Meret won an award in 2013 at the Communication Art Magazine competition, and in 2011 at the Letter.2 type design competition, organized by the Association Typographique Internationale. It is now part of the OurType foundry collection.
    • Perpetua (revival): Done at KABK in 2009-2010.
    • Tretton (2009): an elliptic sans that constituted his Bachelors graduation project.
    • Conto (2014). A minimalist sans family. Extended some time later in 2014 to Conto Slab.
    • In 2016, Lufthansa Magazin commisioned Nils Thomsen and Max Nelles (of G+J Corporate Editors) to create a fun hand-drawn font.
    • Comspot and Comspot Tec (2017). A large typeface family with rounded corners and a typewriter feel.
    • Mikkel (2018, TypeMates). A versatile creamy / bouncy grocery market or cartoon script family.
    • In 2019, Jakob Runge, Nils Thomsen and Lisa Fischbach released Halvar and wrote: Halvar, a German engineered type system that extends to extremes. With bulky proportions and constructed forms, Halvar is a pragmatic grotesk with the raw charm of an engineer. A type system ready to explore, Halvar has 81 styles, wide to condensed, hairline to black, roman to oblique and then to superslanted, structured into three subfamilies: the wide Breitschrift, regular Mittelschrift and condensed Engschrift. Halvar Stencil, which was released simultaneously, is a German engineering stencil font family.
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    Nils von Blanc

    German graphic designer and photographer. His free fonts, all dated 2008: Reclaim (grunge), Space Pez (2008, dot matrix, almost kitchen type), Starry Stitch (stitching font), L-MEN-RAVE-IT (handwriting), Neon (Neon sign font; also reminds me of the logo of the Neon car), Reclaim (stencil), Urban Brush (2008), Urban Rubber, Urban Sketch, Stahlbetontraeger-College (athletic lettering), Stahlbetontrger-Compressed, Stahlbetontrger-Outline, Stahlbetontrger-Stripes (all inspired by Patric Schwarz's original Stahlbeton), Urban-Sketch, Urban-Constructed.

    At FontStruct, he made the pixel typeface SPACE PEZ (2008).

    Fonts from 2009: Defatted Milk (condensed sans).

    In 2012, he published the striped typeface Zebretica, and the hand-printed outline typeface Kalligedoens. In 2016, he added Karopapier (octagonal typeface).

    Behance link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nina Chen

    Graduate of Academy Of Art University, who grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. San Francisco, CA-based designer of the rounded stencil typeface tube (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nina Ivanovic

    During her graphic design studies in Zagreb, Croatia, Nina Ivanovic designed the typewriter-style typeface Baraka (2013, +Stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nining Setianingsih
    [Exima Co]

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    Nippa Downey

    Nippa Downey (DJ Nippa) is the creator in 2008 at FontStruct of these typefaces: NCD Paperclip (2008), NCD Paperclip Closed, the NCD Black Square family (2008, he writes: The Black Square of Kazimir Malevich is one of the most famous creations of Russian art in the last century. The first Black Square was painted in 1915 to become the turning point in the development of Russian avant-garde.), Snake, Snake Rebel, Mooch Rounded II and Mooch Squared II.

    Additions in 2009: The NCD Dot Matrix family (many styles), NCD Grand Theft Autostruct (based on the logo for the Playstation/Xbox computer game "Grand Theft Auto"), NCD Dorky Corners Sans, NCD Amphibian (+Stencil), NCD Blagger (+Stencil), NCD Gigantica2, NCD Gigantica, NCD Brick Stacker, NCD Amoeba family (dot matrix), NCD Deejayon (nice), NCD Blagger (+Stencil), NCD Phusion Bold (octagonaal), NCD PS Magazine (+2) (octagonal), NCD Fabrica 50 (vertical stripes), NCD Scansion, NCD Octangle 20, NCD Neopolicia Harlequin, NCD Reinforcia (piano key, stencilized), NCD White Picket Fence, NCD Autonium Small Caps (not free...).

    In 2010, he created the NCD Chromica family (athletic lettering typefaces) and NCD Bezica 10 (elliptical), NCD Nu Arc Stencil Linked, NCD Nu Arc Linked Stencil, NCD Edding 5.0 (brush), NCD Patchwork (texture face), NCD Embroidery (+Comp Size), NCD Snippa Sharp (2011), NCD Nufraktura Gothic (2009), NCD Autonium Small Caps.

    Typefaces from 2012: NCD Black Square, NCD Black Square II.

    Typefaces from 2013: NCD Neopolicia (+Drop Serif, +Harlequin, +Jump Drop), NCD Grand Theft Autostruct (based on the logo for the Playstation/Xbox computer game "Grand Theft Auto"), NCD Isometrica Horizontal 1 (3d block face), NCD Mooch Squared, NCD Mooch Rounded II.

    In 2014, his striped octagonal art deco typeface NCD Deconium SC Black Serif Inlines won an award at the FontStruct Inline Font Competition. Other typefaces from 2014 include NCD Reinforcia and NCD Dottica Serif 60.

    Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Niram Factory
    [Tharique Azeez]

    Niram Factory is run by Tharique Azeez, the London, UK and Sri Lanka-based designer of the commercial (originally, free) hand-drawn outline font Verumai (2014), the hand-drawn Solvanam (2014), the handcrafted Melampus (2014), the hand-drawn slab serif Amutham (2014), Aaram (2014, a monoline circle-based sans family), Rain & Neer (2014), the hand-drawn Ecstatic (2014), Nimiran (2014), Neythal (2014, free), Neythal Tamil (2014, free), Padagu (2014, a poster font), Besty (2014, a display typeface family), and the shaky hand font Rise Star Hand (2014). In 2011-2013, Kosala Senevirathne, Siva Puranthara, Lasantha Premarathna and Tharique Azeez co-designed the free stencil typeface family Post No Bills (Fontsquirrel link).

    Typefaces from 2015: Chaseera (a display sans with pizzazz), Neythal (free Comic Sans style Latin / Tamil typeface), Marziona (a gorgeous heavy brush font), Silgoumy (connected monoline script), Goldes, Tamil Didot.

    Typefaces from 2016: Icings (a free handcrafted typeface), Pavanam (a free Google Font for Latin (based on Vernon Adams's Pontano Sans) and Tamil; Github link), Kavinavar (a free Google Font for Latin and Tamil, whose slanted letterforms for Tamil are inspired by a manuscript by Kavivanar M. A. Azeez (1948-2002), a Tamil poet and educator who lived in Sri Lanka).

    Typefaces from 2017: Sofeeda (a free handcrafted typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Stick No Bills (a Latin / Sinhala font by Kosala Senevirathne, Siva Puranthara, Lasantha Premarathna and Tharique Azeez, Google Fonts, Mooniak).

    Dafont link. Fontspace link. Creative Market link [for buying his typefaces]. Behance link. Open Font Library link. Home page. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    No Regular Fonts
    [Alexander Sheliketo]

    Goryachiy Klyuch, Russia-based creator of the unruly Rhyhorn (2016), the brush typeface Come Alive (2016), the free sans typeface North (2016), the free piano key typeface Kicker (2016), which is a bit in the style of Wim Crouwel's famous Hiroshima poster. He also made Fearless (2016), Zephyr (2016), the free rounded squarish typeface Futures (2016), and the 6-style display typeface Marlen (2016), which includes deco and stencil options. Skeleton (2016) is inspired by human skeletons.

    Typefaces from 2017: Rocket, Nerd (hipster family), Zerr (heavy brush style). Buy the fonts here. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Noafontry

    Indonesian designer of the scary typeface Sinyster (2017), the techno typeface Eversee (2017), Eversee Gold (2017), and the stencil sans typeface Aquos (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Noah Ross

    Californian FontStructor (aka winty5, b. 2002) who made these typefaces in 2012: 5Stenserif, 5Stencipix, 5GeoZtenzil, 5GeoSolid, 5 Quadrislash (kitchen tile face), 5 Micropix, 5Reverserif, 5Curvo, Shadow, Circlex (kitchen tile face), Quadrupus, Dissolvis, Rossian Alphabet, Fatty, Payperklipz, Roboto Sans and Roboto Serif, Krakk, Arkadeland (pixel face), Pew Pew Pew, Kalium Sans, Tini, Hexa, Pyramis, Doodley, Maaschine, Hexor, Digitus, Quark, Blobbie, W5's Remix, Laser Cannon, Poke, Razorblade, Titanium and Titanium II (blocky monospaced stencil).

    Typefaces from 2013: 5Zanin, 5Tintin, Chyldren, 5 Goldminer (Western font), 5 Circuit Board, 5 Mikrothin (pixelish), 5 Crayoned, 5Blockletter, 5 Mikropix, 5 Computron, 5 Letterblack, 5 Singlebrik, 5 Kitty, 5 Mikrodotz, 5 Didgit (+Solid, +Stencil), 5 Microchip, 5 Hexpix, 5 Band (ultra-condensed), 5 Futurex, 5 Zero, 5 Pixwriter, 5 Caveman, 5 Ultramini, 5 Foundation, 5 Structonix, 5 Stenserif, 5 Psycho (labyrinthine), 5 Med Grids, Skribal, 5 Carnival (Western, slab serif), Undersea, Jester, 5 Winter Sans, 5 Zlash, 5 Darius, 5 Drop That Bass, 5 Computerized (LED face), 5 Kallum Sans Neue (octagonal), 5 Final Frontier, 5 Muta Sans, 5 Med Grid, 5 Dagger Unicase, 5 Threezy, 5 Curvo, 5 Railway Script (upright connected script), 5 Champagne, 13/5 Atom Sans, S Tekknosystem (techno), 5 Maach, 5 Dotmatrix 1979, 5 Skware cat Scratch Fever, 5 Pixdeath, 5 Metrik (octagonal), Droido, Skribble Black, Kindergarten, 5 Recieptprint (pixel face), 5 Monopix (pixel face), 5 Contrastio, 5 Beans, 5 Beans II, 5 Geomedings, 5 Fatal Error, 5 Identification Mono, 5 Megabam, 5 Futurebit, 5 Space Station, 5 Computers in Love.

    Typefaces from 2014: 5 Kreeper, Mad Pixels, 5 Zonex, Robot Killer, Roman New Times (grunge), Devastation.

    Dafont link. Another Dafont link as Noah the Awesome. Aka Winter Design Studio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nobufont (was: Honey and Death)
    [Mitsutoshi Nobusawa]

    Honey and Death offers free fonts designed by Mitsutoshi Nobusawa: The list: BlackoronAlp (2003), BlackoronKat, BlindfaithB (2003, experimental), BlindfaithBO, BlindfaithL, BlindfaithLO, BlindfaithO, BlindfaithR, BlindfaithRB, BlindfaithRBO, BlindfaithRL, BlindfaithRLO, BlindfaithRO, BlindfaithRR, ConnectlinePlains (2003, upright connected script), ConnectlineRail, ConnectlineSta, Constellation (2003, a planar graph), CooberBlackKat (2004, named after Cooper Black), CooberBlackOblKat, Dotline (2007, dotted line face), DotlineBold, DotlineHeavy, DotlineKat, DotlineLight, Dotline Slim (2017), FatfontInline (2004, psychedelic), FatfontOutline, FatfontSolid, GalaxyfaceAno (2003, experimental), GalaxyfaceHirAno, GalaxyfaceHirReg, GalaxyfaceKatAno, GalaxyfaceKatReg, GalaxyfaceReg, Griffinize (2003), HoneycombOut (hexagonal), HoneycombReg (2004), HoneycombSol, Ironbeadsfont (2005), Judaslike (2006), JudaslikeBegin, JudaslikeEnd, Keymaps (2004, a dot font), KnitfontA (2005), KnitfontB, LayerfaceOutline (2003, comic book style), LayerfaceSolid, LayerfaceUnion, Lightningvolt (2005), Lovedrops (2004), MakestencilAlp (2004), MechamaruAlp (2006), MechamaruKat, Paddleface (2003, Western), RyusenHir (2003), RyusenKat, Saigi, SeizaHir (2003), SeizaKat, Skateandfont (2003), Spacy (2003, letters made of bubbles), Sparkling (2003, another planar graph), Strongcil (2003, octagonal stencil), TansanHir (2003), TansanKat, TapefontAlp (2004), TapefontAlt, TapefontKat, Westerner (2006, Western face), Zigzag (2003). Direct download of the type 1 fonts and the truetype fonts. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Noctambulum

    Argentinian creator of Bairestijl (2011, a De Stijl stencil face) and Opus Pix (2011, an artsy pixel face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Noor Alzaher

    During her studies at University of Dammam, Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia-based Noor Alzaher designed the rounded stencil typeface Domino (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nootype
    [Nico Inosanto]

    Nootype (Nico Inosanto) is a Swiss type foundry in Neuchatel. Typefaces made in 2013 include Merry Scriptmas (free didone), the geometric sans family Radikal, and Selfico, which is characterized by a symmetric g and y. Selfica (2013) is the sans companion of Selfico.

    Fitigraf (2013) is a mix between a classical serif font and graffiti street art.

    Agilis (2013) is a free text typeface with bulging glyphs.

    Helia (2013) is a 16-style sans family. Helia Core (2013) is a companion typeface.

    Dorica (2013) is a 14-style sturdy stocky serif family optimized for small point sizes.

    Felice (2013) is a classic text family that defies classification.

    Retrostar (2013) is a sans typeface that mixes some humanism wirth art deco.

    Typefaces from 2014: Kleide (a scriptish typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2016: Primera (a wide sans), Stratic Script, Solanel (sans), Devinyl (a potpourri of all caps styles with Inline, Acier, Fold, Inline, Line, Vinyl and Stencil versions), Rubiesque (a mix of humanist and grotesque elements in a sans), Rubis (the serifes companion of Rubiesque).

    Typefaces from 2017: Solanel (sans).

    Typefaces from 2018: Qiproko (stencil).

    Typefaces from 2019: Bric Sans (octagonal; a college font family), Nicolette Script (by Nico Inosanto and Nicky Laatz), Bricbrac (octagonal and layered).

    Typefaces from 2020: Strikt Sans (an 8-style curvy sans), Lazare Grotesk. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Norman Baker

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of bauhouse, i_love_fontstruct (horizontal stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nouvelle Etiquette

    Studio in Metz, France, that designed crate-and-barrel stencil numbers for the wine label Closerie des Moussis (2014). They also designed the typefaces Titine (2014: developed for the comic book writer Yan Lindingre, from his handwriting) and Messine (2013: a serif typeface designed and developed with a group of students under the direction of Alejandro Lo Celso and Jérôme Knebusch for the magazine of the Ecole Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine-Metz: Le Salon). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Nouvelle Noire
    [Clovis Vallois]

    Type and graphic design studio in Zurich, run by Clovis Vallois and Anton Studer.

    Clovis Vallois (b. Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris) graduated in 2006 after studying visual communication in Freiburg, Germany. He worked for six months at the Studio Philippe Apeloig in Paris and subsequently set up his own design business. Clovis continued his studies in type design at the Zurich University of the Arts and graduated in 2008. Since then he has been working part-time at the Zurich University of the Arts while is running his design studio. In 2009 he was awarded with the Tokyo Type Directors Club 'Prize Nominee Work' for the Unknown Alphabet poster. In 2018, he designed NNNoire.

    Anton Studer (b. Zürich, Switzerland) graduated as a graphic designer in 2006 and has since been working in the field of visual communication and type design. Anton Studer teaches part time at the Zurich University of the Arts in Zurich and at the Swiss college of textiles in Wattwil. He is the founding member of the Atelier Bubentraum which is an interdisciplinary design collective. Besides working extensively on several experimental font projects he has also worked on typeface projects with André Baldinger in Paris and developed the font Frank which is available at die Gestalten in Berlin and the Archiv Family which won Bronze at the European Design Award in Rotterdam in 2010. Anton was also awarded the Tokyo Type Directors Club 'Prize Nominee Work' for the Archiv typeface he created.

    In 2012, the people at Nouvelle Noire in Zurich helped produce several of Apeloig's typefaces:

    • The geometric modular experimental typeface ABF.
    • ABF Lineaire (2013). A stencil typeface with elements of LED letters.
    • ABF Silhouette (2009). Based on ABF Petiit, this typeface was developed for the 2009 conference on the Space and Architecture of Libraries.
    • ABF Petit. Custom designed as part of a new corporate identity for the Association des Bibliothécaires de France.
    • Coupé (2013): The font Coupé is based on the streamlined elegance of vintage sports cars. Apeloig designed these letterforms for an exhibition of fashion designer Ralph Lauren?~@~Ys car collection. The exhibition made its European premiere at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris accompanied by a poster inspired by the clean engineering of the automobiles.
    • Poudre (2013). This font was created by Apeloig for a poster advertising an exhibition on the prolific inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel. Apeloig's concept was inspired by Nobel's invention of dynamite and work with subatomic particles.
    • Ali (2013). An origami stencil typeface.
    • Aleph (1994). Based on a simple arc, and influenced by Excoffon's Banco (1952).

    The Nouvelle Noire typefaces:

    • Medien (2009-2011). A sans typeface by Anton Studer created as a multipurpose all-media design.
    • Ernesto (2010). Created originally for the corporate identity of EWERK Freiburg, Germany. He says: The Ernesto typeface combines the grotesque and the geometrization of the past times to the modern times. Ernesto adopts the diagonal slant of the architecture in some letters of the alphabet.
    • Rekja (2009-2011, Anton Studer at Nouvelle Noire). This rounded transitional typeface won an award at TDC2 2012.
    • Rektorat (2018, Nouvelle Noire and Rudolf Barmettler): In 2001, during a renovation of the Zurich School of Applied Arts and Crafts (today ZHdK), hand lettered signage was discovered hidden behind ancient wallpaper. The letters were individually painted and had been applied by hand in 1930 as signage for the modernist building. The letter designs are assumed to be the work of Ernst Keller. Between 2001 and 2004, Prof. Rudolf Barmettler, in collaboration with students, digitized the letters and combined them into fonts. In conjunction with the recent renovation of the Design Museum, Prof. Barmettler, in collaboration with the Zurich-based type foundry Nouvelle Noire, has drawn Rektorat, a type family based on this historical lettering.
    • NN Forever Grotesk (2020). A wonderful entrance into the world of Helvetica and Univers. Modernist, almost hipster, modifications were introduced to make one smile (in their own words). While great, the walking stick of the capital G is (intentionally) too thin and cripples the design. Otherwise it is very refreshing. Under pressure, renamed later in 2020 to NN Nouvelle Grotesk.

    Behance link. Clovis Vallois and Anton Studer spoke at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Novo Typo (was: Atelier van Wageningen)
    [Mark van Wageningen]

    Mark van Wageningen is a Dutch type designer. Born in 1969, Mark studied graphic design at the Amsterdam Graphic School and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam before he founded Novo Typo in 2012. Mark lives in Amsterdam. Novo Typo is the type foundry of Atelier van Wageningen.

    In January 2015 Mark started the Typewood project. Typewood is a research project about designing, deconstructing, and transforming multicolored digital typefaces into wooden type for letterpress. Ziza, a corresponding project with lead type, followed in 2016. Both projects show the future of multicolored typeface design through the revitalization and deconstruction of typographic traditions. Mark wrote several books about chromatic type design such as the Novo Typo Color Book (2017) and Color and Type (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019).

    The display type Stavba (inspired by Rodchenko's constructivist lettering) appeared in 1994 as a part of his presentation for his final examination at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and was later renamed Ärst. He continues making display types on his own account. He created the fonts Linotype Cerny (1995, caps only), Linotype Laika and Linotype Sjablony (a roughened stencil font) in 1997.

    Fontshop and 2Rebels sell his Gagarin family (2000), which include Anna (constructivist and unicase), Boris, Christa, Dmitri (MICR), Eleno, Fjodor, Gregor, Hektor (stencil), Igor, Youri, Leonora (with Nele Reyniers), Magda (with Nele Reyniers), Ossip and Petrov (LED simulation). As he tells it, four Russians, Gustav Klucis, Vladimir Majakovski, Alexander Rodchenko en Gregory Rasputin each had an affair with Anna Gagarin, and out of all that came forth Boris, Christa, Dimitri, Elena, Fjodor, Gregor, Hektor, Igor, Jouri, Kurt, Leonora, Magda, Nina, Ossip, Petrov, Quirina, Rudolf and Sonia.

    Atelier Van Wageningen made the curly typeface HC type (2010) for packaging.

    Typefaces from 2012 include NT Lucien, NT Plakaty (poster font), NT Theo, the NT Gagarin family, NT Zkumavka (rough stencil based on stencils from the 1920s in Russia; first published in 1995-2002 at Two Rebels), NT Cornelia (wood type caps), NT Novo (with Novo Alla, Bila, Cela, Dada, Enno, Fika, Gigo, Halu (art deco)), Louis Douze and Therese Quatorze, Caren (a soft-edged corporate typeface for a Dutch women's organization, Vrouwen van Nu).

    Typefaces from 2013: NT Guru (a layered ornamental type system), Sjiq (with a crazy roofed lower case s), and flower photographic typefaces such as Fall, Lily and Pure. Novo Typo also made several corporate typefaces.

    Typefaces from 2014: NT Wolf (layered typeface), NT Yaki (hipster layered font family), NT Fest (a curly inline caps face).

    Typefaces from 2015: NT Fata (a layered decorative font family), NT Rashmir (Indic simulation inspired by Sanskrit; styles Amal, Baya and Cyra), Bixa (Bixa Color minisite: a multicolored wood type; winner at TDC 2016 and ProtoType in 2016).

    Creative Market link. Behance link. Linotype link. FontShop link. Another Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Now Type
    [Lucas Franco]

    Brazilian type foundry run by Lucas Franco (Italian Brazilian, b. 2001), his father Claudio Rocha (Italian Brazilian, b. 1957) and his mother, Milena Mainieri (Italian Brazilian, b. 1969), which is currently based in The Netherlands. Their typefaces:

    • Comic Voss (2017): Alain Voss was a comics artist born in France, he spent his early life in Brazil, and moved to France in 1972. From 1975 he worked for the experimental Metal Hurlant, Tobiaze, parodies of famous comics characters such as Popeye, Asterix and Superman, the series Anarcity (influenced by Phillip K. Dick's work), and the strip Zensetos. He returned to Brazil in 1981, and during the rest of his life collaborated with Brazilian publishers. In 1982 he won the European Album of the Year Award for Adrénaline. Comic Voss is the work of digitalisation of the hand letters present is Alain Voss' comic books and graphic works. The font has an informal look and a slight inclination, that gives a sense of speed and unconventionality. The typeface has 4 weights (regular, medium, bold and black), 26 ligatures, arrows and a complete set with 256 glyphs.
    • Antonio Maria (2017): Antonio Maria, a font by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco, takes its shapes from the lettering found in the cover of Afixação Proibida (Display Prohibited), a book by the Portuguese poet Antonio Maria de Lisboa (1928-1953). In fact, Antonio Maria was the leader-writer of Afixação Proibida, a collective manifesto from 1949, that initiated the surrealist movement in Portugal. It is an inverted-contrast typeface with 150 ligatures and a large character set.
    • Ciclope (2017): Ciclope was launched during the 1930s by the Fonderia Tipografica Reggiani, a type foundry based in Milan. The font was created under the guidance of Guido Modiano, a modernist typographer. The typeface has a strong and bold look, characteristic of the Italian art deco style.
    • Maggiore (2017): Maggiore, designed by Lucas Franco, takes inspiration from the 1930s Italian Art Deco style, with strong geometrical shapes, synthetic forms with no counters at all. The upper case keyboard keys offer straight and economical letterforms, while the lower case keyboard keys contain letterforms with subtle and angled nicks.
    • Mefistofele. A revival in 2018 by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco of the modular stencil typeface Mefistofele (1930, Reggiani foundry).
    • Rudolf Titling (Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha), a typeface that won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018.
    • Franco Titling (Lucas Franco). Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award.
    • Agora Titling Extra Light (2018). By Claudio Rocha.
    • Peterson Titling (2020). A condensed titling typeface with slab vertical serifs that pays homage to the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.
    • Franco Stone (2018-2020, Lucas Franco). A tapered display typeface. Buy it at CAST.
    • Rudolf Antiqua and Rudolf Initials (2018). A faithful revival of Rudolf Koch's Koch Antiqua (1922). Followed by Rudolf Text (2017-2020, Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha).
    • Doctrine (2019-2020< Lucas Franco). Chiseled and almost uncial.
    • Aurelio Titling and Aurelio Unicase (2018, Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha). Originally, it was created as a logotype for the Ultima Forma design studio in the 1990s. Based on 19th century wood types. The unicase font is a Bradbury Thompson's Alphabet 26 reboot.
    • Woodeco. An art deco wood type. No date. No designer.
    • Georges Deco (2017, Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha). Georges Deco is based on the ornate lettering found in the Art Deco lettering book, Modèles de Lettres Modernes, published in 1939 by the French interior designer Georges Léculier.
    • Solferini (2019). A rounded squarish typeface by Natalia Solferini, Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha, based on the lettering of Brazilian artist Gil Duarte (aka Binario Armada).
    • Pierre Deco. A wide octagonal typeface inspired by letters in the title page of the 1929 edition of Vies imaginaires, a collection of twenty-two semi-biographical short stories by Marcel Schwob, published by French book club association Le Livre Contemporain, which showcases wood engravings by Pierre Bouchet of George Barbier's illustrations. No date. No designer identified.
    • Entulho (2011-2018). A stencil typeface by Ricardo Mayer, Lucas Franco and Claudio Rocha.
    • Scarpa Titling (2019, Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco). An all caps typeface based on a nameplate found on the front door of a shoemaker in Treviso, Northern Italy.
    • Anton (2020, by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco). An art deco typeface modeled after a Dutch deco type seen on the Anton Antonius Kurvers's cover of Wendingen in 1927.
    • Spinface (2020). An experimental turned letter font by Claudio Rocha and Lucas Franco.
    • Etna Futurist (2020, Claudio Rocha & Lucas Franco). Digital interpretation of Etna, a wood type produced by the Italian type foundry Xilografia Meneghello & Belluzzo, in the 1920s.
    • Hendrik (2021, by Claudio Rocha & Lucas Franco). A revival of Simplex (Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos, 1937).
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    NREY
    [Andriy Dykun]

    Makeevka, Donetsk, Ukraine-based designer of these typefaces in 2017: Vector Waves, Quasimodo (a free spurred and curvy decorative display typeface), Courtney (monoline script), Lumberjack (blackletter; see also Lumberjack Zombie in 2019), Marvin (a 10-font Marvin Heemeyer-inspired bulldozer and wrench font family with a free heavy slab serif), Awakening (signage script), Bang Bang, Round Compound, Rot Shield (blackletter), Rust (spurred), Furious, Dry Brush, Balalaika (Cyrillic emulation typeface), Moustache, Barbara (script), Arigato, The Pontifice (blackletter), Amsterdam, Megapolis (inline), Megapolis Black Bold (free, for Latin and Cyrillic), Phoenix Gothic, Brush Pen, Nround (rounded sans), DieCunst (free connected script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Fontuna (+stencil), Sansterdam (a geometric condensed grotesk with a few deco styles), Ethna (a fashion mag sans typeface family), Voguer Sans (a free Latin / Cyrillic display typeface with fashion applications in mind), Ravenholm (an expressionist blackletter), Jorick (vintage, Latin and Cyrillic), Ultravog and Ultravog Glitch Black (extreme contrast stencil styles: free), Walpurgis Night, Voguer (a high-contrast fashion mag font), Voguer II (didone-inspired, accompanied by a script typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Anicon Sans, Anicon Slab, Thephir (a variable cursive typeface), Oblique Rain (monoline script), Skiff (a quaint almost painted sans), Cadency (a monoline script), Waymar (Serif and Script font duo; include the textured caps typeface Waymar Ornate and the blackboard bold style Waymar Outline), Phagoth (blackletter), Gunhill (a vintage font family that includes blackboard bold styles), Heartland (Script & Sans), Marvin Slab.

    Typefaces from 2020: Calmius, Calmius Sans. Calmius Sans has Oppo (reverse contrast), Low and High (Peignotian) subfamilies, all experiments on contrast.

    Typefaces from 2021: Quartell Round (a squarish typeface), Asterlight (a steampunk font), Barosa (inspired by the slavonic style, all glyphs in this typeface have the same height).

    Graphicriver link. Behance link. Newest Behance link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nuno Dias

    Portuguese media artist (b. 1982) who lives in Braga and Covilhã. He graduated in 2007 in Multimedia Design from the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã. Designer of the paper-fold typeface Origram (2008) and the free gaspipe typeface Makhina (2012).

    In 2014, he started selling fonts. Commercial typefaces include the condensed poster typeface Bohemian Slab (2014) and the tall condensed charmer Fabuleuse Slab.

    In 2017, he designed the rounded sans semi-stencil typeface Meteoric.

    MyFonts link. Behance link. Creative Market link. Devian Tart page. Dribble link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Nupur Chowdhary

    Bangalore, India-based designer of the free piano key stencil typeface Quibus (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Occupant Fonts
    [Cyrus Highsmith]

    Senior designer at Font Bureau since 1997, after graduating that year from the Rhode Island School of Design. Born in Milwaukee, WI, he now is a faculty member at RISD, where he teaches typography in the department of Graphic Design. He regularly offers a summer course on Digital Type Design, Summer Institute of Graphic Design, Rhode Island School of Design. His sketchbooks are now on line. In 2016, he set up Occupant Fonts as part of the Type Network.

    In September 2017, Morisawa announced the establishment of "Morisawa Providence Drawing Office" in Providence, RI, as its new base for developing Latin fonts. Cyrus Highsmith, who had served as a designer for Font Bureau for many years, and who started Occupant Fonts in 2015, has been appointed as its creative director. By this move, Morisawa acquired Occupant Fonts.

    Author of Inside Paragraphs, written for a foundational typography course. Matthew Carter writes: Cyrus Highsmith takes the lid off a paragraph of type and shows its inner workings. There is nothing you need to understand about using type that's not in this book. Cyrus explains the correct terms for the typographic components of form and space that make a letter, a word, a line, a paragraph, and he does it with clear drawings, simple language, and a legible typeface for the text.

    Interview at MyFonts.

    Cyrus created wonderful typefaces such as Loupot (1997, with Laurie Rosenwald, based on the lettering on Charles Loupot's St. Raphael poster from 1948), Eggwhite (2000-2018, for comics), Relay (2002, a somewhat art deco sans serif family that will be in vogue for years to come!), Benton Sans (1995-2003, with Tobias Frere-Jones, a revival of Benton's 1903 family, News Gothic; see also Benton Sans Wide, 2013), Occupant Gothic (2000-2018, angular), Prensa (2003, a simple 24-style serif family), Prensa Display (2012), Dispatch (1999-2000), Halo (2003), the 12-weight Stainless family (2001), and Daleys Gothic (1998). The Wall Street Journal uses his D4ScotchD4Scotch family (2001). He made a modified Palatino for the newspaper El Mercurio, and designed Zocalo or El Universal for the newspaper El Universal. He won Bukvaraz 2001 awards for Prensa and Relay.

    His Amira (Font Bureau) and (Spanish-feeling) Zocalo (Font Bureau) won awards at TDC2 2004.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about the wealth of typefaces. In 2006, Escrow (Font Bureau) was published, an out-of-this-world 44-style subdued Scotch family that is used by The Wall Street Journal. In 2007, still at Font Bureau, he created Antenna, a 56-style sans family, as well as Biscotti, a delicate connected (wedding) script commissioned in 2004 by Gretchen Smelter and Donna Agajanian for Brides magazine.

    His calligraphic copperplate script Novia (2007, Font Bureau) was commissioned to grace the pages of Martha Stewart Weddings.

    Still in 2007, he won an award for his newspaper type family Quiosco (Font Bureau). Font Bureau writes: With Quiosco, Cyrus Highsmith continues an examination of themes and possibilities which he first explored in Prensa, inspired by the work of W. A. Dwiggins---specifically a dynamic tension between inner and outer contours. However, the crackling, electrical energy of Prensa here gives way to a more fluid, mercurial muscularity in Quiosco. See also Quiosco Display.

    In 2006, he designed Scout for Geraldine Hessler's redesign of Entertainment Weekly, under the influence of DIN, Venus and Cairoli. Scout is a utilitarian sans serif series that was followed in 2013 with Scout RE---four styles optimized for screen text and small sizes in print. In 2016, he added Scout Text.

    In 2010, at Font Bureau, he published the extensive families Ibis Text and Ibis Display, which he says were influenced by Walbaum (1919) and Melior (1952). The Webtype version IbisRE is poorly kerned / displayed in my browser though. From 2007 until 2010, he developed Salvo Sans and Salvo Serif (Font Bureau), which were originally called Boomer Sans and Serif. They were released in 2011.

    In 2012, he published Serge (an angular script family in three styles: a frisky, acrobatic typeface that dashes off decorative blurbs, signs, and headlines with a lively, angular zest), Heron Sans and Heron Serif at Font Bureau, which writes: Heron Serif and Sans are born of hard iron and steel, but galvanized with Cyrus Highsmith's warmth and energy.

    In 2013, he published Icebox at Font Bureau---a font that is based on a set of magnetic letters found at a variety store.

    Typefaces from 2014: Tick and Tock, two stencil styles.

    Typefaces from 2015: Antenna Serif.

    Typefaces from 2016: Gasket, Gasket Unicase, Gasket Uncial.

    Typefaces from 2017: Allium.

    Typefaces from 2018: Allium Text.

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam: Don't design web fonts Its theme is: The successful type series of the future will be the ones that can move between media. He says that new typefaces should be smarter than the devices that use them.

    In 2015, he received the coveted Gerrit Noordzij Prijs. His illustrations were the subject of an exhibition and a book, both called Products Of A Thinking Hand (Typotheque / KABK, 2018).

    View Cyrus Highsmith's typefaces.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link. MyFonts interview. Old Font Bureau link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Océane Moutot

    French designer in 2018 of the typefaces Alma, Victoria and Villa Extra Bold.

    In 2020, she set up her own typefoundry, and released the sans typeface Honesty (2020), a 16-style flared, lapidary or incised sans typeface family that took inspiration from the Trajan column carvings and Berthold Wolpe's Albertus (1938).

    Typefaces from 2021: Sincerity Stencil (14 styles), Lakshmi (a lava lamp / genie bottle typeface), Sincerity (in 14 styles---take a didone, replace the serifs by wedges and the ball terminals with razor-sharp endings, mix well, and voilà, you are ready for Haute Couture).

    Typefaces from 2022: Hecate (a 16-style text typeface with garalde influences). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ogentroost
    [Diederik Corvers]

    Ogentroost is the typographic wing of Dutch corporate identity designer Diederik Corvers, who is located in Dordrecht near Rotterdam, where he runs Klaar Ontwerpen.

    He made these corporate identity typefaces: Thoth, Quattron, 123Interim, Ogentroost (1993-2013, an italic for posters, and an accompyanying humanist sans), Durertype Capital and Digital (1992-2012), Export (2002: a rounded stencil), Together (1997, a script), CrossWord (another stencil), Suomi (2004, an elliptical sans), Suomi Slab (2005). The Suomi Ultra weight is free.

    Early typefaces include Cross (2003, a stencil type), Landvast (2006), Ogle (2006, a monospaced typeface), Oldskool Black (2007, a fat poster typeface), Paintstripper (2010, a piano key stencil face), Rule (2011, a gothic with humanist traits).

    Typefaces from 2012: Ancona, Beep Beep (an experimental textured typeface), Novus (2012-2013, a didone based on the logo he made for the Dutch National Television news show Nieuwsuur).

    In 2014, he published Serious Sans, the grown-up brother Comic Sans never had. The limited character version of this font is free. The full typeface is at MyFonts.

    MyFonts link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Old MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    OJ Customs
    [Youssef Hassanien]

    Canadian designer of the deco stencil typeface Yeezy (2015) and the handcrafted With My Woes (2015). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Okay Annie Designs

    South African hand-lettering artist and self-taught illustrator. In 2021, she designed these typefaces: Amalfi (all caps sans), Blue Jeans (grungy), Bohemia (a brush script), Country Road, Cutie Pie, French Kiss, Good Vibes (a rustic SVG opentype font), Hello Script, Paris Rough, Paris Solid (stencil), Je T'aime (script), Rustic, SaltRock. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    OkayAnnnie Designs
    [Annie Crossland]

    In 2018, Annie Crossland designed Paris Je T'Aime (a font duo with Paris Script, Paris Rough and Paris Smooth), SaltRock (script), Bohemia (script) and Country Road (a rustic grungy typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ole Berntsen Søndergaard

    Danish graphic designer and signwriter, b. 1937, who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen (1961-1964) and has taught there from 1966 until 1978. He ran his own graphic design studio in Elsinore in 1973. Co-founder and partner of Eleven Danes, 1985-1995. He has designed signage systems for banks, offices and public buildings in Denmark, Sweden and the Middle East, and did a lot of corporate design for Danish banks and Danish industry.

    He created the well-known FF Signa typeface family in 2000, originally for signage, but also useful in text. This was complemented by FF Signa Extended and FF Signa Condensed in 2001, FF Signa Serif in 2005, FF Signa Correspondence Pro in 2006, FF Signa Stencil Pro and FF Signa Serif Stencil Pro in 2011, the 70-style FF Signa Slab Pro in 2013, and FF Signa Round Pro and FF Signa Slab Stencil in 2017.

    Ole designed Thule Letters (2005) based on carved letters on Knud Rasmussen's monument. Other typefaces include Public (1980, sans), and Helsingør (1980, a serif typeface for the town signage in Elsinore).

    With Morten Rostgaard Olsen, he set up Fontpartners. Together, they made FP Dancer (2007, an upright part script part sans part serif concoction), FP Palina (Futura Stencil face, 2006-2007), FP Quality (rounded stencil, 2006-2007), FP Silly (wavy stencil, 2005; free at Fontshop), FP Stage (2006-2007, wide display grunge).

    Custom fonts at Fontpartners include Elsinore (2005, serif), Public (2005), Signa Tryg (Søndergaard, 2003). FP Dancer (2007) is described by Jan Middendorp as follows: In the sans serif realm, spelling out human and warm, while avoiding to become childish or silly, isn't as easy as some type designers assume. Morten Olsen's Dancer is one of those new, and newly conceived, text typefaces that seem to do the job. It strikes a balance between typographic quality and charisma, between conventional wisdom about legibility, and expressiveness. Also, it has an equally eloquent serifed companion.

    In 2015, Morten Rostgaard Olsen (Fontapartners), Ole Søndergaard and Henrik Birkvig co-designed the free typefaces KBH and KBH Pictos for the visual identity of the city of Copenhagen. At the retail level, one can buy FP Kobenhavn at MyFonts and FontShop.

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Ole Sondergaard's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ole Schäfer
    [Primetype]

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    Oleg Voznyy
    [Vozzy (was: Oleg Vozny)]

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    Oleh Lishchuk
    [Pepper Type]

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    Oleksandr Parkhomovskyy

    Type and design studio located in Hamburg, Germany, run by Oleksandr Parkhomovskyy (b. 1984, Odessa, Ukraine), who created the 6-style ultra-fat Grim family in 2009, which includes Grim Stencil. In 2010, he redesigned the bilined headline font for Zeit Magazin and called it ZeitType---it's just a matter of time before the awards will be rolling in.

    Prestiggio (2011) is a sublime vogue fashion mag face, with its perky ball terminal ear on the g, and the high-contrast feel of a decent Peignot. Mingray Mono is a stylish monospaced family in three weights.

    In 2020, he published the ultra-fat Magnesit Dark, Magnesit Stencil and Magnesit. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Olga Karpushina

    Designer of the Latin/Cyrillic very humanist Private Sans (2010, +Bold) while she was a student at the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow. In 2011, she published the free contemporary serif face Lora and Vidaloka (a didone done with Alexei Vanyashin) with Cyreal.

    In 2012, Olga published the 3d display humanist sans stencil typeface Sirin Stencil at Google Web Fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Oliveira37
    [Jackson Tadeu Amaral]

    Known as Jack Tadeu, Jackson Tadeu, Jackson Amaral, and Jackson Tadeu Amaral. Belo Horizonte, Brazil-based designer of Allure, Amaral Serif (2017: a warm classical text typeface in four styles), Franzserif, Levez, and the free fonts Febre (2020: stencil), Treefingers (2020: bilined), Monk Gothic (2010: blackletter) and Heft Black (2020: squarish). Other fonts from 2020 include Gusther (a super-plump titling display font), the free Gothic cathedral-inspired black metal typeface Goat, Atairu (a font with many interlocking pairs) and Gourds (an organic monolinear sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Chocco (a fun family of six chunky fonts).

    Old home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Oliver James Hardman

    Oliver James Hardman (London, UK) was at Trouge in Cheltenham, UK. In 2015, he created the free hipster font Metrica in 2015, during his studies at the University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham.

    In 2017, he published the creamy didone typeface Glamora. Glamora Stencil is free. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Olivia Dunning

    Yucca Valley, CA-based designer of a thin stencil typeface in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Olivia Theresa
    [Caoca Studio (or: Heroglyphs)]

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    Olivier Gourvat
    [Mostar Design]

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    Oliwia Jankowska

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom-based designer of a modular stencil font and an isometric (3d) font in 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Olle Eksell

    Olle Eksell was born in 1918 in Kopparberg, Sweden. From 1930 to 1941, Olle studied illustration and graphic art in Stockholm under Hugo Steiner-Prag. He later worked at the Ervaco advertising agency in Sweden, where he met his future wife and life companion, Ruthel Eksell. In 1946, the newly married couple sailed with the Drottningholm ship to America to continue their studies at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He died in 2007.

    In 1962, he designed the typeface Eksell Display, which was revived in 2015 in digital form by Göran Söderström, who published four styles, including a stencil. His design work covered a broad range, but Eksell Display was the only complete typeface created by him. Eksell Display was discontinued in May 2018. Sophie Finch did another revival of Eksell Display in 2017.

    In 1973, he created Eksell Sans, which in turn was revived by Letters from Sweden (in 2021, as Eksell Sans). Göran Söderström writes: This striking display face seems to live in an alternate universe. A strange world merging science fiction and Wild West where avant-garde musicians put out hip jazz records. The iconic Swedish designer and illustrator approached typographic shapes with a visionary attitude. He came up with these wildly original letterforms in 1973 and designed the font he personally missed to prove he could master the craft. Taking cues from display faces of the seventies, Eksell constructed an alphabet out of straight lines and circle arcs. The letterforms are slightly reminiscent of Bob Newman's Zipper (Letraset, 1970) and Aldo Novarese's Sintex (VGC, 1972). Still, Eksell's daring design takes those concepts into entirely new territories. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Omine Type
    [Eduardo Omine]

    Eduardo Omine (b. 1981, Sao Paulo, Brazil) graduated from the School of Architecture and Urbanism, Sao Paulo University (FAUUSP) in 2002, where he was taught by Vicente Gil and Priscila Farias. An architect/designer, he founded Omine Type in 2004.

    He designed Literal Sans, Literal Bitmap, Lira Bitmap (2003), Lira Sans (2002, 4 weights), Prompt (pixel font), Gotische (2004, blackletter), and the display font Maest (2003; see also here).

    Beret (2003, a sans family with some flares, published at Linotype) won an award at the Linotype International Type Design Contest 2003.

    The following typefaces can now be bought at MyFonts: Bunker (stencil), Gotica Lumina (2005, blackletter), Beret (2004), Ultra Gotica (2006, fat blackletter), Maest (a straight-lined script face), Nabuco (2006). Epistle and Lalo are in progress.

    Linotype page.

    View Eduardo Omine's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Omnibus Type
    [Héctor Gatti]

    Hector Gatti, aka Pocho Gatt, is an Argentinian who runs Gatti Studio and Omnibus Type, and who co-designed the sans typeface Patagonia (1994) with Pablo Cosgaya. Omnibus (est. 2011) is a coop that focuses on web typography and high quality web fonts. All typefaces can be found at the Google Font Directory. All designers are from Argentina and Mexico. Their typeface library:

    Another URL. Google Plus link. Fontspace link. Fontsquirrel link. Behance link. Klingspor link. Open Font Library link.

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    Onderaards
    [Aschwin de Hoog]

    Studio Aschwin, or Onderaards, is located in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Aschwin de Hoog and Lins van Lingen jointly run Onderaards. In 2005, they created a stencil face and a number of icons and packaged it as Survivor Pictograms.

    In 2013, Aschwin created the techno stencil typeface Mekanik. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ondrej Chory

    Czech designer who created the stencil typeface Buum (2019) and the superchiseled typeface Mongoloid (1993). He writes about Buum: Buum is recommended by nine out of ten old school futurists, favored by steampunk CNC operators and respected by the majority of infantile anarchists. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ondrej Jób
    [Setup (was: Urtd)]

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    One Way Out (or: Church Art Fonts)
    [Dave Adamson]

    One Way Out (or: Church Art Fonts) sells about 100 display fonts. Eleven collections of seven fonts at about 95 USD per collection. By Dave Adamson. Some font names: Beat Street, Blitzkrieg, Day Three, El Nino, Erratic, Espresso, Frazzle, JiveTalk, Knucklehead, Lost Tribe, Lunatic, Protoplazm, Ragamuffin, Slackhappy, Squidly, Thud, Twitch, Toxic, Toxic Waste, Astro Boy, HunkyDory, Hybrid, Jolly Roger, Shameless, Surf City, Swanky, Armageddon Medium, Mystery 2, Raw, Neo-Human Outline, Cattitudes (cats), Epidemic, Dimentia, Dimentia Wide, Damage Light, Thus Thin, chronicle, Hoopla, Wisecrack, Dimentia Thin, Yoo-Hoo, Why Kee Kee, AlterEgo, Damage, Havva Nice Day, reactor, Slade, Aspire, Scooter, Squidly Bold, Shogun (oriental simulation), NeroHuman, Euphoria (handwriting), Army Surplus (stencil), Armageddon Bold, Chop Top. Most fonts distributed by T-26 and copyright of "One Way Out". Please will someone explain to me who designed what for whom? Earlier, Adamson designed for FontHaus, see, e.g., Bristol Adornado Regular (1994). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Oneless Act
    [Tom Tor]

    Design studio in Los Angeles where one can buy these fonts by Tom Tor: Sisamouth, PushPins, Johan Vaaler, Black Bees (rounded stencil), Ticket Master, Apple Tree, Blue Monday, Enso. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    opipik

    Pixel font specialist who created these pixel typefaces using FontStruct in 2013: fs Inspira 2 (pixel face), fs Mikibit, FS Tacticalreminds, FS Terc.butyl (slab serif), Fin Competition, Opipik's Caps, Stencil, Cond, Alter Ego, Anakin, Nonsense Remix, Simple, Fluid PX (pixelish), Fluid, Shamewriting (wide techno face), The FS Ion (stencil), Opirus Semi-Serif, Launching a similar one, F Serif Q, Opirus OPIK, Sans Tai Na, Leftleaning, FSPx Kayah D70, 1234 Font, Random Regular.

    Other typefaces made in 2013 include fs Logo, fs Mansion, fs Kismet, LASO Serif, fs Ad, fs Groszak's Dreams, fs Road Sans, fs Connet (retro automotive script), fs Large, fs Mico, fs Use, fs By, fs Part, fs Strongness, fs Permutoo 1 through 7 (op-art), fs Ethstruct, fs Ais (wood type simulation), fs Eng (like fs Ais), fs 01, fs Jim Jam (sencil), fs Sor, fs Nothing (blackletter), Anakin Mono (a sci-fi face), Shaak Sans, LASO Serif, 42 Stencil, 42 Sten Grid (kitchen tile face), 42 Bold (piano key face), 42 Sten Vert, Sten Bold Vert, 42 Light Vert, 42 Bold Vert, 42 Light Grid, 42 Cond, 42 Light, 42 Black, Iont Slab (monospaced), Experiment Elongated Ears, Pixel Old English, Check It, Trifolium Stencil (like a Bauhaus stencil), Avatars New, Shaakmono, and Better Sans.

    Typefaces from 2014 include fs Pixalic (a great textured typeface), fs Weighted, fs Monital, fs Pixnod Serif, fs Gaelpix, fs Jenson 1 (+Italic), fs Hand2, fs Wood Type 1, fs135 Opinno Serif, fs135 Inno Huge, fs Dotnudge Biggerterm, fs Nudgershoots, fx 8x6, fs Eng, fs Streetsign, fs Fassyrian, fs Apjop, fs Jenson 1, fs Stenserife, fs Recover, fs Lapa 1 Bold, fs Dotital, fs Lapa 1, fs Hikinspot, fs Geofut, fs Samil, fs Pxalic, fs Stdb Regular, fs Papeda, fs Greekpix, fs Stylized Arpeggios, fs Teimodern, fs My Take on Parsifal 1, fs Samil, fs Eco, fs Dotmatrix Serif Mono, fs Dotmatrix Sans, fs Uahkoch, fs Fluffy, fs Computer Says No Mild Italic, fs Paseky Ideograms, fs Eatit Bold, fs Mind, fs Switch, fs Dotty Serif, fs Smallmicro, FSerifQ, fs Afterline, fs FontstrFillersMono, fs Four Ideas.

    Typefaces from 2-15: fs Konhex.

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    Optimo
    [David Rust]

    Optimo is a Lausanne-based foundry established in 1997 by ECAL graduates Stéphane Delgado, Gilles Gavillet and David Rust. In 1998, they relocated to Geneva. Over the years, the foundry slowly developed a library of classic typefaces available for print, web, and mobile environments. The company publishes original typefaces designed by type designers such as François Rappo, Ludovic Balland, Joost Grootens and Team 77. All Optimo fonts are available exclusively from their web site.

    Their early typefaces included Aerial, Chip, Flexo MM (1998, David Rust), Circuit (2002, David Rust; on the CD in Nathan Gale's type 1 book), Didot Elder (2004, a true revival of a family by Pierre Didot, 1819; it has devil-tailed S's and is similar in many places to Porchez's Ambroise. It was designed by François Rappo), Kornkuh, Nova MM, Steiner, Autologic, Detroit MM (1997), Kabin, Normal, 2000, Optimal (a kitchen tile font), Politics (squarish typeface by Gilles Gavillet), Montana (stencil by Gilles Gavillet), CEO (typewriter style by Rappo), Veglia, Zero. Most fonts are futuristic or experimental, with a few sans serif fonts thrown in at well. In 2003, David Rust and Gilles Gavillet co-designed Cargo (stencil), Hermes (typewriter type), Index and Politics. In 2006, Philipp Herrmann created the slab serif typeface Piek. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Oscar Fernando Guerrero Cañizares
    [Sumotype Foundry]

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    Ossi Gustafsson
    [Hiekka Graphics]

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    Oswald Bruce Cooper

    Influential designer and type designer, motivated by beautiful advertising type (b. Mountgilead, Ohio, 1879, d. Chicago, 1940). Picture. He was angry at Goudy for his Goudy Heavyface (1925), which resembles Cooper Black a bit too much (check this 2002 video). MyFonts link. Cooper died of cancer. His typefaces include:

    • The well-known Cooper family done at Barnhart Brothers&Spindler: Cooper (1918-19), Cooper Stencil (1921), Cooper Black (1922; Linotype version, acquired from Barnhart Brothers&Spindler in 1924 by Schriftguß AG in Dresden; Elsner&Flake version; other versions exist by ParaType, Bitstream, Scangraphic, Mecanorma, Adobe, and URW++), Cooper Italic (1924), Cooper Old Style (1919), Cooper Initials (1925), Cooper Hilite (1925), Cooper Black Condensed (1926), Cooper Black Italic (1926), Cooper Fullface (1928). Bitstream offers an 11-style Cooper family. Cooper Black made it to American Typefounders (ATF). One of the original drawings for Cooper Fullface was rejected by ATF but digitally revived by Nick Curtis in 2008 as Ozzi Modo Plump NF and Ozzi Modo Squooshed NF in 2008.

      Ian Lynam revived many styles from 2010-2013, under names such as Cooper Old Style, Cooper Initials, Cooper Italic, Cooper Fullface Italic. Lynam writes: Cooper OldStyle is the result of Barnhart Brothers&Spindler type foundry representatives Richard N. McArthur and Charles R. Murray having met with Oswald Cooper and his business partner Fred Bertsch in 1917. Due to other commercial design firms adopting Cooper's style of lettering throughout the Midwest, both companies came to an agreement to create a family of types based on Cooper's advertising lettering. McArthur and Murray saw the biggest potential in the super-bold advertising lettering that would become Cooper Black, but agreed that a roman weight old style should be executed first, the logical progenitor to a family or related types. The foundry requested that the roman have rounded serifs so as to more specifically correlate to the planned bold. This was the first of many tactical strategies in type design between type designer and foundry, most specifically McArthur and Cooper, whose back-and-forth relationship in designing, critiquing, and modifying letterforms was integral in shaping the oeuvre of type designs credited to Cooper. While it was Cooper's sheer talent in shaping appealing and useful alphabets that made his work so popular, McArthur's role as critic and editor has gone largely un-noted in the slim amount of writing of length about Cooper's work. Cooper and McArthur went back and forth over the design of the roman typeface for nearly two years with Cooper, constantly redrawing and revising the typeface to get it to a castable state. The capitals were successively redrawn by Cooper, with particular care paid to the "B" and "R" to make them relate formally. The lowercase was redrawn numerous times, as were experiments in shaping the punctuation. McArthur requested a pair of dingbats to accompany the typeface, along with a decorative four leaf clover ornament "for luck". Cooper included a slightly iconoclastic, cartoonish paragraph mark, as well as decorative end elements, a centered period, and brackets with a hand-drawn feel. The final typeface is a lively, bouncy conglomeration whose rounded forms dazzle and move the eye. Originally called merely "Cooper" in early showings, the name was later revised to "Cooper Oldstyle". The typeface met with a warm reception upon release in 1919, the public favoring its advertising-friendly, tightly-spaced appearance. Sales were moderate, and the typeface was considered a success. Cooper originally drew the figures the same width as the "M" of the font, but revised them to the width of the "N" at the request of McArthur. Early versions of drawings of the slimmer figures are noted as "cruel stuff" in accompanying notes by Cooper, though they were versioned out into far more elegant numerals than the earlier stout figures. Both versions of the numerals are included in the digital release, as are the ornamental elements. In 1925, McArthur and Murray requested a set of ornamental initials. Cooper designed the initials open-faced on a square ground surrounded by organic ornament. The initials were "intended to be nearly even in color value with that of normal text type". The letterforms themselves are a medium-bold variation on the Cooper OldStyle theme, lacking the balance of Cooper's text typefaces, but charming nonetheless.

      SoftMaker did a complete Cooper Black Pro series in 2012, including Cooper Black Pro Stencil.

    • Oz Handicraft BT (Bitstream, 1991) was created by George Ryan in 1990 from a showing of Oswald Cooper's hand lettering found in The Book of Oz Cooper (1949, Society of Typographic Arts, Chicago). In that book, you can also find two great essays by Cooper written in 1936-1937, Leaves from an Imaginary Type Specimen Book and As an experiment: 15 serifs applied to stems of similar weight to test serif influence in letter design. Modern Roman Capitals.
    • Fritz (Font Bureau, 1997) was created by Christian Schwartz who was inspired by a characteristic handlettered ad from 1909, as well as the single word "Robusto" drawn for Oz Cooper's own amusement. In 1998, Fritz was honored by the NY Type Directors Clubs TDC2 competition.
    • Boul Mich. Mac McGrew: Boul Mich. During the period of "modernistic" typography of the 1920s, BB&S, the large Chicago type foundry, brought out Boul Mich in 1927, the name being an advertising man's idea for a tie-in with the fashion advertising of the smart shops on Chicago's Michigan Boulevard [Avenue], according to Richard N. McArthur, then advertising manager of BB&S. An unidentified clipping with a bit of hand-lettering had been sent to the foundry; Oswald Cooper of Cooper Black fame was asked to sketch the missing letters to guide the foundry's pattern makers in cutting a new face, but he disclaimed any credit for the design. Apparently there is no truth in the persistent myth that Boul Mich was named for Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris. Compare Broadway. Digitally revived in 2010 by Ian Lynam at Wordshape and a few years earlier by Dan Solo as well.
    • Dietz Text.
    • Packard, first handlettered for use in ads for the Packard Motor Company in 1913, and later converted to metal by BB&S. The bold weight is credited to Morris Fuller Benton (ATF, 1916), but it is highly probable that Benton did the adaptation for both weights. A digital version of this was done by Nick Curtis in 2008 under the name Packard Patrician NF. Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir created Packard New Style in 2011, and the slightly grungier Packard Old Style also in 2011. Mac McGrew: Packard is ATF's adaptation of a distinctive style of lettering done by Oswald Cooper in advertisements for the Packard Motor Car Company, in 1913. Packard Bold followed in 1916. The latter is credited to Morris Benton, again closely following Cooper's original lettering, and it is quite likely that Benton did the actual adaptation of the first typeface also. These typefaces retain a handlettered appearance partly by the slightly irregular edges of strokes, partly by a number of alternate characters. Both were quite popular for several years.
    • Pompeian Cursive (1927): a calligraphic script designed for BBS to compete with Lucian Bernhard's Schoenschrift. Ian Lynam found the original drawings and based his Pompeian Cursive (2010) on it.
    • Cooper's handlettering also inspired Matt Desmond, who created the beautiful typeface Cagliostro (2011, free at Google Web Fonts).
    • The Bitstream font Oz Handicraft BT (1991) was created by George Ryan in 1990 from a showing of Oswald Cooper's hand lettering found in The Book of Oz Cooper, published in 1949 by the Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago). A refresh was done in 2016.
    Klingspor link. FontShop link. Linotype link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Oszkár Boskovitz
    [Nepfont Digital Foundry]

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    Oszkár Boskovitz
    [Fontbistro]

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    Otherwhere Collective (or: Ilott Type, Bellamy Studio)
    [Andrew Bellamy]

    British born designer Andrew Bellamy worked for agencies in London, Oslo, and Miami, and is currently developing various global brands as Design Director at JKR in New York City. He started Ilott Type and then Otherwhere Collective.

    Andrew Bellamy designed 64-SRC (2017), a rare condensed monospace font inspired by IBM's Selectric type from the 1960s.

    His 57 Nao (2016) is a revival of a Japanese typewriter font from the 1950s called Messenjaa. They explain: Designed in 1950s Japan by Okanao & Kushiro, the perfect partnership until artistic temperaments drove them apart. The duo spent years crafting the font with the working title Messenjaa, Okanao bringing technical expertise to craft letterforms, while Kushiro made it his life, obsessively working late into the night to check pages for errors. For him the project was never about making money, it was an artistic endeavor to reprint the great Western works of literature. When he found out Okanao had secretly sold the rights of the font for use as a logo for a major Japanese manufacturer, Kushiro burned all evidence of the designs in a fit of passionate fury. The two reportedly never spoke again. Messenjaa was thought lost forever until a type specimen was discovered in a vintage typewriter box bought on eBay. Now redrawn and available as 57-nao, a faithful and beautifully crafted monospace characterized by what is considered Okanao's defining moment, the angular loop on the lowercase a.

    52-Kfx (2017) is an extra tall sans typeface.

    35-FTR (2017) was custom drawn specifically for the book Analogue Photography which required the timeless elegance of Futura and the compact utilitarian typesetting of Helvetica.

    In 2018, he designed the fashion mag typefaces 19Pra and Coutura Sans.

    In 2019, Bellamy published OC Bartok (a wedge serif), OC Pajaro (a sans family between Futura and Akzidenz Grotesk), OC Format Sans (a geometric grotesk sans serif that fuses the style of Futura with the rhythm and proportions of Akzidenz), OC Rey.

    Typefaces from 2020: OC Format Stencil (a variable font design inspired by the work of Bruno Munari, Paul Rand, and Max Huber), OC Format Collage, OC Format Shards. A special mention for the masking tape font OC Revolt, a variable display font made for the protest graphics of the NYC-based Trump Brexit era Non-Complicit project who initially made guerrilla type with masking tape applied directly in situ or to silk screens.

    Typefaces frm 2021: OC Highway Var (a free variable font based on Highway Gothic). It builds on Ash Pikachu's free Highway Gothic font. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Otto Maurer
    [Otto Maurer (was: Tattoofont)]

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    Otto Maurer (was: Tattoofont)
    [Otto Maurer]

    Tattoo artist and graphic designer from Dinslaken (Duisburg), Germany, b. 1968, Duisburg. Klingspor link.

    Otto Maurer (Tattoofont) created Ipoint (2008, a 15-style fun-filled Bauhaus-inspired family), Black and Beauty (2007, blackletter family), Big Rain (2007), Blood (2007, dripping blood type), Preussen (2007, a 4-style blackletter family), Otto Bismarck Italic (2007), an italic blackletter face, and its parent, Otto Bismarck (2007). Designer of the free curly font Corps Script (2006) and Corps Script Shadow (2006). Creator with Sabrina of the free handwriting fonts Sabsis Handwriting Version 3 (2007) and Sabsis Handwriting (2007). Home page. Dafont link. Yet another URL.

    In 2007, he went partially commercial and set up shop at MyFonts. His fonts there include the artsy Sailors Tattoo (2006), SailorsTattoo-waves (2007), Sailors Tattoo Pro Xmas (2007), Sick Skull (2007, scary), Tribal Maori (2007), MauBo Flatline (2007, experimental), Tribal Dingbats (2007), Tribaltypo (2007: quite interesting), MauBo (2007, mechanical look), Hotrod (2007), Blood (2007, scary), MauBo Flatline (2007, white on black) and Corpse Fairy (2007), Mrs. Sabo (2007, calligraphic and grunge hand), Tribal King (2007), Pierced (2007), Big Rain (2007), Detective Maurice (2007, a typeface with fingerprints on the alphabet), Cutdown Maurice (2007), Digital Maurice (2007), Good Old Fifties (2007, 11 styles), Tribal Dingbats II (2008, a tattoo font), Tribal tattoos III (2010), Hot Flames (2008), Drago (2008, a blackletter and alphading family), Party Night (2009), Tattoo Girl (2008).

    Typefaces from 2009: Yuma (2009, Western saloon font), Freiheit (2009, blackletter), Lycaner (2009, blackletter), Sud France (2009, script), Psychbilly (2009, fat brush), Love Mom (2009), Vampire (2009), Animal Zoo (2009), Turtle (2009), Grunge (2009, cracked marble family), Crate (2009).

    Typefaces from 2010: Big Mom (2010, a family that includes a blackboard bold style), Haike (2010).

    Typefaces from 2011: Tinka Babe (2011, a gangster or tattoo script), Poisoni Pro (2011, tall art nouveau style brush face, with Shadow and College sub-styles), Lanzelott (2011, a very elegant retro display family, followed in 2017 by New Lanzelott), Stencilla (2011, a heavy stencil face), Guilin (2007, brushy), Darkwood (2011), Rock n Roll Typo (2011), Loreen (2011: an elegant display family that includes a hairline and a shadow style).

    In 2012, he made the pointy Psychomonster typeface.

    In 2013, Otto Maurer published the gangster tattoo font Bibiana as a companion for Tinka Babe.

    Typefaces from 2014: Cupcakes Winterwonder (snowy font), Soul Winterwonder, Loreen Hollywood (art deco), Soul Material Design Dingbatz, Soul Love (Valentine's Day font), AZ Cupcakes, Soul (a sans family with some flaring), Christe Wagner (a great set of curly Victorian music sheet-inspired typefaces), Spider Type, Marie Lyn, Mariedean (a Victorian titling set, including decorative caps), Peachy (+ Shadow: a slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2015: Maori New Zeeland, Chika Tattoo (12-style tattoo script), Chino Tattoo, Big Yukon (Wild West font), Bonecracker, Freibeuter NR (Western Tuscan family), Sailor Marie (tattoo font family), Baby Lyns ABC (children's book alphabet).

    Typefaces from 2017: Anchorage (a sailor's tattoo font), Friedrichsfeld (blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2018: Lettre Damour (handwriting font), Cryptolucre (started in 2014, Cryptolucre is a font specifically for all crypto currencies like Bitcoins, Litecoins, Ethereum, Ark, Siacoin and Golem--the icon version includes some existing currency logos and newly invented currency logos), Haike, Soul Leo (textured), Soul Skull, Tattooflash Fingers, Tattooflash Marie.

    Typefaces from 2019: Stencilla.

    Showcase of Otto Maurer's fonts. View the typefaces made by Otto Maurer. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Our House Graphics
    [Russell McGorman]

    Russell McGorman (b. 1954) runs Our House Graphics. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, he is a designer and illustrator in Toronto (Richmond Hill), Ontario. He also is a signage design coordinator at Metrolinx in Toronto, and an expert on wayfinding typography.

    He created the free dot matrix typeface Campcraft (2010). The retail version of Campcraft has improved tracking and kerning, a few more glyphs and one (yes, just one) open type feature. It is available in four weights that can be combined to form a multi-layer (chromatic) font.

    Baro Black (2010) is a fat display typeface in the piano key or Futura style---it was initially called Bolo.

    Silex Black (2011) is a pointy octagonal face, characterized by McGorman as Silex Black is a solid, hard-edged, masculine display font suitable for [...] wrestlers or mixed martial arts fighters. Silex Stencil was designed in 2010.

    Kush Fat and Kush Shade (2011) are plump packaging typefaces described by McGorman in this way: Kush is what happens when you let your fonts sit around watching cartoons and eating cake and ice-cream all day---when their vectors are freed from constraints and allowed to follow their bliss. Kush has filled its insides to just the other side of contentment and comes to you on a sugar high with a head full of Loony Tunes. And... it's two ply!

    Typefaces made in 2012: Silex Black (mechanical and octagonal), Silex Stencil, After 5 (an an upright, slab serif, display typeface with an Art Moderne attitude), Reo (a fourties truck grill style typeface), Tynne (wedge serif family), Metro Bots (on the theme of city skies), Reo (a retro car grille-inspired typeface).

    In 2014, he published the retro stencil typeface 8th Avenue.

    In 2020, he published Era Max Radial (B;ack or Stencil) for extra large printing.

    Typefaces from 2021: EraMax 123 (a 5-layered (stacking) geometric sans serif, meant to be set big. It is based based on the original hand painted signage found in the T. H. & B Railway station in Hamilton Ontario, a classic Art Moderne building, designed by the New York architectural firm of Fellheimer and Wagner for the Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway line and completed in 1933).

    His blog. Abstractfonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Our Polite Society
    [Radek Sidun]

    Our Polite Society Type is a project by Our Polite Society, a graphic design studio based in Amsterdam and Stockholm, formed in 2008 by Jens Schildt and Matthias Kreutzer (a German who graduated from and taught at Rietveld Academy in The Netherlands). Early on in their collaboration, they began designing type for specific projects, usually for limited use. Our Polite Society Type is an attempt to finalize some of their favourite designs of the past years and make them available to others as of 2019. Font engineering by Radek Sidun. Their typefaces:

    • OPS CapitalisBrutalis.
    • OPS Cubic. Monospaced.
    • OPS Facitype. A wide bold sans.
    • OPS Favorite. A monospaced typewriter font.
    • OPS Grotesko. A polygonal, almost hexagonal, font.
    • OPS Kappla. A stitched style.
    • OPS PastPerfect. A mini-stencil.
    • OPS Placard. Monospaced, typewriter style.
    • OPS RestructionalText. A readable condensed sans.
    • OPS Used Future (2021).
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    OurType
    [Fred Smeijers]

    OurType was Fred Smeijers' web site and foundry established in 2002 (formally launched in 2004). OurType was set up by four partners: Fred Smeijers, Corina Cotorobai with Rudy Geerarts and Martine Leloup (both of FontShop Benelux). Fred and Corina were the creative lead of OurType foundry, Rudy and Martine were in charge with sales. In 2017 Fred and Corina stopped their collaboration with OurType concentrating on several other projects, including a new type label. Fred and Corina are also co-partners in Type Tailors (established in 2008), offering type design development, publishing, custom type and typographic consultancy. Smeijers's fonts can now be found at Type By.

    Smeijers is research fellow at Plantin Museum in Antwerp, and professor of type design at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, and visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. In April 2018, Fred Smeijers and Corina Cotorobai announced that they would be starting a new foundry. Fred Smeijers (b. 1961) studied at the School of Art at Arnhem, and he worked as a typographic advisor to the reprographic company Océ, then became a founding member of the graphic design practice Quadraat, which provided the name for his first published typeface (FontFont, 1992).

    He created the following typefaces:

    • The huge (and growing) text family Quadraat (1998-2001). It has as subfamilies FF Quadraat, FF Quadraat Sans and FF Quadraat Sans Mono, and was developed from 1997-1998 as part of the FontFont library.
    • Renard (at Enschedé, after letters by Hendrik van den Keere, 1998; see discussion here).
    • DTL Nobel (with Andrea Fuchs, 1993, at the Dutch Type Library). Not to be confused with the geometric sans family Nobel, also created in 1993, by Tobias Frere-Jones (Font Bureau).
    • Arnhem (1998-2002) and Arnhem Fine, which are historically related to the Romain du roi. These were developed in collaboration with Werkplaats Typografie (Karel Martens and Wigger Bierma)---Andy Crewdson provides an insightful discussion of it. Smeijers: Arnhem was designed in 1999 for the Nederlandse Staatscourant, the daily newspaper of the Dutch state. It can be classified as a very functional design---Arnhem has been conceived for, and does work best in large quantities of running text.
    • Fresco (1998), Fresco Sans, Fresco Condensed, Fresco Informal, Fresco Informal Sans, Fresco Script (+Sans), Fresco Plus, a work horse of a family at OurType.
    • Ludwig (2010), modeled after the 19-th century grotesks.
    • Monitor (2000-2004, a sans family at OurType). Not to be confused with earlier commercial typefaces with the same name, like Henryk Sawanda's Monitor (1975-1980) or BB&S's Monitor No. 5 (1890s).
    • Eva (2010: an informal sans, done with Merel Matzinger at OurType).
    • The sans family Sansa (2005, OurType) was followed by Sansa Slab and Sansa Soft in 2006. Sansa and Arnhem are available from FontShop since 2005.
    • In 2002, OurType created the gorgeous Custodia family for use in publications of the Custodia Foundation. The typeface is called Custodia 17 because it was inspired by 17th century Dutch styles. Peter Gabor and Jonathan Munn claim that Custodia is too close to Monotype Van Dijck. However, OurType explains that this was the intention: Its pleasantly uneven rhythm captures the not-quite-perfect lettershapes of master punchcutters working in Delft, Rotterdam, Amsterdam or Haarlem in the later seventeenth century: Christoffel van Dijck, Dirck Voskens, Johan Michael Smit, Jean Baptiste van Wolschaten.
    • Denda New (2000), a family made specially for Canon. In his book, Type Now, Fred Smeijers says: A contemporary sanserif initiated in 2000 by TBWA\Designers Company for their redesign of Canon Europe packaging. This typeface comes in four weights, in roman and matching italics: for use by Canon Europe in general publicity, manuals, and packaging. It is a custom-made design, not publicly available.
    • Puncho (2012) by Fred Smeijers is based on stencil letter punches made by S.M. Spencer of Boston.
    • Bery Roman (2012): Bery Roman is based on the stencil letters of Jean Gabriel Bery. Bery Roman is part of OurType's Stencil Fonts Series of 2012. Jean Gabriel Bery was a Paris stencil maker whose atelier was located on the Pont Notre-Dame. His work is mainly known from the stencil set he supplied to Benjamin Franklin in 1781, now at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Bery's confident sense of design and the excellent production of his stencils rank him among the best stencil makers of any period. Accompanied by the calligraphic Bery Script (2012).
    • Haultin (2011) is a private, unreleased typeface that is based on renaissance types cut by Pierre Haultin. The second edition of Fred's book Counterpunch is set in it.
    • His custom type designs include bespoke typefaces and lettering for Philips Electronics, Tom-Tom, Samsung, Porsche, and Canon-Europe.

    FontShop link.

    Author of Counterpunch: Making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now, London, Hyphen Press, 1996 [PDF file] [a second edition followed in 2011], and Type Now: A Manifesto (2003, London, Hyphen Press; reviewed by John Berry).

    In February 2001, Smeijers received the (second) Gerrit Noordzij Award 2000 (an initiative of the post-graduate department Type&Media at the Royal Academy in The Hague in cooperation with the Museum Meermanno). In 2016, the Society of Typographic Aficionados awarded Smeijers the SOTA Typography Award.

    OurType's offices were in DePinte, Belgium.

    Speaker on historical stencil forms at ATypI 2006 in Lisbon. Currently he also is professor of digital media and Dean at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. Speaker at ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam (on Spatial relationships among 16th-century matrices (and what they tell us), a close look at surviving matrices at the Plantin-Moretus Museum) and keynote speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp (on zooming in and zooming out; and old beer, new type). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Overtone
    [Rasmus Lund Mathisen]

    Rasmus Lund Mathisen is a prolific Danish type designer who lived in Copenhagen. At the School of Design of KAKD (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts), he obtained a BA (2008-2011) and an MA (2011-2014). After graduation Rasmus joined Overtone in Aarhus. Overtone specializes in branding and corporate type design.

    His typefaces include:

    • Nima. A free slab serif.
    • Beika, Beika Leika. Free sans family.
    • Bila. An angular German expressionist typeface.
    • Dada. A stencil face.
    • Enno. A lava lamp typeface.
    • Cela.
    • OLEW. A DIN-like technical typeface.
    • At Overtone, and in cooperation with DR Design, Rasmus developed the bespoke sans type family DR Publik in 2019 for The Danish Broadcasting Corporation. DR Publik will be used uniformly on TV channels, streaming platforms, news services, radio channels, websites and apps. This classy Scandinavian typeface family is characterized by nearly monolinear stroke widths and horizontal or vertical terminals.
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    Ozgu Uzun

    Turkish creator of the eroded typeface Spanish Stencil (2013), which is not a stencil typeface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pablo Andres Duque Correa

    Loja, Ecuador-based designer of the special stencil typeface Magno (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pablo Balcells
    [Graviton]

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    Pablo Moreno

    Designer and type designer in Cordoba, Argentina. His typefaces include Need (2011), Salt (2010, condensed octagonal face), Gotan (2010), Playfont (2010, art deco / geometric stencil face), Seaside (2010, hairline sans), Noche (2010, monoline gemetric sans), Noche Bold, Izquierda (2010), Good (2010, a high-contrast face) and Narrow (2010).

    Cemento (2015) is a minimalist, modern and monoline typeface. In 2016, he designed the free typeface Cordoba (Citype).

    In 2016, he published the stencil-based Oceanshore at Los Andes.

    Typefaces from 2018: Sonda (pixel), Moduleto (a grid-based typeface, done with Don Toledo).

    Behance link. Devian tart link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pablo Sanchez Serrano

    During his studies in Cadiz, Spain, Pablo Sanchez created the stencil typeface Handtypo (2014) and the text typeface Kudeta (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Page Technology Marketing

    Also called Page Tech Inc. San Diego-based outfit that produced a package of (renamed?) fonts in 1991-1994: Alamo (Western font), Announce, Articulate, Aurora, Baxter, Bethel, Bockloo, Calculator, Calico (stencil font, +Cyrillic), Campfire, Centurion, CheckStub (MICR font), Excellence, Freedom, Graduate, Indio, LaCosta, Maryland-Italic, Maryland, Merced, Mettler, Miami (Broadway?), NovaScript, Oakland, Oxford, Palomar, Parker, Parsec, Quincy, SanDiego, Shadow, Silicon, Springer, Sunnyvale, TopHat.

    Typefaces from 2019: Bills Mafia. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    PALCOM (or: sei project)

    Original techno fonts made in 2002: i9-ari-font_alpha (handwriting), i9-ari-font_hira, i9-ari-font_kana, i9-KAKUatom, i9-KAKUatom-15-degrees, i9-KAKUatom-a, i9-KAKUatom-h, i9-Beating (futuristic stencil font), i9-cooking-school, i9-DDRfont-re, i9-gikogurumi (dingbats), i9-kitchen-school, i9-kitchen-school-yellow-news, i9-+-hagesikuninja-+ (dingbats), i9-hyu-poket, i9-to-hu, yeti-square. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pangram Pangram Foundry
    [Mathieu Desjardins]

    Mathieu Desjardins (Pangrampangram) is a senior art director in Montreal, who created the free geometric sans typefaces Charlevoix Bold, and Pier Sans (2015), and the condensed sans typeface Stellar in 2015. However, at Graphicriver, we learn that he is selling Charlevoix Bold (2015), Stellar (2015) and Pier Sans (2015).

    In 2016, he designed Supply Mono (which could be used for programming), the (free for personal use) 7-weight geometric sans font family Pangram and the (free for personal use) Fuji Sans.

    In 2017, he published Chronos Serif, which is also free for personal use.

    In 2018, he designed the grotesque typefaces Formula Condensed, Neue Montreal (together with Sebastien Tremblay; advertized as a great replacement of Helvetica) and Radio Grotesk, the warm and fluid text typeface Woodland, the wide display sans Monument Extended (version 2 appearing in 2020), Casa Stencil and Gosha Sans (influenced by Futura and Russian constructivism; contains Cyrillic as well).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hatton (a collaboration with London-based design studio Two Times Elliott, Hatton is a homage to the history of the London diamond trade district, Hatton Garden), Editorial New (a partly free editorial text font family), Neue Machina (inspired by the aesthetics of robotics and machines, this powerful variable opentype typeface family is characterized by monospace/geometric features and deep ink traps; designed by Mathieu Desjardins and Vasjen Katro / Baugasm). It is inspired by the aesthetics of robotics and machines).

    Typefaces from 2020: Neue World (an 48-style and variable cut modern serif with roots in vintage display type).

    Typefaces from 2021: Pangram Sans V2 (with Valerio Monopoli: 144 styles, and a 3-axis variable font; Pangram Sans was originally published in 2015; followed by Pangram Sans Rounded (2021)), Editorial New Version 2.0.

    Graphicriver link. Personal home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Panick Burns

    Applied geosciences student in Darmstadt, Germany. Designer who used FontStruct in 2009 to create Interstice (piano key stencil face), Dotting (dot matrix), Pandabear, Monn Pix (dot matrix) and Grape (ultra black). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Panos Vassiliou
    [Parachute]

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    Paolo Cadeddu
    [Paulfalco]

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    Paolo Palma

    Italian designer (b. Fermignano, 1973) of the experimental font Elise (2000). He lives in Fermignano. At the School of Graphic Design in Urbino, he wrote a thesis on Wim Crouwel. As a result, his fonts are expertimental and geometric: Zen (2002, looks like lego blocks), Eroi (2001, artistic stencil font), Rainbow Type (2001, dot matrix font), CuboType (2001), Paradise (2001, fonts nailed to the wall), Ale (2000, only circles and lines, a cross between a kitchen tile and a Codex font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Parachute
    [Panos Vassiliou]

    London, UK, and Athens and Kifissia, Greece-based type foundry started in 2001 by Panos Vassiliou. It specializes in fine multilingual (usually Latin, Greek and Cyrillic) typeface families. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Canada with a major in Applied Science and Engineering. Following his University of Toronto graduation, he studied Graphic Communications at Ryerson University. Panos Vassiliou has conducted numerous seminars for Canadian companies such as Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank and Sony Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto/Canada, where he studied Applied Science and Engineering. He has been Creative Director for the Canadian design firm AdHaus, former Publisher of the monthly magazine DNA (Greece) and Secretary-General for the Hellenic Canadian Congress (Ontario, Canada). He has been designing typefaces since 1993, including commercial fonts as well as commissions from Vodafone, Nestlé, Ikea and National Geographic. He started Parachute in 2001 setting the base for a typeface library that reflected the works of some of the best contemporary Greek designers, as well as creatives around the world obsessed with type. Apart from its commercial line of typefaces, Parachute offers bespoke branding services for corporate typefaces and lettering. Customers include Bank of America, the European Commission, UEFA, Samsung, IKEA, Interbrand, National Geographic, Financial Times, National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank and many others.

    Myfonts link. Behance link.

    Other type designers at Parachute include Kanella Arapoglou, Alexandros Papalexis, Dimitris Foussekis, Aggeliki Skandalelli, Helen Gabara, Babis Touglis, Vangelis Karageorgos, George Toumbalis, Eva Karapidaki, Charis Tsevis, Pavlos Levendellis, Panos Vassiliou, and George Lygas.

    At Granshan 2010, Vassiliou won Second Prize in the Greek text typeface category for PF Encore Sans POro, and First and Second Prizes in the display typeface category for PF Regal Pro and PF Champion Script Pro, respectively. Typefaces:

    • Adamant
    • PFAgora Pro: Agora Sans, AgoraSerif, AgoraSlab.
    • Amateur
    • PF Archive Pro (2004). He received a design award for his typeface Archive at the E AWARDS 2004. It has special typographic features and multilingual support for all European languages including Greek and Cyrillic.
    • Armonia
    • Astrobats
    • Bague Universal and Bague Sans (2014). A geometric grotesk that dares to be different. Accompanied by Bague Slab Pro (2014), PF Bague Inline Pro (2014), and PF Bague Round Pro (2014).
    • Baseline
    • Beatnick
    • Beau Sans (2011). Inspired by Bernhard Gothic.
    • A custom didone font for Greece's Benaki Museum (2020-2021).
    • PF Benchmark Pro (2014).
    • Bodoni Script (2009).
    • PF Brummell (2016). A sans characterized by sharp angled terminals and a diamond dot on the i.
    • Bulletin Sans (2000-2005)
    • Centro (Centro Sans, Centro Serif, Centro Slab) a typeface originally developed for the redesign of the Financial Times Deutschland. PF Centro Pro family (Sans, Serif, Slab, a trillion styles) won an European Design Award in May 2008 in Stockholm and at Paratype K2009. It was completed by PF Centro Serif Compressed, PF Centro Sans Condensed and PF Centro Sans Compressed in 2015. In 2016, he published PF Centro Slab Press.
    • PFChampion Script Pro (2004-2008). A much lauded connected calligraphic script that is based on a calligraphic script by Joseph Champion, 1709-1765. Winner at Paratype K2009 and Granshan 2010. Images: i, ii iii, iv, v. The 4245-glyph family comprises Cyrillic, Latin and Greek subfamilies.
    • Cosmonut (sic) (2002). A retro futuristoc typeface made by Dimitris Foussekis.
    • PF Das Grotesk Pro (2014). Panos writes: Das Grotesk was inspired by earlier nineteenth-century grotesques, but it is much more related to American gothic designs such as those by M.F. Benton.
    • DaVinciScript (2001-2006). A Treefrog-style script typeface by Vassiliou and Dimitris Foussekis.
    • PF Dekka (2014). This solid elliptical sans family was influenced by Monaco's outline version called MPW. It includes PF Dekka Mono.
    • PF DIN (2010): PF DIN Display (2002-2005), PF DIN Mono, PF DIN Serif (2016; this great serif version of DIN---a first---contains a wealth of goodies: just look at the great weather icons; it won an award at Granshan 2016), PF DIN Stencil Pro (2010), PF DIN Stencil, PF DIN Stencil B (2016), PF DIN Text Pro, PF DIN Text Condensed, PF DIN Text Compressed, PF DIN Text Arabic, and PF DIN Text Universal. With Latin, Cyrillic and Greek coverage, each font has about 1300 glyphs. The designs go back to the lettering of the Prussian railways around 1900. In 2013, PF Din Text Pro was published. In 2021, the three-axis (weight, width, italic) variable type system PF DIN Max saw the light.
    • Eco Park. A 3d outline face.
    • PF Encore Sans (2009). A rich and versatile sans family supporting Greek, Latin and Cyrillic.
    • PF Fuel Pro
    • PF Fusion Sans (1996-2006)
    • PF Garamond Classic.
    • PF Goudy Intials and PF Goudy Ornaments. A winner at Paratype K2009.
    • PF Grand Gothik (2019). A large grotesque typeface family with three subfamilies and a variable font option. He writes: Grand Gothik is a postmodern, multiscript, multifaceted and variable type system which shines at its heavier extended versions with its hip, expressive, almost brutal energy. Grand Gothik's design space includes 3 axes for weight, width and one for italics. It is available as a variable font or as five separate opentype families---compressed, condensed, normal, wide and extended. Each family comes with 9 weights spanning from Extra Thin to Black plus italics.
    • PF Handbook (2005-2007, sans family)
    • HausSquare
    • HellenicaSerif. Chiseled look, Greek simulation face.
    • PF Highway Sans (2001-2015). Highway Sans Pro is based on the standard typefaces used for highway signs and other byways open to public travel in the United States. These standards were established by the US Federal Highway Administration in 1966 following several studies which were conducted at the California Department of Transportation in the 1940s. It covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
    • House Square. A Bank Gothic lookalike.
    • PF Isotext (2005). Meant for technical documentation, it is modeled after Isonorm.
    • Kids, KidsStuff
    • Libera
    • Lindemann and PF Lindemann Sans (2012).
    • PF Marlet (2019). A sharp-edged humanist sans family fit for fashion mags: Marlet Titling, Marlet Finesse, Marlet Swash, Marlet Display, Marlet Text. PF Marlet, collected three awards one after the other, a year after appearing on Luc's best-of-2019 list. First, the coveted TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence 2020 (at 23RDC), followed by another one from European Design Awards, a third distinction from Tokyo TDC and a fourth crown, Red Dot Award 2020, all in 2020.
    • Mechanica A and B, 2002-2006. Octagonal families.
    • PF Mellon (2019). A modernist variable grotesque influenced by nineteenth and early twentieth century condensed sans serif typefaces such as Stephenson Blake's Grotesque No.77 and ATF's Alternate Gothic.
    • PF Monumenta (2002-2006). A majestic lapidary roman family.
    • Muse
    • Online (One, Two and Three). Pixelish family.
    • PF Ornamental Treasures (2008). Byzantine ornaments and borders.
    • PF Pixelscript
    • Playskool
    • Psychedelia (2003, Dimitris Foussekis). A psychedelic typeface.
    • Regal Pro and Regal Finesse Pro: Award-winning high fashion display didone families, 2010-2012, originally designed for the Grazia magazine. Awards include Red Dot Awrd 2012, Communication Arts Annual Competition 2012, Creative Review Type Annual 2011, European Design awards 2011, EBGE awards 2011, Granshan Awards 2010. See also PF Regal Swash and PF Regal Stencil.
    • PF Reminder Pro (2003). A hand-printed typeface.
    • Scandal
    • PF Spekk (2020). A simple versatile geometric sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
    • PF Square Sans Pro, PF Square Sans Condensed Pro (2013).
    • PF Stamps (2002-2006). A grungy stencil typeface by Panos Vassiliou and George Lygas.
    • PF Synch Pro (2006). An industrial strength slab-serif typeface.
    • PF UEFA Super Cup (2013).
    • PF Uniform
    • PF Venue (2017). Semi art deco, and free-spirited, a great poster typeface family.
    • VideoText
    • PF Wonderbats (2003). Funky and strange animals.
    • Wonderland (2006). By Dimitris Foussekis.

    Their type blog is called Upscale typography.

    Catalog. View all typefaces designed by Parachute.

    Klingspor link. MyFonts interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paragraph
    [Jan Schmoeger]

    Born in Prague in 1949, Jan Schmoeger emigrated to Australia in 1980/1981, and is a book designer in Mentone, Victoria. For most of his career here he worked as a graphic designer, mainly in book publishing. He was also a sessional lecturer at the School of Art and Design, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne (formerly Chisholm Institute of Technology) in 1986-1994 and 2004-2008. His typefaces:

    • Bentwood (2008).
    • Circula (2010). A geometric caps-only sans based on arcs.
    • Diagond (2010). Organic.
    • Galette (2008). Six styles of a screen sans with hint of art nouveau, originally called Alfons but renamed.
    • Mentone (2008). Along the lines of Frutiger/Myriad.
    • Paperclip (2007).
    • ParaCaps (2008). Geometric caps.
    • Paragraph Stretch (2011). A unicase effect Porsche-look family.
    • Paragraph (2007). A rounded octagonal headline sans typeface.
    • Springsteel Serif (2011) and Springsteel Extreme (2011)..
    • Springsteel (2009). A tense sans.
    • Tenby Stencil
    • Tenby Eight, Seven, Six, Five and Four (2008). A squarish geometric display sans series.
    • Tertre (2009). An octagonal typeface based on French signage.

    Klingspor link. Dafont page (where three styles of Paperclip, Diagond, and the sans typeface Mentone are free). Home page. Pic.

    Showcase of Jan Schmoeger's typefaces at MyFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Para-Scope Design & Type
    [Joe Rutledge]

    American designer now located in South East Asia. His typefaces include Sawtooth Ranger (2020), Packing House (2020: a stencil), Monogram Forge (2020: spurred), and fair Play (2020: athletic lettering). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Parmigiano Typographic System

    Italian type designers Riccardo Olocco and Jonathan Pierini reinterpreted Bodoni's work in 2014. Their Parmigiano Typographic System, which is named after Parma, the city where Giambattista Bodoni (d. 1813) established his printing house, attempts to revive, interpret and boldly extend Bodoni's work. There is not a single official original Bodoni---Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico contains many slightly different examples---, and so, the first challenge was to create coherent relationships between various optical sizes (Piccolo, Caption, Text, Headline) and weights. Besides the Parmigiano Serif family, Olocco and Pierini also developed the creative extension Parmigiano Sans. There are also Stencil, Typewriter, Egyptian styles, to name a few. Finally, the language extensions include Parmigiano Arabic (by Rana Abou Rjeily), Parmigiano Cyrillic (by Irina Smirnova) and Parmigiano Greek (by Irene Vlachou). The Parmigiano Typographic System was published in 2014 by Typotheque, but was developed a few years before that. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pascal Naji Zoghbi
    [29 Letters]

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    Pasha Larin
    [Larin Type Co]

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    Patric King
    [XO Type (was: Pretty)]

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    Patricia Invernon Lopez

    Barcelona-based designer of the modular stencil typeface Sun (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Patrick Gregory

    Designer of the free squarish stencil font Epic Regular (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Patrick Griffin

    Type designer at Canada Type. Wikipedia tells us that Patrick Griffin had been locked away in a mental institution by Carter and Barbara, after he walked in on his mother performing oral sex on Jackie Gleason. He had a nervous breakdown and was sent to a mental hospital, where he came to the conclusion that Gleason was evil because he was fat, leading him to hate fat people. However, that is a different Patrick Griffin. The real Patrick Griffin, a graduate of York University, lives and works in Toronto, where he founded Canada Type and made it the most successful Canadian type foundry. His work is summarized in this 2009 interview by MyFonts. It includes lots of custom work for banks, TV stations, and companies/groups like New York Times, Pixar, Jacquin's, University of Toronto, and the Montreal Airport. His retail fonts include the following.

    • Ambassador Script (2007): a digital version of Juliet, Aldo Novarese's 1955 almost upright calligraphic (copperplate style) connected script, with hundreds of alternates, swashes, ends, and so forth. Done with Rebecca Alaccari.
    • Autobats (2005).
    • Ballantines Twelve (2014). A custom typeface for Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Limited, the brand owner of Ballantine's Scotch Whisky.
    • Bananas (2020). An 18-style informal sans.
    • P22 Barabajagal (2018): P22 Barabajagal is a unique take on the display fat face by way of doodling fun. Somewhat informed by the shapes of an uncredited 1960s film type called Kap Antiqua Bold, this font's aesthetic is the stuff of boundless energy and light humour. This is the kind of font that makes you wonder whether it was drawn with rulers, protractors and compasses, or just by a mad doodler's crazy-good free hand.
    • Bigfoot (2008), the fattest font ever made (sic).
    • Blackhaus (2005), an extension of Kursachsen Auszeichnung, a blackletter typeface designed in 1937 by Peterpaul Weiß for the Schriftguss foundry in Dresden.
    • Blanchard (2009): a revival and elaborate extension of Muriel, a 1950 metal script typeface made by Joan Trochut-Blanchard for the Fonderie Typographique Française, that was published simultaneously by the Spanish Gans foundry under the name Juventud.
    • Bluebeard (2004), a blackletter face.
    • Book Jacket (2010): this is a digital extension of the film type font Book Jacket by Ursula Suess, published in 1972.
    • Boondock (2005): a revival of Imre Reiner's brush script typeface Bazaar from 1956.
    • Borax (2011-2021). An ode to the typography scene of New York City and Chicago in the late 1970s.
    • Broken (2006): grunge.
    • Bunyan Pro (2016, Patrick Griffin and Bill Troop). Bunyan Pro is the synthesis of Bunyan, the last face Eric Gill designed for hand setting in 1934 and Pilgrim, the machine face based on it, issued by British Linotype in the early 1950s---the most popular Gill text face in Britain from its release until well into the 1980s.
    • Chalice (2006). Religious and Cyrillic influences.
    • Chapter 11 (2009): an old typewriter face.
    • Chikita (2008): an upright ronde script done with Rebecca Alaccari, and rooted in the work of 1930s Dutch lettering artist Martin Meijer.
    • Clarendon Text (2007). A 20-style slab serif that uses inspiration from 1953 typefaces by Hoffmann and Eidenbenz and the 1995 font Egizio by Novarese.
    • Classic Comic (2010).
    • Coconut and Coconut Shadow (2006). Great techno pop typefaces.
    • Coffee Script (2004): the digital version of R. Middleton's Wave design for the Ludlow foundry, circa 1962. Designed with Phil Rutter.
    • Colville (2017). A set of sans headline typefaces based on letters used by Canadian painter Alex Colville.
    • Comic book typefaces: Caper or Caper Comic (2008), Captain Comic (2007), Classic Comic (2010), Collector Comic (2006, a comic balloon lettering family), Common Comic (2013).
    • Counter (2008): A futuristic beauty with a double-lined cursive thrown in. Available exclusively from P22. This typeface was based on the idea for an uncredited film typeface called Whitley, published by a little known English typesetting house in the early 1970s.
    • Cryptozoo (2009): Late director of design for VANOC, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Committee, Leo Ostbaum, commissioned Canada Type to make a typeface for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Patrick Griffin came up with a rounded signage font called Cryptozoo, whose Notice reads Concept and design by Leo Obstbaum, VANOC Brand & Creative Services. Additional character data and technical production by Canada Type. Copyright 2007 VANOC Brand&Creative Services.
    • Dads Handwriting (2014, custom typeface).
    • Dancebats (2004).
    • Davis (2016, a slab serif) and Davis Sans (2016). Typeface families designed for precision-engineered corporate use. All proceeds will go towards higher education expenses of design graduates.
    • Dokument Pro (2014). This is a reworking of a typeface made in 2005 by the late Jim Rimmer: Jim Rimmer aptly described his Dokument family as a sans serif in the vein of New Gothic that takes nothing from News Gothic. Dokument Pro is thoroughly reworked and expanded, with different widths still in the pipeline.
    • Dominion (2006). Based on an early 1970s film type called Lampoon. Dominions severely geometric shapes are a strange cross between early Bauhaus minimalism and later sharp square typefaces used for instance in Soviet propaganda posters.
    • Doobie (2006). 60s psychedelic style.
    • Driver Gothic (2008): based on the typeface used for Ontario license plates. Although unique among Canadian provincial license plates, this typeface is very similar to, if not outright identical with, the typeface used on car plates in 22 American states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. Ideal for license plate forgers.
    • Expo (2004): an octagonal family.
    • Fab (2007). A tube-design family reminiscent of the 1980s. Ricardo Cordoba writes: Fab reminds me of leafing through my first Letraset catalog in the mid-1980s all those decorative typefaces with rounded ends and tubular shapes, trying to imitate the look of neon signage. But Fab, with its contemporary twist on that aesthetic, and its unicase characters, manages to look like a cross between Cholla Bold and Frankfurter Highlight. Its handtooled, narrow shapes are perfectly suited to pop subject matter and bright colors. Fab Trio can be used to create layered chromatic effects, but its components can stand alone, too. The Seventies sure aint drab in Patrick Griffin's hands.
    • Fantini (2006). An update of the curly art nouveau typeface Fantan, a film type from 1970 by Custom Headings International.
    • Feather Script (2012). A revival of an old Lettering Inc font from the 1940s, known then as Flamenco.
    • Fido (2009) is the official font of dog owners everywhere. Has Saul Bass influences.
    • Filmotype fonts: Filmotype Ace (2015; based on a Filmotype script from 1953), Alice (2008, a casual hand-printed design based on a 1958 alphabet by Filmotype), Filmotype Arthur (2015; based on a Filmotype script from 1953), Athens (2014), Filmotype Brooklyn (2009, a casual script based on a 1958 Filmotype font), Filmotype Candy (2012), Filmotype Carmen (2012), Filmotype Hemlock (2013, a retro signage script), Hickory (2014), Filmotype Homer (2014, a brush signage script), Filmotype Hudson (1955, based on a 1955 original), Filmotype Jessy (2009, a flowing upright connected script based on a 1958 design by Filmotype), Filmotype Jupiter (2015; based on a Filmotype brush script from 1958), Filmotype Kellog (2013), Filmotype Lakeside (2013, a retro signage typeface), Filmotype Leader (2013), Filmotype Liberty (2015; based on a Filmotype brush script from 1955), Filmotype Giant (2011, a condensed sans done with Rebecca Alaccari) and its italic counterpart, Filmotype Escort (2011, done with Rebecca Alaccari), Filmotype Keynote (2013, a connected bold advertising script), Filmotype Lacrosse (2013, a retro script from the 1950s sometimes used in department store catalogs of that era), Filmotype LaSalle (2008, based on a 1952 retro script by Ray Baker for Filmotype), Filmotype Harmony (2011, original from 1950 by Ray Baker), Filmotype Kentucky (a 1955 original by Ray Baker), Filmotype Kingston (a 1953 original by Ray Baker), Filmotype Lucky (2012, based on a font by Ray Baker), Filmotype Hamlet (a 1955 original by Ray Baker), Filmotype Panama (2012, a flared casual serif typeface based on a 1958 original), Filmotype Prima (2011, with Rebecca Alaccari), Filmotype Quiet (2010, based on a 1954 military stencil typeface by Filmotype), Filmotype Yale (2012, a wedding invitation script based on a 1964 original by Filmotype), Filmotype York (2014).
    • Flirt (2005). Based on an art deco typeface found in a Dover specimen book.
    • P22 Folkwang Pro (2017, at P22). A revival of Hermann Schardt's Folkwang (1949-1955, Klingspor).
    • Fuckbats (2007).
    • Fury (2008): an angry techno family.
    • Gala (2005, expanded in 2017). By Griffin and Alaccari. Gala is the digitization of the one of the most important Italian typefaces of the twentieth century: G. da Milanos 1935 Neon design for the Nebiolo foundry. This designs importance is in being the predecessor - and perhaps direct ancestor - of Aldo Novareses Microgramma (and later Eurostile), which paved the worlds way to the gentle transitional, futuristic look we now know and see everywhere. It is also one of the very first designs made under the direction of Alessandro Butti, a very important figure in Italian design.
    • Gallery (2004): art deco.
    • Gamer (2004-2006), by Griffin and Alaccari: modeled after a few 1972 magazine advertisement letters, the origin of which was later identified as a common film type called Checkmate.
    • Gaslon (2005): a modification of A. Bihari's Corvina Black from 1973.
    • Gator (2007). A digital version of Friedrich Poppl's Poppl Heavy (1972), which in turn was one of the many responses by type designers to Cooper Black.
    • Genie (2006): a psychedelic typeface based on a 1970s film type called Jefferson Aeroplane.
    • Gibson (2011, with Kevin King and Rod McDonald). This 8-style humanist sans family is a revival of McDonald's own Monotype face, Slate. It was named to honour John Gibson FGDC (1928-2011), Rod's long-time friend and one of the original founders of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. All the revenues from its sale will be donated by Canada Type to the GDC, where they will be allocated to a variety of programs aiming to improve the creative arts and elevate design education in Canada.
    • Go (2005): a techno face.
    • Goudy Two Shoes (2006): a digitization and expansion of a 1970s type called Goudy Fancy, which originated with Lettergraphics as a film type.
    • Gumball (2005). A bubblegum font modeled after Richard Weber's 1958 font, Papageno.
    • Hamlet (2006): medieval. Based on an old type called Kitterland.
    • Happy (2005). Happy is the digital version of one the most whimsical takes on typewriters ever made, an early 1970s Tony Stan film type called Ap-Ap. Some of the original characters were replaced with more fitting ones, but the original ones are still accessible as alternates within the font. We also made italics and bolds to make you Happy-er.
    • Heathen (2005). A grunge calligraphic script: The original Heathen was made by redrawing Phil Martin's Polonaise majuscules and superposing them over the majuscules of Scroll, another Canada Type font. The lowercase is a superposition of Scrolls lowercase atop a pre-release version of Sterling Script, yet another Canada Type font.
    • Hortensia (2009): a semi-script Victorian typeface modeled after Emil Gursch's Hortensia (1900). Codesigned with Rebecca Alaccari.
    • Hunter (2005). A revival of a brush script by Imre Reiner called Mustang (1956).
    • Hydrogen (2007, a rounded geometric unicase family.
    • Informa (2009): a comprehensive 36-style sans serif text family based on traditional lettering. He says: While some typefaces classified as such exhibit too much calligraphy (like Gill Sans, Syntax and Optima), and others tend to favor geometric principles in rhythm and proportion (like Agenda, Frutiger and Myriad), Informa stays true to the humanist ideology by maintaining the proper equilibrium between the two influences that drive the genre, and keeping the humanist traits where they make better visual sense.
    • Jackpot (2005): The idea for Jackpot came from a photo type called Cooper Playbill, which as the name implies was simply a westernized version of Cooper Black. The recipe was simple: Follow Mr. Coopers big fat hippy idea, cowboy it with heavy slabs, give it true italics, then swash away at both for beautiful mixture. And there you have the bridge between groovy and all-American. There you have the country lover shaking hands with the rock and roll enthusiast. There you have your perfect substitute for the very overused Cooper Black.
    • Jazz Gothic (2005): an expansion of an early 1970s film type from Franklin Photolettering called Pinto Flare. Image.
    • Jezebel (2007).
    • The psychedelic typeface Jingo (2014, with Kevin Allan King): This is the digital makeover and major expansion of a one-of-a-kind melting pot experiment done by VGC and released under the name Mardi Gras in the early 1960s. It is an unexpected jambalaya of Art Nouveau, Tuscan, wedge serifs, curlycues, ball endings, wood type spurs and swashes, geometry and ornamental elements that on the surface seem to be completely unrelated.
    • Johnny (2006): with Rebecca Alaccari; based on Phil Martin's Harem or Margit fonts from 1969.
    • Jupiter (2007): based on Roman lettering.
    • P22 Klauss Kursiv (2018). A revival, at P22, of Karl Klauss's crisp fifties script typeface Klauss Kuriv (1956-1958, Genzsch & Heyse).
    • Latex (2015). A layered all caps decal typeface.
    • Leather (2005): an expansion of Imre Reiner's blackletter typeface Gotika (1933).
    • Libertine (2011). Libertine (done with Kevin Allan King) is an angular calligraphic script inspired by the work of Dutchman Martin Meijer (1930s): This is the rebel yell, the adrenaline of scripts.
    • Lionheart (2006). A digitization and extension of Friedrich Poppl's neo-gothic typeface Saladin.
    • Lipstick (2006): handwriting. Plus Lipstick Extras.
    • Louis (2012). A faithful digital rendition and expansion of a design called Fanfare, originally drawn by Louis Oppenheim in 1927, and redrawn in 1993 by Rod McDonald as Stylu.
    • Maestro (2009) is a 40 style chancery family, in 2 weights each, with 3350 characters per font, co-designed with calligrapher Philip Bouwsma. This has to be the largest chancery/calligraphy family on earth.
    • Magellan (2014). A custom stencil typeface.
    • Martie (2006). Done with Rebecca Alaccari. Based on the handwriting of Martie S. Byrd.
    • Marvin (2010): a fat cartoon typeface that recalls older Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies lettering.
    • In 2013, Kevin Allan King and Patrick Griffin revived Georg Trump's transitional typeface Mauritius (1967, Weber).
    • Memoriam (2009): An extreme-contrast vogue display script which was commissioned by art director Nancy Harris for the cover of the 2008 commemorative issue of the New York Times magazine. He also did the typography and fonts for the 2010 issue. This became an unbelievably successful family, and was extended in 2011 with headline, Outline and Iline variants.
    • Merc (2007). Based on an all-cap rough-brush metal typeface called Agitator, designed by Wolfgang Eickhoff and published by Typoart in 1960.
    • Messenger (2010), a calligraphic script. Patrick Griffin writes about Messenger (2010, Canada Type): Messenger is a redux of two mid-1970s Markus Low designs: Markus Roman, an upright calligraphic face, and Ingrid, a popular typositor-era script. Through the original film typefaces were a couple of years apart and carried different names, they essentially had the same kind of Roman/Italic relationship two members of the same typeface family would have. The forms of both typefaces were reworked and updated to fit in the Ingrid mold, which is the truer-to-calligraphy one.
    • Middleton Brush (2010): a redigitization of R.H. Middleton's connected brush typeface Wave, ca. 1962; see also an early Canada Type face, Coffee Script.
    • Miedinger (2007). Created after Max Miedinger's 1964 face, Horizontal. Canada Type writes: The original film typeface was a simple set of bold, panoramically wide caps and figures that give off a first impression of being an ultra wide Gothic incarnation of Microgramma. Upon a second look, they are clearly more than that. This typeface is a quirky, very non-Akzidental take on the vernacular, mostly an exercise in geometric modularity, but also includes some unconventional solutions to typical problems (like thinning the midline strokes across the board to minimize clogging in three-storey forms). This digital version introduces a new lighter weight alongside the bold original..
    • Militia (2007). An octagonal and threatening stencil.
    • Militia Sans (2007).
    • Monte Cristo (2012, with Kevin Allan King) is a grand type family with five styles and 1630 characters with many swashes and ways of connecting the calligraphic glyphs---it is the ultimate wedding font.
    • Neil Bold (2010): an extension of the fat typeface Neil Bold (1966, Wayne J. Stettler).
    • Nightlife (2005): inspired by a pre-desktop publishing grid design by L. Meuffels.
    • Nuke (2005): a fat stencil grunge weith pizzazz.
    • In 2011, he and Kevin Allan King published the refined Orpheus Pro family, which was based on the elegant Orpheus by Walter Tiemann (1926-1928, Klingspor), and its Italic which was called Euphorion (Walter Tiemann, 1936). Their enthusiastic description: The Orpheus Pro fonts started out as a straightforward revival of Tiemann's Orpheus and Euphorion. It was as simple as a work brief can be. But did we ever get carried away, and what should have been finished in a few weeks ended up consuming the best part of a year, countless jugs of coffee, and the merciless scrutiny of too many pairs of eyeballs. The great roman caps just screamed for plenty of extensions, alternates, swashes, ligatures, fusions from different times, and of course small caps. The roman lowercase wanted additional alternates and even a few ligatures. The italic needed to get the same treatment for its lowercase that Tiemann envisioned for the uppercase. So the lowercase went overboard plenty alternates and swashes and ligatures. Even the italic uppercase was augmented by maybe too many extra letters. Orpheus Pro has been a real ride. Images of Orpheus: i, ii, iii, iv, v.
    • Outcast (2010): a grunge family.
    • Oxygen (2006): a great grid-based design.
    • Paganini (2011,(with Kevin Allan King) is another jewel in Canada Type's drawers: Designed in 1928 by Alessandro Butti under the direction of Raffaello Bertieri for the Nebiolo foundry, Paganini defies standard categorization. While it definitely is a classic foundry text typeface with obvious roots in the oldstyle of the Italian renaissance, its contrast reveals a clear underlying modern influence.
    • The last joint project of King and Griffin in 2012 was Pipa, a pseudo-psychedelic groovy bellydancing font: Originally made for a health food store chain we cannot name, Pipa is the embodiment of organic display typography.
    • Player (2007). An 11-style athletic lettering family.
    • Plywood (2007): a retro typeface based on Franklin Typefounders's Barker Flare from the early 1970s.
    • Press Gothic (2007). A revival of Aldo Novarese's Metropol typeface, released by Nebiolo in 1967 as a competitor to Stephenson Blakes Impact.
    • Quanta (2005, stencil). Two weights, East and West.
    • In 2011, Kevin Allan King and Patrick Griffin completed work on an exceptionally beautiful revival, Ratio Modern (the original by F.W. Kleukens is from 1923). This is a didone family with a refined humanist trait.
    • Rawhide (2006): a bouncy Western saloon font based on cover page lettering of the Belgian comic book series Lucky Luke.
    • Recta (2011, with Kevin King). This is eighteen-stye sans family that extends Novarese's Recta.
    • Rhino (2005): a revival of the informal typeface Mobil (1960, Helmut Matheis, Ludwig&Mayer).
    • Normandia (2021, by Patrick Griffin and Hans van Maanen). A digital revival of the fatface typeface Normandia by Alessandro Butti at Nebiolo (1946-1949).
    • Noteworthy (2009). A font commissioned for the Apple iPad. It is based on Griffin's earlier revival typeface Filmotype Brooklyn.
    • Ronaldson Regular (2008, with Rebecca Alaccari), a 17-style oldstyle family based on the 1884 classic by Alexander Kay, Ronaldson Old style (MacKellar, Smith&Jordan). Griffin reconstructed this family from the metal typeface and from many scans from rare documents provided by Stephen O. Saxe, Philippe Chaurize and Rebecca Davis.
    • Roos (2009): A 10-style revival of Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos's De Roos Romein (1948), created in cooperation with Hans van Maanen.
    • Robur (2010): Done with Kevin King, this set of two fonts revives Georges Auriol's Robur Noir from 1909.
    • Runway (2004): racetrack lettering.
    • Rush (2005): futuristic.
    • Sailor (2005): digital rendition of West Futura Casual (late 1970s film type).
    • Salden (2019, by Hans van Maanen and Patrick Griffin). A grand effort to collect the lettering of Dutch book and book cover designer Helmut Salden in a series of typefaces.
    • Salome (2008). Done with Rebecca Alaccari, this is a revival and expansion of a photolettering era typeface called Cantini (1972, Letter Graphics).
    • Santini (2004): Bauhaus-inspired architectural lettering.
    • One of Heinz Schumann's unpublished typefaces from the early 1960s was revived in 2017 by Patrick Griffin and Richard Kegler at P22 as P22 Schumann Pro.
    • Screener (2006): an extensive octagonal family, including Screener Symbols.
    • Sears Social (2014). A custom typeface family that includes Sears Social Monocase.
    • Secret Scrypt (2004): four shaky script styles done for a New York restaurant. With Alaccari.
    • Semplicita Pro (2011). A grand revival of Alessandro Butti's Futura-like Semplicità, executed between 2009 and 2011 by Patrick Griffin and Bill Troop. Image of the Medium weight.
    • Shred (2010): an octagonal heavy metal face.
    • Siren Script (2009-2010): Done with Rebecca Alaccari, this six-style script family is based on the metal typeface Stationers Semiscript (BBS, 1899).
    • Skullbats (2005).
    • Serial Killer (2005): bloody.
    • Slang (2004): a blood scratch face.
    • Slinger (2010): a flared art nouveau face.
    • Social Gothic (2007). After Tom Hollingsworth's Informal Gothic, a squarish unicase grotesk done in 1965. Followed by Social Stencil (2011-2012) and Social Gothic 2 (2014).
    • Soft Press (2012). A rounded version of Canada Type's Press Gothic.
    • Sol Pro (2010): a 20-style revival and extension of the monoline sans typeface Sol by Marty Goldstein and C.B. Smith (1973, VGC), done with Kevin Allan King. Griffin writes: This is not your grandfather's Eurostile. This is your offspring's global hope, optimism, and total awareness.
    • Spade (2012). A super-heavy slab face, done with Kevin King.
    • Spadina (2010): a psychedelic / art nouveau revival with Kevin Allan King of Karlo Wagner's Fortunata (1971, Berthold).
    • Sterling Script (2005): done with Rebecca Alaccari. Sterling Script was initially meant to a be digitization/reinterpretation of a copperplate script widely used during what effectively became the last decade of metal type: Stephenson Blake's Youthline, from 1952. Many alternates were added, so this is a virtually new type family.
    • Sultan: a Celtic-Arabic simulation typeface after "Mosaik" (1954) by Martin Kausche.
    • Stretto (2008) is a revival and expansion of the reverse stress font Sintex 1 (Aldo Novarese, Nebiolo and VGC, 1973), a funky nightclub face. It was used as the basis of Cowboy Hippie (2010, CheapProFonts). Similar typefaces include ITC Zipper (1970) and Berthold Beat Star (1972).
    • Symposium Pro (2011). This Carolingian family was drawn by Philip Bouwsma. Patrick helped with the production.
    • Tabarnak (2012) and its shaded version, Tabarnouche (2012). Lovingly named to attract business from Quebec, this is a packaging or signage pair of fonts.
    • Taboo (2009) is a geometric display typeface that was inspired by lettering by Armenian artist Fred Africkian in 1984.
    • Testament (2010): a calligraphic uncial family done with Philip Bouwsma.
    • Tomato (2005): done with Rebecca Alaccari, this is the digitization and quite elaborate expansion of an early 1970s Franklin Photolettering film type called Viola Flare.
    • Treasury (2006): a huge type family based on a calligraphic script by Hermann Ihlenburg from the late 19th century. Canada Type writes: The Treasury script waited over 130 years to be digitized, and the Canada Type crew is very proud to have done the honors. And then some. After seven months of meticulous work on some of the most fascinating letter forms ever made, we can easily say that Treasury is the most ambitious, educational and enjoyable type journey we've embarked upon, and we're certain you will be quite happy with the results. Treasury goes beyond being a mere revival of a typeface. Though the original Treasury script is quite breathtaking in its own right, we decided to bring it into the computer age with much more style and functionality than just another lost script becoming digital. The Treasury System is an intuitive set of fonts that takes advantage of the most commonly used feature of todays design software: Layering.
    • Trump Gothic (2005): a revival and expansion of two different takes on Signum (1955, Weber), Georg Trumps popular mid-twentieth-century condensed gothic: Less than one year after Signum, the Czech foundry Grafotechna released Stanislav Marso's Kamene, a reinterpretation of Signum. The differences between the two were quite subtle in most forms, but functionally proved to offer different levels of visual flexibility. Marso changed a few letters, most notably the wonderful a and g he added, and also made a bold weight. Trump Gothic West is a revival of Trump's original Signum, but in three weights and italics for each. Trump Gothic East is a revival of Marso's Kamene, but also in three weights and corresponding italics.. In 2013, Patrick Griffin redrew and optimized these condensed and ultra-economical typefaces in his Trump Gothic Pro and the rounded version, Trump Soft Pro.
    • Trump Script (2010) revives the African look script by Georg Trump called Jaguar (1962). An improvement on an earlier Canada type family called Tiger Script.
    • Tuba (2010).
    • Valet (2006): inspired by an uncredited early 1970s all-cap film type called Expression.
    • Veronica Polly (2005).
    • Vintage Deco (2017).
    • Vox (2007): a 24-style monoline sans family done with Rebecca Alaccari. This was followed in 2013 by a softer version, Vox Round.
    • Wagner Grotesk (2010): a sturdy grotesk, after a typeface from the Johannes Wagner foundry. Kevin King is also credited.
    • Wagner Script Pro (2011). Done together with Kevin King, this is a revival of Troubadour (1926, Wagner&Schmidt).
    • King and Patrick Griffin published Wonder Brush in 2012. This is partly based on a signage brush script called Poppl Stretto (1969) by Friedrich Poppl.
    • Opentype programming help for several fonts by Michael Doret, such as Deliscript (2009), Dynascript (2011) and Steinweiss Script (2010). Deliscript (a winner at TDC2 2010) is an upright connected script with accompanying slanted version. Steinweiss Script is a 2200-glyph curly script typeface called Steinweiss Script (2010), which captures a lot of the spirit of Steinweiss's album covers from the late 1930s and 1940s.
    • HWT Tangent (2021, at P22). This revives a Morgans & Wilcox wood typeface known as Tangent in the Hamilton Manufacturing collection (after Hamilton took over Morgans & Wilcox).
    • Patrick Griffin did the final mastering in 2021 for P22 Underground Pro, which was developed over the years by Richard Kegler (1997), Paul D. Hunt (2007) and finally, Dave Farey (2021) and James Todd (2021). This comes close to being thee ultimate implementation of Johnston's Underground.
    • Filmotype Andrew (2021). A bold and wide extension of the retro casual script font Filmotype Athens.
    • Ronaldson Pro (2021). A revision and extension of Griffin's 2006 font, Ronaldson Old Style. It now has four weights and two variable fonts.

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    Patrick Nas

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to create Naumburg (rounded squarish letters), Cars (dingbats), PN Box (stencil), Massive, 20-block (dot matrix typeface for headlines), 4-block (pixel face), almost-there, bau-hause, belly (elegant art deco), bite-me, blackline, carree, digit (LED simulation), hell-yeah!, hooked, meca-no (simulation of a steel plate with bolts), no-way! (dashed outlines), oneblock, petroes, petroeska, petroeskaja, pointilism, showcase (octagonal, thick), slimbold, starblock, super-stretched, woolly, lilium, showcase (octagonal), bau hause. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Patrick Seymour

    Super-talented Montreal-based illustrator and digital artist. Home page. He created several modular typefaces in 2011.

    In 2012, he created Muse, Gotham Streets (a prismatic typeface), Slinky, Stencil, Tulipe (counterless), Bad Billy (multilined, art deco), The Great Carnival (beveled caps), Web Font (prismatic), Jump Jump Font (octagonal), Fashion (a horizontally striped typeface), OK (prismatic), The Aviator (horizontally striped poster face), La Bonne Aventure (prismatic and slightly art deco), the rope-themed typeface Noeud Marin, the shaded boat name typeface Bleu Marine, the multiline caps typeface Origami, the moustache-inspired caps typeface Mous Type (ornamental moustache-shaped capitals), the multilined display typeface Empire, the hand-drawn Une Typo Faite A La Main, and the prismatic typeface Anabelypster. After a bout of salmonella, he created Intestino, still in 2012. In Motion (2012) is an awesome prismatic art deco typeface.

    Images of his stunning work from 2011: i, ii, ii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x.

    His Cathédrale project (2011) starts from a squarish face and transforms it gradually into one that contains the features of a cathedral.

    Creations in 2013: Shapes (geometric font), Gold Deco, Dentelle, Twist, Sleek (a thin slab serif), Say Say Say (multiline, prismatic, hypnotic), Metrick (a gridded typeface), Film Noir (an overlay type system), Tam Tam, Diner (a striped all caps typeface), Spot Light Font (prismatic), Flora, Bright Diamond, Incandescent, XVII (multilined display face), Konga (a multiline script), Shiny Diamond, Splash (paint font), Chicago (prismatic neon tube face), Taxi (a wonderful multiline typeface), Papale (religious symbology alphabet made to mock the papal system), Empreinte (pure op-art), Broken Arrow Font (multiline caps face), Liquid Paper Font, Sunset (prismatic), Boogie (Broadway-style art deco family), New Art Deco (prismatic art deco face), Poule de Luxe, Burnout (a prismatic typeface), Marble Maze Font, M Gagnon (ornamental caps influenced by the design work of Denis Gagnon).

    FontStruct fonts: Test3 (2012), Jump Jump 2 (2012).

    Typefaces made in 2014: Moiré, Decora, Magnetic, Noise (TV noise emulation), Yes (multilined font), Broderie (braided letters), SAS (multilined), Full House, Heart Font (prismatic), 1976 (inspired by the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal), Gold (prismatic art deco typeface), Lace, Bike.

    Typefaces from 2015: Detour, Allie X, Grad Font, Duct Tape, Mint Julep (bilined art deco beauty), Hourglass, Stuntman (prismatic), La Dame de Coeur (playing card font), Fog.

    Typefaces from 2016: Road Free (a free prismatic font), Solitaire (card font), Joliette, Denis (named after Montreal's mayor, Denis Coderre), Montreal (a prismatic typeface based on the logo of the city of Montreal), Cherry Cola Font, Bro & Co (multilined art deco beauty), Macramee (multilined).

    Typefaces from 2017: The Simple Font (sans), Le Cabinet (multilined neo deco).

    Typefaces from 2018: Atrium (a sublime multiline art deco beauty), Pride (a color font to support the LGBT community).

    Typefaces from 2019: Columbarium (a beveled typeface), The Invisible Font, The Usual Font, Recettes d'Ici (handcrafted style for menu design), Vinyl (multiline), Gasoline (a gasoline spill textured font), Reflet, Mint Soda (a fashion mag extravaganza), Glamarrr (a sailor or pirate font).

    Typefaces from 2020: Siren (a wonderful mermaid-themed initial caps font, half Engravers MT and half mermaid), Homa (decorative caps), Luna (blocky caps), Chicken Bone, Happier (an all caps 3d color font), Dollara (a polygonal typeface), Stay Home, Mundo Disko (prismatic).

    Typefaces from 2021: Deliria, The National Bank Open font (created for a tennis tournament).

    Behance link. Hellofont link (for buying his fonts).

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    Patrona Grotesk

    A stencil typeface dating back to Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. It is shown in Stencil Type (Steven Heller and Louise Fili, Thames and Hudson). Jeff Levine made a digital revival in 2015 called Czech Stencil JNL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paul Barnes
    [Modern Typography]

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    Paul Bokslag
    [Font Studio Four]

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    Paul Branelly
    [Very Good Fonts]

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    Paul D. Hunt
    [Pilcrow Type]

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    Paul Eslage

    Graduate of the Münster School of Design, class of 2014. After his degree he joined Nils Thomsen in his Kiel, Germany, office as TypeMates' first intern. Typefaces at TypeMates designed by Paul Eslage include Halvar Stencil (2019: a German engineering stencil font family by Jakob Runge, Nils Thomsen, Lisa Fischbach and Paul Eslage) and Sombra (2020). Sombra is eccentric, incised, hipsterish and full of contrast. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paul Glazkov
    [Level Up]

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    Paul Harpin

    British designer who worked for Condé Nast in the 1980s. Paul Harpin created his first typeface, Laura---a twelve-weight typeface family--in 2014, assisted by Paul Hickson. It is named after his niece Laura, who died of cancer, and has Display, Stencil, Ribbon and Regular styles. In 2017, he co-founded London Type. At London Type he published these typefaces:

    • LDN Mammoth Woodblock and LDN Mammoth (2019), which is based on a hand drawn letterpress style headline typeface by artwork expert Peter Taylor.
    • LDN CircleLine (2019), with single, double and triple line typefaces. He writes: LDN CircleLine is an eclectic slab serif in eight overlapping styles [...] to work well on their own or as stackable layers. Paul drew inspiration from several sources; the Post Office Double Line typeface designed by John Miles (Banks & Miles), the simplicity of the London Underground symbol, and by Lance Wyman's designs for the 1968 Olympic Games.
    • London Hoxton Square (2019). An extra black, slab serif headline font, where every character is the same width and fits into a square for alignment purposes.
    • The high contrast fashion mag typeface Kondon Modern (2019).
    • London Mixed (2019). Three styles, from a humanist sans to slab.
    • London Grace Roman (2019). A roman inscriptional caps typeface.
    • LDN Southbank (2020). A sturdy slab serif inspired by London during the Festival of Britain era. Accompanied by its art school and more experimental cousin LDN Northbank (2020).
    • LDN Queenstown (2020). A single weight slightly quirky ultra light monolinear typeface that takes inspiration from a sketch of an early sans by the Victorian calligraphic artist John Vinycomb Esq. Paul writes: Vinycomb was probably about 120 years ahead of the game, and Queenstown faithfully retains some of the charmingly unusual letterforms of JV's early modern sans serif. Characters of note include a gorgeous pince-nez letter g and a long tailed cap Q, one of four Q alternates.
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    Paul Hornoff

    Designer (aka "Zini") who used FontStruct in 2009 to create the ink effect typefaces Punkt 1451 (+Bold, +Light), the stencil typeface Zini Two, and the octagonal typeface Zini Drei. In addition, we find the stitching fonts Kreuzstich and Kreuzstich Fraktur, and the dotted line family Konstrukteur (Serif, Sans). Additions in 2010: Schwarzmaler, Urvater's Pixel (grayish family), Fuenfer Uni Soft. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paul Hutchison
    [Hype Type Studio]

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    Paul Klein

    Designer of a commercial modern semi-stencil face in 1930. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paul McNeil

    Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir cofounded MuirMcNeil in 2010. McNeil is a type designer and course leader of the MA in Contemporary Typographic Media at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London. Muir, well known for his work as co-founder of 8vo (and co-editor of its type journal, Octavo), is art director at the digital publisher, Outcast Editions. Paul McNeil has designed the McNeil family of blocky display typefaces. He has previously produced designs for Mambo and worked in Sydney, Australia. He was affiliated as a designer with The Australian Type Foundry.

    In 2012, Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir co-designed FF Three Six (FontShop), a pixel-based stencil and regular typeface family.

    In 2014, four commercial modular and pixelish typeface families were published, Panopticon (a system of layered 3d geometric typefaces), Intersect, Nine (Metric, Mono) and Interact. In that series, the nine-weight geometric almost-typewriter typeface Nine Mono (monospaced and monoline) stands out. The pixelish typefaces Three Point, Four Point and Ten Point were also done in 2014. The superfamily of pixelish and dot matrix fonts Two followed in 2015.

    THD Sentient (2017) is an all-capitals monolinear rounded proportionally spaced all caps sans type family in four weights, designed by Tim Hutchinson in collaboration with MuirMcNeil.

    Designer in 2017 of the geometric stencil typefaces Stem and Rumori. Still in 2017, Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir co-designed the stencil family Five.

    In 2020, they released the Bauhaus typeface Two Bar Mono.

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    Paul Renner

    German type designer, architect and Bauhaus-style designer, b. 1878, Wernigerode, d. 1956, Hödingen. He designed the famous and popular Futura between 1924 and 1936 at Bauer. He had a strict Protestant upbringing, being educated in a 19th-century Gymnasium. He was eductaed with a traditional German sense of leadership, duty and responsibility. Despite the fact that Futura came to symbolize abstract ideas, but also modernism and jazz, Renner disliked abstract art and many forms of modern culture, such as jazz, cinema, and dancing.

    Later weights include the headline stencil typeface Futura Black. Deberny&Peignot issued the Futura family under the name Europe. Spartan (American Typefounders and Mergenthaler Linotype) is similar but not identical. Intertype Futura Extra Bold was designed by Edwin W. Shaar (roman in 1952; italic in 1955 with Tommy Thompson). Neufville published a revival of his Futura fonts. This 50+ family, Futura ND (1999), has Small Caps, Old Style Figures, Display and Black (stencil), and was digitized by Marie-Therésè Koreman. The typophiles generally agree that this version of Futura is the best digital implementation around. Nick Curtis's Airport Tourist (2009) is modeled after Futura. In 2013, URW++ published Futura Round. Tens of other typefaces are also descendants of Futura.

    Renner's typeface "Topic" is also known as Steile Futura (1952) [check also Bauer Topic (The Font Company), Tasse (1994, Guy Jeffrey Nelson at Font Bureau) and URW Topic for digitizations]. Renner also designed the Fraktur font Ballade (1937, Berthold; revived by Dieter Steffmann in 2002), the geometric sans family Plak (1928), Futura Schlagzeile (1932), and Renner Antiqua (1939, D. Stempel). Plak was revived in 2018 by Linda Hintz and Toshi Omagari at Monotype as Neue Plak.

    Renner, who was a prominent member of the Deutscher Werkbund (German Work Federation), wrote Typografie als Kunst (Typography as Art) and Die Kunst der Typographie (The Art of Typography).

    Bibliography: Christopher Burke wrote "Paul Renner: the art of typography", Hyphen Press, 1999. U&LC review. Bio by Nicholas Fabian. In 2007, Nathalie Wegener wrote a graduation thesis on Renner entitled Paul Renner. Au-delà du Futura.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link.

    Showcase of Paul Renner's fonts. View digital typefaces based on Futura. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paula Mastrangelo

    After graduating from Escola d'Art i Disseny (Eina), Paula Mastrangelo worked for La Vanguard, Catalonia's leading newspaper. Since then, she has focused on corporate magazines and works as an editorial art director. In 2012, Paula completed a postgraduate course in type design at Eina. Upon graduation, she started to collaborate with Ramiro Espinoza's Retype in Den Haag, The Netherlands. Paula Mastrangelo, who lived in Barcelona, writes about her typeface Laski (2012): Laski is the result of my work in the Master in Advanced Typography in Eina, School of Design and Art. This type is designed for use in a child's daily newspaper. The 20-style extension, achieved with the technical assistance of Ramiro Espinoza, Laski Slab (+Stencil), won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014.

    She also participated in the production process of Ramiro espinoza's calligraphic script typeface Medusa.

    Behance link. Re-type link. Type Network link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paula Minelgaite

    Paula Minelgaite is a graphic designer based in London, UK. As a print, editorial, type design and research practitioner she is interested in political, social and cultural communication. She writes about Romford Stencil (2017): Romford Stencil is a Brexit inspired typeface. Its letterforms represent the idea of a union splitting apart and the stylistic differences between the upper and lower case symbolise the notion of being different from one another. Research for this typeface started off in Romford which is an area where the majority of UK voters wanted to leave the European Union, hence the name.

    Typefaces from 2020: Suburban Collier. (a display demi-serif with polygonal counters). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paula Nazal Selaive

    Santiago de Chile-based creator of Selaive (2011, Latinotype), a geometric monoline sans with an extreme hairline weight, a bold, and several curly alternates. She also made the curly swashy script typeface Dulce (2011; Dulce Pro appeared in 2013 at Latinotype). Dulce has slight teardrop terminals.

    In 2012, she and Daniel Hernandez created the Bosque family at Latinotype, which comes with six variants, Normal, Wood, Shadow, Wood Shadow, Dingbats and Shadow One. Julieta is a curly swashy thin monoline typeface family. Romeo (Latinotype) is a swashy curly condensed unicase typeface.

    In 2013, with Daniel Hernandez, she designed the layered type system Trend, also at Latinotype. See also Trend Rough (2014).

    In 2014, together with Daniel Hernandez, she created the upright good-spirited coffee shop script Showcase. It is morally supported by a set of Ornaments and a few Sans and Slab styles.

    Revista (2015, Paula Nazal Selaive, Marcelo Quiroz and Daniel Hernandez, at Latinotype) is a typographic system that brings together all the features to undertake any fashion magazine-oriented project. It has Revista Script (connected style), Revista Stencil, Revista Dingbats, Revista Inline and the didone Revista all caps set of typefaces. Revista won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    In 2016, she designed the delicate display didone typeface family Camila (Latinotype), for which she was influenced by Coco Chanel.

    In 2017, Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernandez co-designed Trenda, a geometric sans family based on the uppercase of Trend. The rounded edge version of Trenda is Boston [corrections and review by Alfonso Garcia and Rodrigo Fuenzalida].

    In 2018, Paula Nazal and Daniel Hernandez co-designed the monoline connected script font Save The Date.

    Facundo (2020, Paula Nazal Selaive and Daniel Hernandez, at Latinotype) is a 14-style geometric sans family. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Paulfalco
    [Paolo Cadeddu]

    Italian designer who researches classical Italian typefaces, designs related digital fonts, and writes books about his findings.

    His typefaces include

    • Revivals of Alessandro Butti's Titano (1929) published between 2019 and 2021: Titano Inline, Titano Shadow, Titano Black, all captured in his Digital Titano family.
    • Digitizations of stencil fonts by Fausto Bassini originally designed between 1913 and 1940: Architettura, Cubitale 900, Imperiale, Duo, all done in 2021.
    • Neolt No 7 (2021). Based on a 1941 stencil font for architects and surveyors for floor plan titling.
    • Highalto (2013).
    • He also designed the Italian art deco fonts Decoita, Rovdeco, Decorabile, and Decolilla, the display typeface Hopifa, and the experimental typefaces Balor, Fusion Liqid and Penguin.

    Author of L'Italia nascosta---Oggetti, grafica e caratteri usi e costumi (2022) (translated: Hidden Italy---Graphic objects and typefaces, uses and customs). This book tells the story of Alessandro Butti's Titano font and other types derived from the shapes of the 1930 italian stencils. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paul-Nicolas Mau

    Artistic director who runs Polmo Corp in Paris. Creator of these typefaces: Raja (2016: an exclusive stencil typeface designed for RAJA, a large packaging supplier, and based on the company's logotype), Polmo Corp (Bold Serif, Regular Sans Serif), My Handwriting (Regular, Alternate), Thin Square, Round Square, Black Dog (blackletter), MyPixel, Propaganda (constructivist), Room 314 (lava lamp font), Deco, XTrem (trekkie font), The First One, Circuit.

    In 2013, he published La Belle Vie, and the custom typeface Raspoutine.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Paulo Caparica Junior
    [Minhocossauro Emporium (was: Minhocossauro Tipografia)]

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    Paulo Goode

    English designer in West Cork, Ireland. In 2014, he designed the classical roman caps typeface Carrig---not Trajan, but still influenced by stone carving. He also created the similar typefaces Carrig Roman (2015), Carrig Italic (2015), Carrig Refined (2015), Carrig Rough (2016), Carrigeen (2014), and Carrig Pro (2017). Woodford Bourne (2015, 8 weights for 16 fonts in all, from Hairline to Black) is a 19th century grotesque typeface that pays homage to the historic stone cast type in the building façades of the former Woodford, Bourne & Co. in Cork City, Ireland. It was imprioved and extended in 2016 as Woodford Bourne Pro. Arundel (2015) is a beveled medieval typeface.

    Typefaces from 2016: Didonesque (didone headline typeface characterized by a large x-height and slightly curved v, w and y), Fnord (a serif family designed with a mischievous streak), Fnord Display (in Engraved, Inline and Woodcut styles), Eponymous (an experiment with chunky serifs), Pseudonym (a subtly falred sans with interlocking and unicase features).

    Typefaces from 2017: Didonesque Ghost (a stylish very contrasted didone typeface family), Banjax (humanist sans, followed in 2018 by Banjax Notched), Faded Grandeur (inspired by stone engravings that have withered and decayed over time), Torus (a rounded monoline organic sans; see also Torus Variations (2018): Torus Notched, Torus Inline, Torus Outline and Torus Biline), Meccanica (an intoxicating nuts and bolts-style engineering typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Eurocine (this is in the wide elliptical sans genre: This typeface attempts to capture the mood of movie credits from European Cinema in the 1970s, with a focus on Giallo films in particular. In terms of style, Eurocine sits somewhere between Walter Baum and Konrad Friedrich Bauer's Folio, and Aldo Novarese's Eurostile), Polyphonic (a 60-font slab serif family), Majesty (flared, incised), Verbatim (a 60-font sans family that was inspired by the best (and worst) of 1970s science fiction TV shows and movies, and aims to extract the essence of futuristic type from that era).

    Typefaces from 2019: Didonesque Script, Modica (an 18-style geometric sans that came from Technica), Technica (a more conservative rounded geometric sans / techno family than his earlier Meccanica), Rhetoric (a semi-cursive typeface), Quorthon (blackletter, in Black, Dark and Grey substyles), Yolk (a sans family based on the shape of an egg yolk), Transcend (an all caps titling typeface), Ergonomique (a humanist sans in 18 styles), Eloquence (a renaissance font family), Didonesque Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2020: Rodia (an 18-style oddball (sic) geometric typeface inspired by the iconic RADIO signage that was once in place at 5041, Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles in 1985), Arise (an 18-style text typeface family characterized by hooked terminals), Slabber (a slab serif inspired by 19th century wood type), Audacious (a 20-style decorative serif), Cream (a warm text family, with the heavier weights leaning towards Cooper Black), Sqwared, Logik (sci-fi).

    Typefaces from 2021: Evoque (a 36-style contrast-rich text typeface; followed in 2022 by the 16-style family Evoque Text which includes two variable fonts), Sienna (14 styles and two variable fonts; a warm soft serif with some angular design elements that make it a great choice as a text typeface), Torus Pro, Harmonique (a 32-style incised serif).

    Creative Market link. MyFonts link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pavel Bolotov

    Designer of the foliate typeface Leaf Cut (2016) and Stencil-And-Grunge (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pavel Potapov

    Omsk, Russia-based designer of the rounded sans stencil font Trans Siberian (2015; Latin and Cyrillic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pavlov Design
    [Emanuele Fabrizioli]

    Pavlov Design offers free Mac typefaces by Emanuele Fabrizioli: Spraygun (stencil), Sushimix, Blackblock (techno font reminiscent of Wim Crouwel's lettering), Molecola, Pseiko (LCD font), Puerto Plata Market (stencil, inspired by a typeface made by Leonardo Sonnoli for the Biblioteca San Giovanni). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pawel Schulz

    During his studies at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland, Pawel Schulz (based in Rumia, Poland) designed the display typeface Wooden Pallet (2016). At the 15th Typeclinic, held in 2017, Pawel Schulz (Poland) designed the text typeface Capillary. He also designed the stencilish Wooden Panel Alphabet (2017).

    In 2018, he designed the stick typeface Gdansk. His main effort that year went into Janek, a mini-wedge serifed display and text typeface family that was implemented as a variable font with width and optical size axes. It is based on Jan Wojenski's lettering technique. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pawel Witek

    Designer of the fat cstencil typeface Hello Brigi (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pedro Biz

    Fontstructor who made the fat typeface Monk (2009). PPGAV (2011) is a pixel stencil face, and Cidade is a pixel face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pedro Leal

    Pedro Leal graduated in graphic design and advertising from the ESEIG-Escola Superior de Estudos Industriais e de Engenharia in Vila do Conde, Portugal, and lives in Porto. In 2010 he obtained a degree in type design at ESAD (Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Matosinhos) and started working at DSType. MyFonts link. Behance link.

    He used FontStruct in 2008 to create the pixel typeface Minimal 8pt (514 glyphs!). In 2010, he created the text family Mafra at DSType. This was followed a bit later by Mafra Display (2010; +Medium, +Black). Apud and Apud Display (2010, DSType) are high-contrast typefaces.

    Penna (2011) is a calligraphic type system. Braga (2011, Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal, DS Type) is a layered font design family. Dino writes: Braga is an exuberant baroque typeface, named after a Portuguese city, also known as the baroque capital of Portugal. Our latest typographic extravaganza comes with a multitude of fonts designed to work like layers, allowing to insert color, lines, gradients, patterns, baroque, floral swashes, and many other graphic elements. Starting with Braga Base, you can add any of the twenty-three available styles, to create colourful typographic designs.

    In 2012, he designed User, User Stencil and User Upright>/a>, a monospaced type family with 30 styles, from Hairline to Bold. This too will many awards. Girga (+Italic, +Engraved, +Banner, +Stencil) is a strong black Egyptian family designed together with Dino dos Santos at DS Type. Solido (2012, with Dino dos Santos, DS Type) is a versatile type system with five widths: Solido, Solido Constricted, Solido Condensed, Solido Compressed and Solido Compact. In total there are 35 fonts. In 2020, a variable font was added to Solido.

    In 2012, he created the sans family Global, with its own dedicated web site, The Global Font. In 2013, he followed that up with the Global Stencil typeface family.

    In 2013, Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal published Diversa, a set of nine very different fonts that are jointly kerned so that letters can be swapped out and replaced at will. Diversa Std (2014) extends this to include Stencil, Inline and other decorative styles. Pedro Leal's main typeface of 2013 is Aparo, a script that is calligraphic, yet keeps the characteristics of penmanship scripts, and the pizzazz of a good fashion font.

    In 2014, he published Ocre and Ocre Poster in sans and slab serif substyles inspired by W.A. Dwiggins, Torio, a penmanship script based on a style used in Arte de Escribir por Reglas y con Muestras (1798, by Spanish penman Torcuato Torío de la Riva y Herrer). Torio received the Communication Arts Type Award of Excellence in 2014.

    In 2015, he created the large Rudo and Rude Slab typeface families that exhibit many humanist traits: Rude ExtraWide, Rude Icons, Rude SemiCondensed, Rude SemiWide, Rude Wide, Rude, Rude Condensed, Rude ExtraCondensed, Rude Slab, Rude Slab Condensed, Rude Slab ExtraCondensed, Rude Slab ExtraWide, Rude Slab SemiCondensed, Rude Slab SemiWide, Rude Slab Wide, Rude Slab, Rude Slab Condensed, Rude Slab ExtraCondensed, Rude Slab ExtraWide, Rude Slab SemiCondensed, Rude Slab SemiWide, Rude Slab Wide. Early in 2015, he also did a custom typeface family for the Jornal de Notícias, including sans, serif and micro sub-styles. Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal published Jules and Jules Text in the summer of 2015---a fat fashion mag didone 45-style family inspired by several plates from Portuguese calligrapher Antonio Jacintho de Araujo; it comes in Big, Colossal and Epic. Ecra is a workhorse slab serif, also done in 2015. Viska (2015, by Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal) is designed for small print. Finally, TCF Zellige (2015, TypeCult) is a modular typeface inspired by the tiles that can be found in Southern Europe and North Africa.

    Typefaces from 2016: Oposta (Italian, Western style pushed to the esthetic extreme; received the Communication Arts Type Award of Excellence in 2017), Ardina (with Dino dos Santos: a text typeface family with three optical sizes).

    Typefaces from 2017: Scrittore (a heavy dark Italian bastarda influenced by the connected hand of Giovanniantonio Tagliente and Robert Granjon's Civilité; at DS Type), Zart (a voluptuous ebullient black didone, or fat face; +Script). Fusta (a gorgeous wood-type inspired poster typeface), Ordem (a low-contrast contemporary Capitalis Monumentalis).

    Typefaces from 2018: Glitched (an experimental variable spacing font), Striver (a crisp contrasted curvy display typeface), Certo Slab and Certo Sans, Foreday (a forward-looking typeface family with associated variable font, covering sans, serif, semi-sans and semi-serif), Perfil (an inline and swashy high end script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Akut (a purely angular typeface with some rounded corners), Denso (by Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal: a great condensed variable font with weight, serif and optical size axes), Jornada (a multistyle family with a Fraktur, a chancery, a bookish style called Libro, a news text serif, a clean sans, a slab serif, a monospace, and a penmanship script, all in one family dubbed hygienic post-punk by Leal).

    In 2020, Dino dos Santos and Pedro Leal designed Larga, which was inspired by the typefaces shown in the specimens of the Fundiçãao Typographica Portuense from 1874. Larga is a wide all caps family and comes with a variable opentype format. Pedro also designed Effigy (a text typeface with slightly ballooning stems), Haste (a typeface that flirts with reverse contrast), Mescla and Enorme (an ultra massive and modular 3000-glyph mastodont of a font, together with Dino dos Santos; based on constructivist principles) in 2020.

    Typefaces from 2021: Orla (a straightforward interpretation of the Skeleton Antique No2 from the Stephenson, Blake & Co. foundry; for the sans, the serifs were removed), Elaine (+Ombre, +Fleurer; a complete baroque / Elzevir family influenced by Jacques-François Rosart in its ornamental styles). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pedro Lobo
    [Uppertype]

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    Pedro Matos

    Braga, Portugal-based designer of the rounded monoline stencil typeface Lackonic (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pedro Medina-Leansry
    [Pedroglifos]

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    Pedroglifos
    [Pedro Medina-Leansry]

    San Juan, Puerto Rico-based designer of these typefaces in 2022: Deliria (what letters look like after a Delirium Tremens), Fusil (a 5-style display typeface that crosses genres), Matria (a curvy stencil typeface), Nimba (a 6-style paintbrush family), Quiron (an 8-font + variable squarish sans), Zafrada (a 13-style lapidary rustic family for which the designer took inspiration from sugar cane). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pen Art
    [Max Orloff]

    Russian site in Moscow. Ubo is the designer of the free font Soviet Stencil (2009). Alternate URL where we learn that Ubo is Max Orloff (b. 1984). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pencil Twist
    [Janja Baznik]

    Talented illustrator and occasional type designer based in Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia. Her illustrations include zodiac sets and collections of animals. Her typefaces:

    • Logogriph (2021). A 44-style all caps family that has some stencil styles, various bilined forms, a papercliop style, and other fonts useful for logos.
    • Manca (2019). A display sans.
    • Nektarina (2020). A casual display sans.
    • Nonfiction (2019). An old typewriter font.
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    Penny Sachdeva

    As a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Penny Sachdeva designed a typeface for a hypothetical Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign, and a modular stencil typeface, lacuna (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pentagram

    Pentagram (New York) has about 20 partners, including Michael Bierut. In 2011, Michael Bierut, Daniel Weil and Jennifer Kinon developed a new identity for Benetton. In this project, Gill Sans was replaced by Benetton Sans, a typeface created by them. The partners (in 2011): Lorenzo Apicella, Michael Bierut, Michael Gericke, Luke Hayman, Angus Hyland, Domenic Lippa, Abbott Miller, Justus Oehler, Eddie Opara, Harry Pearce, Naresh Ramchandani, John Rushworth, William Russell, Paula Scher, DJ Stout, Daniel Weil. One of the cofounders was Colin Forbes (UK).

    Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, graduating summa cum laude in 1980. Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm's New York office, he worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. Bierut's clients at Pentagram have included the Alliance for Downtown New York, Benetton, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Alfred A. Knopf, the Walt Disney Company, Mohawk Paper Mills, Motorola, MillerCoors, the Toy Industry Association, Princeton University, Yale School of Architecture, New York University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Sex, and the New York Jets. His projects have ranged from the design of "I Want to Take You Higher," an exhibition on the psychedelic era for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, to serving as design consultant to United Airlines. Bierut's recent activities have included the development of a new identity and signage for the expanded Morgan Library and Museum; the development of environmental graphics for The New York Times Building; the design of an identity and public promotion for Philip Johnson's Glass House; the creation of marketing strategies for the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation; the development of a new brand strategy and packaging for luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue; and the redesign of the magazine The Atlantic. He has won hundreds of design awards and his work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, all in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal. He has served as president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1988 to 1990 and is president emeritus of AIGA National. He currently serves as a director of the Architectural League of New York and of New Yorkers for Parks. In 1989, Bierut was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale, in 2003 he was named to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he received the profession's highest honor, the AIGA Medal, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the field. In 2008 he received the Design Mind Award in the National Design Awards presented by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Bierut is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. He is co-editor of the anthology series Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design, published by Allworth Press, and in 1998 he co-edited and designed the monograph Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist. He is a co-founder of the weblog Design Observer and his commentaries about graphic design in everyday life can be heard nationally on the Public Radio International program "Studio 360." His book Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2007.

    Occasionally, we find Pentagram fonts in the wild. For example, Fontastic Beast (2015) was designed by them for a Warner Bros movie.

    In 2017, Pentagram and Chester Jenkins of Village type revived Frederic Goudy's Sherman (1912) for Syracuse University.

    In 2017, Pentagram expanded on iconic album artwork by the duo Hipgnosis to create a visual identity for Pink Floyd Records. The new alphabet was created in both solid and outline versions. The original stencilled lettering used for the band's 1977 Animals album has been extended into a full alphabet and used in a logotype for the group's record label. Pentagram's creative team, led by partner Harry Pearce, worked closely with Hipgnosis' Aubrey Powell to create the alphabet, which includes solid and outline versions of letters. It is based on the iconic typography on the album Animals, designed by Hipgnosis in 1977. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pepe Tzintzun

    Mexico City-based designer of the typeface family Doit Slab (2013), in which all glyphs have stab wounds. He also created the thin modular typeface Line (2013-2014). In 2016, he designed the handcrafted typeface Fernanda and the textura typeface Cacastrofica Textere. The latter typeface gets the Mon Pote award for 2016 (Mon Pote stands for Most Original Name Prize Of the Trump Era, and is awarded annually starting in 2016 by the office of Luc Devroye). In 2018, he published Dania Stencil.

    In 2019, Pepe released the gorgeous brush script font Mateo Caramelo.

    Pepe allowed me to host his font Line. Download Line. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pepper Type
    [Oleh Lishchuk]

    Odessa, Ukraine-baded designer of the Peignotian sans typeface Alethia Pro (2016, Mint Type) for Latin and Cyrillic. In 2016, Oleh Lishchuk and Andriy Konstantynov co-designed the rounded scientific or technical paper font Midpoint Pro. In 2017, they published the 64-style geometric grotesque sans-serif typeface family Opinion Pro, which is characterized by its extra-large x-height. Deposit Pro (2017) is a wide slab-serif family with low x-height.

    In 2018, Oleh published Rolleston (a rigid 42-style serif font family with peculiar spiky serifs), the music poster Latin / Cyrillic typeface family Stereonic (Mint Type) that features multiline, stencil, inline, contour, overline and underline styles.

    He published the programming font Vin Mono Pro in 2018 at Mint Type. Vin Mono Pro is a squarish monospaced font family with extra-large x-height and rounded corners. Related typefaces include Vin Sans Pro, Vin Slab Pro

    Typefaces from 2019: Ditch (octagonal), Spaceland (a minimalist sans), Alethia Next, Mazzard (a 54-style geometric grotesque with three different x-heights), Mazzard Soft.

    Typefaces from 2020: Daikon, Monospaceland (a 21-style monospaced monolinear organic sans), Mantonico (a small x-height transitional text family), Ruberoid (described as a squarish geometric sans-serif family reminiscent of Italian designs of 1950s and 1960s, but featuring considerably rounder shapes to give it a more contemporary feel), Geraldton (a geometric sans family), Shtozer (a chamfered typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Zerno (an 18-style flared lapidary typeface family), Golca (a 16-style geometric sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Steclo (an 18-style tall condensed minimalist sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Perla Herrera

    During her studies, Bronx, NY-based Perla Herrera designed the stunning Platz Stencil typeface (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Perry Mason
    [Ferrets N Fonts]

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    PerSeo Design
    [Gregorio Manetti]

    Art director in Florence, Italy, who created the blocky experimental typeface Geometry in 2016 and the free pixelish typeface Minimetric (2016).

    In 2017, he designed the modular stencil typeface family Linea4. Newest Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Peter Bain
    [Peter Bain Design (was: Incipit)]

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    Peter Bain Design (was: Incipit)
    [Peter Bain]

    Incipit, or Peter Bain Design, was Peter Bain's type and graphic design studio in Brooklyn, New York. It closed down gradually between 2007 and 2010.

    Peter Bain received his M.F.A. in Design: Visual Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. He was type director at Saatchi&Saatchi Advertising in New York, and taught at Parsons/The New School for Design and Pratt Institute in New York. After Saatchi, and before Incipit, he was freelancing. After Incipit, he relacted briefly to Virginia to attend VCU and then went on to Mississippi, where he was Assistant Professor of Art, Graphic Design at Mississippi State University. He lived then in nearby Starkville, MS. He is currently located in Birmingham, AL.

    He is best known for his wonderful book Blackletter: Type and National Identity (1998, with Paul Shaw).

    His photocomposition display typefaces were reedited and available in reproduction proofs (for a short time). The photocomposition display typefaces are in two-inch film format, as formerly used on machines such as the Typositor and Filmotype. They are being held in storage, and are no longer listed for that reason. PDF format list. Text format of Bain's file. Bain says he built this from the Typositor type libraries formerly offered by Techni-Process Lettering and Pastore DePamphilis Rampone, which he bought at an auction. Report on his talk in London on blackletter type (2003). MyFonts sells the 4-weight Josef Albers-inspired stencil family Gridiot (2003-2011). His thoughts about the art of Albers: Remember, any idiot can design a typeface on a grid: Gridiot.

    Speaker at ATypI 2006 in Lisbon. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. MyFonts link. Behance link. Peter Bain Design. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Peter Bilak
    [Typotheque]

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    Peter Korsman
    [Attak Fonts]

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    Peter Lorenz
    [Memela Studio]

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    Peter Olschinsky
    [Atelier Olschinsky]

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    Peter Saville

    Graphic designer (b. Manchester, 1955). Creator in FontShop's FUSE 5 collection of the stencil font Flo Motion. At his site, one can download a number of fonts under the label "N.O." (New Order). These are (I think) Saville's modifications of some typefaces by SSi and Bay Animation: N.O.- Ceremony (of ElseWare: Albertus Medium Regular), N.O.- Substance 1987 (of BodoniBookSSiBook), N.O.- Blue Monday '88 (of Bay Animation: ChiselWide), N.O.- Mesh/1981 - 1982 (of Bay Animation: (FujiExtended), N.O.- 1981 (of Bay Animation: FusiNormal), N.O.- Perfect Kiss/Low-life (of Bay Animation: Geo579Condensed), N.O.- 1993 (of Bay Animation: Hanzel), J.D.- Closer/LWTUA (of SSi: HeliosSSi), N.O.- Movement (seems to be a 1998 original), and N.O.- Brotherhood (of Salina Display SSi).

    Biography.

    Vitaly Friedman, on advice from Wolfgang Hartmann, states that N.O 1981 is indeed licensed and that other fonts presented in the Peter Saville Graphic Design Fonts Collection are the illegal copies of licensed, copyrighted fonts as well.

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    Peter Watzl

    Designer in 1976-1977 at Berthold of some phototypes. These include the elegant artsy display typefaces Austrian Watzlline (bi-line face), Fat Watzlline, Watzlcross (stencil, almost a kitchen tile face), Watzlsnap, Watzlform Full, and Watzlform Open. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Peter Wiegel
    [CAT Design Wolgast]

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    Petra Heidorn
    [CybaPeeCreations (or: Typoasis)]

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    Petra Pelle

    Petra Pelle (Media & Design Department, Visual Arts Institute, Eger, Hungary) designed theese typefaces:

    • Xorry (2021).
    • Furora (2021). An experimental display typeface.
    • An unnamed blcky initial caps font (2021).
    • Cherry (2020). A display typeface.
    • Blank (2020). A molecular stencil font derived from Vernon Adams's free Google font Nunito (2011).
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    Petros Voulgaris

    Part of the design collective Indyvisuals. Based in Athens. Behance link. Involved with his buddies in designing typefaces such as Tall Handwritten (2011) and Sprayed Stencil (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    PFA Typefaces
    [Martin Aleith]

    Designer at Die Gestalten of Quanten (2014, a stencil typeface), Knochen (2009, a fat rounded modular typeface), Laminat (2007), Logosmen (2003, geometric display face), Braten Fat (2004), Haudegen (2002, severe bold octagonal face), Halunken Spezial (2004, rounded octagonal), Boxen (2003, a slashed zero font), Esposito (2002, a paperclip font), Galotta (2002), Feixen (2007, paperclip inspired), Nicola Kroita Script, Nicola Kroita Sans, Nicola Zucka Script.

    His fonts can also be found at Pfadfinderei.

    Aleith started PFA Typefaces out of Berlin. His catalog of typefaces there in 2021 included Gratis, Grinsen, Haben, Kyoto TW (emulating type on old computer screens), Laminar, Meilen (pixelish), Quartier, Quanten and Quoten. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Phantom Foundry
    [Jean-Baptiste Morizot]

    Type designer at the open source type foundry Velvetyne in Paris. His creations there include Trickster (2017: blackletter), Bluu Next (2014, a free wedge serif typeface) and Steps Mono (with Raphael Bastide).

    In 2015, he switched to the commmercial camp, and cooperated with the Fontyou team in the production of the didone typeface family Télémaque FY, which brings Didot in its most rigid and tuxedoed manner, for the black-and-white fashion mags showing James Bond with a black bowtie and spotless high-contrast shirt.

    In 2016, Alisa Nowak, Julie Soudanne and Jean-Baptiste Morizot co-designed Graphico (Indian Type Foundry): Its letterforms are industrial and square-sided. The typeface looks like the product of precision mechanics: it should be featured together with tech---either old tech like appliances or watches, or new tech like apps and laptop stands. Still for Indian Type Foundry in 2016, he designed the hipster sans typeface family Bobo---perhaps one of the greatest hipster typefaces of all times. Bobo stands for bourgeois Bohemian---I am not sure it is identical to gauche caviar, but that is the societal class the author of this typographic encyclopedia belongs to.

    In 2016, Morizot designed the high contrast wedge serif newspaper typeface families Editor and Editor Condensed, the 6-style techno font Technor (free at Fontshare; squarish with inflated horizontal strokes), and the car license plate font License at Indian Type Foundry.

    In 2017, as part of the new Black Foundry, he extended his free font Bluu and even added a variable font to the set, as well as a collection of emojis. The new name is Bluusuuperstar: Bluu Suuperstar is a brutalist serif typeface featuring very prominent triangular-wedges for serifs and terminals. Bluu Suuperstar's letters have a tall x-height, and the diamond dots are a chief characteristic of the design. Notches like these [diamonds] are found in several blackletter designs; but most-famously in the romain du roi created for Louis XIV. Nothing in Bluu Suuperstar is soft or cuddly; this is a sharp typeface, and you could cut yourself on its letters. The separate emoji font, designed by Gaëtan Baehr, is wittily named Bluumoji, and it includes 73 glyphs.

    In 2018, Morizot set up Phantom Foundry, where he published Super Fat Bob (2018) and Phantom Sans (2018: trying to bring some warmth to the geometric sans genre, and now also a variable typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Cosmetic (Indian Type Foundry: a high-contrast fashion mag sans family), TXT25 (an unconventional extreme-axis (variable) text typeface).

    Typefaces from 2020: Karrik (a free britalist font designed with Lucas Le Bihan), Token (at Future Fonts---on purpose, Morizot mixes discordant styles to create a Frankenstein monster of a typeface; he added Token Bebop in 2021), Kola (a molecular rounded stencil typeface published at Indian Type Foundry; free at Fontshare)

    Typefaces from 2021: Pally (at Fontshare; a 3-style asymmetric rounded sans with a playful children's book or comic strip rhythm), Zodiak (2021, Jérémie Hornus, Gaetan Baehr, Jean-Baptiste Morizot, Alisa Nowak, and Théo Guillard at Fontshare; a free 24-style text family with Century-like newspaper roots and sturdy bracketed slab serifs that was originally named Claire (2020)), NaN Tragedy (an 8-style serif with display and Text subfamilies, and a variable font option; Tragedy is classical and sturdy, yet mischievous and unconventional).

    Fontshop link. Future Fonts link. Home page. Fontsquirrel link. Jean-Baptiste Morizot at Velvetyne. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Phantom Power (was: Phantomphonts)
    [Stefan Claudius]

    German type designer Stefan Claudius (b. 1971, Essen) studied in Wuppertal and Essen (industrial design) and became an independent graphic designer in 2000. He runs Phantom Power and co-founded Cape Arcona (in 2002, with Thomas Schostok).

    In 2021, he designed CA Edwald (a 10-style serif in the Cooper Black and Windsor genre; with Thomas Schostok), CA Slalom Compressed, CA Slalom Condensed, and CA Slalom (an all-purpose 12-style grotesk for Latin and Cyrillic).

    In 2020, he released CA Mechano (an octagonal mechanical typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2019: CA Saygon Text (a grotesque family) and CA Saygon (with Thomas Schostok: a formidable experimental sans that evokes an internal clash between 90-degree angles and smooth arcs).

    Earlier typefaces: CA Rough Rider (2015, weathered typeface), CA Rusty Nail (2015, handcrafted vintage style), CA Segundo (2014), Yalta Sans (2013: Yalta Sans Pro was published by Linotype), Buenos Aires, Strong Man, Phantom, Play (Real, Roman, Wild, Script, Gothique Superfat (2009) and Dynamic, all at Cape Arcona), Cape Rock (a fat Clarendon, Umbrella Type; with Schostok), Cosmo-Pluto and Cosmo Saturn (2002, at Cape Arcona), CA Normal (2010, grotesque), CA Normal Serif (2011), CA Plushy (2007, a nice brush script at Cape Arcona), Styroscript (at fontomas.com), Caseprintitalic, Caseconected, Malermeister, CA Oskar (2012, originally a custom typeface for the international Traumzeit music festiva), CA Postal (2013), PhantomItalic, Product (stencil font), Untitled1, Pizzeria Hamburg, Dekoria (2006, a saloon font), CA Subbacultcha and CA Zaracusa (2006, a sans family at Cape Arcona), Minimal Punctuation, Futile extraoutitalic, Kalish-Normal, Malermeister (2001, white oblack stencil), PhantomItalic (2001, techno), Product (2001, a rough handpainted stencil), Melancholie4, Low (2001), CA Texteron (2010, an award-winning text font family), Koenigsbrueck (2002, handwriting).

    Stefan was at one point part of the Chank Army, where you can buy his ultra-thin font Sensuell Thin (2002, a gorgeous fashion mag hairline face, also at Cape Arcona).

    Designer of Dekoria (2004, Fountain).

    Designer of Melancholie at Fontomas.

    Designer at Volcano Type of Hermaphrodite (a sans with serif genes).

    Interview. FontShop link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. Fountain Type link. Linotype link. Linotype interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Phat Phonts
    [Wayne Thompson]

    Phat Phonts is an Aussie foundry run by Wayne Thompson. Their fonts:

    • Architectural lettering family: Architect Bold, Architect Bold Oblique, Architect Light, Architect Light Oblique, Architect Medium, Architect Medium Oblique.
    • Sans typefaces: Euron, Equaliser, Equaliser Black, Equaliser Bold, Equaliser Stencil, Equaliser Stencil Black, Equaliser Stencil Bold.
    • Techno typefaces: Fresh, Pontoon (2004).
    • Experimental: Fuse Box Dry, Fuse Box Splat, Fuse Box Wet.
    • Grunge typefaces: Carbon Credit (2008), Carbon Tax (2008), Guttersnipe (2008), Not Sassure, RatBag (2005), Virus (2001), Stakeout (2007), Whatever (2007), Decon (2004), Wobbly Boot (2007: an eerie font), Chowdahead (2007), Demented Avenger, Dont Panic, Panic.
    • Playful typefaces: Ogre, PP Jungle Bones (2005, free).
    • Display typefaces: Otis Condensed, Lankas.
    • Handwriting: Zoobie Decaf (2006), Zoobie Doubleshots, Tully Bold (2007), Tully Light, Tully Medium, Bosin, Grimsby Hand, ITCDjango.
    • Comic book style typefaces: Spud Black Italic, Spud Black Upright, Spud Bold Italic, Spud Bold Upright, Spud Italic, Spud Upright.
    • Stencil: Zebbidy Stencil (2006).
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    Phil Kiel
    [Font Soup]

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    Philip Garnham

    London-based Phil Garnham joined Fontsmith in June 2003 as designer to assist in the development and production of new alphabets for the Fontsmith font library. He is a 2002 graduate of Middlesex University. Many of his fonts are co-designed with Jason Smith. His typefaces:

    • FS Albert (2009). Codesigned by Mitja Miklavcic, Jason Smith and Phil Garnham, FS Albert supports Greek, Cyrillic, and Latin, covering 60 languages.
    • FS Aldrin (2016). A rounded sans.
    • FS Alvar (2007, Jason Smith and Phil Garnham). A modernist utilitarian octagonal headline font family inspired by the work of Alvar Aalto. Almost a stencil font.
    • Bjorn (2021, Monotype). A soft sans family in four styles.
    • FS Clerkenwell (2004). A slab serif typeface by Jason Smith and Phil Garnham.
    • FS Conrad (2009). A multiline display face.
    • FS Emeric (2013). A large humanist slightly angular sans family. Dedicated web site.
    • FS Industrie (2018). A 70-style techno / mechanical sans family by Fernando Mello and Phil Garnham.
    • FS Kitty (2007, Jason Smith and Phil Garnham). In the Japanese kawaii style.
    • FS Lola (2006). Originally designed for Wechsler Ross&Portet by Phil Garnham, it is advertised by Fontsmith as a transgender type.
    • FS Me (2009). A sans family designed for readers with a learning disability. It was co-designed by Mitja Miklavcic, Jason Smith, Emanuela Conidi, Fernando Mello and Phil Garnham. FS Me was researched and developed in conjunction with---and endorsed by---Mencap, the UK's leading charity and voice for those with learning disability. Mencap receives a donation for each font licence purchased.
    • FS Pele (2007). An ultra fat typeface by Jason Smith and Phil Garnham.
    • FS Sally (Jason Smith and Phil Garnham). FS Sally Pro won an award at Granshan 2016.
    • FS Silas Sans (2008, Jason Smith, Bela Frank, Fernando Mello and Phil Garnham).
    • FS Sinclair (2008). A rounded octagonal typeface by Jason Smith and Phil Garnham.

    He made a custom face for the Northern Ireland Tourist Board in 2010. View Phil Garnham's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Philip Kampling

    Graduate of Fachhochschule Hannover, 2012. Creator of the modular stencil typeface Blonescha Bold (2012).

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    Philip Trautmann
    [Shaped Fonts (was: Phitra Design)]

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    Philipp Condrau

    Swiss designer who is now at the University of Plymouth. In 2013, he created the paperclip typeface Ride The Line, the octagonal typeface Link, and the stencil typeface Vertizona.

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    Philipp Nurullin

    Or Phill Nurullin. Designer from Saint Petersburg, Russia, specializing in type design, typography and web design, active at TypeType. His typefaces include TT Backwards (2017): an experimental script and grotesque font family inspired by the typographic scenery in the USSR in the late 70s and early 80s, designed by Tanya Cherkiz, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team.

    In 2017, Vika Usmanova, Philipp Nurullin, Olexa Volochay and the TypeType Team designed the condensed modular geometric grotesk typeface TT Tunnels.

    In 2018, Phill Nurullin, Nadyr Rakhimov, Olexa Volochay and the TypeType Team designed the humanist sans typeface family TT Wellingtons, while Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Vika Usmanova, Phill Nurullin, Nadyr Rakhimov and the TypeType Team co-designed TT Jenevers. In 2018, Sofia Yasenkova, Philipp Nurullin, and Vika Usmanova designed the modern serif TT Tricks at TypeType. TT Tricks has many stencil styles.

    In 2018, Ivan Gladkikh, Alexander Kirillov, Philipp Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, and Nadyr Rakhimov published TT Severs. Still in 2018, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Marina Khodak and the TypeType Team designed the not-quite-geometric 18-style typeface family TT Smalls, which is characterized by a small x-height and modulated joins. The TT Rounds family was reworked in 2018 into TT Rounds Neue by Ivan Gladkikh, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team. TT Firs Neue (2018) is a cold Scandinavian sans family by Philipp Nurullin and Ivan Gladkikh, characterized by polyline early-Futura-like glyphs.

    Typefaces from 2020: TT Runs (a 20-style sports sans by the TypeType team in cooperation with Vika Usmanova, Antonina Zhulkova and Philipp Nurullin).

    In 2020, Philipp Nurullin and Konstantin Bulenkov published the free programming font family JetBrains Mono for Latin and Cyrillic. Google Fonts link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Philipp Spindler

    Münchberg, Germany-based creator of the wide-gapped stencil typeface Spaced (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Philippe Apeloig

    French type designer (b. Paris, 1962) who designed the experimental fonts Carré, Octobre (a stencil in the De Stijl genre), and Aleph in 1994. [The digital versions of these fonts are due to Franck Montfermé.] First prize at the Tokyo Type Directors Club in 1995, and a Judges' Special Prize at the same competition in 1999. Poster exhibition. Bio.

    Since 1992, he has been teaching typography at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs.

    In 2012, the people at Nouvelle Noire in Zurich helped produce several of Apeloig's typefaces:

    • In the De Stijl genre: Octobre (1994), Ndebele.
    • The geometric typeface ABF.
    • ABF Lineaire (2013). A stencil typeface with elements of LED letters.
    • ABF Silhouette (2009). Based on ABF Petiit, this typeface was developed for the 2009 conference on the Space and Architecture of Libraries.
    • ABF Petit. Custom designed as part of a new corporate identity for the Association des Bibliothécaires de France.
    • Coupé (2013): The font Coupé is based on the streamlined elegance of vintage sports cars. Apeloig designed these letterforms for an exhibition of fashion designer Ralph Lauren's car collection. The exhibition made its European premiere at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris accompanied by a poster inspired by the clean engineering of the automobiles.
    • Izocl (2013). At Nouvelle Noire.
    • Poudre (2013). This font was created by Apeloig for a poster advertising an exhibition on the prolific inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel. Apeloig's concept was inspired by Nobel's invention of dynamite and work with subatomic particles.
    • Ali (2013). An origami stencil typeface.
    • Aleph (1994). Based on a simple arc, and influenced by Excoffon's banco (1952).
    • In 2016, he designed the numbers for the Slim d'Hermes watch.

    Alternate URL. Photograph. Winner in 2009 of the typographic design award of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD). Nouvelle Noire Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Philippe Dabasse
    [Tstype]

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    Philippe Desarzens

    Zürich-based French designer at Optimo of Editor (2005), modeled after the Swiss typewriter brand Hermes. Creator at Lineto of the stencil typeface Le Corbusier Oldface (2004, with Marco Walser). With Marco Walser of Elektrosmog, he worked on the six weights of LL Brauer Neue (1999-2006), after an original mid-1970s typeface called Brauer by Pierre Miedinger, nephew of Max Miedinger, who created it in 1974 for the Zürich-based brewery called Hürlimann. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Photo-Lettering Inc

    A subsidiary/part of House Industries in Yorklyn, DE. I quote: Photo-Lettering was a mainstay of the advertising and design industry in New York City from 1936 to 1997. PLINC, as it was affectionately known to art directors, was one of the earliest and most successful type houses to utilize photo technology in the production of commercial typography and lettering. It employed such design luminaries as Ed Benguiat and sold type drawn by the likes of Herb Lubalin, Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast as well as countless other unsung lettering greats. The company is best known by most of today's graphic designers for its ubiquitous type catalogs. Physically, the collection takes up about 1500 cubic ft (42 cubic meters) of space and consists of film negatives and positives of most of the 6500 fonts produced in the company's 55 years. There are also countless patterns, cartouches, borders and dingbats, all of which have been preserved in film negative form. Each negative is approximately 28 in (71 cm) by 5 in (13 cm) high. House Industries, a Yorklyn, Delaware-based independent type foundry, purchased the entire physical assets of Photo-Lettering in April of 2003. Through a partnership with Ken Barber, Christian Schwartz and Erik van Blokland, House Industries is carefully digitizing select alphabets from the collection and plans to offer them through a modern web-based interface. The Photo-Lettering interface has allowed us to reach beyond the rigid confines of typography to offer extended features such as layering, color control and multiple master interpolation over six axes. With some of the most talented minds in display typography behind this new display lettering system, users of the system will enjoy the same refined typography as the original Photo-Lettering customers.

    A snapshot of their production, as of mid 2012, in alphabetical order:

    • Atrax. A Mexican simulation typeface.
    • Aztec. A videogame typeface.
    • Banjo Playbill. A tear drop typeface.
    • PL Barclay Outline.
    • BenguiatBuffalo. By Ed Benguiat.
    • BenguiatCaslon, BenguiatCaslonOutline, BenguiatCaslonPlain. By Ed Benguiat.
    • BillSeeWhimsy.
    • PL Brazilia (sans).
    • Brickhouse.
    • PL Britannia.
    • Brixen.
    • BrodovitchAlbro.
    • Bubblegum, Bubblegum Drop.
    • Carlyle Eventide. A 3d titling face.
    • CarusoRoxy.
    • Chicamakomiko.
    • CopelandMilo. A connected script by L.H. Copeland.
    • CopelandTrilliumFills, CopelandTrilliumOutline. A beveled prismatic typeface by L.H. Copeland.
    • DARegatta. A flared didone.
    • DAmicoGothic. A casual flared typeface.
    • DavisonBaroque. A Western / Tuscan typeface.
    • ExotiqueJSplit.
    • FederalReserve.
    • FederalTwelveDiagonal, FederalTwelveHorizontal. These are engraved copperplate typefaces.
    • PL Fiorello (squarish sans).
    • Galaxy Didot (based on a didone typeface by C.E. Coryn).
    • Goliath. A fat Egyptian typeface with a wood style flavor.
    • HanoverBold. A nice Fraktur typeface.
    • HaslerCircus. A Tuscan circus font.
    • HenrionBA. A beveled typeface with several layers.
    • HouseGothicWide. A shaded unicase typeface.
    • Housebroken. A two-layer stencil caps face.
    • PL Latin.
    • Mierop Inline. A bilined art deco typeface.
    • Millstein Flourish. A beautiful tall-descender typeface.
    • PL Modern Heavy Condensed.
    • Neutra Inline, Neutra Thin. Neutra Thin is a phenomenal geometric hairline sans.
    • Norton Slapstick. A wood simulation typeface by S.E. Norton.
    • Norton Tape. A stencil paper-fold typeface by S.E. Norton.
    • Quaint. After an ornamental typeface from 1938 by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring.
    • Quicksilver.
    • Quintet. A calligraphic connected script
    • Raymund Circus (+Inline, +Outlined).
    • Smidgen. A signage face.
    • Sodachrome.
    • StanSlope.
    • SuperstarScript. A bubblegum typeface.
    • SwissInterlock.
    • SwissTwoTone. A display sans with two layers.
    • Tiki Palms.
    • TimesSquare. A dot matrix typeface.
    • Tuggle. An oil slick typeface.
    • Voodoo House.
    • PL Westerveldt. A sans revived by Monotype.
    • WestBarnumUltra, WestBarnumUltraDrop. A fat Egyptian typeface by Dave West.
    • WestBehemoth, WestBehemothItalic. Egyptian typefaces by Dave West.
    • WestEmperorScript. A fat didone by Dave West.
    • WestThud. A fat signage typeface by Dave West.
    • West Elephant. By Dave West.
    • West Italiano. A didone by Dave West.
    • West Kerpow. A comic book typeface by Dave West, late 1960s. This was digitized in 2011 by Allen Mercer at House Industries as Plinc Kerpow.
    • Worthe Numerals. Fat didone numerals revived by Ben Kiel at House Industries in 2012.
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    Piero Di Biase

    Piero Di\0Biase is an Italian graphic designer and typographer based in Udine, who set up TWO (Think Work Observe) with Alberto Moreu. TWO sells retail fonts and does custom type work. Creator of these typefaces (all are by Di Biase unless explicitly mentioned):

    • Airport Mono (2013-2017). Airport Mono is a monospaced sans-serif typeface inspired by military airports signage, with chamfered octagonal corners.
    • BJ Headline (2013).
    • Dot (2009, dot matrix).
    • Falafel Grotesque.
    • Figures (2009).
    • Futwora Pro (2010-2017). A geometric sans, with a name that refers to Futura.
    • Kane and Kane Stencil (2013-2017). He writes: Kane is a display typeface originally designed for a journalistic Blog and inspired by woodblock type posters of Citizen Kane by Orson Welles. In 2017 we added a stencil version inspired by the work of conceptual artists such Christopher Wool and Lawrence Weiner.
    • Metal (2011). A hipster typeface.
    • Regola (2018). A sans workhorse.
    • The monospaced VWK Mono (2009).
    • Wagon (2009, a soft octagonal face).
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    Pierre Pané-Farré

    Pierre Pané-Farré is a type designer born in Germany. Pierre studied at the Fachhochschule in Wismar and, later, at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, class of 2012. His thesis focused on the development of the book cover in the early 19th century, while his practical work explored and revived the technique of compound-plate printing, using Pierre's own woodcut poster types. Pierre lives and works in Leipzig. He co-founded Forgotten Shapes in 2017.

    His study, What came after black and red, which deals with color and chromatic typefaces in the German print industry in the nineteenth century, was published in Vom Buch auf die Strasse: Grosse Schrift im öffenlichen Raum (Journal der HGB, no. 3, 2014), Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig.

    At OurType in 2012, he published the typefaces Orly Stencil, Couteau Stencil, and Greco Stencil. At Forgotten Shapes, he published these revival typefaces:

    • Antiques FSL (2017): Antiques FSL is the digital re-issue of Antiques advertised in "Epreuves de caracteres" by E. Tarbe & Cie. (Fonderie Generale) around May 1839 in Paris. Antiques was available in the sizes of Corps 220, Corps 252 and Corps 280. The design was the sans serif counterpart to Allongees---a condensed Egyptian display typeface.
    • Breite-Fette Antiqua FSL (2017): Breite-Fette Antiqua FSL is the digital re-issue of an unidentified display typeface which---from ca. 1850 onwards---was part of the type case in the printing workshop of Oskar Leiner in Leipzig. It can not be said whether it was a custom-made design or if the typeface was distributed commercially by a foundry.
    • Doppel-Mittel Egyptienne FSL (2017): Doppel-Mittel Egyptienne FSL is the digital re-issue of Doppel-Mittel Egyptienne by Eduard Haenel, Magdeburg. It was advertised 1833 in "Schrift- und Polytypen-Probe. Zweite Lieferung. Blatt 25-72." and again 1834 in "Neueste Lettern", a supplement to the "Journal fuer Buchdruckerkunst." Doppel-Mittel Egyptienne itself was a re-casting of Two-Line English Egyptian No. 1 originally shown in 1821 by William Thorowgood, London.
    • Schmale Egyptienne N.12 FSL (2017): Schmale Egyptienne N.12 FSL is the digital re-issue of Schmale Egyptienne No. 12, 28 Cicero Kegel advertised 1841 in "Proben der Affichen-Schriften von Eduard Haenel. Berlin."

    His Affichen Schriften FSL won the type design prize at the Tokyo Type Directors Club TDC 2020. This is a digitally reconstructed set of four distinctive display typefaces from that era, Doppel-Mittel Egyptienne FSL, Schmale Egyptienne No.12 FSL, Antiques FSL, and Breite-Fette Antiqua FSL.

    At ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, he spoke about the multicolored typefaces of the 19th century. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on The stencilled poster in Paris in the 19th century. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pieter van Rosmalen
    [Bold Monday]

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    Pieter van Rosmalen
    [Cake Type]

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    Pilar Cano
    [Letterjuice]

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    Pilcrow Type
    [Paul D. Hunt]

    Type and graphic designer from Joseph City, AZ. His first degree was from Brigham Young University. He was a type designer at P22/Lanston from 2004-2007. In 2008, he obtained an MA in typeface design from the University of Reading where he designed the typefaces Grandia and Grandhara (Indic). In January 2009, he joined Adobe just after Thomas Phinney left. He lives in San Jose, CA. His talk at ATypI 2014 in Barcelona was entitled The history of non-Latin typeface development at Adobe.

    He created Howard (2006, a digitization of Benton's Sterling), P22 Allyson (2006, based on Hazel Script by BB&S; a winner at Paratype K2009), the P22 FLWW Midway font family (2006-2018: Midway One, Two and Ornaments; based on the lettering found on the Midway Gardens working drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright from 1913---tall-legged and casual), Kilkenny (2005, P22), a Victorian-style font based on the metal types named Nymphic and Nymphic Caps which were designed by Hermann Ihlenburg in 1889. This typeface has almost 1000 glyphs and comes in OpenType format. It includes Cyrillic characters. Check the studies here and here. For another revival of Nymphic Caps, see Secesja by Barmee.

    Designer of the display typefaces Seventies Schoolbook (2004) and Interlocq (2004).

    Hunt also digitized Goudy's Village (2005). Village was originally designed by Fredric Goudy in 1903 for Kuppenheimer & Company for advertising use, but it was decided it would be too expensive to cast. It was later adopted as the house face for Goudy's and Will Ransom's Village Press. The matrices were cut and the type cast by Wiebking. The design was influenced by William Morris's Golden Type. This Venetian typeface was digitized by David Berlow (1994, FontBureau) and by Paul D. Hunt (2005). Hunt's version was eventually released in 2016 by P22/Lanston as LTC Village.

    He revived Hazel Script (BB&S), which he renamed Allyson (2005).

    Still in 2005, he created a digital version of Sol Hess' Hess Monoblack called LTC Hess Monoblack.

    In 2006, he published a nice set of connected calligraphic script fonts, P22 Zaner. Bodoni 175 (2006, P22/Lanston) is a revival of Sol Hess' rendition of Bodoni. He was working on Junius (2006), a revival/adaptation of Menhart Antiqua. Frnklin's Caslon, or P22 Franklin Caslon, was designed in 2006 by Richard Kegler and Paul Hunt in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This slightly eroded font set includes faithfully reproduced letterforms digitized directly from images of impressions made by Benjamin Franklin and his printing office circa 1750. It comes with a set of ornaments.

    In 2007, he used Goudy's 1924 typeface Italian Old Style in the development at P22/Lanston of LTC Italian Old Style. That typeface was remastered and extended to cover several languages by James Grieshaber in 2011.

    In 2014, Paul Hunt finished work on the wood type revival font HWT Bulletin Script Two (P22 & Hamilton Wood Type). This backslanted psychedelic typeface can be traced back to the wood type manufacturers Heber-Wells (Bulletin Condensed, No. 5167), Morgans and Wilcox (Bulletin Script No. 2, No. 3184), Empire Wood Type (1870: Bulletin Script), Keystone Type Foundry (1899: Bulletin Script), Hamilton (117), and Wm. H. Page & Co (No. 111 through No. 113).

    Free fonts at Google Web Fonts: Source Sans Pro (2012; Source Sans Pro for the TeX crowd), Source Code Pro (2012, a companion monospaced sans set by Paul D. Hunt and Teo Tuominen). Source Serif Pro, its Fournier-style relative, was developed at Adobe by Frank Grießhammer. They can also be downloaded from CTAN and Open Font Library.

    Fun creations at FontStruct in 2008-2009: Possibly (a stencil loosely based on the Mission Impossible series logo), Probably (same as Possibly but not stenciled), Med Splode, Arcade Fever, negativistic_small, New Alpha_1line, New Alpha_4line, New Alpha_bit, New Alpha_dot [dot matrix font], New Azbuka [after Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet from 1967], positivistic, slabstruct_1, slabstruct_too, structurosa_1, structurosa_bold, structurosa_bold_too, structurosa_caps, structurosa_faux_bold, structurosa_leaf, structurosa_script, structurosa_soft, structurosa_tape, structurosa_too, structurosa_two, Slabstruct Too Soft, Structurosa Clean Soft, Structurosa Script Clean, Structurosa Clean, Structurosa Clean Too, Structurosa Clean Leaf, Structurosa Boxy, Stucturosa Script Heavy.

    In 2010, he designed he programming font Sauce Code Powerline. Well, this is probably a renaming of Source Code by some hackers. Just mentioning that sauce Code is on some Github pages.

    Klingspor link. Google Plus link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pisto Casero
    [Gilberto Moya Perona]

    Fine Arts graduate from UCLM (University of Castilla-La Mancha) in Spain, who works as a graphic designer in Cuenca, where he set up the Pisto Casero commercial type foundry in 2013, after a period of free font production. He worked at DO2 Magazine. Gilberto Moya Perona is the designer of most fonts at Pisto Casero, which in 2014 was based in Brno, Czechia.

    Typefaces from 2011: Paper Cube (3d, outlined), the ink spill typeface Sopa de Letras, the fat counterless typeface Minimal, the outline typeface I Am Online With U, the 3d hand-printed outline typeface Indietronica, the stencil pixel typeface Stencil 8Bit, Wet Arial (a beautifully executed type treatment face), and the 3d pixel typeface Chip Tunes.

    Typefaces from 2012: Awakened, Corrupted Democrazy (grungy), Czech Tales (a beautiful curly typeface inspired by traditional Czech fairytales), Neon Serif (multilined, prismatic), Democrazy (sans and serif with very tall ascenders).

    Typefaces from 2014: I Am Online With You (a connected outline font family).

    Typefaces from 2015: Santanelli (an all caps rounded hipster display typeface).

    Home page. Fontspace link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Pitrisa

    Czech designer of the stencil logo font A New Signature (2006). No downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pixel Sagas (was: Protoform Project, and Fontshack)
    [Neale Davidson]

    Free original designs, often with a science fiction feel, by Neale Davidson (b. 1971). Does some custom font work. Adventure.

    Neale Davidson's typefaces:

    • 4E Dings (based on those used in WotC's 4E Dungeons and Dragons game).
    • AdventureNormal (1998), AdventureSubtitlesNormal, Alpha Mutation (2012, based on the title logo to the 2011 version of "Gammaworld"), Algol (2013, based on the logo for R Talsorian's "Mekton Zero" role-playing game), Alternity, Amuro (2013, +Condensed: an ocragonal typeface), Anayanka (2013, Cyrillic simulation font), Ancient Thorass (2013), Angel Arms (2012, a shothole font), Anglo Celestial (2014, connect-the-dots typeface), Anglorunic (2011), AngloYsgarth (2014), Angolmois (2013, based on the Hasbro 'Dark Energon' exclusive toy line), Armorhide (2013, sci-fi face), Arneson (2013), Artifact (2011; became Ravenwood), Aurebesh (2013, based on the WEG version of Star Wars Imperial Writing).
    • Bantorain (2013, spurred), Barazhad (2014, flourished, runic typeface based on the demonic and occult and necrotic languages from Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons game), BattleBeasts (2000), Bayformance (2014), Beastformer (2011, based on the long-ago logo of Hasbro's "Battle Beasts"), Bayformance (2014), Beast Wars (2011, based on the logo of the show of the same name), Betazed (2013, for Star Trek betazoids), Bidan (2013, constructivist), Bienvenu (2011, pixel face), Blitzwing (2013, octagonal family), Blofeld (2013, a distressed font based on the title logo of Exile's cult-classic "Evil Genius"), Bloomingworth (2013), Braddington (2013, art deco), Britannian (2014, runes), Broadmoor (2012, art deco).
    • Callie Mae (2013: a rounded organic sans), Cardosan (2013, runic script), Carlton (2012), Celestial, Chapleau (2012, art deco), Chinyen (2005, oriental simulation), Clark (2013), Classic Robot (2011), Coburn (2013: military stencil), Colony Wars (replaced by Gallonigher), Comic Book, Constitution Class Hull, Convoy (2011, based on the logo for "Armada" and "Robots in Disguise"), Counterfire (2014, stencil), Crichton (2013, an avant-garde font based on the title logo from the "Farscape" television series), 2015 Cruiser (2013, based on the police-car lettering used in the move "Back to the Future II"), Crystal Deco (2008, based on the logo for much of the merchandising for "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull"), CuniformEnglishNormal, Cyberfall (2013, octagonal / mechanical typeface based on the logo of the console game "Fall of Cybertron"), Cybertron Generations (dingbats, now replaced by Transdings), Cybertron Metals, Cybertron OpCode (2014), Coulson (2014, stencil), Cyberverse (2011, futuristic), Cyrodiil (2014).
    • Daedra (2012: based on the Elder Scrolls series of games), Dai Atlas (2013, based on the original Transformers logo from Hasbro), DalelandsNormal (a Celtic typeface based on the lettering used in early TSR Dungeons and Dragons products), Datacron (2013: based on the Fall of Cybertron toyline), Davek (2014, based on the dwarven and "under-mountain" runic scripts found in Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons fourth edition role-playing game), Decahedron (2012), Destronic Graffiti (2013), Dethek Stone (2011, runes), DiamondFantasyNormal, Dinobots (based on the Dinobots logo from Hasbro's Beast Machines line), Dodecahedron (2012), Downlink (2013, techno), Dragonmaster, Droid (2015), Dunkin and Dunkin Sans (2012, based on the rounded fat letters of the Dunkin Donuts logo), Dovahkiin (2013), dPoly (2013, polyhedra and game dingbats), Duodecahedron (2012), Dwemer (2013), Dynotherm (2013, a heavy octagonal face).
    • Eladrin (2011, based on the third edition version of the Elven font used in Dungeons and Dragons), Electrorocket (2012, art deco), Elminster, Emotion Engine (2012, based on the Playstation 2 logo from Sony), Empanada (2013), Emulator (based on the old Nintendo game font), Energon (2011), Equestria (2012: based on the My Little Pony Line), Erte (2013), Espruar (2011, based on the Elvish script found within TSR's "2nd Edition: Dungeons and Dragons" Forgotten Realms Elvish script), Eurocorp (2012, based on the logo and menus within the classic "Syndicate Wars" game from Bullfrog Entertainment), Exodite Distressed (2013, a custom design for LPJ's "Neo-Exodus" Pathfinder campaign world), Explorien (2014), Eyvindr (2014, rune simulation font).
    • Falmer (2013), Fhokki (2014), Flipbash (2012, an octagonal typeface that is based on the logo of Hasbro's Bot Shots), Flynn (2011, futuristic stencil face), Fontana (2011, techno-futuristic), Fractyl (2013, used for the Predacons' speaking bubbles in the BotCon "Ground Zero" comic in 1997), Furmanite (2011).
    • Gaiking (2012: Based on the logo of Mattel's Giant Robot toyline, Shogun Warriors), Galaxy Force (2011, based on Hasbro's Transformers: Cybertron logo), Gallonigher (was Colony Wars), Gamedings, Gargish (2013), Gargoyles, Garriott (2013, runic), Geddes (2011, art deco sans related to Futura), Gemcut (2013), Generation Two, GIColton (2014), GiediAncientAutobot (2014), GiediDecepticonGraffiti, GiediGoldenDisk, GiediMaximal, GiediPredacon, Gin Rai (2011, based on the logo of Hasbro's latter-era "Generation One" Transformers series), Gold Box (2012, a pixel typeface based on the in-game lettering from the classic SSI "Gold Box" game collection, featuring Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and so on), Gosub (2011, a pixel typeface similar to the on-screen lettering of the Timex Sinclair), Gotham Nights (2011, based on the lettering used in "Batman: The Animated Series"), Green Martian (2013), Gutcruncher (2011, based on the logo from the famous Blood Bowl game), Graalen (2013: an alien-glyph typeface based on the Andorian writing found in Last Unicorn Games' Among the Clans supplement for their Star Trek: Roleplaying Game).
    • Harker (2013), Harpers (runes), Hauser (octagonal, futuristic; Former "Action Force", based on the logo of GI Joe), Hellpoint (2013, based on some of the plate markings founds in IDW's "Transformers" comic series), Hetfield (2013: a spurred typeface), Hexahedron (2012: dice), Hexahedron Rounded (2013), Hyperspace (2012, thin monoline octagonal, based on the original Atari vector font from Battlezone, and on Asteroids).
    • Imaki (2011, futuristic; was Cybertron Metals; based on the logo of the Japanese Beast Wars Metals series), Indiana (2012, from the titling for the Indiana Jones movies and comics), Instruction (2012, monospaced and monoline caps typeface for engineering applications), Interceptor (2014, sci-fi), Invaders (2012, based on posters for the 1960s movie), Iokharik (2014, a Mandarin-stylized runic typeface based on the language described in Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons), Iori (2013, octagonal stencil family).
    • Jedi (2012: Star Wars logo font), JediHollowNormal, JediSolidNormal, Jefferies (former Constitution Class Hull, based on the original Star Trek Enterprise lettering), Jhiaxus (2011, based on the logo of "Transformers: Generation Two"), Joystick (2011, based on the lettering used from Sears' Tele-Games cartridges), Jumpman (2012, based on the logo of the original Donkey Kong game from Nintendo).
    • Kanno (a geometric sans formerly called Sharon Apple), Kargi (2014), Kentaurus (2013, Greek simulation typeface; he writes: This 'microgramma-like' font is based on the "Kentaurus" writing found within Franz Joseph's "Star Trek: Technical Manual"), Ketchum (2011, a comic book typeface based on the logo of the popular Pokemon franchise), Kehdrai (2014), Kreon (2011, a round techno typeface based on the logo of Hasbro's Kre-O line).
    • LaBoeuf (2011, techno: based on Indiana Jones subtitles), Laser Rod (2011, based on the Transformers line), Lassiter (2012, a spurred Western typeface), Lorre (art deco).
    • Mage Script (2013), Majel (2013, an avant-garde typeface), Majoram (2012, a hairline avant garde typeface), Majoram Serif (2012), Manga (2011, oriental simulation), Mara's Eye (2013, based on the lettering used on Disneyland's Indiana Jones "Forbidden Eye" ride), Marston (2013, on the title logos of numerous Spaghetti westerns), Masterforce, MasterforceHollow, MasterforceSolid, MaximalBeasts, Maximus, Mechalock (2013, based on the "Combiners" subline logo from Hasbro's "Robots in Disguise" Transformers series), Mech Tech (2013, based on Hasbro's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon's" toys' "Mech Tech" logo), Medabots (based on the Hasbro toy line), Megatron (2011, based on the logo of the live-action Transformers movies), Microgramma Extended (later replaced by Probert), Minerva (2012: based on the logos used for Shout's releases of Transformers: Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory), Mission GT-R (2013, based on Takara's "Transformers: GT-R"), Mode X (2012, based on lettering from classic "Mode X" games of the early 1990s), Modern Cybertronic (2013: an alien-dings font based on Jim Sorenson's "Ancient Autobot" script), Modern Destronic (2013: based on Jim Sorensen's "Ancient Decepticon" script), Modern Iaconic (2014: based on the 'runic' letting found in Transformers: Legacy), Mons Olympia (2014, sci-fi), Montalban (2011, based on the title credits of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Moria (runes), Morse Tech, MysticEtchingsNormal.
    • Nakadai (2011, a unicase techno font based on Hasbro's Transformers: Prime figures), Neo Gen (2011, based on the logo for the SD Gundam series of games), Neostar (2012, sci-fi), Neverwinter (2011, based on the logo of the popular "Neverwinter Nights" computer game from Bioware) (see also here), Night Warrior, Nippon Tech (faux oriental), Nite Club (2011, dot matrix), Nyctographic (2014).
    • Octohedron (2012), Okuda (formerly Okudagrams; based on the LCARS characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Omnicron, Ophidian, Optic (2011), Optimus (2011, based on the original Transformers logo from Hasbro), Orion (2012, a techno-style font based on the "Robots in Disguise" logo from Hasbro's 2012 Transformers toyline), Overseer (2011).
    • Pacmania (2013), Palisoc (2013), Pcap Terminal (2014, sci-fi face), Phoenixians (2012: based on the logo of Centuri's Phoenix arcade game), Pixel Cowboy (2015), Pixel Musketeer (2013, based on Sony's Wild Arms and Wild Arms 2 games for the Playstation), Pixel Azure Bonds (2015), Pixel Combat (2015), Pixel NES (2013: based on screen fonts of Colecovision, Timex Sinclar, Nintendo, SimTech's ModeX VGA, Tandy Color), Planewalker (formerly called Magic Cards. Based on the text used in older Magic: The Gathering cards), PlanewalkerDings (2014), Plavsky (2013), Pokemon, Politik (2014, constructivist), Powerpuff (based on the logo of "The Powerpuff Girls" from Cartoon Network), PredaconBeasts, Probert (replaces Microgramma Extended), Protoculture (2012, based on the franchise logo of Robotech).
    • Qijomi (2013), Quintanar (2011), Quantum (2013: based on the title credits of the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace").
    • Rapier Zero (2013), Ravenwood (2011), Razorclaw (2013: based on the logo of the Beast Hunters Transformers line), Reanaarian (2014), Reconstruct (2013), Red World (2014), Regen (2012: a science-fiction font based on the logo used on the cover of the Transformers: Regeneration One comics), Rellanic (2014), Renegade (2013, techno stencil, based on FASA's "Renegade Legions" gaming line), Resavy (2012, a Broadway style art deco beauty), Rio Oro (2012, a Far West Tuscan marquee font), Robot Masters (now called Takara), Roddenberry (2011, based on the StarTrek logo), Roughknight (formerly Materia Arms. Based on the Wild Arms 5 video game logo---it simulates wood type and is Western in concept), RubCaps (2013), RunicEnglishNormal.
    • SandsofFireNormal, Schnaubelt (2011, rounded technical caps face), Semphari (2014), SharpAvienne (2014), Sierra Madre (2012: an avant-garde typeface based on the Sierra Madre casino's logo from Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money), Silverball Oblique (2012, LED font), Simple Runes, Sinescript (2013), SkeksisNormal, Skir, Sorenson (2013, a stencil typeface), StarburstPips (2014), StarcraftNormal, Starfleet (2004), Stark (2012: based on the title logo of the Iron Man and Iron Man 2 movies), Steamcog Caps (2013), Steampuff (2012), Steamwreck (2012), Steiner (2014), Sternbach (2011), Straczynski (2011, based on the opening credits for the classic television series "Babylon 5"), Strongarm (2014, based on the title logo of Hasbro's Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) line), Suchet (2013: a nice art deco typeface inspired by the material of BBC Production's legendary "Poirot" series starring David Suchet), Symtext (2012, a faux 5x5 bitmap font based on the lettering used in early VGA games, such as Syndicate).
    • Taibaijan (faux Arabic), Takara (former Robot Masters; based on the "Robot Masters" logo from Takara's Transformers), Tandysoft (2011, based on the old typeface of the MC-10 computer), Tellarite (2013: based on the canonical glyphs of the "Tellarite" language from Paramount's Star Trek franchise), Tetrahedron (2012), Thorass (runes), Thundara (the old name was Thundercats), Tirolese (2013, an alien glyph font), Tonopah (2012, western font), Toril (2011), Transdings (replaces Cybertron Generations: based on Transformers logos from Hasbro), Transformers, TransformersHollowNormal, TransformersSolidNormal, Transmaidens, Transmetals (based on Hasbro Inc's, "Beast Wars: Transmetals" logo), Trek Arrowheads (2013), Trek Arrowcaps (2013), Tsa Script (2011, based on logos used within TSR's classic "Dragon Magazine"), Turok (2011, based on the logo of the "Turok" video game), Turtles (2011, based on the popular classic "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" logo; for an extension, see Dieter Steffmann's Turtles), Twobit (2013, LCD font).
    • Vector Sigma (2011, based on the secondary "Beast Machines" logo), Vecna (2014), Videopac (2013, a stencil typeface based on a Philips gamme from the 1970s), Virtucorp (2014), Visionaries, Visitor Script (2013), Volkoff (2013, a Russian style tencil face).
    • Warlords (2011, based on the logo of the game series), Whitestone (2014, octagonal), Whittle (2013, octagonal), Winslett (2012, Far West face), Wreckers (2013, octagonal).
    • XBall (2013, loosely based on several title logos from Electronic Arts's (EA's) sports gaming titles).
    • YsgarthEnglishNormal (2011, almost blackletter).
    • Zarathos (2012, based on the titles for the Ghost Rider movie series), Zebulon (2013, sci-fi typeface based on the title logo of TSR's classic "Star Frontiers" game series), Zentran (2013, based on the Zentraedi glyphs found in Harmony Gold's "Robotech" franchise).
    • Typefaces from 2014: Rebellion, Politik (squarish).
    • Typefaces from 2015: Diner Bold, RPM, Pixel Calculon, Pixel Intv, Pixel Digivolve (based loosely on the title logo from the classic Digimon), Mechfire (military stencil and octagonal styles), Aurabesh Cantina (Star Wars font), Huggy Bear, Sigma Five, dPoly Block Dice, dPoly Imperial, dPoly Steampips (steampunk genre), Pixel Gosub, Pixel Symtext, Strongarm (circled glyphs), Chromia, Pixel Countdown, Pixel Tactical, Pixel Azure Bonds, Pixel Combat, Pixel Cowboy, IDroid.
    • Typefaces from 2016: Hastings (art deco), Timepiece, Norfolk (octagonal; based on US Navy ship lettering), Nuffle (slab serif), Nuffle Dice, Outland (octagonal), Subspace (based on the early logo for CBS/Paramount's 2017 Star Trek television series), Spellweaver Nodes (a simple runic connect-the-dots font based on Dragon Magazine's fantasy hieroglyphics), Gobotronic (based on a design from Jim Sorenson, Gobotronic is a symbolic interpretation of the language of Hanna-Barbera's own take on robots in disguise), Kaplah (angular sans), Brainstorm, Manhattan Tower, Persis, Exostencil, Phelps (based on the Mission Impossible series), Inquisitor (insipired by the Dark Heresy sub-titles from Fantasy Flight Games), Steamwheel (steampunk style), Horizon, Thirty-Seven (art deco), Draconis (loosely on the title logos of Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons: Fifth Edition game line).

    Dafont link. See also here and here, here, and here. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Devian Tart link. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pixel Surplus
    [Jeremy Vessey]

    Jeremy Vessey set up Hustle Supply Co in 2014. In 2016, he founded Pixel Surplus in Montreal. His first fonts there are Wild Youth (brush script), St. Jacques (a free avant-garde font), Buffalo (connected script font), Old Growth, Ambarella (free script), Greenstone (connected script), Summer Hearts (brush), Wayward, Wayward Sans (free), Gutenberg (a free soft blackletter typeface), Pilsner (also free, all caps and almost art deco), Westfalia (free, handcrafted), Cast Iron and Halogen (a free squarish industrial sans typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Harvester (script), Particle Regular (all caps sans), Hunter River (signature script), Garment District (a free monoline script designed together with Alex Joganic), Ciderhouse (free all caps sans), The Woodlands (a free brush script), Rustico (a free dry brush font), Chisel Mark (free, by Savanas Design), Ocean Six (free brush typeface), Terrain (condensed sans), Gritstone Script Bold, The Brewers Collection, The Woodblock Collection, Bourbon Grotesque (free).

    Typefaces from 2018: Schoolhouse (a free chalkboard SVG font), Rock N Roll (a free dry brush script), Calibre Super Condensed (free), Blackstone Script.

    Typefaces from 2019: JV Signature SVG, Bellanche, (a free curly calligraphic typeface), Lightshow (dry brush), Carlanta (by Faras Dina), Highfield (a free Peignotian sans), Heavy MFG, The Woodlands (brush script), Gallagher (a vintage font family), Whiskey Sour (font duo), Rose Blush (SVG opentype brush font), Emily Smiles (brush script), Rhythmic (a dry brush SVG font), Ashfort (dry brush), Flintstock.

    Typefaces from 2020: PS Botanical, Montero (script), Aelyn (a free art nouveau font), Paradizo (a didone-inspired typeface), Athletic Dept, Skream (a free horror dry brush font), Traverse (a painted SVG font), Blackshore (a painted SVG font), Morning Brew (grungy letters), Halden (SVG brush font), Strive (a dry brush SVG font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hatfield Park (a baseball script), Avondale (a monoline script), Drag Race SVG (brush), Portside (an old map font), Wild Youth (script), Melrose (a rough-edged script), PS Ambiance (a signature script), Drag Race SVG (dry brush), Strive (dry brush, SVG), Underground Ink SVG (painted), Earthtone (dry brush), Kinlock (a stencil serif), Presque, Haute (a decorative serif), Le Grand Amour (a wild calligraphic script), Adventurist (a free SVG format dry brush script), Game Day (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2022: Montgrove (a luxury serif), Rigero (a reverse contrast display typeface), Patheos (a sharp-edged decorative serif). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pixel Zombies
    [Travis Howell]

    Huntsville, AL-based designer who studied at The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham. Creator of the stencil typefaces Brigade (2016) and Raleigh (2016), and the modular typeface Poggers (2019). Creative Market link. Dribble link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    PizzaDude
    [Jakob Fischer]

    The Great Dane from Copenhagen, Jakob Fischer, is a kindergarten teacher who designed over 600 typefaces. Mini-catalog, part I, part II. Aka PizzaDude, he started out making free fonts, but switched to commercial fonts later. His typefaces:

    Direct downloads. In 2004, he started selling some typefaces through Union Fonts. MyFonts link. Home page. Fontsquirrel link. Fontspring link. Dafont link. .

    View Jakob Fischer's typefaces. View Pizzadude's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Place (or: We Are Place)

    Design studio in Buenos Aires. Their typefaces include the macho semi-stencil face Sudamérica (2011) and the contemporary Inca-inspired beauty called Aymara (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    pleumjai

    FontStructor who made Pleum (2013, stencil face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    poekoe

    Designer who used FontStruct in 2008 to create the great rounded stencil typefaces DK Femke and DK Femke Bubble. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Polina Ocean

    During her studies in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Polina Ocean created the Latin / Cyrillic stencil typeface Perspectiva (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Polina Okean

    Saint Petersburg, Russia-based designer of the free semi-stencil typeface Perspective (or Perspectiva) (2015, Latin and Cyrillic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Polina Titova

    During her studies in Vilnius, Lithuania, Polina Titova designed a modular stencil typeface for Latin and Cyrillic in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Positype
    [Neil Summerour]

    Positype was founded in 2002 by Athens and/or Jefferson, GA-based designer and type designer Neil Summerour (b. 1972, Azores, Portugal). Neil began developing typefaces in 1996 with the 1996 Olympic Brick Paver Project proprietary typeface. He is the co-principal and senior designer of Athens-based interactive, design, and advertising agency Genetic:ICG. In the summer of 2003, he began teaching Advanced Electronic Design in the Graphic Design Department at The University of Georgia.

    Swash & Kern is the bespoke lettering and typeface design alter ego of Neil Summerour.

    In 2001, Neil published his first two type designs with [T-26] Digital Type Foundry in Chicago, IL. Since then, he has released tens of font families including hiragana and katakana fonts. Positype fonts are sold by Myfonts.com and [T-26].

    Klingspor link. Facebook link. Blog. Behance link. Union Fonts link.

    The list of his fonts:

    • Aago (2017). A 54-style sans family.
    • Aaux, Aaux Office (2002), Aaux Pro (2004), Aaux Next (2009, 72 typefaces), Aaux Alphanumera, Aaux Emoticons.
    • Agent Sans (2021). An economical 22-style sans intended to be warm although the name seems to contradict that.
    • The Air superfamily (2011), which consists of 81 sans typefaces. Followed by Air Soft (2011), Air Pro (2021), Air Pro Condensed (2022) and Air Pro XCondensed (2022). He writes about Air: Heavily influenced by Summerour's Aaux Next typeface and Akzidenz-Grotesk, the typeface features a very efficient footprint, logical weight options, small caps, expanded numeral sets, extensive language support, and 5 total widths.
    • Altar (8-weight Gothic family).
    • Akagi (2008): 20 style sans family. Extended and refreshed in 2011 into Akagi Pro.
    • AMP (at Union fonts).
    • Anago (2012) is a softly rounded sans family, the product of a designer addicted to designing sans families.
    • Anarcharsis (2002): a serif family inspired by incomplete rubbing made from a stone wall located in the Bahamas.
    • Angel Script (2009, TypeTrust).
    • Baka (2005, a fantastic scratchy handwriting face), Baka Too (2006; followed in 2010 by Baka Expert).
    • The Bodoniesque family (Umbrella Type).
    • Cherry Blossoms (2018). A crayon script.
    • Claustrum (2003).
    • Clear Sans (2013). Starting from a monoline rather geometric set of thin weights, this typeface family morphs into a more humanist beast, with a, b, d and g having a squeezed look at the intercepts. And maybe because of that, this unclassifiable typeface is quite appealing. Followed by Clear Sans Text and Clear Sans Screen.
    • Courage (2019). A high contrast ultra black poster typeface.
    • Couture (2015) and Couture Sans (2015). Summerour was charmed by Imre Reiner's Corvinus when he designed this extremely high-contrast pair of fashion mag typeface families together with Mary Catherine Pflug.
    • Cynapse (2003; or Cynapse Pro. 2004, 12 weights). A sans family.
    • In 2018, Martina Flor and Neil Summerour published the layerable Tuscan typeface family Decorata.
    • Delphi (2014). A decorative multiline typeface by Lily Feinberg and Neil Summerour.
    • Directors Gothic (2013, Lettering Inc). A large retro sans family.
    • Donatora (2004).
    • Dream Big (2019). A swashy script typeface with weathered edges.
    • Ego (2003, octagonal family).
    • Epic (2007-2009, a 12-style contemporary garalde).
    • Ether, Ether Connected.
    • Eva (2003).
    • Filmotype Dancer (2012).
    • Filmotype Harvard (2015). Based on a Filmotype brush script from 1955.
    • Filmotype Horizon (2011).
    • Flirt Script (2014). Flirt Script won an award at TDC 2014.
    • Friendly (2012). In part based on Morris Fuller Benton's upright script typeface Announcement.
    • Fugu (2009, rough-outlined script family, winner at TDC2 2010).
    • Ginza (2008, a squarish techno family), and Ginza Narrow (2011).
    • Good Karma (2017). A sumi brush font. See also Good Karma Smooth (2020).
    • Grava (2018, twenty fonts) and Grava Display: Quirky and sharp, Grava is Neil Summerour's injection of warmth within the geometric sans font category.
    • Halogen (2012). An organic wide techno sans family. In 2014, he added Halogen Slab and Halogen Flare (flared). All have hairlines.
    • Headcold (2004).
    • Hype (2019). A collection of 432 low contrast gothic sans typefaces consisting of three subfamilies of 144 fonts each: Hype vol 1, Hype vol 2, Hype vol 3.
    • Ice Cream (2021). A creamy vernacular non-connected script for food packaging.
    • Iru1, Iru2.
    • Juicy (T-26, 2004, brushdrawn family).
    • Kari and Kari Pro (2005): a connected upright script. Kari Display (2009). Redrawn in 2020 and released as Kari (2020).
    • Kryptk Flash (2003).
    • Kurosawa Bastard, Kurosawa Hand, Kurosawa Sans, Kurosawa Serif, Kurosawa Hiragana, Kurosawa Katakana.
    • Love Script (2014). A high energy high contrast brush pen / marker script. Love Script won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.
    • Luce (2004).
    • Lush Script (2011). A connected script inspired by the 1940s.
    • Lust (2012), a curvy hight-contrast didone in the Pistilli style. Neil: The result yielded a rather diverse typographic gene pool: a little Scotch Modern, a little Didone and Didot, a dominant dose of Caslon, and a pinch of Baskerville-- all wrapped up in the leggy body of a Brazilian supermodel. A confident, self-reliant typeface that shows just enough to keep everyone staring and leave them wanting more. Followed by Lust Slim (2014). In 2015, these were extended to the large families Lust Pro [dedicated page] and Lust Pro Didone.
    • Lust Script (2013). This is a curvier, sexier (Neil's words) version of Lust. For use in fashion magazines and large sizes.
    • Macha (2012). A sans family. In 2015, this was followed by Lust Hedonist, which has Didone, Italic and Script sub-styles---the ultimate fashion mag typeface. In 2021, he added Lust Sans (a 12-style high-contrast fashion mag typeface family), Lust Didone (a 6-style contribution to the fat face genre), Lust Stencil (six styles), Lust Text (ten styles).
    • The Type Trust: Magneta (2009, The Type Trust). Includes a Condensed subfamily.
    • Marshmallow (2017). A super-creamy high-contrast script typeface straight from a parisian bonbonnerie.
    • Murecho (2021). Murecho is a low-stroke contrast, flat terminal sans serif Japanese typeface designed for text settings in Japan. It covers Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (JOYO+). It also supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek.
    • Muscle (2009, TypeTrust---a futuristic family).
    • Nori (2010): a calligraphic brush typeface obtained by applying the Pilot Japan Kanji Fude brush pen on paper. It has over 1100 glyphs, 250 ligatures, 487 alternate characters, 125+ swash and titling alternates, lining and old style numerals. Awarded at TDC2 2011.
    • Organic (2009). A rounded warm sans family. In 2021, he published the 16-style Organic Pro.
    • Penumbra.
    • Plastek (2004-2009).
    • The R.E.M. Athens project involves three fonts published in 2009, REM Orange, REM Accelerate and REM Tourfont. They are based on ideas by Chris Bilheimer for the band R.E.M. (Michael Stipe and Chris Bilheimer). Both attended the fine arts program at the University of Georgia. Michael Stipe, singer and lyricist, formed R.E.M. in 1980. Bilheimer began working with the band in 1994.
    • In 2019, Martina Flor and Neil Summerour released the extensive typeface family Ribbons at Positype.
    • Romp (2009, condensed hand-printed).
    • Reserve (2018). A text typeface family designed to accompany Summerour's Scotch typeface family.
    • Rhythm (2011). An italic inline and solid display family based on ATF's Ratio (ca. 1930) and Herbert Thannhaeuser's Adastra (1928).
    • Rough Love (2014). A brushy crayon script.
    • Scotch (2017). An 31-style scotch roman typeface family consisting of Scotch Text, Scotch Display (more contrast), Scotch Deck (for subheads) and Scotch Dingbats. In 2020, he added Scotch Compressed to the set.
    • Shameless (2013). A connected penmanship-style script.
    • Sneakers (2003-2004): athletic lettering family. Also, Sneakers Script and Sneakers Max (2019: rounded and ultra fat).
    • So Lovely (2019).
    • Tactical (2011, octagonal mechanical face; +Stencil).
    • In 2012, he won the Second Akashi Prize in the kanji (!!!) category of the Morisawa Type Design Competition for Tegaki. Tegaki also won at TDC 2013.
    • Truss Ultra Light (2006): hairline architectural font.
    • Vekta Serif (2009), Vekta Neo and Vekta Sans (2009, a sans family at TypeTrust).
    • Wasabi Condensed and Wasabi (2010): an organic elliptical family, based on Iru.
    • Yumi (2003, techno font, Union Fonts).

    His life in hiw own words: Neil Summerour is a type designer, lettering artist, calligrapher and designer based in Georgia, USA with one foot in Takamatsu, Japan. After graduating from The University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art with a BFA in Graphic Design, he soon found himself opening his own studio to deal with the flow of freelance work. [...] Neil opened his personal type foundry, Positype, in 2000 to feed his ever-growing desire for type design. He later co-founded TypeTrust (2002) with Silas Dilworth as his addiction to type and lettering grew. [...] He was an adjunct art professor at The University of Georgia in graphic design and taught graphic design at the Governor's School for the Arts. [...] As a typeface designer, he has published over 60 typeface families and produced numerous custom typefaces for clients worldwide. [...] He has won the Type Directors Club Certificate of Excellence in Type Design in 2010 and 2011 for Fugu and Nori, respectively.

    Showcase of Neil Summerour's fonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Powerfonts
    [John Power]

    British designer of Mechanism (2019: a high blood pressure typeface full of tension) and Bounce (2019: a slinky font inspired by molecular structures).

    In 2020, he released Trad, a carved typeface that is inspired by Viking mythology and runic alphabets.

    In 2021, he made the techno stencil typeface Kezuri. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Prestigetype Studio
    [Mohamad Ridwan]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of Maira (2020), Eloque (2020), Hanney (2020), Mondany (2020: a monoline script), Luxery (2020: a dry brush script), Raluxe Script (2020) and Raluxe (2020: all caps, stylish).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bracy (an artistic font), Maslen (a signature script), Galey (a 38-style geometric sans in sharp and rounded versions), Maves (an all caps art deco stencil typeface).

    Typefaces from 2022: Asparocus (an all caps sans and script font duo; includes a variable font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Primetype
    [Ole Schäfer]

    Ole Schäfer is a German type and logo designer (born 1970 in Gütersloh) who specializes in sans and slab type. He studied graphic design at the Fachhochschule Bielefield under Gerd Fleischmann. From 1995 until 99 he worked at MetaDesign as type designer and as type director for Audi, Volkswagen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Düsseldorf Airport, Sächsische Zeitung, Berlin's public transport company BVG and others. Schäfer now works as an independent type designer and teacher for type design and typography in Berlin. During 2006-2007, he taught typography at the University of Hildesheim. He launched his own foundry, Primetype, in 2002 with new typefaces by himself and other designers. With Erik Spiekermann at FontFont he did FFInfoOffice (1999), and earlier they co-designed ITC Officina Sans and Serif (1990-1998). He designed the huge FF Fago family, as well as FF Info Text (1998), FF Info Display (1998), FF Govan (2001, by Ole Schaefer and Erik Spiekermann), FF Turmino (2002), FF Zine (2001, in Sans, Serif and Slab flavors), CstBerlinEast (2000, FontFont), and CstBerlinWest (2000, FontFont, with Verena Gerlach).

    His typefaces at Primetype include PTL Adigo (2002), PTL Touja (2002: Sans, Slab), PTL Fabrik (2004), PTL Fabrik Two, PTL Golary Red (2002), PTL Notes (2003), PTL Notes Soft (2004), PTL Notes Mono, PTL Notes Tec Mono (20908, techno, typewriter), PTL Scetbo (2004), PTL Speech (2004: made for WDR television), PTL Zatro, PTL Strom, PTL Manual (2004: Extra, Round, Sans, Semi, Slab, Office, Mono), PTL Qugard (2002: Sans, Slab), PTL Zupra Sans. Verena Gerlach's fonts there include PTL Lore (2002), PTL Tephe (2002), PTL Trafo (2002).

    His custom typefaces include Audi Sans, Audi Serif (both for Audi, done while he was at Meta Design; they were replaced by Audi Type (van der Laan and van Rosmalen) in 2009), Boehringer Sans, Serif (Boehringer Ingelheim), VW Utopia (Volkswagen), Glasgow 1999 (City of Glasgow), Officina Sans Display (The Economist), EcoNewtext, Newhead (The Economist), SZ Headline (Sächsische Zeitung), Fago SZ (Süddeutsche Zeitung), and Fago Ns (New Scientist). At Primetype, Verena Gerlach's PTL Blinkenlights is free. In 2004, Ralph de Carrois contributed PTL Maurea, a sans family, to Primetype.

    Alternate URL. Speaker at ATypI 2007 in Brighton. In 2009, he helped revive three superfamilies of Karl-Heinz Lange, each having between 60 and 94 styles, the humanist sans families PTL Minimala and PTL Publicala, and the geometric (Futura-like) family PTL Superla, my favorite of these three.

    Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Ole Schäfer's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Prio Nurokhim Aji
    [Prioritype]

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    Prioritype
    [Prio Nurokhim Aji]

    Kebumen, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1997) of these typefaces in 2020: Arkaedos (a creamy script), Amtera (a fat finger font), Takidos (children's letters), Merilland, Tamword, Terasu Brush (a dry brush script), Chalk Perio (a chalk font), Diltoon (a cartoon font), , Savattera, Pecattes (a very dry brush script), Dhecalovia (a fat finger font), Launsela (a fat finger font), Super Love Christmas, Bevalonia, Butter Spoky, Super Love Christmas, Merilland, The Bonbon, Annila Script, Kagatsun, Frangstton, Sophomore, Reacter, Oliotton, Many Cheeks, Keyrannha (monoline script), Chatalisa, Dhecca House (a monoline script), Ligotra (all caps, Victoriana), Fagetone (a retro signage script), Gangsoka (an angry serif), the script font Meltinghones and the monoline script typefaces Caligendings and Frangstton.

    Typefaces from 2021: Flower Glory (a counterless kindergarten font), Delichan (a calligraphic script), Smile Darling (a decorative stencil), Fondest (a Peignotian sans with a hipster f), Mintage (a retro serif), Klender (a descendant of Cooper Black), Charming Smile (a plump painted font), Hey Tiny (a fat finger font that emulates a child's hand), Central Display, Street Ruins (a graffiti font), Bruskest (a bold dry brush script), Klemer Display (a flat top display typeface), Nectarine (a plump almost psychedelic font), The Burcey (a casual cutout typeface), Relation De Luxe (a rounded all caps sans characterized by many interlocking pairs), Qochy (a display font with elephant feet serifs), Urban Starblues (a graffiti font duo), Urban Java (a reverse stress Western font), Brugty (a bold display typeface in the Cooper Black / Windsor genre), Organic Peach (a fat finger font), Kosans (all caps), Magilio (in the trendy Windsor / Cooper Black style), Elkoga (an 8-style rounded wedge serif), Onedrips (a dripping paint font), Bilground (script), Dassie (an all caps display font), Sugar Smile, Roti Bakar (a sans with swirls), Dripping Drops (a dripping paint font), Apple Slices (a font duo), Dialog Anila, Goodwin Geraldine, Tropical Blooming (a scrapbook script), Bomb Da Gone (graffiti lettering), Fillings Urban (a plumpish graffiti font), Tratags (graffiti), Johny Palkons (letterpress emulation), Kickcore (a brush font), Lonely Girl (a fat finger font), Malistiona, Bittermoon (a fat finger script), Demilton (a heavy script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Amila Cuties, Cansetras (a tattoo blackletter), Codigra (a liquid serif), Distant Neighbors, Employed, Favorite Notification (a hipster serif), Getrok, Glemor (font duo), Niblick, Olasthy Script (a loopy script), Peach More, Pink Punk (a death metal font), Red Royale (blackletter), Shining Youth (ornamental caps with flowery texture), Sunday Bloom (a hand-drawn serif), Ditsa Calista (script), Brume Matinale (a sharp-edged display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Produce
    [Tap Vorathit Kruavanichkit]

    Type foundry in Bangkok, est. 2013 by Tap Vorathit Kruavanichkit, a type and graphic director based in Bangkok, who runs his own multidisciplinary design company called Farmgroup. Their first typeface, Etch (2013, Vorathit Kruavanichkit, Sumpatha Jadee) combines art deco, tattoo style and blackboard bold in a stylish display family.

    In 2014, they published Dime (a 2d and 3d family with some optical illusions, available in Solid and Lined), the monospaced family Fixed (Vorathit Kruavanichkit, Sumpatha Jadee) which comes with a stencil style. Tech (2014, Vorathit Kruavanichkit, Sumpatha Jadee) is a techno / sci-fi typeface with a circuit-inspired sub-style, Tech 7000. They took the decorative stencil style to new heights in the six-font family Punch Pro (2014: Slab, Bracketed, Wedge, Deco, Hairline and Sans; by Vorathit Kruavanichkit and Sumpatha Jadee).

    In 2015, Vorathit Kruavanichkit and Sumpatha Jadee co-designed the street art typeface Lam. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Prop-a-ganda
    [Ryoichi Tsunekawa]

    Retro font foundry, est. 2008 in Nagoya, Japan, by Ryoichi Tsunekawa. Fonts sold via MyFonts include PAG Ministero (2008, poster font), PAG Libre (2008), PAG Marina (2008), PAG Liberta (2009, poster stencil), PAG Sottoterra (2009, art deco), PAG Karogs (2008, art deco), PAG Julio (2009, art deco), PAG Industria (2009, caps only), PAG Demokratie (2008), PAG Etiketa (2008, a great poster typeface from the 1930s-1950s era), PAG Auto (2008, a sans headline typeface based on art deco posters from the 1940-1960 period). Tsunekawa also runs Flat-It, a foundry whose output consists mostly of calligraphic and script fonts.

    Other fonts: PAG Bankas inspired by retro lettering on advertising & propaganda posters from the 30s to 60s), PAG Club, PAG Etiketa, PAG Industria, PAG Karogs, PAG Norm, PAG Novembris (2008), PAG October (2008), PAG Revolucion (2008), PAG Smoke (2008, art deco in the style of Mostra), PAG Syndicate (2008), PAG Tekov (2008), PAG Theater (2008), PAG Transformacio, PAG Trust (2009), PAG Bravos (a great propaganda poster geometric display face), PAG Brigade, Como (2014, rounded sans).

    View the Prop-A-Ganda typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Proportional Lime
    [Shane Brandes]

    Oberlin, OH-based foundry of Shane Brandes (b. Lakefield, MN, 1974), who made the historic semi-blackletter revival Augsburger2009 (2009), which was inspired by one of Ernhardt Ratdolt's (1442-1528) many beautiful typefaces. Ratdolt was a printer from Augsburg, hence the name. River Liffey (2009) is based on a typeface used by James Williams an Irish printer active in Dublin during the late 18th century. Rising Sun (2009, blackletter) was inspired by Gering and Remboldt's work during the late 1490s in Paris.

    Charlemagne (2010) is an imaginary medieval script. Fleurious (2010) are ornaments. Sweynheym Pannartz (2010) is modeled after an example Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz used in their early printing venture in Subiaco, Italy which began around 1465. Ballard (2010) was inspired by a font used by Henrie Ballard, who operated on Fleet Street at the Signe of the Bear in London from ca. 1597-1608. White Now (2010) is a music note font. Enn'agrammaton (2010) is a cryptographic font. Pluton (2010) is a fixed width font with over 1400 glyphs. Old Venexia (2010) simulates an irregular medieval type. Black Tie (2010) is a simple monoline sans family. Azabercna (2010) is based on gothic principles. Alchimistes (2010) is a medieval symbol face, while Florati (2010) provides a set of ornamental caps. Wappenstein (2010) is an angular stone-carved face: The font Wappenstein was inspired by the carving on a memorial stone located in Paderborn, Germany. The stone was a Epitaph of the Brenkener family, and the carver is known as the Meister des Brenkener Familienepitaphs. The carving, dating to 1562, currently is curated by the Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum in the city of Paderborn and was originally in the Brenkener Pfarr Kirche. Boston 1851 (2010) is based on a stereotype used by Wier and White, Printers of Boston, that was created by the New England Stereoype Foundry under the auspices of Hobart and Robbins, also of Boston. Cruxially (2010) is a 500-glyph dingbat font with crosses.

    Gaspardo (2011) is an art deco display face. Anguillette (2011) is a quaint grungy face. Ernst (2011) is a very simple but large hand-printed face. The blackletter typeface Schoeffer (2011) is based on Typ.7:146/148G also known as Gesellschaft für Typenkunde plate no. 258, by Peter the Younger (son of Peter Schoeffer), cut ca. 1509-1520. Printers in Marks is a printer mark dingbat typeface created in 2011. Cat E Poultry (2011) is a scanbat typeface of cats. Lucas Brandis (2011) is based on section headings used by printer Lucas Brandis, the first printer to operate in the city of Lübeck around 1473.

    Creations in 2012: Vine Street, Nicolaus Kesler (a blackletter type based on one of the typefaces of Basel-based Nicolaus Kessler, 15th century), Modality Antiqua (straight-edged and mechanical), Martin Crantz (2012: Martin Crantz (or sometimes Krantz) of the three, including Ulrich Gering and Michael Friburger, that set up a press at the Sorbonne in 1470 was likely the fellow who had the technical know how how to cast the type itself, hence the name of this new typeface that is based on his work.). Modality Antiqua and Modality Novus are explorations of the octagonal principle. Zainer is a rough-edges renaissance era typeface named after Augsburg-based printer Günther Zainer who was active from 1468 until 1478. Swine And Roses is based on a Free Mason script. Ammurapi is a Ugaritic script face.

    Typefaces from 2013: Michael Wenssler (an incunabula / blackletter typeface based on Michael wenssler typeface from 1482), Andreae (a Fraktur based on a 16th century font by Hieronymus Andreae, who first worked as woodblock cutter and then became a publisher in the city of Nuremberg until his death in 1565), Dropsomaniacal (Lombardic), Therhoernen (grungy medieval script after a Cologne-based printer Arnold Therhoernen, active from 1470 until 1483), Rusch (a 1000-glyph revival of a late 15th century antiqua by Adolf Rusch von Ingweiler, who was active in Strasbourg from 1460 until 1489), Gutknecht (a Schwabacher based on a font used by Jobst Gutknecht, a printer in Nuremburg from 1514 until 1542). The rough blackletter typeface Kachelofen and Konrad Kachelofen are named after Konrad Kachelhofen, a printer in Leipzig active from 1482 until 1529. Albrecht Pfister (2013) is a textura typeface based on Biblia Paperum, which was printed by Pfister in Bamberg, ca. 1460. Amerbach 883 (2013) is a rotunda typeface based on a typeface by Basel-based printer and typefounder Johann von Amerbach, who was active from 1477 until 1513.

    Typefaces from 2014: Willie Caxton (a blackletter used by William Caxton in his 1476 edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales), Azabercna, Lion of Antwerp (an incunabula typeface: Gerard Leeu met his untimely end in a work-related altercation in 1492. He was a notable printer in both the cities of Gouda and Antwerp. This font typeface is based on the "Die gesten of gheschienisse van romen" typeface, ca. 1481.), Hildegardis (an alphabetic cipher that was invented in the 12th century by Hildegard von Bingen to obscure a language called Lingua Ignota. The exemplar was found in the Riesencodex), Lady Vittoria (vampire script based on a German cross stitch pattern from the 1870s), Trowel.

    Typefaces from 2016: Holle There (a re-cut of a typeface that Lienhart Holle used in his epic edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia that dates to the early 1480's, even predating italics).

    Typefaces from 2017: Archbishop (based on the legal documents of Archbishop Arnold von Selenhofen, who granted Hildegard von Bingen and her nuns rooms at the Rupertsberg Monastery in the year 1150), Schoensperger Der Altere (after a blackletter font used by the first female printer, Anna Ruuml;gerin, who was Johann Schönsperger der Altere's sister; Johann was a famous printer in Augsburg, Germany, during the last 20 years of the 15th century).

    Typefaces from 2018: Zell (a rough blackletter based on 15th century German typeface by Ulrich Zell), Captain Cookie (based on the original font used to print a short history of Captain Cook's exploits around the world), Adelheid (a great curly blackletter based on a 16th century Swiss publication), Feodorov (named after Russia's first printer, Ivan Feodorov).

    Creative Market link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    ps type (was: ppwrkstudio)
    [Mark Caneso]

    Mark Caneso is a graphic and type designer who lived in Garden Grove, CA, Kapolei, HI, Beaverton, OR, Austin, TX, and now, Mount Pleasant and/or Charleston, SC. He founded ppwrkstudio (or: ps type) in 2004.

    His typefaces include the free sans Quatro and the commercial contemporary sans FB Ratio (2009, Font Bureau, a sans family in 6 styles that grew out of ps Ratio and ps Ratio Headline). In 2009, Quatro became commercial. It was followed by ps Quatro Slab and Quatro Ultra Black in 2010 and Quatro Sans in 2012.

    Other typefaces include Campaign Grotesk (2015, FontShop), ps Caneso (2010, monoline sans), Runda, ps Untitled, ps Untitled Sans, ps Turiya Light (2009, organic sans), ps Runda (2010, sans), ps Neplus Ultra (2010, ultra thick slab), ps Dot Test (dot matrix face), and ps Fovea (2009, contemporary slab). Also in the works is the dot matrix typeface FF Diode (2009).

    Typefaces from 2016: Hatch (slab serif, which can be bought here).

    Typefaces from 2017: Ditch (a great inline typeface), Blue Sky (a sans family for branding).

    Typefaces from 2019: Pika Ultra (an ultra fat script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Campaign (Sans, Serif, Slab).

    Typefaces from 2021: Decoy (a 12-style soft inky serif), Hoss Grotesk (Hoss Sharp and Hoss Round: grotesques), Condenser (a 36-style condensed sans family), Hegante (a fat brush typeface), Naylor Stencil (a custom typeface for Brooklyn-based artist Jason Naylor).

    Cargocollective link. Adobe link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pseudonymous Ink

    Strasbourg, France-based designer of Noel Krul Pro (2016) and Steam Stencil (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Pyotr Bushuev
    [Naum Type]

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    Q-BO
    [Carlos Matteoli]

    Q-BO is the foundry of Carlos Daniel Matteoli, a type designer from Santiago del Estero, Argentina, b. 1980.

    Old URL. His typefaces, both free and commercial, often have a sci-fi or industrial component:

    • Djs Symbols (2011). A scanbat font of famous disc jockeys.
    • Q-Bo (2011) is a fat typeface in which each glyph occupies a perfect square.
    • 2Lines (2011) is a squarish bilined caps face.
    • Equ (2011).
    • Ovnis (2011, a flying saucer dingbat face).
    • Voker (2011, +Rounded: a techno family) and Basica (2011; +Basica 2.0, 2012; +Basica Cartoon, 2014), Teio (2011), Sistema (2011), Ameba (2011) and Abix (2011) are techno typefaces.
    • Bim (2011) is an outlined techno face. It was followed in 2012 by Bim Eroded.
    • Hexa (2011) is an experimental hexagonal face.
    • Cable (2011) is an experimental face.
    • Crakos (2011) is slightly grungy.
    • Kram (2011, +Espaciada) is a rounded techno / sci-fi / stencil face.
    • Spac3 (2011, a sci-fi all caps face), Spac3 Selenium (2014), Spac3 Halftone (2012), Spac3 Destroyed (2011), Spac3 Neon (2011), and Spac3 Tech (2011, a tech stencil face), Spac3 Slim (2017).
    • Digital (2011), Digital Cognitive (2011) and Digital Tech (2011): semi-pixelized.
    • Bim (2011).
    • Djs Symbols (2012). A scanbat of disc jockeys.
    • Plig (2012) and Plig Nova (2012). An avant garde family.
    • Capital (2012). A squarish all caps typeface.
    • Zuber (2012), Zuber Stone (2012, a heavy chiseled textured typeface), Zuber Tech (2015), and Zuber Future (2012, a fat counterless octagonal typeface).
    • Orena (2012-2016). A squarish caps-only futuristic typeface.
    • Complex (2012). A block-serifed all caps typeface.
    • Plig Nova (2012).
    • Amirox (2012). A fat counterless typeface.
    • Basica Industrial (2012). An industrial grunge face.
    • Zian (2012). A fat rounded sans.
    • Complex Bruja (2012).
    • Voker Baxer (2012).
    • Oxin (2012), Oxin Army (2013, stencil), Oxin War (2013), Oxin Brush (2013).
    • Moiser (2013), Moiser Techno (2013, counterless), and Heavy Moiser (2013). A purely geometric sans.
    • Argentina (2013). A copperplate style caps face, possibly created after a national soccer team lettering style. Followed in 2014 by the grungy Argentina Austral.
    • Rixon (2013). A mechanical octagonal typeface.
    • Gtek (2013). A sci-fi face. Followed by Gtek Broken (2014), Gtek Technology (2014), Gtek Nova (2014), Gtek Cavern (2015), and Gtek Minimal.
    • Xenik (2014).
    • Fiker (2014, squarish sci-fi face) and Fiker Futura (2014).
    • Oki (2014). A blocky outlined typeface.
    • Cerena (2015).
    • Zian V15 (2015). A rounded techno sans.
    • Begok (2015) and Begok v15 (2016). A techno sans.
    • Kiwik (2017). A heavy display sans.
    • Basica Cicionica (2017). A squarish techno typeface.
    • Ertek (2017). A trekkie font.
    • Abser 391 (2017). Straight-edged.
    • Spac3 Slim and Spac3 Tech v17 (2019).
    • Esba (2019).
    • Basica (2020).
    • Tauler (2020). A floriated typeface.
    Creative Market link. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    qik

    Designer of Copvercus v2 and Covercus v1 (2008, stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Qimplef

    FontStructor whose fonts in 2011 include several pixel typefaces, as well as Kinex (dotted outline face), Amazeling (white on black mazed letters), Blocked, Way Too Long (super-tall letters), Sketch, Split, Block Stack, TI-83 (based on the Texas Instruments TI-83 calculator), Impossibly Thin (the tallest pixel font in existence), Xtra Wide, 3 by 3 smooth, Blah, Royal Tile, Space Out, Triangular and Gridlines, Stripes, FS Logo Deco Version, Tilt A Grid, Grille, Outline, Px 7x13, Mission (dot matrix face), Simple (stencil), Easygoing (mechanical / octagonal), PX 8x8 (pixel face), Nine Zero (squarish), Insanity (labyrinthine), Mainframe (an octagonal typewriter face), Highlight (3d shadow face), Ribbon (piano key face), Paper Cut (kitchen tile face).

    Creations from 2012: Double Vision, Brackets, Super 8, Chunky, Pipeline (outlined), Fontstruct2 (monospaced fat pixel face), No Signal, Machete.

    In 2013, he made Square Weave. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Quba Type (was: Graphic Studio 33)
    [Vladimir Platonov]

    Russian designer of Rubas (2020: octagonal, with eleven inline variants), Triagonal (2020: triangular, ocragonal), Tamitsa (2020: a squarish techno typeface), Falcon Sport (2020, +a squarish stencil), Kianda Pro (2020) and Kianda (2020: a squarish typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Eaglesport (an octagonal sports shirt font family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Quentin Blanchet

    Brisbane-based creator of The Mouldy Lovers (2012, a geometric stencil font created from arcs and straight line segments).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Quentin Delègue

    During a course at ERG in Brussels, Quentin Delègue created the free font Archicoco (2014, OFL). This typeface is the stencil version of Archivo Black made by Hector Gatti in 2012 at Omnibus Type. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Quentin Lagrange

    Designer in Paris, who created the oriental simulation stencil typeface Li in 2014i at Fontyou. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Quentin Margat
    [Editions 205]

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    Quincy Hakman

    During his graphic design studies, Quincy Hakman (Hellevoetsluis, The Netherlands) created a thin stencil typeface (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rachel Donovan

    During her studies at the University of Kansas, Rachel Donovan (Olathe, KS) designed the stencil typeface Digital Dash (2015, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rachel Edery

    Bordeaux, France-based designer of Stencil Font (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rade Matic

    Rade Matic studied with Lucas de Groot at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art. In 2014, he published the sans typeface family Truus (and Truus Truant) at Die Gestalten. Three of the six styles are stencil types (which have he suffix Truant). Die Gestalten writes: Truus is a humanist sans serif and comes with two sets of families in three weights. Inspired by Vilém Flusser's book Does Writing Have a Future?, the font design Truus Truant was originally drawn with a witch pen. The application and removing of the feather define an exceptional characteristic, translating Flusser's thoughts of breaks and crises during the creative process of a typeface design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Radek Sidun
    [Our Polite Society]

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    Radinal Riki
    [ATK Studio]

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    Radomir Tinkov
    [RST Fonts]

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    Rafael Jordán/0Oliver

    Rafael Jordan Oliver, aka Barry Bianco, is a graphic designer and calligrapher in Valencia, Spain, b. 1983, Alzira. Graduate of EASD in Valencia, class of 2013. His typefaces:

    • A geometric Futura / Bauhaus style typeface family called Geometric Obsession (2012).
    • The curly all-caps typeface Nord Type, which is based on the modern letters of Gregorio Muñoz at Valencia's train station L'Estació del Nord. It was his graduation project at EASD.
    • The commercial didone typeface Didac (2014). The Italic followed in 2015-2016. Buy it here.
    • At Type@Paris in 2015, he designed Carmen Maria (named after his wife), a sharp-serifed fashion mag typeface rooted in Carolingian calligraphy.
    • Las Naves Condensed (2017). A grotesque typeface designed under the art direction of Sebastian Alos for "Las Naves" foundation.
    • Bantha Sans and Bantha Serif (2017). Sturdy multi-purpose typefaces.
    • Bianco Slab (2017, Fontstore).
    • Brava Slab (2018). Almost monolinear, with Latin curves in the italics. Followed in 2019 by Brava Sans.
    • Ostium (2019). An inline unicase font with proportions close to classical romans.
    • Carmensin (2020). A humanist text family characterized by smooth curves, a large x-height and open counters. It includes a Display subfamily and some stencil styles.
    • Redoneta (2020). A 12-style geometric sans. Followed in 2022 by Redoneta Rounded (12 styles).
    • Tannen (2021). A layerable blackletter family, and an interpretation of Erich Meyer's Tannenberg (1933-1935).
    • Tannen (2021). A layerable German expressionist blackletter family, and an interpretation of Erich Meyer's Tannenberg (1933-1935).
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    Rafael Nascimento
    [Escaphandro (or: Rafael Cervi Barrozo)]

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    Rafael Neder
    [Neder Font Foundry]

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    Rafael Rincón

    Creative Director in Caracas, Venezuela where he works for a Trade Marketing company called Nexus. He was born in 1973 in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia, and is a type designer at the Colombian foundry Andinistas. He co-designed the octagonal typefaces Nikona and Nikona Dual with Carlos Fabián Camargo in 2006: X1 (+Negra), X2 (+Gris), X3 (+Blanca), Stencil (+Dingbats). He writes: The leading thread that typifies this family is its mutant spirit, a result of my personal and typographic interpretation of the three robotic laws created by Asimov in 1940, and reflected many times in sci-fi movies, comics and Japanese anime. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rafael Ruiz
    [Remygius]

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    Rafal Brzezinski
    [Antraxja Fonts (or: Atrax)]

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    Raffaele Amici

    Milan-based designer of the Bauhaus-style stencil font WRD Sans (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    RainBomb Studio
    [Glen Nyundu]

    Mpumalanga, South Africa-based designer of the 16-font squarish display family Phola (16 styles) (2021) that includes substyles Regular, Solid, Square, Diablo (spurred) and Clean. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rajesh Rajput
    [Nav Raw]

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    Ramiro Oblitas

    Swedish type designer who assisted Stefan Hattenbach with the development of the custom stencil typeface SA Display (or Svenska Arkitekter Display) (2016). Together with Göran Söderström, Ramiro designed the polytope-and-circular-arc typeface Mikro (2016-2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ramiz Guseynov
    [TipografiaRamis]

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    Ramona Kovacs

    As a student, Szabadkigyos, Hungary-based Ramona Kovacs designed the stencil slab serif typeface Kalap (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Raphael Boguslav

    Great handletterer (b. 1929 in Far Rockaway, Long Island of Russian parents) who grew up in New York City. He studied lettering with Paul Standard, Georg Salter and Leo Manso at The Cooper Union and graduated from The Cooper Union in 1951. He worked at the same studio as Milton Glaser for the next three years. Rahael become a designer and worked for some time for Lippincott and Margulies in New York. Raphael lived in Colorado for a long time, but is now based in Bellingham, WA.

    In 1969 he patented a squarish typeface for Tyco Laboratories in Waltham, MA. In 1972, he moved to Newport, RI and resumed his career in lettering, calligraphy and graphic design.

    His typeface Avia (VGC) was an expansion of a logofont he did for Abex Corporation, almost like a stencil. It is now at Font Bureau, where Jill Pichotta has added the Light and Bold in 2000. His typeface Visa (1966, VGC) won the Second Prize in the 1966 VGC National Type Face Design Competition. Others (thanks, Alexander Tochilovsky) confirm what I thought---that Visa and Avia are the same thing. Finally, Sloop Script Pro (1994, Richard Lipton, Font Bureau) is based on Boguslav's designs.

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    Raphael Teillet

    Nancy (and now, Epinal), France-based designer of the strong sans titling typeface Anonyme (2015), the variable width typeface Maxéville (2016), and the blocky stencil typeface Clap (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rasmus Lange
    [Lungo]

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    Rasmus Lund Mathisen
    [Overtone]

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    Rastere Yes

    Tallinn, Estonia-based designer of the thin stencil typeface Saturn Returnz (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rauch Design
    [Andrea Rauch]

    Rauch Design is an Italian corporate identity company with an impossible web page. They made the heavy rounded shadow typeface Ombratonda (2008). The experimental stencil typeface Creabc (2007) was designed by Andrea Rauch and Sephora Laghi (Rauch Design) and digitally optimized by Gianni Sinni (LCD) for the signs and identity of the Festival della Creatività in Firenze, October 2007.

    Andrea Rauch is an Italian graphic designer who made a custom type for the city of Siena, drawing inspiration from fifteenth century inscriptions of Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

    Sergio Polano writes: The Graphiti office operates since 1983 in Florence, the less than half-a-million people capital of Tuscany, one of the extraordinary Italian towns of art. The work of the partners Andrea Rauch, Stefano Rovai, Walter Sardonini ranges from visual to book design, from exhibition to stage design but keeps his roots (as for Dolcini Associati) in the experiences of the grafica di pubblica utilità. The variegate poster production of Graphiti in the 1990s confirm and deepens the diverging approaches of office founders Rauch and Rovai, that instead seem trying to cohabit in the Sardonini works. The calli-graphic, illustrative, self-indulgent hand of Rauch is clearly recognizable in pen-and-ink drawings, on very simple backgrounds; while the photo-graphic eye of Rovai likes the perceptive complication and the image fragmentation, ending in syncopated montages of pictures and words. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    RavenEXP

    Bulgarian designer of the squarish stencil typeface Sharp Cardinal (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ray Cruz
    [Cruz Fonts]

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    Ray Larabie
    [Typodermic]

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    Ray Larabie
    [Larabie Fonts]

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    Ray Meadows

    Aka p2pnut, b. Wales, 1943, who started making fonts in 2009 at FontStruct. Alternate URL. Dafont link. Klingspor link. In 2010, Ray Meadows set up shop at MyFonts.

    Prolific creator at FontStruct in 2009 of the 3d typefaces Alphabox, Alphabox Reverse, Alphabox Lite, Alphabox Lite Complete, Alphabox Shadow and Alphabox Basic. He also made RM Playtime (outlined 3d family), Art DECOrated, Single DECOr, Romantic (+Carved, +Carved Shadow), TripleDECOr, New Romantic, SOFA, Mondrianish, Eye Test, Meltdown (grunge), Ameslan (American Sign Language), DECO Noir, DECOction, DECOserif (+Bold), DECOoction (+Bold Open), DEChrome, DECOpix, DECOr (a pure art deco typeface like Levine's Art Lover JNL), DECOThin (+Medium), Scrapheap, Westward (Far West font), Cheese Fondue, Alphabox Reverse (shadow font), AlphaRune, Spaced, Gothicky, Grand Prix, Entrees (alphadings), Compround, Phatzzo (nice!), DECOr8, Gothicky, Gothicky Grey, RM Ginger, RM Albion (blackletter), and Opening (outline face). RM Squarial (2009) is a hairline sans. Its 3d version is RM Squarial 3D. RM Typewriter (2009, +Medium, +Bold, +Old) is an old typewriter face. RM Serifangle (outline art nouveau face, +3D, +Chrome, +3DChrome) and RM Corrugation (postage stamp, white on black style) are both interesting. RM DECO Serif (2009) is in the RM Typewriter style series. RM Bowie Basic is a futuristic typeface based on the typeface used on Mars in "The Waters of Mars" (2009). RM Playtime Stencil (2009) is a rounded stencil typeface based on RM Playtime Solid. There are more styles such as RM Playtime 3D.

    Additions in 2010: RM New Albion (blackletter), RM Lined, RM Serifancy (Western face), RM Almanack (+Old), RM Tubeway (+Chrome), RM Thinny, RN White Letter, RM Blacklet, RM Squarial (+Ribbon, +3d), RM Typewriter Old, RM 7even, RM SideSlip, RM Teeny, RM Teeny 1.5, RM Narrowboat (+3D) (athletic lettering).

    His typefaces at MyFonts include RM Victoriana (2010, caps only Victorian face), RM Whiteletter (2010), RM Signwriter (athletic lettering), RM Deco (pure Broadway art deco), RM True to Type (typewriter face), RM Scrapheap, RM Elegance (condensed, with high ascenders), RM Playtime, Graphite

    Creations in 2011: RM Celtic, RM Uncialic (+RMWL Uncialic: Carolingian), RM Opensans, RM A Sign of the Times, RM Sans, RM Oliver (bold rounded sans), RM Soft Sans (wonderfully round sans), RM True To Old Type (old typewriter), RM True to Type (new typewriter), RM Middy, RM Phatso (textured), RM Phatso 2.0, RM Phatso 2.0 Solid (texture typefaces).

    Creations in 2012: RM Luceat (a bullethole typeface), RM Jazz Age, RM Basic Serif (roman face), Alphabox (a 3d family: +Reverse, +Lite, +Reverse Stencil), RM Slab, RM Slabb, RM Tubes (3d typeface), RM Smoothsans (rounded sans), RM Romantic Carved (+Shadow: a beautiful set of beveled typefaces), RM Westward, RM Typerighter, RM Uncorrugated, RM Snowtime, RM Smooth Jazz, RM Smooth Age, RM Nova Albion (blackletter), RM Tubes Chrome, RM Squarial FS10, RM Basic Serif.

    Typefaces from 2013: RM Bloc, RM Greek, RM Victoriana, All Bricks, RM Deco, RM Random Outline, RM Random 3D, RM Random (cartoon face), RM Celtic Condensed, RM Westus Condensed, RM Westus (Western, spurred), RM Hunky (chunky and modular), RM Thunk (piano key face, thick and chunky), Westward Ho (spurred Western face), RM Hangle (chuunky and elliptical).

    Typefaces from 2014: RM Firmstone (+Outline, +Condensed, +Outline Condensed), RM Ebdon Outline, RM Imber Outline, RM Moss Outline, RM Imber, RM Art Decorated, RM Celtic Inline.

    Typefaces from 2015: RM Deco, RM Stoney, RM Mondrianish, RM Stoney Shaded, RM Middy, All Bricks, RM Shepherds.

    Abstract Fonts link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rebecca Alaccari
    [Canada Type]

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    Rebecca Borg Cardona

    Madliena, Malta-based creator of the fat geometric stencil typeface Logo (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Red Kitten
    [Timothée Génot]

    Timothée Génot (aka Red Kitten) is a Belgian freelance graphic designer who graduated from ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, 2002. He then moved to Minneapolis, MN, where he still works. FontStructor who made TRK Softbunker (2008-2010), an octagonal stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Red Studio
    [Alisa Katrevich]

    Moscow-based designer of Comics Font (2016) and Military Font (2016, a rough Russian military stencil typeface). All her fonts are in vector or image format. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Regular Bold Italic
    [Timo Kuilder]

    Dutch graphic designer in Amsterdam who ran Zwarte Koffie. He made Atlas (a connected cursive font), Broken Records (2011), Bada Bing (2010) and Bigmouth (2010).

    In 2012, Timo created Albatross, a blackboard bold typeface family with two weights, and Zebra.

    In 2013, Timo Kuilder and Jeffrey Schreiber founded the commercial type foundry Regular Bold Italic. Kuilder designed the sans typeface Mohawk and the display typeface Iceberg in 2013.

    In 2014, Timo created the stencil serif Barbour, and the sans display typeface Arkiv for Latin and Cyrillic.

    Typefaces from 2015: Levo (a creamy script), Staat (a wedge serif typeface).

    Behance link. Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Old home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Remygius
    [Rafael Ruiz]

    Toronto-based designer of the artsy fat typeface Stencil (2009). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Renato Bertao

    Brazilian co-designer, with Jean Wojciechowski, of Linsingen (2017). Linsingen comes in Vintage, Moderna and Stencil styles, and was inspired by Brazilian lithographic tea barrel labels from the early 1900s. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rendra Diardjo
    [Kreuk Type Studio]

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    Rendy Yanwar

    Aka Rendy Messenjah. Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces in 2016: Eastern (rough, rounded and weathered), Sleepy Fat Cat, Oceanwaves, Lucy Glitch, Road House, The Division (fat slab serif), Carlsbad, Raleigh (stencil family), Cloverdale, Lucy Rounded (sans), Book Worm (marker script), The Summit (brush script), Braga Deco, Coffee Morning (brush script), Teacher's Chalk (chalkboard script emulation).

    Typefaces from 2017: Puffy Fluffy (a monoline children's book script), Coffee Morning Sans, Smouchy Font Duo, Adventura (marker pen font, +Speedol, +Letter), Marbelous Script (retro style).

    Typefaces from 2018: Roseberry (vintage, spurred), Junkoung (spurred and vintage).

    Typefaces from 2020: Milkie Wylkie, Slice o Paper (cutout typeface), Geometricity (a layerable geometric color font), Coffee Morning with Milk, Junkoung, Lick a Candy (script), Lick Candy Sans, Neu Marbelous, Creamy Milky, Manieskoew.

    Typefaces from 2021: Kwash Brush. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rene Kovalchuk

    During her studies in Wroclaw, Poland, Iryna (Rene) Kovalchuk designed the stencil typeface Laika (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    René Crol

    Free fonts made in 2008-2010 by Dutchman René Crol: 4DOGS, ANTY, BANAAN, BLOESEM, BRETAGNE, BUIS, CHIP KNIP (heavy stencil), CHRIS BOX (alphadings for Christmas presents), CHRIS BOX ARRE, CHRISMAS3, CLIPSART, CROL, FLOWERcomic, FRIET, HAPPYdave, KEVER, KNIJPER, LUSIVERS.-NL (letters made from matches), PEAR (alphadings), PIJL (arrow-based letters), POTLOOT, SCHROEF, Singel BEL (great high-contrast curly face), TREIN (trains), WODENBLOCKS (sic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    René Knip
    [Arktype (was: Atelier René Knip)]

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    René Verkaart
    [Characters (or: Character Type)]

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    Reno Beserra

    In a course in Fortaleza, Brazil, Reno Beserra created the free semi-stencil deco typeface R Judas Sans (2014) which was inspired by British urban art and Bauhaus. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Republik Kreatif (was: RDP Fontstudio, or: Digital Republik)

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based creator of Mavellas (2015, brush script), Barstilla (2015, an inky brush typeface), Vhiezelvia Script (2015) and Retrica (2015).

    Typefaces from 2016: Anemone (connecged script), Charslie (sic) Handwriting (an elegant and recommended script), Parku Kedenge, Spidoels Jadoels (stencil brush). Behance link. Graphicriver link. A newer Graphicriver link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Reserves (or: AE Type)
    [Michael Jarboe]

    Reserves (and, since 2012, AE Type) is a commercial foundry offering mostly techno faces. It is located in Carlsbad and Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, and run by Michael Jarboe. Mike graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and now lives and works in San Diego.

    The earliest typefaces: Base (stencil), Evac (octagonal), Claes (a heavy blacked out display typeface named after Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg), Raider, Error (LED simulation face), Reserves03 (2009), Output II (2009), Scape (octagonal stencil), Void, Vacant (2009, monoline stencil), Debacle (2009), Scam (2009; a fun geometric experiment), Immortality, Asecs, Analog SE, Scheme (pixel face).

    Typefaces made in 2010: Idiom (2010, a piano key family inspired by P22 Albers), Vector RG (2010, an octagonal typeface inspired by the 1979 Atari Asteroids video game UI screen font), Sevigne (2010, monoline geometric avant-garde sans that looks a bit like a stencil), Velvet (2010, a heavy rounded block retro typeface inspired by the typeset album covers of the protopunk rock band The Velvet Underground), Monocle (2010, monospaced and monoline geometric sans).

    Typefaces made in 2011: Scape (2011, rounded monoline stencil family), Velvet (2011), Defense (2011, octagonal slabbed stencil), Offense (2011, strong octagonal mechanical family), Vanitas Bold (2011, Peignotian fashion mag typeface rooted in didones).

    In 2012, Mike published Enamel (a condensed sans family---the inline version of Sorren), Sorren (a condensed sans influenced by neo-grotesque designs, and dada in style), Sorren Ex, Vanitas Stencil and Memoire (a charming fashion mag monoline hairline stencil).

    Typefaces from 2013: A large Neue Haas Grotesk / Helvetica-style sans family called Acronym, from Hairline to Extra Black and Outline.

    Typefaces from 2014: Reload (octagonal), Reload Stencil (military stencil). Reload Alt and Reload Alt Stencil were added in 2015.

    Typefaces from 2015: Averes Title (a sharp geometric sans titling typeface), Averes Title Roman (fashion mag styles).

    Klingspor link. Behance link. Flickr site. Behance link. MyFonts link.

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    Resistenza
    [Giuseppe Salerno]

    Giuseppe Salerno (aka Resistenza.es) is an Italian graphic designer, specializing in web design. He lived in Torino, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Valencia, and currently works in Valencia, Berlin and Turin. Studio Resistenza was cofounded by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzales.

    In 2010, he made the circular multiline face Afrobeat (+Light), the fat counterless typeface Vito Sans (2010), Wonderwall (2010, like a skeletal construction), the high-contrast art deco typeface Zaza (2010), and the pure Italian vintage art deco face Luxx (futurism).

    Other work: an art deco poster.

    Direct links to his fonts: Zaza, Afrobeat, Vito Sans, Luxx, Wonder Wall, Afrobeat Light.

    Creations from 2011: Ratatan, Bodoni At Home (a handpainted Bodoni), Arcanotype (2011, delicate caps, individually drawn using Chinese ink on Japanese calligraphy paper), Babushka (2011), Dolce Caffe (2011), Adelaida (hand-printed poster face), Monella (octagonal).

    Production in 2012: Ampersanders (a font with many ampersands), BLAQ (an ornamental blackletter caps typeface inspired by Henry W. Troy), The Bay (hand-printed all caps poster face), Bratislove (an artsy hand-drawn typeface), Modernissimo (decorative modern art-inspired caps), Clementina (hand-printed caps), Afrobeat Gothic (angular multiline face).

    Typefaces from 2013: Glob (bubblegum face), Archivio (slab serif family with very open counters), Mina (connected script), Monster Hand (brush script), Berliner Fraktur (a flat brush fraktur inspired by Rudolf Koch), The Luxx (a redesign of the 2010 art deco sans typeface Luxx---a comparable typeface is Mostra Nuova by Mark Simonson), Starburst (calligraphic gestural light script), Caramello Script, Copperlove (copperplate script), Yma Italic (retro script), Sonica Brush.

    Typefaces from 2014: Stencil Creek, Elastica (handcrafted typeface family), Elastica (hand-drawn poster family), Nautica (copperplate script, extended in 2018 to Nautica Sottile and the monoline version Nautica Line), Ingles (copperplate script), Peperoncino Sans (a decorative sans serif font system designed with a marker), Attica RSZ (inspired by Caslon Italian and Novarese's Estro), Montana (poster family, +Icona), Superb (a yummy creamy script, co-designed with Paco Gonzalez), Dolce Caffe 3D, Coming Home (a hairline curly script based on a childish handwriting), Rachele (a monoline connected script with a large x-height), The Crashed Fonts (a glaz krak family), Newland (inspired by Rudolf Koch's Neuland), Two Fingers (a funky hand-drawn family that includes, e.g., Two Fingers Bodoni, Two Fingers Courier, Two Fingers Poster [blackboard bold] and Two Fingers Script).

    Typefaces from 2015: Modern Love (brush script), Mela (a gorgeous pointed brush / walnut ink typeface), Turquoise (a calligraphic serif type influenced by capitalis romana; not to be confused with Ahmet Altun's Turquoise typeface from 2011; co-designed with Paco Gonzalez, it was extended in 2019 in Turquoise Inline, and a new version was added in 2021, Turquoise Tuscan), Mina Chic (a wide connected calligraphic fashion mag script), Natura (connected fountain pen script, with accompanying Notebook, Icons and Stamps (initial caps) styles), Stencil Creek (inspired by Akzidenz Grotesk and influenced by street signs of the North West Pacific), Quaderno (monoline upright signage script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Xmas Wishes, Gianduja (2016, a chocolate box script typeface family co-designed with Andrea Tardivo and Paco Gonzalez). Apero (a handcrafted emulation of sans and slab styles; the sans serif was inspired by vintage local liquor labels), Respect (a brush script sign painting typeface), Mentha (a calligraphic connected script typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Peperoncino Vintage, Shabby Chic (wide signature script), Merendina (rounded sans family), Adore You (dry brush script), Quaderno Slanted (monolinear connected script), Love Wins (a collection of signage type phrases), Beach Please (watercolor brush), Timberline (dry brush script), Orbita (stencil shadow), Modern Love Slanted (brush style), Gessetto (a chalk lettering family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Pesto Fresco (a wonderful 28-font layerable font family for use in hand-lettered posters), Instamood (a casual script), Auster (an unconventional flared and reverse contrast sans; followed in 2019 by Auster Rounded by Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno, and in 2020 by Auster Variable), Smoothy (brush script), Voguing (a multiline typeface inspired by the movement and glamour of the 80¿s and New York ballrooms scene), Beach Please Vintage, La Bodeguita (calligraphic), Contigo (with Paco Gonzalez; see also Contigo Vintage ), Story Tales (folklore style, with many choices of textures and possibility of layering), DreamTeam (multilined).

    Typefaces from 2019 co-designed by Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno: the brush typefaces Pando Script and Parkour, the Tuscan family Royale, the chalk font Dolce Caffe Chalk, the brush script Batticuore, the bry brush script typeface Blue Jeans, the layered handcrafted sans typeface Dolcissimo, and the font duo Sunday Morning.

    Typefaces from 2019 by Giuseppe Salerno: SmoothyPro (with Paco Gonzalez), Auster Slab (a reverse stress slab).

    Typefaces from 2020: Vermouth (a layerable font based on Italian signs from the 1960s), Big Mamma (a hand-printed slab serif by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzalez), Suerte (a reverse contrast display type, inspired by Aldo Novarese's Estro; with Paco Gonzalez), Norman (a fashion mag typeface by Paco Gonzalez and Giuseppe Salerno), Royale Italic (Tuscan; with Paco Gonzalez), Groupie (a psychedelic delight), Hello Fresh (with Paco Gonzalez), Nostalgia and Nostalgia Flowers (with Paco Gonzalez), Tresor (a romantic flared sans; with Paco Gonzalez), Pesto Fresco Italic (with Paco Gonzalez).

    Typefaces from 2021: Industria Serif (54 styles; by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco Gonzalez), Guess What (hand-printed), Little Boxes (a fat finger font), Notes (a notebook script family), Annuario (an 48-style sans initially created for a calendar), Norman Stencil, Norman Variable, Videomusic (script), Norman Fat (a decorative high-contrast razor-sharp serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Oddity (a stylish calligraphic script).

    His type blog is called It's Not My Type. Behance link. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. Creattica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Reticula.net
    [Vincent Wicky]

    Reticula.net (Reticula.fr) is a web design and web culture site run by Frenchman Vincent Wicky-Demaria, who made the free grunge font Defused (2006), 20 Cents Marker (2005) and the free futuristic stencil font Officer X (2006), as well as Inception (2011, multilined face) and Sweet Confusion (2011). Dafont link. Another URL. And another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Revolver Type Foundry
    [Lukas Schneider]

    German type designer born in Frankfurt in 1973. He studied in Offenbach at the Hochschule für Gestaltung. He assisted Akira Kobayashi with some projects, and still lives in Frankfurt. In 2017, Lukas Schneider set up Revolver Type Foundry.

    At Typeoff.de, he created the Western billboard typeface Jeans (2004), AT Stencil (2004) and the kitchen tile typeface Disco3000 (2004). At the Hochschule, he created Gazoline, a grotesk face. Lukas Schneider has free-lanced for companies in Frankfurt as well as for the magazine form and for Linotype. He runs his own studio in Frankfurt, called Protago Graphic, and most recently started Snider Inc, also in Frankfurt.

    In 2007-2008, his masterpiece appeared in the FontFont collection: FF Utility, 15 styles of Bank Gothicalized alphabets specially made for information design. See also YB Utility Slab.

    He custom designed in 2006-2007, under the supervision of Prof. Johannes Bergerhausen and Prof. Ulysses Voelker at Fachhochschule Mainz the Plus family (for the Plus supermarket). In particular, one font is called Plus Exklusiv Medium. Another custom design is DRAFTFB for Eikes Grafischer Hort, a hand-printed typeface that covers Latin and Cyrillic.

    In 2013, he graduated from the Type and Media program at KABK in Den Haag. His graduation typeface was the delicate and quite readable text family Damien, which was created for editorial design.

    In 2016, Lukas published Expose at Indian Type Foundry. This 4-style sans typeface is "constructed" or "engineered" for use in headlines. Free version at Fontshare.

    Typefaces at Revolver Type Foundry: Damien (2017, in Display and Text subfamilies), Dinamit (2016: a terrific DIN Breitschrift, abandoned by the German DIN norming institute around 1936), Mondial Text (2016: a striking didone based on Hans Bohn's Mondial from 1930), Mondial Display (2016), Newson (a low contrast wayfinding sans with plenty of dingbats---hey, Frankfurt Airport managers, is anyone paying attention?).

    Designer of DTL Gros Canon at Dutch Type Library, which writes: The first part of the DTL [Gros] Canon Project included the digitization of three types by the Flemish Renaissance punchcutter Hendrik van den Keere (ca.1540-1580): Gros Canon Flamande (textura type, 1571), Gros Canon Romain (roman type, 1573), and Canon d'Espaigne (rotunda type, 1574). The latter is almost ready for release.

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    Reza Rasenda
    [Bagerich Type Foundry (was: Zealab Fonts Division, Zea Fonts, Zea Lab, Zeaspace)]

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    Rian Hughes
    [Device Fonts]

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    Ricard Garcia

    Barcelona-based designer and lettering artist. In 2015 he received his BA in Graphic Design from the University of Barcelona. Graduate of the Type Media program at KABK in Den Haag, The Netherlands, class of 2019. His typefaces:

    • Prelude, his graduation typeface at KABK, is a display sans that has calligraphic traits in the heavier weights. It has many styles that make this humanistic ensemble a wonderful and useful toolbox, even for short texts. It won an award at 23TDC.
    • With Andreu Balius at Type Republic, he designed Patufet (2018-2019), a warm text family inspired by Catalan folk tales. For hairlines, one can't go thinner than Patufet Finet. In 2020, they added Patufet Mono. For hairlines, one can't go thinner than Patufet Finet, and for fatness, one can't go fatter than Patufet Obes, another 2020 addition.
    • Still with Andreu Balius, he developed Poblet (2018: Solid, Diamond, Bevel), a stylish titling or display typeface that includes a vintage inline style.
    • The heavy sign painter's typeface Raval (2020, Type Republic). Later renamed Ravals.
    • The stroke-based Casual. This typeface was developed by combining the calligraphic origin of a sign painting model to a parametric world built by code.
    • Nina (ca. 2015). A hand-printed typeface based on the handwriting of Antonia Monroig, in which each glyph has four versions.
    • Globe (2020). An artsy typeface that fits well in Gaudi's universe.
    • Groundbeat (2020). A stencil family by Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia.
    • The Superveloz Centenary Collection (2020, by Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia at Type Republic). Designed to honor Joan Trochut's 1942 masterpiece. It consists of SV Mambo, SV Jazz, SV Bebop, SV Bolero, SV Swing and SV Twist. In 2021, Ricard Garcia and Andreu Balius added the large family SuperVeloz Caps which consists of SV Caps Bebop SV Caps Bolero SV Caps Jazz SV Caps Mambo SV Caps Swing and SV Caps Twist.

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    Ricardo Bento

    Santarem, Portugal-based designer of Clarendon Stencil (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ricardo Cordoba

    Designer in New York. Creator of a beautiful squarish poster font called Barrio (2006). As SquarePeg at FontStruct, he made the Braille font family Braille Basic (2008), as well as blob, Ligne Claire (2009, tri-line font), Bonset (based loosely on a 1919 alphabet by Theo van Doesburg, whose pseudonym for Dada poetry was I.K. Bonset), ribbon_inline, Ribbon (octagonal stencil), Tape Writer (shadow font based on the Dymo label writers), InstaFrieze, International Morse Code Stacked, Prometheus, Prometheus Light and Prometheus Shadow (2008, all inspired by a Fonderie Peignot typeface simply called No. 1229, dated 1896, and on condensed Grecian typefaces by Darius Wells and William Hamilton Page), Brite Lite (white on black billboard light font), strata_blocks, strata_dots, strata_dots_inverted, Chocobot Solid (Dark, Milk, White; cloned from the Chocobot series by Lex Kominek), Strata Blocks Caps (2009), Strata Dots Caps (2009), and Strat Blocks 2.0 (fountain effect dot matrix font).

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    Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos
    [Vanarchiv]

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    Riccardo Olocco

    Prior to a four-year stint as a lecturer in typography at the faculty of design and Art of the free University of Bolzano (2009-2013), Italian type designer Riccardo Olocco freelanced as a graphic designer in Milan and elsewhere in Italy. He graduated in 2014 from the MATD program at the University of Reading, UK. In 2019, he obtained his Ph.D. at Reading's Faculty of Typography and Graphic Design. In his thesis, A new method of analysing printed type: the case of 15th-century Venetian romans, he focuses on 15th-century Venetian roman types, combining the use of bibliographical knowledge and analysis of letterforms.

    Riccardo writes on type design and type history. Besides his ongoing investigation into Francesco Griffo's roman types, his research with James Clough on Bodoni's types will be published by Codex. He is also a member of the Nebiolo History Project.

    Designer, with Michele Patanè, of the commercial caps typefaces Cordial Bloom (2009) and Cordial Cherry (2009).

    Together with Jonathan Pierini, Olocco reinterpreted Bodoni's work in 2014. Their Parmigiano Typographic System, which is named after Parma, the city where Giambattista Bodoni (d. 1813) established his printing house, attempts to revive, interpret and boldly extend Bodoni's work. There is not a single official original Bodoni---Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico contains many slightly different examples---, and so, the first challenge was to create coherent relationships between various optical sizes (Piccolo, Caption, Text, Headline) and weights. Besides the Parmigiano Serif family, Olocco and Pierini also developed the creative extension Parmigiano Sans. There are also Stencil, Typewriter, Egyptian styles, to name a few. The Parmigiano Typographic System was published in 2014 by Typotheque, but was developed a few years before that.

    In 2014, he was a founding partner in the new CAST type foundry in Bolzano. His typefaces at CAST include

    • Brevier (2014). This typeface was designed for setting long texts in small or very small type sizes---the name Breveir refers to 8 point size in ancient times.
    • Gramma (2014). A compact temporary sans with large x-height.
    • Zenon (2014, for Latin, Bengali, Greek and Cyrillic) and the sans version, Zenans. His graduation typeface in the MATD program at the University of Reading, UK. He writes: is a sum of different styles, from Francesco Griffo to Granjon, from modern typefaces to the first sketches of Times New Roman. Zenon is an apparently Renaissance revival with modernish proportions. A closer look reveals that it is a typographic potpourri. Zenon was published by CAST in 2015.
    • Arzachel (2017, CAST). A flared terminal humanistic sans.
    • In 2018, Luciano Perondi and Riccardo Olocco designed the newspaper and information design typeface Sole Sans. It was originally designed for the leading Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 ore.
    • In 2021, Miles Newlyn, Riccardo Olocco and Krista Radoeva co-designed New Spirit, a 10-style typeface that revives the comfort food font Windsor.

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    Riccardo Sartori

    Designer at FontStruct, aka Riccard0. Creator in 2009 of Noptical (+Short, +Narrow, +Compact, +Elder, +Round, +Wide, +Tall), Rough Vut (outline face), Semiserio Linea, Snake's Tongue (Tuscan), Angul (runic), Elegance (+Serif), Black Agate, Black Diamond, Maccheroni.

    In 2010, he added Linea Chiara (white on black), Amanuensis (blackletter) and Claredont (like Clarendon) and Claredont Stencil (2011).

    In 2011, he did the Yin Yang typeface Taiji, Noptical (+2x2), Genjimon, Festive, and the stencil typeface Vertical Basic.

    FontStructions from 2012: Belltower (a narrow didone), Stark (inspired by the Iron Man movie logo).

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    Rich Gast
    [GreyWolf WebWorks (was DarkSide Productions)]

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    Richard Diaz Granados
    [Stereo Type Haus]

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    Richard Miller
    [Miller Type Foundry]

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    Richard Starkings
    [Comicraft (was: Active Images)]

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    Richie Riky

    Richie Riky (aka Richie Wins) (b. 1989, Bandung, Indonesia) designed the thin stencil typeface Winsgate 18 (2016) and the sans typeface Srinova (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    RichyType
    [Eric Schmitt]

    Eric Schmitt's foundry established in 2006 in Frankfurt am Main. Some of his fonts are free and all have at least free demos. The list, as of early 2007: RT Cornelia (organic sans), RT Elsa, RT Francesca (a roman type in the style of Francesco Griffo's lettering), RT Francesca-bold, RT Francesca-italic, RT Gerda, RT Gerda-bold, RT Gerda-italic, RT Gerda-light, RT Gerda-light-italic, RT Klara Sans-bold, RT Klara Sans-italic, RT Klara Sans, RT Klara-Semibold, RT Klara-Tooled, RT Klara-italic, RT Klara-regular, RT Klebelettera (grunge), RT Le Papa (a Bodoni-inspired script), RT Paula (Futura-inspired), RT Questa, RT Questa-hoppel, RT Questa-italic, RT RichySans-bold, RT RichySans-kursiv, RT RichySans-light, RT RichySans, RT Tankstella (an experimental stencil). RT Magellan (2007) is a free medieval map font.

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    Rick Banks
    [F37 (or: Face37)]

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    Rick Hutchinson
    [Bright Ideas Fonts]

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    Rick Valicenti

    Rick Valicenti was born in 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA. After working for The Design partnership in Chicago, he founded R. Valicenti Design in 1981. Later, in 1989, he founded Thirst/3st, an internationally recognized design firm. The type design section of Thirst is Thirstype. Rick Valicenti is based in Barrington, IL. The White House honored Valicenti in 2011 with the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Communication Design. In 2006, he received the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Medal, the highest honor of the graphic design profession, for his sustained contribution to design excellence and the development of the profession.

    Rick designed Commerce (1992, with Greg Thompson, Font Bureau), Punch (1999, pixel family done by Valicenti and Gregg Brokaw), Ooga Booga (1993, with Greg Thompson), Bronzo, UltraBronzo, and Love. In FUSE 4, he published Uck 'n Pretty. In 2002, Rick and Chester designed the sans serif family Infinity (20 weight architectural drawing family) and Alexey (2002, free stencil font family, with Chester Jenkins). Handjob (2002, with Brian McMullen) is a gorgeous set of capitals made out of wire-meshed hands. Twiggies (with Dakota Brown) is a free set of EPS-format caps made from twigs.

    Other creations: Apex Serif (2003, with Chester Jenkins, Constellation / Village), Apex Sans (2004, a 40-style sans family done with Chester Jenkins, Constellation / Village), EZ (2003), a monospaced family, and Veejay (2003, a funny dingbat family done with Chad Johnston).

    Books abut Valicenti include Art with Function: The Design of Rick Valicenti (Paul Carlson).

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    Ricky Guzman

    Designer of the stencil typeface SoaR (2017), which is based on the famous SoaR logo. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ricky Hartasni
    [Taznix Creative]

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    Rillatype
    [Gustian Agung Asprilla]

    Indonesian designer of the handcrafted or script typefaces The Warlock (brush script) (2020), Pantaleone (2020), Stereography (a heavy all caps brush typeface) (2020), The Kindamana (a hand-printed typeface) (2020), Tahnia (2020), The Greyhound, Romain SVG, Hazel Clouds, Birdspring Signature (2020), Scarious (2020), Bandira Script (2020), Superbia (2020), Kaluna Script (2020), Payland (2020: monoline script), Darkwell (2020), Bromrose Sands Signature (2020) and Greyspark (2020). He also designed the 10-style sans / serif /stencil family Ravager (2020), the all caps sans typeface Reliva Sans and the decorative serif typeface Dayanara in 2020.

    Typefaces from 2021: Crimson Queen (an all caps display typeface), The Vaguer (a monoline script), Altaria Miguel (a stylish display sans), Taniesha (script), Dark Witches (script), Karline (a reverse contrast script), Materniva (a script), Athina (an all caps display serif), Ballistic (a bold brush script), Gilhampton (a vintage label font), Southville (a bold carpenter's font), Diamond Lake (a sturdy slab serif), Syarilla (a tall script), Moyshire, Gamata (script), Easthallow (an inky script), Farland (a bold psychedelic script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Gremio (stencil), Redmayne (a headline typeface), South Montana (a rough font midway between a Western and a national park font), Biomorph (ultra-condensed sans caps; 7 styles), Daymore (a font duo), Quentin Sonata (a font duo), Reliva Sans (an attractive national park sans), Saint Capital (script), Dirchave (Victorian caps, with copperplate serifs).

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    Riska Kurniawan
    [Black Lotus]

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    Risman Ginarwan
    [Garisman Studio]

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    Rita Isabel

    During her studies at Faculdade de Belas-Artes de Lisboa in Lisbon and Instituto Politecnico de Tomar, Rita Isabel designed Curvas City Stencil (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rivo Adriansyah
    [Mokatype (was: Typotypea Studio)]

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    Riyadh Rahman
    [Ergibi Studio]

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    Rizaldi Wandani
    [Wandani Creative (or: Lhotive Studio)]

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    Rizky Satyaludin
    [Maghrib Lab]

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    RNS Fonts (was: Impacto Laser, or: SuperFlexia)
    [Yorlmar Campos]

    RNS Fonts (and before that, Impacto Laser, and before that, SuperFlexia) is a type and design group in Caracas, Venezuela headed by J. Campos, Felix Molina and Yorlmar Campos (b. 1976). Yorlmar, who is an architect, designed RNS Underwood (2010, Western face), RNS Bobo Dylan (2007, art deco headline), RNS Baruta Black (2004, fat display typeface based on the Letraset Frankfurter font from 1974), RNS Round Stencil (2011), RNS Cochinilla (2011, avant garde), RNS Camelia (2008-2016: a demi-slab serif), RNS-TNT (2003, counterless and octagonal), and RNS Serial (2003, fat octagonal sports T-shirt font).

    All early fonts are free. In 2014, Yorlmar went commercial and started marketing RNS Fonts on the MyFonts site. Commercial fonts include RNS Pictographica (dingbats), which includes RNS Pictographica Cocina.

    In 2015, he made the geometric sans typeface RNS Miles (which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016), the signage brush script RNS Susana, the poster font RNS Ahumada (+Ornaments), the great neurotic script typeface RNS Oladys, the gorgeous ultra fat font RNS Obesa Fat, and RNS Weather Icons (free).

    Typefaces from 2016: Zangano (an angular typeface), RNS Sanz (a 14-style typeface family for wayfinding and information signage).

    Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Mosonyi.

    In 2019, Yorlmar Campos and Martin Sesto released RNS Atlante at RNS Fonts. This text family in one weight is based on 16th and 17th century cartography.

    In 2020, Yorlmar Campos and Martin Sesto co-designed the Swiss style neo-grotesk typeface family RNS Physis.

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    Roast Horse Fonts

    Designers of the octagonal stencil typeface Carrier Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    RoastHorse Type Foundry
    [Joe Baldwin]

    Joe Baldwin (b. UK, 1973) runs RoastHorse Type Foundry. He is the designer of the pixel font Flash Script (2002, italic), the sarcastic RHBertholdRegularIndustryofTyrany RHBurroughs, RHCarrierStencil (2004, a free font created because of Berthold's "abuse of copyright"; it is an octagonal stencil font), Linx Pro (a MICR and dot matrix family), the pixel typeface RHBurroughs, the fat Western style typeface Hubbard Hand Lettered (2003, available at T-26), and the flash-optimized Kerouac (2002, T-26).

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    Robbie de Villiers
    [Wilton Foundry]

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    Robert Harling

    Born in Highbury, North London in 1910, Robert was brought up by an aunt after the early deaths of his parents, and went to school in Brighton and London. He lived in Godstore, Surrey, and died in 2008. He studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. He first worked as a designer for the Daily Mail and was simultaneously an adviser on typography for London Transport and for the Sheffield-based foundry Stephenson Blake&Co, designing their literature and three popular display typefaces:

    • Playbill (1938) is a Western saloon face. Digital versions exist at Softmaker (as Prescott), URW++ (as Playbill), Elsner&Flake, and Bitstream (as Circus 721).
    • Chisel (1939) is an engravers typeface done at Stephenson Blake. Compare Bavo (Enschede). Digital versions exist at URW++, Elsner&Flake, and SoftMaker (where it is called Carlisle).
    • Tea Chest (1939, Stephenson Blake) is an elegant stencil typeface. Digital revivals: Tea Chest (1999, Sigred Claessens and Günther Flake, Apply Interactive), East India Company NF (2011, Nick Curtis), Pekoe JNL (2020, Jeff Levine).

    While still in his twenties, Robert co-founded and became editor of Typography, a journal of contemporary lettering and print, published by his friend and ally James Shand at the Shenval Press. When it first appeared in 1936, the journal broke new ground in its coverage of the European avant garde---including the first serious article on Jan Tschichold's work to be published in Britain. In 1951, he designed Keyboard (at Stephenson&Blake; Schnelle mentions 1949).

    Typographic adviser to London Transport, and director of one of London's leading advertising agencies. With James Shand, he was the founder of the Shenval Press in Hertford. He published the quarterly magazine Typography. After WWII, he published Alphabet&Image. He was also the typographic adviser and architecture correspondent for the Sunday Times. He was a during their service with naval intelligence in the second world war. Author of Ian Fleming (2015), a book about Fleming published seven years after his death.

    Linotype link. FontShop link.

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    Robert Holmkvist
    [Holmkvist Creative]

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    Robert Hunter Middleton
    [Ludlow]

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    Robert Hunter Middleton

    American designer (b. Glasgow, 1898, d. Chicago, 1985), who spent his entire life at Ludlow Typograph Company (retiring in 1971) and built an impressive type library, creating over 100 typefaces. He received a doctorate in Fine Arts from Transylvania University. Ludlow hired him in 1923, where he became type director in 1993. He retired from the Ludlow Typograph Company in 1971. At Ludlow, he had to create solid commercial variations of existing typefaces for the Ludlow machine and come up with practical new designs. Bio by Nicholas Fabian. One can also consult the M.A. dissertation of Stephen Glenn Crook at the University of Chicago, entitled "The contribution of R. Runter Middleton to typeface design and printing in America" (1980), which lists his 98 typefaces of his 24 type familes. His oeuvre:

    • Eusebius (1924). This page explains that Ernst Detterer started work for Ludlow on Nicolas Jenson in 1924. Middleton drew Nicolas Jenson Italic at Ludlow in 1929, followed by Bold, Bold Italic, and Roman Open series in later years. In 1937 the family was renamed Eusebius. Nicolas Jenson SG is a revival at Spiece Graphics in 1995 by Jim Spiece.
    • Ludlow Black (1924). Mac McGrew: Ludlow Black was designed by Robert H. Middleton for Ludlow in 1924. It is very similar to Cooper Black, the most apparent differences being the concave serifs and the greater slant of the italic. Also compare Pabst Extra Bold.
    • Cameo (1927, a chiselled font). Mac McGrew: Cameo was designed by R. Hunter Middleton for Ludlow in 1926. It is derived from a heavy version of Caslon, with a thin white line within the left side of each heavy stroke, giving a very pleasing appearance. A 1926 Ludlow ad says of it, "Designed and punches produced in our own plant". Apparently it was the first, or one of the first, so produced. Compare Caslon Shaded, Caslon Openface, Caslon Shadow Title, Gravure, Narciss.
    • Caslon Extra Condensed. See Caslon RR Extra Condensed by Steve Jackaman.
    • Delphian Open Titling (1928).
    • Stellar (1929, a serifless roman done 29 years before Zapf's Optima!). Mac McGrew: Stellar and Stellar Bold were designed by R. Hunter Middleton for Ludlow in 1929 as a less severe alternative to the monotone sans-serifs which were coming into great popularity. There is moderate thick-and-thin contrast, and strokes flare slightly toward the ends, while ascenders and descenders are fairly long; all this gives a feeling of warmth and pleasantness. Cap M is widely splayed, and sloping strokes are cut off at an angle. An alternate A, E, and H in both weights have the crossbar extended beyond the left upright, and there is an alternate U without the extended vertical stroke. Compare Optima, Lydian, Radiant.
    • Garamond (1929-1930, see the Font Bureau revival FB Garamond, and Steve Jackaman's Garamond RR Light).
    • Tempo (1930-42, a sans family) and Tempo Heavy Inline (1935). Mac McGrew: Tempo is Ludlow's answer to the sans serifs which gained popularity in the late 1920s. The entire series was designed by R. Hunter Middleton, director of Ludlow's department of typeface design. The Light, Medium, and Bold weights were introduced in 1930, Heavy and several variations in 1931, and other variations over the next decade or more. They are generally a little different from other sans serifs, and include some innovations not found elsewhere. The most distinctive characteristics are found in the Light Italic and Medium Italic, which have a somewhat more calligraphic feeling and less stiff formality than other such typefaces, and which also offer alternate cursive capitals, rare in sans serifs. But there are more inconsistencies in Tempo than most other families. For instance, the Light, Medium, Bold, and Heavy Italics are designed with a moderate slope of 10 degrees to fit straight matrices without too much gap between letters; this works well enough in the lighter weights, but produces a loose effect in the more rigid heavier weights. But the two largest sizes of Tempo Bold Italic and some of the other italics are designed to fit italic matrices with a slant of 17 degrees, which is rather excessive for sans serifs, especially the condensed versions, although it is handled well. Variant Oblique characters are available for Medium Italic which get away from the calligraphic feeling; only these and none of the cursive characters are made in (Tempo continues) the largest sizes. Tempo Bold Extended and Black Extended show the influ- ence of other European grotesques, with much greater x-height and some characters unlike those in the normal and condensed widths. There are a number of alternate characters for many of the Tempos. especially in the Medium, Bold, and Heavy weights; their use converts Tempo to an approximation of Kabel or other series. But a few alternates are not enough to create the effect of Futura, apparently demanded by some users, so Tempo Alternate was created in several weights, and introduced about 1960. This is close to Futura, except that the italic has Ludlow's 17-degree slant, much greater than Futura's usual 8 degrees. This family-within-a-family also has some alternate characters in some weights, to further convert the typeface into an approximation of other European grotesques. Tempo has been quite popular with newspapers, and to a lesser extent for general commercial printing. Compare Futura, Sans Serif, Erbar, etc. Also see Umbra.
    • Karnak (1931-42, a slab serif family). Mac McGrew: Karnak is a family of square-serif types designed by Robert H. Middleton for Ludlow, beginning in 1931, when the light and medium weights were introduced, with other weights and widths announced as late as 1942. Like Stymie, the other extensive American square-serif series, it is derived from Memphis, and all three series are very similar. Most members of the Karnak family are most easily distinguished by the cap G. Karnak italics are also distinguished by a greater slant to fit Ludlow's 17-degree matrices, except 14-point and smaller in Karnak Intermediate Italic and Medium Italic, which are made on straight matrices and slant about 10 degrees. Light and medium weights have several alternate round capitals as shown; the very narrow Karnak Obelisk also has comparable alternate round AEMNW. Compare Cairo, Memphis, Stymie. One magazine article speaks of Karnak Open, but this has not been found in any Ludlow literature.
    • Lafayette (1932).
    • Mayfair Cursive (1932). Revived as Mayfair (2006, Rebecca Alaccari, Canada Type).
    • Umbra (1932). Mac McGrew: Umbra was designed by Robert H. Middleton for Ludlow in 1932. It is essentially a shadow version of Tempo Light, in which the basic letter is "invisible" but there is a strong shadow to the lower right of each stroke. Compare Shadow. Images: URW Umbra.
    • Eden (1934, a squarish didone). See digital revivals by Jason Castle called Eden Light and Eden Bold, 1990, and by Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir at Red Rooster called Eden Pro (2010).
    • Mandate (1934).
    • Ludlow Bodoni (1936; see Bodoni Black Condensed by Steve Jackaman, and Modern 735 (Bitstream's version of Middleton's Bodoni)). Bodoni Campanile (1930; see Bodoni Campanile Pro (1998 and 2017) by Steve Jackaman). Bodoni Modern (1930). See a digital revival called PL Modern Heavy Condensed.
    • Coronet (1937). This is Ribbon 131 in the Bitstream collection and Coronet by Steve Jackaman.
    • Flair (1941).
    • Admiral Script (1953).
    • Condensed Gothic Outline (1953).
    • Cloister Open Face (1920).
    • Florentine Cursive (1956). See Florentine Cursive by Steve Jackaman.
    • Formal Script (1956).
    • Radiant (1938, see EF Radiant at Elsner+Flake, and Radiant RR at the Red Rooster foundry). McGrew: Radiant was designed by Robert H. Middleton for Ludlow, and introduced in 1938, with additional members of the family being added over the following two or three years. It is a precise, thick-and-thin, serifless style, express- ing the modem spirit of the forties while breaking away from the ubiquitous monotone sans-serifs. Radiant Medium is actually about as light as possible to maintain thick-and-thin contrast, but bold and heavy weights offer substantial contrast. All upright versions have as alternates the round forms of AKMNRW, as shown with some of the specimens. Italics have the standard 17-degree slant of Ludlow italic mats, which is rather extreme for serifless typefaces, except for small sizes of Medium Italic, which are made on straight mats and are redesigned with about 10-degree slope. Like most Ludlow typefaces, all versions of this typeface have fractions and percent marks available as extras. Thick-and-thin serifless typefaces are rare in this country. Compare the older Globe Gothic; also Empire, Stellar, Lydian, Optima, and Czarin, which aren't really in the same category.
    • Record Gothic (1927-61).
    • Samson (1940). Mac McGrew: Samson is a very bold, sturdy typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1940 for Ludlow. It is derived from lettering done with a broad pen, and retains much of that feeling. The name was chosen to denote power and strength. It has been popular for newspaper advertising in particular. Compare Lydian, Valiant. An interpolation between a signage typeface and a poster face, it was revived as Ashkelon NF (2011, Nick Curtis).
    • Square Gothic.
    • Stencil (1937-1938). A Cyrillic was made by Victor Kharyk.
    • Wave (1962), a connected brush script. Digitizations include Coffee Script (2006) and Middleton Brush (2010), both by Patrick Griffin at Canada Type. Mac McGrew: Wave was designed for Ludlow in 1962 by Robert H. Middleton. It is a 1 medium-weight script, not quite joining, with a brush-drawn appearance and thick-and-thin contrast. The apparent angle is quite a bit more than the 17-degree slope of Ludlow matrices, but letters fit together compactly without noticeable looseness, and form smoothly flowing words. Compare Brush. Mandate, Kaufmann Bold.
    • Andromaque. Mac McGrew explains Andromaque's genesis: Andromaque is a cursive form of uncial letter, mixing Greek forms of aeklmnstz with Roman forms of the other letters, yet retaining legibility and harmony. The original size was cut by Victor Hammer and cast in France. The 14-point size was begun by Hammer, but left unfinished at his death. The font was completed by his long-time friend, R. Hunter Middleton, in the early 1980s, and cast by Paul H. Duensing. Paul Baker did a digital version of Andromaque in 1995.
    Among his books:
    • "Making Printer's Typefaces" (1938, The Black Cat press, Chicago, IL). In this book, he shows his own creations for Ludlow matrices, and talks about typography in general.
    • Chicago Letter Founding (1937, The Black Cat Press, Chicago, IL). Middleton calls Chicago the printing center of the nation, and goes on in this small booklet about the lives and contributions of people like Robert Wiebking, Frederic Goudy, Bruce Rogers, Oswald Cooper, and himself.

    Linotype link. Drawing.

    View the typefaces made by Robert Hunter Middleton. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Robert Karpati

    Budapest-based graphic and packaging designer, b. 1980. Creator of a soft-edged futuristic stencil font called Fullogic (2009). He also made Try (2009, octagonal), the multi-lined typeface Flaster (2009), the playful Supermicebros (2009) and the funky Prostata TTF (2009).

    In 2012, he designed the condensed typeface Quacke, and Hotel Pictograms.

    Typefaces from 2017: Brutalica.

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    Robert Schenk
    [Ingrimayne Type (was: The Bovine Rebellion)]

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    Roberta Leoni

    As a student at the Free University of Bolzano / Bozen in Italy in 2013, Roberta Leoni (based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) designed the calligraphic stencil font Quarzo (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Roberto Perrino
    [Indieground Design (was: Optimistic Designs)]

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    Roberto Sofi
    [Biroakakarati]

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    Robin Gillet

    Parisian graphic designer who created a bicolored circle-based typeface called Graphic Stroke (2014), Something In The Way (2015, a rounded monoline stencil font), Impossible Font (2015, inspired by Escher), and Pattern Font (2015). Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Robin Moquet

    As a student in Balazuc, France, Robin Moquet designed the multiline typeface Lina (2016) and the stencil typeface NTJ (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Robot Johnny (was: Robotic Attack Fonts)
    [Johnny Martz]

    Original shareware fonts designed by Johnny Martz of Kitchener, Ontario. Font list: Baloney (1998--a pretty rough brush face), Big-Fish-Ensemble (great handprinting), BottledFart, Brushcut, CandySniper (nice!), Canker-Sore, Confusebox, FruityDrinkCarbonated, Girls are Weird (1997), Glue, Groopa-Seven, Horse, Johnny Font (his handwriting), Junior Stinky, Kathleenie Font, Maple Serum, Meet John Henry, Monkey Chunks, Science Project, Smegalomania, Stencilcase, True Stories, Turkey-Sandwich, Uggly-Monospaced. Planned fonts: Cheesequake, Chicken Salad, Chump, Dentally Challenged, Dorkus, Electrickery (great techno font!!!), Grapejuice, Hitchcock, Dear Scabby, Sidney (Disney font), Underbelly (kitchen tile font).

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rockboys Studio (or: Rockboy Studio)
    [Hayinah Hayinah]

    Graphic designer in Jambi, Indonesia, who says that most of his clients are tattoo craftsmen. Creator of Angelissa (2020: a formal calligraphic font), Hayes Preston (2020: a signage script) and Huntly, (2020: a decorative blackletter font that has interesting options for adding frills and swashes).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rosica, Andina Janelia (a heavy monoline script), Geotrica (a 4-style geometric sans), Jack Mason (a script with a large x-height), Kinghood (serif), Reymond (a sturdy brush script), Beauty Festival (script), Buffallo (a scrapbook script), Hellowhiten (a signature script), Linguista (a monoline upright script), Santarino (a dry brush script), Autosmash (a dry brush script), Avengeline (script), Delphanium (calligraphic script), Reskova (a dry brush script), Alphayouth (a dry brush script), Brostone (a dry brush script), Geostar (dry brush caps), Stargold (script), Castonvilla (a creamy script), Shutdown Brush (a dry brush script), Anabelia (an upright monoline script), Hugio (a decorative serif), Belliza (a dry brush script), Priscilla (a scrapbook script), Bottania (a scrapbook script), Brettisa (script), Alovetha (script), Warmtone (script), Westerna (script) Shootballs (a fat finger script), Boldetton (a scrapbook script), Roselitta (a wild calligraphic script), Aghitta (brush script), Rustcyber (a dry brush script), Brushtter (a dry brush font), Slatteros (a brush script), Finesolla (a dry brush script), Strike Brush, Thunder (a bold brush script), Deska Magosta (a swashy display serif), Mogenta Signature, Darkness Brush, Blackshot (an exaggerated Victorian typeface), Battle Skill (a dry brush font), Bellazio (a tall and effective dry brush script), Astallya Script (monolinear), The Classic Signature, Zero Master (a techno stencil for cyber-starved geeks), Roxelane (hyper-ornamental and Victorian, perhaps useful for tattoos), Ludovica (a formal calligraphic script).

    Typefaces from 2022: Contagia (a meaty decorative serif), Vessagio (a tuxedoed sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rodrick Coleman

    For a school project at the University of South Florida in Saint Petersurg, FL, Rodrick Coleman created the stencil typeface Equal (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rodrigo Araya Salas
    [Rodrigo Typo (was: RAS Design)]

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    Rodrigo Franci Trotta

    Designer of the blocky stencil typeface Lawrence (2013), which follows the De Stijl movement and was done for Studio Lawrence. Rodrigo is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rodrigo Fuenzalida
    [Fragtype]

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    Rodrigo Typo (was: RAS Design)
    [Rodrigo Araya Salas]

    RAS Design is Rodrigo German or Rodrigo Araya Salas, a designer from Santiago, Chile, b. 1987.

    Rodrigo Typo link. RAS Design link. Dafont link. Dafont linkNewer Dafont link. Behance link. Fontspace link. Fontsy link. Abstract Fonts link. Old URL.

    Creator of many hand-drawn free fonts.

    His typefaces from 2008 and 2009: Super (2009, for signage), Snow (2009), Mari (2009), El Cubano (2009, dingbats of typefaces), Mental Freak (2009, outline), Freak Animals (2009), Brigada Ramona Parra (2009, dingbats), Happie (2009, dingbats), Santiago Icono (2009), Icono Skate Dingbat (2009), 78 Skate (2009), The Sorden (2009), Estilo Urbano (2009, stencil), Tetris (2009), Techno (2009), Kona (2009, childish hand), Parody Logoskate (2009, dingbats), Fat Love (2009), La Rata Bizarra (2008), Tabla (2008), A Mano Alza (2009), Maribel (2009, handwriting), Stencil (2009), Rayando (2008, chalky writing), Klam, Loco TV, Monos Frekis (2008, funny dingbats), Tabla (2008), Happie (2009, more funny dingbats), Funny Icons (2009), Kiltro (2008, dog dingbats), Pokemona (dingbats), Maniatico (scratchy outlined hand), Bizarro 1 (outline hand), Chile (dingbats), Freaky (2008, dingbats), Esquiso (outlined handwriting), Crazy Ras (outlined and hand-printed), Skatelove (2008, dingbats), Los de Abajo (2008, dingbats), Logoskate (2008), David (2008, flowing ultra fat face), Destruccion (2008, grungy), Skateboarding (2008, ransom note face), Mike Valley (2008, skateboard dingbats), Rodney Mullen King (2009, skateboard dingbats), El Chavo del 8 (2008, scanbats), Grande Maradona (2008, scanbats), Saintfont (2009, hand-printed), New Tetris (2009), September 11 Icon (2009, a powerful set of dingbats), Icono BMX (2009, bike dingbats).

    Typefaces from 2010: Commando X (2010, a pixel dingbat typeface for computer games), Raya Irregular, Mari+David, Depressive Icon, Esquiso, Ego (2010), El Cubano (dingbats with typefaces), Barras Bravas (almost graffiti face), Globe Face (award winner at Tipos Latinos 2010).

    Fonts done in 2011: Logo Font, Buen Dia (ransom note face), Drugstore (blackletter), Condorita (dingbats), KingKöng (a nice fat letter comic book face), Rolo (fat letter face), Logo, Comando X (a pixelized dingbat typeface based on video games), Catbox (2011, fat and rounded), Joia (a thin octagonal face), Plop (a "hip hop font").

    Typefaces from 2012: Designio (rounded sans family), Nollie, Rocka (triangulated), Mosku (paint or blood drip face), Gigio Italia Bizarre (dingbats), Conny Rocket, Retro Hand Type (stitched), Wood (wood type simulation), Tritona, Nollie, Zdravo Maria (children's hand), Bordados (stitched typeface).

    Typefaces from 2013: Mexe, Polly, Pintanina (+Pro) (comic book caps face; the Pro version appeared in 2015), Giger Free (inspired by the paintings of H.R. Giger), Rango (fat hand-printed face), Smile (fat signage face), Pequena (a fat finger typeface for children's books; in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Children One, Lollapalooza, BRP (dingbats), Koni Black, Cusco, Rorschach, Children One (poster font), Varial Hellflip, Marty (hand-drawn poster font for Latin and Cyrillic), Barricada [not to be confused with the Barricada font by Sudtipos].

    Typefaces from 2014: Marty Spring, Munky Negra (a creamy signage typeface by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Raphael Rodriguez), Tobogan (ultra-black poster face), Lilirun, Peral, Zurita (brush face), Ruba, Street Animals (dingbats), NegritaPro (funky), Ruda (brush face), Muro (thick brush type), Cucho (signage typeface), BRC (hand-printed), Konga (a chocolaty creamy signage script originally from 2012), Pony, Guakala, Alboroto, Loyola (a cartoon script started in 2013, which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018), Froh (an informal fat stencil), Paihuen Pro (Mapuche-inspired letters), Helenita (perhaps useful for children's books; see also Helenita Dos in 2017), Macabro (a great hand-lettered and weathered typeface family), Box10, Ria, Bototo.

    Typefaces from 2015: Mari+David, Good Friend (a primitive script), Galpon (a great vernacular signage and/or comic book typeface for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; extended in 2020, with Bruno Jara Ahumada, to Galpon Pro), Smile Pro (a fat multi-style handcrafted poster family of exceptional beauty; together with Andrey Kudryavtsev), Ardilla Small (a rounded organic sans by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Konga Pro (based on his own creamy script, Konga, from 2012), Mari & David (poster typeface), Forest Puyehue, Skatista (handcrafted script and skateboard dingbats), Ruba Style, Janmeid, Forma (experimental, robotic), Australia Skate (vernacular type), Tobi Black (for comic books and children's books, +Greek, +Cyrillic), Tobi Dirt, Basural (experimental).

    Typefaces from 2016: Bowl, Aliengo (a fun Martian font family done with Andrey Kudryavtsev), Marty Two (a lovely handcrafted typeface, ideal for children's books), Minnie Play (a children's book typeface by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Camo (a layered typeface family by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Camo Dirt, Clarence World (with Andrey Kudryavtsev: a rounded cartoon font inspired by the logo of the Cartoon Network series Clarence; followed in 2017 by Clarence Two), Pequena Pro (+Cyrillic) (with Andrey Kudryavtsev), La Mona Kids, Konga Rock, Movskate (a skateboarding culture font by Rodrigo Araya, Juan Sepulveda and Patricio Gonzalez), La Mona Pro (72 styles: A feast of textures!).

    Typefaces from 2017: Hatter Display (a Halloween font), Hatter Display Pro (+extensive dingbats), Hatter Cyrillic Display, Macabro Danger (wall paint style), Checkin Script (with four sets of travel dingbats), Caleuche (a bold weathered typeface, with Andrey Kudryavtsev; but that coauthorship was altered in 2021 to Franco Jonas Hernandez), Pequena Neo, Bike Park, Bike Park Two, Kawaii RT, Clarence Two, Portena, Mi Cocina (restaurant icons and dingbats), Big Foot Forest, Clarence Cyrillic (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Galpon Spring, Spike Bot (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Forest Two.

    In 2018, Rodrigo Typo published these typefaces: Ding (a great fattish cartoon font, co-designed with Andrey Kudryavtsev and Franco Jonas; see also its extensions, Ding Pro (2019) and Ding Extra (2019)), Squick (a comic book / children's font family by Franco Jonas, Andrey Kudryavtsev and Rodrigo Araya), La Pica Pro (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Catshape (dingbats by Rodrigo Araya), Tobi Pro (by Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas, and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Spiro (a retro almost psychedelic lettering font based on the series The Boatniks; by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), La KonyBlack (by Rodrigo Araya and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Ruda Two, Nuby (Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Garita, Alquitran (based on pixacao), Alquitran Stencil and Alquitran Rust (by Francisco Paez, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Rague Pro (a stone-cut font by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev, which won an award at Tipos Latinos 2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hatter Halloween, Clarence Alt (a an almost bubblegum children's book sans by Franco Jonas, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Andrey Kudryavtsev), Nacho Rough, Naguel, Lolapeluza Two, Nacho (a Mexican party font by Rodrigo Araya and Franco Jonas).

    Typefaces from 2020: Minado Rough, Toretto, Diablito One (a two-font and four dingbat-font package by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada), Clarence Inline (a plump informal typeface family by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), La Pica Bonus (a vernacular or supermarket style font and dingbat family by Andrey Kudryavtsev and Rodrigo Araya Salas), Ancoa Slanted (an angular display family in 15 styles; by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Ruina One (rough, distressed), fj Trance (a reverse contrast Egyptian by Rodrigo Araya Salas, Franco Jonas, Valentina Faundes and Jorge Morales Salas), Tunning (an all caps speed font), Skippie (a comic book family by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas, Bruno Jara Ahumada and Franco Jonas, and four sets of dingbats including Skippie Monster Lucha Libre and Skippie Monster Halloween), Ancoa (an angular 19-style layerable typeface by Andrey Kudryavtsev, Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rinno (a rounded geometric display family by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Ripster, Elah (a children's book or supermarket font; with Andrey Kudryavtsev), Loyola Next (a 14-style sans by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada), Clarence Pro (a vernacular supermarket font by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Franco Jonas Hernandez), Meche Pro (a 12-style ligature-rich poster typeface), Rambi, Willner (a 5-style display sans by Rodrigo Araya and Franco Jonas), Picaflor (a titling or children's book typeface by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada), Picaflor Hand (by Rodrigo Araya), Picaflor Soft (a fine national park or children's book family of organic sans fonts by Rodrigo Araya Salas and Bruno Jara Ahumada).

    Vectorlove won an award at Tipos Latinos 2012. Mona won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014. View Rodrigo Typo's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rofiki Anas Maruf
    [Heypen Type]

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    Roland Hüse
    [Runes & Fonts (or: My Handwritings)]

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    Romain Bergaentzlé

    Romain Bergaentzlé is a graphic designer running his studio OOII since 2007 in Berlin. He created the octagonal stencil typeface Ossature (2013, Ten Dollar Fonts and The Designers Foundry). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Roman Shchyukin
    [Zerotoohero]

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    Romulo Gobira

    During his studies at USPM in Rio de Janeiro, Romulo Gobira designed the free art deco typeface Poste (2015, +Wired, +Outwired) and the free heavy squarish typeface Amrak (2015-2016).

    Typefaces from 2016: Moinho (a free ireegular handcrafted typeface), Kool (free), GOH (free beveled typeface), Grah (free, vector format).

    Typefaces from 2017: Moinho (free handwriting font).

    Typefaces from 2018: Prfecox (a spurred condensed stencil family).

    Typefaces from 2019: Macahe (a widely spaced polygonal slab serif), Hatchway (a 35-style monospaced Laatin / Cyrillic display typeface with rounded corners, suitable for headlines and short passages of text. Hatchway has a tall x-height and unusually short ascenders and descenders), Protocol (pixelated). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ron Ruedisueli
    [Sed4 Type Foundry (or: Sed4tives)]

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    Ronald Andhrad

    Ronald Andhrad (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was inspired by Kubrick's Clockwork Orange and a building in Rio in the design of his art deco / Futura-style stencil typeface Clockwork Orange (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ronald Underwood
    [Fontron]

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    Ronin Design

    Malang, Indonesia-based designer of Origin Tech (2020: a techno or circuit font), Radio Classic (a signage script) (2020), the upright script Lily Liana (2020), the glitch font Split On (2020), the monoline script typeface Sefiyah (2020) and the squarish De Stijl-like stencil typeface New System (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Encrypto (labyrinthine), Jeztec Empire (blackletter), Anticode (a marquee font), The Beast (all caps, chamfered), Moonllys (display serif), Wrecked Ship (an eroded font), Talidia (a squarish sans), Night Hunt (an eerie font), Beatles (an upright rabbit ear calligraphic script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Rosie Cullen

    Rosie Cullen a finished BA (Hons) Graphic Communication at Bath School of Art and Design in England. A one day workshop with Henrik Kubel led to the thin stencil typeface Trail (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rote-Grafik

    Codesigner with Masterview of Sprayed Stencil Face (2011). Rote-Grafik is located in Athens, Greece. He cooperates with several others, including Peter Voulgaris. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rouli Diamond

    Athens, Greece and Barcelona-based graphic designer. He created the piano key stencil typeface MAP Stencil (2010, Latin and Greek), the prismatic typeface 3D (2012), and the alchemic typeface Stigma (2012).

    In 2013, Rouli designed the tall thin typeface Sentient Adult.

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    Roulianne

    In 2008, this designer used FontStruct to create the vertical-line stencil typeface simple-deux, and the experimental typefaces pix-90 and des-struc.

    In 2012, Roulianne created Web Symbol and Web Symbol 02. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    RST Fonts
    [Radomir Tinkov]

    Radomir Savov Tinkov (RST Fonts) is a Bulgarian type designer. Creator of these typefaces:

    • The clean monoline sans typefaces Usumaru (2009) and Shinbi (2009).
    • RST (2009, techno).
    • Chibi (2009).
    • Toast (2009, ultra-black).
    • The military stencil Pondera (2009).
    • The fat counterless typeface Tenshu (2010).
    • The monoline extended sans family Cillian (2010).
    • The fat geometric typeface Tenshu Extra Black (2011).
    • The monoline sans face Selly (2011).
    • The headline sans Alasar.
    • Nexa Rust (2014, Fontfabric) is a set of 83 weathered letterpress emulation fonts that evolved from Nexa and Nexa Slab. This was a project by Radomir Tinkov, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Vasil Stanev.
    • Muller (2015, Fontfabric). This Hairline-to-Heavy 20-weight Latin / Cyrillic sans family was designed for universal use, and is a tad wider than normal. It is characterized by flush vertical or horizontal terminals. Muller Narrow was added in 2016.
    • In 2015, Ani Petrova, Svetoslav Simov and Radomir Tinkov co-designed the 214-style mammoth font system Intro Rust, a rough version of Fontfabric's Intro. The fonts are partitioned over Intro Rust, Intro Script, Intro Head and Intro Goodies.
    • Qanelas (2015). A 20-weight geometric sans typeface family (+Cyrillic). Made warmer and friendlier in the 2016 release of Qanelas Soft.
    • Sensa (2015, Radomir Tinkov and Svetoslav Simov) is a handcrafted 21-style family divided into the subfamilies Sensa Brush, Sensa Pen, Sensa Wild, Sensa Sans, Sensa Serif and Sensa Goodies.
    • Maya Script.
    • Alasar (2015). A narrow sans family.
    • Ridley Grotesk (2016). A modern sans serif workhorse family.
    • Gilroy (2016). A 20-style geometric sans typeface family.
    • In 2019, Svet Simov, Radomir Tinkov and Stan Partalev designed the 72-strong Noah family of geometric sans typefaces, which is partitioned into four groups by x-height from small (Noah Grotesque) to medium (Noah and Noah Text) to large (Noah Head).

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    R-Type (or: Rui Abreu)
    [Rui Abreu]

    R-Type was founded by Rui Abreu in 2008. Rui graduated from FBAUP (Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto) in 2003. He has been working as an interactive media designer in different design agencies, and he has been designing typefaces. Based in Porto, he created Tirana (2006, sans family at T26), Catacumba (2007, a gorgeous bold didone titling face, T26; in 2009 at Fountain/PsyOps), Cifra (2006, a lovely ten weight sans family, T26), Nomada (2007, a monoline slab serif), Salto Alto (2006, avant garde sans family, with octagonal influences), Foral (2008, monoline slab serif; published by Fountain in 2010), and Forma (2006, stencil family, T26).

    In 2008, he published Orbe (Fountain), an exotic all-caps blackletter inspired by Portuguese and Lombardic calligraphy [it deservedly won an award at TDC2 2009; Orbe Pro at MyFonts], Gesta (2008, sans family), Gesta Condensed (2012), Gesta Semi Condensed (2012), Gira Sans (2012, a grotesque family), Foral Pro (2011, an elliptical slab serif), Catacumba (2011, a high-contrast ball terminal wedge serif family), Aria Pro (2011, a delicate high-contrast transitional serif family), Forma Solid (T26).

    In 2013, Rui published Aria Text (a rational (transitional) toned-down version of Aria that comes in three sets of optical sizes, G1, G2, and G3), the geometric sans family Azo Sans and Azo Sans Uber, a geometric sans with a humanist element. Grafolita Script (2013) is a connected typeface family that borrows ideas from signage scripts.

    Typefaces from 2014: Litania (medieval-style typeface with roman capitals, Lombardic capitals, and Carolingian minuscules; nice fists accompany the type), Signo (a dynamic sans serif with reverse contrast, designed for editorial and branding). Signo won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.

    Typefaces from 2015: Montblanc (a custom sans for the Montblanc company that won the IF Design award in 2015), Usual (a neutral sans with large x-height). In 2010, Peter Bruhn started a typeface but he died before it was finished. In 2015, Rui Abrey and Göran Söderström finished it as Bruhn Sans (Fountain Type). In 2010 Peter was commissioned to design a wordmark for the documentary Harbour of Hope. The type was to ellicit Malmö's harbor, and Peter found inspiration from the painted type of industrial tankers docked in his hometown.

    Typefaces from 2016: Grifo, Symbio and Symbio Arabic (at Typotheque; prize winner at Granshan 2016), Sul Sans (a geometriclly constructed sans with features frequently seen on signs and buildings in Portugal).

    Typefaces from 2017: Sul Mono (a typewriter style), Grifito, Grifinito (condensed versions of the sharp-edged display typeface Grifo), Aquino (by Rui Abreu and Ricardo Santos; a display calligraphic stencil typeface inspired by a liturgic book made by Portuguese friar Tomas Aquino in 1735).

    Typefaces from 2018: Gliko Modern (an award winner at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019).

    Typefaces from 2019: Flecha (a sharp and streamlined old-style typeface made for editorial design that won an award at 23TDC in 2020), Staff (a neo-grotesk from X Wide to XXX Condensed).

    Typefaces from 2020: Flecha Bronzea (M, L: the condensed version of Flecha).

    Typefaces from 2021: Azo Super (a heavy display font), Staff Grotesk (a low key sans family derived from Abreu's 2019 font, Staff), Gineto (a grotesque developed from the brevier size of Gothic no. 4, a nineteen century design by the New York type foundry Farmer, Little & Co), Chassi (in three optical sizes, S, M and L: a revival of Garamond as a genre, slightly reinterpreted for our times; I duisagree though with the word "slightly").

    MyFonts interview in August 2013. MyFonts page. T-26 page. Old home page. Klingspor link. Fountain Type link.

    View Rui Abreu's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ruben Ferreira Duarte

    Communication designer in Lisbon, Portugal, who created these typefaces in 2014: Caffein (stencil), Bludaneve (stencil), 2 Bee (monoline rounded sans), Rotas de Portugal (stencil), Arte no Feminino (dot matrix), Lusofonia (chromatic type), Caixa Alta (condensed sans), Horizontes Aventura (brush typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: Crosslines (prismatic mulriline font family), Quarta Parede (origami font), Ponte Romana (sans). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Rui Abreu
    [R-Type (or: Rui Abreu)]

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    Rui Coimbra

    Felgueiras, Portugal-based designer of the squarish thin stencil typeface Lanky Line (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Runes & Fonts (or: My Handwritings)
    [Roland Hüse]

    Kazincbarcika, Hungary-based type designer Roland Hüse (b. 1980) sells his fonts through My Handwritings (Kazincbarcika, Hungary), which was renamed Runes&Fonts. His first font is Zuider Postduif (2012, an informal type family). Florida Shark (2012) is a free Death Metal or tattoo version of one of his commercial fonts. Tamiami (2012) is a headline typeface. Granny's Handwriting (2012), Script Demolition (2012), Sharon Lipschutz's Handwriting (2012), Isa Por Es Homou (2012) and Kinga's Handwriting (2012) are hand-printed typefaces. Napping Cat (2012) and Cubic Sub (2012) are angularly designed, while Mgla (2012) is round and plump. Greek Stone (2012) is a squarish Greek simulation face. On The Road (2012) is a textured typeface. Whirly Wood (2012), Hargita (2012, inspired by ancient Hungarian runes), Dreamcatcher (2012) and Bee Ridge Vantage (2012: see also Bee Ridge) are grunge typefaces. Individigital (2012, +Black, +Thin) is a techno set of typefaces.

    Typefaces from 2013: November Sky (art deco sans), Windy Wood, Cool Weekdays, Yellow Peas Light (clean thin monoline sans; free), Back To The Future 4, Yellow Peas Demo (hairline sans), Yellow Peas Bold, Pagan Winter (bilined), Beer Money (brush face), Poor Weekdays (+Serif), Hun Legion (inspired by ancient Hungarian runes), Freehand Roman, Esthajnal (inspired by ancient Hungarian runes), Buffalo Chicken (a connected script), Telihold.

    Typefaces from 2014: Sunny Winter (thin script), Sunny Merry Christmas (dingbats), Fox in the snow (connected hand), Dersu Uzala Brush (Asian brush), Good Karma (connected script), Stitch Warrior, Chickpeas, Jaspers Handwriting, Margarita in August, Wheatland, Slim Extreme (a gorgeous geometric hairline sans), Sparkler (a clean geometric sans), Factory Worker, Brushido (Japanese simulation font), Mojito in June, Mesa Grande, Altering The Future, Black Olives (thin calligraphic script), Hangyaboly (comic book font), Fecske (Peignotian sans), Windy Rain, Rainy Wind (calligraphic script), Comic Roman, Wizard of the Moon, Urban Stone (grunge version of Urban Tour), Urban Tour (avant garde sans), Wacky Sushi (hiragana emulation), Constrocktion (multilined typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: She Always Walk Alone (handcrafted), Transatlantic Cruise (an outline script), Csemege (upright connected script), Milano Traffic (sketched typeface), Undergrunge Tornado (a great brush font, +Cyrillic, +Hiragana, +Katakana), Dirt Road, Kikelet, Kikelet Brush, Have A Great Day (rough brush script), Sorsod Borsod, City Birds (script), Loonaria, Texas Grunge (brush script), Solaria (minimalist techno), Biloxi Script, Chicken Fried Steak, Texas Grunge (brush face), Sharky Spot, Autumn Chant (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Tribal Case (decorative caps), Shopping Script, Biloxi Calligraphy, Tribal Case (tattoo font), Ting Tang, Alaska Script, Take It Easy (fat finger font), Mi Amor (wide monoline handwriting), Spring Script, Fox in the Snow (connected school script), Kazincbarcika Script (a gorgeous calligraphic script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Interconnected, Bar Hoppers, Ciao Baby (retro signage script), De Rotterdam, Abigail Script.

    Typefaces from 2018: Christmas Wish Calligraphy, Christmas Wish Monoline, Chicago Moonshine (art deco), Poker in October (a layered color typeface), Personalitype (connected monoline script), Yellow Peas (sans), The Laughing Wolf (script), Italian Breakfast, Saturday Champagne, Teach (by Moataz Ahmed), Long Night (signature script), Relapse (rough brush script), Just Be (brush script), Air in Space (stencil), Beach Script, Interconnected, Beaumaris (slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2019: Christmas Wish (calligraphic script), Brachetto (a formal calligraphic typeface developed together with lettering artist Leah Chong), Mulled Wine Season, Colder Weather (spurred), Unlocking Your Dreams (brush script), Gold Under The Mud (a fine scratchy brush script), The Mumbai Sticker (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Delugional, Roberts Script, Alone Together Script (a swashy tattoo script), Shopping Script (a signature font), Shape Variable Script (a variable script font that can be programmedi to react to music), Jam Session (blackboard bold), Un Jour Merveilleux (a script), Stars + Love.

    Typefaces from 2021: Long Story Short (a monolinear signature script), The Racoon Quest (a condensed all caps typeface), Delugional (Greek emulation), Neon Love (a monolinear neon sign script font released at Schriftlabor).

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    Russell McGorman
    [Our House Graphics]

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    Russian Fonts
    [Misha Panfilov]

    Misha Panfilov (Russian Fonts, St. Petersburg, Russia) created the free Cyrillic simulation Latin/Cyrillic font Tsarevich (2014). Later in 2014, he published Pribambas (free poster font), Shadow (a strong sans), Galaktika (a rounded sci-fi typeface), the free hand-drawn typeface Beryozki (Latin & Cyrillic) and the free poster typeface Fantazyor.

    In 2016, he designed the Latin / Cyrillic display typeface Ogonyok, the Latin / Cyrillic typeface Gora (+Stencil) and the free constructivist / art nouveau / pre-Petrine Latin / Cyrillic typeface Dobrozrachniy (with Aleksander Moskovskin).

    Typefaces from 2017: RF Rostin (monospaced, ideal for programming), RF Rufo (condensed sans), Krabuler (a fun free children's book or comic book font; free; by Cyril Mikhailov and Misha Panfilov), RF Barbariska (handcrafted and friendly).

    Typefaces from 2018: RF Tone (a geometric sans with short descenders), RF Dewi.

    Typefaces from 2019: RF Takt (a geometric sans).

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    Rustam Gabbasov
    [LetterBe]

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    Ryan Brotherston

    PC Beach, FL-based designer (b. 1993) of Twitch (2012, FontStruct). Other fontstructions from 2012 include Cinematix RC (art deco), Isaac RC, Coden (pixel face), 8Fraktura RC, Fontstruct RC, Diner RC, Binder RC, Operation Uno (stencil), Pialatzo, Eine Nette Schriftart, A La Difference, Dr. Pepper, If Cinemas Werent Invented, Atarian Age, Pine RC (octagonal), Ralda RC, National Educational Television.

    In 2015, he made the Western style slab serif typeface Bottoms.

    In 2017, he designed Grunge and explains: Grunge Bold is based on the distorted font used by MTV (mainly on 120 Minutes) from approximately 1993-1995. I've spent a long time piecing together multiple sources (recordings of 120 Minutes, etc.) in order to achieve the most accurate effect..

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    Ryan Smith

    Visual Communication Design student at the University of Washington, expected to graduate in the spring of 2013. In 2012, Katarina Batina, Elly Chao, Nick Simmons and Ryan Smith co-designed the didone stencil family Rille during the Seattle 12: Seattle Typeface Workshop under the supervision of Karen Cheng and Jean-François Porchez. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ryoichi Tsunekawa
    [Prop-a-ganda]

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    Ryoichi Tsunekawa
    [Flat-It]

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    Ryoichi Tsunekawa
    [Bagel & Co]

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    Saachi Narayan

    At Srishti School of Art and Design in Bangalore, India, Saachi Narayan designed the rounded stencil typeface Goblin (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sabina Irina Chipara

    Sabina Chipara (or: Kipara) was born in 1987 near the seaside in Constanza, Romania. She moved to Bucharest to study graphic design at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Romania, and at EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona. She took the TDi program at the University of Reading, UK, in 2016. Speaker at ATypI 2018 in Antwerp, where she surveys the archaic Romanian alphabets. Sabina also helps with type design at MCKL Type, Jeremy Mickel's type foundry in Los Angeles. She is currently based in Amsterdam. Her typefaces:

    • MoRo (2012) and Arhaic Romanesc (2012). MoRo, or Modern Romanesc, is an artsy typeface. She writes: MoRo is a modern version of archaic Romanian types. The design of the MoRo letters combines the features of Cyrillic glyphs with Latin shapes.
    • In 2012, during an Advanced Typography Masters at EINA, Barcelona, she developed Zagoris.
    • DIN Next Stencil (2017) and DIN Next Shapes (2018). Done together with Akira Kobayashi at Linotype.
    • Rosella (2017, Monotype). An engraved lettering typeface with textured, inline, beveled, shaded and filled versions.
    • In 2018, she designed the 8-weight simplified sans family Bega (Indian Type Foundry) and the high-contrast calligraphic script Britney (done with Diana Ovezea), which was released as a free font at Fontshare.
    • At Future Fonts, she published Bizzarrini (together with Diana Ovezea). Diana Ovezea writes about the wonderful Bizzarrini: Though the idea originates from a Stefan Schlesinger ad sketch for a Paris couture house, we straightened up this typeface and made it seem engineered and sharp. It gets its name from the Bizzarrini Manta, a wedge-shaped concept car designed in 1968 by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Bizzarrini has extremely long wedge serifs. Following Schlesinger's sketch, it features very tall capitals with an out-of proportion middle-line (very big heads on S, B and R).
    • The connected monoline sans script Akin (2019), done with Diana Ovezea at Indian Type Foundry.
    • The neo-grotesque typeface Amurg (2019).
    • Anouk (2020). A reversed high contrast typeface designed to be used at large sizes.
    • Aesop (2021). A despoke typeface for the brand identity of Iwoca. The Iwoca identity elements were influenced by the work of Wassily Kandinsky through geometric shapes and angles. The corners of the sans typeface are rounded and provide a smooth appearance on screens.

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    Saksham Verma

    Bangalore, India-based designer of the stenciled font Beat (2016). This was a school project at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Salvo Nicolosi

    Designer from Ragalna, Italy, b. 1976. Creator of the comics book font Y2KFriendlyFuture (2000). See also here. He also created Special K (2007), Drinking (2007, condensed), Telegrafico (2006, geometric sans all caps face), Drinking (2007, ultra condensed sans), Caffe Latte (2008, sans), Plaster Caster (2007, stencil), Atyp1 (2007, a minimalist sans), and the VAG Round inspired Tondo (2007), which was renamed Maagkramp in 2010 after an (unjustified) trademark complaint by Dalton Maag. Dafont link. He is working on a geometric hairline sans called Architetto (2009).

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    Sam Bradway

    During his studies at American University, Sam Bradway (Washington, DC) designed a decorative typeface (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sam Miller

    Plymouth, United Kingdom-based designer of Didoni Stencil (2018) and Desire (2018: a typeface designed to be a reflection of Roman Polanski's most famous films). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sam Reynolds

    London-based graphic designer and art director, who created the alchemic typeface Rebeau in 2012. He also designed the stencil family VigrosM (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Samantha M

    Tijuana, Mexico-based student-designer of the stencil typeface Phoenix Rising (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sami Kortemaki

    Finnish designer in Helsinki (b. Kerava, 1975) who cofounded Underware with Akiem Helmling and Bas Jacobs in The Hague and has recently worked with DTL (Dutch Type Library). He studied at the Lahti Polytechnic/Institute of Design (1995-2001).

    Designer of FF Nelio (2001, a stitching family in 14 styles), who lives in Helsinki, where he works as a graphic and typographic designer. He co-designed all Underware fonts: Dolly, Bello, Sauna (1999-2002), Liza (2009), Auto (1, 2 and 3) (2004-2014), 2 and 3), Unibody 8 (free) and Fakir (a blackletter typeface). In 2015, Bas Jacobs, Akiem Helmling and Sami Kortemäki published the stencil family Tripper Pro.

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    Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs

    Designer and printer at the Golden Eagle Press in Mount Vernon, NY, b. 1891, d. 1971. He created Anacreon (Golden Eagle Press), Syrisch (Merganthaler) and Charter. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Samuel John Ross
    [Cumberland Fontworks]

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    Samuel Larocque

    Graphic designer Samuel Larocque (Montreal, Quebec) created the connect-the-dots typeface Layup in 2013. For a course given by Etienne Aubert Bonn and Alexandre Saumier Demers at UQAM in 2015, he created the sturdy and legible text typeface Château. In 2015, he and Coppers and Brasses designed the stencil typeface Caserne for the Montreal-based design studio Caserne. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Samuelstype Design
    [Hans Samuelson]

    Hans Samuelson is a freelance graphic designer in Stockholm. He runs Samuelstype Design. Fonts from his hand include Maya Samuels (2007-2010), Malcolm Samuels (2008), April Samuels (2000), the Arnold Samuels family (2007, fashionable sans), Lucy Samuels (2011, a simple rounded monoline sans family), Colin Samuels (2003), Owen S (2012, a sans family with a hairline weight), Rebecca Samuels (2001), Rosemary Samuels (2000), Victoria Samuels (2000, script), Andrew Samuels (2003, minimalist sans), Elliot Samuels (1999), Chelsea Samuels (2003, serif), Henrietta Samuels (2009, calligraphic), Bradley S. (2009, stencil), Orlando Samuels (2009, ornamental script; +Shade), and Spencer Samuels (2003, italic).

    Fonts from 2013: Brooklyn Samuels, Rubica (originally drawn as a pitch for a headline sans typeface for one of Sweden's supermarket chains, it is both geometric and warm).

    In 2015, he published the 60-style typeface family Magica which consists of Jade (no serif), Onyx, Ruby and Topaz (full serif).

    In 2018, he published Hoxton Samuels (a sans workhorse).

    Typefaces from 2021: Metropolia (a 5-style monoline art deco sans).

    Typefaces from 2022: Darling Rose (a stonecutting font inspired by faded stone cuttings in a churchyard), Reba Samuels (15 styles: sans, slab serif and italic).

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    Sanchitaa Agarwal

    As a student in Bangalore, India, Sanchitaa Agarwal designed a curvy handcrafted Latin stencil typeface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sandra Dickmeis

    Graphic designer in Aachen, Germany, who created the stencil typeface Sous in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sandrine Nugue

    Type and graphic designer who graduated from the program Typographie et langage at ESAD in Amiens, France, in 2013. Her lapidary wedge serif graduation typeface, Ganeau (2013) is named after type designer François Ganeau. In 2011, she created the informal sans typeface Stanislas.

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam on the topic of the ESAD in Amiens.

    Winner of a font contest in 2014 for the French CNAP (Centre national des arts plastiques). Her winning entry is the free lapidary typeface Infini (2015). Infini also won an award at TDC 2016. Finally, she designed Orientation Stencil (at Commercial Type, for Thanh Phong Le and Bathilde Millet Architects), Boll Injurial (lapidary; at 205TF), Moulin (a lapidary typeface; at Commercial Type), and Parangon (a roman typeface with inline styles). Orientation won an award at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019.

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    Sandy Suffield

    Designer at Acme of AFCarplates (1997, based on British license plates; the lower case letters were added by Christian Küsters). One of the weights is called AF Carplates Bold Stencil.

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    Sani Sanjaya
    [Arthy Type]

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    Sans and Sons (was: Agga Swistblnk)
    [Angga Suwista]

    Malang, Indonesia-based designer who also uses the name Agga. Creator of the free fonts Lucker (2013), Blnker (2013, a spurred Victorian typeface), BLNK Taper Lucker (2013) and Sivernake (2013, a spurred typeface).

    Typefaces from 2014, some of which are commercial: Wilder, Rocking Rochoes, Rocking Bones, Brch Handdrawn, Reidfork, Hoverage (letterpress emulation, spurred), Hobric (letterpress emulation), Blnc (vintage, hand-lettered), Garado Blnco (spurred), Bracker (spurred Victorian typeface), Averake (sic) Glam (spurred, Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2015: Ruffle, Ruffle Beauty, Moabhoers, Neaments (watercolor script: a renamed version of Sortdecai Handmade Script?), Banthers, Bleakerst (free), Monthoers (a free letterpress emulation font), Monthoers Signature, Sortdecai (a fantastic watercolor brush script in sub-styles called Handmade, Handmade Script, Vintage, Script, Display, Cursive Script, Cursive Wild Script, and Brush Script).

    Typefaces from 2016: the script typeface Missmallove (designed by Lativa), Yellow Dawns (chalky), Coellack, Moalang (tweetware), Duwhoers (tweetware brush script).

    Typefaces from 2017: Achillers Bant, Bouchers Script 2.0, Smbrn Stencil, Bouchers (vintage layered typeface), Moalang Pro, Salted Monthoers, Bouchers Layered, Garagethers.

    Typefaces from 2018: Moalang-Melintang, Moalang X, Carters Layered.

    Typefaces from 2019: Chalmers, Bouchers X1, Scarlett Display, Miss Waited, Buenos Script (brushed). Carphe (Sans, Script), Gourmet Le French (+Script) and Hello Paris (Serif and Script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Olivia James (a wild script), Bulgari (a fashion mag serif), Peach (a display serif), Hello Paris Sans (an all caps fashion mag course), La Mango (a 6-style fashion font with refined serifs), Hello Branch (a decorative serif defined by its ligatures), Salty Feathers (a great inky signature script), Margot (a fashionable display serif).

    Typefaces from 2021: Silver Future (a wild script), Fragile Serif (a display serif), Manne (fashion mag caps), Grande (in the Windsor style), Bethany (an inky rabbit ear script), Groovy Fruity (a creamy display serif), Blanch Sage, Frunchy Sage (a decorative serif with bent ascenders and descenders).

    Typefaces from 2022: Charis (a modernized display serif).

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    Sansern Rianthong
    [Zood Dooz]

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    Sara Henriques de Sousa

    As a student at ESAD.CR, Lisbon-based Sara Henriques de Sousa designed the stencil and modern typeface pair Express (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sara Ramirez

    Graphic designer in Medellin, Colombia, who created the stencil typeface Urbala in 2016. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sarah-Beth Skingley

    For a university project at UCA Farnham, Sarah-Beth Skingley (Farnham, UK) created the stencil typeface Graditi (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sarawut Klabkasem
    [Geengraphy]

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    Sarchu

    Korean designer of an experimental stencil typeface, Objectives (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sardiez
    [Sergio Ramírez Llamas]

    Sardiez is a foundry located in Medellín, Colombia, and is run by Sergio Ramírez (b. 1988). He created the ornamental stencil typeface Sra stencil (2008), which was inspired by Colombian colonial times. His typeface Sister won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008 in the non-text typeface category. Trochera (2009) is a Tuscan face. Systopie (2010) is a techno family.

    Codesigner with Manuel Ernesto Corradine of Canciller (2012), an italic roman script.

    At Tipos Latinos 2012, Sergio Ramírez won awards for the following typefaces: Papermov (in the text category) and Panclasta (in the display category: co-designed with Carlos Fabian Guerrero).

    Neuron (2012) is a fantastic 16-style rounded elliptical sans family created together with Manuel Eduardo Corradine over at Corradine Fonts. Tecna (2012) is an 8-style techno sans family also done with Manuel Eduardo Corradine over at Corradine Fonts. Quarzo (2012, with Corradine as well) is a formal copperplate script.

    In 2013, together with Manuel Eduardo Corradine at Corradine Fonts, he created Neuron Angled, Alianza Script (a packaging script), Alianza Italic and Alianza Slab (a good-looking slab family). Mayonez (2013, Sergio Ramirez) is a friendly elliptical text typeface for Latin and Cyrillic.

    Whisky (2015) is a large blackletter family with inlines and fills for layering co-designed with Manuel Corradine. Related to German expressionism, it won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016.

    Typefaces from 2019: Brutman (inspired by brutalist architecture, he explains that he wanted to create a typeface that reimagined the incise style for the 21st century).

    Overview of his work and interview.

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    Sarid Ezra

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of the handcrafted typefaces Sakra (2016, a script published at Letterhend), Sarid Ezra (2017), Retrology (2017), King Birds (2017), Megattor Script (2017), Dear Jane Script (2017: a signature script by Hendry Juanda), Wonder Stark (2017: by Hendry Juanda), Mandatory (2017), Modesta Script (2017), Antone (2017), Better Red (2017), Madgue (2017, monoline script), Beautiful Holiday (2017: monoline script), Dear Disya (a chalk script) (2017), Shutter Stone (2017, signature script), Hello Stranger (2017), Vanillate (2017: monoline script), Gloriant Signature (2017), Signerella Script (2017, signature font), Claytonia (2017, by Hendry Juanda), Rose Colored (2017), Quinible (2017), Mukadua (2017: a beatnik font by Hendry Juanda), The Lentigo (2017), Morsal (2017: free).

    Other typefaces from 2017 include Bitter Rose (free), Suddenly (signature script), Historia Sky and Billenia.

    Typefaces from 2018: Roseville Script (calligraphic: by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daytonia, Carrol Wild, Royalite, Historia Sky, Headley (monoline font duo), Scarlette Script, Bellatrone (script), Edinburgh (SVG brush font), Carrol Standard (sans), Richardson Script (a signature font), Audacity (font duo), Daviton (SVG brush by Sarid Ezra), Rossie Kelly (SVG brush), Sirens, Magdaline, Stephen Gillion (an inky script), Allison Style (font duo), Black Mountage (dry brush font), Merova (serif), Rotrude Sans (in 16 styles), Aurelie Smith (a signature script, and ornaments), Soredime (a great rabbit ear signature font), Hughson (a monoline script), Morriles (SVG brush), Strong Heart (font duo), Auckland Script (signage font), Camilla (signature font), Big Reputation (font duo), Briberra (a brush script) (free version), Carrol Sans, Kaylar, Brighter, Hipsterious (signage font: by Hendry Juanda).

    Typefaces from 2019: Fokers (Victorian), Bargitta (an SVG brush script font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Gorgone (a one-style didone by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Sharon Baker (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Daniella Evans (a display serif by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Lotustail (by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Palmbell (a signature font by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Bittergrace Script (by Hendry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Bordemile (a copperplate calligraphic script by Henry Juanda and Sarid Ezra), Loverica (a tall elegant titling typeface), Wonderstory (a dry brush script), Point Panther (all caps, display), Dua Rosé, Black Mountage (brush script), Quirkily, Callistera Script, Fort Collins (font duo, by Sarid Ezra at Letterhend), Seriously (at Letterhend), Callistera Script (a signature script), Troyline, Marquis, Elaine Hanks (script and dingbats), Katherine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Briberra (a brush script), Bitter Rose (a brush font), Swifted (a stylish sans), Pearlone (a stylish stencil), Cloudster (an all caps titling sans), Carrol (a 16-style unkerned all caps sans), Carentro, Lindsay Brown, Karelle (decorative serif), Beautifull Weakness (a wild inky script), Augillion (a bold decorative serif), Bread Crumbs, Troyline (a retro script), South Louisville (a painter's script), Shutter Stone, Sirens (a bold headline sans), Shutter Stone, Crooked Hooks (a brush font), Headley (a monoline script), Mister London (a monoline script and sans duo), Roller Cores (a roller paint typeface), Scary Things (all caps, wedge serif), Quinstar, Lequire (a logotype), Routhers (a creamy signage script), Chequers, Lindsay Brown, Audrey Mirages (a decorative serif), Mandalika (a display serif), Branders, The Postgates (a calligraphic script), Louise Walker (Serif, Script), Fragilly, Bombalurina (a script), Goldbrick (wild calligraphy), Dropgray (a stylish sans), Mandalika.

    Typefaces from 2021: Billy Magie (a smooth stencil typeface), Broken Drive (grunge), Future History, Krafika (a modern display typeface), Vierra Moon (a fat finger script), Lighters (a minimalist sans), Duarose (a vintage all caps font), Klopers (a display typeface), Planet Gamers, Freaky Story (a horror font with pointy dagger terminals), Freaky Story (a horror font with pointy dagger terminals), Consent (a playful display font derived from didone caps), Desira (a decorative art gallery serif), Proxemic (a bold sans intended for use in logos), Fireside (a techno logo font), Psyche Lover (psychedelic), Baligo (a fat finger font), Retrips (a bold rounded display serif), Blink Twice (a wavy font), Holybuck (a signature script), Diamond Bridge (a stylish display serif), Adoria (a sci-fi logo font), Folklore Story (script), Strong Girls (an all caps display serif), Space Boards (a sci-fi font), Hisquins (a diamond-themed all caps typeface), Herkings (an all caps display typeface), Collingar (a lachrymal serif), Claire Murphy (a stylish italic serif), Daviton (an SVG brush font), Cherions (a rough brush font), Sertona (a bold display typeface), Daisy Lovers, Louise Walker (a meaty display serif), Carrol Wild (a vintage all caps sans), Edinburgh (a dry brush font), Redrains (a decorative serif), Designors (hand-printed, all caps), Hello Friday Vector (a grungy handcrafted typeface), Angel Charms, Blackpast (a notched all caps sans), Hillray (a stylish bold sans), Love Board (an all caps typeface with some ink run), Cloudy Aurora (font duo), Duarose Serif, Reminder Notes, Explore Wonders (a watercolor font), Shaping Heart (a decorative typeface with hairline serifs), Cronera (handcrafted), August Stories (a display serif), Brolink (tech, sci-fi), Laginchy (a quirky decorative serif), Argue (a decorative serif adoned with hipsterish lower case f and t), New Orleans (an inky script), Glendale (a variable width all caps sans), Ezra (italic), Coachella (a soft serif), Burgundy (a sans with ball terminals and swashes), Cherish Today (a cutout font), Blank Moment, Saphira (a smooth display typeface), Slightly Marker (a brushed marker pen font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Crazy Party (hand-crafted reverse stress caps), Philosophy (a feminine display typeface), Maglite (a lachrymal display serif), <,a href="https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/sarid-ezra/winder/">Winder (a pure display font), Black Point (a stencil / script font duo), Daily Spark (a font duo), Maginors (starry, all caps), Nefilt (a wavy display serif), Stay Tuned (a crayon font), Bodwars (techno logo).

    Behance link. Dafont link. Creative Market link for Letterhend. Creative Market link for Sarid Ezra. Graphicriver link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sasha Iacob

    Web, type and brand designer in Buchaest, Romania.

    Creator of the Ma href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/3556703/Nagasaki-free-font">free piano key typeface Nagasaki (2012), which was modeled after the Hiroshima 1957 poster by Wim Crouwel.

    He created the bold grotesque display typeface Brock Bold (2011) based on a compass and ruler design.

    In 2021, Sasha Iacob and Vlad Poparlan designed the free geometric stencil typeface Fino Black.

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    Satori TF
    [Luis Bandovas]

    Porto, Portugal-based type designer, who studied at ESAD Matosinhos. In 2019, Luis Bandovas briefly joined, and then left, Vitoria Neves's SevenType Foundry. Creator of these typefaces:

    • The sharp-edged short-legged sans typeface family Liszt FY (2014, Fontyou).
    • Booster FY (2013) and Booster Next FY (2013), both at FontYou, who credits Luis Gomes, who is perhaps the same as Luis Bandovas.
    • The sans typeface families Monza, Local and Mutual, all done in 2016.
    • Autor (2017, Latinotype). A clean sharp sans.
    • Epura (2018, Novatype). A wonderful geometric sans.
    • Majora (2019) and Majora Pro (2019). A slab serif with a nice stencil. Strange that they were allowed to use the name Majora despite Ferdinay Duman's 1989 typeface by the same name.
    • In 2019, Luis Bandovas and Vitoria Neves co-designed the monoline script typeface family CoolKids.
    • Cena (2019, SevenType). A humanist sans typeface family.
    • Ahimsa (2019). A great humanist sans typeface family that feels just right to the eye.
    • Scansky (2020). A 28-style sans.
    • FF Mutual (2020). A 10-style geometric sans based on the credits of Space 1999.
    • Mushin (2021). A 14-style grotesk.

    Behance link. Another Behance link. Linkedin link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Satriyo Hutomo
    [Muntab Art]

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    Savio Bellini
    [Bellini Studio]

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    Sawdust

    Design studio of Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton located in London's Hoxton area. Creators in 2009 of two art deco custom typefaces for Middle Boop magazine, and of many other types for visual identities and projects. One, the art deco typeface New Modern, can be bought exclusively from HypeForType. They also created this type poster for The Last Days of Decadence (2008).

    In 2012, Sawdust published Ivory, a stencilish typeface.

    Shanghai Ranking Numerals (2013) is a multiline typeface commissioned by Shanghai Ranking for Shanghai Jiao Tong's Top 200 Research Universities book. Wired UK (2013) is a commissioned hipster typeface. Lunetta (2013, Hype For Type) is a great multilined labyrinthine headline typeface. Fast Company (2014) is geometric and experimental.

    In 2015, they created the custom typefaces Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant for Nike / Jordan and NBA basketball player Kevin Durant, and the spring-themed typeface Electric Word for an issue of Wired. Still in 2015, they published a geometric alphabet in Nylon, a book curated by Bernstein and Andriulli. Still in 2015, Jonathan Quainton and Rob Gonzalez created a custom typeface for LeBron James.

    In 2016, they designed the successful display typeface Audi for Audi Magazine, UK, in which the letters themselves are adapted to the sleek lines of the Audi Quattro.

    The fashion mag typeface Quainton (2008) was first published as a retail typeface in 2016. Hype For Type link.

    Typefaces from 2020: Neuro X (ultra-condensed, in 12 styles). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    saza

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of kinder2, kindergaden (multiline face), twobees, pyramid (octagonal), Slize, Rich, Omax, Saza (octagonal), format (great vertical stencil face) and Stereo (LED look). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Schala Kitty

    Atlanta-based designer (b. 1984) of Angelique Cosmos Font (2004, stencil). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Scholtz Fonts
    [Anton Scholtz]

    Scholtz Fonts was started by Anton Scholtz (b. Durban, 1941) in 1997. This South African design company is located in Durban, where the Zulu culture of the region has greatly influenced Anton's font design. Klingspor link

    Scholtz sells a fine selection of display types that ooze African themes. An alphabetical list:

    View the typefaces designed by Anton Scholtz. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Schriftgestaltung
    [Georg Seifert]

    Georg Seifert (Schriftgestaltung) is a Bitterfeld-Wolfen and/or Jena, Germany-based designer, born in Halle in 1978. He was a student at the Bauhaus University Weimar and runs Schriftgestaltung.de. He is best known for the free font editor Glyphs, released in 2011. Seifert lives and works in Berlin. His typefaces include

    • Olive Green Mono (2008). A monospaced typeface designed for his own use in email and programming code. Covers Greek and Cyrillic. Published by Schriftgestaltung.
    • Rosa Stencil (2008). A calligraphic stencil typeface. Published by Schriftgestaltung.
    • Azuro (2011). A 4-style screen family developed by Georg Seifert and fine-tuned by Jens Kutilek.
    • Graublau Sans (2005), GrauBlau Sans Kursiv. Has a Cyrillic style. The design of Graublau Sans Pro (20 styles with over 1000 glyphs each) took Georg Seifert over 5 years. Graublau Sans Web is free. Retail versions at MyFonts: Graublau Sans Pro (2008, FDI), Graublau Slab Pro (2012, FDI).
    • Pen (2006). A handwriting font.

    At ATypI 2009 in Mexico City, he introduced his (free) font editor Glyphs to the world. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw.

    Klingspor link. Behance link. Older German URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Scott Albrecht

    Graphic designer who created the stencil family Stencer in 2009. He also made the counterless fat 3d shadow typeface Fruit Basket (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Scott Biersack
    [Continental Type]

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    Scott Calo

    FontStructor, aka truth14ful, who made these pixelish typefaces in 2010: Ball Point, Symbol Sans, Balance sans, Tetris, Math, Marquee, Spacewave, Math, Evening (a stencil based on the EVE logo). In 2011, he made the flared serif typefaces Sophistry Serif Compact and Sophistry Serif Modular, the pixel typefaces fs Gaux 7px Bold (2011), fs Gaux 9px, fs Gaux 7px, and fs Gaux 5px Bold, as well as the avant-garde style Plato Sans, fs Salted Library (2011, a headline font based on the old Union Pacific logo) and Lindenmayer Dingbats (based on IFS fractals---looks like a Sierpinski triangle). FS Greener Grass V2 (2011) is a grotesque headline typeface that imitates FS Greener Grass by Agent Demonic Ladybug. fs Pincoya (2011) and its renamed version, fs Pink Oil (2011) imitate Pincoya Black (Daniel Hernandez). fs Schultasche (2011) is a grotesque face. fs Hudson (2011) is a fat display typeface named after Walter Hudson, one of the heaviest people who ever lived. fsCentury Humanist (2011) is a condensed sans. fs Kaputt (2011) is a pixel face.

    Typefaces from 2012: fs Off The Chain, fs Halo, fs Liberty, Sukai Tsuri (tall condensed face), fs Lesen (perfectly square white on black typeface), fs Washington One, fs Schultasche, fs Savant garde (pixel face), fs Mechanuscript (Trajan caps; +Celtic), fs Gaux (+Ambigram, +9px: pixel typefaces), fs Hard Times (high contrast didone face), Avica, fs Torvalds, fs Titanium, fs Neuron, fs Inception, fs OffTheChain.

    Typefaces from 2013: Dragon Slayer FS.

    Typefaces from 2014: Turnin Two, Down with Jezebel FS, FET Title 2014, fs Messenger, Klein Bottle, Amohat New, ECDb.

    One of my favorites in this collection is fs Hällvetyka 2011), a tall display typeface for posters and murals. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Scott Nuss

    Aspiring architect, amateur graphic designer, and amateur typographer in San Luis Obispo, CA. Gifted a flair and taste for techno, he created Gears of Peace (2010), Disco Diva (2007, multilined, all caps), PerfectDarkZero (2010, stencil), and Nuss Motorsports (2010; stenciled upper case). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Scrambled Buttons

    Creator of the nice fat finger stencilish typeface Fox's Own Second (2011, iFontmaker). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Scriptorium (Ragnarok Press, Fontcraft)
    [David Fleming Nalle]

    Dave Nalle was born in Beirut in 1959, but lives and works in Texas. He is currently in Manor, TX. From his wiki page: Dave Nalle is a political writer, game author and font designer who was active in the early history of the development of the internet. He is Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that promotes libertarianism within the Republican Party and is Senior Politics Editor at Blogcritics online magazine and is the CEO of Scriptorium Fonts. A creative and prolific designer, he has made hundreds of beautiful (often historic) fonts. His outfit, Scriptorium (based near Austin, TX, est. 1989), also does custom font and logo design. At some points, Scriptorium was also known as Ragnarok Press and Fontcraft. It specializes in artsy and ancient typefaces. Some subset of the fonts is made by Michael Scarpitti. Free font demos.

    Images of his best selling fonts. Special subpages:

    • Three free fonts: Onuava (a mini-serifed hybrid fixed-width font), Divona (sans), Sirona (based on Lombardic calligraphy).
    • Lombardic: Aneirin, Benevento (8th century Lombardic), Cymbeline, Fabliaux, Formidable, Locksley.
    • Decorative initials such as the 20th century sign lettering initials set Pencraft Initials (2009), New Saxon Initials (2016, based on work by F.G. Delamotte), Delamotte Initials One (2016), Delamotte Initials Two (2016), Holly Initials (2010, based on Real PenWork (1880s, Knowles and Maxim), Vyones (2010), Vergennes (2001), Cascade (2009), Bergling (2010; based on initials by John M. Bergling).
    • Steampunk typefaces: Clockwork, Gearhead, Gears, Verne, Draughtwork, Belgravia, Boetia, Blackthorn, Linthicum, Good-fellow, Necromantic, Mephisto.
    • Wild West fonts: Academy, Alcalde, Atkinson Boomtown (2009, after the lettering of Frank Atkinson), Atkinson Eccentric (2009), BigIron, Cibola, Del Norte, Lachesis, Perdido, Plowright, Primer, Riudoso, Niederwald, San Lorenzo (2011, with a Mexican and Tuscan look), Stonehouse, Manquo, Rochambeau, Purcell, Vaquero.
    • Arabic simulation fonts: Samaritan is based on the poster lettering of Alphons Mucha from his poster for the play La Samaritan. Serendib and Waziri are based on the hand lettering of René Bull from his edition of the Arabian Nights. Caliph (1993) is derived from Ernst Schneidler's classic Legende font, with variant characters based on his original lettering. Also: Satampra, Jerash, Samarkand, Isfahan.
    • Celtic fonts: the fonts include Constance, Durrow (1993, traditional rendering of Insular Minuscule calligraphy), Malvern, Glendower (based on the most common lettering in the Book of Kells), Knotwork (caps based on Celtic knots), Alba Text (modernized text font based on Celtic uncial lettering), Lindisfarne (based on a square uncial style), Stonecross (1997, derived from Celtic cross and gravestone inscriptions), Celtic Spirals (dingbats), Celtic Borders font (lets you combine key strokes to form decorative borders; many frames and borders are original Celtic designs by Arts&Crafts period artists like Evelyn Paul and Louis Rhead), Spiral Initials, Brigida (based on Rudolph Koch's interpretation of a squared uncial), Macteris Uncial, Coverack (heavy non-traditional uncial), Dahaut (modernized uncial), Dunsany, Glendower, Morgow (1999, spiral uncial), Teyrnon (elaborate spurred uncial), Padstow (heavy uncial), Vafthrudnir (2011, uncial), Sualtim and Columba (decorative initials based on characters found in the Book of Kells), Albemarle (2001).
    • Oriental simulation fonts: Yoshitoshi (2003, based on the 1900-style writing by Yoshi Toshi.
    • Gothic fonts, including Alt Gothic, Koch Gothic, Barnabas (2011), Sternhagen (2014), Montgisard (2010, roman capitals with blackletter lower case), Serenissima, Gelderland, Alcuin, Monumental, Goldwork, Waldeck, Roncesvalles, Montressor (2010, ornamental blackletter capitals), T4C Beaulieux (1998, a free copy here), Bastarda (2011), Burgundian, Cadeaulx, Collins Old English, Courtrai, Descant, Ereshkigal, Faustus, Franconian (1993, a Schwabacher), Froissart (2000), Ghost Gothic, Katisha, Koch Gothic, Ligeia, Magdeburg, Magdelena, Melusine, Pyle Gothic, Rheingold, Sanctum, Stuttgart Gothic (2010), Textura, Theodoric, Yngling (2002).
    • German expressionist: Dromon.
    • Renaissance fonts: Monumental Gothic, Caswallon (a Caslon family), humanist cursive (Palmieri, Castiglione and Hanes Italic), quirky Italian cursives (Fiorenza and Alleghieri), a Roman style hand-lettered font (Rudolfo and Rudolfo Swash), a Trajan-style Roman lettering (Hadrianus), a classic flourished cursive (Trinculo) and a set of floral intials from the Quattrocento (Fraticelli).
    • Modern poster fonts: Ascelon, Bilitis, Cosmic Dude, Dromon, Ducatus Rough, Eglantine (after Central Type Foundry's Quaint Roman), Ekberg (2002, based on Samuel Welo's posters), Fortinbras, Hamilton, Jambon, Oblivion, Posada (2008, based on the poster lettering of Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada), Squiffy, Suspicion, Magnin (2003).
    • Mapmaker fonts: building elements are available in Basilica; Ortelius is a map dingbat font; Queensland (based on lettering by artist and calligrapher Eric Sloane), is bold, hand-drawn and reminiscent of medieval writing on maps. There are also Brandywine, Daresiel, Hesperides, Longhorne, Windlass (1996), and Cityscape. Orford (2008) is based on samples of hand lettering from a 1693 manuscript collected by Lewis Day in his classic book on historical paleography, Alphabets Old and New.
    • Calligraphic fonts: Albemarle (2001), Azariel, Moncrief (2011, based on the calligraphy of J.M. Bergling), Pavane, Rasael (2009), Abdiel (2005), Roncesvalles, Gazardiel (2003, connected script), Spoonbill (2003, arts and crafts), Macteris (Roman uncial font), Antioch Uncial (Roman uncial font), Burgundian (Classic black letter font), Franconian (993, a classic black letter font), Castiglione (Attractive Renaissance lettering), Cicero (Roman Rustica font), Formidable (1993, very bold late medieval / Lombardic style), Collins Old English (Classic Old English style gothic), Corbei Uncial (Roman uncial font), Cymbeline (late medieval lettering), Durrow (Standard insular minuscule uncial font), Theodoric (Classic black letter font), Gazardiel, Ghost Gothic (Unusual gothic font), Glendower (Uncial font based on Book of Kells), Gloriana (Interesting hand lettering style), Folkard (from the hand-lettering of Charles Folkard), Offenbach Chancery, Ranegund Merovingian Courthand, Benevento (8th century Lombardic), Hesperides.
    • Art deco typefaces: Imperatore (2018: based on a hand lettered design from California art deco master designer Pedro de Lemos in the 1920s), Speakeasy (2018), Gates of the West (2018), Lyceum (2014), Borealis (2009), Criterion (2011), Illuminata, Madding (2009, a bold poster font that grew out of Aventine), Alexandrine (2009), art Deco Stencil (2009, based on samples of Art Deco stencil lettering by Pedro Lemos), Falmouth.
    • Art nouveau typefaces: Acadian, Agravain (2009), Amphitryon (2009), Ariosto, Asphodel, Averoigne, Beaumains (2011, based on J.M. Bergling's lettering), Beauvoir, Belgravia (based on J.M. Bergling), Bernhardt (based upon the lettering of the Czech art-nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha), Bentham, Berenicia, Boetia (2003, based on J.M. Bergling's lettering), Bruges, Bucephalus (1993), Burd Ellen (2009), Butterfield (1993; in Alfred Roller's style), Cafe Society (2018), Curetana, Damariscotta, Elsene (2011, based on lettering by early 20th century illustrator Clara Elsene Peck), Elysian, Exotique, Flaubert, Gaheris, Ganelon, Gehenna, Goodfellow, Grammophon (2019: a bold Jugendstil poster font), Harbinger, Huyot (2016, after Georges Auriol's types), Jugendstil Kunsthand (2003), Lysander, Maginot (1993; after Peter Schnorr, 1898), Munich (after the Munchner Jugend magazine), Norumbega, Odeon, Ormandine (2010), Pantagruel, Phaeton, Reggio, Rochmbeau, Rockne (2009), Rudolfo, Setebos, Sprite, Summerisle, Sylphide (2005), Undine, Valentin (2008), Vambrace (2010), Walhal, Wendingen (2016), Wormwood (2018), Zeitschrift (2016, based on the Ver Sacrum magazine).
    • Modern poster fonts: Field Day (2003), Ascelon, Bilitis, Cosmic Dude, Dromon, Ducatus Rough, Eglantine (after Central Type Foundry's Quaint Roman), Ekberg (2002, based on Samuel Welo's posters), Fortinbras, Hamilton, Jambon, Oblivion, Squiffy.
    • Constructivist fonts: Krasny Mir (2009), Vrubel, Structura (1997).
    • Futuristic fonts: Alecto, Angelus, Circuit, Culdrose, Gearhead, Ironclaw, Parika, Sanhedrin, Semiramis (1997), Slither, Structuro, Yazata, Adastra (dings).
    • Borders and ornaments. These include New Arets and Crafts Borders (20912, based on The Calendar of Golden Thoughts (Barse and Hopkins Publ, 1911).
    • Boneyard fonts: Undertaker (2014), Antrobus (2010), Sepultura (2002), Halloweenies, Dementia, Boneyard, Skull and Bones, Malagua (1999-2013), Paleos (2002, from titling of B movies in the cave girl genre), Carmilla, Abaddon, Black Cow (1998), Valdemar, Cuede, Ligeia, Mayhem, Mephisto, Golgotha, Sanguinary, Ironworks, Moravia, Gehenna, Nosegrind (2005, graffiti), Corpus, Ghostly.
    • School fonts: Schoolhand (2010).
    • Arts and Crafts movement (late Victorian period, 19th century), based on work and lettering by Walter Crane, William Morris, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Elbert Hubbard. The Arts&Crafts movement was enormously influential on the works of designers, artists and architects of the 20th century, and inspired the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. Fonts include William Morris' Kelmscott (based on Morris' Troy type), and True Golden, fonts from the Glasgow branch of the movement like Chelsea Studio (1997), which is based on Charles Rennie Mackintosh's lettering, fonts from the Roycrofters of New York like Semiramis and Ganelon, fonts based on Walter Crane's work such as Crane Gothic, Pencraft Initials (2009) and Walter Crane, and even fonts from the California Arts&Crafts period of the early 1900s like Coloma. Other typefaces: Jesse M. King (refreshed in 2015, and based on hand lettering from a frontispiece design by Glasgow-based Jessie King who was known for her lavish book covers), Aylward, Palmyra (based on work by the Roycrofters, a design community founded by Elbert Hubbard), Aylward (2010, Victorian), Hyacinth Initials, Spoonbill, Adresack (1996: inspired by the arts and crafts lettering styles of designers like Charles Rennie MacKintosh and Jessie M. King), Brandywine, Changeling (2009, based on lettering by fairy artist Fanny Railton), Goddard, and Advertising Gothic (2003), Valentin, Gaheris, Agravain (2009). Delaguerra (2001-2009) is based on a lettering style originating in the California Arts&Crafts period commonly associated with Mission Style. It is still in common usage in signage at historical sites in California.
    • Victorian: Beaumarchais, Berenicia, Bilibin, Brandywine, Brigidis, Curetana, Durendal, Elphinstone, Flaubert, Folkard, Gjallarhorn, Gloriana, Hermia, Ironclaw, Magnus.
    • Typewriter: Fontcraft Courier.
    • Anthroposophic: Ekberg (2002, based on a sample of poster lettering by Samuel Welo).
    • Medieval fonts of Scriptorium, critiqued by Marc Smith, page 65: Batwynge is based on lettre gffe by Geofroy Tory (1529), and not on an illuminated manuscript of the tenth century as claimed by Scriptorium. Perigord (1993) is based on a Carolingian alphabet drawn by Ernst Bentele in 1952. Allencon is a calligraphic font based on an interpretation of 6th century Ostrogothic Italian calligraphy.
    Some selected fonts: Finchley (psychedelic), Captain Kidd (2012, an original font design based on the title lettering from the classic pirate movie starring Charles Laughton), Aerobrush (2011), Fondry Ornament (2009), Atkinson Egyptian (2008, after the lettering of Frank Atkinson), Verne (2008: remade in 2020 into Covid19), Goldwork (almost blackletter), BigBlok (2010), LetterpressGothic (2010), Plymouth (2010, in the style of Cooper Bold), Broadley (2008, an architecturally inspired script based on lettering by British architect and designer C.F.A. Voysey), Locksley (2004, medieval lettering), Tuscarora (curly lettering), Fiorenza (Renaissance calligraphy), Hesperides (old colonial calligraphic script), Angelus (beautifully printed monospaced script), Esperanza (1996, connected medieval handwriting), Ithuriel (2002), Alleghieri (2002), Hamilton (2002), Spiral Initials, Zothique (great font, based on hand lettering from a map of Clark Ashton Smith's fantasy world of Zothique), Reynard (semi-Celtic), Daresiel (elegant script), Caliph (1992, Arabic simulation), Bassackwards, Rosalinde (1999, handwriting), Arakne (2000, connected handwriting), Falconis (by Michael Scarpitti), Asrafel (semi-Celtic), Swithin (2004), Tyrfing (Art Nouveau/Fraktur, 1999), Waldeck (2008, blackletter), Woburn Initials, Stampwork, Draughtwork, Roughwork (a codex font derived from Nalle's own True Golden which is based on a=n earlier typeface by arts and crafts master William Morris), Melusine (gothic calligraphy), Corbei (uncial), Niederwald (hand lettering), Gjallarhorn (great uncial), Gaiseric (early medieval uncial), Taranis (1987, an uncial first drawn as a font for the cover of the old Ysgarth roleplaying system), De Bellis (roman era, by Michael Scarpitti), Engravers Gothic, Monimental Initials, Sanhedrin (Enemy of the State font), Vespasiano (roman capitals, by Michael Scarpitti), Bilitis, Hendrix (2002), Collins OE (old English), Samedi, Praitor, Evadare (1993, based on a character set which was hand calligraphed by Rudolf Koch), Koch Fantasie (1993), Black Cow (1998). Zothique, Ruritania, Mariner (2004, based on hand lettering originally done by Willy Pogany), Trinculo (a swinging cursive font), Texas Star (2002), Octavian (antique demi-serif font), Ruffian (antique type font), Ascelon (thin sans serif font), Munich (title lettering from Munchner Jugend magazine), Necromantic (bizarre bold titling font), Titania (romantic decorative lettering font), Oberon (bold romantic font), Knotwork, Guede (1993), Pullman, Purcell (Victorian circus poster style font), Allegheny, Carmilla, Malagua (1999-2013), Ardenwood, Platthand, Buccaneer, Cochin Archaic (2010), Boswell (1994), Guilford (based on lettering by artist and calligrapher Eric Sloane), Death Ray (2012, constructivist), Alecto (futuristic), Candlemas (2003), Bridgeport (2003, based on lettering by artist and calligrapher Eric Sloane), Medieval Tiles (2003), Linthicum (2003), Draughtwork (2003), Yngling (Fraktur, 2003), Rheingold (elaborate Fraktur: Music Hall Text elsewhere; see also Teuton Text, Cincinnati Type Foundry, 1877), Kidd (2003), Belgravia (2004), Peck Shields (2004), Scrawlies (2000, handcrafted), Albrecht Durer Gothic (2004), Orpheus (2004), InduXtrial (2004, a grunge face), Yoshitoshi (2003), Veronique (2004), Veneto (2006), Vidilex (1993, monospaced), Abelarde (2006), John Speed (1993: a mapmaker font), Furbelow (2006), Estoril (2006), Tangle, Aventine (sans), Texas Star (2002), Groningen (Bauhaus design), Nevins Hand, Scrapple (2011, Victorian, ornamental), Leodegar (2011, based on samples of 7th century Frankish hand lettering), Candlemass (2012).

    Fonts from 2013: Doge (a Venetian font based on a J.M. Bergling revival), Original Django (after the titling font in Quentin Tarantino's movie Django Unchained).

    Fonts from 2014: Highball, Carillon (based on a typeface by Samuel Welo), Edifice (based on lettering by J.M. Bergling).

    Fonts from 2015: Gods of Mars (an inline sci-fi typeface), Rykov (based on a 1930s Ukrainian constructivist style; Latin and Cyrillic), Vie Moderne (French art deco), Dahlgren, Grand Concours (art deco), Tantalus, Power Tie (art deco), Marquis Greeking.

    Fonts from 2016: Ekberg Modern (based on lettering samples by Samuel Welo from poster designs of the 1920s), Knuckleduster, Tzaphkiel, Sarandiel, Primrose Initials, Elizabethan Script (chancery style), Zeitschrift (an art nouveau font based on the Ver Sacrum magazine), Wendingen (Dutch deco), Memento Mori (Tuscan), Rounders (art deco).

    Fonts from 2017: Buzzmill (wooden plank font), Pumpkin Patch Initials, Talinn, Reliquary, Nopalito, Scattershot (script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Marionettas (a Mexican horror movie poster font), Fascination, Architextura, Santa Sangre, Glyphos.

    Typefaces from 2019: Cafe Corso (art nouveau), Comic Classix.

    Fnts released in 2020: Epigramatic (based on lettering by Dard Hunter for the Roycroft Press in the early 1900s), Cryptos (graffiti).

    Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Dafont link.

    View David Nalle's typefaces. Scriptorrium's library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    SD170147

    FontStructor who made the dot matrix and stencil series SD4702 through SD4706 in 2010. In 2011, he made 0-9 only. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    S.E. Norton

    Designer of the paper-fold stencil typeface Norton Tape at Photo-Lettering. This typeface was digitized in 2012 by Kimberly Winder for PhotoLettering / House Industries.

    He also created Norton Slpastick (a wood simulation face) at PhotoLettering Inc. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sea Types
    [Jefferson Cortinove]

    Sea Types is the partly free partly commercial type foundry of Jefferson Cortinove (artist, designer, teacher, sailor and wine maker) and publicist Márcio Duarte in Florianopolis and Marilia, Brazil, est. 2007. Their initial typefaces include FloriGlyphos (2013, multilined alchemic typeface based on petroglyphs found on Santa Catarina island), TCC Sans (2013), Cort9Hand (hand-printed), Ink9 (2009), Leftheria (2009, condensed; based on the Greek Ionic columns; improved to Leftheria Pro in 2017), Prostimo Sans (2011), Lilith, Sailing (2011, a flowing type), Decliv9 (techno face), Wabi MD (2009, a free typeface by Marcio Duarte), Nucleo (2010, a free sci-fi typeface by Duarte), Ladle (2013, hairline organic sans), Text Box (2010-2013, a free regular and stencil family by Marcio Duarte), 9Sans (2013), Coffee (2013, hairline sans), Elancho (2013, vernacular typeface).

    Typefaces from 2014: Nautikka, Metric Navy (a thin monoline architectural lettering font, followed in 2015 by Metric Navcy Pro), Cambirela (a 12-style superelliptical typeface family for Latin and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2015: Buozzi (a text typeface inspired by sketches and notes by Sao Paulo-based printer Walter Buozzi), Add (circle-based decorative typeface).

    Typefaces from 2016: Kareemah (humanist sans typeface family), Hercilio (inspired by the architectural forms of the Hercilio Luz Bridge in Florianopolis).

    Typefaces from 2017: DiGrado (after the book cover lettering in the 1960s by Brazilian designer Vicente Di Grado).

    Typefaces from 2018: Ballarih (humanist sans), Agake (a comic book or cartoon font), Selma.

    Behance link. Dafont link. Another Dafont link. Another Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sébastien Delobel

    French designer, b. 1972, Lille. He graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, and cofounded Atelier Telescopique in Lille in 1998. This became Ainsifont in 2007.

    Designer of these typefaces: Acopik (2000), Bizeau (2002), Byme (2007), Beye (2007), Fish (2001), Fisher (2007), Kune (2008), Lailuya (2007), Equinox (2000, a liquid font), Delory (2002), Lanne (2001, typefaces), Stronote (2002), Nuk (2002), Normal (2000), Merik (2002), Mulette (2005), Normal (2007), Raoul (2007), Rondie (2003), Lienne (with Xavier Meurice, 2001), SV01 (2002, dingbat), the pixel and dot fonts Kune (2002), Le Dixca (2000), and the free dot fonts Steroid (2002), Vabo (2002), Bepierre (2002), LeCicerond (2000-2001).

    He participates in the type cooperative Ainsifont in Lille. His typefaces there include

    • The rounded sans typeface Fluo (2012-2014, with Xavier Meurice).
    • Rijsel (2013, sans).
    • Tomica (2012). A geometric sans that was influenced by Futura. Designed in 2009 for the corporate visual identity of a digital television channel, Tomica was completely redesigned in 2011.
    • Rubal (2010-2011). A bold stencil face. Originally designed by Atelier Télescopique for College Lévi-Strauss, a secondary school in Lille.
    • Screenex (2011). A pixel typeface done in memory of the hated Minitel (1980-2012).
    • AF Singolo (2012, with Xavier Meurice). A stencil typeface created for Lille Design.
    • Mento (2015, with Xavier Meurice). Original from 2007. Raoul (2007, with Xavier Meurice). Original created for the Kursaal in Dunkirk, and named in honor of Lille-based singer Raoul de Godewarsvelde.
    • Playtime (2012-2018). A stackable sans typeface by Xavier Meurice and Sébastien Delobel.
    • Unida (2016, Ainsifont). Sans serif typeface designed in 2012 for the signage system of the international Campus of Hautes Ecoles d'Ingénieurs in Lille, France. The character set of the font has been optimized and extended between 2013 and 2016.
    • Mona Mono (2018-2020). Originally designed in 2018 for the Riffy International Animation Film Festival in Korea, the 5-style inktrapped Mona Mono family is now used exclusively used by Mecanorma brand to be printed on clothes by letterpress transfer.
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    Sébastien Marchal

    French designer of the free octagonal typeface Commune Nuit Debout (2018). It includes a stencil style "Pochoir" and a Regular solid style. The social motivation behind this typeface:

    Commune is a typeface family whose design and construction were inspired by the wood display characters of nineteenth century posters. It was developed during a postgraduate degree in type design at ESAD Amiens in 2008. It includes 240 fonts of various width, weight and designs, but all based on the same structure; it is (almost) voluntarily drawn without any optical correction. The name "Commune" refers to the common, banal, raw aspect of its structure, but also to the Paris Commune (1871), a short but emblematic revolutionary episode during which laws and decrees were put up during their development on the walls of Paris, ensuring daily communication to the citizens (during the 2 months of the insurrection 398 posters were composed at the Imprimerie Nationale).

    In early 2016, Sébastien Marchal participated in General meetings that gave birth to Nuit Debout. When the name "Nuit Debout" was chosen on the electronic lists to designate the future occupation of the Place de la République, he immediately chose within his typeface family "Commune" the narrowest version, the most condensed, the one "standing up" (called "Commune B1San 31" in my nomenclature), to shape this name and to design the poster and the emblem of the event. After the first night of successful occupation, people kept coming back day after and it became clear that this movement would last; the comrades asked Sébastien to design new leaflets and posters every day; a myriad of "commissions" appeared one after the other, and in this joyous disorganization, everybody tried to reproduce it as well as possible the Nuit Debout emblem and its type design that nobody could---and for good reason---to find on the net. So he decided very soon to release for free this version of his typeface family "Commune", under Creative Commons license.

    Two years after the end of Nuit Debout, this font is now easily available to all thanks to VTF, under the name "Commune Nuit Debout", as a tribute to a movement that has brought hopes, and is more relevant than ever.

    Sébastien Marchal at Velvetyne. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sean Cordes

    Student at the Art Institute of Phoenix in 2017. His type designs include PB Stencil (2017: a military stencil), and Salty Sand Sans (2017: triangle-themed). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sean Eden

    Canadian creator of the spiky stencil typeface Tatted Teez Canada (2011, FontStruct, based on Wallachia by Intaglio). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sean Lenahan

    San Diego, CA-based designer of Future Militia Impact Stencil (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Seattle 12: Seattle Typeface Workshop

    At this workshop organized in Seattle in 2012 by Karen Cheng and François Porchez, students developed the following typefaces:

    • Brianna Ailie, Jenny Alarco, Tom Conroy, Kaitlan Hamby, and Sydney Mito created the sans typeface Bakery.
    • Alison Atwell, Ryan Byarlay, Jessica Gordon and Fanny Luor created Caswell, a copperplate face.
    • Rachel Jacques, Chloe Myers, Olivia Peterschmidt, and Lia Prins created the impish text typeface Dulce.
    • The didone stencil typeface Rille was created by Katarina Batina, Elly Chao, Nick Simmons and Ryan Smith.
    • Melody Ericksen, Daphne Hsu, Dana Lee and Jon Sandler created the squarish typeface Vetta (2012).
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    Sebastián Gagin

    Graphic designer and illustrator in Buenos Aires (b. 1985, Buenos Aires). In 2009, he experimented with mechanical letters in Mech Type.

    In 2011, he made the nearly-blackletter typeface Güten Tag (which was started in 2006), and the rounded sans typeface Seattle.

    At Tipos Latinos 2012, Sebastián Gagin won an award in the display type category for Kiwi Extendida, which was inspired by the blackboard signs found in grocery stores around Buenos Aires.

    In 2012, he created the connected upright Lara Script, and the beautiful monoline rounded sans typeface Seattle (which was inspired by Bauhaus). He created a number of vernacular typefaces for the Masticar food fair in Buenos Aires in 2012.

    In 2017, he designed the stencil typeface Faena Art for the Faena Art foundation, which has chapters in Buenos Aires and Miami Beach.

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    Sebastian Castellanos De La Hoz
    [Bastarda Type (was: No Name Type Foundry)]

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    Sebastian Seidler

    Sebastian is the Buenos Aires (and before that, Quilmes), Argentina-based designer of OpusPix (2007, letters with hairline swashes), the sci-fi typeface Playmoon (2017), and Baire Stijl (2017: a De Stijl stencil font).

    Dafont link. Type blog. Abstract Fonts link. Behance link [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sebastien Sanfilippo
    [Love Letters]

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    Seceme Design (or: SCM Design)
    [Valentin Cioaca]

    Bucharest, Romania-based creator of the modular typeface Monavi (2015), the monoline organic sans typeface Antema (2016), Draft Brush (2017), Draft Brush Stencil (2017), and the creamy upright script Corso (2017). In 2019, Seceme published the rounded spurred typeface Arcane Inline, Blockey, and the script typefaces Antonio, Armin, and Jester. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sed4 Type Foundry (or: Sed4tives)
    [Ron Ruedisueli]

    Dutch professional music producer and audio engineer who founded his own record label. He also makes (mostly free) fonts. His work:

    • A FontStruct series called STF Letters op Maat, which attempts to recreate all alphabets designed by Dutch Bauhaus designer Jurriaan Schrofer (1926-1990). That list: STF Cutout 1985 (+Solid), STF JS Bevel (+Fill), STF Grafisch, STF Etage Aanduiding (17x17-Inline 1, 17x17-Inline 2, 17x17-Medium Fill, 17x17-Multiline, 17x17-Full Fill, 5x5 Matrix, Hi-res) [op-art, prismatic], STF Gemeentereiniging, STF Berlage (after the letters Schrofer originally designed for The "Beurs Van Berlage", a commodity market building located in the centre of Amsterdam. Later it was also digitalized and used to for the Dutch passport), STF Elevated (3d shadow typeface), STF Semiotica (Incised Outline, Incised, Book, Regular, Title), STF Sater, STF Sans Severe (Light, Heavy, Outlined, Multilines), STF Sans Rounded, STF Avant-Garde i10, STF Schrofer Modular Blocks, STF Social Human Trends (Outlined, Solid, Fill Isolated, Outined Isolated), STF Girokantoor, STF Marx (Solid, Striped), STF Squared Sans, STF Onleesbaar Alfabet (Stroke, Solid, Outlined), STF Bols Jaarverslag, STF Bredero (for the Bredero Bouwbedrijf), STF A.S.C. Communications, STF Connaissance et Langage, STF Paspoort, STF Last Warning (v1), STF Connected Squares (+Fill, +v2 Headline, +v2 Fill, +v2 Outline).
    • Other FontStruct typefaces, now over 180 in all, made in 2017-2018. Included are STF Down Vote, STF Slab Inn (a Western font), STF Polygon Window (hexagonal), STF Kalender (based on a 1976 calendar with octagonal letters by Wim Crouwel), STF See You in 2019 (a tiled font), STF Uni (a varsity font), STF Geo Gothique, STF Tegel (a kitchen tile font), STF Don't Count on Me, STF Hyster (a modernist stencil), STF Der Zyklus, STF Scriptorium (blackletter), STF Paradox, STF Sutoraipu Origami Multiline, STF Sutoraipu Origami Filled Stencil, STF Futureline, STF Frescher (Escher-inspired), STF Whiskey-A-Go Go, STF Labrat (op-art, prismatic), STF Tranziztor, STF Otto Font Schirach (mosaic lettering), STF BFG (condensed piano key style), STF Ace of Maze, STF Amsterdam School, STF Neon Flux, STF Wendingen 1922 (based on a old brochure by Wendingen for the Internationale Theater Tentoonstelling Amsterdam 1922; letters designed by Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld (1885-1987)), STF Van Nelle (based on an early 1900's poster ad for Van Nelle coffee), STF Purple Maze, STF Militia Stencil, STF Idiocracy (stencil), STF Rode Draad, STF Praesens (based on the lettering found in the second issue of Polish avant garde architectural magazine Praesens), STF Fabricon (a De Stijl stencil; +Outline, +CrossSection), STF Defrag, STF Trilineae, STF Bolsjewie (constructivist), STF Kraftwerk (a tiled typeface; after a 2015 poster by Chuck Sperry for Kraftwerk), STF De Stijl, STF Portfolio Peeters (a tribute to Belgian modernist artist Jozef Peeters (Antwerp, 1895-1960), based on the folder art for his 1921 linocut portofolio), STF Sector 7 (military stencil).
    • Pax Romana. Based on the capitalis monumentalis seen at the base of Trajan's Column.
    • STF Espionaje. Inspired by the lettering found on a vintage sheet music cover art for "La Java bousculée" (1924).
    • STF Oudvreugde's Ontwaken. Based on the Dutch deco lettering of Dutch graphic designer Frederika Sophia (Fré) Cohen (1903-1943). The letters were taken from a book cover design for the "Arbeiders-jeugdcentrale Amsterdam" which was published in 1924.
    • Typefaces from 2019: STF Blauhaus (Bauhaus-inspired), STF Type O Negative, STF Bodidone, STF Textualis Batavicum (blackletter), STF Alhambra Blvd, STF Type O Negative, STF Ein Berliner, STF Geo Grotesque (in the style of TT Norms and LL Circular), STF Innercity (art deco), STF Photonia (futuristic), STF Square Grylls, STF Mizollen (labyrinthine), STF Mr Bob Doubalina, STF Plateau Disco (groovy), STF Uncialis Modularis (uncial).
    • Typefaces from 2020: STF Schlanke Schöne, STF Care Sensitive.

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    Sembodo Studio

    Purbalingga, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1996, of Java Brush (2018), the heavy stencil typeface Robotop (2018) and the dripping paint font Dhemit (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Serebryakov Type Foundry (or: Serebryakov TF, S TF; was Onetypethree Foundry, or: Dzianis Serabrakou)
    [Denis Serebryakov]

    Denis Serebryakov's Design studio in Minsk, Belarus creates logotypes and identity based on original lettering and own production fonts. Appetite (2011) is a black upright script family. It was followed by Appetite Contrast (2012) and the italic version, Appetite New (2012), the sketched version, Appetite Sketch (2013), and Appetite Rounded (2014). In 2016, it was updated to Appetite Pro. In 2017, it was extended to Appetite Pro Rounded.

    Myster (2012) is a random font in which each glyph has three alternatives. General (2012) is an elegant casual sans family. Germes (2012) is a grotesk family with some contrast and with some reverse serifs added sparingly. Germes Sans (2012) is the sans version.

    Statut (2012) is an elegant thin typeface that is based on calligraphic work by Belarusian artist Pavel Semchenko.

    Oldsman No. 1 (2012) is a fashion mag typeface.

    Displace (2013, +Displace Cut, +Displace 2.0 in 2019, +Displace Serif in 2019) is a sans typeface drawn with a tilted nib. Ultratype (2013) is an angular typeface designed for Ultralab.

    Typefaces from 2014: Bouquet (a fat brushy script, with Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2015: Ultratype Beta.

    Typefaces from 2016: Nature Product.

    Typefaces from 2017: Canapa (humanistic sans), Rozza (a curvy decorative stencil typeface).

    Typefaces from 2018: Epos.

    Typefaces from 2019: AMDG (a sans commissioned by Artox Media design Group).

    Typefaces from 2020: Nekst (a 7-style geometric sans with a reference to bent metal tubing; +a variable style).

    Typefaces from 2021: Taler (a 7-style avant-garde slab serif featuring plastic stiffness).

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    Serge Inacio

    Creator of the modular vertical stencil typeface Sai19 (2012, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sergey Godovalov
    [True Story Letterworks]

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    Sergey Pleshkov

    Together with Julia Krysanova (or Julia Artamanova), Moscow-based Sergey Pleshkov designed the flared (lapidary) Latin / Cyrillic text typeface Flandria in 2013. This typeface has its dedicated site. Flandria comes in Regular, Italic, Display and Poster (stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sergey Shapovalov
    [Shapovalov Fonts]

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    Sergi Delgado

    Sergi Delgado is a graphic designer and illustrator in Barcelona. He created the piano key modular stencil typeface Gado (2013). In 2015, he made the wonderful rotating op-art Candy Numbers.

    In 2017, Sergi Delgado and Daniel Wenzel co-designed the textured op-art typeface Aigua.

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    Sergio Berkenbrock

    Graphic design student in Brazil. Designer at FontStruct of these fonts in 2009: Dead or Alive (Western font), Gold Mine (Tuscan), Safehouse Sessions (piano key stencil), Rose, and Nu Jazz (counterless, experimental), Black Rounded Stencil, Sessions Cover. In 2010, he added Burgos, a gothic script. Aka El Huesudo II. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sergio Martins

    Portuguese designer of the display typeface Cabra (2014), which is named after its source of inspiration, the Coimbra University Tower. In 2015, he made the circle-based avant-garde typeface Undique. In 2016, he designed Clarendon Stencil and Sudoeste. Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sergio Ramírez Llamas
    [Sardiez]

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    Sergio Rebelo

    Coimbra, Portugal-based designer of the modular typefaces Sesnado (2015) and sesnado Stencil (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sergio Vichique

    Mexican designer of these technical or techno typefaces in 2020: Srg BlockShot (stencil), 23F (an LED font), Srg Linear (a monolinear circular sans). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sergiy Tkachenko
    [4th February]

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    Seruput (or: Barokah, or: Graptail)
    [Teuku Deky Firnanda]

    Indonesian design studio located in Banda Aceh, run by Teuku Deky Firnanda, b. 1989. In 2013 it published the free Comic Sans-style typeface Barokah, Purbacala (hand-lettered posater face), Hardline, Hardline Grunge, and Hardline Stencil.

    In 2014, they created Kahitna, Stand By Slab, Laskar (signage script), Aleandra (a flowing script), Gemulay Script (signage script family), Monday (script face), Transmetal and Bringin (a free connected script).

    Typefaces from 2015: Apashi, Anthem Script (a ronde style connected script), Honeymoon Script, Devious, Dankita Script (brush script), Ringdena (connected calligraphic script), DorayakiScript, Realist, Hillda Script, Angelline Script, Karmela Script, Lemonade.

    Typefaces from 2016: Pathout Script (for signage), Manisly Script, Kaitlyn Script, Trapline, Regaled Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Antigena, Duffish (a heavy upright script), Sarcastic (+Inline; Victorian; published in 2019 as Sarkastic), Pathout Script, Young Coconut Script (signage brush script), Blastrick (Tuscan / Victorian), Smooth Boy, Bringin, Delitha.

    Typefaces from 2018: Dropslide (Victorian), Laskar Script, Aerohate (Victorian), Jailetter (spurred), Grantmouth, Monday Script, Karmela Script, Apashy, Ropstone (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2019: Arastin (Serif+Script), Herina, Grantmouth Vol. 2 (art nouveau), Crotila.

    Typefaces from 2020: Rodest (a decorative serif), Histories Family (a fairy book display serif), Boheld (a vintage collection with Sans, Serif, Bold, Condensed, and Inline styles), Morthern (a decorative Victorian typeface).

    Typefaces from 2021: Sarcastic Nova (Victorian caps), Ringift (a decorative serif), Norteam (a 9-style vintage all caps collection), Lorida (a compressed display serif), Sernes (an 18-style condensed all caps display serif), Bunga Pro (a stylish curly romantic serif), Koling (a romantic cursive font), Klipan Black, Rhinegold (a heavy display serif with diamond-shaped tittles).

    Dafont link. Behance link. Graptail link. Another Creative Market link. Graphicriver link. Type Department link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Seryozha Rasskazov
    [Zeh Foundry]

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    Sete Std
    [Alexandre Ruda]

    Brazilian designer of the stencil typeface STP Stencil (2019) and the octagonal typeface STP Display (2019). In 2020, Anderson Ruda and Alexandre Ruda released STP Display Cyrillic (all caps, octagonal) and STP Stencil Cyrillic (all caps, octagonal). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Setup (was: Urtd)
    [Ondrej Jób]

    Bratislava-based type and graphic designer (b. 1984, Czechoslovakia). He graduated from AFAD Bratislava, and in 2009 from the Type and Media program at KABK, where he designed Doko, a serifed text family derived from handlettering. Earlier, he created the Preissig-look family Kompilat (2007), and the monospace font Monoxil (2007).

    In 2008, Peter Bilak, Eike Dingler, Ondrej Jób, and Ashfaq Niazi created the 21-style family History at Typotheque: Based on a skeleton of Roman inscriptional capitals, History includes 21 layers inspired by the evolution of typography. These 21 independent typefaces share widths and other metric information so that they can be recombined. Thus History has the potential to generate thousands of different unique styles. History 1, e.g., is a hairline sans; History 2 is Peignotian; History 14 is a multiline face; History 15 is a stapler face, and so forth.

    He founded Urtd in 2009 in Liptovsky Hradok, Slovakia, and renamed it Setup in 2016. He sells these fonts: the ION family (2010, LED simulation typefaces), Outliner (2008, architectural lettering), and the icon sets Ico Weather (2010), Ico Time (2010) and Ico Phone (2010). Klimax Bold (2008) is in the ultra-ultra-fat art deco category, and won an award at TDC2 2009 for display face. See also Klimax Plus (2009).

    Creations in 2011: Clip (2011) is a 4-style Opentype-feature-loaded paperclip family.

    Typefaces made in 2012: Remi (useful monospaced geometric sans family), Bismuth (angular techno family), Bismuth Stencil.

    In 2013, Ondrej Job published the script typeface Odesta. Odesta won an award at TDC 2014.

    Typefaces from 2014: Woodkit (a series of grungy wood emulation typefaces for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic published at Typotheque; Woodkit won second prize in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition), Pexico and Pexico Micro (pixel typefaces). Woodkit won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014.

    In 2020, he designed the warm sligtly flared typeface family Clarinet. See also Clarinet Wide (2020).

    Corporate typefaces by Ondrj Job include Milkface, About Face and Fox Sports Netherlands.

    MyFonts link. Typedia link. Behance link. Klingspor link. Village link. Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Shadowy Mist
    [Laurie Preston]

    Laurie Preston's free dingbats at Shadowy Mist can be recognized by their LP prefix. Aka Laurie Nighthawk, she used to run Designheaven, then Shadowy Mist, and then Font Cellar around 1999-2000. The dingbat fonts made there include lpartdec5, lpartdeco1, lpartdeco2, lpartdeco3, lpartdeco4, lpbirds1, lpbirds2, lpbunnies1, lpflowers, lpflowers2, lpfood, lpholidays, lpholidays1, lpinsects, lpleaves, lpmyth, lpmyth2, lpnature (2001), lporient1, lpornamental1, lprabbits1, lpromantic1, lpscroll1, lpsnowflake, lpsports1, lpsports2, lpstencil1, lpstencil2, lpstencil3, lpstencil4, lpwildlife1, lpwildlife2.

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    Shahab Siavash
    [Si47ash Fonts]

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    Shamfonts (was: Shamrocking.com)
    [Jeroen Klaver]

    Shamfonts (was: Shamrocking and before that, Kingotype) is a Dutch outfit with some shareware fonts (Shamcil 002, 003 and 004 (a stencil font family), Shambell Raster, Shamlock, Fruit For Ears, Franklin Euro, Shample01, Square Roque, BG Pi, Gothic Ball Crap (blackletter), Heineken, Putain, Shamhand01, Digi, Judas, Communist (1993), Kijkwijzer, BG-Pi, BigTop (Tuscan), Woody, Shamrod, Shamools (funny typefaces)) and some commercial fonts (KissinCousins, Spinout, Spinoff, GIBlues, KingCreole, Kingu-San, HarumScarum, Firsty). The designer is Jeroen Klaver.

    Alternate URL. Kernest link. Font Squirrel link. Dafont link. Old URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shane Brandes
    [Proportional Lime]

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    Shane Loorham

    Designer who runs Silent Partner in Brunswick West, Victoria, Australia. He created Newtown Grotesque (+Stencil) in 2012, a commissioned typeface. He writes: As part of Liquorice Studio's holistic branding for the Newtown Social Club, we developed a bespoke san-serif typeface. The typeface was developed in standard and stencil weights for different applications and its creation ensures unique and tailored communications for Newtown down to the finest detail. The font reflects the café owners love of industrial age technical manuals and is based on one of the first geometric san-serif typefaces, designed in 1922 by Jakob Erbar, Erbar Grotesque. Liquorice went through a process of rationalisation and testing, amending and tweaking letterforms and eventually rounding off features to create a friendly but legible modern typeface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shaped Fonts (was: Phitra Design)
    [Philip Trautmann]

    Philip Trautmann (Phitra Design, b. 1996) is the Düsseldorf, Germany-based founder of Phitra Design in 2016. He renamed the foundry Shaped Fonts and was joined by Christoph Dörre and Nora Bruckhoff.

    Creator of the free handcrafted fonts PhitraDesign Handwritten (2013), Cookies+Milk (2016), Inkina (2016), Georgina (2016, a rounded stencil typeface), PhitraDesign Ink (2016), Skybird (2016), Skybird Rough (2016, free), and the sans typefaces Aquino (2016) and Sequel (2016: free).

    In 2016, Trautmann designed the letterpress emulation typeface Prequel, the informal monoline typeface Kanada and the experimental typeface Artypa.

    Typefaces from 2017: Grape, Coffee & Tea, Fish & Chips.

    Typefaces from 2018: Shelta Hand (comic book font).

    Typefaces from 2019: Snow Hut.

    Typefaces from 2020: Argio (a rounded all caps sans; +Rough, +Shadow), Honey & Jam.

    Typefaces from 2021: Magic Owl, Prequel Shadow, Patron (a variable rounded sans font with almost architectural letters), IceBear (art deco caps), Sunshine (script), Fresh Tea (a tall hand-printed font), Lifestyle (a monolinear signature font), Equil (roman caps, plus a stencil set).

    Typefaces from 2022: Mind The Caps. Behance link for Phitra Design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shapovalov Fonts
    [Sergey Shapovalov]

    Russian graphic designer and lettering artist who studied in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Designer of the pixel typeface Pixerius (2020) and the condensed sans Triplepass (2020), which has an octagonal version (Chop) and a stencil version (Stencil), and covers both Latin and Cyrillic.

    Typefaces from 2022: Leapfrog (a rounded children's book sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sharkshock
    [Dennis Ludlow]

    Dennis Ludlow (Sharkshock Productions, Raleigh, NC) started making mostly free fonts in 1999. On August 28, 2001, Dennis announced that he would stop producing fonts, forever. To prove himself wrong, he became more prolific trhan ever, and ultimately started designing retail fonts as well.

    His early typefaces include Hot Pizza (2001), Hawaiian Punk, Royal Acidbath, Little Caesar, Subway, Holiday India, Mobsters, Dallas Cowboys (Western look, 2004), Dark Crystal, Queen of Camelot (2015), Green Eggs and Spam (2015), Ludlow Strong Ale (2015, German beer label font), Space Angel (2014), Electrox, Cowboys, Dolphins, Viking Stencil, Lexust (2002), Padaloma (2002), Fujita Ray (2002), Willy Wonka, Hursheys, Grinched (a Halloween or beatnik font), Honda, Busch Gardenz, Holiday India (2000), Simpsons, Blockbusted, IHOP, Chicken Fool A, Playtoy (2000: like the masthead of Playboy), Cowboys (2001), Dreamscar (2001, has a Cyrillic version), Mr. Goodbaur, Dr. Peppers, Oreos, Air Millhouse, Fruitopia, Raiders, TGI Friday, Jolly-Raunchy, Mouser, Pirate-Keg, Fujita Ray (2015), Modeccio (2015, art deco), Wendyville (2015, Western), Vonique 64 (2015, avant-garde style), Your Royal Majesty (2015, a unique blackletter-inspired vampire script), Hackney Block (2015), Thunder Lord (2015, an outlined variant of Raiderfont), Republica Minor (2015), News of the World (2015: a news headline font), TH3 Machine (2015), Funkrocker (2015, inky, grungy), Tiki Tropic (2015: a tiki font), TypoGraphica (2015, a strong geometric sans), Vonique 92 (2015, circle-based fashion sans), Reisenberg (2015, a black titling sans; v2.0 dates from 2018). There is also a medium-sized categorized archive, with subsections such as cartoon fonts and movie fonts.

    Typefaces from 2016: Twiddlestix, Konigsberg (rounded sans), Wicked Mouse (looney tunes typeface), Heathergreen (a tall condensed sans), Wonderbar (psychedelic), College Block (athletic lettering), Death Star, Ring of Kerry (uncial style), Blockletter (octagonal), Café Françoise, Cronus (round monoline sans), Suissnord (a wide sans display typeface), Grinched 2.0 (an update of Grinched), Red Seven (futuristic), Enchanted Land (derived from the blackletter genre), Freakshow (ornamental ransom note font), Deutschlander (a condensed sans for movie credits and similar applications).

    Typefaces from 2017: Lemonade Stand, Dark & Black, Hennigar (a heavy compact sans in the spirit of Impact), Durango Western, Banbury (a heavy display didone), United Kingdom (techno), Goldoni, Kingsmen.

    Typefaces from 2018: Bloomsburg (a 6-style organic sans; +Cyrillic), Stupid Meeting (an all caps display typeface), Medusa Gothic, Carson (tall grotesque), Collegeblock 2 (an octagonal varsity font), Medusa Gothic, Royal Crescent (sans), Praetoria, Papaya Sunrise, Helmswald Post (blackletter).

    Typefaces from 2019: Deutschlander 2.0 (an organic monoline sans, with coverage of Cyrillic and Greek), Zanzabar (a genie lamp or Arabic emulation typeface), Vonique 43 (an organic fashion mag sans), Delacorso Outlines (tall decorative caps), Kwixter Sketch (for Latin and Cyrillic).

    Typefaces from 2020: Stupid Meeting (an all caps sans with a comic book feel, appropriately named to describe most COVID era Zoom work sessions), Toyster (a plumpish typeface), Wonderbar 2 (psychedelic, all caps), Boldstrom (a tightly spaced heavy industrial sans), Reisenberg, Snicker Snack, Crosshatcher (a sketched font), Czesko (a skyline font), Storybook Ending (a mix of uncial and Tuscan), Toyster (a bubblegum font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Kamryn (a display serif), Mouser (an organic geometric sans in six styles), Dottingham (a Victorian typeface), Tempestua (a sharp bold display sans), Lemonade Stand, Brontoburger (a vernacular typeface).

    Typefaces from 2022: Jumbalo (a bubblegum font).

    Abstract Fonts link. Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sharp Type
    [Lucas Benjamin Sharp]

    Lucas Sharp is a designer (b. 1986, San Francisco) set up Sharp Type in Brooklyn, NY, and later in New York City proper. Before that, Lucas Sharp was involved with Typeslashcode in New York. In 2011, he and Juan Carlos Pagan set up Pagan&Sharp in Brooklyn, NY, but they split a few years later. In 2015, Lucas Sharp and Chantra Malee [at Sharp Type, Malee handles business, brand management, marketing, graphic design and sales] started Sharp Type in New York City. In 2020, the collaborators and type designers included Josh Finklea, Connor Davenport, Marc Rouault, My-Lan Thuong, Calvin Kwok, and Justin Sloane. Lucas Sharp's typefaces:

    • Happy Stache (2010). A blackletter.
    • Hera (2010). A ball terminal-laden ornate didone done for his thesis at Parsons. His talent shines through his award-quality ornamental didone family, Hera Big (2010), which is an extension of his earlier thesis work.
    • Designer Sucks (2010). An ultra-fat and counterless typeface.
    • The free fat counterless typeface Doughboy (2010). In 2014, Greg Gazdowicz and Lucas Sharp co-designed Doughboy Pro, a bubble bath typeface.

      Lucas Sharp does penmanship drawings such as Go Big Or Go Home (2010) and We're on a roll (2010).

    • Together, Pagan and Sharp published Malleable Grotesque Regular (2011).
    • Sharp Sans (2013, Incubator subfoundry of Village). Sharp Sans is a geometric sans with a non-geometric semi-curvy italic. Sharp Sans No. 2 (2015) is more geometric. It has Bayer / Bauhaus alternates, Lubalin avant garde style interlocking capitals, and pays tribute to those styles. Sharp Sans No. 2 (2015, Incubator): While Sharp Sans No. 1 ends its round monolines with diagonally sheared terminals, Sharp Sans No. 2 shears those terminals on a 90 degree angle.
    • Ogg (2013) is a fashion mag typeface inspired by the hand lettering of 20th century book designer and calligrapher Oscar Ogg. Ogg won an award at TDC 2014. Review by Bethany Heck.
    • Frauen [Roman, Script] (2015, Incubator). A calligraphic pair. The Roman is partially based on the calligraphy of Friedrich Neugebauer [on the cover of an almanac of Berlin debutantes published in 1945 titled, Die schönsten Frauen der Welt], and partly Lucas's own creation. Production assistance from Wei Huang.
    • Sharp Sans was modified in 2016 for Hillary Clinton's campaign, on commission for Michael Bierut of Pentagram. They write: The newest iteration of Sharp Sans was conceived for the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign. Michael Bierut and the Pentagram team chose Sharp Sans Display No.1 as the main typeface of the campaign identity, but such a monumental project required a sturdier and more utilitarian typeface. The new Sharp Sans is completely redrawn and shaped by the rigorous typographic demands of modern visual communications. What sets the new Sharp Sans apart is a raised x-height, and newly opened counters that make it optimal for both text and display layouts; a new, more versatile approach, of which the two Display versions were not previously designed for. The set has Slab and Stencil styles as well.
    • In 2016, Sharp designed a custom Trajan-inspired typeface for Anthonly Lent, the jeweler.
    • Sharp Grotesk (2017), 259 fonts strong and several years in the making. Village writes: Sharp Grotesk sits at the intersection of mid-century modernist rigor and Victorian hand-hewn vernacular. Lucas considered Adrian Frutiger's monumental Univers suite of fonts, with its grid of multiple weights and widths, applying this underlying construction principle to letterforms echoing the forms of American and northern European wood types. Sharp Grotesk won sixth prize in the TDC Typeface Design competition in 2017.
    • Lucas Sharp and Connor Davenport finished the Dutch oldstyle typeface Eros Text in 2017. Eros Text was influenced By Jan van Krimpen's Sheldon and Bram de Does's Lexicon. Eros Text B has longer ascenders than Eros Text A.
    • Halyard (2017). An information design sans typeface family by Joshua Darden, Lucas Sharp and Eben Sorkin.
    • Respira Black (2017). A contemporary blackletter inspired by Spanish and English models from the 15th and 16th centuries.
    • Sharp Slab (2018).
    • Beatrice and Beatrice Display (2018) by Lucas Sharp assisted by Connor Davenport and Kia Tasbihgou: Beatrice is a new kind of typeface. The family is an exploration of contrast methodologies, combining various aspects from the canon expansionist systems, inverted contrast, and the contrast behavior of standard sans-serif grotesks. These methodologies were dissected and used as cornerstones in building our own system, with the final result landing largely in unexplored territory. Built on the foundation of a traditional American Gothic but with tight-as-can-be spacing, the superfamily spans a robust set of weights and includes 2 optical sizes: a super high-contrast, tightly packed Display cut, as well as a standard low-contrast cut, designed to function beautifully in a wide range of optical sizes.
    • In 2019, Lucas Sharp and Marc Rouault wrapped up Doyle at Sharp Type. The chubby Doyle interpolates between Cooper Black and ITC American Typewriter.
    • In 2021, Lucas Sharp and My-Lan Thuong, assisted by Wei Huang and Marc Rouault, designed Salter. Slater Roman is based on calligraphic book jackets by Georg(e) Salter from 1941, and Salter Italic is inspired by two of Oscar Ogg's book jacket alphabets from 1942.

    Type catalog, 2010. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Shawn Rice

    Brooklyn, NY-based designer of BMT (2016, a dot matrix typeface) and Rost & Brew (2016, a coffee bag stencil typeface). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shintarou Nakayama
    [Gomarice Font (or: Goma Shin)]

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    Shira Inbar

    During her studies at Yale School of Art, Shira Inbar (Brooklyn, NY) created the curvy typeface Gunman Stencil (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shiroishi Tetsuya
    [Niko Design Works (was: 643 Double Play Combi)]

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    Shiva Nallaperumal

    Graphic designer from Chennai, who created the octagonal typeface Adian Grid (2012) as a student at DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore, India. He also made Struktur (2012), a typeface based on Herbert Bayer's Universal Alphabet.

    After graduating from DJ Academy of Design in Coimbatore, India, he started studying graphic design (MFA) at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). One of his school projects there was the angular fat stencil typeface Enemy (2014, available at Lost Type). Shiva has worked as an intern with J. Abbott Miller's team at Pentagram and Grandmother Design in Mumbai, India.

    At the Indian Type Foundry, Shiva helped with Rozha One (2014, free Google web font). This is a heavy didone typeface with large x-height, high contrast, and a harmonious balance between its Devanagari (designed by Tim Donaldson and Jyotish Sonowal) and Latin (designed by Shiva Nallaperumal). Github link.

    The Indian Type Foundry published several typefaces at Google Web Fonts in 2014, including Rajdhani. Rajdhani is an Open Source typeface supporting both the Devanagari and the Latin scripts. The font family was developed for use in headlines and other display-sized text on screen. Its initial release includes five fonts. Satya Rajpurohit and Jyotish Sonowal developed the Devanagari component in the Rajdhani fonts together, while the Latin was designed by Shiva Nallaperumal.

    Orwellian (2014) is a reversed-stress typeface designed for display use. It was inspired by the concepts explored by George Orwell in his monumental work Nineteen Eighty Four and follows Henry Caslon's Italian model. Buy it at Lost Type. Orwellian was hand hinted by Tom Grace of Virgo Type and mastered by Psy Ops in San Fransisco.

    In 2015, Shiva published the informal comic book typeface Pancho (Indian Type Foundry) and the six-weight modulated sans family Khang (Indian Type Foundry).

    In 2015, Namrata Goyal designed the Gurmukhi part of the free geometric sans font Roundo at Indian Type Foundry. Shiva Nallaperumal designed its Latin.

    In 2016, Shiva designed the Trench superfamily, which consists of the heavily ink-trapped typeface families Trench Sans, Trench Rounded, and Trench Slab. Trench Rounded was inspired by Wim Crouwel's exhibition poster for the sculptor Claes Oldenburg. Trench Slab also appears at Fontshare.

    Also in 2016, Ramakrishna Saiteja and Shiva Nallaperumal published the free Kannada / Latin typeface family Kolar. Each font's character set includes 925 glyphs. This massive range supports hundreds of unique Kannada-script conjuncts. Kolar's Latin script characters are all modified from Pablo Impallari's Libre Baskerville series. Github link.

    Calcula is a display typeface that uses smart OpenType features to explore the space between lettering and typeface design, creating maze-like spaces between letters. Inspired by the geometric Kufic style of traditional Arabic calligraphy, Calcula is a functional OpenType typeface, with design principles that are rooted in lettering, in that each letter reacts to neighbouring letters, adapting to its context. Calcula (2017, Typotheque) was designed by Shiva Nallaperumal, with the help of Tal Leming, who programmed the GSUB features and wrote scripts that generate the ligatures, and Frederik Berlaen who created the custom scripts that made the new decorative styles possible.

    Designer of Cabinet Grotesk (2017-2021) in eight styles, with two variable fonts. Originally called Cabinet Grotesque.

    Faction (2018). A very black typeface in which white space loses against black space.

    Oli Grotesk (2019, Typotheque). Shiva Nallaperumal plans to support all the writing scripts of India (Devanagari, Bangla, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Urdu, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada) in the same wide range of weights as its Latin fonts. The Indic versions of Oli are designed by Arya Purohit.

    In 2019, Bild Monday released his heavy stencil typeface family Ma href="https://www.boldmonday.com/typefaces/rekall/">Rekall.

    In 2015, Shiva won the SOTA Catalyst Award.

    Home page. Behance link. Note: MyFonts writes the designer's name with an e instead of an a: Shiva Nalleperumal. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Shreya Arora

    Graphic designer who graduated from National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India in 2019, and is based in Bagalore, India. At Type Paris 2019, she designed the high-contrast display typeface Extra (five styles including a stencil) which was used for the identity system of 46 & 2, a Mumbai-based design studio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shubhangi Pandey

    At National Institute of Design, a team led by Tarun Deep Girdher, and consisting of Maanasa Mahesh, Gajesh Mitkari, Nicholas Pegu, Madhavi Bhagwat and Shubhangi Pandey , all located in Ahmedabad, India, designed the Latin, Devnagiri and Brahmi stencil typeface Patli Galli (2019). It was inspired by hand-painted signage in the streets of Ahmedabad. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Shutterjunkie
    [Jemma Horsfall]

    UK-based designer of the stencilish font Minimum Caps (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Si47ash Fonts
    [Shahab Siavash]

    Graphic designer who was based in Rasht, Iran, who dabbles in experimental Persian type design. Reportedly, he is based in Canada in 2020. He has made over 30 fonts, including ReZar, Nassim Distorted, Si47 Ash Dirty (a grungy Farsi font), Si47 Ash Dirty Neat, Si47 Ash Sole (2016, for Farsi). In 2016, he designed the Latin / Farsi font Kay Khosrow (12 squarish styles; for Latin, Arabic and Farsi), which comes with a coloured version. KayKhosrow and Sole are the first ever non-cursive Persian fonts, according to Siavash. Kay Khosrow Chromatic is the first Persian color font.

    In 2017, he designed SepidKhan (Persian Braille), Si47ash Dali, Si47ash NaPeyda, Si47ash Kaboos, Si467ash Garmalad, Si47ash Sangestan, Si47ash Dibacheh, Si47Ash Mash Nazanin, Si47ash Bulb (grungy Arabic typeface) and Si47ash Ruby.

    Typefaces from 2018: Si47ash Fontball (a Persian and Arabic color font), Si47ash Sorkhabi, Si47ash Mana, Si47ash Mashgh, Rainbow Dream Font (a Persian color font in the style of Gilbert), Si47ash Dirin, Si47ash Barbad, Si47ash Apadana, Si47ash Eima (modular, stencil), Dream Fonts (color fonts for Latin and Persian), Shabdiz.

    In 2020, he released Hezareh.

    Typefaces from 2021: Chelleh (a chubby font for Latin, Persian and Arabic), Astaneh (a Persian / Arabic typeface).

    Open Font Library link. Dribble link. Alternate URL. Yet another link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sibylle Hagmann

    Swiss designer Sibylle Hagmann (b. 1965) runs Kontour, est. 2000.

    With a BFA in 1989 from the Basel School of Design and an MFA from the California Institute of Arts in Valencia in 1996, she became art director of the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles, and she is now working as a designer and art director for institutional publications and she teaches at the University of Houston in the graphic communications program (since 2002). Cholla won at Bukvaraz 2001. She also won an award at Granshan 2008. Kontour joined Type Network in 2016.

    She designed these typefaces:

    • Twin Cities (2002, Kontour: an octagonal face).
    • Cholla (a large rounded sans family, a slab family, a wide family and a unicase subfamily; in 1999 at Emigre). She writes: The Cholla typeface family was designed in 1998-99 and named after a species of cactus indigenous to the Mojave Desert. Cholla was originally developed for Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Denise Gonzales Crisp, then art director of the college's design office, collaborated with Sibylle Hagmann to design a family of typefaces that would include a vast variation of font weights.
    • Odile (2005, Kontour, also released at Village). Odile is based on an experimental typeface of W.A. Dwiggins called Charter. Sybille writes: Dwiggins contemplated Charter as the italic companion to Arcadia, Experimental No. 221. The Charter project progressed sporadic stalled during the Second World War and came to a halt in 1955. Charter remained incomplete and was never commercially released. Assessing Charter's whimsical design, its fragments were rethought and developed into a comprehensive text family.
    • Elido (2013). She writes: Elido follows Odile's proportions and matches the weight and typographic color of its serif twin. Elido is a sans with classical proportions. A slight geometric hint and open counters convey an airy feel.
    • Axia (2013, a sans serif family with several stencil styles). Originally designed for the Rice University School of Architecture in 2011, this contemporary sans found some inspiration in the TwinCities typeface family created by Sibylle Hagmann for the University of Minnesota in 2003.
    • Kopius (2016). This great text typeface family is loosely inspired by Herbert Thannhaeuser's Liberta (VEB Typoart). She added Kopius Condensed in 2017.
    • In 2020, she realeased Utile (+Display). Utile was influenced by Hermann Zapf's Optima in its flaring and by Roger Excoffon's Antique Olive in its brashness.

    CV. Bio at Emigre. FontShop link. Behance link. Interview by MyFonts. Type Network link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Siddharth Kumar

    Kolkata, India-based designer of the Latin stencil typeface Marth Stencil (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Side by Side

    Sheffield, UK-based designer of the grungy stencil typeface Burton Street (2016). This typeface was created for a good cause: Burton Street, a not-for-profit, supporting adults and older children with learning and physical difficulties. Over time they'd outgrown their image, and they wanted a fresh look which would (1) showcase their clients talents, and (2) be as cost effective as possible going forward. Burton Street are pro-creativity, and it quickly became clear we needed to create an identity that their clients could interact with. We created a bespoke typeface, laser cut from MDF, which formed the base of their toolkit. With this they're able to create both type and illustrations for use on advertising/marketing in-house, which can be incorporated into the client's creative sessions. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sign Studio
    [Sugi Yanto]

    Purbalingga, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1986, of Chocoladine (2020: a creamy chocolate sauce font), the sans typeface Kalyant (2020), Willpower Slab (2020: a 5-style slab serif), the display sans typeface Gartisans (2020, showing influences of katakana writing), the squarish typefaces Blackrough (2020), the script typeface Villager (2020), and Black Blocker (2020) and the stencil typefaces Alcatraz (2020) and Maxellight (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Rushbold (a retro signage script), Benz Grotesk (a heavy display sans characterized by ink traps), Miner (an 18-style minimalist sans), Brandey (a 5-style full-body serif), Neo Alcatraz (a monolinear sci-fi typeface), Vince (a high contrast art deco typeface), Boldblaster (a signage script), Hexi (a 9-style text typeface with trapezoidal serifs), Bolderist (a stylish bold serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Aventi (a stylish sharp-edged serif in five styles), Roseblue (a stylish almost Peignotian sans), Roseblue (a semi-formal sans). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Signal Type Foundry
    [Max Phillips]

    Signal Type Foundry & Drawing Office is a type foundry in New York City, est. 2012 by Max Phillips (b. 1957, New York City), a typographer, graphic designer, toy designer, creative director and novelist who moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 2013 with his Irish spouse. His typefaces:

    • FF Spinoza Pro (2011). His first type design, developed over a period of eleven years. FontShop: With the goal of readability in mind, Phillips named the typeface after 17th century rationalist and lens-grinder Baruch Spinoza, a man whose job it was to help people see clearly. The type family is meant as an elegant workhorse, a classic text family with just enough individual character to hold its own in display sizes. It was inspired by mid-century German book typefaces like Trump Mediaeval and Aldus, and by the types of Nicolas Kis. The forms are narrow and economical, with open counters. The line is firm and distinct. Strong, thick strokes and serifs help it grip the page.
    • Center (2013). A technical monoline sans typeface with soft lines. It is based on a round rectangle. Followed by Center Slab in 2016 and Center 2 in 2019.
    • The prismatic / hypnotic multilined typeface Vibro (2011), an op-art font that received the Type Directors Club Certificate of Excellence in 2012.
    • Pressio (2016). A condensed to wide wood-inspired sans typeface family. See also Pressio Stencil (2018).
    • Baasic (2016). A standard sans typeface: Baasic was designed for Dublin-based design office aad. baasic, and was intended as a plain, hardworking grotesque---a simple tool for clear communication.
    • Ballinger Mono and Ballinger (2018). Published by Signature Type Foundry, Max explains: Ballinger began life as a single-weight proprietary typeface called baasic [...] We have developed it into a fully-featured eight-weight family with matching italics. Sources include early 20th century jobbing sanses like Morris Benton's News Gothic, and Candia, a 70s-era typewriter face Josef Müller-Brockmann designed for Olivetti, which had unusually deep junctures that added energy to letters like m and n. The family takes its name from Raymond A. Ballinger, the great mid-century American designer, author of "Lettering Art in Modern Use," and champion of elegance and readability. Ballinger has large counters and a generous x-height. Followed in 2019 by Ballinger Condensed.
    • Mortise (2019). A welcome addition to the slab serif genre by Sean Mongey and Max Phillips. Max writes that the long, slightly curved vertical serifs give it a raffish, mustache-twirling air.
    • Sinter (2019). A gaspipe sans.
    • Tenon (2019). A great sans based on Mortise. By Sean Mongey and Max Phillips.
    • Dashiell (2020, Text, Bright, Fine). He writes that it is an attempt to combine the warmth and frankness of Caslon with the lucid elegance of Garamond.
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    Sigrid Claessens

    Born in Duesseldorf in 1951. She co-designed at Apply Design (now Apply Interactive) in 1999 a nice series of stencil fonts with Guenther Flake: WaltonStencil-BlackRough, WaltonStencil-WhiteRough, LaPinaStencil, Lasertac Stencil, Reedon Stencil, RoundedStencil, SerpentineStencil, StencilAntiqua, TeaChestStencil, WesternStencil, AdveraStencil, ArstonStencil, BankStencil-Medium, BankStencil-MediumRough, CaslonFinaStencil-Black, CaslonFinaStencil-BlackRough, ChicoStencil-Rough, ChicoStencil, FerroStencil, GeometricStencil, GlaserStencil. Some of these can be bought at MyFonts.

    In 2004, still at Elsner&Flake, she designed OCR-A EF Pro.

    Klingspor link.

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    Silas Dilworth
    [Dilworth Typographics Inc]

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    SILNT
    [Felix Ng]

    SILNT (pronounced silent) is a design studio based in Singapore, est. 2005. Established in March 2005, the studio is made up of two partners, Felix Ng (b. 1982) and Germaine Chong (b. 1985).

    Behance link.

    In 2012, they created Industrial Regular (a stencil typeface). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Silvia Ballerini

    Communication design student at Politecnico di Milano, who lives in Modena. She designed Liquid Stencil (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simhoko

    Moscow-based web designer who released the all caps display-plus-stencil typeface Dront in 2019. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simon Piu

    Graphic designer in Aix-en-Provence, France, who created the paino key / stencil typeface Zebra (2014-2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simon Störk

    Art director in Berlin, who designed the stencil typeface Rivet Sans and the sans typeface Editor in 2017. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simon Stratford

    London-based creator of the free shaded caps font Airbag (2013), which imitates the successful genre of Trend (Latinotype). Before Breakfast (2013) is a free hand-printed typeface. Packt (2013) started out from watercolor lettering. Distractor (2013) is a tweetware grungy slab serif reminiscent of letterpress---it is partially based on Bevan. In Limbo is a free vernacular typeface. Typefaces from 2014: Type Old Writer, Before Breakfast, Hitchcut (paper cutout inspired by Saul Bass's poster for Hitchcock's movie Vertigo), Separator (octagonal), Dirty Slab (letterpress emulation), Enfold (hand-drawn).

    Typefaces from 2015: Neon, Buckley, Buckley Serif, Bold Riley (a handcrafted serif), Balham to Brooklyn (fifties script), Petit Jardin, Gently Script, Troupe (an inline Tuscan typeface), Mr. Blue Sky (an inline typeface), Moorgate (fat brush font), Sunshine, Dogtown (grunge), Gods Own Junkyard (neon sign font, named after Chris Bracey's neon sign store in London), Teardrop (watercolor brush with dripping ink), Western Grit (spurred), In The Wood, Gallow Tree (free brush font), Thirsty Dog (scratchy brush), Dear Prudence.

    Typefaces from 2016: Get Lucky, Take Me To The River, Lawless (vintage display typeface), Not My Type (old typewriter font), Roadhouse Blues, Just Like Heaven, Resize, Atomic Dustbin, Mind The Gap (stencil family), Munky (a fun children's book typeface), Hunky Dory (a handcrafted children's book typeface), Little Wonder (brush script), Mister Rooster, Whippin Piccadilly (handcrafted), Bangers & Mash, Mr. Chumley.

    Typefaces from 2017: Hunky Dory, Circus Freak, Fake Empire, Gilly Script, Banoffee (a kooky handcrafted typeface), Tuck Shop (a chalk font), Fake Empire (grunge), Mu-Th-Ur (a free octagonal typeface inspired by the film Prometheus).

    Typefaces from 2018: Be More Human (for Reebok), Higgs Boson Blues (SVG font), Fierce (dry brush SVG font), Yeah Foil Balloon (color font), Wild Irish Rose (brush script).

    Typefaces from 2021: Beautiful Freak, Neon.

    Behance link. Another Behance link. Envato link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simon Wiesmayr

    German designer of Costura (2006, stitching font), a three-weight stitching font family. He also made the octagonal stencil font family Autobahn (2007). His foundry is called Rebellion.

    Dafont link. And another URL. Klingspor link. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simone Scimmi

    Italian graphic designer and illustrator who made the monoline mini-stenciled typeface Stycky (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Simple Rody

    FontStructor who made Half Estencil (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sindre Bremnes

    News designer and editor in Oslo. In December 2012, Sindre Bremnes, Hans Ivar and Frode Bo Helland set up the Monokrom type foundry in Norway. Type families designed there by Sindre Bremnes include:

    • Riks and Riks Negative (2012-2017). A pair of free stencil typefaces that are based on the seven letters adorning the sides of the Riks telephone kiosk, designed by architect Georg Fredrik Fasting in 1932.
    • Mønster (2014, Monokrom). A Western slab serif typeface with Persian and Turkish components.
    • Satyr (2012). A serifed work horse book typeface based on the principle of eliminating all straight line segments. It has airy pockets and counters.
    • Faunus (2012). Related to, but slightly different from Satyr.
    • Telefon (2012). Telefon is based on the lettering on the original Norwegian phone booths, drawn by architect Georg Fredrik Fasting in the 30s. Telefon is a general purpose geometric sans serif in three weights and was created by Sindre Bremnes.

    Typecache link. Personal page of Frode Bo Helland. Fontshop link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    SINDSINDSIND
    [Greg Ponchak]

    Greg Ponchak (SINDSINDSIND) is a graphic designer in North Royalton (Cleveland), OH. His company was called SINDSINDSIND, but in 2013, he sold his outfit to Thinkdust.

    He created the minimalist high-contrast Qag (2009, Mostar Design Company), Muneris (2010, squarish), some experimental typefaces, the minimalist geometric sans typeface Monolite (2013), Berque (2010, a minimalist rounded sans typeface with hints of DIN), Kolg Gothic (2011), Jirue (2011, high-contrast didone), Kajf (2011, piano key face), NERC (2011, avant-garde), ARGN (2011, a rounded monospaced stencil family), FOSU (2010, hairline avant-garde sans, at HypeForType), Kosumi (2014, experimental), Roxic (high contrast art deco typeface), Shine Pro (2014, a neutral sans), and Squoosh Gothic (2014, a headline sans).

    (Dead) Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Siquot Design
    [Luis Siquot]

    Luis Siquot (b. 1945) studied architecture and modern letters in Cordoba, Argentina, and graduated in 1975 from the Department of Visual Communication, Higher School of Arts, University of Hamburg. He currently specializes in typographic design, and lives and works in Córdoba, Argentina. Luis Siquot runs the graphic and logo design company "siquot'design" in Argentina. Talk at t-convoca. Interview in 2003 by Icograda. 2011 wishes. Klingspor link. FontShop link. His fonts:

    • ITC Cali (2002). A fantastic calligraphic script font.
    • ITC Arecibo (2002).
    • ITC Abaton (1997).
    • ITC Florinda (1997). Inspired by Rob Roy Kelly's American Wood Type: 1828-1900.
    • ITC Juanita Condensed (1996), ITC Juanita Deco (1996), the very very beautiful ITC Juanita (1996), ITC Juanita Lino (1996), ITC Juanita Xilo Condensed (1996), ITC Juanita Xilo (1996).
    • ITC Portago (1997). A great stencil font.
    • He is working on the extensive family called Arquetipo Sans and Arquetipo Serif.
    • Also in the works is a multiple master and OpenType font, Siquot Antigua.
    • His early work includes Doble (1972, a two-line font), Unilinea (1969-1970, a unicase monoline and monospace family), and Cuadrata (1967, all letters of the same square dimensions as for Japanese kanji).

    View Luis Siquot's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Skater Punkd

    San Andres de Giles (Buenos Aires)-based designer (b. 1988) of Avril Lavigne (2006), a grunge stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Skogtype
    [Gunnar Link]

    Type designer born 1983 in Schramberg, Germany. He studied Kommunikationsdesign at Fachhochschule Mainz from 2007 to 2011, and founded Skogtype.

    Creator of Royal Oak Decor (Victorian ornaments), Royal Oak Sans (2009, Edwardian headline sans) and Royal Oak Serif (Western headline face). All were done in 2009 at Die Typonauten and were joint work with Ingo Krepinsky and Stefan Kroemer.

    In 2011, he designed the Cooper Black-style typeface Frido Black at 26 plus zeichen. See also Frido Narrow (2011).

    Ingo Krepinsky and Gunnar Link made the fun hand-drawn Western family Oklahoma Pro (2012) in styles called Deputy, Sheriff, Marshal and Scrawls (dingbats), and

    In 2012, he published Selva, a modern take on the textura style, at Die Typonauten. Riga (2012) is a lively fat signage typeface.

    Typefaces from 2014: Donki (fat signage script, extended to Donki Pro and Donki Pro Stencil in 2015).

    Typefaces from 2017: Skog Sans.

    Typedia page. MyFonts foundry page. Klingspor link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Slavka Jevcinova
    [Into the Type]

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    Slobodan Jelesijevic
    [Tour de Force Font Foundry]

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    Smartfont
    [Stanislav Hatznik]

    Ukrainian designer of the techno typeface family Sfera (2018), which includes Sfera Stencil. Sfera was inspired by titanium bullet resistant combat helmets.

    Typefaces from 2019: Predictor (a modular piano key typeface), Writer Autograph (a monoline script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Flogotop (an 8-style titling sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Gorus (a 30-style all caps monolinear sans with industrial strength square counters), Bill Poster (with t he rhythm of a piano key font), Neosim (a cartoon or stone age font), Flogotop Logo Mark. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    SMeltery Fonts
    [Jack Usine]

    SMeltery is the French foundry of Jack Usine, based in Castillon-la-Bataille. Free fonts: Papier Sans (2010), Megalopolis Extra (2008), Vidange Pro (2008-2009, a sans at PsyOps; in 2010, a commercial version appeared), Geronto Bis (2008), Telerysm Mono 2 (2008), Trottoir (2007, inspired by the writing on the sewer covers of Pont-à-Mousson), Stigmate (2007), Sans Merci (2006), Jules Vernacular (2006, upright script), Alusine (2005), Geronto (2005, wow!), Justice (2004-2018, by Jack Usine and Fanny Garcia), Megalopolis (2004), Mon Nom (2004, mono), Oh My God (2004, experimental), Telerysm (2004), Telerysm Mono 2, Heretica (2004, gothic), Consume More (2004), Est-ce que (2004), Bankrutt (2004, blackletter stencil), Audimat (2003: a DIN-like family based on vernacular signage found in France), Audimat Mono (2005), Patronne (2003, octagonal), Enfer (2003), Redevance (2003, fifties diner font), Outil (2003), Work (2003), Watch TV (2003, stencil), Kebab (2003), Consume (2003, dingbats), Gazole (2003), Icone (2003), Ax&Swar (2003, artsy), TwentyOne (2003), Phylloxera (2002), Jack Usine (2002, great techno face), Charles (2002), Fat (2002). No longer supplied: Laplakett, Bogota, Lamemoire, Lafacture, Hustla, Goody, UseIn, CPUX, Daplakijtt, Zero. Commercial fonts: Vidange Pro (2008, PsyOps), Rouge Sans (2007), Sans Merci (2006), Vernissage (2006, stencil), Manifest Destiny (T26, 2006).

    In 2006, Usine and Fanny Garcia published Soupirs A through E, nifty ornaments based on the soupiraux found in Bordeaux). Experiments: Toypography (2004), TypoClock (2003).

    In 2013, Fanny Garcia and Jack Usine co-designed Excursion, which was inspired by designs seen during a walk through the streets of Marseille. They write: Excursion is a real bouillabaisse of decorative all capitalized typefaces. Among these, we find the art deco typeface Excursion Poste and the dingbat font Excursion Fadabats.

    Alternate URL. MyFonts page. Klingspor link. View Jack Usine's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Snipe Scientist

    Designer in 2018 of the script typefaces Starlet (a wild calligraphic script), Beloved Ottilia, Delicate Script and stylish Charm, and the sans typeface Overhill.

    Typefaces from 2019: Celebrity Signature.

    Typefaces from 2020: La Rosa (font duo), South Epic (Solid, Stencil, Script: especially the decorative caps are stunning). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Socker One
    [Hector Ramirez]

    Located in Ciudad de Mexico, Hector Ramirez (Socker One) created Street Helvetica (2013), a script version of Helvetica. He also designed the pixel typeface Tetris Sans (2013) and the geometric Latin/Cyrillic sans typeface Fontmaker (2013).

    In 2015, they published Materiam Bold (a geometric industrial all caps sans), Fuencarral (a sans typeface family) and the tweetware font Librofest Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sofia Mohr

    Sofia Mohr (b. 1978, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) studied architecture at UFRGS, Brazil, and type design at Universidad Católica de Chile. She works as graphic, web and type designer in her own studio (called Sofia Mohr) in Santiago, Chile.

    In 2013, she created Café Brasil, a plump typeface inspired by the shape of coffee beans. Café Brasil won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014.

    Nido / Nido Dingbats (2014, Sofia Mohr, Latinotype) is a fun typeface family for use in children's books. Sabores Script (2015, also at Latinotype) is a beautiful calligraphic coffee shop script family, complete with dingbats.

    In 2016, Sofia published the upright unconnected script family Culinary at Latinotype. Culinary Script is the connected version, and Culinary Borders is a delightful addition. Furniture design inspired Sofia to design Hogar (2016, Latinotype), which comes in Sans, Script and Dingbat subfamilies. See also Hogar Slab (2016).

    Typefaces from 2017: Aromatica (retro connected monoline script and accompanying sans, Latinotype), Estampa Script (a high contrast formal connected script typeface that inherits elements from copperplate and didone; at Latinotype).

    Typefaces from 2018: Mohr Rounded ( a rounded humanist sans published by Latinotype), Blauth (a rounded small x-height sans family), Amazonia Script (MyFonts link for Amazonia), Mohr (a large sans family published by Latinotype).

    Typefaces from 2019: Moranga (a warm heavy sans; she writes that its design is a mixture between Café Brasil's flowing, organic shapes and elements from popular fonts from the seventies such as Cooper and Souvenir), Cookery (a useful brush pen script, released at Los Andes).

    Typefaces from 2020: Anguita Sans (a 16-style condensed sans), Aguila (a sharp-edged Peignotian family of 9 fonts), Mangueira (a geometric sans with wide welcoming counters).

    Typefaces from 2021: Singolare (a five-style geometric sans supplemented with a gaggle of stencil fonts and some layerable styles), Amarela Stencil. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sofia Yasenkova

    Sofia (Saint Petersburg, Russia) has a Masters degree in information technology. As a student at TypeType Education, she designed the modern serif typeface Ditar (2018) for Latin and Cyrillic. In 2018, Sofia Yasenkova, Philipp Nurullin, and Vika Usmanova designed the modern serif TT Tricks at TypeType. TT Tricks has many stencil styles.

    Still in 2018, she helped Alex Slobzheninov with the Cyrillic part of the design of Object Sans. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Soft Machine (or: Open Studio)
    [Mark Niemeijer]

    Soft Machine (part of Open Studio) is a digital type foundry based in Deventer, The Netherlands, set up in 2017 by Mark Niemeijer. He writes: Architectural and industrial design movements are a big influence on the work of Soft Machine---De Stijl, Union des Artistes Modernes, Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne, Neues Bauen, structuralism, metabolism, and post-modernism. These are also reoccuring themes in the visual output.

    Typefaces by Soft Machine:

    • Jos (2012).
    • Fade (2016). Commissioned.
    • Ijssel (2016). Commissioned.
    • Hauser (2017). A stick stencil typeface.
    • SM Maxeville (2017). A (ten style) compact typeface family inspired by Gerrit Rietveld, Jean Prouvé, De Stijl and Union des Artistes Modernes. Contains stencil styles. Followed by Maxeville Mono (2021).
    • Marres (2019). Commissioned.
    • Solaris (2020). A 6-style neo-grotesk with modulated contrast.
    • Stellage (2020). A 5-style wedge serif family that includes a few stencil styles.
    • Affairs (2021, +Monospace).

    Instagram link for Soft Machine. Instagram link for Open Studio. Fonts in Use link. Github link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Softbox India

    Software company founded in 2011 by Sudipto Mondal and Glen Mascarenhas, two programmers. At FontStruct, they created some modular typefaces in 2012: Military Stencil, Cybertron, Command User Interface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sonia Pippinato

    Graduate of the type design program at Consorzio Poli.design di Milano. Her graduation project involved the stencil / architectural face Primo Nomografo (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sonja Steiner-Welz

    Author of Von der Schrift und den Schriftarten (Reinhard Welz Vermittler Verlag, Mannheim). These have a history of type and lettering, instructions on lettering (e.g., stroke guide for Antiqua Majuskeln, Lombardische Versalien, and Gotische Majuskeln), some type specimen (mainly German, from the early part of the 20th century), some alphabets, drawn by her, information on the German school scripts, and a German type and lettering glossary: i, ii, iii, iv. It was probably published between 1956 and 1959.

    In 2010-2012, Dick Pape created a number of (mostly caps-only) typefaces based on that book. These include SSWAntiquaPionsel, SSWAntiquaVersalien (a caps set based on Ludovico Vicentino, 1523), SSWCelticAntiquaOutline, SSWFederAntiqua, SSWHollowScript, SSWHolz (Lombardic caps), SSWJensonsAntiqua, SSWLeopoldAntiqua, SSWLombardischeVersalien, SSWMannheimOrnament, SSWPlakatschrift (a useful outline alphabet), SSWRoundPrinting, SSWRusticAlphabet, SSWRusticScript, SSWSchablonenschrift (Bauhaus-style stencil face), SSWUrbanAntiqua-Versal, SSWWoodcuts.

    Download Pape's fonts here. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sophia Hull

    FontStructor who made the thin stencil typeface Cracked (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sophia TypeLove

    Designer of the experimental Streco typefamily in 2022. This includes Streco Stencil Superfat---a geometric reversed contrast typefacee [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sophie Charlotte Gaudry

    Lyon, France-based designer of the military stencil typeface Baton (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sophie Ghesquier

    Bordeaux, France-based designer of Hello (2018: a floriated stencil typeface), the ransom note font Chus (2018), and the experimental geomtric typeface Luna (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sorkin Type (was: Eyebytes)
    [Eben Sorkin]

    Eben Sorkin obtained an MA in typeface design from The University of Reading (2009), based on his typeface Arrotino (2009). In 2015, he joined the faculty at Lesley University near Boston, MA, and lives in Easthampton, MA. Sorkin Type (was: Eyebytes, in Eagle River, Alaska) is run by him. His talk at ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg was entitled Contextual alternatives. He writes about Arrotino: Arrotino begins with the forms of early Italian renaissance in the late 15th century. Their melody, generousity, and variety of shape and proportion are echoed in Arrotino. As a consequence of this Arrotino is not especially efficient, but it is comfortable. His typefaces and those by contributors at Sorkin Type:

    • Armata (2011). By Viktoriya Grabowska.
    • Army Pool Tiles (2005) and No Step (2007, stencil).
    • Autour One (2011).
    • The extensive (200+ weights) Bahn family (see also here), which has pixel and monospace themes. Software Developer (2005) is along the same pixel/monospace theme (see also here).
    • Courgette (2012). By Karolina Lach.
    • Duru Sans (2011). By Onur Yazcgil.
    • Just for fun, he made the dot matrix typeface Exp1 (2008).
    • FjallaOne (2012). By Irina Smirnova.
    • Gelasio (2012): free at Open Font Library and Google Fonts. He writes: Gelasio is designed to be metrics compatible with Georgia. Gelasio is a general purpose screen oriented text face based on the Romain du Roi style cold metal type seen in Oeuvres de Jean Racine (1789). This pre-Baskerville style is sometimes called Reale or Transitional style. This and and a large x height offer a nobel, cheerful and simple feeling hence the name Gelasio. Github link.
    • Goblin (2011). By Riccardo De Franceschi.
    • Gravitas One (2011). By Riccardo De Franceschi.
    • Habibi (2011). By Magnus Gaarde.
    • Hammersmith One (2011). By Nicole Fally.
    • In 2011, Eben put Nicole Fally's elegant art deco typeface Limelight and Hammersmith One on the Google Font Directory.
    • Inder (2010). By Irina Smirnova.
    • Kavoon (2013). By Viktoriya Grabowska.
    • In 2010, Eben started working on Merriweather, a free workhorse serif family. It was followed in 2013 by Merriweather Italic and Merriweather Sans. Both are free at Google Web Fonts. Spin-offs of Merriweather sans include Liera sans (2020, Cristiano Sobral).
    • Metamorphous (2011). By James Grieshaber.
    • Ovo (2011). By Nicole Fally.
    • Plaster (2011) is a Josef Albers-inspired stencil face, free at Google Web Fonts.
    • Pompiere (2011). By Karolina Lach.
    • Sarina (2011). By James Grieshaber.
    • Short Stack (2011). By James Grieshaber.
    • Sonsie One (2011). By Riccardo De Franceschi.
    • Trykker (2011). By Magnus Gaarde.
    • Vampiro One (2012). By Riccardo De Franceschi.
    • Vast Shadow (2010-2011). By Nicole Fally.
    • Voltaire (2011). By Yvonne Schuettler.
    • Wellfleet (2011). By Riccardo De Franceschi.
    • In 2015, he contributed Dekko to Google Web Fonts--Dekko is a Latin / Devanagari casual font in the spirit of Comic Sans. It originated with Modular InfoTech's 4948 [Modular InfoTech is a company based in Pune, India], and should not be confused with Norrasak Ramasute's YWFT Dekko from 2010.
    • Still in 2015, he added Asar to Google Web Fonts---Asar is an original Devanagari and Latin typeface that is based on an expanding brush stroke following a heart line. The design is meant to work well with long texts. Asar is partially derived from Pria Ravichadran's Palanquin.
    • Halyard (2017) is an information design sans typeface family by Joshua Darden, Lucas Sharp and Eben Sorkin.
    • Codesigner with John Hudson, Joshua Darden, Maxim Zhukov, and Viktoriya Grabowska, of Omnes Cyrillic.
    • In 2020, Eben Sorkin, Pria Ravichandran, Inga Ploennigs and Dan Reynolds co-designed the sans family Karow at URW.
    • In 2021, Eben Sorkin and Mirko Velimirovic designed the 5-style Spline Sans (free at Google Fonts). They write: Spline Sans is a grotesque sans serif typeface family, purpose-built for UI interfaces, checkout processes, and paragraphs of text. Space efficiency is accomplished by condensing traditional grotesque proportions. This typeface oroginated from Spline Design. Github link. Spline Sans contains a variable font option.

    Fontspace link. Fontsquirrel link. FontStruct link. Klingspor link. Dafont link.

    Eben spent February and March 2011 learning how to carve letters in stone from Lida Cardozo at the Cardozo Kindesley workshop, Cambridge UK, and collaborating with Lida on the typeface Pulle.

    The photographer photographed (in 2011, by Ralph Herrmann).

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    Sömestr Studio
    [Dogukan Karapinar]

    Istanbul, Turkey-based designer (b. 1993, Bandirma) who studied fine arts at Marmara University and set up his own commercial type foundry in 2014. Creator of the free poster font Bakunin (2014: Regular, Outline, Stencil), which is named after anarchist philosopher Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin.

    In 2015, he created the deco typeface A Demetracopulo, named after the architect, and the octagonal typeface Rolanti.

    Typefaces from 2019: Intern Color (the layerable color font version of Intern Sans), Intern Sans (a monolinear sans family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Spaceship Creative Lab
    [Febryan Satria]

    Indonesian designer of the severe squarish typefaces Insurgent (2019), GRVS Scythrone (2019), GRVS Apocalypse (2019: a stencil family), Jack Hammer (2019), Titan (2019), Crawler (2019: spurred) and GRVS YellowFang (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sparklefonts
    [Geoff Anderson]

    Sparklefonts (est. 2005, England) showcases the work of founder Geoff Anderson, who wants to maintain legibility without compromising style. Chocolate (2005) is a flexible, monoline comic book family. Also: Obsidian (2005, bubblegum or oil slick font), Festival (2005, art nouveau), Dialog (2005, liquid, with stencil versions), Groundhog (2005), Tungsten (2005, futuristic).

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Speedball Text Book
    [Dick Pape]

    Ross F. George's Speedball Text Book has inspired many digital typefaces. Its 17th edition published by the C. Howard Hunt Pen Company in 1956 was used by Dick Pape in the design of 31 fonts. Dick Pape tried to select only those alphabets that had not yet been digitized by others.

    The list: Speedball America, Speedball Architects Italic, Speedball Architects, Speedball Block (a warm octagonal typeface), Speedball Brush Bold Italic, Speedball Built Up Style, Speedball Bulletin Dusted, Speedball Bulletin Heavy, Speedball Bulletin Plain, Speedball Bulletin Squiggley, Speedball Carnival, Speedball Carved Caps (beveled face), Speedball Cond Bold Italic, Speedball Cond Poster Gothic Bold, Speedball Decorative Initials, Speedball Decorative Ransom, Speedball Draftsman's Art, Speedball Formal Roman, Speedball Free Roman, Speedball Gay Nineties A (Western face), Speedball Gay Nineties B, Speedball Line Gothic, Speedball Metropolitan Poster, Speedball Power, Speedball Roman Italic, Speedball Rough, Speedball Slant Script, Speedball Speed D Italics, Speedball Squeezed Headline, Speedball Stencil Italic, Speedball Variation.

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    Spirit&Bones
    [Lena Schmidt]

    Lena Schmidt was born 1981 in Bremen, Germany, and works in Hamburg, Germany. She is a painter, graphic designer and illustrator mostly known for her huge wood carving paintings. From 2003 to 2011 she studied Fine Arts in Hamburg under Matt Mullican. From 2015 to 2019 she studied graphic design with a focus on type design at HAW Hamburg under Jovica Veljovic. In 2021, she set up Spirit & Bones in Hamburg.

    Her typefaces:

    • In 2019, she released a 9-style revival and extension of F. H. Ernst Schneidler's Schneidler Latein (1916-1921) simply called Schneidler Latein. Each style contains 948 glyphs, variations of numbers, three stylistic sets one preserving the historic forms of changed characters, small caps, open type features and superior and inferior characters. She writes: Schneidler Latein is a sharp and elegant Antiqua based on the ductus of the broad edged pen with a strong character. Running perfectly in paragraph text giving it something quite special and being effortlessly legible at the same time, Schneidler Latein works great in headings as well. Each glyph is a piece of art ready to be used in branding and blowup combining beauty and personality in a kick-ass blend. It is absolutely new to the digital world as it never has been digitized before.
    • Jutta (a hand-crafted stencil typeface) (2021). A delicate painted stencil text typeface that relates to Auriol's art nouveau typefaces and the era of impressionism.
    • Neue Latein (2021). A 2-weight sans based on Schneidler Latein.
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sports Fonts

    Wisconsin-based designer of the free athletic lettering stencil font NFL Packers (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    SquirtGun
    [Faizal Reza]

    SquirtGun is a small grunge font archive (shareware, freeware), where one can find original fonts such as Rez, Velvet (grungy calligraphic script), Crass (stencil font). All fonts are by Faizal Reza. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ssaamm

    FontStructor who made these fonts in 2009: 5x5 (pixel face), SignaPix (pixel script), MegaPixel, Steamwriter, Minimalista (4x4 pixel face), Square Off (programming font), 12segment (pixel face), Oriental Theatre, (+Smooth: condensed piano key typefaces), 7x7:1 basic Serif (pixel face), 7x7:2 Classic (pixel face), Square On, Sharp Perforation, Modern Monospace.

    In 2010, he created Squeaky, Texico (a gorgeous Tex-Mex party headline face), Dutts Sans, Dutts Serif (dotted typefaces), Concrete Block (octagonal). Squareplane (+Sharp) and Tacky (a coffee bean font), Cancerous (pixl), Squrave (pixelish), Variable (pixel face), Impossible (pixel), Super (dotted), S-Video Real, Odds and Ends, Edward, Reversey, Rocky, Tacky (dotted), It Pops (athletic lettering), Bulge, Brick Block (3d face), Whoops, Gradient, Uniform Heavy, Uniform 2, Here Is Your Receipt, Filmstrip, 4444, Offf, Leave It To The Mind, Wayvee, Illusiyellow, Thunky, Jot It Down, QweABC, Bleach, 5x7 Practicali, Fancy 5x7 (pixel), Crispy, NoNoNo, S-Video, Blockish.

    Creations from 2012: Hardclips (military stencil).

    Typefaces from 2013: Expection. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    St. Rachan Typeworks
    [Jim Strachan]

    Free fonts by Jim Strachan (Canada): Bibliotheque, Cigarstore, D'Italia (nice stencil font), Mumblypegs (1999), Medieval Scribish (1999, Lombardic), Stampede (1999). Several medieval fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stanislav Hatznik
    [Smartfont]

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    Stéphane Gabrielli

    Born in 1983 in Lyon, he obtained arts degrees from Sèvres and Ecole Estienne. He is presently located in Plaisir, France. Stéphane cooperates on type design projects with Christophe Badani, with whom he co-designed the custom typefaces Darty (2013), Elior (2011), Kwixo (2010), Rolland Garros (2009), Rhodia (2009), Dassault Systèmes (2009), Alstom (2007, a sans family), Eurodatacar (2007, stencil), Graphèmes (2007), Peugeot (2007) and Vinci Sans and Vinci Serif (2007).

    In 2018, he co-designed Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (2018) with Christophe Badani for the champagne company. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stéphane Mondesir
    [Zenkilla Fonts]

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    Stéphanie Daoud

    Parisian art director and designer. Creator of the monoline circle-themed typeface Circula (2017) and the bilined stencil typeface Opening (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stefan Claudius
    [Phantom Power (was: Phantomphonts)]

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    Stefan Ellmer
    [Ellmer Stefan & Johannes Lang]

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    Stefan Gandl
    [Neubau Berlin (or: NB Typography, or: Neubau Laden)]

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    Stefan Hägerling

    Type designer of FF Singer (1995), of FF Motive (1995) and of the stencil font EF Helio (Elsner and Flake, 1995). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stefan Trifan

    Creative director in Bucharest, Romania, who designed the stencil typeface Neon Light (2015). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stefaniya Piano

    Visual and media designer in Vilnius, Lithuania. Creator of Stencil (2013). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stefano Buffoni

    Creative designer from Milan, who co-founded Typojungle, now defunct. His typefaces include Nero (2010, avant-garde), Minimo (2010, hairline geometric sans), Boulevard (2009, fat stencil face), Studio 45 (almost a paperclip face), Nu Classic (ornamental caps, 2008), Rocket (2009, techno) and Metropolitain (2009, a display didone of high contrast). Behance link. Twitter link. Another URL. Yet another URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stelios Constantinides

    Designer who used FontStruct to make Bouldo (2010, dotted face), TNR Bold (2009), Balltype (2009), Octastruct (2009), Weejie (2009), Times Neue Roman (2009, called the illegitimate child of Times New Roman and Helvetica Neue (Condensed)), Elion (2009, dor matrix pixel script), Tweed (2009, squarish), Akia (2009, experimental slab serif), Tesla (2009, dotted font based on Superpois), Pressure (2009, severe octagonal family; +Compressed, +Extended), Simplest (2009), Agora, Agora3D and Agora Dots (2009), Simplest (2009), Billboard (2009), Avant (2009), Imprinted (2009, dotted lines), Pivot Fill (2009), Pivot (2009), Handgloves Neue (2009), Paperclipped (2009), Handgloves (2009), Heart (2009), Foldstruct Pix (2009), Foldstruct (2009), Lino (2009), Linea (2009), Eurotype (2009), Stack (2009), Bloc Stripe (2009), Bloc (2009), Stencileaf (2009), Paul Was Here (2009), Sweetness (2009), Squidlike (2009), Rokice (2009), Current (2008), Theory (2008), Apatype (2008), Dot Script (2008), Dotize (2008), Poiis (2008), Poiis Wide (2008), Wired (2008, white on black), Bloct (2008, pixel shadow font), Construct (2008, like Bloct with a crane effect), Mazal (a great rectangular white on black idea), Keyal (Indic simulation with multilines), Squarial (pixelish), Classico, Unireal, Yoko (simple stencil), Splice (squarish condensed), Goodmorning Tokyo (labyrinth-like glyphs), Poii (pixel face), Gogic, Giant, Wikial (diner script simulation), Futoni (squarish letters). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stella Roberts
    [Stella Roberts Foundry]

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    Stella Roberts Foundry
    [Stella Roberts]

    Type designer in Sunrise, FL, who created a coop style foundry for a charity that pays for the medical bills of her siblings. Some typefaces are made by guest designers such as Jeff Levine, Ray Larabie, Matt Yow, and Brad O. Nelson. The list of typefaces:

    • Ali SRF (2012). By Ray Larabie.
    • Austrual SRF (2012). By Jeff Levine: star dingbats.
    • Big Jim Roberts SRF (2012). Named after Stella's father, this is a seventies retro face.
    • Cardholder Dispute SRF (2012). By Ray Larabie, based on his own old freeware font Cardholder Dispute SRF.
    • Consonant SRF (2012). By Jeff Levine based on an old Ray Larabie font.
    • Dastardly Deeds SRF (2012). A stick font by Ray Larabie and Jeff Levine.
    • Devama SRF (2012). A mini-stenciled typeface by Ray Larabie.
    • Dirty Money SRF (2012). A dollar bill font designed by Brad O. Nelson.
    • Femi SRF (2012): a black monoline grotesk caps face.
    • Fenimore SRF (2012). An art deco typeface by Jeff Levine, related to hius own Theater District JNL.
    • Fitz Sans SRF (2012). By Matt Yow.
    • Hem and Haw SRF (2012). A stitching font by Ray Larabie based on his earlier typeface Stitchen.
    • Infantry SRF (2012). By Jeff Levine, an update of his old freeware dingbat font Infantry (1999).
    • Mancave SRF (2012). A stone age typeface by Jeff Levine.
    • Marginal Notes SRF (2012). A hand-printed typeface by Ray Larabie.
    • Mevada SRF (2012). By Ray Larabie.
    • Ovala SRF (2012). By Ray Larabie.
    • Playya SRF (2012). A graffiti tag font by Ray Larabie.
    • Ranger Rays Rocketeers SRF (2012). By Jeff Levine, based on an old freeware space-age dingbat font.
    • Seminar SRF (2012). Jeff Levine overhauled a Peignotian / Optima-style typeface by Ray Larabie.
    • Transaction SRF (2012). A dot matrix font by Ray Larabie.
    • Wesley SRF (2012). A Ray Larabie original.
    • Wrenchworks SRF (2012). Ray Larabie and Jeff Levine cooperated to bring this mechanical octagonal outline face.

    View the typefaces at Stella Roberts Foundry. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil

    A free stencil font by Atech called Stencil. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts

    A ten dollar font pack by Dan X. Solo at Dover Publications. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil (at FontsNThings)

    Stencil font archive. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil Camera

    A free stencil font made by an unknown designer. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil fonts

    Partial list of stencil fonts recently posted on abf: AGBook-Stencil (Adobe, 1992, and Berthold), AustralianFlyingCorpsStencil, BrideOfTheMonsterStencil (Harold Lohner, 1998), DeStijl-Stencil (P22, 1995), Dollar Store Stencil (Josh Wilhelm 1999), FuturaStencilICG (Image Club Graphics, 1995), FuturistStencil (WSI, 1996), GlaserStencil (URW, 1994), Rugged Stencil (The Font Emporium / Matt Dennewitz), SexySilouetteStencils (Darrian and California Cosmo, 1999), SprayStencil (SWFTE, 1995), Stencil Camera, Army Stencil, Stencil D (URW, 1994), Stencil Compress D (URW, 1994), Stencil Export (Allen R. Walden, 1993), Stencil Gothic BE (B.O. Nelson/Brain Eaters Font Co.&Jeff Levine, 1999), Stencil Sans (Agfa, 1995), StencilSansCondensed (WSI, 1996), StencilSet (SWFTE, 1995), Stencilcase (John Martz, Robotic Attack Fonts, 1997), Stenciled Out Left (Fantazia Concepts, 1993). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil fonts: Graphic Obsession
    [Bertrand Morel]

    Dead link (Graphic Obsession ceased operations in 2008). They listed commercial stencil fonts:

    • From Elsner&Flake: Advera, Arston Stencil, Bank Stencil, Blippo Black, Caslon Fina Stencil, Chico Stencil Regular, Dex Gothic, Ferro, Futura Black, Geometric Stencil, Glaser Stencil, Glaser Stencil2, Kapitellia Bold, LaPina, Lasertac Stencil, Reedon Stencil, Rounded Stencil, Serpentine Stencil Regular, Stencil Antiqua (1999, by Sigrid Claessens and Günther Flake), Tea Chest Stencil, Walton Stencil, Western Stencil.
    • From Two Rebels: Design, Graphic, Inbetween, Link, Manomessa, Proton, Wire And Planks.
    • From Linotype: Auriol, Authentic Stencil Linotype, Sjablony Linotype, Stencil, Stop, Transport, Vision Linotype.
    • From Monotype: Braggadocio.
    • From ITC: Campaign, Rubber Stamp.
    • From Bitstream: Freeform 721 (Bitstreams' version of Auriol), Futura Black, Sonic Extra Bold.
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    Stencil Kingdom

    UK-based stencil company, located in Ipstones. Samples of their alphabets: a script, Old English, Western. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil Revolution

    Stencil font archive site: Analog, CargoCrate, DelarrofontStencil, DirtyBakersDozen, Dollar-Store-Stencil, Fade2Back, Jailbird, Kaiser, Melbylon, WeltronUrban, White-Bold, naked-monk, BraesideOutline, BraesideLumberboy, Crass, LetterSetA, SpacedockStencil, Army, Gunplay, LintsecMedium, NuSchoolMunitions, Rafika. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stencil Type: Detroit April 2003

    A workshop run by Underware in Detroit on stencil type, with a lot of information on the design of such typefaces. An ad hoc typeface was made called Chopshop. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stenso Lettering Company
    [Jeff Levine]

    Jeff Levine recalls the history of the Stenso Lettering Company, started in 1940 by Ruth Hormats and her brother, Robert Libauer. The quote below is from his text.

    Somewhere back around 1940, a young school teacher in Baltimore, Maryland made an observation The brass stencils she gave to her students to use in creative projects were giving them problems. Their crayons and colored pencils were not fitting into the narrow serifs (the small cross strokes) of the letters. Ruth Libauer Hormats had an idea. What if there were some stencils made of cardboard? What if the letters and numbers were slightly fatter especially in the serifs to allow for easy coloring? What if there were small holes slightly above and between each letter, number or punctuation mark to allow for precise spacing? After formulating her concept of such a stencil, Mrs. Hormats had two prototypes made up at a cost of ten dollars each a significant sum of money for the time. Soliciting many of the major stores and store chains around the country, she eventually received a reply from the F.W. Woolworth Company. The five-and-ten cent store giant was interested in her product, but needed to see one firsthand. As she shipped one of the two prototypes off to New York, all she could envision was ten dollars going away. Ruth did not put much stock in the chance of receiving an initial order, but she had presumed wrong. The Woolworth order had been the linchpin for launching the Stenso Lettering Company in the basement of her parents home at 2510 Elsinor Avenue in Baltimore. A small office was set up, and girls were hired to help stuff the stencils into their envelopes. Ruth Hormats once recalled to me during a telephone conversation that the whole family had even sat around the dinner table inserting the freshly die-cut stencils into their envelopes and packing them for resale. Robert Libauer remembered an anecdote from those early years: He was called inside from an afternoon of softball and other sports activities by his father and taken into the cellar of their home to package the stencils into individual envelopes to get them ready for shipment. Robert mumbled under his breath "son of a bitch" and resented being distracted from his play in order to do such menial work. His father was at the other end of the cellar and quietly responded to Roberts expletive with "My mother is not a bitch". Robert was horrified that his father had overheard him and answered, "Gee, Dad... I wasn't talking to you", wherein his father calmly replied, "Theres only two of us here". The Eugene B. Baehr Company was a major super-wholesaler [who also sold to other wholesalers] and became the first distributor of Stensos products. Morris Libauer had accompanied Ruth to New York in order to present a hand-made sample of her stencil to Eugene B. Baehr for his review and consideration. Baehr ordered 50 cartons of the stencils - packed one gross to the case. This order, along with the one from F.W. Woolworth is what got the company up and running. The Stenso Lettering Guide was so unique with its spacing holes (called indicators by Hormats) that she submitted her patent design in 1940 and was awarded a patent for her invention in 1942. In an unparalleled event, the prestigious Macys Department Store in Manhattan held a demonstration of this versatile new product. Manufacturing the stencils was not always a perfect task. The first die provided by Accurate Steel Rule Die (of New York) was too much for an ordinary press to handle and the press broke. To overcome this problem, the die was cut in half, and the stencils were die-cut in two parts to produce the final result. Morris Libauer (Ruth and Bobs father) was the unsung hero of the operation. While Ruth taught school and Robert solicited sales, the elder Libauer worked with the die makers and the printers in order to get their inventory produced. Morris Libauer was a retired furniture retailer and upholsterer whose business once took up a full city block in Baltimore. After selling the furniture business and living on a lifetime annuity, Morris Libauer wanted to venture into other projects. He initially manufactured and sold a line of furniture polish called Colonial, but became enamored with his daughters stencil invention. In 1946, Robert Libauer traveled the country promoting the line. A year later, in 1947, Morris Libauer passed away. It was then when Robert took full charge of the growing young company. His mother had been quite unhappy with the endless trucks pulling up to their modest home to pick up merchandise to be shipped, so eventually Robert Libauer moved Stenso into an abandoned grocery store, and after that to Baltimore's Industrial Building, where he purchased presses and hired a die-cutter. As sales grew, so did the diversity of the product line. The initial products included lettering guides in 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch, 1 inch and 1-1/2 inch Roman (serif) capital letters and numbers, a 1/2 inch Gothic (sans serif) card with capitals, lower case and numbers and a map of the United States. The 1/2 inch Gothic was discontinued and was replaced with a 3/4 inch offering, as there were problems at the time in having steel rule dies bent so precisely into small letter shapes. The stencils were offered individually or as small and large assortments known as combination sets. The average size of these stencil cards were approximately 8 inches by 10-1/2 inches. (Later products with letters larger than 3 inches were on stencil board stock of appropriately different sizes.) For a while, a stencil toy (Product #401) called Stenso Circus Animals was produced as well as other educational stencils during the 1940s. A special-run product in the early 1950s offered the Hebrew alphabet (Product #H-54). A unique stencil design was issued toward the end of the 1940s which allowed users to create letters in three different styles. Called 2 inch Solid Gothic, the letters and numbers were atypical of most stencil letters which had breaks within the letter forms. These letters were complete at least on their vertical sides and they were cut out as if resting on rails. The user would trace the sides of the letters, then use a straight edge to close off the tops and bottoms. The user was then encouraged to either leave the letters in outline form, fill them in, or color in the background hence the three-way application. The companys growth prompted Bob to purchase his own building at 1101 East 25th Street and install two Miehle presses and facilities to make cardboard boxes for his company as well as other clients. Previously, the various components were subcontracted and simply assembled at one location. The 1950s saw a large expansion of the product line to include different Roman and Gothic combination sets (with new sizes added) and Gothic sets ranging from 3 inches to 12 inches, as well as the addition of new lettering styles. Old English, Frontier (Western) and Modern Script (similar to the digital typeface Croissant) bolstered the range of lettering available to the consumer. A decorative stencil line was introduced in the mid-1950s for home crafters. As Alaska and Hawaii became states, an additional card was included with the Stenso Map of the United States (Product #50). In the 1950s, Libauer took a unique approach to marketing Stenso products... Using a Dun and Bradstreet directory, and seeking out retailers (such as 5 and 10 cent stores) with good credit ratings, he sent them a package containing an assortment of stencils worth $25.00 in wholesale value, a cover letter and a dollar bill pinned to the letter. The letter contained text somewhat similar to the following: Dear ___________, I cannot afford to have a salesman call on you personally. If you put these items on your counter, your customers will buy them. Should you accept this merchandise, your payment of $25.00 is due in return. In the event you do not accept this merchandise, the enclosed dollar bill will more than adequately cover the cost of returning them. Incredibly, over 40% of the unsolicited mailings were accepted, and Bob had one more marketing trick up his sleeve for those who hadn't either paid for or returned the unsolicited stencils. There was a series of twelve monthly letters sent to these retailers as reminders. The twelfth one would be addressed to the merchant, and the page left blank until you reached near the bottom of the page. One line was typed: I have said all I can say in the previous eleven letters. Over the years, stencil board was bought from any available source, and on one occasion Libauer had come across a warehouse full of the product, so he purchased it. This gave him enough raw material to supply the companys needs for a few years. By the early 1960s a Modern Gothic stencil was introduced with three alphabets all in Art Deco style available on one stencil card. This unique stencil [despite earlier problems with small steel rule dies] offered alphabets and numbers in 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch and 1/2 inch sizes. The 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch Roman stencils were re-tooled to provide both solid and stencil versions of the letters. Many intermediate sizes, previously available only in combination sets of their respective type style were now being sold as individual units. Around 1962, Robert Libauer merged his company with Ottenheimer Publishers of Owings Mills, Maryland; famous for their Vest Pocket Dictionaries. Although manufacturing was still done at the plant on East 25th Street for a time, by 1964 the operation of Stenso was moved into the Ottenheimer facilities and new packaging was then designed and introduced. Libauers original plan was to merge the two companies and then sell them to a larger company, and publisher McGraw-Hill showed an interest in such an acquisition. However, some third-generation members of the Ottenheimer family didn't want this sale to go through. Ottenheimer Publishers ran into some financial problems, and subsequently sold Stenso to the Dennison Manufacturing Company of Framingham, Massachusetts. Dennison took over Stenso in 1965. A 20 prefix was added to all product numbers to fit into Dennisons product identification system. From 1965 until the early 1980s, the Stenso line was nothing more than an addendum to Dennisons vast product line. Stencil board was replaced with file folder stock, and the dies which needed re-knifing periodically in order to maintain cutting quality were often left in disrepair. Finally, during the beginning years of the 1980s, the line was thoroughly overhauled. All of the old dies were scrapped, and new ones were manufactured. The largest size in the line was a 3 stencil, and the Gothic stencil was actually a version of Helvetica. The Roman products were actually fashioned after a stencil font designed originally in metal type, and later as a digital font. Stencil cards were now approximately 3-1/2 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide, and were die cut and folded into plastic-wrapped packaging so that they were better suited to pegboard sales in small spaces. As the fortunes of Dennison faltered in the 1990s (no doubt due to over-expansion and fiscal irresponsibility), the onetime largest supplier of office products globally was forced to merge with the Avery Corporation (the originators of self-adhesive labels) in order to survive. The Stenso name was later dropped for the Avery name, and eventually discontinued. Part of the demise of the line can be attributed to the era of dry transfer lettering, and the digital revolution brought on by affordable home computers (where thousands of type typefaces are available). Ironically, the crafting and scrap booking craze has been steadily growing around the country, and various types of stencils have enjoyed steady sales due to a resurgence of interest and popularity in this type of medium, but it comes too late for a line which [for over sixty years] helped millions of school children, business owners, home hobbyists and just about anyone who needed legible lettering (but lacked the talent) letter like a pro. SOME AFTERTHOUGHTS: Christmas stencils were produced in the late 1950s, and sold fairly well seasonally, but Mr. Libauer recalled that if he had produced enough stock prior to the "holiday buying season" of around March and April, he could have increased sales greatly by soliciting them at trade shows for toy merchants. One idea Robert Libauer never got around to marketing was a puzzle toy similar to a jigsaw puzzle, but utilizing a pressure-sensitive material so the parts could be repositioned. Libauers one regret was not moving into the line of pressure-sensitive (stick-on) lettering, which eventually became a large retail market. Although he said he made a decent living from the stencil company, Bob felt he had lost money with the merger of the line to Ottenheimer Publishers, but he had more than made up for this by going to New York, joining a Park Avenue brokerage firm and getting into investment banking and other interests. At 86 [of this writing], Libauer is still working and not looking back to the past. Ruth Libauer Hormats passed away in 2004 at the age of 93. She had been living with her daughter in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and had been in poor health for some time. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stenso Lettering Company

    Company which existed from the 1930s until 1965 when it was taken over by Dennison. Robert and Ruth Libauer created the famous stencil lettering font company. The Stenso name became Avery after Dennison was in turn taken over in the 1990s. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stephan Mueller

    Swiss graduate (b. 1965) of Luzern School of Art and Design, who settled in Berlin in 1997. Co-founder with Cornel Windlin in 1993 of Lineto, with Cornel Windlin and Andreas Eigendorf in 2014 of Alphabet Type (Berlin), and in 2018 of Forgotten Shapes, a Leipzig-based digital foundry dedicated to historical reconstructions. Since 2011, Müller has been directing the type design master class at HGB Leipzig, together with Fred Smeijers.

    His fonts can be obtained at Lineto and FontFont. These include: Aveugle (Braille font, 1995), Berlin-Schnefeld and Berlin-TegelSmallSizes (1995), Parking, FF Gateway (1997 a triangulated font family done with Cornel Windlin), and Grid (1996), FF Chernobyl (1998, from stenciled letters on the Chernobyl plant), Paragon, Batarde Coulee, Shuttle, FE Mittelschrift and FE Engschrift (1997, modeled after the impossible-to-counterfeit German license plate font), 104 (nice geometric font), FF Container, Bitmap-Condensed and Bitmap-Regular (1998), Regular (2004, Lineto, a typewriter family), SMonoHand (2009, a handwritten monospaced Latin font with support for German). FF Screen Matrix (1995) was done with Cornel Windlin. In 2003, he released the LL Numberplate series at Lineto, which covers Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, and Switzerland. Other Lineto fonts include LL Office (1999: an Eurostile-like monospaced font), LL Excellent (2004), LL Freundschaft (2001: a dystiopian / constructivist typeface) and LL Valentine (2002: a typewriter typeface based on the Olivetti Valentine machine from 1969 designed by Ettore Sottsass and Perry A. King).

    Open Font Library link. View Stephan Mueller's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stephen Bird
    [Uusimaa Type Foundry Incorporated]

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    Stephen Miggas
    [Aerotype]

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    Stephy So

    Stephy So (Irvine, CA) designed the modular stencil typeface MYOT (2014) which is based on straight edges, semicircles and quarter circles. MYOT stands for make your own type. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stereo Type Haus
    [Richard Diaz Granados]

    Stereo Type Haus (or STH) is a commercial foundry in Brooklyn, NY, est. 2000, offering fonts by Rick D. Granados ((b. Miami, FL, 1970): Bucks (graffiti font), Bushwick (handwriting), Ballbuster, Bedford (2010, an award-quality dot matrix family inspired by mosaic lettering by Heins&LaFarge, architects of the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) in New York City: Bedford hints at the station names on platform walls which date back to 1904 but modernize it through a rigid grid system and rounded corners), Bockhold (2010, a humanist take on DIN), Broadcast (neat stencil face), Konstrukt (stencil), Construkt (2009, a unicase stencil), Falcon, Gran Torino, Roller Girl, Opera (2005, with Ros Knopov), Prisma 2012 (2010, an octagonal multiline face), Radiac (2010, a monoline squarish unicase face), Rukbat, Stylus, Schmearox, Tech Stencil (2000), Noise&Hum, STH Sirena (2006, inspired by hand-painted signage found in "Little Haiti" Miami, Florida), Boris Dworschak (Partisan East, Partisan West, Basic, Gaijin. Other designers include Nikola Djurek (Cornerset (pixel), Aiseman), Luis Valle&R.D. Granados (Lillian, a script face), Arnold Steiner (Statica, Organic Mechanic), Michael Clarke (Paris), Carlos Alfonso (Locut, 2Bit), Denise Wilton (Stereobitz, a stereo dingbat face), Nikola Djurek (Tribeca, Magasine, Soho, Novella) and unnamed author fonts such as Palleta, Rook, STH Kit 1, Stereobytes (audio dingbats), Stereobytes Vintage (hi-fi dings), Nomad (a deconstructivist stencil face).

    At FontStruct in 2009, he made the Victorian family Cartelle (+Inline), the pixel family Microdot, and Chico. Granados spends his time between New York City and Austin, Texas.

    Klingspor link.

    View Richard Granados's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stereotype (was: Zone Erogene, or Dasklem)
    [Clément Nicolle]

    Stereotype is Clément Nicolle's web outfit. He designed these (free) fonts between 2004-2006: 3grammes5, BagpackDemo (grunge), Base02 and Base05 (grunge; this one dates from 2009 though), FrakturikaDemo, Fleur Aux Dents (happy dingbats, by Damien Raymond), Barrio 30 (degraded stencil face), Heroin07 (2008, grunge), Base 05 (stitching font), Madredeus, MarcelleScript, MarcelleSwashes, MigraineSans, MigraineSerif, Perestroika (Cyrillic font simulation), Petiote, Phonetica, Reclame, Sodium'76. Fleur aux Dents was designed by Damien Raymond. Today (2008) is a connected diner style script. Morgenstern (2008) is a wiry font.

    Dasklem (Zone Erogene) was a French foundry (est. 2002) in Nancy also founded by Clément Nicolle. At Dasklem, he created nice typefaces (with repetitions from the list already mentioned above) such as Frakturika (2004), Phonetica (2003, a semi-phonetic unicase face), C'dans l'air, Irreversible, Migraine Sans (2002), Migraine Serif (2002, unicase), Fleur aux Dents (dingbats by Damien Raymond), 3 Grammes 5 (2002), Arriere Garde (2002), Base 02 (2002), Perestroika (Russian simulation face), Petiote (2003, pixel face), Marcelle (2004, fifties style baseball script), Madredeus, ReclameDingbats, Bagpack (grunge), Barrio 30 (grunge), Morgenstern (electrical circuit font), Today (2008, signage script), Heroin 07 (2008, grunge), Base 05 (2009, grunge).

    The most recent typefaces: Bugeater (2013, textured typeface), Docktrin (2014, a spurred letterpress-style typeface), Huntress (2015, grungy letterpress style), Wasted (2015, a connected retro script), Bakery (2015, curly script), Bernadette (2016, signage script), Master of Break (2016, free signage script), Magnolia Sky (2016, a wonderfully irregular curly script), Marguerite (2016, signage script), Beyond The Mountains (2016), Mark My Words (2016), Thinking of Betty (2016, retro signage script), Bernadette (2016), Thinking Of Betty (2016, a retro signage script), Bernadette Rough (2017), Work In Progress (2017), Mustardo (2017, signage script), Gloss And Bloom (2017, dry brush), La Guapita (calligraphic), Rose of Baltimore (calligraphic), Broadcast Matter (2017, dry brush script), Mocking Bird (2017, signage script), Hotel de Paris (2017, beveled), Julietta (2017, script based on the lettering of Stéphane Lopes), Meat Buckets (2017, a nervous signage script), Strawberry Blossom (2018: script), Jasmine and Greentea (2018: script), Grand Adventure (2018: script), Silver Charm (2018: script), The Breakdown (2018: script), Rosetta Black (2018: brush style), Rosetta Color (2018: SVG color font), The Perfect Christmas (2018: a starry font), Strawberry Blossom (2019: watercolor brush), Madame (2019: signage script), Mollywood (2019), Badass Moon (2019), Rotten Mangos (2019: made from a fudenosuke brush pen; a renaming of Badass Moon?), Snowballs (2019: Magnolia Sky with snowflakes), Mondaine.

    Typefaces from 2020: Yellowstone (an inky script), Holly and Berries (a Christmas font), Halloweek (a dripping blood font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Bergamote (script), Leaves&Ground.

    Older (dead) URL. Dafont link. The foundry survives as Stereo Type (since about 2005). Another Dafont link. Yet another link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Steve Cloutier

    Quebec-based designer (b. 1971) in 2010 of the outline face Elégante and of the grunge typefaces Apocalypse Regular, Arbre, Autodestruction, Papineau (hand-printed), de Lorimier, Gardien d'herbe, Elusion (organic), Cataclysme (grunge), Wolfred Nelson (rubber stamp caps), Chénier (grunge), Crack and Bold, Fleur de Lys (dingbats that are useful pour mon pays), Manuscrit, Ancien (grungy inline face), Confusion, Patriote 1837 Regular, Arbre (hand-printed) and Cloutier Script (hand-printed).

    Typefaces created in 2011: Sioux Caps (ornamental caps: a scanbat face), Flower Cap (floriated caps), Damned (a grungy horror movie typeface), Sketch Me (a sketched face).

    Typefaces from 2012: Dill Francis, I Hate Futur, Fabrics (stitch font), Stucco, Children, Hacking Trashed, Flower (floriated caps), Arbre, Patriotes 1837, Damned Deluxe, Trashed Light (grunge), Leather (ornamental caps), Punk Rock Show, Crack And Bold, Ana Eve (grunge), British Museum 1490 (ornamental caps), Nature Font (grungy caps), Chenier (grunge), Mosaique (a textured typeface), Motor Pieces (commercial), Mixtec Codice (Maya, Aztec or Inca dingbats), Parkinson (grungy outlines), Ludger Duvernay, Monster, Sponge, Napoleon (a nice fat poster face), Negative Film, Nelson Old Newspaper, Fuck Autority (sic), Rene Levesque (hand-printed), First Nation (an Indian scanbat face), Pustule, Emilie (hand-printed caps), Papineau (hand-printed), Sixties, Dali, Midnight (brush face), Fairy Tale (ornamental caps), Tiger Balloon (African-themed), Rafael (fat poster face), Sacred Place (heavy poster family), Pistache Regular (unicase Plakat font), Morning Stress, Hippie Gypsy (ornamental caps), FBI Old Report (old typewriter face), Mitsouskos, Ten O Clock (a multiline hand-printed face), Strawbwrry, Jewels, CF Night of the Damned, CF One Two Trees (tree-themed), Hagadou (bejeweled letters), CF Punk Forever (white on black grunge), CF Anabelle (curly script), CF Samurai Bob, CF Marie-Eve, CF Christmas Shit, CF Pinceau (fat brush face), CF Deco 1492, CF Cracked Stone, CF Metropolis Serif, CF Punky, CF Snowball (snow-capped glyphs), CF Tuques, CF Revolution, CF Fashion, CF Tissus, CF Christmas Letters, CF Diamond (diamond-studded letters), CF Stencil Orama, CF Dallas Stars (stars and stripes face), CF Old Photograph Credit Font, CF Christmas Letters.

    Typefaces from 2013: CF National Stitches, CF Spaceship, Historia (sans caps), CF WireFrame, CF NaVia, CF Sortilege, CF Spirality, CF Charlie, CF Fredo Style, CF Little Monsters (alphadings), CF Tissus, CF I Love Montreal (fat finger face), CF Jungle, CF Paris (art deco caps), CF Marie Eve Cartoons, CF Circuit Electrique, CF Jack Story, CF Punk Attitude, CF Billabong, CF I Want To Believe Comp (grunge), CF Zombie Party (crayon or lipstick font), CF Life Is Beautiful (paint font), CF Gothika (grungy blackletter), CF Manifesto (painted letters), CF Rise of Nations, CF The Lost Batallion, CF Armageddon, CF Electronic Board, CF Old Typography (letterpress font), CF Modern 165, CF Hockey Players (dingbats published on the day the Montreal Canadians were humiliated, 6-1, by the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup playoffs), CF Nelson Old Caracters (sic), Peru Adventure, CF Montreal High School (athletic lettering), Urban Life (textured font), CF Same Old Story (grunge), CF Plants And Flowers, CF Cant Change The World (clean, hand-printed), CF Jeanne Mance, CF Jeans Collection (textured), CF Alien Abduction, CF Rebelle (brush font), CF Jungle Adventure, CF Never Trust A Hippy, CF Anarchy (ransom note font), CF Life Is A Dream (grunge), CF Farwest, CF Typocraft, CF Politicians Killers (blood drip face), CF Technomania, CF Technorama, CF I Love Ugly Fonts, CF Ribbon, CF Tree Of Life, CF Revenge, CF Back to School, CF Nut And Bolts, CF Final Conflict (brush script), CF Nostalgia (brush face), CF Industrial Fabrics (textured face), CF Font Shading, CF Rock Age, CF Nouvelle France (antiqued alphabet), CF My Bloody Valentine, CF Ceinture Flechee (multilined typeface), CF Disappointed, CF Atlantide, CF Bucherons (texture face), CF Simon Marchessault (hand-printed), CF Haunted House (brush face), Gray Texture, CF Space Cowboy (textured typeface), CF Louis Cyr.

    Typefaces from 2014: CF Goliath, CF Alone on Earth, Stencil of Rama, Bad News (textured face), CF Xerography, CF Milk, CF Springtime, CF Crayons, CF Dwarf, CF Asshole Politicians, CF Old Milwaukee (spurred typeface), CF Paris Old Style (grungy Peignotian typeface), Creature of Darkness (textured typeface), Quebec Stamp (grungy stencil), Schizophrenia (neurotic typeface), La Belle Helene, CF William Wallace, CF Dots 521, CF LCD 521, CF America, CF Left Behind, CF Jacques Cartier, CF My Best Friend, Flowers of Destiny.

    Typefaces from 2015: CF Rise of Nation (bold poster typeface), CF Punk (grungy capitals), Baron Rouge, General Tao (oriental simulation font), CF Mother Board (circuit font), CF John Doe (sketched), CF Crayons de Plomb, CF US Army (textured type), CF White Trash (Treefrog style), CF Punk Rock Show, CF Denim Jeans, CF School Handwriting, CF Nuclear War (very grungy caps face), CF Jack Story, CF Civilisation Maya (textured typeface), CF Punk Is Not Dead, CF Calligraphia, CF Life Is A Dream (grungy textured font), CF Blueprint, CF Far West Regular, CF Samuel de Champlain, CF Azteques (Mexican decorative font)., CF Fleurs de Lys (dingbats), CF Chevalier de Lorimier (connected script), CF Bonaparte, CF Expedition, CF Boston Regular (casual script), CF Jacques Parizeau (a grungy font named after a racist and pompous former political figure in Quebec), CF Trash Zone (grungy stencil), CF I Dont Want To Grow Up, CF Metro Parisien (art deco), CF Craig Robinson, CF Paradise City, CF Great Destiny, CF Robert Nelson, CF Grand Nord (a snow-capped design), CF Green Monster (slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2016: CF Showbizz, CF Halloween (dripping blood font), CF La Sorciere Noire (vampire script), CF Green Corn (white on black), CF Engraved, CF Ghost Stories, CF Legends of the Fall, CF Bad Cops, CF Cherokee (wood block printing emulation), CF School Zone (crayon font), CF Snowboard Project (grunge), CF Oak Island, CF Peterson.

    Typefaces from 2017: I Robot, Christmas Stitch, Nightmare (dripping blood font), Tangerine (inline typeface), CF Klondike (spurred Western font), CF Letterpress Type, CF Brothers in Arms, CF Etoffe du Pays (a dusty typeface), CF Second Son, CF The Rock (textured), CF Old School, CF Pretty Trees.

    Typefaces from 2018: CF Le Dernier Empereur (oriental emulation), CF Sacred Planet, CF Glitch City, CF Remington Typewriter, CF Cyborg, CF Punk vs Cyborg, CF The Ocean Song (monoline connected script), CF Wild West (Tuscan), CF Three Dimensions, CF Mexicana.

    Typefaces from 2019: CF Le Grand Cirque (a circus font), CF Saturn 21, CF World at War (an old typewriter font), CF Night of Terror (a dripping blood font), CF Blackboard (a chlak font), CF Punk Fashion, CF Punk Songwriter.

    Typefaces from 2020: CF Punk Posters (a ransom note font), CF University of Nowhere (a grungy varsity font), CF Letterpress Type Two, CF Band of Brothers. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Steve Green

    Created of a flashy stencil font for Fortune Magazine's article America's Most Wanted (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Steven Bonner

    Graphic designer in Stirling, Scotland. He created some fonts and designed some letters for GQ Magazine in 2011. He also made the modular typeface Build (2011).

    In 2012, he created the stencil typeface Muirside, and published a modular compose-as-you-go blackletter type system called Granimator or Blackpack.

    Together with Gary Greenall (XLN Telecom), he created the headline sans typeface Langdon (2013). He has produced a few interesting type posters.

    Behance link. HypeForType link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Steven Waring
    [From Parts Unknown]

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    Stig

    Creator of Lower Face, and Tiny Rounded (+Blocks, +Slices) (2008, FontStruct), rounded fat typefaces with stencil effects in Tiny Rounded Blocks. This was followed by the slab serif display typeface ChilliStrict. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Storm Type Foundry
    [Frantisek Storm]

    Storm Type is a major Czech foundry that offers the inspiring work of Frantisek Storm (b. 1966, Prague). Most typefaces are made by Storm himself. The typefaces:

    • Aaahoj: a ransom note font.
    • Abald (2005): Abald adds to the number of "bad-taste" alphabets as seen on faded commercial inscriptions painted on neglected old houses.
    • Academica: Josef Týfa first published Academia in 1967-68. It was the winning design in a competition for scientific typefaces, announced by Grafotechna. It was cut and cast in metal in 1968 in 8 and 10 point sizes in plain, italic and semi-bold designs. In 2003 Josef Týfa and Frantisek Storm began to work on its digital version. The new name Academica distinguishes the digital execution (and modifications) from the original Academia. In 2021, Frantisek Storm added Academica Sans.
    • Aichel: originally designed for use in architecture (in this particular case for a UNESCO memorial plaque for a church built by Jan Santini-Aichel on Zelenà Hora). It has a stone-chiseled look.
    • Alcoholica
    • Alebrije (2015). A 42-cut exaggerated cocaine-driven typeface family with instantly recognizable v and w that have slabs on their baselines.
    • Amor Sans and Amor Serif (2005).
    • Amphibia (2016). A lapidary typeface family.
    • Andulka (2004): 24 weights for use in books, mags and newspapers. Extended in 2011 to Andulka Sans.
    • Antique Ancienne, Moderne&Regent (2000): Baroque typefaces.
    • Anselm Sans and Serif (2007): 20 styles about which Storm writes The ancestry of Anselm goes back to Jannon, a slightly modified Old Style Roman. I drew Serapion back in 1997, so its spirit is youthful, a bit frisky, and it is charmed by romantic, playful details. Anselm succeeds it after ten years of evolution, it is a sober, reliable laborer, immune to all eccentricities. It won an award for superfamily at TDC2 2008. It covers Greek as well.
    • Areplos (2005): Based on Jan Solpera's 1982 typeface with serifs on top and serifless at the bottom.
    • Bahnhof: poster typeface from the 1930s.
    • Baskerville Original Pro (2010) comprising Baskerville 10 Pro, Baskerville 10 Cyr, JBaskerville, and JBaskerville Text. This is an important and thoroughly studied execution starting from photographs of prints from Baskerville's printing office, ca. 1760.
    • Beletrio and Beletria (2018). Beletria (26 styles) is intended as a modern book type. Beletrio is a peaceful accompanying sans.
    • Bhang (2011) is a flat brush signage family of exceptional balance.
    • Biblon (2000; note: ITC Biblon is a watered down version of Biblon, so please go for the original, not the ITC version). Biblon Pro (2006) is even better; 6 weights.
    • Briefmarken (2008): letters that look dented like postage stamps.
    • The 64-style Carot type system (2020), which consists of Carot Sans, Carot Display, Carot Slab and Carot Text.
    • Clara Sans and Clara Serif (2014). Based on sketches by Rotislav Vanek, and published at Signature Type Foundry.
    • Clichee
    • Cobra (2001)
    • Comenia Script (Radana Lencov&acaute;), an upright script with a handwritten look for teaching writing.
    • Comenia Text (2006): a serif family for school books. Also called Comenia Pro Serif.
    • Compur (2000).
    • Coroner (2018). A blackletter first sketched in 1988.
    • Defender (2008): a heavy slab family.
    • Digita (2004)
    • Dracula (2017). A great blackletter family.
    • Dynamo Grotesk (1995): Storm's 60-weight sans family going back to the early sans traditions. In 2009, this was updated to Dyna Grotesk Pro.
    • Enamelplate (2011).
    • Etelka (2005, 42 styles): a corporate identity sans family, which became commercial in 2006. Four Etelka Monospace styles were added in 2008. Etelka Sans and Etelka Slab were released in 2019.
    • Evil
    • Excelsior Script (1995-1996), perhaps renamed Excelsor Script around 2000.
    • Farao (a great Egyptienne font in 3 weights)
    • Friedhof (2011). A family based on tombstone lettering from ca. 1900. It contains handtooled and shaded (Geist + Deko) variations.
    • Gallus Konzept (2007, in many weights):
    • Carolingian-Roman-Gaelic-Uncial script, or an exploration into how the Latin alphabet could look were the evolution of the Carolingian Minuscule to stop in the 8th century AD in Sankt Gallen.
    • Genre: a modern face.
    • Fenix 21 through 23 (2010): An elliptical sans family that includes a hairline (21).
    • Header (2009): a magazine headline family.
    • Hercules (2001). A didone family originally influenced by Monotype's fat face Falstaff (1935).
    • Hexenrunen (2006, + Reverb): a runic simulation face.
    • Ideal Gothic
    • Inicia (2018). A sans originally drawn in the 1980s.
    • Jannon (this is a formidable Garalde family). Jannon Pro appeared on MyFonts in 2010.
    • Jannon Sans (2011).
    • Jannon Text Moderne (2001): thicker hairlines and smaller x-height than Jannon Text, thus more generally useful
    • Jasan (2017). A 36-strong sans family with lots of wide styles.
    • JohnBaskerville (2000)
    • JohnSans (2001, a 72-weight sans version of Baskerville)
    • Josef Sans (2013, with Jan Solpera). A humanist sans family related to Josef Tyfa's Tyfa Roman (Tyfa Antikva).
    • Juvenis (2003)
    • Kompressor: techno typeface
    • Lexicon Gothic: newspaper and magazine type family, created in 2000. Renamed Lexon Gothic.
    • Libcziowes: based on the oldest lettering found in Bohemia, on a gravestone in Libceves dating from 1591
    • LidoSTF (2001, free): a redrawn Times with lots of individuality, yet still a newspaper typeface
    • Lokal Script (2009): a large hand-printed letter family.
    • ITC Malstock (1996-1997), a condensed film poster face.
    • Mediaeval
    • Metron (2004, a digital version by F. Storm and Marek Pistora after a huge sans design from 1973 by Jiri Rathousky, which was commissioned by the Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague in 1970 to be used in the information system of the Prague Metro. In 1986, the metro started using Helvetica): this typeface is eminently readable!
    • Modell: techno
    • Monarchia [The Monarchia family, consisting of three designs, is a transcription of "Frühling" of the German type designer Rudolf Koch, enriched by a bold and text design]
    • Moyenage (2008): a 25-style blackletter family for Latin and Cyrillic, almost an experiment in blackletter design and flexibility. Winning entry at Paratype K2009.
    • Mramor (1988-2013). A roman caps typeface with lower case added. Storm: The text designs are discontinued since they were replaced by the related Amor Serif family (along with its -sans version). Even so, ten display styles are left.
    • Negro
    • Ohrada: condensed upper case
    • Ornaments 1+2
    • Ozdoby 1+2 (great dingbats): The set includes heraldic figures, leaves, decorative endings, various skull forms, weather signs, borders and many more.
    • Patzcuaro
    • Pentagramme
    • Pentagraf: a slab serif
    • Pepone and Pepone Stencil. Designed for setting belles-lettres, this serifed family defies classification.
    • Pivo (2006), a connected diner script inspired by Bohemian beer labels.
    • Plagwitz (2000, blackletter). Plagwitz poster by Lissa Simon (2012).
    • Politic (2004): a clunky fat octagonal family made for billboards, flyers, posters, teabags, and matches for the green Party in the 2004 Czech elections. Caps only.
    • Preissig Antikva + Ornaments: a 1998 digitization and interpretation of Preisig's polygonal type from 1925. The Pro version is from 2012.
    • Preissig 1918: a typeface by Vojtech Preissig cut in linoleum
    • Preissig Ozdoby
    • Regent Pro (2015): a rustic Baroque typeface that oozes energy out of its semi-transitional semi-didone orifices.
    • Quercus Whiteline, Quercus 10, Quercus Serif, and Quercus Sans (2015). Four large families, created for informational and magazine design, corporate identity and branding. The sans has a Gill flavor.
    • Regula Text and Regula Old Face. Regula is named after the secular monastic order Regula Pragensis. Initially, the digitized font (regular old Face, which is now free) had jagged edges and a rather narrow range of applications until the summer of 2009, when Storm added text cuts. Regula was a baroque alphabet faithfully taken over from a historical model including its inaccuracies and uneven letter edges.
    • Rondka (2001)
    • Sebastian (2003, a sans with a funky italic), about which he writes: Sans-serif typefaces compensate for their basic handicap---an absence of serifs---with a softening modulation typical of roman typefaces. Grotesques often inherit a hypertrophy of the x-height, which is very efficient, but not very beautiful. They are like dogs with fat bodies and short legs. More# Why do we love old Garamonds? Beside beautifully modeled details, they possess aspect-ratios of parts within characters that timelessly and beauteously parallel the anatomy of the human body. Proportions of thighs, arms or legs have their universal rules, but cannot be measured by pixels and millimeters. These sometimes produce almost unnoticeable inner tensions, perceptible only very slowly, after a period of living with the type. Serifed typefaces are open to many possibilities in this regard; when a character is mounted on its edges with serifs, what is happening in between is more freely up to the designer. In the case of grotesques, everything is visible; the shape of the letter must exist in absolute nakedness and total simplicity, and must somehow also be spirited and original.
    • Serapion (a Renaissance-Baroque Roman typeface with more contrast than Jannon)
    • SerapionII (2002-2003): early Baroque
    • Solpera (digitization of a type of Jan Solpera, 2000)
    • SplendidOrnamenty (1998, a formal script font)
    • Splendid Quartett: an Antiqua, a sans, a bold and a script. Stor writes: The script was freely transcribed from the pattern-book of the New York Type Foundry from 1882, paying regard to numerous other sources of that period.
    • St Croce (2014). Based on worn-out lettering on tombstones in the St. Croce Basilica in Florence, this is a flared lightly stenciled typeface family.
    • Technomat (2006): this typeface takes inspiration from matrix or thermal dot printers.
    • Tenebra: a combination of the Baroque inscriptional majuscule with decorative calligraphic elements and alchemistic symbols
    • Teuton (2001): a severe sans family inspired by an inscription on one German tomb in the Sudetenland
    • Traktoretka
    • Trivia Sans (2012), Trivia Serif (2012, a didone), Trivia Serif 10 (2012), Trivia Grotesk (2012, 48 cuts), Trivia Gothic (2013), Trivia Slab (2012), and Trivia Humanist (2013, a strong wedge serif family: I wanted a clear and majestic typeface for book jackets, LP cover designs, posters, exhibition catalogues and shorter texts).
    • Tusar (2004): a digitization of a type family by Slavoboj Tusar from 1926
    • Tyfa ITC + Tyfa Text: Designed by Josef Týfa in 1959, digitized by F. Storm in 1996.
    • Vida Pro (2005), a big sans family designed for TV screens. Vida Stencil Demo is free.
    • Walbaum Text (2002). Walbaum 10 Pro (2010) and Walbaum 120 Pro (2010) are extensive (and gorgeous!) didone families, the latter obtained from the former by optical thinning. Storm quips: I only hope that mister Justus Erich won't pull me by the ear when we'll meet on the other side. Advertised as a poster sans family, he offers Walbaum Grotesk Pro (2011).
    • Wittingau (2016). A wonderful decorative blackletter typeface family, with a great set of Wittingau Symbols.
    • Zeppelin (2000): a display grotesk
    This foundry cooperates in its revivals with experienced Czech designers Ottokar Karlas, Jan Solpera and Josef Týfa.

    Alternate URL. Myfonts write-up.

    At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about his own Czech typefaces, on his Czech Typeface Project, and on the life of Josef Týfa.

    Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Struvictory Art
    [Viktoryia Strukouskaya]

    Struvictory Art (Hrodna, Belarus) is run by Viktoryia Strukouskaya and Viktor Strukovski. Most of their typefaces are jointly designed. Their creations include the patterned typeface Endless Hygge in 2017. In 2018, they designed the decorative Mexican flavor typeface Mexico, the textured Nordic Tale, the tribal font Solaris, the color font Jazz, the floral typeface Gardenia, Insectarium, Folk Tile, the alchemic typeface Majolica (released in 2019 as Maiolica), Rustic Spring, Africa, and the tribal African font Tabu.

    Typefaces from 2019: Runista, Runista Symbols, Wigwams, Aronia, Norwolk (a Nordic folklore font, +Symbols), Solarica (a tribal font family), Agnostic Font (a hipster font), Modesto (arts and crafts style font), Wigwam and Wigwam Symbols (a tribal font), Sealife.

    Typefaces from 2020: Moonwild (a celestial font and symbol set), Moonwild Decorative, Okaeri (a Japanese emulation foint), Quizles (a stencil serif), Doubleganger (a Peignotian typeface for fashion magazines that plays on two different widths), Hedonist (a great modern poster sans).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hygge Adore (a hairline slab serif), Geonica (a great geometric deco typeface), Le Tarot (a spurred celestial font), Stonage (stone age letters and patterns), Foliart (floriated, blackboard bold; originally called Foliar), Mystyline Decorative, Ajoure (a folk art font that includes a set of symbols).

    Typefaces from 2022: Nomad Decorative (a decorative boho font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Stu Mertens

    UK-based designer of the stencil typeface Base (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Stuart Sandler
    [Font Diner (or: Stu's Font Diner)]

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    Studio 69
    [Andres de Velasquez]

    Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia-based designer of the stenciled RoteSonne Poster in 2014. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Aurora (was: Platform Design)

    British designer based in Dubai and/or London, whose company is called Studio Aurora (was: Design by Platform, or: Platform Design). His typefaces:

    • In 2018: the stylish display typeface Ceylon, the ultra-condensed typeface Burokku (free trial) and Sukima Stencil.
    • In 2019: Equinox (sans and serif: a caps only fashion mag typeface), La Rosa (a fashionable mini-serifed typeface), Everglade (sans), Palm Beach (a delicate all caps sans), Ranahan (a tall all caps sans), Bliss Bucket (octagonal caps), Enzyme (a monoline sans), Quebec (a Peignotian sans).
    • In 2020: Nightfall (a fashion mag display type), Eclipse (a tall intestinal serif), Felix (a condensed display serif), Lexington (a great art deco typeface), Musque (a fashion mag serif), Leilani (a display serif), Kassan, Sunscreen (a soft serif), Adagio, Skylight, Gyoza (a fashion mag typeface), Belize, the Americana series [Wichita (a slab serif), Sedona (stencil), Dinetah, Prescott (script), Cedar Park, Laredo, and Quaker], Acapulco (a great Peignotian sans), Legion (a wedge serif), Ekland (a display sans), Aurora Grotesk, Quavo (a fat finger font), Artemis (a flared typeface), Kangri (a stylish stencil serif typeface), Oakland (a stylish all caps display typeface), Rothko (art deco inspired), Fjord Stamp (a soft bold serif), Fjord Bold, Seminyak, and the handwriting series [Jolly, Quavo, Sanshand, Kurafuto, Aurora Script].
    • In 2021: Jacuzzi Club (reverse stress), Tankobon (a flared deco typeface), Laredo Rounded (octagonal).
    [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Bayley

    Shoreditch, London-based type designer. His fonts: Block (2019: bilined, layered, embossed), Fixer (2017: multilined, layered), Empire (2016), Rocket (2015: a bold all caps sans), Boxer (2015: inline), Figgy (2015), Acorn (2015), Viriditas (2014: leafy), Mongo (2014), Axe (2013: hexagonal), Albert (2013), Butcher (2013: stencil), Liquor (2013: a spurred tattoo font), Telegram (2013: a piano key font), Victoria. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Caserne

    Studio Caserne is a general branding and design outfit in Montreal. People involved include Leo Breton-Allaire, and Ugo Varin. For their own branding, they cooperated with Coppers and Brasses / Samuel Larocque in the design of the stencil typeface Caserne. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Charlie

    Italian graphic design group headed by Gabriele Rigamonti (b. Italy, 1976), Carla Scorda (b. Italy, 1976), Vittorio Turla (b. Italy, 1975). The company is located in Rovato, Brescia, Italy.

    Fonts sold by MyFonts: the DIN-inpired 6-style sans family Superbastone (2006), the futuristic Stereotype family (2005), the skull dingbat font Catacumbes (2006), the ransom note font Cavillus (2006), the dog dingbat font Charliedog (2006), the leafs dingbat font FontFoliae (2006), the Stencil G family (2006) and the rounded octagonal family Pied de Poule Text (2006) were co-designed by all three founders.

    In 2007, they added Insects (dingbats), Design We Like (dingbats), MyFace (an award-deserving collection of typefaces), Friz Biz (simple children's hand), Washing Machine (dingbats), Superbastone (sans family), Superclosed, Supersquared, Superstarlike, and Superwood.

    In 2008, we saw the publication of Retrofont, a very condensed high contrast sans.

    In 2009, the dot matrix typeface Superpois saw the light.

    Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Indigo
    [Helena Öhman]

    Helena Öhman (Studio Indigo) is a Swedish illustrator and graphic designer based in Stockholm. Gipsy Alphabet (2013) is an italic engraved alphabet with lower case letters inspired by a cigarette ad found in Modern Publicity 1934/35. It is not a real digital font.

    Creator of some handlettered pieces in 2012, including a psychedelic Christmas tree, a Valentine's Day card, and an Easter Egg. She also made a geometric typeface in 2012. In 2013, she created the typefaces Ribbon and Studio.

    In 2014, she worked on Shrimp, a free text typeface.

    Typefaces from 2016: Belle Helene (script), Karolina. This calligraphic text font is inspired by Edward Johnston's foundational hand and roman capitals. The name Karolina refers to the carolingian style that influenced Johnston.

    Typefaces from 2018: Celadon Script, Stitching Love.

    Typefaces from 2019: Fairlady (script), Cerulean Love.

    Typefaces from 2021: Figuratika (a geometric art deco stencil typeface), Stitch It Up (a cross stitch font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Jasper Nijssen
    [Jasper Nijssen]

    Jasper Nijssen (Studio Jasper Nijssen, Utrecht (was: Rotterdam), The Netherlands; b. 1986) is a Dutch type designer. Codesigner, with André Toet and Jasper Terra, of AT Move MMM (2013, SO Design), a rounded organic sans typeface. They write: The design is based on a old Soap-Powder advertisement. MMM is very useful for headings and/or logotypes. AT Move Straw and AT Move Riff Raff (octagonal) were made in 2014 by André Toet and Jasper Nijssen.

    In 2011, Toet and Nijssen co-designed AT Move PiPi.

    WBP Helena (2015) is derived from the old Chinese Tangram puzzle.

    Typefaces from 2017: WBP Red Tape (textured), WBP Sight (zippered outlines), WBP Ripples (trilined).

    Typefaces from 2019: WBP Nel (a techno sans that includes Brickbuild and Dots substyles).

    Typefaces from 2021: WBP Emperio (a display typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Studio K
    [Keith Tricker]

    Keith Tricker (b. 1949) is the Creative Director of a UK advertising agency, and during his career has worked as both a copywriter and art director. MyFonts lists him as Keith Gordon. Klingspor link.

    His foundry is Studio K: The foundry specialises in display fonts designed primarily for advertising, publishing, product packaging and signage.

    He created the wavy typeface Calypso (2011), the techno typeface Charta (2011), the sturdy black typeface Anvil (2011), Jazz Age (2011, art deco), and the brush typeface Pagoda (2011).

    In 2012, he published Hollywood Hills, Pier Arcade, Graffix, Skeleton Slab, the art deco typeface Tea Dance, the art nouveau typeface Paris Metro, Oscar Bravo (a heavy octagonal typeface), Café de Paris (a stylish retro--futuristic fifties style typeface), Barrowboy, and the stylish Contessa family.

    Typefaces from 2013: Communiqué (rugged stencil face), Regency (influenced by Americana and Optima, it is a flared very humanist sans), Alma Mater (athletic lettering), Showbiz (inline typeface), Dynatron (retro sci-fi font), Mechanoid (elliptical techno sans), Canterbury (inspired by the shapes of the cathedral), Export Drive (a bold condensed cargo stencil), Soft Rock (bold condensed sans), Red Top, Colossus (an elliptical typeface that is a bit squarer than Microgramma), 4Square (elliptical), Aspidistra (art nouveau), Home Grown.

    Typefaces from 2014: Belvedere, Joe Cool (a bold masculine headline typeface in the genre of Impact), Gravitas (a Bauhaus / futurismo typeface), Rock Face (sticky tape typeface).

    Typefaces from 2015: Chenko (2015, a constructivist / brutalist typeface named after Rodchenko), Marazion (a rounded display sans), Castaway, Variety (ransom note font), Nightlife (an amoebic rounded stencil typeface that conjures up neon signs, DNA molecules and jelly beans), Rough Stuff (textured faded stencil typeface), Signpost (a drop shadow version of Red Top).

    Typefaces from 2016: Cambourne (a luxury goods font advertized as cutting edge retro), Capstan (slab serif), Alonquin (art deco: a typographical tribute to Dorothy Parker and the New Yorker crowd who haunted the Alonquin hotel in its 1920s heyday), Cadenza, Exotica (described by Keith as Old World elegance meets Levantine luxury), Oxbridge (vintage compact titling typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Vagabond (a weathered vintage railroad font), Brando (slab serif).

    Typefaces from 2018: Stamina (a sports font), Cybernaut. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Makgill
    [Hamish Makgill]

    Graphic designer in Brighton. Creator of Central Avenue (2011, a strong display sans with hints of the Victorian era commissioned by the city of Birmingham; buy it at Colophon), Pantograph (2009, Colophon Foundry: Pantograph is an authentic redraw of the typeface employed by the British pantograph etching process), The Lollipop Shoppe (2011, a stencil commissioned by The Lollipop Shoppe).

    Typefaces from 2021: Garton, Auguste Serif (Colophon: a stencilized display topeface) and Auguste Sans (Colophon). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Studio Marlon Ilg
    [Marlon Ilg]

    Marlon Ilg runs his own graphic design studio in Zurich, Switzerland. His typefaces include

    • A corporate stencil typeface for Salta Art Foundation.
    • A fraktur typeface on an embedded grid background called Grid Fraktur (2021). This typeface is based on a design by Dutch artist and furniture designer Klaas van Leeuwen as shown in Letterboek voor den teekenaar en ambachtsman (1907, G. Schreuders, Amsterdam), a book that shows many compass-and-ruler alphabets. Marlon explains: Lettering of this kind can still be found on architecture from 1900-1920, notably by Dutch architects like K.P.C. de Bazel and J.L.M. Lauweriks (who were friends with Van Leeuwen). The grid in the background of Grid Fraktur helps letterers in the application of the font to different materials and buildings.
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    Studio Typo
    [Mehmet Abaci]

    Mehmet Abaci (b. 1978) is based in Istanbul. In 2014, he established Studio Typo, where one can buy his typefaces. Limited forms of the fonts can be downloaded fpr free from the Dafont site.

    Creator of the elegantly plump rounded sans typeface Vinyl Cuts (2013), Samatya (2013, a unicase piano key typeface), Boldie (2013), Laundry Day (2013, alphadings), and the wood log typeface Timbers (2013).

    Typefaces from 2014: Smush, Slim Fir (athletic lettering), Typonome, Typo Slab, Neons, E-Square (sci-fi typeface), Screamer, Typoline (piano key typeface), Omniblack (flared display face), Papillons (flared caps), Typoster (a great fat geometric slab serif typeface family accompanied by an equally great shaded outline style), Typo Comica (a family drawn to compete with Comic Sans), Tipo Press, Manyeto (calligraphic), Quatroline (prismatic typeface), Wardoom, Cabold Comic, Digiform, Akaju (oily fat typeface with lighting effects), Almira, Bonebastic, Comic White Rabbit, Sinema (a bit of retro movie art deco), Sober, Cali Brush, Tiny Plate, College Player, Smart Kid, Barbed, Wideroy, Angella (+outline: a poster family), Megi Sans.

    Typefaces from 2015: Bro 4D (outlined 3d capitals), Typo GeoSlab, H&B Sketch (a gorgeous sketched didone), Mixiva (a six-style athletic lettering slab serif family), Typo Sketch (sketched font), Malter Sans, Parole Script, Degaws (a great sketch font), Typo Comics, Gribal, Gribal Shadow, Early Times (a sans family), Quizma (an elegant sans family), Super Seven (shaded), Typo Slab Inline, Type Slab Irregular, Geoma (hairline geometric sans), Double Bubble (bubblegum typeface), Mona Bella, Typo Grotesk, Typo Grotesk Rounded, The Matic, Typografix (avant garde sans), Move X (techno family), Savaro Stencil (in the geometric style that is characteristic of Futura Black), MindBlue (sans), A Space.

    Typefaces from 2016: Wox Striped (multiline typeface), Wox Modelist (organic sans), Aprikas (sans), Meltix (techno sans family), Widolte (sans family), Mayeka, The Wireframe, Typo College (athletic lettering), Halftone Poster, Chocolate Bar (oily and gleaming), Type Round (circle-based sans typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2017: Zelta Six (octagnal), Wida Round (round sans), Prestij (geometric sans), Typo Style, Naughty Squirrel (fat poster typeface family that includes hatched and shadow styles), Typo Quik, Ageta (bubblegum style), Rock On (glaz krak typeface), Typo Square, Typo Angular Rounded, Planetium-X (monoline, techno), Big Pixel (octagonal), White Festive, Watchword Hairline.

    Typefaces from 2018: At the Midday, Typo Hoop (rounded circle-based sans family), Typo Longest (tall condensed sans), Maccos (a multilined font family), Asectica, Magettas (rounded monoline sans), Bluefish, Bluefish Eroded, Bluefish Scratched, Quesat (rounded sans), Quesat Striped.

    Typefaces from 2019: Manti Slab College, Pesta Stencil, Type Draft (a drafting font), Pages Grotesque (a caps only geometric sans), Typo Cut-Out, Swera, Minalis (futuristic).

    Typefaces from 2020: Typo Cut-Out Shaky, Typo Oval, Typo Formal (a tall monolinear sans), Typo Ring (circle-based, monolinear), Manti Slab, Manti Sans (+Fixed), Geco Strong (a fat sans), Tually, Slabten (an inline typeface), Minalis Double (an inline typeface). Home page. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    SUBFLUX experiment
    [Mickey Rossi]

    Mickey Rossi graduated in 1986 from the Philadelphia College of the Arts. He then worked in Maryland and Virginia, such as at AOL in Dulles, VA, and is a creative director in Atlanta, GA since2004.

    He offers these free typefaces under the Subflux label: Alpha Male Modern (1997), AthleticSupporter, BallparkWeiner (connected fifties script), BarBenderBold, BobbiTheHippie, BongoFraktur (in Koch's Neuland style), CargoCrate (stencil), CollegeBoy (athletic lettering), FlandersRideItalic, FlandersRide, Fleetwilly, FlyTrapExtended, Hair Brush, HighlightsCondensed, Helga Broad, Hilda Broad, JimThorpeHigh (octagonal / mechanical), LevelFourteenDruid (medieval), LifestyleCondensed (avant garde), NotANumber, On That Shark (angular), RetroSuperSkinny (Peignotian), SatansMinions, Scrawlly, Scritchy Eye, Zerengetti (African look), ZiggyStandard. Rossi calls himself also "Loveless".

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Subsidiary Design

    Design studio in New York City. They propose Stencilano, a typeface in which Zapfino is made into a stencil font. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Subversive Type (was: Meztone Design)
    [James Stone]

    Graduate of the Arts University at Bournemouth. James Stone (b. 1987, UK; was Meztone Design, but later Subversive Type, Taunton, Ilminster and Birmingham, UK) created the scary blackletter typeface Guttural (2007, metal band face) and the grungy typefaces Glitch (2013) and Disordered Bold (2009).

    Murder Face (2012) is a commercial font.

    Phantom Lord (2012) is a thrash metal band font.

    Duel (2012) is a blend of Celtic and blackletter.

    In 2013, he designed the display typeface Lightbringer. In 2014, he created the stencil typeface Panopticon.

    In 2016, he designed the rounded circular sans typeface Pano.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Devian tart link for Meztone Design. Creative market link, Behance link. Dafont link. Another Behance link. Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sudaca Type Design Studio
    [Alexis Navarro Miranda]

    Designer and letter artist in Puente Alto and Santiago, Chile. Some of his typefaces are published by Compania Tipografica de Chile, which he co-founded in 2018 together with Raul Israel and Franco Jonas. Future Fonts link. In 2021, he set up Sudaca Type Design Studio. His typefaces:

    • The reverse stress typeface Hatchet (2018).
    • The free angular text typeface Parranda (2018). Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award.
    • Joane (2018). Joane has calligraphic influences and is accompanied by the wonderful Joane Stencil, Joane Deco and Joane Engraved. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award.
    • Maipo Sans (2018) 40 styles, 826 glyphs per font: Maipo Sans is a modern typeface inspired by the mountain landscape of Cajon del Maipo, Chile. Its forms are inspired by the first sans serif European humanist fonts of the twentieth century along with a touch of reverse contrast. This typeface is specially designed for projects using extensive text blocks and striking ads..
    • Hatchet Display (2018, Future Fonts). A typeface with reverse contrast and glyphic serifs based on the shape of a handmade axe.
    • Mena Grotesk (2019). An extensive neo-grotesk made the Chilean way, named after the village of Bajos de Mena in Chile.
    • LC Criolla (2020), about which Alexis writes: This typeface is inspired in the influence of the Bauhaus in Chile, particularly in Chillan; a city where a catastrophic earthquake took place in 1939. There was the need of rebuilding Chillan and it was fulfilled in a very good way. One of the responsible architects of what today we know as Chillan is the Hungarian Tibor Weiner---a Bauhaus man. He arrived to Chile as a refugee, the same year of the earthquake.LC Trinidad (2020). An 18-style geometric sans influenced by Renner's Futura and Koch's Kabel. Republished in 2021 at Sudaca Type Design Studio as Trinidad Neue.
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    Sugi Yanto
    [Sign Studio]

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    Suitcase Type Foundry
    [Tomás Brousil]

    Suitcase Type is a Czech foundry, est. 2003 by Tomas Brousil (b. 1975), who lives in Prague. He graduated from the Prague Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (Type Design and Typography, MgA. 2009) where his graduation project was the 96-family Tabac typeface system, published in 2010. He teaches in the Type Design and Typography department of the Prague Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design.

    The Tabac family started with Tabac Sans in 2010. It was augmented in 2012 with Tabac Slab and Tabac Mono, which have a full range of weights from Hairline to Black. Tabac Glam, a fashionable Peignotian high contrast sans, was added in 2016, and Tabac Micro in 2018. In 2019, he published Tabac Big Glam, Tabac Big Sans, Tabac Big Slab and Tabac Big.

    Other typefaces from 2008-2010 include Monopol (a six-weight condensed sans that includes a hairline weight), Idealista (2010, organic, a mix of styles), Nudista (2009, a multistyle take on DIN with a superb fashion mag hairline, Nudista Thin), Kulturista (2009, a part slab part serif extension of Nudista), Comenia Sans (2008, a 12-style complementary family to Storm's Comenia Serif for school textbooks), Metalista (2008, unicase octagonal metallic face).

    2007 was a successful year. Brousil created Bistro Script (2007, fifties diner style script), Corpulent (2007), and Gloriola (2007, a sans in 14 styles, including a hairline. The last typeface family won an award at TDC2 2008 and at Typographica's Best of 2007. Stephen Coles likes its position between the cool sterility of de Groot's monolinears and the warmth of Latin designers: With a broad range of weights, a complete Western character set, and a sack of ligatures and alternates, Gloriola has the depth required for complex identity systems and publication design. This shrewd response to the fashions of today is going to be useful for many years to come.). The year 2007 also saw Purista (a 10-style cousin of Eurostile), which includes hairline weights. Ellen Lupton says this about Purista: I've been feeling hungry for a stylish, edgy sans who enjoys evenings out on the town and long mornings of crisp conversation. In other words, I've been craving a font who likes to party but who can also help out with the dishes.

    Production in 2005-2006: Teimer's Antiqua (2006: a didone family based onn unpublished 1967 design by Pavel Teimer), Rokoko (2006, an octagonal custom typeface for the Rokoko Theatre in Prague), Sandwich (2006, a lively display caps set), Vafle (2006: based on an original concept by Marek Pistora from 1997, with minor adaptations and 11 new weights), Dederon Sans and Serif (2005, the sans version being inspired by TypoArt's Liberta; see also here for a comparison with Underware's Dolly), Dederon Serif.

    Typefaces from 2004 or earlier include Fishmonger (2004, a sans family), RePublic (a 2004 revival, done with Radek Sidun, of Public by Stanislav Marso, 1955. Note that Public was used to set the text of a Czechoslovak Communist party newspaper, Rudé Právo), Botanika (2005, a sans family including many typewriter styles and several mono weights), Atrament (2003, a narrowed grotesque inspired by the lettering used on the title of the almanac "Devetsil - Revolucni slovnik" (1922) edited by Karel Teige, in 30 styles!), Magion (2004, a simple geometric font), Fishmonger (2004, a broad 50-weight futuristic family), Katarine (2004, a warm sans family with appropriate dingbats added in), and Orgovan (2004-2005, a punk/brush family).

    Typefaces from 2013 include the roundish sans family Ladislav: The Ladislav font revitalises Sutnar's legacy, while not explicitly copying any of his original fonts. It however keeps true to their technicist character and initial principles of character creation - a simple modular system of combined geometrical segments. This approach affects all round shapes of capital and lowercase letters, as well as the shapes of the majority of numbers. The g consists of two disjoint circles.

    Typefaces from 2014: Urban Grotesk (a very airy, open grotesque typeface with large x-height and uniform grayness).

    Typefaces from 2015: Pacifista (stencil).

    Typefaces from 2016: BC Novatica (by Tomas Brousil and Marek Pistora (Briefcase Type): Novatica was created based on a commission from the Czech commercial television station Nova in 2007. Marek Pistora worked with Tomas Brousil to create an alternative to a readable, simply designed sans. They naturally called the typeface Novatica. In 2014 TV Nova decided to abandon Novatica for good, and in so doing it released the exclusive licence it had been using. Novatica thus became a new typeface offered by Briefcase Type Foundry.

    Typefaces from 2017: Jaroslav (monolinear sans, named after Jaroslav Benda, followed in 2020 by Benda), Pepi and Rudi (a sans and slab pair based on basic shapes such as circles, rectangles and triangles).

    Typefaces from 2020: Atyp BL (+variable), Atyp (+variable). A 25-style sans family remotely influenced by Bauhaus.

    Typefaces from 2021: Crabath (a 72-style transitional typeface family based on the 1761 specimen book of Czech typefounder Vaclav Jan Krabat; this family covers several optical ranges, from Subhead to Display to Text, and features wonderful initial caps).

    Typefaces from 2022: Atyp Kido (a 6-weight and variable rounded sans family for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic).

    Brousil made many corporate or identity fonts. Examples include Brzda (a custom font for Czech artist Pavel Brazda), Budovatel (a custom font for the Bohemian National Hall in New York), and Union (custom webfonts for the Czech graphic design union).

    MyFonts page. Behance link. Klingspor link. MyFonts interview.

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    Sukoco Sukoco
    [Ahsancomp Studio]

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    Suleyman Yazki

    Istanbul-born graphic designer and typographic researcher, now located in Geneva, Switzerland. During his studies in the Master of Graphic Design program in Rennes (France), he created Lita (2012), a thin grotesk typeface. L'Atelier (2012) is an experimental typeface designed with Colophon Foundry (UK) for the international Chaumont graphic design festival.

    In 2013, he created the distinctive typeface Auger for Auger Paris: Created by Raymond Jacquet in 1946, the studio, which has the distinction of being one of the last existing typography and wood engraving studios, has been managed by the typographer and engraver Vincent Auger since 2004, who perpetuates this prestigious studio. To improve the image of the studio, the aim of the new identity was to think up a character relating to the book and its history. The design is based on a more contemporary didone, while strongly influenced by Art Deco aesthetics.

    He joined Studio Dumbar in Rotterdam. Graduate of the School of Applied Arts of Rennes (France) and of DSAA LAAB Academy in 2014. In 2014, he started work at Prologue Films in Los Angeles. At Fontfabric, he published the free Latin / Cyrillic stencil font Rafale (2014) and the art deco font Auger.

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    Sumotype Foundry
    [Oscar Fernando Guerrero Cañizares]

    Born in 1981 in Colombia, Oscar Guerrero lives in Pasto, Narino, in the southwest of Colombia. His graduation work in 2012 at FADU UBA (University of Buenos Aires) is the Venetian text typeface Epica. Epica was first released in 2014 at Sumotype and later, in 2020, by Sudtipos as Epica Pro.

    In 2014, he set up Sumotype Foundry in Bogota, Colombia. The Sumotype fonts include Proyecta (2014: a great wedge-serifed ultra-fat stencil typeface), Septima (2014, sans family for urban signage), Epica (2014 release: this typeface won an award at Tipos Latinos 2014), Farma (2014, a roundish headline sans), Republica del Diseño (2014, stencil), Moira (2014).

    Typefaces from 2015: Babar (an inspiring heavy poster typeface also headed for stardom).

    Typefaces from 2016: Pacha (free square-shaped tribal typeface with plenty of ligatures).

    In 2018, he published the creamy fashion mag italic headline font Vala (Monotype).

    In 2019, he added the retro script typeface Playland (Monotype).

    Typefaces from 2021: June (a variable font by Fer Cozzi and Oscar Guerrero), Fuga (an experimental hybrid sans).

    Typefaces from 2022: Gregor (a hybrid sans serif typeface family with two variants, Upright and Slanted; the design is inspired by some advertising graphic designs used in the United States during the 60's and 70's; published at Bastardatype), The Irish Pub (identity and custom typeface in a Celtic / beer bottle / German expressionist style).

    Typeface developer at Omnibus Type. Future Fonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Sumpatha Jadee

    Bangkok-based designer of Kannika, a fat didone display typeface in 2012, to be published at Katatrad. He also made the experimental typeface Judeka (2012) and the fat poster typeface MMFK (2013, a great free dingbat-laden typeface dedicated to Mamafaka from Farmgroup).

    He creates typefaces for the Bangkok-based type foundry, Produce. In 2013, he co-designed Etch with Vorathit Kruavanichkit. Etch combines art deco, tattoo style and blackboard bold in a stylish display family.

    In 2014, Produce published the monospaced family Fixed (Vorathit Kruavanichkit, Sumpatha Jadee) which comes with a stencil style. They took the decorative stencil style to new heights in the six-font family Punch Pro (2014: Slab, Bracketed, Wedge, Deco, Hairline and Sans; by Vorathit Kruavanichkit and Sumpatha Jadee). Tech (2014, Vorathit Kruavanichkit, Sumpatha Jadee, Produce) is a techno / sci-fi typeface with a circuit-inspired sub-style, Tech 7000.

    In 2015, Vorathit Kruavanichkit and Sumpatha Jadee co-designed the street art typeface Lam. Talad Noi (2015) is a Latin & Thai signage and wayfinding system done for the Arsom Silp Institute of the Art Landscape (Architect: Shma SoEn). For Groove, Sumpatha created the wayfinding dot matrix typeface Groove, also in 2015. In 2015, he designed the fingerprint-inspired bespoke typeface Demark 2015.

    In 2017, he designed the custom Latin / Thai typeface Mogu Mogu, the custom FA Thailand Sans for the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), and the neo deco typeface Drouwel (Jadee was type director; the actual font was designed by Milan Pietaerents).

    In 2018, he published Satra (Latin / Thai) for the movie. Home page. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    SunFonts

    Designer of the free unicase typeface Sunfonts Stencil (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sunny de Graaf

    Sunny de Graaf (Vlaardingen, The Netherlands) created a light stencil typeface in 2013. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Superfried
    [Mark Richardson]

    Manchester-based graphic design collective, est. in London in 2007 by Mark Richardson. Blox (2011) is a fat rounded stencil typeface with both horizontally and vertically stencilled alphabets, created using FontStruct. They also made Sqair (2011, squarish), Plug (2011), Asian (2011), Basik (2011, a simple clean monoline sans), Slash (2011), Twist (2011), Blob, Slick (2011) and Slice (2011).

    Typefaces made in 2012: Brix (like Lego blocks).

    Typefaces from 2014: Slash, Twist, Box (multilined), Neon (neon tube, or paperclip font), Rails (+Broken).

    MyFonts links for the typefaces: Blob, Blox, Plug, Slice, Sqair, Twist, Box, Neon, Slash, Rails, Basik.

    Typefaces from 2015: Orb (a bilined caps typeface), Carga (octagonal), Arx, Asia Display.

    Typefaces from 2018: Kapital (an all caps sans / stencil family).

    Behance link. Dafont link. Hellofont link. YWFT link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Supermundane.com

    Foundry where one finds these typefaces: Sampler, Mother (comic book style), Fun Fair (merry-go-round lettering), 1971, Construct (two stencil typefaces), Midnite Cowboy, Cheap, Unit Three (T26, kitchen tile lettering), Mundane (rubber stamp lettering), Mindgap, Sit! (squarish lettering), Problematic2000 and Scaffold. The design of their main page is fantastic! Scan of an event poster. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    supernerd64

    FontStructor who made the octagonal stencil font Powerfont (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sven Mündnerand& Ilya Shipilovskikh

    For an exhibition at the Russian National Centre for Contemporary Arts, an untitled Cyrillic stencil typeface was developed in 2014. This project was curated by Sven Mündnerand& Ilya Shipilovskikh. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Svetoslav Simov
    [Fontfabric]

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    Swan Lefevre

    Designer of the rolodex / horizontal stencil style face Halfont (2010), a face designed during a course at Politecnico in Milan. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sweden Graphics

    Type foundry in Stockholm. Their fonts: Sweden Quantum, Sweden Cargo, Sweden Convoy (stencil), Sweden Bananas, Sweden Firecracker, Sweden Hose Black, Sweden Hose White, Sweden au Naturelle, Sweden Spacio, Sweden Sumo (original stencil font!). No downloads. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Swifty Typografix (was: Command (Z))
    [Ian Swift]

    Ian Swift, aka Swifty, designed Dolce Vita, Hand Job and Miles Ahead at his London-based outfit, Command (Z), which he set up in 1995. Defunct and replaced by Typomatic in 1998. Other fonts: Coltrane (1994, inspired by old John Coltrane record sleeves), Funkadelic (1999), Bad Eggs (1997, a hand-drawn stencil font), Obsolete, Repo-Thin, Slice of Cake (1996), Positive Ident (1996), Bit Normal, Fat Arse (1997, a sofa-shaped font shown in Nathan Gale's book as due to Mitch, who is also credited with the liquid font Perpetual (1998)), Gunshot (1992), Keep it Locked, Bear, Cut It Out (stencil), Get Stoked, Chain Gang (stencil), Sci Fi Classic, Astral Funk, Beat Box Bold, Too Cool, Soul Tree (stencil), Thought (organic), Bad Bull (stencil), Phat Black, This Reg, Dingwalls Plain, Jumbo Light, Jumbo Bold, Coltrane Phat (piano key style), Single Whip, Five Point Fuzzy. Emodigi site. His Maze 91 at FUSE 1 is very interesting--it shows what you can do with rectangles. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Swiss Typefaces
    [Ian Party]

    Swiss Typefaces is a foundry run by Ian Party (Territet, Switzerland, b. 19777, Lausanne) and Emmanuel Rey. It evolved from B+P Swiss Typefaces and BP Type Foundry, where BP stands for Buechi et Party. Maxime Buechi is still loosely affiliated with Swiss Typefaces but is now spending more time in London. Ian Party studied first at ECAL in Lausanne and then at the KABK in The Hague. In 2004, he cofounded B&P Type Foundry with Maxime Buechi. Since 2005, he teaches type design at ECAL in Lausanne. Home page of Ian Party. The new site B+P Swiss Typefaces was born in 2011, and it was renamed just Swiss Typefaces at the end of 2013. Swiss Typefaces is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. Their fonts:

    • Romain BP and Romain BP Headline (2007). Party writes: Based on the Commission Jeaugeon's models and on Philippe Grandjean's classic character, the Romain BP celebrates the marriage of geometric rationality and elegance, of science and craftsmanship. The Romain BP Text is actually closer to the Commission's model than Grandjean's Romain du Roi. It is more synthetic in its structure, more radical, and thus, more modern. It is a contemporary text typeface based on a structure that was created in 1690, not a revival mimicking Greandjean's shapes..
    • Sang Bleu (2008), designed for the magazine SangBleu. This is a fantastic set of fonts based on the structure of Romain du roi. The collection also extends to extremes unusual like the Hairline Compressed or the Hairline Sans, providing graphic designers very strong stylistic tools. It includes light serif typefaces and very structured and geometric sans typefaces. I expect this project to be showered with awards. In 2014, Romain and SangBleu will be combined in a new SangBleu.
    • Celsiane (2007), a sans typeface with a chiseled-in-stone feel. Still being developed, it is based on Party's work at ECAL in 2004.
    • Esquire (2009): A custom headline typeface originally designed in 2007 for the gentleman's magazine Esquire under the art directorship of David McKendrick. It will be commercially released in 2009.
    • Aurora (2008, an experimental geometric face): not available.
    • Hebdo (2008): a private typeface for the swiss news mag L'Hebdo. It has two slab weights and nine sans weights.
    • Rosette BP: a serif typeface under development.
    • Didot BP: Codesigned with Maxime Buechi in 2003, this will be released in the spring of 2009.
    • La Police BP is a serif typeface by François Rappo.
    • Folkwang (2008): an exploration in the area of artsy transitional typefaces.
    • Codesigner in 2006 with Maxime Buechi of a corporate typeface for the Centre for Curatorial Studies Bard&Hessel Museum, New York.
    • BP Diet (2009) is an extremely fat and rounded jello-fed typeface. Chris Lozos calls it morbidly obese.
    • Suisse BP International (2011) by Ian Party is a very "Swiss" sans family by Ian Party. At the start of 2014, the Suisse collection consists of Suisse Works (a serifed family), Suisse Neue (with small slabs and/or serifs) and Suisse International (a sans; +Condensed, +Mono).
    • New Fournier BP (2011) is a 24-style Fournier family by François Rappo.
    • Simplon BP (2011) and its monospaced brother Simplon BP Mono (2011) were made by Emmanuel Rey. This geometric sans was made for information design purposes. Now just called Simplon.
    • Euclid Flex (2012-2013). This sans family does something unique in the type world---it uses opentype to provide a smorgasbord of alternate styles for each weight---a mammoth undertaking! These substyles are called pixel, mixed, unicase, dotted, one-line, cut, hidden, drops, contrasted, zigzag, circular, triangle, square, and street. It grew out of a 2010 typeface by Emmanuel Rey called Euclid BP.
    • New Paris (2014). A didone family with text and headline versions and a non-contrast sans version called Skyline. New Paris is characterized by soft-cornered vertices in the M, N, V and W.
    • Azer (codesigned with Wael Morcos and Pascal Zoghbi) won an award at TDC 2014.
    • Ikanseeyouall (2018): A fantastic exaggerated bulbous fat Caslon popularized in the 1970s and 1980s by designers like Tom Carnase and Ed Benguiat. Other typefaces in their experimental lab include Black Mamba, Kopyme, Vogy Smog, Euclid Mono, Krsna, Brrr, Euclid Stencil and Riviera.
    • Riviera Nights (2020). A sharp-edged sans family with narrow joins. Apparently, this typeface is usaed by Rolls Royce.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    SwissMad S.A.
    [Nathalie Stotzer]

    Swiss designer of the free fonts Swiss Made (2006, techno sans) and Swiss Mad (2006, Swiss made stencilized). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sylvain Vicente

    Graphic designer in Montreal. Behance link.

    Creator of a pixel typeface (2012), 3 ponts (2011, stencil face), S (2014), Type Box (2014), and Reach The Sky (2011, condensed organic sans face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Sylwia Klatka

    Szczecin, Poland-based designer of attention-grabbing poster typefaces such as the fat elliptical Pillow (2019) and the experimental stencil typeface Mountains (2019), which was inspired by the Tatra mountains. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Symbiotic Design
    [Doug Peters]

    Sioux Falls, SD-based entrepreneur who as Symbiotic Design created the free 618-glyph WebFont (2018, FontStruct) and the stencil typeface Blown Out Regular (2018, FontStruct). In 2019, he added the techno fonts Anticipatio (angular) and Jonarun, and the textured Lephnia Display Caps. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Symbiotic Design
    [Douglas Peters]

    Douglas Peters (Symbiotic Design, Sioux Falls, SD) created the free hand-printed typeface Milton Serif Bled (2013). Behance link.

    His other free fonts, mostly made with FontStruct, can be downloaded at Font Journal: Struck, Pursuede, Base, Broadbill, Uset, Struckshur, Wester Breeze, Kindegraf, State (athletic lettering), Goforit, Get Even, 70sStyle Overlap 3D, Tonder, Base 10, Scurry.

    Typefaces from 2014 include Cebrosys, Pursuite, Mothership (arts and crafts style), Smush, 70s Style Overlap 3D Extended, Avenura, Sketchy. Particulated, Exsample Trimmed Reverse.

    Typefaces from 2018: Blown Out (stencil).

    Typefaces from 2019: Jonarun, Tirrel (stencil).

    Typefaces from 2020: Shadow Nose (a squarish multiline typeface).

    Font Journal is a font archive site run by him. Behance link for his company, Symbiotic Design. FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Taber Buhl
    [ifont]

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    Tag Design
    [Denis Kara]

    Saint Petersburg, Russia-based designer of Morion Bold (2016). The Latin part is not free. The Cyrillic part, including some arrows, is free.

    In 2018, he designed the octagonal typeface Salut. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tagir Safayev

    Tagir Safayev is a Russian type and graphic designer. He created more than one hundred fonts, among which ITC Stenberg (1997, Cyrillic simulation face), which was originally called Rodchenko (a stencil font). Tagir Safayev is also active in book design and advertising. From 1991 until 2003 he worked as a type developer for ParaType. In 1995 he received the Rodchenko Award of the Society of Designers of Russia for Rodchenko typeface [look for Rodchenko here (italic version) and here, or for the ParaType family (1996-2002)]. He is a member of the Moscow Artists Union and of the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), and a co-founder of the Type Designers Association, Moscow. He won an award at Bukvaraz 2001 for Serp'n'Molot (2001, meaning hammer and sickle; forms inspired by lettering of Sergey Chekhonin (1878-1936)). Professor of the National Design Institute of the Designers Union of Russia. Teacher at the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design in Moscow. Currently staff designer at ParaType in Moscow. Faces: Bloc (designed at ParaType in 1997 by Tagir Safayev for advertising and display typography; based on Block of H. Berthold, 1908 by Heinz Hoffmann), Black Grotesk (1997, based on Gasetny Chorny ("Newspaper Black"), of the O.I. Lehmann foundry, St.Petersburg, 1874, and Kompakte Grotesk (Haas)), PT Courier (1990, ParaGraph), PT Courier Monotonic Greek (1990), PT Courier Polytonic Greek (1990), PT DIN Condensed (1997), Birch (1995, handwriting, ParaGraph), PT FreeSet (1991-2000, based on the Frutiger typeface family), LEF Grotesque (1999), PT Epsilon (1995, handprinting), Etienne (Kremlin Pro (2010, Paratype), PT Hermes (1993; Based on Placard MT Condensed typeface (Hermes Grotesk by Wilhelm Woellmer, 1911) of the Lange type foundry (St.-Petersburg), an adaptation of Hermes Grotesk, of the Woellmer type foundry (Berlin, 1911). This sans serif with its old-fashion stability looks well in advertising and display typography), Bitstream Humanist Cyrillic 521 (1999), PT Plain Script (1995, comic book lettering), PT Irina (1995, caps-only comic book face), ITC Kabel Cyrillic (1993, after the Original Kabel, 1976, Vic Caruso), Frutiger (1992, after the 1976 original), Meta+ Cyrillic (2000), Mirra (1999), ITC New Baskerville Cyrillic (1993, ParaGraph), ITC Banco (2000: the Cyrillic version of the font by Phill Grimshaw, 1997, which in turn was based on Roger Excoffon's Banco at Fonderie Olive in 1952), Bank Gothic (1997: a Cyrillic version of the 1930-1933 original by Morris Fuller Benton at ATF), ITC Officina Sans Cyrillic (1995), PT Proun (1993, a Cyrillic version of Choose One/Ten), PT Rodchenko (1996), ITC Stenberg (1997), ITC Stenberg Inline (1997), Swift Cyrillic (2002), PT Yanus (1999, originally created as a corporate identity for Aeroflot), PT Unovis (2001, inspired by the Russian avant garde of the 1920s), this unfinished Cyrillic version of Trajan (1994-1996), and Serp n'Molot (2001). At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, he spoke about the various Cyrillic adaptations of Cheltenham done in the last century, prior to his own Cyrillic extension for NYTimes Cheltenham, done in 2008.

    View Tagir Safayev's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Takaaki Goto
    [GT&Canary]

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    Tal Leming
    [Type Supply]

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    Talbot Type
    [Adrian Talbot]

    Adrian Talbot (b. 1964, Worthing, Sussex, England) heads the type foundry Talbot Type in London. He made the Bauhaus-style Bremner family in 2000 for the visual identity of Mute Records.

    In 2012, he designed these typefaces: Kinghorn 205 (Egyptian), Kinghorn 105, Kamerik105 (+Kamerik 105 Cyrillic, 2014), Kamerik205 (an avant garde type family with many weights, including a hairline), Karben, KarbenMono (a mono-width sans family in the style of DIN), Karben 205 Mono, Karben 205, Karben 105, Karben 105 Mono, Kessel105, Kessel205 (a geometric sans family influenced by Futura; see also Kessel 105 Remix, 2016, and Karben 105 Stencil, 2016), Kettering105, Kettering205 (a slabby almost typewriter typeface influenced by Lubalin and similar avant garde styles), Kiruna (a legible and very open sans family), Kursk105, Kursk205 (constructivist), Kaleko 105 and 205 (Gill Sans-style sans families with large x-heights; see also Kaleko 105 Remix (2016) and Kaleko 105 Round Remix (2016), and the more geometric and medium x-height families Kaleko 105 Text and Kaleko 205 Text (2018)).

    Typefaces from 2013: Kilburn (a gothic sans serif), Kroppen Round (a geometric stencil), Kampen (square-spaced family), Kaleko 205 Round, Kaleko 105 Round.

    Typefaces from 2014: Kelso (an outline font with outlines that consist of a single continuous line), Klef (a geometric sans influenced by Avant Garde), Kenwyn (a playful bullet-holed Egyptian; +Stencil), Korbin (a semi-geometric grotesque family), Kandel 105 and 205 (geometric, tri-line, display and headline font).

    Typefaces from 2015: Kinsey.

    Typefaces from 2016: Keith (a sans family with layerable Umbra-like shadow styles), Korto (a geometric sans inspired by Futura and Avant-Garde).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kittle Round (stencil), Kittle Rough, Kitami (monoline sans), Keymer (a sans typeface family inspired by Margaret Calvert's Transport typeface), Keymer Thug (distressed), Keymer Radius (a rounded version), Keymer Block (a grungy version).

    Typefaces from 2018: Kessel 105 Text, Klamp 105 (a tall geometric sans with a handicapped g, followed in 2019 by Klamp 105 Mono), Klamp 205 (a tall geometric sans with a fine two-storeyed g, Klamp 205 Mono).

    Typefaces from 2019: K-haus 105, K-haus 205 (to celebrate 100 years of Bauhaus, an organic typeface family based on Herbert Bayer's universal alphabet), Kong Script.

    Typefaces from 2020: Koi (an inline / outline typeface close to a paperclip font), Kamerik 105 Text, Kamerik 205 Text.

    Typefaces from 2021: Kelso Round (a paperclip font), Benelux (a 10-style rounded monolinear sans).

    View Adrian Talbot's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tamer Köseli

    Designer from Istanbul, who was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1985.

    He created an organic display typeface called Doku (2011), which can be downloaded here. Enso (2011) is a rounded stencil face. Zarif (2012) is a versatile caps typeface.

    In 2012, he set up the commercial foundry Tamer Koseli. Even so, his typeface Patterns (2013, dedicated link to Forage Press) is free.

    Klingspor link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tania Whiteley

    South African illustrator and graphic designer who lives in Johannesburg. Her typefaces include Stencil Script. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tanja Mirkovic

    Illustrator and graphic designer in New Belgrade, Serbia. Developer of the rounded stencil font Peak Performance (2015) for a sports company. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tap Vorathit Kruavanichkit
    [Produce]

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    Tapatipo
    [Gen Ramirez]

    Designer and lettering artist in Guadalajara, Mexico (and/or Split, Croatia?), who created the Mexican diner signage script typeface Tejuino (2015) and the informal sans typefaces Taqueta, Rabar and Festa, all made in 2015. Astro Regular (or Astro MX) (2015) by Gen Ramirez, Manuel Lopez (with assistance of Rodrigo Heredia and Rodrigo Nuñez) won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016: Astro Mx was a result of Elí Castellano's Type Design Workshop, carried out at the Multimedia Center of CENART in Mexico City in 2015. Astro Mx is a typeface designed for the Mexican Space Agency (AEM). Its purpose lies in its application in the manuals of emergency procedures. In this sense, one of its main characteristics is to facilitate rapid reading in extraordinary conditions. It has a generous x-height, its ascenders and descenders are short to economize lines in the text boxes.

    Rabar Ultra Black (2015) also won an award at Tipos Latinos 2016. Winner at Tipos Latinos 2018 of a type design award for Victus (2016), which is a Venetian typeface with all the warmth and calligraphic DNA from the renaissance era.

    In 2018, he graduated from the TypeMedia program at KABK in Den Haag with a sans typeface called Entorno Sans. It includes a variable font intended for signage systems in urban and virtual spaces, and comes with a stencil style and many wayfinding icons. That same year, he published Elba.

    Gen runs the type and graphic design studio Dual Type with Zrinka Buljubasic. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tarek Samir Al-Sawwa
    [TS Fonts (or: Fonttat)]

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    Tata&Friends Studio
    [Jaime Fernandez]

    Madrid, Spain-based designer of the futuristic octagonal stencil typeface Laforge Stencil (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tattoo Woo (or: JSH Creates, or: Smokewire)
    [Jonathan Stephen Harris]

    Tattoo Woo (or: Smokewire) is American tattooist Jonathan Harris. He also runs JSH Creates.

    In 2011, he created the curly gothic tattoo typefaces Hot Chocolate Latte, League of Ages, Royal Inferno, Tribal Times and Tribal Dragon, and the spiky typeface Quasari (2011). He also made Jelly Swirls (curly), Highway to hell, What a mess (grunge), Pixie Moon, Sword Thrasher, Starship XXXII (Star Trek face), Christmas Snow (art nouveau snowcapped glyphs), and Jazzy Caveman (a stone age face).

    Typefaces created in 2012: Bright Star Tonight, Harristoon, a crayon series (Crimes Times Six, Colored Crayns, XXX Dirty Jokes XXX, Harris Wear, Black Crayon), Alien Mutations Begin, Vineyard Magazines, Forbidden Land (scratchy face), Way Gardens (flowery script), Pencil Shading, Cartoon Shadow, Heart Shapes, Sassy Stark, Back to School, Black Eye Peas, Silly People, Street Art (a great ink splatter font), Heartbroken, Jen Luves Ben Forever, Heart Broken, Catalina, Anywhere but home, Holly Christmas, Kringley Christmas (dingbats), Seasons Greetings, Cheese Cake, Abraham Heights, Call me maybe (sketch font), Lydia Puente (calligraphic script), Tribal Script, The Daily Bread (a beautiful ronde), Naughty Nights, a set of four Asian brush style typefaces (Japanese Style, All Yoko, Chinese Asian Style, Chinese Takeaway), Hey Cutie, Zing Easy (brush), Kids Play, Keep It Simple (loopy script), Standing Tall (anguished Kafkaesque typeface), The Abandoned Treasure (brushy caps face), The Mocking Bird, Nighty Nights, Road Trip, Been Hanging Around, Divided Nations, Dodger Gear, The Best Night (brush), Stencil Brush (brush), Quite Chocolatey, Round About (stitch font), Physics Teacher, Madman Howling, Love Sequel, Cross Out, My Mistake, Colours of Autumn, Da Streets (graffiti face), Hard Fox (stencil brush), You Are Precious (curly script), The Blue Oasis, Dysfunctional Family (brush face), Lovely Excuse (brush family), No Fear (brush face), Dead End, The Art Show (brush face), Comical Smash, The Quick, The Lost Paintings, Stone Age, Eyeliner Tattoo, Sketch Pad, Art Class (spilled paint face), Ink Studio, Stay Holy Okay, Water Park (bubblegum face), Urban Jungle, Geez Seriously (curly typeface), Crazy Weekend, Slimeball, Real People, A Brush No, Beware of the Hogs (blood drip typeface), Definitely Maybe, Draw Freehand, Bloodthirsty (blood drip font), Zombie Slayer (blood drip font), Your Bloody Choice (blood drip font), Barn Animals, Comic Strip, Scribble Fun (textured face), Boom Shanker, Girly Punk, Pucky, Spray Break, Font Insane, Fairground, Last Breath (2012), Follow Your dreams, Together Again, Drawing Guides, Death Branch, Panda Spots, Fuzzy Bear, Threadz Needle, Homeboy, Hairs Dens Bag, Primitive Alien, Bonney Lass, Cake Nom (3d and shaded), Headshop (psychedelic), Tribal Butterflies (dings), Tribal Dragons Tattoo Designs, Tribal Animals Tattoo Designs, Abstract Alien Symbols, Jewelry Design Shapes, Wander Ball, Love Hue, The Fat Store, Chooka Zoon (bubblegum face), Happy Roxy, Hearts and Stars, Arcade Book, Teaspoon Display (swashy calligraphic face), Ready Black (another swashy calligraphic face), The Lodger Rang (gothic script), Sketch Book, Sketchline, Drafting, Last Breath (tattoo font), Drawing Pad, Child's Play, Design Bubble, A Stitch Plus Nine, Ming in Bling (comic book shadow face), You Are Something (curly script), Hot Pink, How To Do Something (comic book face), I Love What You Do, Get Wet.

    Typefaces from 2013: Seaside Heights, Falling Rain, Ace Records, Today People, Night Adder, Squicky (curly font), No Messin (scratchy brush), Wrong Tracks, Postcard From Mars, Aluminum Trucks (script), Life Azures, The Waddys, The Angels, Oliver Richards (brush face), Arabic Magic, Messenger, Anxiety Management, Basterds, Beep Beep, Suburban Legends, Street Wild, Abreviater, Snowmania, Yak Shamash, Booday, Everyday Mayhem, Mega Team, Beaty Pagent (sic), Monster Unleashed, Hopeless Place, Alley Cat, The Lovers, Crazy Rascals, Golden Star, Gimme Your Love, Every Freakin Night (a sketched poster face), Big Top, Hopeless Place, The Lovers, Alley Cat, Queenie Beebie, Swirly Shirley (curly script), Dark World (scratchy face), Fun House (sketched face), Ultimate Chaos, Wake Me Up, Find A Way, Fat Tats (signage script), Big Winks, Nothing To Lose (blood drip typeface), Art Brewery (brush font), Holiday Blues (scratchy brush), Punked Out, The Jolly Rancher, Quite Mighty, Smudgie Crayon, Squiggley Brown, Morning Star (brush face), No Talking Allowed, Butter Finger (scratchy typeface), Mad Beef (thin script), Dinosaur, Reed of Love (a textured script face), First Grader, School Holiday (brush script), Spin Head (sketched face), Russian Roulette, Blah (brush face), Eating You Alive (brush face), Christians United (brush face, same as Blah), Beginning of Summer (brush face), Something Strange (blood drip font), Messy Script, Broken Ink, Car Wash, Head Case (a very curly script), Barn Owl, Ruff Ruff, Shadow Jumper, Barn Oil, Phantom Ghost, Tardy Kid, Scrapbooking, Fiesta Time, Science Project, Oh No Not Again, Oh Shit (brushy), Teaser Houses, Eternal Fascination (connected script), Shades of Black, Bingo Bangos (brushy script), Street Fighter, Marker Pen (brush), Home and Away (brush), Spring Cleaning, Scribble Table, Sound Heart, Imagination Station (a heavy brush face), Teddy Bear, Good Day, Easy Rider (retro script), Silent Reaction, Today is the Oldest and Youngest (tall condensed script), Brush Strokes, Texas (brush), Messing About (scratchy hand), Kindergarten (hand-printed), Oh No (dusty typeface), Art Studio, Crazy Horse (great grungy brush), Time Machine, Strings and Things (sketched typeface), Twisted Brother, Big Easy, Egyptian Nights, Demolished, Lazy Girls, Angels Message (pixie dust script), Medieval Queen, Kings and Queens (swashy script), Admiration Pains, Confetti Stream, Hill Billies (signage face), Sweet Heart, Manhunter, Beware of the dog, Kiss Me Quick (Valentine's Day script), Atomic Number (a chalky dusty typeface), Potted Balls, The Boatman (graffiti font), Dead Island (brush face), Age to Age (swashy brush), Sticky Things (brush face), Lasting Love, Beware of the Zombies, Skyscraper, Coffee House, Rough Rider (fat brush face), The Green Life, National Cartoon (sketched 3d face), True Lies (brush face), Heron's Nest (sketched), Freaky Friday, Be There Soon, Praying Angel, Leap of Faith (graffiti brush), Beginning Yoga (brush script), Tims Grocery Store, Biogalaxy, Funga Donga Binge, Sketchbook Challenge, Arsonist, Say No to Drugs, Frizzled Planet, Decayed in Sixty Seconds.

    Typefaces from 2014: Believer Fever (tattoo script), Millennium (sketched font), Everything Holiday (tattoo script), Angel Warriors, Ghetto Master, Going Rogue (3d, hand-printed), Times Are Hard (brush), Oliver Twist (fat brush), Story Book (brush face), Rockers, Berty Script, Broken Promise (textured all caps typeface), Paranoid Freak (a great scratchy typeface), Nitya HK (or: Drawing Practice: a sketch font), Early Bird, British Quest, Crazy Thoughts (fat brushy script), Teenage Dreams, Renegades (hairy, grungy), The Pits (crayon font), Always Beside You (tattoo script), Greed (fat brush), Sea Reef, Sandy Bay, Fun Crayon, Mother in Law (caryon brush), Asylum Mansion (fat brush), Taking Notice, Basquiat, The Beach, Open Hours, Paranoia (brush typeface), Beast of Avalon, Motives, The Hit, Air Heads, Painted Lady (brush script), Born Wild (fat brush), Rebel Beat, Across the Road (script), Zentaiges (script), Fearing Madness (tattoo font), Rags to Riches (a great brush face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Merry Christmas Tree, Christmas Trees Celebration, Fun Christmas Trees, Ocean Rotation, Street Sound (thick brush), Without Notice (thick brush font), Slowed Down (brush font), Girlfriend (sketched shaded beauty), The Others Are Here (scary brush font), Government Torment (brush font), Love Rock, Skid (charcoal brush), Redrum (grungy brush), Charcoal, Home School (textured), Mona Shark (textured 3d typeface), Cookie Dough, Minimum Loss, Moonstreet, Friday Lovers, Broken Dreams, Cutie Pie, Freedom Fighters, Cooperation Nest, Magic Pies (rough brush script), Rain Tax.

    Typefaces from 2016: Loads of Love, Personal Delinquent, The Right Thing, Devastated (scratchy style), Broken Ground, Slimed, Cartoon Madness (sketched), Anything For You, Sketchy Script, Beautiful Vampires (scratchy), Think Nothing, Barn House (paint or blood drip typeface), Thready Bear, Get Richer, Bedrock, Chocolate Smoothie, Running Scared, Truly Yours, Coffee Mocha, Abrahams Wish, Dicey Slices, Forbid Nothing, Cartoon Freak, The Oyster Bar, Nowadays, Rough Script, Messy Artist, Fun Things, Bubble Bash (grungy), Yeti Fety (dry brush script), Kahuna Island (a tropical island font), Dancing on the Beach, Consistency Measures, Dead Wood (dry brush), Regent Way, Last Feast, Steppers, Oily.

    Typefaces from 2017: Wishing Well, Darkside of the Morning, From Nowhere, Wreak Havoc, Rocky Bottoms, Shock Horror, Signatures, Elyse, Stew Tuesdays (brush script), Majestic Mansion, Chasing Magnolia.

    Typefaces from 2018: Queens Perfume, Shiny Pimple, Belly Queens, Martian Vacation, School's Out (sketch font), Brush Pains (dry brush), Death Valley (dry brush), Steady Rain (crayon font), Blinkets, Trap Beats, Chicken Fajitas, Knackers, Regal Eagle.

    Typefaces from 2019: Sketchy Night (a dry brush font), Royal Riot (dry brush), Questionary (a chalk font), Holly Hood, Squiggles, Pirate Scripts, Mutation Patient, Futures Past, Monster Reading (sketched), Metal Head, Ghosting, Wear and Tear, Rain Shower (textured), Ring Master, Yellow Rose, Splat Attack, Crazy Hearts (dingbats), Margarita, Black Brush, Ghost Story, Chalk Stick, Spiritual Ritual (textured), Farty Breath, When in Rome (brush), Crazy Metro, Swirly Tops (curly).

    Typefaces from 2021: Crimes Times Six (a dry brush font), Sticky Pops.

    Fontspace link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Fontspace link for Smokewire. Link to Smokewire. Fontspace link for Jonathan harris. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Taylor Frith-Brown

    During her studies at Savannah College of Art and Design, Talor Frith-Brown (Houston, TX) created the piano key stencil typeface Raffiné (2015). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Taznix Creative
    [Ricky Hartasni]

    Semarang / Batang, Indonesia-based designer (b. 2000) of these typefaces in 2020: Aditta, Aihana Handwritten Font, Ankormati, Archeria, Avalla, Bastille Vredeburg (Victorian), Bethaine (formal calligraphic), Bubble Balloon, Buonapati (Victorian), Cyrille, Engkrak, Epines (a signage script), Eternal Ego (a spurred dystopian typeface), Fringilla (spurred), Grano, Jazking (a comic book typeface), Lacqua, Lalapis (a cartoon font), Limpung, Planus (an octagonal stencil typeface), Redpine (letterpress emulation), Silver Shield (a monster truck font), The Heritages Palace, Viennero (spurred, Victorian), Waraxe.

    Typefaces from 2021: Rothest (a layerable Victorian font with applications to tattoos), Degan (a bold children's book typeface), Shampoerna Betoel (a decorative Victorian typeface), Ankormati (Victorian), Magroe (a layerable vintage label font), Aditta (a monoline script), Novusa (a street art font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Teamworks

    Tiny archive: AbsolutDBNormal (stencil font by Christine Mauerkirchner and Rainer Grunert, 1994), AllegroBT-Regular, Abduction, BraesideLumberboy, Dayton (stencil font by FontBank, 1993), DexGothicD, DirtyBakersDozen. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Teawat (or: This is typography)
    [Tomoyuki Watanabe]

    Free fonts by Tomoyuki Watanabe (aka Tea-wat): Graffiare (2006, slightly grunge), Bambina (2004), Bambino (2004), Bilancio and Bilancio Alternate (2004, artsy), Bolantan (2004), Boltan (2004), Bifur (2002, a take on the old Bifur), the stars-themed Divo (2003), Ecco (thin-lined rectangular glyphs, 2003), Fraish (2003, art nouveau handwriting), FraishBoldOblique, FraishOblique, Graffiare (2006), Grappa (2004), Margherita (2003, roman numerals), Minerva (2003), Moderno (2003), Orange (2003, pixels), Orangejuice (2003, pixels), Peignot Neo (2004, an interpretation of Cassandre's Peignot from 1937), Quarto (2003, liquid font), Razzo (2003), ReSipleBoldOutline (2003), ReSipleRounded (2003), Retra (2003, handwritten kana), Schedel (2002, skulls alphading font), SchedelBold, SipleDemiBold (2001, sana), SipleDemiBoldOblique, SipleLight, SipleLightOblique, Stency (2003, stencil font), Valentine (2002, Valentine alphadings), ValentineOblique, Valentinecaps, Veneto (2004, artsy stencil face), Versu (2003, artsy stencil face), Vendetta (2004), Vigente (2005). Direct access to the fonts. Handwriting font service.

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    Ted McFarland

    Graphic designer in Fountain Valley, CA, who created Section 3 (2015, a constructivist typeface), Super Neon (2015, a neon light stencil typeface), and Remote Security Camera Icons (2015, on commission for Zettaguard's remote IP camera viewing/management website). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tegami Type
    [Muhammad Iqbal Firdaus]

    Kota Bekasi and/or Jakarta, Indonesia-based desiger of TG Aqsa Grotesque Pro (2017-2018), the free display sans typeface Rasuk (2017), the sans typeface TG Hagia (2017), and the stencil typeface Cetta (2017).

    In 2018, he published the low contrast geometric sans typeface family TG Neuramatica.

    Typefaces from 2019: TG Praktikal (with a variable type option), TG Axima (a neo-humanist sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: TG Glifko (a quirky 14-style sans with overcurled terminals of the c, f, r, and other letters), TG Haido Grotesk, TG Frekuent Mono.

    Typefaces from 2021: TG Reglic (an 8-style grotesk), TG Minagi Sans (a 14-style sans with pointy terminals). Behance link.

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    Teja Smrekar
    [Fleha Type]

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    Teo Tuominen
    [LetterMaker]

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    Tepid Monkey Fonts
    [Brandon Schoepf]

    Free original fonts by Brandon Schoepf at Tepid Monkey. The foundry closed its doors in July 2002, to be continued by The Typover Foundry, starting July 15, 2002. That site too seemed to have problems, so Typoasis took over in 2005.

    The list of typefaces: Abscissa, AbscissaBold, AbscissaBoldItalic, AbscissaItalic, AccidentalPresidency, Bedizen, Benegraphic (a handwritten Fraktur, 2001), CadmiumEgg, Caduceus, Charybdis, Dadhand, Discognate, DiscognateLight, Dotimatrix3, Dotimatrix5, Dotimatrix7, Dulethia (Greek simulation face), EagerNaturalist, EightyPercent, EightyPercentCaps, EightyPercentCapsOutline, EightyPercentOutline, ElectedOffice, ElectedOfficeOutline, ElectedOfficeOutline18118, FifteenOkay, FifteenOkaySlanted, Galaxy Monkey, Hipchick, Hoffmanhand, Jrhand, KetchupSpaghetti, LockedWindow, Medrano, Monoglyceride, MonoglycerideBold, MonoglycerideDemiBold, MonoglycerideExtraBold, Nauvoo, NegativeTuning, November (2001, pixel font), Opossum, Origami Mommy (2002, square outline font), Ponderosa, Ptarmigan, PtarmiganCondensed, PtarmiganCondensedItalic, PtarmiganItalic, Qhytsdakx (2001), RationalInteger (checkbook font), RepetitionScrolling, Scott, Stockstill (stencil font), Sujeta, Sujeta3D, SujetaBold, SujetaBoldItalic, SujetaItalic, SujetaOutline, Survivant, Transuranium (2001), Updike, VerticalTuning, Zig.

    Dafont link. Kernest mentions the name Brandon Schoech. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Teresa Vasconcelos

    Porto, Portugal-based designer of New Fraktur Stencil (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Terezija Donlic

    Split, Croatia-based designer of the warm revival typeface Jack London (2014). This typeface family is ideal for posters annd headlines and includes a stencil substyle. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Terry Gholson

    Terry Gholson (Pencil Pusher Graphics, USA) designed the video game font Player 1 (2019), the cutout typeface Castaway (2019), the futuristic stencil typeface Andromeda (2019), and the colored handcrafted typeface Spitball (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Terry Kunysz
    [Casady&Greene (Fluentlaserfonts)]

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    Tessman

    FontStructor who made Black Box (2011), a De Stijl / Bauhaus stencil face. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Teuku Deky Firnanda
    [Seruput (or: Barokah, or: Graptail)]

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    TGIF STD

    TGIF STD stands for Thanks God I'm Fontmaker Studio. Located in Bandung, Indonesia, this commercial type foundry produced these typefaces in 2016: Sigismund No. 7, Eugiene (monoline script), Aiden, Hodor (inspired by the character Hodor from Game of Thrones), Bengrraas (monoline ans), New Autumn (soft hand-printed), The Arms Race (bilined), Brushcheetah (brush script), Eugiene (poster typeface), Landon (deco), Camille (signage script), Neorah (neon style), December Script, Companion (spurred Victorian style), Boullevard (sic), Adeft (brush face), Vignette Script (calligraphic), Mewton, Castle John (Victorian), Pixelo, Desmodo, Elliot (fun script), Montour (geometric slab serif), Aiden (handcrafted slab serif), Madison (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kakamora, The Servant (sans), Chaiaathah, Hollawinds (a rough rounded sans), Sunshine Boy, Remembrance, Beornheard, Glodiolusy, Caang, Sanur Beach, Jomantara, Daddy Day (titling sans), Fatherly (inline), Amorette Light (elementary geometric sans), Badstar, Scriptonesia, Adeft.

    Typefaces from 2018: Lucky Irish Dingbats, Lucky Prince Lettering Dingbats, Easterica, Mongli (all caps sans), Cincoyo (Tuscan), Hippo Letto, Huckleberries, Iacott Neue, Valentine's Dingbats, The Rogue (textured), Thank You Dingbats, Sun Pepper, Reilly, Regan Slab, Rawwwing (eerie style), Penny Farthing, Oliemolly, New Autumn, Ms Orange Sky, Little Girl (children's script), Leo Bronx (weathered athletic lettering), Leaderson, Laudya Bloods, Juneville (octagonal), Hellowins, Helldings, Echizen (brush), Coast Redwood (a pirate font), Chukies, Caldwell (+Easter eggs), Baileyns, Brodetto, Bellquina, Audie, Von Everect, Gustavo (art deco sans), The Queen (inline, spurred), Stardust Moonlight, Serenity (calligraphic), Questro (inline stencil), Otakaku, Dhangdose (spurred), Desmodus, Romaniesta, Emery (octagonal). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thais Lima

    Sao Paulo-based designer at T26 of Genu, Motus (rounded pixel face) and GenStencil (2000). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thanarat Vachiruckul
    [Type 714]

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    Tharique Azeez
    [Niram Factory]

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    The Entente
    [Anthony Sheret]

    Anthony Sheret is the founder of the Entente, a Brighton (UK)-based design and art direction studio formed with Edd Harrington in late 2008. The studio is named after the relationship between both parties: The Friendly Understanding. Alongside Entente, he also runs Colophon Foundry.

    His typefaces include Apercu (2009, +Mono (slab); see here), Monosten (2011, + stencil), Montefiore, Relative (2011), and Reader. All are sans typefaces. With Edd Harrington at Colophon, he designed Value Sans in 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Fontry
    [Michael Gene Adkins]

    The Fontry is a Watts, OK, based outfit, est. 1992 by Michael Gene Adkins (b. 1965, OK) and James L. Stirling (b. 1964, OK): Digital type for computer-aided signmaking, with fonts designed for signmakers by signmakers.

    Since 2009, they have been producing various digitizations of alphabets designed by Alf R. Becker in the 1930s and 1940s. Gene Adkins designed ARB-187 Moderne Caps AUG-47 (2013, didone), ARB 85 Modern Poster JAN-39 (2011, after Modern Poster Script, 1939), ARB-70 (1995), ARB-67 (1998), ARB-66 Neon (2010, +Block, +Line), ARB-44 (1995), ARB-96 Jitter Display DEC-39 (1999), SCRIPT1 ARB-85 Poster Script Normal (2000), ARB-66 Neonline Block, ARB114 Hillbilly Roman JUN-41 Normal (1999), ARB-187 Moderne Caps AUG-47 CAS family (2009, a beautiful didone display face), the ARB 08 Extreme Roman AUG-32 CAS family (2009), ARB-218 Big Blunt (2010), ARB-218 Neon Blunt.

    Another product is the Wild Bunch Pak #3: Danthr Skal, Kastaka, Gas Bumps, Skrawl 613, Sharrpe Gothik, Levo Fraz, Kommerce, Stellar Spice, Infected Hurt.

    Wild Bunch Pak #2 (50 USD) has Marbles&Strings, Keetoowah, Peppermint, Ghixm (2008: a retrospective of the horror comics and movie posters of the 1960s and the 1970s), Klash, all outline fonts. In Wild Bunch Pak #1, look for Toxia. Race Pak #1 contains 5 chiseled fonts, including ARB67, Brannt Chiseled, Excursions, JLS Ultra, and Race Checkers. 50 USD. There are also Greek Pak #1 (12 Greek fonts for 25 USD, including GRK Orbit, GRK Universe City, GRK Albert, and GREK Bodnaut) and Signfaces Narrow Pak #1. At Garagefonts, Wild Larra, Wild Ruts, Wild Toxia, Wild Nobody families (1999), Jackport (2014, athletic lettering and Western typeface family).

    Adkins also designed the commercial font First Vision at GarageFonts in 1998. Review at &Type. List of the fonts on his CD.

    MyFonts sells FTY Garishing Worse (2011---there is a free version at Dafont), SCRIPT1 Team (2010), SCRIPT1 Toon (2010), SCRIPT1 Voodoo Script (1999-2009, signage script), What Sound Pounds (2009), WILD3InfectedHurtNormal (2010), WILD1 Firstvision (1997), WILD1 Larra (1997, grunge), WILD1 Nobod (1997, grunge), WILD1 Ruts (1997), WILD1 Toxia (1997) and the blackletter typefaces Ironhorse and Ironrider (2007), revivals of classic wood type typefaces. FontShop link.

    Some fonts are inspired by sign painter Frank H. Atkinson. These include the Broken Poster series done in 2010, FHA Modernized Ideal Classic (2011), and FHA Nicholson French (1999-2014: art nouveau).

    In 2008, The Fontry published the Greek Font Set, Copper Penny DTP (after Copperplate Gothic, but with lower case included), Droeming (an eerie family) and Earth A.D. (more eerie stuff, metallic, and with sharp serifs). It then generated a break-away subfoundry that carries fonts solely designed by James Stirling, Fontry West. Fontry West is located in Tulsa, OK. At MyFonts, these Fontry West fonts can be bought: Iron, WILD1 Firstvision, WILD1 Larra, WILD1 Nobody, WILD1 Ruts, WILD1 Toxia, WILD2 Ghixm, Greek Font Sets 1 and 2 (not Greek, only Geek-ish, made for fraternity use), and a large Comic Fanboy set which includes glyphs painted with stars and stripes (CFB1 American Patriot, CFB1 Captain Narrow, CFB1 Shielded Avenger, all made by Adkins). The CFB1AmericanPatriot family (2009), and the SCRIPT1 Rager Hevvy family (2009) are free here. JLS Overkill (2009, Bloque, Stencil, Grunge, Champion [athletic lettering], Hammer) is a sturdy family covering everything from SUV-strength stencils to grunge stencils and macho slab serif headline typefaces. After Disaster (2008), FHA Eccentric French Normal (2008, wood type after an alphabet created by Frank H. Atkinson in 1908), WHATSOUNDPOUNDS?Normal (2009) are free at Dafont. Sinder (2010) is a grunge face. FTY Konkrete (2010) is constructivist, and has a beveled weight. FTY Strategycide (2010-2018) is a similar severe headline sans family. Sinder (2010) and Demon Sker (2011) are free grunge typefaces. American Purpose (2011) is a grotesk family. American Purpose Casual and American Purpose Stripe (2011) are follow-ups. Garishing Worse (2011) is a casual bold face. Sharpe Gothik (2011) is hand-drawn. American Captain (2011, a manly retro squarish propaganda headline face; see also American Captain Patrius 02 FRE). Deathe Maach (2012) is a sturdy 6-style display family. Avengeance (2012) is a techno typeface. FHA Condensed French (2012, by Michael Gene Adkins and James L. Stirling) and FHA Nicholson French (1999-2014, art nouveau) are based on Frank H. Atkinson's examples.

    Typefaces from 2013: FHA Broken Gothic (a layered chiseled family done with James Stirling, based on Broken Poster by Frank H. Atkinson), FTY SKRADJHUWN (a flared family), Iron Man of War (with layering effects, +001Rivet), Iron Man of War 2 NCV, RACE1 Brannt (prismatic, beveled, art deco), FTY Skorzhen (mini-spurred), FTY Speedy Casual, FTY Skradjhuwn NCV (comic book family).

    Typefaces from 2014: FHA Tuscan Roman (2014, Michael Gene Adkins, James L Stirling), FTY Varoge Saro Noest.

    Typefaces from 2015: FHA Sign DeVinne (after a popular sign painting design by Frank H. Atkinson named after DeVinne).

    Typefaces from 2016: FTY Delirium (+Neon), Delirium NCV.

    Typefaces from 2017: FTY Galactic VanGuardian.

    Typefaces from 2021: Fty Old Sport (a slab serif athletic lettering font family, one of the best in this genre).

    Typefaces made by Fontry West. Typefaces by Mike Adkins.

    Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    The Foundry Types

    London-based foundry set up by David Quay and Freda Sack in 1989, and after Freda's death, continued by David Quay and Stuart de Rozario. Their typefaces were first made using the Architype label:

    • Architype Albers (1997).
    • Architype Aubette. Based on Theo van Doesburg's 1928 signage lettering for the Café Aubette in Strasbourg.
    • Architype Ballmer. A De Stijl typeface inspired by the experimental, universal letterforms drawn by Bauhaus trained Swiss designer Theo Ballmer for a series of 1928 posters, most notably for an exhibition on industrial standards.
    • Architype Bayer. Drawn from Bauhaus Archiv sketches for a minimal sans typeface that was created in 1925 by Herbert Bayer.
    • Architype Bayer-Type. Based upon Herbert Bayer's 1931 universal, modern serifed alphabet. Although the modern style appears to be a radical departure from his first sans single alphabet of 1925, the structure of this later serifed style is still grid based and geometrically constructed.
    • Architype Bill. The Foundry writes: Architype Bill was developed from the few letterforms created by Max Bill for a 1949 exhibition poster. All the forms, with the exception of the letter o, were constructed using only straight lines and triangles on a purely mathematical basis, that showed the continued influence of his earlier Bauhaus training, and the universal alphabet principle.
    • Architype Catalogue Outline, Architype Catalogue Solid (2016). Architype Catalogue originates from Wim Crouwel's Stedelijk Museum exhibition catalogue for sculptor Claes Oldenburg, 1970. The cover's soft padded letterforms evoke the artist's work. Oldenburg was so taken with the design, that he asked Wim Crouwel to complete the alphabet.
    • Architype Fodor. Based on Wim Crouwel's work, the Fodor letterforms were created for the magazine published by Museum Fodor, Amsterdam. To save cost it was designed to be typeset on their own electric typewriter.
    • Architype Ingenieur. Architype Ingenieur was inspired by Wim Crouwel's late 1950s exhibition catalogues and posters, for which he had created a few geometrically constructed, simplified letterforms. In the 1960 Venice Biennale Dutch entry poster, he drew grid-based letters with 45-degree angles for olanda, the style influenced by his boyhood fascination with naval lettering. A subtle variation appeared in the Stedelijk Museum catalogue for painter Jean Brusselmans. Several dot matrix versions followed. The themes and systems in these early letterforms are encapsulated in this new (2016) four-weight family Architype Ingenieur.
    • New Alphabet 1 through 3. Based on Crouwel's New Alphabet and developed in consultation with him)---a free version of this is New Alphabet (2008, Matt McInerney).
    • Architype Renner. Related to the early experimental versions of Paul Renner's Futura.
    • Architype Stedelijk (1997). LED-like, based on Crouwel's ideas. The Foundry writes: Stedelijk first appeared in the seminal Vormgevers poster, commissioned by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam in 1968. Crouwel created a rigid grid system across the poster of 57 vertical by 41 horizontal lines, also forming the basis for the construction of the letterforms. Although all hand drawn, the resulting typeface had a machine-made appearance. This striking black and white poster with its visible grid became one of Crouwel's most iconic designs. Architype Stedelijk now re-creates these letterforms as a single alphabet typeface in a digital font.
    • Architype Schwitters. Developed from the phonetic experiments made by Kurt Schwitters with his 1927 universal alphabet.
    • Architype Tschichold. A very thin avant-garde sans: Architype Tschichold is a faithful rendering of Jan Tschichold's 1929 experimental alphabet which was influenced by Bayer's single-alphabet. His design was never put into production. This re-creates his original geometrically constructed design, including some phonetic characters.
    • Architype Van der Leck (1993-1994). Based on a 1941 De Stijl alphabet designed by Bart van der Leck for the avant-garde magazine Flax.
    • Architype Van Doesburg (1996). Based on a 1919 alphabet by Van Doesburg obtained by dividing a square into 25 equal smaller squares.
    • Architype Vierkant. This typeface was developed from the few letterforms that Crouwel created for an opening spread in a 1972 Drupa catalogue, on the theme "typo vision international".

    Their other fonts have the label Foundry and include Foundry Sans (1990, a humanist sans inspired by Stempel Garamond), Foundry Old Style (1990-1994, inspired by Nicholas Jenson's types), Foundry Wilson (a Baskerville that revives a 1760 font from Scottish type founder Alexander Wilson), Foundry Journal, Foundry Gridnik, Foundry Form Sans, Foundry Form Serif, Foundry Monoline (2000), Foundry Origin, Foundry Sterling (2002, sans serif, in the style of Bliss and Gill Sans), Foundry Context (a sans family), Foundry Dat, Foundry Dit, Foundry Fabriek (an industrial orthogonal almost military stencil developed in consultation with Wim Crouwel), Foundry Flek (a dot matrix font), Foundry Plek, Foundry New Johnston, and Foundry Wilson Expert.

    Michael Barbosa started work on Metroplis (1995) for Metroplisboa, the Lisbon subway, while he was working at Wolff Olins. That custom font project was finished by David Quay and Freda Sack. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    The Fragile Machine
    [Logan Lambert]

    Construct (2010) is a free constructivist stencil typeface made by Logan Lambert. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Letter D (was: Entica Typograffiti)
    [Dan Pike]

    Aussie design and type company, est. 2003 by Dan Pike from Brisbane (and now based in Melbourne). Their typefaces include Airport (2004, fantastic airport tile font), FourFive (2001, thin octagonal face), Block (2004), Pixel (2002), Route (2006), Slabamond (2002), Stencil (1999), Theo Fine (2005) and Theo (2000, inspired by the work of two great Bauhaus movers, Theo van Doesburg [1883-1938] and Theo Ballmer [1902-1965] both of whom created an alphabet based on a basic 5x5 grid system), Font 705 (2003, pixel face), Schwarz*Weiss (2003, swooshy face), Grave Archaize (2003, this is unbelievable--to be seen!), Flip&Rotate (2003), Valetta (2003). Most fonts are by Dan Pike. Some are by "Phil". Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Font Airport (stencil-like), Font Theo Fine, Font Theo, Font Block and Font Pixel, and in 2009 of Font Pixel (SC, OB, BD, OS), Font Stencil (stencilized pixel face), and Font Theo Fine. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Northern Block (TNB)
    [Jonathan Hill]

    The Northern Block (TNB) is Jonathan Hill's foundry based in Leeds and/or Sheffield and/or Newcastle, UK, est. 2006. The designer and funder is Jonathan Hill (b. Sheffield, 1971) who lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Maria Pigoulevskaya joined The Northern Block as type designer in 2012. Home page. Free fonts by Jonathan Hill can be found at Dafont and Fontspace.

    Another Dafont link. MyFonts link. Hellofont link. Behance link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Alternate URL.

    In 2010, he started FontStructing typefaces. His first was the grungy wooden plank typeface Timber Remnants. Also in this category is Laser Disco (2008, futuristic).

    Typefaces from 2006 until 2008: Sylar (2008, a techno family in 16 styles), Geta Robo (2008, a mechanical typeface influenced by Japanese animation), Arctic Patrol (angular family), Dokter Bryce (2008, octagonal and severe), Orange Royale (2008, 8 styles of fat techno and stencil fonts), CorTen (2008, octagonal ultra-fat stencil), QueueBrick (2008, LED simulation), Center Forward (2008, futuristic), Platform One (2008, a futuristic family), Line Wire (2008, octagonal, influenced by the work of Dutch designer #Wim Crouwel), StealWerks (2006, LED-inspired stencil face; published at T-26) and Blockout (2007, 5 weights of a futuristic blocky type family). In 2008, these were followed by more computer-related typefaces such as VideoTech (futuristic), JoyRider and AstroNaut (octagonal+futuristic, now at T-26). WerkHaus (2008) is a 5-style family inspired by the minimal sans typefaces of Herbert Bayer and the Bauhaus movement.

    Typefaces from 2009: Scriber (2009, octagonal techno family), Get A Robo (2009, a 10-weight mechanical family influenced by Japanese animation (Anime)), Ten Gu (2009, paperclip font remastered from the 1970's Letragraphica font Tangui), Orange Royal (2009, rounded stencil), VideoTech (2009, inspired by computer games for the Commodore 64), SkyWing (2009, rounded typeface inspired by Japanese computer console games, such as Captain Tsubasa created by Yoichi Takahashi), VanBerger (2009, an octagonal family influenced by the De Stijl movement), Logan Five (2009, techno family inspired by the 1976 sci-fi film Logan's Run), Zaius (2009, a bold sans family that includes a stencil style, all based on Ed Benguiat's work for the 1968 movie poster for Planet of the Apes), Oric Neo (2009, a free octagonal techno family; +Stencil), VanBerger Stencil (2009, a free geometric sans influenced by Theo Van Doesburg and the De Stijl movement), Aldo (2009, +Open: a bold stylized type typeface re-worked from the original 1970s movie poster The Battle For The Planet Of The Apes), Sylar Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2010: Intropol (2010; image), Arcle (a monoline organic sans), Hoxton (humanist sans family), Lintel (monoline sans family with a large x-height), Knul (monoline sans), Dohrma (a machismo geometric face; +Inline), Planer (a technical writing family), Otomo (a Japanese techno family that includes a stencil), Yodo (a geometric experimental family in 3 weights), Nu Order (a sans family that includes a very thin weight), PyeMan (2009, a piano key font named after the PacMan game), ProtoFet, DraftWerk (a minimal rounded typeface inspired by architecture and furniture detail drawings), DyeLine (a geometric face with a great hairline weight), Cobol (2010, great octagonal monowidth face), Draftwerk (architectural lettering), Olympik (a gorgeous multiline family based on Letraset's Optex, 1970), Kaine (a slab family inspired by 1960s spaghetti westerns: +Stencil, +Outline, +Italic +Block; Hill says that The grid template is based on Welt Extra Bold from Letraset with detailed changes, additional characters and new style variations.), Brion (a modernization and extension of A. Mailay's rounded sans font Arpad (1971, VGC); Kaine Block, the counterless version, is free at Dafont). Mekon (2010) is a fat sans display typeface with a free horizontally striped style. It revives and extends Peter Steiner's phototype Black Body (1973). MarkusLow (2010) is a revival and extension of Basilea (1965, Markus Low, VGC). Teletex (2010; +Ultra Light, +Light, +Medium) is a typewriter style slab serif whose design was influenced by Rockwell.

    Typefaces from 2011: Dekal (nice fat multiline family, +Inline), Norpeth (2011, a humanist neutral sans family), Bosko (+Stencil, +Block), Bosko Block (2011, free), Woolworth (sans family), NeoGram (sans family), Juhl (an organic/ geometric sans family with the bowls of b, c, d. p and q modeled after chairs). Millar (2011) is a simple monoline sans family. Tondu (2011) is a strong sans poster face---its early version, Tondu Beta (2011), is free. Gelder Sans (2011) is a clean modern sans serif typeface. Brokman (2011) is a contemporary 10-style sans family. Vitro (2011) is a monoline geometric sans family. Beval (2011) is a humanist sans family. Nurom (2011), Monsal (2011), Tadao (2011) and Kuro (2011) are additional sans families. Heltar (2011) is a revamping, TNB style, of Helvetica. Regan Slab is a readable slab family. It was followed in 2012 by Regan (the sans version) and Regan Alt.

    Jonathan Hill's most popular typefaces.

    Type designs done in 2012: Hackman (elliptical sans), Borda (octagonal), Savile (humanist sans), Metrik (a nice geometric---borderline organic---sans family), Metral (rounded octagonal typeface), Uniman, Kobern (a strong sans), Reznik (techno sans).

    Type designs from 2013 by Jonathan Hill: Nauman (a humanist sans family with attention paid to the triple (1, i, j)), Gunar, Nuber (followed in 2018 by Nuber Next), Eund (a modulated sans), Corbert (Bauhaus-inspired sans), Corbert Condensed.

    Typefaces from 2014: Byker (geometric sans), Schar (humanist sans), Loew (geometric information design sans; extended in 2018 by him and Donna Wearmouth to Loew Next (for Latin and Cyrillic) and Loew Next Arabic), Bitner (spurless organic sans named after bitcoins), Modum, Modum.

    Typefaces from 2015: Facto (a simple sans family with large x-height), Halcom (influenced by Futura), Scharf, Itoya.

    Typefaces from 2016: Syke Mono (a stylish monospaced typeface family), Oyko (an octagonal industrial typeface family), Kylo Sans, Syke (a sans typeface family), Hoxton North (a condensed humanist, very British, sans), Celdum (geometric sans).

    Typefaces from 2017: Tomarik, Typold.

    Typefaces from 2018: Paradroid, Sprout (a low-contrast 6-weight sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Roag (an industrial geometric sans paying homage to mechanical designs of the 1930s), Syke (14-style sans), Scharf (a sturdy sans family), Mynor (a modern squarish sans inspired by machine-readable typefaces of the 1950s including OCR-A and B).

    Typefaces from 2020: Corbert Wide, Blom (a humanist sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Waldo (a 4-style bold, stencil-focused display typeface loosely based on a 1973 science fiction movie poster for The Battle For The Planet of The Apes), Nauman Neue (a 60-style humanist sans), Kopik (a comic book typeface with rounded forms; it was inspired by the 1960's architectural handwriting style practised by draftsmen), Duran (a 14-style geometric sans with built-in strength).

    Creative Fabrica link. View Jonathan Hill's typefaces. Another list of Jonathan Hill's fonts. Interview in 2014. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    The Oddity

    British dysfunctional web site that makes my browser hang. Creator of Sputturt Fecal (2008, grunge), Cleanfont Bare (2008, geometric sans), and Stencil Proto (2008, no downloads). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Price is Right Font Archive
    [David Frangioso]

    The Price is Right Font Archive is an archive of fonts also used on TV game shows. There are also original fonts, specially created for the site: from David Frangioso, we have 3Strikes, AnyNumber (LED style face), BuyorSell, DiceGame, FlippyFloppy, HiLo (stencil), Optional, Pathfinder, Plinko2000 (2004), Punchboard, SecretX, ThatsTooMuch. These were all made in 2003, except where indicated. We also find these fonts by Jay Lewis, made in 1999: EggCrate, RangeGame, SportsType, VaneI. The full list in the archive: 3Strikes, ATROX-normal, AntiqueOliNorP-Regu, AnyNumber, Arcane, AuroraBT-RomanCondensed, Banco, BroadwayBT-Regular, BudmoJiggler, BudmoJigglerBold, Businko, BuyorSell, CACLaskoEvenWeight, City-Bold-Bold, Clarendon, ClassicLuckySevenNumbers, Collegiate-Norm, Compstyle, Cookie, CooperBT-Black, CooperBT-BlackItalic, Cupertino, DavidaBoldBT-Regular, DiceGame, Digiface, Dolphins, DomCasual, EggCrate, EurostileTBlack, EyeDrops, FlamencoD, FlippyFloppy, FrankfurterD, Fusion, Glopentine-Bold-Bold, GoudyHandtooledD, HiLo, HotTamale, Impact, Incised901BT-Black, KaufmannBT-Bold, Logger-Regular, LowWe-Regular, Marlboro, OcrA-Regular, OldTowneNo536D, Olympia-HeavyIta, Optional, Ottoman-Bold, PT-BananaSplit, Pathfinder, Plinko2000, Pricedown, Punchboard, Pythagoras, RangeGame, RodeoRegular, SavedByZero, SecretX, Signature-Regular, Slicker, SportsType, Stilla, Swiss721BT-BoldCondensedOutline, Swiss721BT-Roman, Swiss721BT-RomanCondensed, ThatsTooMuch, Tonight, Traffic, Tudor-Semi-Lite, VAGRoundedBT-Regular, VaneI. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Type Collective
    [Vlad Neuman]

    Graphic design and illustration collective in Bucharest, Romania, consisting of Vlad Neuman, Alex Beltechi, Vian Peanu, Andrei Ograda, and Felix Hornoiu. Vlad Neuman---a graduate of the Design Department of the National University of Art in Bucharest---designed Wim C Alphabet (2012), a modular typeface influenced by Wim Crouwel's letters.

    Mow based in London, Vlad Neuman designed the minimalist stencil typeface Aero Display in 2014.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    The Type Fetish
    [Michael Wallner]

    Born in Minneapolis, MN, in 1967, Michael J. Wallner (now in St. Paul, MN) graduated from the College of Visual Arts. In 2001, he set up The Type Fetish.

    His typefaces include Pushki Pro (2011, a slabby poster typeface based on some hand lettering found on a Russian poster), Lard Pro (2011, very fat and high-contrast typeface; +Greek, +Cyrillic), Brogue (2009), Casualties Pro (2009, grunge), Kari Sans (alyered typeface family), Fabricate (2007, fururistic), Idiot Boy (2010, grunge), Numbskul (2007, grunge), Parcel (2007, grunge), Reverend Jim (2007, handwriting; with Jim Laitinen), Recreant (1998, grunge), Used (2002, grunge), Calligraphy-Unicase (2007), Commuter (2008, gridded letters), Fabricate-Inline, Fabricate-Regular, Fabricate-Thin (2009, techno family), Grimm (2008, a German expressionist blackletter), Fucsimile (2009---no idea what this is), S4QUFX (2009, dot matrix face), Amrep 026, Borough Pro (2010, random width squarish sans set), Broken Vows, Casualties, Cheapo, Cubage, Dimentia, Discharge (grunge), DIY-One (2002), DIY-Two (2002), Dimerit, Filth, Fucsimile (degraded fax or old typewriter), Insurgent (2009, grunge), Kaaos (2005, eroded stencil), Maim, Nascent, Quadrate, Refuse (2009, grunge), Sabotage, Squarish, Straphanger (2009, dot matrix face), The Crew (stencil font), Universally Corrupt, Whore, Xiphoid and Zen Arcade.

    Michael did not publish any fonts between 2011 and 2018. In 2018, he returned with a mammoth 50-font layerable typeface family, Apnea, which are based on old painted signs.

    MyFonts.Com is selling the fonts. The free font Sabotage (2002) can be downloaded here.

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. Behance link. Hellofont link. Home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    The Untamed Scrapper

    Archive with subdirectories for dingbats, Alan Carr, Autumn Leaves, Stencil fonts, LD fonts, stamped look fonts, and typewriter fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Théo Guillard

    Toulouse and now Paris, France-based freelance designer, who created Izy (2014), Autumn (2014, a textura face), Easy (2014, a fat display typeface), and Gerhard (2014, a take on Bernhard Gothic, 1930).

    In 2016, he designed the inline didone typeface Zina at Indian Type Foundry and Fontshare.

    In 2017, Jérémie Hornus, Théo Guillard, Morgane Pambrun, Alisa Nowak and Joachim Vu co-designed Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Serif and Bespoke Slab at Fontstore / Fontshare. In 2020, Bespoke Stencil was added.

    In 2018, he designed the great angular typeface Sharpie Script (free at Fontshare).

    Guillard won the bronze medal in the Latin category at the 22nd Morisawa Type Design competition in 2019 for Easy.

    In 2019, he released Carmin at Future Fonts. Carmin is like a hipsterized uncial.

    In 2020, he published the fat stone cut calligraphic typeface Grenat. Future Fonts link.

    Zodiak (2021, Jérémie Hornus, Gaetan Baehr, Jean-Baptiste Morizot, Alisa Nowak, and Théo Guillard at Fontshare) is a free 24-style text family with Century-like newspaper roots and sturdy bracketed slab serifs that was originally named Claire (2020).

    Gambarino (2016-2021, Fontshare). A condensed, single-weight serif face for headlines. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thibault Dietlin
    [Thibault Dietlin]

    Alien Foundery used to be called Bsillkrieg. Thibault Dietlin (b. 1987, Besançon) who runs it is located in Annecy (before that, in Besançon). He makes these fonts freely available via Dafont in 2008: Zfonts (grunge), Pee On Face (grunge), Hardcore Pen (graffiti), La Fraktouille (sketched blackletter face), Crustype crust (grunge), Crust Clean (grunge), My Goth Is Better, city burn night after night and we spraypaint the walls 1.0.

    Additions in 2009: Black Spoon (minimalist sans with exaggerated x-height), Hurray (clean sans), Tes (sans), Urbana (grungy stencil), Boa, The City Burn(grunge), Riot AF (a crayon stencil font), Blind (Braille font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thibault Dietlin
    [Thibault Dietlin]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thibaut Abou Mrad

    Based in Rennes, France, Thibaut Abou Mrad created the logotype typeface Dantek (2014) for Zit Dantes, a web service company. His layered rounded stencil typeface family Normograph (2014) is created for wayfinding applications. Trix (2014) is a triangulated typeface. Miron (2014), designed for the Miron Rivoli gallery, is a hybrid of Filosophia Grand and Gravur Condensed. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thierry Fétiveau

    French freelance graphic and type designer who started his own commercial type foundry in 2014. Now based in Nantes, Thierry was educated in Nantes and studied Typography & Language at ESAD in Amiens, France, class of 2014. His typefaces:

    • Andersen. His graduation project from Nantes.
    • Batutah (2013-2014). A Latin / Arabic bicephalic typeface family for his graduation project at ESAD. "Batutah" refers to the Arab pilgrim Ibn Batutah who traveled from Spain to China in the thirteenth century. This Latin / Arabic typeface is intended primarily for magazines.
    • Futago (2013). A fashion mag hiragana and katakana didone. Thierry: Futago is a Japanese typeface of 141 glyphs intended to go with Latin typefaces from Didot family. Its name, which means twin, expresses clearly its objective: to be used in bilingual texts in order to create a graphic unity. This typeface has been selected by the website Typography Served in 2013.
    • Wilson (2013). A visit by Laura Mesaguer led Thierry to the development of a 3-style Tuscan stencil typeface called Wilson (2013).
    • Dark Times (2013). An extra-light revival of a gothic textura.
    • Lewis (2014). A Tuscan stencil typeface.
    • For the comic book artist Milena Picard, he custom-designed the comic book typeface family Anelim (2017).
    • The art deco all caps Utopiales (2018): This typeface has been tailor-made for the Utopiales, an international science-fiction festival at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes. The Cité des Congrès in Nantes asked me to create a new titling typeface only in capitals following their art deco inspirations. I based it on the letters of this period found in the streets of Nantes that are part of the history and identity of the city.
    • In 2019 he made a typeface, Bouclard, on commission for the publishing house Bouclard in Nantes.

    Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thierry Schulé
    [TierSchule]

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    Thijs Mertens
    [Letters en Plaatjes]

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    Thinkdust
    [Alex Haigh]

    Graphic and identity design company founded by Alex Haigh in 2005 who was located in Sheffield, UK, but moved to Nottingham. Its web page is drowning in Flash---avoid the main page but go the blog or MyFonts instead. They are selling Taku (2009, bold squarish, with a stencil style added), Aiko (2008, a gorgeous fat techno family), Sukato (2008, another ultrafat beauty) and BAQ Rounded (2008, ultra-fat closed counter face; also at T-26). BAQ Roundded led to the ultra-round fat family Yuki (2010; +YukiLined, a stencil version). Hiruko (2008, eight styles) is a rounded sans family in the style of VAG Round. See also Hiruko Pro (2013). A robust geometric outgrowth of this is Ebisu (2010). Hiruko Stencil (2012) is a further extension.

    In 2009, some of their fonts, such as Miyagi (paperclip type) seem to survive at HypeForType. YouWorkForThem carries BAQ, Hiruko, Miyagi, Amaya (2009, grunge), Gen (2009, ink spill grunge), Taku and Yume (2009, ultra fat retro).

    Additions in 2010: Rika (a strong condensed sans), Saki Medium (a headline sans that builds on Ebisu), Sho Medium (an elegant expanded sans, also for headlines), Toshiko (techno face), Vow (extra thin, avant garde), Lippy (a lipstick brush face; see also Lippy Sans, 2012).

    Typefaces from 2012: York Handwriting (a poster face), Headlined (a grungy bold grotesk in the style of Veneer), Electro (a paperclip typeface), Soto, Mr Chalk (done with Dawn Lewandowski), Letro (a modern slab done with Dawn Lewandowski), Vow Neue, Sobek (alchemic), Patisserie.

    Typefaces from 2013: Gongo (rounded monoline all caps sans), Headlined Solid, Nanami (2013, avant-garde sans in 18 styles), Nanami Rounded, Crop (a rounded stencil family).

    Typefaces from 2014 include Primiterus (a hipster style typeface by Maciej Swierczek), Toggle, Rustick (hand-drawn poster family), Nanami Handmade.

    In 2015, Alex Haigh published the avant-garde typeface family Nanami Pro, an extension of Nanami, the free shadow typeface Nanami 3D, and Nanami Rounded (which in turn was followed by Nanami Rounded Pro in 2016).

    Portfolio.

    I finally understood the name Thinkdust. Upon blowing up the characters, one notices that all the glyphs are sprinkled with dust---see, e.g., Kono, Yumo, Yuko, Yoko, Soto, Roka, Mikagi (paperclip face), Hiroko, and BAQ Metal.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thirstype

    Founded in 1993 in Barrington, IL, by Rick Valicenti. The original group of artists selling their typefaces via Thirstype included Rick Valicenti, Patrick King, Chester, Barry Deck, Kevin Dresser, Frank Ford, Rob Irrgang, Paul Sych, Magnus Rakeng, Claudio Piccinini, Hugo d'Alte and Patrick Giasson. Catalog. Emodigi site.

    In 2005, Thirstype joined the type coop Village. Thirstype is also involved in custom font work for places such as Fireorb, Gary Fisher Mountain Bikes, Gilbert Paper, Holly Hunt, Lucien Lagrange Architects, Lyric Opera, US Robotics, Village Voice. Their collection can be bought from MyFonts since 2004: Apex Sans (2004, a 40-weight sans family by Valicenti and Chester), Infinity, Eclogues, Ultra Bronzo, Pixella, Punch (1999, pixel family done by Valicenti and Gregg Brokaw), Alexey, Nillennium, Orbit, Panderella, Rheostat. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    thmbnl.
    [Thom Niessink]

    Amsterdam-based graphic designer. Creator of the free pleasantly plump rounded sans typeface Oduda (2014). In 2015, he published the modular techno typeface Chromoxome Pro, and a commercial version of Oduda. The geometric sans typefaces Odudo (with an o) and Odudo Soft followed in the Fall of 2015---recognize them in a crowd by the short penis on the g. Odudo Slab and Odudo Stencil were done in 2016, and Odudo Mono">Odudo Mono in 2017. During Typeclinic 11th International Type Design Workshop, he created the typeface Bw Helder (2015). This typeface eventually became the 18-style typeface family Bw Helder (2017) by Thom Niessink and Alberto Romanos.

    In 2018, he designed the great super-fat Free Fat Font.

    You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thom Niessink
    [thmbnl.]

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    Thomas Aradea
    [Letterara Studio]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thomas Averin

    Portland, OR-based designer of the mini-stencil typeface Do It Again (2011, caps only---almost like architectural lettering), developed while he studied type design under Pete McCracken at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Oregon. Home page with a free download. MyFonts has the commercial version sold by Thinkdust.

    HypeForType link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thomas E. Harvey

    Thomas Harvey designed many fonts in the 1990s and explained: These 47 fonts were created for personal and business use in the early 1990s. I did not expect that they would still be usable in modern operating systems 25 years later. There is a chance they may even outlive me! The fonts fall into three categories of creation: totally original; digitized versions of 19th and early 20th century hot type (metal) fonts; plus some alternative digitizations of more modern fonts.

    His fonts are free for personal use (not including a personal business) or charitable and non-profit usage. Any other usage in a for-profit situation (whether net profits have actually occurred or not) requires a commercial license for a modest one-time fee: please contact Thomas. License information. Local download directory. Download all fonts in one zip file.

    He designed the following typefaces:

    • Akenaten (1993: a slab serif)
    • Athenian. After Titania (1906, Haas).
    • Ballers
    • Balloons
    • BeesWax (1992-1993: a play on Dave Farey's ITC Beesknees from 1991).
    • BlackNib (1993)
    • BoldPact (1993: a condensed version of Geoffrey Lee's Impact)
    • Bosworth (1992-1993: a medium weight geometric sans)
    • BoxOnBox
    • BroadBay (1993: a take on Morris Fuller Benton's Broadway)
    • Bulge
    • CairoFont
    • Calendar
    • Cindybob
    • Coliseum (1992-1993)
    • Comaro (1992-1993: after Aldo Novarese's Stop, 1970-1971)
    • Daughty
    • Deborah (1992-1993: a far niece of Geoffrey Lee's Impact)
    • DingMaps (1994: silhouettes of the American states)
    • EZBorder
    • Fettash
    • FontSale
    • Gael (uncial, Celtic: a version of Victor Hammer's American Uncial, 1943)
    • Grammara (1993: techno, squarish, very close to Also Novarese's Eurostile)
    • HigherUp
    • HolyMoly
    • Inscruta
    • JBarrett
    • JoeLouis
    • Marbold (1992-1993: a revival of Michael Chave's avant garde typeface Marvin, 1969)
    • Mirisch (an informal Western style slab serif, related to Expo)
    • Mottek (1992-1993)
    • NewForum (various weights)
    • Nite Club (1992: a stylish art deco caps face)
    • Panelite (1993)
    • Pisan (1992-1993: a brush script)
    • Rhinofon
    • RikyTiky
    • Romanche (1992-1993; after Central Type Foundry's Quaint Roman)
    • RufCrate (a rough stencil font)
    • Swashett (1993: after Werner Rebhuhn's brush script Fox from 1953)
    • Tall Deco (1993: loosely based on Daniel Pelavin's art deco typeface ITC Anna, 1991).
    • TomsHand
    • Vascon

    Fontsquirrel link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thomas Gozzo

    Lyon, France-based designer of the stencil typeface Bruits (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thomas Kaeding

    Thomas Kaeding started his own foundry in Ann Arbor, MI, in 2011. Typefaces made in 2012 include Ollie Wollie (a true geometric monoline family), Sarcasticity (stencil), Undergrad (athletic lettering; +Exscribed), Moon Type (Moon Type is modelled after Dr. Moon's original poster. He developed this embossed writing system to help those who have lost their sight later in life, and so are familiar with the shapes of English letters. Moon writing is still used, and you can find books written with it), Lycian Monolith, Kaeding Braille, New York Point (Braille face), Masonic Code, Felt-Tip Futhark, the avant-garde monoline geometric family Yesterday, and the Broadway-style all caps art deco family Roaring 20s. Angl (2012) is a thorough exploration of the possibilities of hexagonal type design. Squiddles (2012) is a fun display face. Personal Manifesto (2012) is a holographic typeface for giving your anonymous letters to the government that personal touch that shows you care.

    Typefaces from 2014: Beauty Salon (rounded monoline art deco face: This font will not make you more attractive to the opposite sex, Thomas warns), Wire Type Mono (old typewriter typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Thomas Ramey

    Thomas Ramey, a graphic designer from Austin, TX, who grew up in Pasadena, TX, and was located in San Francisco and Nashville, TN, now operates out of Seattle, WA. He created the hybrid font Black Sans (2011) by combining DIN with the blackletter typeface Linotext.

    In 2012, he designed the (free) curly upright typeface family Mocha Script.

    In 2013, he designed the blood splatter font Sin.

    In 2014, he created the layered cartoonish font Storyland, the ink splatter typeface Isaiah 53, the wide typeface Lightyear, the blackletter typeface Easy Company, and the roundish typeface Thunder Pants (extended in 2016: see further on).

    Typefaces from 2015: Aventuras Stencil, Stella Grace (children's script), Sunshine Sans (+Spurred, +Stencil, +Rounded), Sugarfoot (Western), Country Bluegrass (Western), Baker Street Script, Yellowstone.

    Typefaces from 2016: Thunder Pants (handcrafted collection that includes the Halloween font Scaredy Pants, Narly Pants, Touchdown Pants, and Spangled Pants), Blacklisted (Peignotian sans), Old Glory, Survivor Wood (a wooden plank font modeled after the Survivor TV series), Survivor Display (cleaned-up version with several inline styles).

    Behance link. Creative Market link. Newer Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thomas Thiemich

    German type designer who graduated from the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. He is currently based in Antwerp, Belgium. First working under the pseudonym Ixel, he used FontStruct in 2008 to create Dolores Alpha (chunky blackletter), Pulgo 2.0 (fat stencil), Blone (octagonal stencil), Rimski (fat hexadecimal face), Figaro (artsy octagonal stencil), AGRAR Unicase (+Black), an elegant ultra-fat type family. He also made the techno typeface Ixelator 0.1. Alternate download.

    His commercial work was published by OurType and transferred later to Type By when fred Smeijers quit OurType. His typefaces there:

    • Alto (2008), a humanist sans.
    • Fakt (2010). A large grotesk superfamily that was followed by Fakt Slab, Fakt Mono (2019), Fakt Sencil (2019) and Fakt Soft.
    • Remo (2012), Remo Stencil and Remo Slab.
    • Rosalinde (2019). A playful almost monolinear rounded slab serif.
    • Gustella (2018) in Solid, Stripes, Inline and Boxed styles. Gustella won an award at the Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2019.
    • Cobertura (2019). A large distinguished almost modular sans family with a good choice of widths from compressed to wide.

    Thomas Thiemich has also made some custom typefaces. These include Weinviertel (2009, with Maurice Goeldner), a handwriting typeface designed for a wine distributor in Vienna.

    Klingspor link. Ourtype link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Thor Christopher Arisland

    Oslo-based designer (b. 1986) of i8080 (2017: old computer screen emulation font), Manos (2017), Modum (2017), Monomod (2017), the tall serif typeface Roland (2017), the modular monoline monospace sans typeface Borgen (2017), Sullivan (2017), Inverted Stencil (2017), the high-contrast sans High Society (2017), and the slim slab serif typeface Klub Katz (2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Hothead, Anderson, Nodes, Salome (art nouveau style), Dirdy Birdy (calligraphic and inky), Betong (stencil), Solid Sans, College Sans, Giovanni, Cardboard Cutout, ZX80.

    Typefaces from 2019: Brush Off (brush script). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Threz
    [Luis Palencia]

    Miami, FL-based designer, originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela, who created the multiline numbers font 0261 (2015) and the free all caps sans stencil typeface Scratch (2014). Creative Market link. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tiago Candido

    Lisbon-based designer of the modular typeface Lisbon (2016) and the rounded sans typeface Verano (2016). In 2020, he designed the modular typefaces Caldense Stencil, Caldense. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tiago Kingwell

    Design student from Figueira da Foz, Portugal. In 2011, he designed the thin octagonal stencil typeface Qual. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tianrui Zhang

    Minneapolis, MN-based designer (while studying at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design) of the Eight Trigrams typeface (2014), which combines geometric modularity and stencil. Soundtype (2014) is a piano key typeface. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tibor Lantos

    Budapest-based creator (aka Frodo 7) in 2009 at FontStruct of FontMoot 01 (pixel face), Brego, Magor (minimalist, De Stijl typeface), Andromeda Strain, Elrond (Tengwar font), Oil Stencil, Optill 2A and 2B and 3A and 3B (optical illusion fonts), Rivendell (Celtic weaving), Cubeology (patterned cubes), The Two Towers, Mike Wazowski (emoticon face), Edoras Stencil, Elessar, Earendil, LE Meta (dot matrix), Coccinella (dot matrix), +Two, +TwoB, Picosec, Picosec Rounded (ultra fat retro), Palindrome, Valimar, Fundin Eco, Fundin Regular, Lost Entropy (series of rectangular fonts), Bombs and Men (2009, modular and blocky), Eärendil, Chromosomes, Denethor-Sans (octagonal), Edoras-, Elspeth-, Elspeth-Grey, FontMoot-01 (pixel face), French-Defence-v2 (chess font), French-Defence (chess font), Gilgalad-v2, Gilgalad (octagonal), Hommage-a-Escher-LC1, Hommage-a-Escher-LC2, Legolas-Codex-Stencil, Legolas-Codex (blackletter family), Legolas-Stencil (+v2; art nouveau style), Mirkwood-Regular and Mirkwood Outline (pixel typefaces), Nimrodel-FS, Faramir (gridded), Faramir Black (octagonal, mechanical), Elessar, Vertebrae, Etudes Pour Noir et Blanc (01, 02, 02 Vertebrae), Eomer FS, Karyotype (horizontal stripes), Snooker Ball, Aragorn, Mirkwood Nano (pixel face), Mirkwood Second Iteration, Mirkwood First Iteration, Haldir (pixel face).

    Creations in 2010: Hasta Siempre (military stencil), Hasta Siempre Supplement (Fontstruct rendering of the iconic photograph of Che Guevara by Alberto Korda), Belfalas, Fractal Font, Sierpinski White, Sierpinski Black, Sierpinski Dalmatian, Remolino Stencil, Boikot Stencil, Legolas Pixel, Brego, Vortices (dings), Gamling, Coccinella Two (+B), Cyrillic 02, Waves, Hommage à Escher v2 extLat.

    Creations in 2011: Midori Dot (2011, a dotted kana face), Sierpinski Black Initials (a stunning decorative caps typeface based on Sierpinski triangles), Fontstructivism (constructivist Latin/Cyrillic face), Sierpinski White Initials, Vasarely Squares (experimental---letters based on Victor Vasarely's work), Hurin (counterless, created after Nagasaki by Tom Muller), Strider (an optical illusion 3d multilined face), Dot Dot White (texture face), Dot Dot Black (texture face), Garamond Italic SP (a pixelized version of Garamond Italic), Rohan (+NE01, +NE03: a textured lined 3d logotype family, +NE04, +NE10), Gray Scale (a very interesting texture experiment in which gray scales are "simulated" by simple font mechanisms).

    Fonts made in 2012: Font Neuf, Khazad (stencil font), Oktogon Stencil, Oktogon Outline, Thorin Stencil (army stencil), Deagol Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2013: the Voxelstorm family (3d, Escher-style), Elendil (3d face), Denethor Sans (strong mechanical sans), Mirkwood Nano (pixel face), Waves (op art).

    Typefaces from 2014: Wrath of Mordor (video game font), Gray Scale, Luthien Pixel (blackletter pixel), Gimli (Bevel Black, Inline Shadow, Inline, Bevel Shadow, Shadow), Zebroid, Hunor, Denethor Sans v2, Vasarely Squares (op-art), Waves (op-art), Ecthelion, Hast Siempre (octagonal stencil).

    FontStruct link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tictac
    [Mame Shibori]

    Mame Shibori (aka Tictac) is the Japanese designer of the bold round stencil typeface Potama (2012).

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    TierSchule
    [Thierry Schulé]

    TierSchule is Thierry Schulé's studio in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Born in 1978, Thierry created the cargo stencil typeface Pack'In in 2014. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tim Barnes
    [Chicken]

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    Tim Drabandt
    [Type Machine]

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    Tim Gengler
    [Bunny Dojo]

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    Tim Hutchinson
    [Tim Hutchinson Design]

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    Tim Hutchinson Design
    [Tim Hutchinson]

    Britsh graphic, branding and type designer. His typefaces:

    • THD Reel 2019). A bespoke movie typeface.
    • THD Lava (2019). Experimental and geometric.
    • THD Servo (2018). A monolinear sans.
    • THD Mondo (2018). A geometric stencil typeface in the kitchen tile style.
    • THD Claw (2017). A geometric stencil typeface.
    • THD Hexline (2017). An octagonal stencil typeface.
    • THD Sentient (2017). An all-capitals monolinear rounded proportionally spaced all caps sans type family in four weights, designed by Tim Hutchinson in collaboration with MuirMcNeil. It was originally created in 2017 in a single weight for Beyond 2001: New Horizons, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Stanley Kubrick archive at the London College of Communication. Hutchinson based THD Sentient's characters on the forms of numerals used to display telemetric data on the screen of HAL 9000, the intelligent computer that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. These characters were re-appropriated from an original typewriter font created for the IBM Selectric II System at two fixed sizes specifically for financial settings. Hutchinson writes: Although Kubrick's meticulous research and attention to detail in his films are known to extend to the minutiae of letterforms, whether he was directly involved in the implementation of HAL's display has not been established. However, it is evident that HAL's designer enlisted the IBM numerals more for their subtle evocation of an otherworldly computer language than for any technological accuracy.
    • THD Slam (2017).
    • THD Reporto (2017). A bespoke typeface design for a cultural publication.
    • THD California (2016).
    • THD OCX (2016). An OCR font.
    • THD Connect (2015). A modular display typeface.
    • THD Flexi (2015).
    [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tim Ryan
    [Type Revivals (or: SourceNet)]

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    Timo Kuilder
    [Regular Bold Italic]

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    Timothée Génot
    [Red Kitten]

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    Timothée Goguely

    French design student from Clermont-Ferrand, b. 1991. In 2009, he created Folda (octagonal), Braille, Stencila, and Grafical. Some of these were made with FontStruct. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Timothy Gao
    [Weishan Gao]

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    Tipo Pepel (was: Antaviana Typeface Division, or: Astramat)
    [Josep Pep Patau i Bellart]

    Antaviana Typeface Division is a Catalan foundry, est. ca. 2002. It went also under the name Astramat and was also known as ANTAVIANA SERVEIS INTERACTIUS, SCCL. Located in Lleida, it is run by Josep Patau i Bellart (b. 1971, Les Borges Blanques, Lleida). Patau i Bellart offered free fonts, as well as commercial fonts. He has emerged as one of the most talented contemporary Spanish type designers. In 2011, he started Tipo Pepel [MyFonts link] in Les Borges Blanques. Josep Patau's typefaces:

    • Free typefaces: Lletraferida (2011, a didone), Negrona (2011, a revival of Lucian Bernhard's Bernhard Negro, 1930), Perolet, Lango, Gimenells, Arbeka, Rosango, Antaviana, FoxScript (1996, old typewriter), Unregistered, and FistroRatted (grunge).
    • At Astramat, one could download these fonts: Anmari (2002), Antaviana (1996), Arbeka (2002), FAXADA (2001, by Cel Tico Petit), FoxScriptNormal (1996, old typewriter), Gastada (2001, another grunge font by Cel Tico Petit), Gimenells (2001, pixel font), Gorchs (2007, script font), Klander (1999, pixel font), Lang (2001, pixel font family), Masterfly (2007, T-26), Omellons (2001, pixel font family), Perolet (2001, Bauhaus style), Pixelade (2001, pixel font), Rosango (1996), Tiquet (2001, grunge font by Cel Tico Petit), Ultrafat (2007, T-26), Fistro Ratted. Fontspace link for Astramat.
    • T-26 fonts: the screen typeface PixScript (2004), the screen icon dingbat font Pixelade Icons (2003), the art nouveau headline font Gisele (2003, angular art deco titling face), Masterfly (2007), Gopal (2004), Gourmet (2004, based on a type from the 1923 ATF catalog), Confetti (2006, connected fifties style face based on a 1930 type called Escritura Maravilla and Escritura Energica by the José Iranzo foundry in Barcelona), the pixel family Bit Kit (2003), Houdini Icons (20 pixel web icon dingbat typefaces, 2004).
    • At ATypI 2009 in Mexico City, he explained the typographic work of the goldsmith Manuel Peleguer: The aim of this paper is to give an account of the project Peleguer, the recovering and digitialization of the work of the goldsmiths Manuel Peleguer, both father and son, who cut some printing characters between 1780 and 1784 in response to an order of the "Real Sociedad Económica Valenciana de Amigos del Pais". The result was a modern transitional typeface, with good legibility and neoclasical forms, equal in quality to those made by the Real Press (Imprenta Real) in Madrid by Pradell, Espinosa or Gerónimo Gil. Peleguer founded a press and a font foundry in 1784. Patau Bellart created a type family based on Peleguer's work called Peleguer (2009, + Ornaments).
    • Anduaga, a calligraphic typeface from the 18th century, won the Laus Prize (said to be the Spanish equivalent of the type Oscars). Anduaga is the interpretation of the script that Joseph of Anduaga proposed for teaching the first letters in the 1780 book Arte de escribir por reglas y sin Muestras ...
    • Valliciergo (2011) is a 100+-glyph calligraphic / copperplate script font that is inspired by samples from Caligrafía inglesa published in Madrid in the late nineteenth century by Spanish calligrapher Vicente Fernández Valliciergo.
    • Dafont page, where one can download Ventura Edding (2008, hand-printed).
    • Kids Script (2011). An upright connected school script.
    • Trajana Sans (2011) is a sans-serif typeface family based on the shapes and proportions of the characters on the Trajan Column in Rome.
    • Farrerons Serif (2011) is a very readable family with angular and humanist underpinnings.
    • Chupada (2012) is an ultra-condensed font family noted for their exaggerated x-height, which consists of five different weights.
    • Chopped Black (2012) was inspired by the font Pabst Heavy, designed by Chauncey Hawley Griffith in 1928 for Linotype. It was Linotype's version of ATF's popular Cooper Black.
    • Paralex (2012) is a 12-style geometric slab typeface family.
    • Boxed (2013) is an 18-weight squarish sans family. Followed in 2017 by Boxed Round.
    • Cinta (2013). A large humanist sans family with a full range of weights starting with hairline. It also has Cyrillic.
    • Bridone (2013), for British didone. A didone family that inherits some features from Victorian era British slab serif typefaces. Fashionable, beautiful, and useful.
    • Sisco (2014) is an 18-style elliptical techno family with large x-height.
    • Book Cover (2014) is a fat headline typeface.
    • Tiquet (2014). A dot matrix typeface.
    • Milio (2014). A ten-style wedge-serif transitional typeface family for newsprint and magazines.
    • Naste (2014). A sixteen-style geometric sans family that adds details and character to the classical geometric sans typefaces such as Futura. It is a bit wider than usual and covers Cyrillic.
    • Pobla (2015). A text serif with angular, almost fractured.
    • Dupla. A large multilingual sans family.
    • Trepa (2015). A stencil family with various choices of textures, which was inspired by commercial signs and the 1960s French art movement Graphie Latine.
    • Itaca (2016). A 48-style sans family with very open counters.
    • Mario (2017). A typeface family for arcade games and children.
    • Werdet Script (2017). A calligraphic penmanship script which is named after calligrapher Jean-Baptiste Werdet who was a penman in Bordeaux in 1809 and later a professor at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris.
    • Geo Deco (2019). A geometric art deco sans family.
    • Frontis (2019). A transitionl roman typeface family inspired by the roman lettershapes that Asensio y Mejorada drew in 1780.
    • Kongress (2019). An elliptical sans family for corporate identities.
    • Labernia (2019). A large didone family based on the font used in Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana (1864, by Pere Labernia, Barcelona): Labernia and Labernia Titling are characterized by ball terminals that are turned inwards.
    • Indecise (2020). A nostalgic 50-style sans family that reminds us of type designs by Enric Crous-Vidal and José Mendoza y Almeida.
    • Frenchute (2020). A great 36-style garalde family inspired by the type used in the 1727 text Le Chemin Royal de la Croix.
    • Gina (2020). A great readable 16-style humanist sans family. Sixteen styles including a hairline.
    • Samplex (2020). Bellart's take on the neutral Swiss sans genre.
    • Bauen (2020). A Bauhaus-inspired geometric sans typeface family.
    • Bazinga (2020). A display typeface family characterized by square counters. Perhaps a children's book font.
    • Romulo (2020). A 12-style transitional roman typeface.
    • Kheops (2020). A 14-style slab serif.

    Additional links: Dafont. MyFonts page. Alternate URL. Fontspace link. Fontfreak page. Patau Bellart is also involved in the type information site Unos Tipos Duros. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link.

    Interview by Unostiposduros. Fontspring link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TipografiaRamis
    [Ramiz Guseynov]

    Ramiz Guseynov was born in Russia and educated as an architect and graphic designer. After moving to the USA in 1991, where he worked as a graphic designer, Ramiz Guseynov became a part-time type designer who published his work at T-26. In 2004, he set up his own foundry, TipografiaRamis in Highland Park, IL.

    Klingspor link. Behance link.

    His typefaces:

    View Ramiz Guseynov's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tipos Reunidos (or: Petit Comite)
    [Joaquim Massana]

    Barcelona-based type and graphic and visual identity designers who published these fonts in 2006 at T-26: Brotxa (2007, fat hand-printed face), Canvas (a stencil experiment), Mequetrefe (2007, T-26, an informal 3-d block letter family), Cuca (an informal printed script family), La Fuente Dingbats, La Fuente (playful script and dingbats for sales signs), Cobalt, Dotdotis, Diario tuc-tuc (2005), Diamant.

    Petit Comite, the other name for Tipos Reunidos, was established by Quim Massana (the type designer) and Yolanda Martín. Tatiana Vallejo is a Mexican designer who also contributes. The Don family (T-26, 2007) is a fat didone display font with stylistic changes--it includes Don Paco Bold, Don Pancho Bold, Don Pascual Bold and Don Pepito Bold, and Cobalt (2002, T-26) is a 3-weight stencil family.

    MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Titus Nemeth

    Titus Nemeth runs TNTypography in Paris, and specializes in Arabic typeface design, typography and custom type. A 2006 graduate in the Master of Arts Typeface Design programme at the Department of Typography and Visual Communication, University of Reading, he also studied Arabic script at the École Supérier d'Art et de Design d'Amiens, France. Titus holds a PhD in Typography & Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, UK.

    Originally from Vienna, he specialises in multi-script typeface design with an emphasis on the Arabic script. He lives in Paris. His Masters thesis researched the current state of Arabic newspaper type and typography and found acclaim by experts in the field (The current state of Arabic newspaper type and typography (2006, Reading: University of Reading)). Currently, he teaches type design at ESAD Amiens, France, and is a guest lecturer in the MATD program at the University of Reading.

    The typeface Nassim (Latin/Arabic, his project at the University of Reading in 2006) was awarded the 'Certificate of Excellence in Type Design' at the TDC 2007, won the first prize in the original typeface design category of the European Design Awards 07 and was shortlisted by the Design Museum London for the exhibition "Designs of the Year 2007" in the category typography. It will be published by Rosetta Type in 2011. Titus Nemeth's research covers technological, linguistic and interdisciplinary aspects of multi-script typography and typeface design.

    Ph.D. student at the University of Reading in 2012. Thesis topic: Arabic typography 1911-2011.

    In 2008, he worked as an assistant professor of Graphic Design at Virginia Commonwealth University in Doha, Qatar and continued his work as a freelance designer and consultant. Designer of the futuristic typeface Wallflower (2004; he calls it a humanist stencil) and of Fra Bartolomeo (2004, based on the lettering on a sketch by Italian renaissance artist Fra Bartolomeo). Working on this serif face (2005). His talk at ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg: Tasmeem, a new software jointly developed by WinSoft and DecoType, offers new perspectives for Arabic typeface design. Titus Nemeth was invited by the developers to be the first third party designer to get insights of the system, its methodologies and to actually design for Tasmeem. He was asked to convert his existing Nassim typeface from an OpenType based rendering, to rendering within Tasmeem. Hiba Studio interview.

    At ATypI 2009 in Mexico City, he spoke about l'arabe maghrébin.

    Since 2009 Titus has been teaching typography in Amiens. His typeface Aisha (2009) won an award in the non-Latin category at TDC2 2010, and was published at Rosetta Type in 2010. He states: Aisha is a multi-script typeface for Arabic and Latin. While the Arabic design is a revival of a metal fount inspired by Maghribi calligraphy, the Latin design was newly conceived and drawn to echoe the feel and look of the Arabic. Samples of Aisha: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix.

    In 2011, Rosetta published Nassim and in 2016 Skolar Sans Arabic (as part of their large Sklolar Sans project).

    Codesigner with Joshua Darden of Omnes Arabic.

    Author of Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age (Brill, 2017) and Arabic Typography: History and Practice (Niggli, 2022).

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam. Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on There is nothing Arabic about the Arabic script.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tivsoy

    Based in Pusan, South Korea, Tivsoy created the LED-inspired Shelvow font (2013, free), the experimental vertically striped font TVL and the extremely spaced stencil typeface Hide in 2013.

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    TLai Enterprises
    [Tom C. Lai]

    Tom C. Lai from Berkeley, CA, makes and markets stencil and military sign fonts, such as MD Military Stencil A (2001, commercial), Amarillo USAF (shareware, octagonal typeface), AmarilloUSAF Pro (2001, commercial), LongBeachUSN (commercial US Navy and Marine Aircraft fonts), and sci-fi fonts such as Gravicon (shareware) and SteelWolf (commercial).

    Foxtrot Medium. More direct access. Other fonts by him: Chesslaer (1991), Schneller (1991).

    Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tobias Sommer

    Tobias Sommer ("Shasta") is the Geneva, Switzerland-based designer (b. 1986) at FontStruct in 2008 of Great Depression (influenced by headline fonts from 1929), Brutto (headline slab serif), Lame Dude (dripping paint), Toytype (an interesting Indic simulation typeface based on an earlier block font by him called Block On), Teatral and Teatral Fill (gorgeous Western circus style decorative typefaces), Fickle Mickle, Hard Light (shadow face), Tangram, Tangram Grid, Tangram Grid Rounded (kitchen tile), and Tangram Rounded (octagonal/kitchen tile). In 2009, he added Stylita, Vasyugan, Block On, Cupra, Disparador (mechanical octagonal: +Stencil, +Filled), Exempla Slab Serif, Exempla Sans (Strict, Medium, Ultra Light, Stencil: octagonal family), Stitched Outline, Escheresk (impossible outlines), Capitalia (+Rounded), Vjatka (constructivist), Punched Out (+Fill: pixelish), Cupra.

    Additions in 2010: Punchline Filled (athletic lettering), High Voltage, Punchline (ultra heavy octagonal slab; +Filled), Nicotiana (slab serif), Exempla Slab Medium, Punched Out, Exempla Sans Medium (fat octagonal), Pixel Pandemonium, Tradita, Frostletter (blackletter), Scrambled Script (blackletter), Circle Cult (circle-themed sans).

    Typefaces made in 2012: Apodosa (octagonal).

    Dafont link. Fontspace link. Blogspot link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Todd Albertson

    Washington, DC-based art director at AARP Media who has worked for The York Times Magazine. He created some retail and custom typefaces such as Rittenhouse (stencil face), Colosseum (fat octagonal), Barbarossa (modular typeface) and a thin octagonal typeface, co-designed with Tom Brown, for Architecture Magazine. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tolstrup Pryds Graphics
    [Lars Pryds]

    Tolstrup Pryds Graphics is a Brabrand, Denmark-based graphic design studio run by Lars Pryds (b. Kolding, Denmark, 1962) and Lisbeth Tolstrup. Lars is the designer of a character in the September 11 charity font done for FontAid II. He also made the beautiful handwriting font family Tolle One (2001, available from MyFonts) and TPGFaceFont and TPGDontBlurry, a grunge font. TPG Katalog (2011) is a grungy stencil face.

    Typefaces from 2012: TPG Squarespace (monospaced and squarish), TPG PrydsPensel (a brushy painter's typeface). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tom C. Lai
    [TLai Enterprises]

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    Tom Cunningham
    [New Tropical Design Studio]

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    Tom Cuppage

    Tom Cuppage (London, UK) created Gibbous (2012) to test the limits of legibility. He also made Paperfolds (2012, octagonal), Papercuts (2012, stencil), Rusty Old Boat (2012), and Fat Fred (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tom Hultgren

    Letraset designer of Traffic (Letraset, 1973), a diagonal stencil font. This was later "extended" by TypeMarket to the Cyrillic font Trafaret (1993).

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tom Lukacs

    Antwerp, Kortrijk and now Oostende, Belgium-based desktop publisher. Designer of the connected upright script and dingbat typeface Candyland (2006), the connected 50s roadster font Coeliakie (2007), the pixel typeface Micropolis (2007), the stencil and comic book typeface Pragmatica Nimbus (2006), this simple wide sans face (2007) and the paperclip and neon sign typeface Shananigan (2006). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tom Nikosey
    [Cozy Fonts Foundry]

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    Tom Tor
    [Oneless Act]

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    Tom Tor

    Tom Tor Studios has offices in Los Angeles and Tokyo. Designer in Tokyo (was: Los Angeles) (b. 1985) of the themed display typefaces Tom Tor (2008, geometric sans), Pavadee (2008, free upright script), Khmer (2008, Khmer simulation face), Fugue (2008), Kampuchea (2008). He also made the pixel typeface Silom (2008). He writes: Formally trained in Communication Design and type designer, Tom Tor is visual rather the verbal. This is especially evident in Tor's Landmine Awareness poster design. Stark but symbolic images are used as the sole means of conveying the malicious cruelty brought on by leftover landmines. His work is strongly inspired by the Avant Garde art movements of Europe.

    He was commissioned in 2009 to design S-21, a modernist face (in his own words). Sisamouth was designed in 2009 in honor by Cambodian singer Sinn Sisamouth.

    Typefaces from 2010: Black Bees (a fat stencil pair).

    In 2013, he designed the Latin typeface Chams and the geometric sans typeface Enso. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tomás Brousil
    [Suitcase Type Foundry]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tomaso Baj
    [Grafici Senza Frontiere (was: Tomaso Typo Baj Fonts)]

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    Tomo Alien

    FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: Nitro Acid (very grungy), Ixxon (techno), Techatech, Squeezed (squarish), Squishaton (texture face), Metal Pipes, Kaufzentrum (kitchen tile, based on Kaufland's logo), Fade of the second generation, Cubly (3D, pixelish), Anpifo (pixel face), Fontstruct Time (like letters on a Timex watch), Vector Dream (horizontal stripes), C64 Smooth, C64 Neuroelectronics, C64 Nomono (pixel), Horic (horizontal stripes), Tribute to Neurone Error, Retrotech, Laser Connection, Collida (like Impact), Collida Compustencil (interesting techno stencil), C64 Pearly, Octavian Cutter, LED Grater (texture face), Cubly, Metal Pipes, Anpifo (pixelish), FontStruct Time (LED font), Sixty Four (pixel face), Gone Wide, Slatside, Alien Zone (futuristic), Extremely Tiny Font, Fith, Prgdmg Clean, Prgdmg, Scratch Corrosion, Popping Pixel.

    Fonts made in 2012: Pixels in Bevel, Cosmocubus, Pillarian. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tomoyuki Watanabe
    [Teawat (or: This is typography)]

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    Toni Selles

    Catalan designer at Vasava Artworks in Barcelona who created the stencil font VSV Rotula (2001, free). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tony de Marco
    [Just in Type (was: Tipomovel)]

    [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tony Fahy
    [Tony Fahy Font Foundry]

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    Tony Fahy Font Foundry
    [Tony Fahy]

    Designer at Bitstream of the elegant Roman sans Artane Elongated BT (2001). Born in Ireland, he designs type in Carrigallen. His early typefaces include Co Leitrim, Padraig (in the Celtic tradition), and the corporate typefaces BOC 100 Light and CIE 2000 Bold [the CIE Group of Companies includes Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus]. In 2020, he released the simple semi-stencil monolinear sans typeface Bredagh, the roman uncial hybrid Padraig Nua.

    In 2021, he released the multiline typeface Carrigallen Display, which is rooted in megalithic and Celtic Ireland. Its sculpted and spiral features are inspired by the graphics at the entrance stones and kerbstones at the Newgrange passage graves in Ireland.

    FontShop link. His home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    topmoumoute

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Sten Sealed (very mechanical stencil face), data50s, electrodrop, stereotron. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Torben Wilhelmsen
    [Udulffonts (or: www.wil.dk)]

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    Torleiv Sverdrup

    Norwegian freelance graphic designer since the mid 1980s. He joined the P22 crew in 2008. His fonts there:

    • Late November (2008) is a transitional Antiqua-inspired type design made for text and display.
    • Hoy (2008) is a decorative semi-uncial font whose name derives from one of the Orkney Islands.
    • Spiggie (2008) is an art deco sans-serif, named for a Shetland beach.
    • P22 Mai Pro (2009) is a new transitional antiqua.
    • P22 Coda Pro (2009) is a simple slightly artsy sans family.
    • P22 Kirkwall Pro (2010) is a flared serif design.
    • P22 Ornes Pro (2010) is inspired by the runic alphabet with ornamentation based on the woodcarvings of the Urnes Stave Church (Norway), an old wooden church dating back to 1150 CE.
    • P22 Speyside (2010) is a round, curved and controlled sans serif with an additional set of decorated uppercase letters, initials and small caps. The font is inspired by the local handicraft at a small place in Tobago called Speyside, the batik in particular. The delightful P22 Speyside Light Initials typeface is for fish lovers.
    • P22 Foxtrot and P22 Foxtrot Sans (2010) are large transitional families---the sans is really a hybrid with a serif, flared and all [not to be confused with any of the three older Foxtrot typefaces, by Ross Milne, Tom C. Lai or J. Marquez].
    • P22 Ainabee (2016). An art deco typeface family that has some stencil styles.
    MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Total Immersion (or: Felina Cat)

    Free fonts by Sarah from Baden-Württemberg, b. 1985 (in the fonts, it says Catty): Pixelshit (2005), First (2005, handwriting), Mediaeval (2006), Dirty little secret (2005, grunge), Devil's Snare (2005, gothic), Twist of Fate (2005), Screwed (2005), Reality Sucks (2005), Drive Shaft (2005), Just Chalking (2005), Ginny (2005), Love is like Dirt (2005), Black Catty (2005, a blackboard math face), Just Brittled (2005, grunge), Highschool memories (2005, superfat outline font---not bad!!!), Save Me (2005, scratchy handwriting), Iron Brew (2005), Scared (2006, gothic), Treebeard (2006, gothic), Esprit (2006, stencil based on the fashion brand), Bored Now (2006), Whatever (2006), Crazy (2006), Oscar (2005, Oscar show-themed), Mommy (2005, handwriting), Supernatural (2007), Human Alphabet (2008), Alien (2005), paulchen (2008, handwriting), Cartoon Me (2009), curly Whurly (2010). Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Toto
    [K22 Fonts]

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    Tour de Force Font Foundry
    [Slobodan Jelesijevic]

    Slobodan Jelesijevic (b. 1951) is a Serbian type designer, born and based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. He graduated with a degree in graphic communication and lettering from the Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade. He is a typeface and graphic designer and illustrator, and teaches graphic communication at the Faculty of Art in Nis, Serbia. In 2009, he and Dusan Jelesijevic founded Tour de Force.

    In 2009, he designed ITC Nova Lineta (chiseled look font), ITC Pino (a bouncy light-hearted typeface designed for a children's magazine), Belco (a sans and slab serif by Slobodan Jelesijevic), Punkerro Crust (a delicious scratchy type by Dusan Jelesijevic), Qiltray (handwriting for long texts), Horrorama (rough brush signpainting face), Oblik and Oblik Serif (by Slobodan), Rough the Type (2009, hand-printed), and Znak Symbols.

    Typefaces from 2010: Demis (a decorative typeface by Slobodan), Oblik Classic (by Slobodan--an organic sans family), Oblik Bold, Trubadur (a triangularly serifed typeface by Slobodan).

    In 2012, he made Kvadra (a slabbed family), Vezus (a flared sans family characterized by a capricious w) and Prored (an elegant sans family).

    In 2013, he published Vezus Serif, which was followed in 2014 by Vezus Serif Texture.

    In 2014, Slobodan finished the sans typeface family Galeb and Galeb Texture.

    Typefaces from 2015: Jeles (a rounded didone typeface family with large x-height).

    Typefaces from 2016: Galeb Stencil, Galeb Stencil Texture.

    Typefaces from 2018 by Slobodan: Dopis (a neo-grotesque).

    Typefaces from 2019 by Slobodan: Artartika (Sans, Slab: high-waisted).

    Typefaces from 2020: Jumbox (a 5-style ragtag poster typeface family).

    MyFonts link. Klingspor link. Agfa/Monotype link. Fontspring link.

    Catalog in 2010. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TPTQ Arabic Type Foundry
    [Kristyan Sarkis]

    Sarkis has a BA in Graphic Design from Notre Dame University, Lebanon, and a Master's from the Design in Type and Media program at the The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, The Netherlands. He has worked in the fields of graphic design and branding/advertising, and has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University (in Qatar). He was an independent graphic and type designer based in The Hague, The Netherlands, and is currently in Amsterdam. In 2015, he cofounded TPTQ Arabic Type Foundry. Flickr page.

    In a KHTT interview, he writes: My first real experience with type was when I was working with Mohtaraf Beirut Graphics (2007), one of the leading design houses in Lebanon. Mohtaraf has a strong affinity to Arabic type and has produced several beautiful Arabic typefaces. Back then, I was given a task to start drawing a typeface. I was hesitant at first, but got very quickly into it. The design director Yara Khoury noticed that I 'have a knack for this', and encouraged me to go on with it. I was delighted to have the opportunity to understand a lot more about type under Yara's direction, and with some eye-opening sketches from Ali Assi, to research the calligraphic styles and explore the beauty of the Arabic script. I had very limited technical knowledge in font development at the time, therefore after I did the original digital drawings on Adobe Illustrator, Greta Khoury, my colleague at the time, who was and remains one of my biggest sources of inspiration, took over the project, did her magic tricks with it, and produced it into a working font in Fontlab Studio. I owe my start in type design to Yara Khoury and Greta Khoury and to an endless fascination with the Arabic script and the ethereal art of Arabic calligraphy. This drove me to work on self-initiated typefaces which eventually culminated in pursuing a higher education in Type Design at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. There, it all went to a whole new level, with countless additional inspirations: from the great teachers that we had, to all the lecturers and the amazing amount of information that was given to us.

    His typefaces:

    • Thuraya (2010) is his thesis project at KABK: Thuraya is a display Arabic typeface that explores a contemporary context for the Diwani script. It won an award at TDC2 2011.
    • Still at KABK, he did a revival called Almost Didot (2010).
    • Coco (2010) is a rounded serif text typeface under development.
    • About Vespertine Arabic, he writes: Vespertine is a linear font designed specifically for the icelandic artist Björk by M/M Paris. Though seemingly a childish handwriting, the typeface is unusual, tricky and cursive with intricate curves. These characteristics, along with the thickness, x-height, counters and hand movement were meticulously studied and implemented in the Arabic version without undermining its legibility.
    • He also created Always Arabic, an Arabic companion of the Latin house font Always used by the feminine hygiene product company by the same name.
    • Amale is a modern Arabic display typeface suitable for newspaper headlines, book titles and logotypes.
    • Designer of Colvert Arabic (2012, Typographies.fr).
    • Louvre Abu Dhabi Logotype (2013).
    • Greta Arabic (2011), which was designed for newspapers, won an award at TDC 2012 and again at TDC 2016.
    • Kanun (2016-2017) by Krystian Sarkis is an Arabic signage type family carefully crafted to also handle long texts. It is the Arabic counterpart of Typotheque's November. Co-designer with Maha Aki of the Latin / Arabic typeface Kanun Stencil (2021), a playful typeface inspired by industrial signage and mechanical stencilling. Kanun Stencil is equipped with a collection of transportation and travel-related signs, symbols, icons, and various sets of arrows for signage and wayfinding systems. Kanun is meant as an Arabic counterpart of Peter Bilak's November.
    • Teshrin (2017). A warmer version of Kanun, still well equipped for information signage and wayfinding projects.
    • Qandus (2017-2019). A Latin / Arabic cooperative typeface by Kristyan Sarkis and Laura Meseguer.

    Speaker at ATypI 2016 in Warsaw on A Typographic Maghribi Trialogue. In this talk, he explains, together with Laura Meseguer and Juan Luis Blanco, the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib project of the Khatt Foundation, which tries to facilitate a cultural trialogue as well as shed a typographic spotlight on the largely ignored region of the Maghreb in terms of writing and design traditions. The specific goal of the collaboration is the research and development of tri-script font families (for Latin, Arabic and Tifinagh) that can communicate harmoniously.

    Behance link. Personal home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Travis Howell
    [Pixel Zombies]

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    Tré Seals
    [Vocal Type Co (or: Studio Seals)]

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    Trev Bowman

    Designer of a modular stencil typeface in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Trevor Bowman

    Clovis, NM-based designer of a few typefaces in 2017, including an avant garde and a stencil style. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Trikucian

    FontStructor who made Sci-Fi Stencil (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    True Grit Texture Supply

    Designer of the brush stencil font Malice Stencil (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    True Story Letterworks
    [Sergey Godovalov]

    Ufa, Russia-based creator of Shihan (2015), which is a free squarish Latin / Cyrillic typeface that was inspired by Bashkirian geometrical ornaments. He also designed the tweetware Latin / Cyrillic slab serif typeface Ikra Slab (2015), and the tweetware constructivist Measure (2015, with special support for Bashkir).

    Typefaces from 2016: Igra Sans (free), the bilined Armatura (2016, a constructivist industrial stencil).

    In 2017, he designed the condensed all caps typeface Green Grove and the techno sans typeface Freezer.

    In 2018, he published the ultra-fat blocky typeface Container. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TS Design Media Agentur
    [Ewald Strassmann]

    Graphic design studio in Höxter, Germany. At FontStruct in 2008-2009, they made TS Comtom (octagonal), TS High Paper, TS Pixeldotzz (Regular, Narrow), TS HighFly (stencil), TS Rounded Block, Club M, TS MyBlock77, TS Yokohama, and TS Tokio Rounded Serif (oriental simulation). The designer is Ewald Strassmann. Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    TS Fonts (or: Fonttat)
    [Tarek Samir Al-Sawwa]

    Or Tarek Alsawwa, founder of TS Fonts and of the type shop Fonttat which specializes in Arabic type. Istanbul, Turkey-based designer (b. Syria?) of the free plump children's book typeface TS Split Black (2020) for Latin and Arabic. Most of his typefaces cover both Latin and Arabic. A partial list: Anamil (2020: handcrafted), Arabic Bebas Neue Pro (2020: an Arabic family added to Ryoichi Tsunekawa's successful Bebas Neue), Ateq (2021: a modernization of the Fatimid Kufic letters and the old Quran Kufic that is taken from the book of Yusuf Zinun), Damas (2020: sans and slab), Deniz (2021), Fonttat (2021: a free Latin / Cyrillic ?arabic stencil typeface), GTA Al-Muarabis (2020: an Arabic kufi-style font to accompany the Latin font used in the GTA game Pricedown), Hakwaty (2021), Hiba (2020), Kaak Arabic (2020: an arabification of Philip Trautmann's scrapbook font Cookies & Milk, Kairouan (2021: a rounded Latin / Arabic typeface rooted in Moroccan calligraphy), TS Karagoz (2022: a fun Latin/Cyrillic/Arabic cartoon or children's book family), Kufidia (2020), Lineat (2020: blackboard bold), Morabaat, Nas (2021: an 8-style Naskh-based typeface family by Tarek Al-Sawwa and Haider Mami), Pixopedia (2020: a free Arabic video game pixel typeface), Qamus (2020: a geometric sans), Rotger-Arabic (2020: an Arabification of Central Type Company's Rodger by Tarek Al-Sawwa and Mohamed Gallah), Safaa (2020: monolinear, geometric), Shareb Pro Arabic, (2022; an improvement of the Latin / Arabic typeface Shareb; by Abdelrahman Farahat and Tarek Alsawwa), Tarek (2020: 18 styles and a variable font), Zinun (2021: a Fatimid Kufic font for Arabic and Latin whose letters are inspired by the book of Yusuf Zinun).

    Icon sets: Syrian & Turkish Sweets Icons (2020), Cafe Essentials (2020).

    Behance link for TS Fonts. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tstype
    [Philippe Dabasse]

    Philippe Dabasse is a French type designer (b. 1972) based in Paris (and before that, Levallois-Perret) who designed Gange (1996-1998) and Remont (1998, free font at Typotek: lettering as on the traffic signs in St. Petersburg, with versions called Symbol, Latin, Cyrillic). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Two Guns

    Designer of the free USAAF Stencil font series. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tyffany Do

    At the Fashion Institute of Technology, Brooklyn-based Tyffany Do designed the stencil typeface Pitch Black (2016) and wrote: A typeface that is created based on Futura Black and the Gonzo Movement. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Tyler Galloway

    Designer of the futuristic stencil font Syndicate (2002; since 2003 at T-26). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Tyler Thorney
    [Jackrabbit Creative]

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    Type 714
    [Thanarat Vachiruckul]

    Designer whose last name is sometimes spelled Vachirukul. He published the dingbat typefaces Bulleta One and Two (2011) at the Thai foundry Katatrad. This pair of typefaces is meant to provide bullets for lists and tables.

    In 2014, Thanarat created the rounded humanist sans typeface Montio (Montio), the stencil typeface Vanage (Katatrad), the fashion mag didone sans typeface family Vage, and the monoline thin sans family Malina (Katatrad).

    His typeface Muttayat won an award in the Thai typeface category at Granshan 2014.

    In 2015, still at Katatrad, Thanarat Vachiruckul created the humanist sans typeface family Rigo.

    Typefaces from 2016 include Danos (a sans family inspired by the classic industrial grotesque and geometric typefaces) and Stenka (stencil). Prompt won an award at Granshan 2016 in the Thai typeface category.

    Typefaces from 2017: Sango (rounded sans), Ramston (a humanist sans in 20 styles published by Katatrad), Cabarno (a condensed sans typeface family published by Katatrad).

    Typefaces from 2018: Kodchasan (Google Fonts, Cadson Demak), K2D (Google Fonts, Cadson Demak).

    Typefaces from 2019: Hergon Grotesk (Katatrad).

    You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Colony
    [Aliv Pandu]

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Heatslide Script (2017) and Subletter (2017, for signage).

    Typefaces from 2018: Sveglia (a dry brush script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari), Liquidior (copperplate), Break Dawn (dry brush).

    Typefaces from 2019: Marlton (Sans, Serif, Block, Script, Stencil). Behance link for Aliv Pandu.

    Typefaces from 2020: Floopy Chart (a baseball script by Aliv Pandu and Hamam Jauhari, with a Sans to complete a font duo). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Destroyers
    [Christina Maria Bee]

    Type Destroyers was a project of Christina Bee (Darmstadt, Germany) and Frederik Berlaen (Ghent, Belgium). Types designed by them include Dottie (dot matrix), Schrottie (grunge), Sucks (grunge), and Shoottie.

    Later, Christina Bee set up Krizbi. Her typefaces at Krizbi include Olga (a renaissance antiqua done in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Art in Den Haag, The Netherlands), and Pony. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Type Factory
    [Hilmius Akbar]

    Bandung, Indonesia-based designer of these fonts in 2020: Antonie, Black House, Black Passion (a dry brush script), Brentley, Charmelya, Galguna, Hackbot (a pixel font), Hailey, Hello Madelyne, Hi Rolley, Hollowtown (graffiti), How Dare You, Life Of Apple, Monkey Geek, Punkiss, Randhu, Reviola, Sendha, Seymore, Silver Flower, Someday, Sounding, Speedkings, The Speciment, Thundra.

    Typefaces from 2021: How Dare You (grungy vintage caps), Mystic Forest (a chalk font), Hello Jones (a vintage shadow font), My Home (a fat finger font), Honey Jar (handprinted), My Fox (a scrapbook font), Beachfly (a decorative serif), Hardinge (a hand-drawn blackletter), Chalkboy (sketched).

    Their catalog in 2022 showed 250 fonts: Abilane, Abrock, Acetone, Aestetic, Allista, Amal Baik, Aquarex, Archking, Aslah, Authentique, Avena, Avoda (a fashion mag sans), Baker's Dozen, Bakery Home, Baleho, Baloba, Bancak, Bangke, Barnies, Bayleigh, Beach Hits, Beachfly, Big Heroes, Big Jelly, Big Tales, Black Passion, Blackold, Bloody Camp, Bluffton, Bodor, Bratton (spurred), Bricius, Brickrow, Brickson, Brutaly, Bunaken, Came Back, Candola, Candyful, Carisyn, Chalkboy, Charmelya, Cider Lime, Classy, Coconutz, Cold Army, Combust, Coming Sans, Cordion, Cosmogen, Crabug, Crow Bait, Cutenest, Cybersky, Daewon, Dandely, Dark Magic, Day n Nite, Daya Sans, Death World, Debug, Delta Force, Destro (stencil), Dirty Drags, Dutch Brigade, El Mayor, Elecstrom, Exton, Fall Season, Fall Story, Fire Ace, Fronzy, Fun Show, Galguna, Garden Bloom, Gludak, God Doll, Golday, Grane, Grateful Life, Gummies, Gunji (Japanese emulation), Hackbot, Hacklife, Hadest, Hadeya, Hailey, Hakan, Hakio, Hakubo (Japanese emulation), Haloha, Happy Gnome, Hara, Hardinge, Harvest Day, Harvest Time, Hastag, Hazeland, Hello Jones, Hello Madelyne (a calligraphic script), Hellow, Helsinky, Hey Jack, Hey Jane, Hiccup, Hollowtown, Home to Rome, Honey Belly, Horrific (a horror font), How Dare You, Howling Nightmare, Jackal Band, Javanica (a vintage label typeface), Jonks, Jungle Hope, Just For You, Just Ruth, Kahlil, Kana & Hana, Kanatala, Kastil, Kesal, Killing Me, King Castle, King Malik, Klassiek (a crayon font), Kohatu, Kulo, Kurayami (Japanese emulation), Last Mission, Legendary Runes, Life Rolling, Life of Apples, Lubang Hitam, Madsense, Madtune, Maluku, Marsea, Marsela, Marshed, Mauricio, Melon, Mexican City (a Western slab serif), Miami Beat (a multiline font), Mighty Star, Mika Story, Mister Hipster, Mistery, Mistis (spooky), Mocktail Blues, Modeon (a wonderful layered all caps sans), Moeloek, Monde, Monkey Geek, My Fox, My Home, Mystic Forest, Night Vibes, Nightscary, On My Way, Orchard Song, Ovalie, Panikos, Parylicious, Poked, Princess Star, Punkiss, Qabil, Quirky Bay, Rabiul, Racula, Randhu, Rebutan, Reclaim Glory, Rekan, Remily, Renji, Retro Sick, Reviola Bold Script, Risky Venture, Romeda (a vintage serif), Runboy, Salacia, Saluyu Script, Sandatory, Savilla, Savon Burg, School Kids, Scribery, Secret Mansion, Seledina, Semur, Sendha, Senja, Sensai, Serkan (a Celtic font), Seymore, Shade June, Shayan, She Dance, Shocked Up, Show Up!, Shufen, Shutter Speed, Sketchup (a sketched font), Skullbone, Sneak Peak, Snooby, Soda Land, Someday, Sorreal, Sounding, Space Corner, Speedkings, Spirit Freak, Steak House, Sticky Web, Stitch Boy, Story of Alundra, Summer Blaze, Summer Blues, Summer Creamy, Sundae Bite, Sunday Coffee, Sunkiss Bliss, Sweet Beans, Sweet Cherry, Tangisan, The End Story, The Millers, The Speciment, Thundra, Ugly Byte, Uncracked, Urbanded, Vintage Wheel (a retro signage script), Voltec, Wake Snake, Walers, Walk Away, Wavemax, Weloved, West Yard, Wicked, Wild Justice, Winola, Wonder Magic, Wonder Soul, Wrecked Works.

    Envato link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Innovations
    [Alex O. Kaczun]

    Alex Kaczun is a type designer and type expert based in Northport, NY. At MyFonts he wrote: Much of Alex's career was spent at the premier type foundry, Linotype-Hell, where he was the principal type designer and worked on many font projects aimed at modernizing the Linotype Library. Alex managed the development of The Adobe PostScript Font Library and created multiple master fonts for Apple Computer's QuickDraw technology. In 1980, he joined a small group of entrepreneurs and pioneered the development of the world's first digital font library at Bitstream, then located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Afterwards, Alex took a position at Bozell-Worldwide, a large international advertising company, where he was type director and managed the front desk at the CPS Group. The company is well known for their successful "Got Milk" ad campaign. At Bozell, Alex honed his skills in graphic design, desktop publishing, prepress print production and the web.

    His early typefaces include Axion (2012, a futuristic, techno-looking type family; +RND, +SSF, +SER, +RX14, +STN (a stencil version)), BottleKaps (1992) at Linotype. Also at Linotype, he worked on the Fairfield family, designed in 1939 by Rudolf Ruzicka, completing the job in 1991. He also made outlines for Bell Centennial based on Matthew Carter's bitmaps. He runs Type Innovations.

    He designed the following fonts at Galapagos: Beatnik (1997), Android (2010, beveled techno family), Big Boy (2010, a heavy wood type), CaltexNovaSans (Galapagos), Contax (1997, Galapagos: Alex says about this family: Contax is the new Univers for the 21st century), Contax Sans (2011---this typeface is Peignotian in its light weights, and has subtle and not-so-subtle stem variations), Eclipse (1997, shadow beveled face), Extreme SDans (1997), Innovage (1997, a new Helvetica for the 21st century, in his own words), New Renaissance (1997, a true roman face), Shockwave (1997), Golum (1997), Swordtail (Galapagos, 1997, a hip hand-printed font), New Age (Galapagos, 2002), Extreme Sans (Galapagos, 2002).

    Other typefcaes: Kaczun Oldstyle Bold (2010), Doc Holliday (2010, a Western face), Hippyfreak (2010), Mister Twiggs and Misses Twiggs (2010), Geomatrix (2010, geometric stencil face), Oronteus Finaeus (2010, like lettering from a map dated 1531), Piccadilly Circus (2010, a Western face), Switched On and Off (Galapagos, 1997), Racetrack (2010: an octagonal multiline display face), Mandelia (2010: a wedge-serif display face).

    Typefaces from 2011: New Age Gothic (a kind of 21st century copperplate), Scion (wide techno logo family), Dexter (2011, an artsy grotesque), Metalica (2011, a pointy cult type family).

    Typefaces from 2012: Edgar No. 9 (heavy baroque slab serif in the style of 19th century wood type), Langston (outlined and octagonal), Ekeras V2 (inline face), Mecanica, Mariamne (a spurred typeface based on Contax), Axion SER (a triangle-serifed typeface), Beatnik Barbie (a beatnik font influenced by Jack Kerouac), Nadia (a modern stencil interpretation of Granjon Oldstyle).

    Typefaces from 2013: Directors Cut Pro (this geometric antique font was a second prize winner at the Canberra Typeface Competition), Ambriel (a curly didone that mixes in Victorian frillies), Sansational (or Sensational sans: an ultra-condensed sans family), My Darling (a bastardized didone fashion mag face), Envisage (grotesk).

    Typefaces from 2014: Renovatio Deco (a spurred stencil), Crypton (sci-fi face).

    Typefaces from 2015: Nadia (a stencil version of Granjon Oldstyle).

    Typefaces from 2017: Gothica (stencil), Decrypt H1, Decrypt He2 (hipster style), Decrypt 02, Decrypt 01 (this geometric sans with hipster capitals evolved from Contax Pro in 1997 and was finally published in 2017).

    Typefaces from 2018: Grande Sans (stylized caps with sharp triangular corners).

    Showcase of Alex Kaczun's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Machine
    [Tim Drabandt]

    Tim Drabandt (Type Machine, located in Minneapolis, MN) is the designer of Eighthourday (2009, a commissioned sans face), Airborne (2009, octagonal typeface based on WWII airplane lettering), Eggman, an irregular font (2002), Savalas, Victor Hailey (2001) and Whipple (2002, an architectural font), also shown here, MiG (handwriting). These free fonts are incomplete and under development. At Chank, he published the calligraphic font Brimley (2003) and the falred roman typeface Venis (2003). You Work For Them link. Krakt (2009, You Work For Them) is an homage to the geometric typefaces used during the De Stijl movement. The letterforms are primarily composed of geometric shapes, which aid in it's modularity. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Type Market
    [Alexey Kustov]

    Type Market is a Russian type foundry. Alexey Kustov made most fonts at Type Market (Moscow) between 1993-1995. Many of these are cyrillizations of Western typefaces: Aksent (futuristic, based on a design by Yevgeny Dobrovinsky), Bebit (similar to Baby Teeth by Milton Glaser, Photo Lettering), Countdown [based on a 1965 original by Colin Brignall], Cricket, Crystal, Europe, Everest, Gals, Gill Sans (1993), Glasten, Helios, Luxor [1993; based on Colin Brignall's Aachen, 1967], Micra, Micogramma (1952, Aldo Novarese and A. Butti, digitized in 1993), Miniature, Mistral, New Zelek [1993, inspired by the typeface of G. Klikushin, 1987, which in turn was based on the typeface of Bronislav Zelek of Mecanorma], Oliver, Peignot (A.M. Cassandre, 1937, done in 1993), Penta, Plain [after an art deco typeface by A. Grachev], Rodeo (F. Pierpont, 1934, cyrillicized in 1993), Start [1993, like Aldo Novarese's Stop from 1971], Stencil Bold Cyrillic (1993, based on Milton Glaser's Stencil Bold (1973)), Techno28 [1993, a MICR font based on Letraset's Data 70 by R. Newman, 1970], Trafaret [1993, a stencil font based on Tom Hultgren's Traffic, Letraset, 1973], Traktir [1993, based on Elsner&Flake's Old Town], Viola [1996, based on Adobe's Willow]. These are Cyrillic fonts that are typically extensions of well-known Roman fonts. Other designers at Type Market include A. Shevtsov, Anton Bisiajew, Oxana Doubovic, A. Babaljan, S. Shanovich, D. Gulinoff, Viktoria Grigorenko, Anna Terentieva. Fonts not by Kustov: Anastasia Script, Arthur, Dikovina, Dikovina Bildchen, Fita Church, Fita Poluustav, Fita Vjaz, Funny, HeinrichScript, Industry, Jatran, Keyboard, Magic, Morris, Office Type Sans, Oliver New, OpiumNew, OrnamentTM, OrnamentTM2, Palladium, Regata, Roger Script, Romul, Secretary, Sonet Serif, Unicum Condensed, Zodiac1, Zodiac2.

    Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Type Mates

    German type foundry, est. 2015 by Jakob Runge and Nils Thomsen, and based in Hamburg. Their typefaces:

    • Comspot and Comspot Tec (2015): Comspot is a rounded and characterful typeface mixed with some typewriter flavour and human touch. The font is especially designed for hard- and software dealer who need some attractive figures to sell their products. In June 2015 Nils Thomsen designed this font as a corporate font for the Hamburg based hard- and software reseller CPN Cooperation Network GmbH and its Partner Comspot. The client wants an individual typeface for all media. It should work in reading sizes and of course also display very distinctive in larger sizes. Comspot can do!
    • The Conto family by Nils Thomsen: Conto Compressed, Conto Narrow, Conto Condensed, all made in 2015.
    • Jabana by Nils Thomson, 2014-2015. This includes Jabana Alt (2015) and Jabana Extras (2015). A compressed rounded font family, with dingbats, designed for menus. It is the first font in his own foundry, Nils Types, est. 2013. It was inspired by having a Schorle at Hamburg's coffee bars.
    • Pensum Pro (2016). An 18-style text family with large x-height and considerable contrast. Followed in 2017 by Pensum Display, its wedge serif sharp-edged flashy companion. Pensum Stencil was added in 2021.
    • Urby Basic (2017).
    • Cherry (2017). A custom typeface designed for the brand new MX Board 5.0 keyboard for gaming enthusiasts.
    • In 2019, Jakob Runge, Nils Thomsen and Lisa Fischbach released Halvar and wrote: Halvar, a German engineered type system that extends to extremes. With bulky proportions and constructed forms, Halvar is a pragmatic grotesk with the raw charm of an engineer. A type system ready to explore, Halvar has 81 styles, wide to condensed, hairline to black, roman to oblique and then to superslanted, structured into three subfamilies: the wide Breitschrift, regular Mittelschrift and condensed Engschrift. Halvar Stencil, which was released simultaneously, is a German engineering stencil font family.
    • Gratimo Classic and Grotesk (2021), and Grato Classic and Grotesk (2021). Four sans families, with Classic referring to more humanist forms; Grato is the geometric twin, while Gratimo is more economic. Design by Jakob Runge, with contributions by Mona Franz, Irene Vlachou (consukting on Greek), Ilya Ruderman and Yury Ostromentsky (consulting on Cyrillic), Donny Truong (consulting on Vietnamese), Christoph Koeberlin (hinting) and Igino Marini (spacing and kerning). Grato Marker was added by Teja Smrekar in 2022.
    • In 2022, Philipp Neumeyer released Juneau, a friendly geometric workhorse sans for Latin and Curillic, at TypeMates.
    Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Republic
    [Andreu Balius Planelles]

    Catalan foundry headed by Andreu Balius (b. 1962), who is based in Barcelona and Son (Alt Aneu), Lleida. Balius holds a PhD in Design from the University of Southampton (UK) and teaches typography and type design at EINA, University School of Design and Art, in Barcelona.

    Balius set up Garcia Fonts in 1989. He co-founded Typerware in 1996 (which existed until 2001), where he managed type-related projects for La Vanguardia newspaper, La Fura dels Baus and Primavera Sound Festival. In 2003, he launched Type Republic, catering to clients such as SEAT/Wolkswagen group, Victoria's Secret, Acciona, Ferrovial, and designed text typefaces for newspapers such as La Gaceta, Tribuna (Salamanca, Spain) and La Discusion (Chile).

    Some fonts sold through MyFonts:

    • Pradell (2003). This is a Latin text family based on original Spanish 18th century type specimens cut by Catalan punchcutter Eudald Pradell (1721-1788). Balius won a Bukvaraz 2001 award for Pradell. Pradell also won an award at the TDC2 Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2002. He added Pradell Arabic some time later.
    • In 2008, Balius designed the curly dance-fest themed Carmen for the new edition of Prosper Merimée's drama. In 2012, Type Republic designed the fashion didone typeface Carmen Fine Display for Victoria's Secret.
    • Mecano (2007, geometric sans).
    • Taüll (2007, Basque meets blackletter).
    • Czeska (after woodcuts by Vojtech Preissig).
    • Super Veloz (2005, with Alex Trochut). This fantastic layered type system is based on Joan Trochut-Blanchard's modular typeface. SV Marfil (2004) and SV Fauno were created from Superveloz modules. In 2020, Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia released The Superveloz Centenary Collection at Type Republic to honor Joan Trochut's 1942 masterpiece. It consists of SV Mambo, SV Jazz, SV Bebop, SV Bolero, SV Swing and SV Twist. In 2021, Ricard Garcia and Andreu Balius added the large family SuperVeloz Caps which consists of SV Caps Bebop SV Caps Bolero SV Caps Jazz SV Caps Mambo SV Caps Swing and SV Caps Twist.
    • Barna (2011), a slightly humanist textbook sans, and Barna Stencil (2011).
    • Trochut.
    • Matilde (connected pixel script).
    • Proximus (2014). A corporate typeface for the Belgian communication company.
    • Patufet (2018-2019). By Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia. A warm text family inspired by Catalan folk tales. For hairlines, one can't go thinner than Patufet Finet. In 2020, they added Patufet Mono.
    • Poblet (2018: Solid, Diamond, Bevel). By Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia. A stylish titling or display typeface that includes a vintage inline style.
    • Rioja (2014-2015). This sans typeface family was first designed for the identity of University of La Rioja, in Logroño, and it was further developed in 2014 for commercial distribution.
    • Tuqbal Pro (2015-2019, by Andreu Balius and Juan Luis Blanco). Tubqal Pro is a tri-script type family based on its previous Tubqal typeface commissioned by the Khatt Foundation as part of the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib 3.0, the 3rd edition of the multi-script typographic research project of the Khatt Foundation. It includes Latin, Arabic (+Farsi) and Tifinagh (for the Tifinagh based languages: Tamazight (Central Atlas), Kabyle, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Tachawit, Tachelhit, Tagdal, Tamahaq, Tahaggart, Tamasheq, Tarifit, Tamajaq, Tawallammat, Tamajeq, Tayart, Tumzabt, Zenaga).
    • Aloma (2017-2020). A delicate fashion mag typeface best suited for titling, Aloma is inspired by Aloma, a novel written in 1938 by Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda. The typeface refers slightly to art deco headlines and to the Catalan Noucentisme movement.
    • Groundbeat (2020). A stencil family by Andreu Balius and Ricard Garcia.

    Custom / bespoke typefaces include Carmen VS (for Victoria's Secret, New York), Ferrovial, Dsignes (a wayfinding sans), VLC (for Valencia Tourism Bureau), Lladro (sans), Forum.

    Behance link. Old URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Revivals (or: SourceNet)
    [Tim Ryan]

    Tim Ryan is a Thousand Oaks, CA-based type designer and font enthusiast, who has helped me out generously with font links in the 1990s. FontShop link.

    His fonts are distributed by ITF and Monotype and Precision Type. Font list: AES, AcmeTR, AdmiralTR, AlpineWhiteTR, AncientTextTR, AssayTR, August family, AutomationTR, BinnerGothicTR, BinnerTR, BlackboardLinedTR, BlackboardTR, BoboCapsTR, BonGuia, Bondage-Oblique, Bondage-Regular, BoomerangTR (1995, a typical art nouveau face), CameraStencilTR, CartoonPartyCapsTR, ChopinTR, CiviliteTR, ClaudiusTR, CollegeCapsTR, CoreDumpTR, DirectionTR, EclipseCapsTR, EngravedTR, ExpressTR, FlairTR, FrenchCapsTR, GabrielleTR, GaelicCapsTR, GoudyMediaevalTR, HelvinBlackTR, HelvinTR, HostessTR, KhayyamTR (Arabic simulation face), KiddoKapsTR, KleukensTR, LadyDawnTR, MaximeTR, ModTR, PencilCapsTR, PlayBlocksTR, SaltinoTR, SansPlateCapsTR, SchoolScript-Bold, SchoolScript (1994), SchoolScriptDashed, SchoolScriptLined-Bold, SchoolScriptLined, ShalimarTR (Indic simulation), ShalomTR (Hebrew simulation), SimplexTR, SpringtimeTR, SukiakiTR (Japanese simulation), SusieQTR, VarianteInitialsTR, WashingtonTextTR, XerxesTR (Greek simulation face, now at Monotype), SchoolOblique.

    Santa Barbara, CA-based SourceNet used to market school fonts, ca. 1992-1994, such as those listed above: SchoolScript-Bold, SchoolScript (1994), SchoolScriptDashed, SchoolScriptLined-Bold, SchoolScriptLined, but also DnealianCursive, DnealianCursiveLined, DnealianManuscript, DnealianManuscriptLined. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Supply
    [Tal Leming]

    Tal Leming is a graphic designer, type designer and letterer who lived in Wilmington, DE, but moved his stakes to Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1997. As a Python scripting guru, he worked with Letterror and House Industries on projects using FontLab and Robofab. An avid RoboFog scripter, he joined Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum to initiate the RoboFab project in 2003. After graduation in 1997 from the Louisiana State University Graphic Design program, he worked as a designer at two agencies in south Louisiana. In September of 2001, Tal joined the House Industries staff as a designer in the Type Development, Product Promotions and Python Systems Implementation Department. He worked on the Ed Benguiat collection, for example.

    In 2005, he left House and started his own company eventually called Type Supply. Type Supply designs typefaces for corporations and publications. Their typefaces:

    • Baxter. An informal typeface used as a casual typeface in MyPublisher's BookMaker software. Commissioned by Christian Schwartz.
    • Bullet (House). Bullet is based on a bit of lettering drawn by Ken Barber for the House Industries Pop Art package.
    • Burbank (2006-2007, House Industries), a bouncy signage, animation, and package lettering family, about which Christian Schwartz writes: Well-drawn one-off display typefaces are easy to find, especially bouncy sans serifs. Complete suites of typefaces in this genre, however, are nearly impossible to find, especially families that are crafted with as much care as Burbank. I really appreciate seeing the attention to detail that usually goes into serious text family put into a family primarily intended for display use.
    • House Gothic 23. Tal Leming writes: The family was originally designed by Allen Mercer for use on the company's commissions, most notably the legendary promotions for Custom Papers Group. In 1995, House released the family to the public with modest success, but it was largely relegated to the back of House's catalogs. House went through a bit of a sans serif obsession in the early 2000s and decided that it was time to give House Gothic its time in the spotlight. Rich Roat asked me to polish up House Gothic and make it a bit more usable. I completely reworked Allen's original drawings, making the letterforms work better in headlines, added accented glyphs, reorganized the styles and more. Once that was done, I added completely new Extended and Text styles. The family more than doubled its size into 23 total fonts and was rechristened House Gothic 23.
    • Marigny (2014). He writes about this pleasant casual roundish typeface: Marigny, designed by Tal Leming, is a casual typeface that was drawn with serious typography in mind. It has the same basic proportions as classical oldstyle typefaces (think of Garamond and friends) and these give it a similar typographic rhythm to one that we have known for several hundred years. The hand-rendered forms transform this familiar texture into something very warm and pleasant. In a way, dipping into a block of text set in Marigny is like putting on your favorite pair of comfortable slippers.
    • Mission and Control. An athletic lettering family commissioned by Reebok for their 2008 NFL Sideline and NHL Center Ice collections.
    • Ohm (2009). A neon type family.
    • Queue and Queue Mono (2021). A sans typeface family.
    • Runway (House). Runway is an ode to House's sans serif obsession of the early 2000s.
    • Shag Lounge. a signage family: When I was working at House Industries, we decided that we should develop a font kit inspired by the work of Josh "Shag" Agle. Josh hadn't done much lettering work so we asked him to send us samples of lettering that he liked. Many of the things he sent featured whimsical, hand-cut lettering from the 1960s. We were really into this as well, so that formed the starting point for Shag Lounge. The typeface evolved into an amalgamation of a neo-grotesque style sans serif and hand-cut lettering.
    • Timonium (2012) can be bought from Type Supply.
    • Torque. An octagonal family with a great inline style. Torque (2009) began its life as an amalgamation of an American athletic lettering style and classic space lettering styles. There were also references to the video games, laser games and 1980s pre-teen sci-fi action movies of my youth.
    • United Ark. A military stencil face: Clint Schultz hired me to create a custom version of United for use on props in a Paramount feature film. The main goal of the project was to perfectly match stenciled lettering seen in a film released 27 years earlier. How exciting was it to make a typeface for a sequel to a classic film that I grew up with? Very, very, very, very exciting. This font is not, and will never be, available for relicensing, so please don't ask.
    • United. House industries commissioned me to develop the United family as an homage to stereotypical U.S. Military lettering styles. [...] United has become quite popular since its release and it has been seen just about everywhere from NFL coverage on FOX to the New York Times editorial page.
    • Balto (2007-2014) is a large American Gothic family.
    • In 2016, Tal Leming created 90 Minutes, a typeface that is exclusive licensed to the United States Soccer Federation in perpetuity. He writes: I wanted to introduce some more American typographic and lettering influences. We have a rich history from Morris Fuller Benton's iconic work to the impactful lettering on Works Progress Administration posters to the bluntness of wood type on letterpressed event posters. I wanted to subtly reference these to make the typeface as distinctively American as possible. The typeface her 37 unique styles partitioned over three families, 90 Minutes Display, 90 Minutes Kit (a set of styles developed exclusively for use on uniforms, taking into account FIFA regulations), and 90 Minutes Text (drawn specifically for use in small sizes, paragraphs and tables of statistics).
    • Stoneleigh. A fashion mag Caslon revival done for Martha Stewart Living. Stoneleigh is licensed exclusively to Martha Stewart Living through October 2019.
    • Smoosh (2015-2020). A super-compressed high-contrast typeface with thorny serifs designed to work in very big sizes.
    • Iota (2021). A geometric sans family that he made only because of his fear of not being innovative. And not because every other foundry is making its own geometric sans. But he could not resist throwing in some distractions that make Iota a geometric with a tantrum.
    • Epoxy (2022). An experimental sans with odd shapes.

    At ATypI 2008 in St. Petersburg, his talk (shared with Ken Barber) was entitled Pac-Man fever, quantum mechanics and the design of digital type.

    Tal Leming's personal web site. Village link. Author of Letters. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Type Trends
    [Vika Usmanova]

    Russian type designer who was part of the TypeType team in Saint Petersburg. As a student in the TypeType education program, she designed the modern text antiqua Guillaume (2016-2017). In 2019, she founded Type Trends.

    In 2017, Vika Usmanova released the octagonal Latin / Cyrillic typeface TT Mussels which includes a stencil subfamily. She also was part of TT Travels in 2017, a wide dense modern grotesque.

    In 2017, Vika Usmanova, Philipp Nurullin, and the TypeType Team designed the condensed modular geometric grotesk typeface TT Tunnels.

    In 2018, I believe---but am not sure---that Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Phill Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Nadyr Rakhimov and the TypeType Team co-designed TT Jenevers. In 2018, Sofia Yasenkova, Philipp Nurullin, and Vika Usmanova designed the modern serif TT Tricks at TypeType. TT Tricks has many stencil styles.

    In 2018, Ivan Gladkikh, Alexander Kirillov, Philipp Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, and Nadyr Rakhimov published TT Severs. That same year, Vika Usmanova published the display sans ans script pair TT Nooks which took inspiration from the Empire State Building. Co-designer of TT Barrels (2018: a Scotch modern typeface by Inessa Mitrozor, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova and the TypeType Team).

    In 2019, Vika Usmanova and the TypeType Team designed TT Trailers, a modern narrow humanist grotesque, that is accompanied by a variable font version. TT Trailers is based on the concept of preserving the amount of white: when changing from thin to bold.

    In 2019, Vika published the free font Trappist, which started out as a custom type for a Belgian cafe in St. Petersburg. At TypeTrends, she released TT Alientz (Variable, serif, Grotesque) and TT Frantz, also in 2019. The latter ultra-condensed monospaced sans typeface has matching upper and lower case heights and comes as a variable type with a waistline axis.

    Typefaces from 2020: TT Geekette (2020; with the TypeType Team), TT Runs (a 20-style sports sans by the TypeType team in cooperation with Vika Usmanova, Antonina Zhulkova and Philipp Nurullin).

    In 2020, she co-designed TT Lakes Neue, a 91-style sans family by Vika Usmanova, Antonina Zhulkova and Kseniya Karataeva at TypeTypType. Tt is a functional sans-serif that draws inspiration from Finnish signs of the functionalism era. TT Lakes Neue is an almost monolinear sans, with ovals in the form of rounded rectangles, reminiscent of Nebiolo's Microgramma. It comprises a useful variable font.

    In 2021, Svetoslav Simov and Vika Usmanova dusted off the 18-style update of Fontfabric's geometric sans family Mont called Mont Blanc. It has very short descenders and medium-sized ascenders, two variable styles, and some redesigned glyphs. Its biggest problem will be the name---surely, the famous Swiss pen maker Mont Blanc will complain sooner or later about its trademark. I am puzzled about MyFonts, which did not catch this problem when they announced the typeface.

    In 2022, Vika Usmanova and Plamen Motev co-designed the wayfinding sans family Ways at Fontfabric. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TypeArt Foundry (or: Digiteyes Multimedia TypeArt Foundry)
    [Lloyd Springer]

    TypeArt is the commercial foundry of Lloyd Springer (Vancouver), est. 1992. His typefaces from before 2003:

    • Bitmap fonts: CitymapRounded, LoveBytes, Letterstitch.
    • Comic book: Disorder, Scratchpad, Sideshow, Superhero, Verbal Cues, Balloons, Buffalo Joe, Frontline.
    • Western: Outlaw, Eastside.
    • Typewriter: Courier Ragged, Double Hitter, Firenza, Keystoned, Romanstone, Streetwise, Writing Machine, Firenza Text, Dear John.
    • Stencil: Mediocre, Boxcar.
    • Serif: Burlington (1997, roman caps only), Miracolo (2002, art nouveau), Saltzburg (1999, a bit art nouveau), Steinburg Modern, Sundance.
    • Script: Prints Charming, Sideshow, Dream Lover, Falcon Casual, Falcon Brushscript.
    • Fifties: Golden Age, Golden Day, Flingaling.
    • Monster: Braindead, Horror Show, Junglemania, Newman, Frankenstein, Frontline, Mixed Breed.
    • Label type: Dimeotype, Label Gun, Liteweit, Silverscreen (1998, a condensed sans ideal for movie credits), Total Disorder, Letterstitch.
    • Inline: Puzzler, Scratchpad, Steelyard.
    • Grunge: Amnesia, Bellamie, Bighead, Braindead, DeviantStrain, DoubleHitter, DoubleVision, Fi ngerprint, LabelGun, Meanstreak, Phantom, Poorsport, Social Menace, Streetwise, TotalDisorder, Mixed Breed, Tapeworm, Typochondriac.
    • Display and decorative fonts: Niteweit, PostIndustrial, Tolstoy (1996, art deco), WhatTheHell, Xheighter, Bossman, Eucaliptus (art deco), Fishboners, Strangelove (1999), Charbonne (art deco), Reerspeer (2002), Freakshow, Underground, Tipemite, Spaced Out, Sunday Best, Eye Doctor, Foreign Language, Hammerhead, Sidewalker, Wendy Woo, Post Industrial, Starship Command, Venus Envy.

    The 2003 collection includes Natalian, Amusement, and Finders. MyFonts link. In 2007, MyFonts started selling his fonts: Amnesia, Bellamie, Bighead, Bossman, Boxcar, Buffalo Joe, Charbonne, Courier Ragged, Dead Zone, Dear John, Deviant Plain, Deviant Strain, DimeOtype, Disorder, Double Hitter, Double Vision, Dream Lover, Eastside, Eucaliptus, Eye Doctor, Falcon Brushscript, Falcon Casual, Frankenstein, Frontline, Golden Age, Golden Days, Horror Show, Junglemania, Keystoned, Label Gun, Letterstitch, Letterstitch Plain, Letterstitch Script, Liteweit, Miracolo, Outlaw, Prints Charming, Reerspeer, Romanstone, Saltzburg, Sidewalker, Silverscreen, Spaced Out, Starship Command, Steelyard, Strangelove, Sundance, Superhero, Tapeworm, Time Machine, Tolstoy, Typochondriac, Venus Envy, Verbal Cues, Writing Machine, Xheighter Condensed.

    View the TypeArt typeface library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typeco
    [James Grieshaber]

    James Grieshaber earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology. Based first in Rochester, NY, and then in Chicago, IL, and then again in Rochester, Grieshaber ran Typeco, a typographic services and solutions company established in 2002. James Grieshaber (b. Detroit, 1967) most recently was on staff of P22 Type Foundry, where he designed many type families and helped establish International House of Fonts. He has been honoured with an award of Excellence in Type Design from Association Typographique International (ATypI) for his Gothic Gothic (2004, blend of blackletter and English style), and by TypeArt'05 (for Operina Cyrillic). Designer and Co-editor of the Indie Fonts book series, Grieshaber now teaches typography at RIT and runs Typeco. MyFonts sells his fonts now. YouWorkForThem sells the Super Duty family (stencil), Glyphic Neue, the Trapper families, Chunk Feeder, Gothic Gothic and Cusp. Identifont page. FontShop link. Behance link. Details on some of his typefaces:

    • Gothic Gothic (2001), an extended blackletter co-designed with Christina Torre. In 2004, he received an award of Excellence in Type Design from Association Typographique International (ATypI) for his Gothic Gothic type design.
    • The Glyphic Neue display family was inspired by the Op Art style of lettering in the United States that ran rampant in many photo type houses in the 1960's and 1970's---I like to call it the "piano key style".
    • Chunkfeeder (2002) is a beautiful monospaced octagonal OCR-like family.
    • Cypher (2003, an LED/LCD family) has 24 weights. Of these, Cypher7 is free.
    • Duty (2002) is a sans typeface co-designed at T26 with Lee Fasciani.
    • The stencil family Super Duty (2004) has 8 variations. There are also techno variant called Superduty Condensed, Superduty Regular, Superduty Narrow and Superduty Text.
    • Cusp (2001-2005): a techno display family with 18 weights, including an LED style, art deco styles and Cusp De Stijl.
    • Trapper (2004) is an 8-weight exaggerated ink trap font family which comes in Trapper Round and Trapper Sharp versions.
    • Zaftig (2008, Typeco) is a super-fat face.
    • P22 Operina (2003, in Romano, Corsivo and Fiore versions) is based on Vicentino Ludovico degli Arrighi's calligraphy used in his 1522 instructional lettering book La Operina da Imparare di scrivere littera Cancellarescha. This book contains what is considered to be the earliest printed examples of Chancery Cursive. P22 Operina won an award at TypeArt 05. Operina Pro contains over 1200 glyphs. In 2010, Paulo Heitlinger compared P22 Operina favorably to another digital chancery font, Poetica (by Robert Slimbach, Adobe), which, according to him [and I agree], lacks vigor and dynamism.
    • P22 Posada (2003, with Richard Kegler): based on lettering of Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) that was used for some of his posters and broadsides.
    • P22 Arts and Crafts Tall (1995, art nouveau), P22 Arts and Crafts Hunter (1995). Both based on alphabets by Dard Hunter, 1908-1910.
    • P22 Art Deco Chic (2002), based on the Art Deco hand lettering of Samuel Welo, ca. 1930. P22 Art Deco Display (2002) is a Broadway style face.
    • Churchy (2002).
    • He offered (offers?) a handwriting font service for 100 USD. Free trial typeface Reenie Beanie (2002). Signature font service for 50 USD. Reenie Beanie (2002) is now offered (as a joke, I assume) as part of the Google open font directory (for free web fonts).
    • P22 Garamouche (2004, with Richard Kegler). Comes with Garamouche Ornaments (2004).
    • Segoe Print (2006, Monotype Imaging). [Isn't this Googlee's competition?] This is an informally hand-printed typeface co-designed with Brian Allen, Carl Crossgrove, James Grieshaber and Karl Leuthold at Ascender.
    • P22 Cezanne Pro (2006). Has over 1,200 glyphs.
    • P22 Yule (2005; Heavy, Inline): a stone chisel family with a hint of Neuland.
    • P22 Numismatic (2005): originally offered by the Devinne Press, and based on ornaments and letters used by 15th and 16th century engravers of seals and coins; however it looks very much like Otto Hupp's Numismatisch (1900, Genzsch&Heyse).
    • Black Ops One (2011) is a military stencil face, available at the Google Font Directory.
    • Short Stack (2011) is Grieshaber's free contribution to the Comic Sans genre. It was published by Sorkin Type and can be downloaded from Dafont.
    • Atomic Age (2011) is a free font at Google Font Directory. It was inspired by 1950s era connected scripts seen on nameplates of American cars.
    • Sarina (2011). A connected script published by Sorkin Type.
    • Supermercado One (2011, Google Font Directory) is a low contrast semi geometric typeface inspired by naive industrial letters. More a signage typeface than a web font.
    • Typeco Grecian (2012, FontStruct) is loosely based on a Wells & Webb Grecian style woodtype circa 1846.
    • Typeco De Stijl (2012, FontStruct) is based on Van Doesburg's De Stijl magazine's name plate in 1923. Typeco Topaz Serif Tall (2012, FontStruct) is a pixel typeface. Typeco New Wave (2012, FontStruct) is an op art party font.
    • Metamorphous (2012, Sorkin Type) borrows its arches from Gothic cathedrals---it was inspired by Jonathan Barnbrook and by the free font Morpheus. Google font download.
    • HWT Geometric (2013, Hamilton Wood Type Foundry) is a squarish wood type family: Geometric began its life as a metal typeface from the Central Type Foundry, circa 1884. Soon after, this design was officially licensed to Morgans & Wilcox and was shown in their 1890 catalog in Regular, Light and Condensed Light variations. After acquiring Morgans & Wilcox, Hamilton Manufacturing offered Geometric Light Face Condensed as their own No 3020 and the Geometric Light Face as No 3021. HWT Geometric has been expanded digitally to include a Regular Condensed version.
    • Trattatello (2014). An Apple system font.
    • HWT Archimedes (2017, P22). A revival of the Page No. 122 wood type called Mansard Ornamented, done together with Richard Kegler (P22) and Virgin Wood Type. They write: This new digital version is a simultaneous release with Virgin Wood Type and features a variety of styles including the standard screw head option plus a Phillips head, hex/Allen wrench head, and even the vexing Apple pentalobe tamper resistant star screw. As a bonus, the screwheads themselves are accessible via a glyph palette, so you can put the screws to Comic Sans, or any other font, if you so desire.

    Klingspor link. Google Plus link. Behance link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typedepot
    [Alexander Nedelev]

    Typedepot is a small type foundry currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria, founded by Alexander Nedelev (a graphic designer from Sofia, Bulgaria, b. 1984 (Dimitrovgrad)) and Veronika Slavova in 2009.

    Nedelev created the display typefaces Glide (2009, done with Veronika Slavova), Glide Sketch (outline version), and Slide (2009, ultra-condensed). With Veronika Slavova, he designed the multiline (prismatic) family Pista (2010) and the organic Oxo family (2010), which includes a stencil, Corki (2011, a condensed slab serif), and Oxo College Barrister Sans (2010) covers Latin, Greek, Eastern European languages, Cyrillic, Turkish and Baltic. Parallel (2010) is an ultra-condensed typeface for anorexics. Piron (2010, by Nedelev and Slavova) and Matilde (2010, by Nedelev and Slavova) are free. Banda (2011) is a 16-style semi-serif type family characterized by a tall x-height and rounded semi-serifs [one free weight]. Centrale Sans (2011, Slavova and Nedelev) is a modern sans family. Centrale Sans Condensed followed in 2012, and Centrale Sans Rounded in 2013. See also Centrale Sans Condensed Pro, Centrale Sans Inline, Centrale Sans Pro, all updated in 2016.

    Typefaces from 2017: Moreno (a large informal semi-serif typeface family with Rust and Rough subfamilies), Cormac (humanist sans).

    Typefaces from 2018: Lexis and Lexis Alt (a 36-strong humanist and geometric sans pair of typeface families).

    Typefaces from 2019: Corsa Grotesk (inspired by Avenir; includes great hairline weights).

    Typefaces from 2019: Plovdiv (a free font based on the handwriting of Plovdiv's citizens; most weights are by Alexander Nedelev; some were co-designed with Pavel Pavlov of Punkt; the Pictograms were designed by Georgi Vasilev together with Nedelev and Pavlov).

    Typefaces from 2021: Banda Nova (a 14-style rounded sans with large x-height and a supermarket vibe).

    Typefaces from 2022: Lens Grotesk (a neutral Swiss sans with low contrast covering Latin and Cyrillic; 16 styles and one variable font).

    Behance link. MyFonts link. Old URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TypeFaith Fonts
    [Léon Hulst]

    Leon Hulst (TypeFaith) was born in 1966. Typographer at WAT Ontwerpers in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and affiliated with Linotype.

    Commercial fonts: ReadMyHand (1994, brush), Bombin, Fix, Cubi, Berkhout (handwriting), Miguel (sans family), Salamanca Caps, Ponsi Rounded (2011).

    Free fonts at TypeFaith, his place on the web, all made ca. 2008: AlbaJulia-ExpandedBold (techno), AlbaJulia-ExpandedBoldItalic, AlbaJulia-ExpandedRegular, AlbaJulia-ExpandedRegularItalic, Dilys-Bold (organic), Dilys-BoldItalic, Edding-Italic, Edding (brush), FixFlat-Italic, FixFlat, Flowmotion-Heavy (2010), LowFile-Bold (grunge), LowFile-BoldItalic, LowFile-WidthOblique, Mellow-Italic, Mellow (comic book family), PaloAlto-Italic, PaloAlto (sans), Per4m (dot matrix face), StitchCross.

    Creations from 2012: Ponsi Rounded Slab (the regular weight is free), Danze Script, Salamanca TF, Moonface Script (an elegant display serif typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2013: Lev Serif, Lev Black Distressed (2015, free).

    Typefaces from 2014: Picastro (retro signage script), Desierto, Frye Caps, Birchwood (hand-printed), Fix Fat Black, Seren Script, Planjer (art deco), Planjer Distressed.

    Typefaces from 2015: Jason Capitals (a revival of a woodblack capitals alphabet), Bakersville (Full, Line: hand-drawn, sketched), Lev Serif Grunge, Blackflower (brush face), Inkredible, Goldpicker (a layered Western typeface), Goldpicker Line (bilined; blackboard bold).

    Typefaces from 2016: Amilly Script (a heavy nibbed pen script), Rozy Cursive (based on Ella Cursief/Handels-Cursief by Sjoerd de Roos for Lettergieterij Amsterdam in 1915), Jason Distressed, Toxa Ink, Donker Caps (wood type emulation).

    Typefaces from 2017: Organa (a futuristic typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2018: Solente (art nouveau-inspired with Victorian decorations).

    Typefaces from 2019: Chaumin (hand-printed).

    Typefaces from 2020: Pinkhoff Caps (in Dutch deco style).

    Typefaces from 2022: Thirty Nine Stencil.

    Klingspor link. FontShop link. Behance link.

    Known as Misha at iFontMaker, he drew the outlined hand-printed Miff (2011). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TypeGroup
    [Conor Nolan]

    In 2012, Conor Nolan (Dublin, Ireland), Bobby Tannam, David Wall and Rob O'Reilly launched the TypeGroup type foundry. Their first two releases are the sans-serif family Orga and the gorgeous chunky black slab typeface Kettle (which comes with a stencil style). Simon Sweeney and Steve O'Connell, both graduates of the Dublin Institute of Technology, co-designed Noodge.

    Their custom typefaces include Gibson Gold (2012, Rob O'Reilly and Bobby Tannam), which is based on Canada Type's Gibson.

    TypeGroup should not be confused with the Eastcoast type foundry GroupType.

    Conor & David link (for the studio of Conor and David, launched in 2006). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typemachine

    Designer Krakt (2012), an EPS-format font in the De Stijl stencil style. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typematters.de
    [Jürgen Weltin]

    The German type designer Jürgen Weltin was born in 1969 in Konstanz, and lives in Pullach, Bavaria. He designed Balega (2003, Linotype: a stencil typeface based on Resolut (1937, H. Brünnel, Nebiolo)), Linotype Finnegan (1997, his first typeface designed as a student in Würzburg under Reinhard Haus), Agilita (2006, Linotype, a humanist sans family including Agilita Hairline), Yellow (award-winning exclusive font family in 1999 for the yellow pages at British Telecommunications), and Mantika Informal (2010, an organic sans family that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic; Linotype). Mantika Book, the serifed text version, was published by Monotype in 2014. Mantika News followed in 2016.

    Since 1997, he worked with Freda Sack and David Quay at The Foundry in London. Then he worked at Stankowski + Duschek in Stuttgart. Currently, he runs Typematters.de.

    Yellow is an exclusive yellow pages typeface for British Telecom. it received awards from D&AD in 1999 and Bukvaraz in 2001.

    In 2015, he made the heavy extended titling typeface Assai.

    His typeface Julius Roman won an award at ProtoType in 2016.

    Mantika Sans won Third Prize at Granshan 2010 in the Greek text typeface category.

    FontShop link. I Love Typography link. Klingspor link. CV at Linotype. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typemefonts (was: 26plus zeichen)
    [Jakob Runge]

    Jakob Runge (M&uum;nchen, Germany) graduated from Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt and Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel. In 2014, Jakob Runge set up Typemefonts in München, Germany, to market his own typefaces. Before that, he was involved in 26plus, or 26+, a foundry located in Kiel, Germany: It is a platform to present and encourage student-created fonts. In 2015, he started TypeMates with Nils Thomsen. Currently he works in Munich as an independent type and brand designer and typographic consultant. Apart from his work for design agencies, he teaches typography and type design at university of applied sciences in Münster since 2011.

    His early typefaces include the free condensed octagonal typeface Fracmetrica (2009). Other typefaces of Runge's designed in 2009 and 2010---all at 26plus-zeichen---include Singula, Edelsans (a geometric sans), Sinews (a manly sans which he compares with Klavika and Corpid), JJ Realis (a Swiss sans), Ugl-y (2010), Cojonna (2010; curly--an exercise on ball terminals), Capitalis Nova (2010, dot matrix family), Graphit (2010), Devion (2010, semi-angular serif face), Textrusion (2010, Escher-style trompe l'oeuil), Frgmt (2010, experimental), Samblone (2011, an Asian-look stencil face), TJ Evolette A (2011, with Timo Titzmann---a fashionable geometric grotesque caps family).

    In 2014, Jakob Runge set up Typemefonts in München, Germany, to market his own typefaces, starting with the slab serif typeface Muriza (dedicated site), FF Franziska (2014: an offshoot of his graduation typeface), Mem (experimental geometric face), and the geometric sans FF Cera. Runge began work on FF Franziska in 2012 as part of a Masters thesis at Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel under the guidance of Albert-Jan Pool and André Heers. Hamburg-based information designers Christian Hruschka and Stefan Semrau used FF Franziska for the new Bündner Tagblatt. The modern, fresh layout won the European Newspaper Award 2013 in the category of Typography. Dedicated web site.

    In 2015, he created Cera PRO, Cera Stencil, Cera CY, Cera Stencil CY, Cera GR, Cera Stencil GR, Cera, and Cera Stencil Std (an extensive sans and stencil family for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic). In 2016, he added Cera Brush (in cooperation with Max Kostopoulos). In 2017, Jakob Runge teamed up with Lisa Fischbach for Cera Round Pro, an absolutely wonderful geometric rounded sans typeface family that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. In 2018, Jakob added Cera Condensed + Compact Pro.

    Jakob Runge, with the help of Lisa Fischbach, designed Harrison Serif Pro (a slab serif) in 2017 at Typemates.

    In 2016, Jakob Runge and Lisa Fischbach co-designed the bespoke sans typeface family SAM Text and SAM Headline at TypeMates for the food company S:A:M. Jakob Runge finished Urby and Urby Soft.

    In 2018, Runge published the techno/industrial sans typeface family Sinews Sans Pro at TypeMates.

    In 2019, Jakob Runge, Nils Thomsen and Lisa Fischbach released Halvar and wrote: Halvar, a German engineered type system that extends to extremes. With bulky proportions and constructed forms, Halvar is a pragmatic grotesk with the raw charm of an engineer. A type system ready to explore, Halvar has 81 styles, wide to condensed, hairline to black, roman to oblique and then to superslanted, structured into three subfamilies: the wide Breitschrift, regular Mittelschrift and condensed Engschrift. Halvar Stencil, which was released simultaneously, is a German engineering stencil font family.

    In 2021, Mona Franz and Jakob Runge published the sans families Gratimo Grotesk, Gratimo Classic, Grato Grotesk and Grato Classic at Typemates. Consulting on Cyrillic by Ilya Ruderman and Yury Ostromentsky. They write: Grato and Gratimo are a system of typefaces joined by geometry but differing in genre and function. Grato's geometric core is shared by two designs with different terminals and different uppercase proportions to make a Grotesk and a Classic. And, for greater function and economy, both were redrawn for text and interface: Gratimo Grotesk and Gratimo Classic. [...] Grato is a family of two typefaces, modernist Grotesk and the humanist voice of the Geometric Suite Classic. A timeless typeface, it combines a pure, present voice with idiosyncrasy and luxury. Ignoring most calligraphic conventions, Grato is shaped by pure forms, low stroke modulation and square dots that contrast with almost perfect circles. Grato Classic pursues the classical proportions of early British geometric typefaces, while Grotesk inherits the industrial logic of early German ones. The result is a family of quirks and clarity, a substantial family for identity and editorial work. Grato includes a spectrum of nine weights, from fine hairlines to super heavy blacks.

    Runge's corporate custom typefaces include Lenbach Grotesk (2014).

    Klingspor link. Dafont link. Behance link for Runge. (old) link to 26pus zeichen. Jakob Runge's home page. Behance link for Typemefonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typerider

    Creator at FontStruct in 2008 of the Balder family (heavy rounded), Rooftiler (experimental), Staccato Swash Caps (experimental), Peghole (+Wide), Carpetknife, Atomic Scissors, Safehouse (stencil), Kraakhaas (dirty stencil), Tyrone, BOP Closer (kitchen tile), BOP Carré (kitchen tile). Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typesgal

    Hungarian designer of commercial fonts (from 2012 onwards, as Typesgal), located in Puspokhatvan, Hungary:

    • Bar D (2012). A geometric sans serif.
    • BarQ (2012). A geometric sans family.
    • Yerninde (2012), a softened blackletter, and its grunge version, Varaninde (2012).
    • Dirnaith (2012, grungy army stencil), Roth Dirnaith (2012), and Laden Dirnaith (army stencil). Awery (2012) is a more civil stencil face.
    • Blood and Blade (2012). A gothic blackletter pair of typefaces.
    • Carannorov (2012). Followed by the spurred version called Sigil (2012).
    • Miog (2012). A hand-printed typeface.
    • Coire Italic (2012). A cursive script.
    • Lissain (2013). A decorative pair of Bodoni typefaces.
    • Selya (2013). A calligraphic script.
    • Ganton (2013). A fat didone.
    • Carten (2013). A retro signage script.
    • Ranyeski (2014, Cyrillic simulation).
    • Trumpit (2014).
    • Litoland (2014). Based on texts of old American litographic maps from the 1920s.
    • Arellion (2015). A pearly script typeface.
    • Elley (2015). A signage script.
    • Doriel (2016).
    • Sewstain (2018).

    Dafont link for Typesgal. Facebook link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    TypeType
    [Ivan Gladkikh]

    Prolific Russian designer (b. 1986) whose real name is Ivan Gladkikh and working alias is Jovanny Lemonad . Jovanny lives in St. Petersburg. From 2003 until 2008, he studied audovisual engineering at The Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications. In the early part of his career, most of his typefaces were free. In 2013, he set up the commercial type foundry TypeType. Most of his typefaces cover both Latin and Cyrillic.

    His typefaces include Scada Sans Two (2009), Furore (2009, octagonal), Fontin Sans Cyr (2009, the Cyrillic version of Jos Buivenga's Fontin Sans), Metro (2009, constructivist), Dited (2009, dot matrix: free), Days and Days One (2009, sans), and the attractive display typefaces Otscookie (2009, geometric and experimental), 20db (2008, high-contrast titling with didone features), Cuprum (2006-2012: a free sans family) and Molot (2008, with Roman Yershov). In 2008, he added to this list the grunge or handwriting typefaces FFUPuzzle, London (designed with Olga Kozlova) and Neucha (hand-printed), as well as the modern black display typeface 20db. Together with Eric Lebedco, he created the organic typeface Philosopher (2008). In 2006, he cooperated on the rounded Cyrillic typeface ZopaCyr. With Oleg Zhuravlev, he created the octagonal family Bender (2009, award winner at Paratype K2009). Creator of the corporate type family Ice and Flame (2009), an organic typeface based on Philosopher.

    CDMA (2010) is a rounded sans for corporate use. Nixie One (2011) is a free thin typewriter style face. Yeseva One (2011, as in "yes, Eva, bring me another beer") is a free ornamental serif face. Numans (2011) is a free wide sans face. https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Numans">Google download.

    Creations from 2012 include the frees typeface Oranienbaum (an antiqua created with Oleg Pospelov). He produced the free font Prosto (2012), which was designed by Pavel Emelyanov [see also Google Web Fonts]. Russo One (2012, Google Web Fonts) is a macho sans. Stalin One (2012) is a constructivist typeface co-designed with Alexey Maslov---it is free at Google Web Fonts.

    Typefaces from 2013: Imperial One (a free constructivist font based on the corporate font for the game role playing game The Mandate), Underdog (angular), Supermolot (an extension of his 2008 typeface Molot, a modern techie square grotesk with elements of Soviet style; extended in 2015 to TT Supermolot (by Olexa Volochay), in 2016 to TT Supermolot Condensed, and in 2018 to TT Supermolot Neue, by Roman Ershov, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Ivan Gladkikh and the TypeType Team).

    In 2014, TypeType published TT Slabs (followed in 2015 by Olexa Volochay's TT Slabs Condensed), TT Drugs (by Nadyr Rakhimov, Phill Nurullin and Olexa Volochay: followed in 2015 by TT Drugs Condensed), TT Souses (hand-drawn sans family geared towards children's books and village design applications), TT Prosto Sans (followed in 2016 by Olexa Volochay's TT Prosto Sans Condensed), TT Rounds (a basic rounded sans typeface family by Olexa Volochay and Nadyr Rakhimov), TT Days Sans (TypeType: a pro version of his free font Days), TT Squares (an octagonal typeface family; see also TT Squares Condensed, 2016, by Olexa Volochay), TT Russo Sans), and TT Rounds Black.

    Typefaces from 2015: Free Ride, TT Compotes (a series of handcrafted typefaces), Hitch Hike (handcrafted typeface co-designed with Annastasia Samsonova), Accuratist (a hisper font by Jovanny Lemonad and Elena Shkerdina), Dita Sweet (a free art deco typeface co-designed by Ksenia Semirova and Jovanny Lemonad), TT Marks (a sign painting typeface family), TT Firs (a Scandinavian cold sans family, expanded in 2018 as TT Firs Neue by Philipp Nurullin and Ivan Gladkikh), Eleventh Square (art deco by Evgeny Tarasenko), TT Rounds Condensed, TT Books Script (a fifties style script), TT Crimsons (for short and emotional inscriptions), TT Masters (signage type), TT Inters (a great rhythmic script font), Frenchpress, TT Chocolates (a geometric grotesque with art deco hints), TT Bluescreens (30-style condensed sans family for movie trailers), TT Directors (designed for movie titling and trailers).

    Typefaces from 2016: TT Lovelies Script, TT Chocolates Condensed (by Olexa Volochay), TT Bells (an old style typeface family based om broad nib pens; by Nadyr Rakhimov and Olexa Volochay), TT Walls (a wall menu script family), TT Lakes (54 fonts in all; by Olia Leykina and Olexa Volochay), TT Corals (with Olexa Volochay: humanist sans typeface family), Bristol (children's hand), TT Octas (octagonal style, by Olexa Volochay), TT Teds (a narrow geometric sans family), TT Blushes (brush script), Romochka (handcrafted), TT Coats (a handcrafted antiqua), Bully (with Aigul Gilmutdinova), TT Rabbits (ten handcrafted typefaces for children's books, with substyles April, Bro, Chilli, Dummy, Elf, Fatso, Goody, Hyper, Idol, Junior), Suwikisu (free African-themed typeface based on a design by Egor Myznik), TT Moons (a condensed serif family), TT Cottons, Matias (by Vitaliy Tsygankov and Jovanny Lemonad), TT Pines (a sans based on paper cutouts).

    Typefaces from 2017: TT Backwards (an experimental script and grotesque font family inspired by the typographic scenery in the USSR in the late 70s and early 80s; by Tanya Cherkiz, Sergey Kotelnikov, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team), TT Knickerbockers, TT Polls (modern modular slab serif inspired by American sports graphics; by Olexa Volochay, Tanya Cherkiz and Nadyr Rakhimov, TT Norms (by Nadyr Rakhimov and Olexa Volochay), TT Berlinerins (Script, Sans: based on vernacular type in Berlin, the sans emulates wood type), TT Milks, TT Pubs (didone; +Stencil), TT Limes (23 handcrafted typefaces, from Sans, to Slab and Dingbats), TT Hazelnuts (display sans).

    He also has a lively type blog (in Russian).

    Typefaces from 2018: Ivan Gladkikh and Pavel Emelyanov, with the technical assistance of Marina Khodak, Vika Usmanova and Nadyr Rakhimov, designed TT Commons. TT Commons is a universal sans family originally created for the branding and in-house use of TypeType, but it was finally released due to many requests. In 2018, Sofia Yasenkova, Philipp Nurullin, and Vika Usmanova designed the modern serif TT Tricks at TypeType. TT Tricks has many stencil styles. Still in 2018, Ivan Gladkikh, Alexander Kirillov, Philipp Nurullin, Vika Usmanova, Marina Khodak, and Nadyr Rakhimov published TT Severs. The TT Rounds family was reworked in 2018 into TT Rounds Neue by Ivan Gladkikh, Philipp Nurullin and the TypeType Team. At the end of 2018, TypeType published TT Supermolot Neue (Roman Ershov, Marina Khodak, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Ivan Gladkikh and the TypeType Team).

    In 2019, Pavel Emelyanov and Ivan Gladkikh released the 20-style geometric sans typeface TT Hoves, which is intended for use in architecture, design, industry, science, astronomy, drawing, high tech, research, space and statistics.

    Typefaces from 2021: TT Commons Classic (a 24-style geometric sans by Ivan Gladkikh, the TypeType Team, Pavel Emelyanov and Marina Khodak; it includes two variable fonts).

    Alternate URL. Behance link---on Behance, he uses the name Ivan Gladkikh. Fontsquirrel link. Google font directory link. Klingspor link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Old home page. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typeverything
    [Andrei Robu]

    Andrei Robu is a super-artist, award-winning photographer, art director, illustrator, type designer and rising star based in Barcelona. Andrei started freelancing ca. 2002 shortly landing clients like Sprite and Coca-Cola. In 2006 he became Chief Graphic Designer at Leo Burnett, Bucharest, Romania. In 2008 he joined Acme as a managing partner and design director. After three and a half years he left Acme and started his own practice. In 2014 he relocated to Barcelona where he works together with his partner Andreea Robescu. During his career he founded a few platforms for promoting other talents: Designers Go To Heaven (2009-2017), Calligraphica (2012-2017), Typeverything (2011).

    Andrei creates key visuals for branding, packaging, events and artist collections. He has worked with clients such as Adobe, Apple, Bloomberg, Nike, Jordan Brand, Stella Artois, Dailies, Fenwick London, Mastercard, Vodafone, VISA Epos, Coca-Cola, ESPN Magazine, Billboard, Wired, The Golden Globes, Exxon, Toyota, Hiscox.

    In 2011, he set up Typeverything in Barcelona. Typeverything features Andrei Robu's typefaces as well as those of other type designers such as Cahya Sofyan, Felipe Calderon, Natanael Gama, Adam Fathony, Matteo Broillet, Simon Walker, Drew Melton, Jason Carne, Lewis McGuffie, and Fer Cozzi.

    In his early type designs, we find extraordinary colored geometric experimental typefaces made in 2007 such as Idea, Trick Fun, Trick Squared, Trick (wow!).

    In 2009, he made Bs, Merci, Metropolis, Origami, and Think. In 2011, this was followed by Funky. These early typefaces are not featured in his foundry, Typeverything.

    His commercial typefaces:

    • Berry (2022). A seven-style+variable font family that oozes mischief and flexes its muscles.
    • Boldoni (2021). A fat face family.
    • Bourbon St (2020). A flashy experimental Marilyn-Monroe-just-walked-into-the-room kinda typeface.
    • Brule (2020). A throwback to the larger-is-better 1970s.
    • Champ (2021, by Cristi Bordeianu and Andrei Robu). A starkly incised display typeface family ranging from fashionable ultra-heavy to a flared thin. It includes a variable font as well.
    • Choco or Robu Choco Script (2017). An upright signage script.
    • Cottonhouse (2019). A Victorian typeface Cottonhouse by Andrei Robu, Kevin Cantrell and Arlo Vance.
    • Deia (2021). Advertized as a 7-weights bracketed serif that will do wonders on packaging projects.
    • Faroe (2022). A 7-style+variable font: a contemporary take on the art-nouveau period.
    • Fat Stencil Numerals (2016).
    • Fitzroy Display (2014). This art deco typeface was co-designed with Kevin Cantrell for the Fitzroy Condos in New York.
    • Flako Stencil.
    • Friseur. A supermarket script based on the 18th-century English roundhand.
    • Graf (2021). A very bold display and poster typeface that livens up the show with strategic ink traps.
    • Kitsune (2015). A thin connected script typeface published at The Designers Foundry. Re-released in 2019 by Typeverything.
    • Loggia (2020). A fashion mag typeface.
    • Loto Sans (2021). A geometric sans family.
    • Marques (2020). A luxurious display font.
    • Misfits (2018). A blackletter typeface.
    • Mochi (2021). An 8-style display sans with pointy terminals.
    • Motorino (2016). A connected retro script typeface.
    • Mr. Banks (2019) and Mr. Banks Serif (2020). Mr Banks is a stencil font.
    • Palace (2022). Based on vintage luggage labels from The Belle Époque (1890-1910).
    • Raval. A blackletter.
    • Roa Display. An angular and angry wedge serif.
    • Robu Bold. A retro signage script typeface originally created in 2010. Released in 2015 at The Designers Foundry. Re-released in 2019 at Typeverything.
    • Robu Grotesk (2017).
    • Robu Display (2017). In the fat didone genre.
    • Robu Stencil (2017).
    • Sharpie Pro (2020). A vernacular marker pen font.
    • Sports Numerals or Robu Sports Numerals (2017).
    • Vance Serif (2018). With Kevin Cantrell. They write: Vance Serif began as a proprietary typeface for Clayton Vance Architecture. Inspired by classical Roman architecture and proportions, Vance burgeoned from geometric angles and slants to decorative swashes and serifs to give life and nuance; architecture vivified by the human persona.
    • Writer (2022). A graffiti font.
    • Zufo (2017). A great children's book or comic strip typeface family.

    Subpage with more experimental type. Flickr page. Behance link. Behance link for Typeverything. Old web site. Typeverything link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typia Nesia
    [Arief Setyo Wahyudi]

    Aka Fitriyawan Runsell, Arief Setyo Wahyudi founded Typia Nesia in 2016. Malang, Indonesia-based designer of the brush signage script typefaces Marjei Display (2016), Riverhack (2016), Bhatoshine (2016), Bellatiez (2016, dry brush), Sinisuka (2016), Hello Lary (sic) (2016), Hilary Room (2016, renamed later to Hello Lary?) and SokaQola (2016).

    Other typefaces from 2016 include Glorynight (octagonal), Maqin Larisa, the calligraphic script fonts Rinstonia (almost like handwriting), Glorydays and Illusias, Revalina (grungy), and the vintage typefaces Asbak Display and Stangbunder.

    Typefaces from 2017: Little Ballerina, Authentic Monoline, Betarisa, Elsagars, Glorydays, Queenland, Pinarak (brush), Bigbroade, Quashar, Hamline (a monoline signature script), Zailayard, Sidaghis, Illusias (calligraphic), Aziya, Shelafisa, Selesia Heart, Moolrys, Glorynight, Whimsy, Rhaikane (monoline script), Dabrush (dry brush), Sheilazain (a free calligraphic script), Magehand (signage script), Meshitara (connected script), Autorich Sans, Aurellia (textured script font), The Historia (brush script), Quashar (grungy), Kaiya Land (dry brush font), Biolatesha (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Historea (dry brush), Quashar, Houstander Allcaps, The Historia (heavy brush style), Sandbrush (a dry brush script), The Real Magazine (brush style), Single Brand, Lazy Quotes, Indie Fest, Alisheader, Houstander, Herdrey (calligraphic), Beshiny, Fantica, Riotiks, Outerlord, Antique.

    Typefaces from 2019: Aesthetic White, Aurellia Vintage, AvailaBrush, Jokelaws, KaiyaLand Brush, Mark the Date, Meshitara Elegant, Riverhack Brush, Runtoys (a children's book font), Sinisuka Logo, Availa Brush (free), Dream Beach (script).

    Typefaces from 2020: Advander Display Serif, Amaryllis Sans, Athetic Bold Script, Avaboca (a black condensed sans), Cageworld, Campfire (slab serif), Castand, Costigue (a hipster typeface), Crush Tease, Deltory (a stencil slab serif), Distropica, Great Dome Allcaps, Loemintoe, Luxury Quality, Magnetico Italic Sans, Maquire, Math & Risk, Nicolatte (a monospaced slab serif), Noiseware, Portway Stencil Serif, Qualivite Serif, Quartage Serif, Slabien Slab Serif, Sunnyside Rough Sans, TN Rosemary, Tarquile, Vanelope, Zoonaji, Athetic.

    Typefaces from 2021: Castilon (a warm display serif), Angle Coast (an expressive hipster serif), Archane, Astrovans Retro, Baby Sunday, Beachy Italic, Bella Queta serif, Birds&Home, Blisstwin, Chaostic, Codeca One, Faltige Slab Serif, Fast and Cure Serif, Ghapter Sans (a hipster typeface), Gilsock Sans, Glamode, Gold and Queen, Grand Matilda, Greatwoods, Gunstand, Helena Bloom, Jazzbury, Kingdom (a garalde), Knock Out (a sports font), Lumaneon, Luxury Quality Script, Magehand Logo Font, Mighty Wings, Milk and Wild, Mutone, Neomarket, Palmour, Pottery Gifts Sans, Quatera (a 10-style serif), Quatest Thin Italic, Quickwar Display Sans, Quitewave, Quite Word, Quotesa Sans (a thin stylish sans), Rosemode (a serif typeface based on Trajan), Roystorie, Scripter (a typewriter font), Shigatsu Italic Serif, Sporadic (a bold sports sans), Squiver (techno), TN Rosemary Font Duo, Vaulto (a wide bold sans), Westbake Sans, Wondermind.

    Creative Market link. Behance link. Another Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    TYPO
    [Krzysztof Kochnowicz]

    TYPO, or Sign and Typography Studio in English, was founded by Krzysztof Kochnowicz, b. 1955. Kochnowicz started teaching in 1989 at the State College of Fine Arts (now Academy of Fine Arts) in Poznan, Poland. His typefaces include Sylwia (a modern serif), Corner (pixelish), Jeweler (3d face), and Pricker. He created Anatol MN (1965, Mecanorma), a futuristic-looking stencil face. MyFonts link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typodermic
    [Ray Larabie]

    Ray Larabie (b. 1970, Ottawa, Canada) ran Typodermic in Mississauga, ON, which opened in the Fall of 2001. In 2006, it moved to Vancouver, BC, and in 2009 it moved on to Nagoya, Japan. Dafont page. Ray Larabie has been making fonts since 1996, but those early fonts were freeware. His pre 2001 fonts are grouped under the label Larabie Fonts. In 2001, he set up Typodermic. Latest additions.

    The Typodermic fonts:

    • 2022: Biphoton (a monospaced sans with the same proporions as Letter Gothic 12), Valve (an industrial muffler shop font), Deception (a sub-pixel typeface with ten captivating effects---Deception Array (wide blocks), Deception Bars (text viewed through lenticular glass), Deception Blocks (as in heavy JPEG degradation), Deception Diamonds, Deception Lines (for a grayscale effect), Deception Particles, Deception Plusses, Deception Process (simulates grayscale LCD text or a thermal printer on the fritz), Deception Scanline (television picture tube text rendering), Deception System (1-bit dithering gone haywire)), Monofonto (a monospaced sans), Encercle Draft (permitting users to create numbers in borders), Encercle Sans, Heavy Heap (a groovy psychedelic typeface with a scorching look, reminiscent of 1960s hot-rod culture and die-cast toy vehicles), Ggx89 (a 48-style tightly spaced Swiss style sans family).
    • 2021: Quadrillion (a 12-style rounded monoline sci-fi family), Mochon (a wall writing or chalk font based on the lettering of Donald Mochon, dean of the RPI School of Architecture until 1966; the Mochon samples were provided by an ex-student of Mochon, Karl A. Petersen), Steelfish Hammer (a subtly rustic version of Larabie's most popular typeface, Steelfish), Wavetable (sci-fi), Xyzai (an LED emulation font, described by Ray Larabie as a hardcore, Y2K-style techno typeface), Geoparody (a 12-style squarish typeface inspired by a late 1960s font called Anonymous), Typewriter Spool (122 fonts, modeled after the Underwood No. 5 typewriter font).
    • 2020: Gravtrac (a 56-style condensed to crushed slab serif family inspired by mid-twentieth century classics like Univers 59 Ultra-Condensed, Helvetica Inserat and Compacta; +Greek, +Cyrillic), Vinque Antique (a rustic handcrafted blackletter in eight styles).
    • 2019: Dealerplate (17 license plate styles for various states and provinces in the USA and Canada, current as of 2019; included are California, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Missouri, Washington, North Carolina, Virginia, Quebec, and Ontario), Kenyan Coffee Stencil, Good Timing, Steelfish Rounded, Bitcrusher (a consumer electronics / techno font), Galderglynn 1884 (a nineteenth-century style sans-serif typeface that exp[ands his Galderglynn Esquire).
    • 2018: Cybermontage, Crack Man (a pac man font), Propaniac (a 1980s-style postmodern typeface inspired by a Pointer Sisters record sleeve which was designed by Shoot That Tiger Creative Services), Zelega Zenega, Spectrashell.
    • 2017: Minicomputer (MICR style), Squirty, PCTL9600, PCTL4800 (retro techno), Ultraproxi (semi-monospaced and influenced by the high speed computer printers from the 1950s to 1970s), Toxigenesis (techno sans), Venus Rising, Vanchrome (a compact sans-serif headliner with chromatic layers), Krait (a layered geometric typeface designed for architectural display), Xylito (a layered font for chromatic or 3d effects).
    • 2016: Refuel (octagonal, based on military aircraft markings), Expressway Soft (a sans-serif font family inspired by the U.S. Department of Transportation's FHWA Series of Standard Alphabets, also known as Highway Gothic), Conthrax (squarish, techno), Cornpile (cartoonish), Electric, Evensong (art deco), Fledgling (a very tall typeface), Gymkhana (sans), Remissis (sans), Sunday Evening (a reverse contrast typeface), Meloche (Meloche is a unique grotesque sans-serif typeface influenced by hand-painted French signs of the late nineteenth century. It's available in 7 weights and obliques).
    • 2015: Canada 150 (a custom font for the Canadian government; see here, here, this coverage regarding the Inuktitut part of the font, and this reaction by the curmudgeons in Toronto who complain that Ray did this work for free), Autoradiographic (sans family), Built Titling (for compact headlines), Chickweed Titling (cartoon titling font), Cardigan Titling (flared headline face), Bench Grinder Titling, Kleptocracy Titling, Palamecia Titling (rounded black comic book typeface), Quasix Titling, Galderglynn Titling (all caps sans family from hairline to black), Mixolydian Titling, Stormfaze (a sci-fi font started in 1996 and finished in 2015), NK57 Monospace (a 60-style programmer typeface), Gargle, Athabasca (a sans family designed for the rugged Canadian oil patch).
    • 2014: Mesmerize (a large free sans family), Kingsbridge (a large slab serif family with sharp points on the A, M, N, V and W), Manbow (a layered geometric art deco display font which includes solid, clear, stripe, polka-dot and screen patterns), Breamcatcher (an all caps art deco font inspired by the piano sheet music for With Every Breath I Take which was featured in the Bing Crosby/Kitty Carlisle musical comedy film, Here is my Heart), Kilsonburg (Dutch deco based on an old Vogue magazine cover), Uchiyama (poster typeface), Goldsaber (art deco design), Vexler Slip (unicase), Rakesly, Dacquoise, Pretender, Rimouski (a rounded geometric font family), Nulshock (techno), Recharge (techno/industrial font), Interrogator Stencil, Strange Alphabets (arts and cratfs font), Angerpoise Lampshade (free).
    • 2013: Numbers With Rings, Shookup (funky cartoon font), Pastrami on Rye (cutout comic book style), Chickweed, Built (a condensed headline sans), Fluctuation (a softly rounded elliptical sans family), Astrochemistry (sci-fi, techno with rounded edges), Snasm (sci-fi).
    • 2012: Engebrechtre (2000-2012), Die Nasty (1999-2012: free), Strasua (1999-2012), Planet Benson (1997-2012), Husky Stash (1998-2012), Barbatrick (1999-2012: a speed emulation font), Zero Hour (1997-2012), Urkelian (1998-2012: very condensed), Zolasixx (inspired by the video game Zaxxon), Ampacity (neon font), Chromakey (a space deco headline font inspired by box art classic video games including Matrix Marauders and Magical Chase), Disassembler (1980s style bitmap font), Zerbydoo (a dot matrix family), Superego (a geometric-techno font inspired by the cabinet graphics for the 1981 Stargate arcade game), Rukyltronic (a set of dot matrix typefaces), Nerdropol (pixel family), Gulkave (rounded pixel font), Cyclopentane, Palamecia (a fat finger poster face), Gameness (a 1990 retro industrial deco font), Camulogen (headline face), Color Basic (a pixel typeface inspired the by TRS-80 Color Computer), Triac Seventy One (a funky face), Acroyear (retro all-caps headline font), Troll Bait, Strenuous (unicase), Permanence (a retro=futuristic font based on Alvin Toffler's cover of Future Shok, 1970), Clockpunk (octagonal and quaint), Battlemaze (trekkie face), Mixolydian (industrial sans).
    • 2011: Ugocranis (a brutalist typeface), Clipwave, Wheaton (MICR-inspired), Mango Scribble, TRS Million (dot matrix face), Ugogranis (constructivist), Gomoku (paper cut face), From The Internet.
    • 2010: Cranberry Gin (2010, octagonal), Restore (all caps, geometric sans), From The Stars (an elliptical techno family done with Chikako Larabie), Thrusters (space age face), Dream Orphanage, Dream Orphans (2000-2012), Kengwin (rounded slab serif), Gleaming The Cube (Greek simulation face), Vectipede (a slab serif family), Great Escape (an elliptical sans family), Subrocs (connected script), Hackensack (with Chikako Larabie), Polarband (bilined stackable headline face), Naked Power, Special Forces (a great macho slab serif headline face---watch for awards to roll in), Warugaki (handpainted), Warmer, Honfleur (art deco; with Chikako Larabi), Voivode (a headline typeface done with Chikako Larabie), Hachimitsu (Asian look face, done with Chikako Larabie), Kadeworth (rounded retro look sans, done with Chikako Larabie), Gnuolane Jump (2010, with Chikako Larabie), Markerfield (brush), Board of Directors (Bank Gothic style family, done with Chikako Larabie), GGX88 (a Swiss sans family), Body Goat, Reversal, Gord (techno), Computechnodigitronic (LED, LCD geek-look font), Bench Grinder, Inklea (a bubbly face), Skygirls (retro brush script), Gloss (a paint brush typeface based on Champion, 1957, G.G. Lange), Galderglynn Esquire.
    • 2009: Maqui (an industrial headline sans family), Zingende (art deco family: caps only), Misadventures, Gaz (large retro sans family), Acrylic Brush, Enamel Brush (a digitization of Catalina, 1955, Emil J. Klumpp), DDT (neutral sans), Thump (fat, casual), Desperate Glamour, Pricedown (an update of his free 1990s font, patterned after the lettering on The Price Is Right show), Mitigate (monoline and slabbed; has some typewriter styles), Catwing, Walken (slab serif stencil), Silicone (soft rounded sans family), Movatif (sans), Gunplay (a stencil family inspired by the poster for the 1972 Steve McQueen/Ali MacGraw film The Getaway), Fragile Bombers (octagonal), Forgotten Futurist (techno sans, 19 styles), Bullpen (slab serif), Coolvetica (35 styles), Duality, Good Times, Strenuous, Shlop (paint-drip style), Dirty Baker's Dozen (stencil), Junequil (VAG Rounded style), Owned (graffiti), Domyouji, Threefourtysixbvarrel (stencil), Enacti, Uniwars (futuristic, 16 styles).
    • 2008: Madawaska (a rugged slab serif), Ebenezer (grunge), Gnuolane Stencil, Raincoat, Report School (avant garde sans), Jesaya, Carouselambra (art nouveau), Debusen (rounded), Barge (military font), Renju (2008, potato or rubber stamp print face), Otoboke (handlettered), Hit (informal hand), R6 D8 (futuristic sans family), Rexlia (an octagonal machinistic family), Hybrea (a display sans with TV screen rounding), Sweater School, Tussilago (2008, a neutral sans family), Presicav (extended sans), Hover Unit, Addlethorpe (grunge), Scheme (rounded sans), Usurp (bouncy poster lettering), Negotiate (technical sans family), Divulge, Sewn, Gnoulane (condensed sans), Moja, Teeshirt (old typewriter face), Pound (art deco marries grunge), Graveblade (heavy metal font), Synthemesc (psychedelic anti-Starbucks font), Chysotile (white on black grunge), Cardigan (sans), Gurkner (balloon style), Reagan (grunge).
    • 2007: Tight (a copy of Dean Morris's 1976 Letraset chrome font Quicksilver), Headlight, Meloche (a 3-style grotesk), Octin Spraypaint (grunge stencil), Octin Vintage (grunge), Bouffant (script), Octin Prison (stencil), Octin Sports (octagonal), Octin College (octagonal, for sports jerseys), Octin Stencil (free octagonal font family), Burnaby Stencil (stencil), Superclarendon, Conceal, Ohitashi, Stud (grunge), Bristles (grunge), Skirt, Cotton (grunge), Kelvingrove (a bit of copperplate gothic, rounded and shaved), Augustine, Containment, Snowa, Veriox, Scrubby, Transmute, Sheaff, Injekuta (techno), Rinse (grunge), Polyflec, Domyouji (square sans), Winthorpe (old style), Cutiful (script), Flyswim (grunge), Dirtstorm (spray-painted stencil), Shnixgun (grunge), Neuzon (grunge), Oxeran (old typewriter), PRINTF (grunge all caps monospaced), Akazan (sans), Nyxali (a metal tag face), Nesobrite (25 styles of Bank Gothic lookalikes), Meloriac (a heavy headline sans inspired by Futura), Walnut (graffiti face), Gnuolane (a narrow superelliptical sans), Edifact (a damaged computer font), Darkheart, Stampoo (squarish), Raymond (rough script), Hayate (oriental look), Telephoto. The entire Octin series is free at DaFont.
    • 2006: Octynaz (grunge), Paltime (ornamented), Jolie Ecriture Desard (children's hand), Mango (comic book face), Desard (child's hand), Bulltoad, Lerku (eroded serif), Charbroiled (also eroded), Ceroxa (eroded stencil), Nagomi (a chiseled-look Asian font based on calligraphy of Chikako Suzuki from Nagoya), Whiterock, Yellande, Chilopod (a futuristic typeface inspired by the logo from the 1980s videogame, Atari Centipede), Order, Goldburg (based on a typeface by George Bowditch, 1957), Laserjerks (2006, brutalist), Milibus (futuristic), Bonobo (serifed), Ohitashi, Sarasori (TV-tube shaped typeface in the style of Oban), Structia (an octagonal family), Betaphid (octagonal), Gendouki (futuristic stencil), Slugger (athletic lettering), Marianas (a gorgeous art deco face), Lineavec (octagonal), Corzinair (serif family), Buxotic (a great caps face), Cinecav X (for closed caption TV and DVD), Salsbury (comic book face), Lonsdale (loosely based on a font called Parkway Script, which was designed by Emil Hirt in 1964), Alepholon (futuristic), Kwokwi, Mikadan (a tribute to Stephenson Blake's Verona from 1948, which was in turn based on William Dana Orcutt's Humanistic from 1904), Marion (2012: a beautiful transitional family adopted as a standard Mac OS X font), Quasix (hookish), Skraype (grunge stencil), Bleeker (casual lettering), Linefeed (monospaced line printer font), Draculon (a casual typeface inspired by the letterforms of William Orcutt's humanist font from 1904 which was in turn based on an Italian manuscript from 1485), Mahavishnu (a mix between 1970s psychedelics and art nouveau), Doradani (a corporate identity sans family), Korotaki (futuristic).
    • 2005: Beat My Guest, Kadonk (a Halloween face), Report (a VAG-Rounded style face), Croteau (a poster face), Heroid (ook face), Barrista (informal script), Wyvern (sans serif), Wubble (like puddles of water), Caryn (casual script), Folder (a rigid sans family), Venacti (a futuristic family), Xenara (a keyboard lettering family), Emory (a destructionist sans family), Ligurino (neat sans&serif family), Biondi (update of Copperplate Gothic; followed in 2010 by Biondi Sans; these copperplate style typefaces are in the style of AT Sackers), Byington (Trajan column lettering), Sayso Chic, Expressway (28 weights, a highway signage family), Algol (pixel type), Meposa (fat display face), Tandelle (condensed), Vigo, Maychurch, Mecheria, Vactic (dot matrix), Zosma, Topstitch, Windpower, Llandru, Soap (a creative extension of Cooper Black, with dingbats), Kleptocracy (1999-2005), Owned, Rimouski (sans), Burnstown Dam (2005, a wooden plank font), Sinzano (sans with opentype ligatures galore; compare, e.g., House Ed Interlock), Zamora.
    • 2004: Affluent, Threefortysixbarrel (stencil face), Tank, Telidon (dot matrix face), Funboy, Neuropol X, Neuropol Nova, Mufferaw (comic book face), Larabiefont, Zekton (techno), Strenuous 3D, Silentina (advertised as "a silent movie font"), Amienne (brush script), Fenwick Outline (free), Betsy Flanagan (1998, a keyboard face), Boopee (children's handwriting), Pirulen (in the general Bank Gothic style), Zalderdash.
    • 2003: Zupiter, Blue Highway.
    • Before 2002: the dot matrix family Telidon, Telidon Ink, Butter Belly, Almonte (1999), the architectural font Jillican (octagonal), Snowgoose, Bomr, Pakenham, Neuropol, Nasalization, Fenwick, Kleptocracy DLX, Sui Generis, Dirty Bakers Dozen (faded stencil), Minya Nouvelle, Asterisp, Chinese Rocks, Jillsville (great artsy Courier), Ulian, Wevli (including Wevli Dingbats), Sappy Mugs (funny mugshots), Sofachrome (1999, inspired by Pontiac car emblems), Eden Mills (1999).

    MyFonts interview. Fontspace link. Fontspring link. Catalog of the typefaces in the Larabie Fonts collection. Klingspor link.

    Catalog of the Typodermic library in decreasing order of popularity. Extensive (large page warning) Typodermic catalog. Font Squirrel link. Creative Fabrica link. Fontsquirrel link. Fontdaily link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typogama
    [Michael Parson]

    Typogama is the personal foundry of Swiss designer Michael Parson (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1979), who published these fonts in 2003 as part of Linotype's Taketype 5 collection: Anlinear LT Std Bold, Anlinear LT Std Light, Anlinear LT Std Regular, Arabdream LT Std (Arabic simulation face), ClassicusTitulus LT Std, Hexatype LT Std Bold, Morocco LT Std, Jan LT Std, Ned LT Std, Pargrid LT Std Cross, Pargrid LT Std Regular, Pargrid LT Std Trash, Piercing LT Std Bold, Piercing LT Std Code, Piercing LT Std Regular, Raclette LT Std.

    Most of Parson's fonts cover both Latin and Cyrillic.

    In 2004, he made Clans (T-26, blackletter) and Boulas (T-26).

    In 2006, he released these at T-26: Boutan (Indic simulation face), Heraldry (dingbats), Palm Icons (dingbats for golf), Wingbat (aircraft dingbats).

    In 2007, still at T-26: Heraldry, Thunderbolt 73 through 76 (from techno stencil to techno sans).

    In 2008, at T26: Ealing (geometric sans family, with a hairline), Bauhau (6 weights), Jane (a rounded sans in 12 weights), Quean, Halja (a modular sharp-edged blackletter with illuminated capitals), Faddish (a high-contrast vogue family), Big Boy (11 styles, a slab family from grunge to regular, accompanied by BigSigns, a hand sign font).

    Fonts from 2010: Tinsel (condensed), Rusty (Latin / Cyrillic constructivist typeface inspired by snowboarding), Vindaloo (+Outline, T26), Kimbo (octagonal slabby family), Cyrus (for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), Calvin (a monoline sans family, +Hairline), Checkpoint (rounded display sans that won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014), Fuera (2011: a bilined typeface, T26).

    In 2013, he published Selecta (an organic rounded sans, T26), Thunderbolt (an octagonal army style typeface family with a military stencil, T-26), Xcetera (2011), Ignorance (an American 19th century style penmanship font), Psalta (an octagonal blackletter typeface), Nadsat (a geometric display sans with some interlocking letters), Cobono (organic sans), Prox (sans face), Zurika (a wonderful crazy script face), Faddish (T26: a fashion mag typeface), Heraldry (T26), Cedi (YWFT: a hand-printed typeface family with huge multi-character ligature set to simulate real handwriting), Tcho (T26: a soft rounded sans family that covers Latin, Thai, Arabic, Greek and other scripts), Dejecta (a striking scratched titling face, T26), Nedo (2011, a bold prismatic display typeface inspired by the work of Nedo Mion Ferrario in Venezuela), Quam (2012, an elliptical sans family), Pictypo (2012, a useful icon typeface).

    In 2014, he updated the interlocking poster display typeface Tinsel (T26---original from 2010) and published the fantastic cartoon / comic book typeface family Bangbang. Siggy (2014) is a funky typeface. Lale (2014), which won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition, uses the opentype features to set up a font system for flowers. Jane (2014) is a rounded sans typeface family. Vulgat (2014) is a vibrant display typeface based on uncial letterforms. Elsuave is a free rounded piano key typeface.

    Typefaces from 2015: Chickenz, Framez, Jackazz, Raubam (free), Martinaz (signage script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Auro (rounded sans), Dejecta (rough and ragged), Apollonius (a swashy didone), Rosengarten (vintage type influenced by Lucian Barnhard), Deleplace (influenced by didones), Furius (Tuscan style).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kurstiva (an informal sans family), Banja (a plump signage script), Bignoy (Wild West, modernized), Kimbo (octagonal), Mensrea (organic sans with beveled, inline, and various layered and graffiti styles), Nibbles (a food truck-inspired dingbat typeface), Huggy (an art nouveau typeface influenced by the work of Heinrich Heinz).

    Typefaces from 2018: Brinnan (a wide sans), Zoltana (a floriated, abll terminal-laden fancy titling typeface), Genesa, Kufin (a free Kufic emulation typeface), Madden (an angry dry brush poster typeface).

    Typefaces from 2019: Ahsing (oriental look font), Convexion (a creamy display typeface), Vidocq (based on 19th century woodcut styles).

    Typefaces from 2020: Fiducia (inspired by the first Swiss banknotes), Gorgonzo (a creamy bold typeface designed for attention grabbing headlines), Thrifty (a clean minimalist sans family).

    Typefaces from 2021: Oildale (an oily and creamy display typeface), Conica (a fine extra bold condensed poster typeface).

    Typefaces from 2022: Xotor (a double-inline or prismatic font with octagonal outlines).

    Behance link. Klingspor link. Hellofont link. MyFonts link.

    View Michael Parson's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typomatic (Swifty Typografix)
    [Ian Swift]

    London based foundry founded in 1998 by Ian Swift (aka Swifty, who started Command (Z) 3 years earlier), offering (for now) 12 Mac type 1 fonts of the funky type. Offering mainly grunge and grunge fonts for money: Coltrane Regular, Dolce Vita, Miles Ahead, Obsolete, Repo-Thin, Bit Normal, Fat Arse, Gunshot (grunge), Keep it Locked, Bear, Cut it Out, Five Point Fuzzy. Emodigi site. Newer releases (2007): Bad Eggs (stencil), Funkadelic, Get Stoked, Positiveldent, Sci-Fi. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typonine
    [Nikola Djurek]

    Typonine was founded in 2005 in Croatia and The Netherlands by Nikola Djurek. Djurek was born in Croatia, and studied in The Netherlands at postgraduate master course Type and Media at Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (2004-2005), he later earned his PhD degree in the graphic and type-design field. Nikola is a partner at Typotheque, and teaches at Art Academy DVK, University of Split and University of Zagreb. He lives in Zabok, Croatia.

    Typotheque link. MyFonts page. Alternate URL. FontShop link. Behance link.

    Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam and at ATypI 2014 in Barcelona. In Amsterdam, he presented a system that weds Latin and Cyrillic scripts. The chronology of his typefaces:

    • 2002. He created the gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous stencil family Jan (T-26), the 4-weight screen font family Makro (T-26), the computer simulation font Bronika, and Escom (T-26).
    • 2003. At Stereo Typehaus, he published the Tribeca, Magasine, Soho and Novella families. At Garagefonts, he published the sans serif family Tera. New fonts being planned then included the serif family Albeka, the octagonal family Hetra, and the sans families Patagonia.
    • 2006. Porta (a 130-weight serif family, now available as DTL Porta: it is advertised as type for the tabloids), Typonine Stencil (or T9 Stencil, aka SeeMore), and Tribeca. At OurType, he published the serif type Amalia (2005-2006).
    • 2007-2008. Tempera Sans, Tempera Biblio, Tempera Rose, Typonine Sans (+Mono, +Hairline, +Condensed), Typonine Stencil, Tesla Dynamo (fat rounded), Sablona, Greta Display (Typotheque), Fedra Display (Typotheque), Brioni Text (Typotheque, a promising slab serif family, with a large number of glyphs), Marlene (book face). Marlene is accompanied by Marlene High, Marlene Stencil and Marlene Display.
    • 2009. Nota. A curvy and very readable sans.
    • 2010. The Plan Grotesque family (Typotheque; +Stencil, Condensed, Condensed Stencil, Italic).
    • 2011. Delvard (Typotheque). This sans family was followed in 2022 by Delvard Serif (Display, Text, Subhead), which has a large x-height and a generous width.
    • 2012. Thema (2012) is a high-contrast display typeface with pointy serifs. With Marija Juza (Babushke Studio, Zagreb) Djurek co-designed Balkan, a Latin / Cyrillic sans / stencil type system that won an award at TDC 2012.
    • 2013: Nocturno (+Display, +Stencil). A play on contrasts. Lumin (for editorial work, including Sans, Sans Condensed and Display subfamilies: see Typotheque). DTL Porta (Text and Display, Dutch Type Library) and DTL Porta News.
    • 2014: Valter (Typotheque). A variable contrast Peignotian sans inspired by pointed-pen writing. Valter won an award in the TDC 2015 Type Design competition.
    • In 2016, Peter Bilak, Nikola Djurek and Hrvoje Zivcic published the Uni Grotesk typeface family at Typotheque. It is based on Grafotechna's 1951 typeface Universal Grotesk, which in turn is based on 1934 design by Vladimir Balthasar. Tremolo (Typotheque, 2015) won an award at TDC 2016.
    • In 2016, Nikola published Bara at Typotheque in three optical sizes, Text, Display and Grande. He writes: Bara is inspired by the carved, incised metal types of the Dutch Golden Age. It is not a historical revival, but a loose interpretation of a typeface found in "The steadfast tin soldier" by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen (Haarlem, published by Spectatorpers in 1992), hand-set by Bram de Does in so-called Schefferletter, also known as Enschedé English-bodied Roman No6. The origins of this historical typeface are unclear, probably dating to early 16th century.
    • Francis Gradient (2016, Typotheque): is a capital-only Sans-serif typeface with with high contrast of thick and thin strokes, ideal for creating strong headlines. Francis draws its inspiration from an early 20th century lettering style often seen in European advertising, but also from the rational geometry that lends a rhythm to the typeface in text. [...] The typeface dynamically increasing or decreasing character widths. These remarkable text patterns are possible because each Gradient style contains 2,690 glyphs that are selected automatically using OpenType's Contextual Alternates feature.
    • Gordian (2017, Typotheque). A monoline rounded sans family with irresistible charm. Followed in 218 by Gordian Knott and Gordian Kapitalen.
    • The Plotter techno superfamily in these styles: Regular, Mono, Hand, Display, Wave, Stencil, Liner, Line Mono, Liner Mono Stencil, Liner Display, Liner Stencil, and Mono Stencil.
    • Diurnal (2017: Text and Display). Diurnal Mono (2022): a humanist monospaced typeface with calligraphic traits.
    • The Brenner superfamily, which comes in Display, Sans, Script, Sans Condensed, Serif, Slab and Mono versions.
    • Murtaugh and Riggs (2020, Typotheque).
    • Tremolo Sans (2020).
    • Maro (2021). A stencil typeface published by Typotheque. It includes a variable font.

    View Typonine's typefaces.

    MyFonts page. Alternate URL. FontShop link. Behance link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typophage
    [Christophe Badani]

    Christophe Badani (b. 1969, Marseilles) is a French type designer. He resides in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. His typefaces:

    • Ambre Script (1999). Based on Carolingian forms.
    • Berto (2000, +Decoration). A digitization of a 1950s Cyrillic simulation typeface by Joseph Bertocchio (1907-1978), which has, in addition, nice ornaments.
    • IndexLT (1998).
    • Romaine.
    • Linotype Rough (1998).
    • Theo.
    • Transilienne.
    • Trevor.
    • Custom fonts: Akerys, Alstom (2007, a sans typeface done with Stephane Gabrielli), BD Asterix (2003-2005), Ciboulette (2006, script done for Auchan), Darty Sans (for Darty; with Stephane Gabrielli), Eurodatacar (2007: a stencil typeface done with Stephane Gabrielli), Fédération Française de Basketball (or FFBB; read about it here), Graphèmes (2007, a sans typeface done with Stephane Gabrielli), Lacoste Sans (2002, for Lacoste; The typophiles find it too close to TheSans), Lancômes (2004, a hairline connected script), Lune de Miel (handwriting, 2002, for YSA; has many alternate double and triple letter combinations, and tries to simulate real handwriting), MAAF, Peugeot (done in 2009 with Stephane Gabrielli), Pimkie, Roland Garros (+Serif) (2015; the stunning family is also called just RG), Seenk (2005, with J.-B. Levée), Sogea, Ubisoft (2003, developed in collaboration with the Seenk agency (design&MixMedia studio) for the video game company Ubisoft: it won the "Trophée d'Or" award at the Intergraphic Congress in Paris in January 2004, and consists of Ubisoft Imagine, Ubisoft Petz, Ubisoft Text, Ubisoft Title One & Ubisoft Title Two), Vinci Sans and Vinci Serif (2007, with Stephane Gabrielli), Weber.
    • Jo (2013). A swashy set of capitals.
    • VTF Mister Pixel and VTF Mister Pixel Tools (2003-2011, at Velvetyne).
    • Elior (2014). A corporate typeface.
    • GACD (2016): custom type.
    • Vinci Script (2016). A custom script for Vinci. The Arabic was designed by Mathieu Réguer.
    • Trends Tag (2016). A custom sans.
    • Eurodatacar (2016). A rounded stencil typeface.
    • Cloche d'Or (2016). Custom all caps alphabets for Minale Design Strategy Brussels. Designed by Christophe Badani (lead), Maha Mouidine, and Léo Guibert. It includes Normal, Hatch, Inline Bright, Inline Dark, Stencil and Outline styles.
    • DS (2017). A didone typeface family for DS Atomobiles. By Serge Cortési and Christophe Badani.
    • Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (2018). A commissioned typeface foor the champagne company--by Christophe Badani and Stéphane Gabrielli.
    • Pllafont (2018). A bespoke typeface for Palladium.

    Christophe runs Typophage, a type activity center. Interview with Planete Typographie. Some of his fonts are also at Typotek. In 2004, he joined Ultra Pixel Fonts, where he made the pixel typeface Mr. Pixel. His historical pages explain about things such as Quadrata (first century roman lettering).

    Dafont link. Klingspor link. FontShop link. Linotype link. Badani's personal site. Behance link. Christophe Badani at Velvetyne. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Typophiles: Serif stencil typefaces

    In the serif stencil genre, the typophiles recommend one free font (Femoralis, Lukas Gerber), and three pay fonts: Dala Floda (Paul Barnes), Typonine Stencil (Nikola Djurek) and Pochoir (Jan Gerner). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Typotheque
    [Peter Bilak]

    Typotheque is an initiative of Peter Bilak and ui42 out of Bratislava (Slovakia), and later, The Netherlands: Typotheque is an Internet-based independent type foundry. It offers quality fonts for PC and Macintosh platforms in standard European character set and in CE (central european) character set. All fonts have full (european) character sets, are thoroughly tested and manually kerned.

    Typotheque also offers its own type utilities: AccentKernMaker and FontAgent. In 2000, with Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak co-founded art and design journal Dot Dot Dot. Along with Andrej Kratky he co-founded Fontstand.com, a font rental platform. Peter is teaching at the Type & Media postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague.

    Free fonts: Remix Typotheque and RaumSüd.

    Commercial fonts: Fedra Sans (2001, 30 weights), Holy Cow (2000), Champollion (2000), Eureka (2000), Eureka Phonetik (2000), Eureka Arrows (2000), Eureka Glyphs (2000), Jigsaw (Light and Stencil, 2000, by Johanna Balusikova), Fedra Mono (2002), Fedra Bitmaps (2002), Fedra Serif (2003, 48 weights, with a characteristic shy female A, toes pointing inwards), Fedra Serif Display (2006) and Fedra Arabic (2006) .

    Greta (2006-2007, Greta Text and Greta Display) is a newspaper type family designed initially for the main Slovak newspaper, SME. Greta Text won an award at TDC2 2007. It is also being used by the Sunday Times (along with Sunday Times Modern by Emtype and Flama by M. Feliciano). Greta Symbol (2012) is a 10-style 1200-glyphs-per-style superfamily of symbols commonly used in newspapers, magazines and online publications. Finally, Greta Mono (by Peter Bilak and Nikola Djurek) saw the light in 2015. Codesigner with Daniel Berkovitz of Greta Sans Hebrew (2015), which won an award at TDC 2016 and was released in 2017. Greta Sans supports Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, Thai and Hangul. Greta Sans was designed by Peter Bilak, produced together with Nikola Djurek. Irina Smirnova designed the Cyrillic version. The Latin part has been published in 2012, the Cyrillic and Greek in 2015. In 2015, Greta Sans was recognised by the Tokyo TDC. The Arabic version was designed by Kristyan Sarkis and published in 2015. Greta Sans Devanagari was published in 2017, designed by Hitesh Malaviya at ITF under the supervision of Satya Rajpurohit. The Thai version was designed by Smich Smanloh from Cadson Demak, and published in 2019. This Hangul version was designed by Sandoll designers Yejin We and Jinhee Kim, and directed by Chorong Kim.

    In 2005, Collins Fedra Sans and Serif were published for use in the Collins dictionaries. A slightly modified version of Fedra Sans is used by the Czech Railways.

    In 2008, Peter Bilak, Eike Dingler, Ondrej Jób, and Ashfaq Niazi created the 21-style family History at Typotheque: Based on a skeleton of Roman inscriptional capitals, History includes 21 layers inspired by the evolution of typography. These 21 independent typefaces share widths and other metric information so that they can be recombined. Thus History has the potential to generate thousands of different unique styles. History 1, e.g., is a hairline sans; History 2 is Peignotian; History 14 is a multiline face; History 15 is a stapler face, and so forth.

    In 2009, Bilak published the extensive Irma (Sans, Slab) family, which includes a hairline. Typotheque's other designer is Johanna Balusikova.

    Collection of over 90 articles on type design by by Stuart Bailey, Michael Bierut, Peter Bilak, Andrew Blauvelt, Erik van Blokland, Max Bruinsma, David Casacuberta, Andy Crewdson, Paul Elliman, Peter Hall, Jessica Helfand, Steven Heller, Roxane Jubert, Emily King, Robin Kinross, Rosa Llop, Ellen Lupton, Martin Majoor, Rick Poynor, Michael Rock, Stefan Sagmeister, and Dmitri Siegel.

    In 2011, he created Julien, a playful geometric display typeface loosely inspired by the early 20th century avant-garde. It is based on elementary shapes and includes multiple variants of each letter. It feels like a mix of Futura, Bauhaus, and geometric modular design.

    Julien (2012) is a playful geometric display typeface loosely inspired by the early 20th century avant-garde.

    Karloff (2012, Typotheque: Positive, Negative, Neutral) is a didone family explained this way: Karloff explores the idea how two extremes could be combined into a coherent whole. Karloff connects the high contrast Modern type of Bodoni and Didot with the monstrous Italians. The difference between the attractive and repulsive forms lies in a single design parameter, the contrast between the thick and the thin. Neutral, the offspring, looks like a slab face. They were made by Peter Bilak, Nikola Djurek and Peter van Rosmalen.

    Lumin (2013) is a family that includes slab-serif, sans serif, condensed and display typefaces, and no attept is made to make them uniform in style.

    Lava (2013) is a magazine typeface originally designed for Works That Work magazine. It was extended to a multilingual workhose typeface family. It as extended in 2021 to Lava 2.0, at which time they added a variable version of Lava that does this size-specific tracking optimization automatically---Typotheque calls it optical spacing. By 2021, Lava covered Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Telugu and Kannada. Typotheque collaborated with type designers Parimal Parmar, who drew the Devanagari; and Ramakrishna Saiteja, who drew Kannada and Telugu companions for Lava Latin, designed by Peter Bilak.

    For Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France, Typotheuqe designed the custom sans typeface Confluence (2014).

    For Buccellati Jewellery and Watches in Milan, Typotheque made the classy sans typeface Buccellati in 2013.

    In 2016, Peter Bilak, Nikola Djurek and Hrvoje Zivcic published the Uni Grotesk typeface family at Typotheque. It is based on Grafotechna's 1951 typeface Universal Grotesk, which in turn is based on 1934 design by Vladimir Balthasar. Noteworthy also is the prismatic style Uni Grotesk Display.

    In 2016, Peter Bilak designed the wayfinding sans typeface family November for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Hebrew. Its rounded version is October. November, co-designed by Peter Bilak, Irina Smirnova and Kristyan Sarkis, won two awards at Granshan 2017. November Stencil was published in 2018.

    The Q Project was conceived in 2016 by Peter Bilak, and published in June 2020. Nikola Djurek produced the Q Shape 01, loosely based on the Edward Catich's basic brush strokes from his book The Origin of the Serif: Brush Writing and Roman Letters. Bilak explains: The Q Project is a game-like [modular] type system that enables users to create a nearly infinite number of variations. Inspired by toys like Lego or Meccano, Q invites you to explore its vast creative space and discover not only new solutions, but also new problems. Q consists of ix uppercase Base fonts and 35 attachments that can be added as individual layers (Q Base and Serifs). It also comes with a variable font with a motion axis (Q Mechanic), as well as three levels of basic shapes that can be combined into new forms (Q Shapes).

    In 2021-2022, Typotheque custom-designed the humanist sans typeface NRK Sans for the Norwegian broadcaster, NRK.

    History won an award at ProtoType in 2016.

    Behance link. Typedia link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Udulffonts (or: www.wil.dk)
    [Torben Wilhelmsen]

    Danish outfit headed by Danish Typographer Torben Wilhelmsen. Free fonts: ufFeet, ufKartoon. Dollar fonts: ufRegule (a sans made in 2001 that is used by the Danish Dietetic Association), ufTenn, ufUdulf, ufDeconstrotic, ufZapZip, wfont. Coorganizer of ATypI in 2001 in Copenhagen. He tried his hand at iFontMaker and made the hand-printed stencil typeface Stenzd (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ufuk Aracioglu
    [Horizon Type (was: Type & Design)]

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    UI Creative
    [Uzma Chaudhry]

    Karachi, Pakistan and/or Yogyakarta, Indonesia-based designer of mostly script or signature typefaces, but also an occasional display sans or serif. Operating under the name Hero, she had published these typefaces by 2020: Absolute Nature, Amanda Vinola, Annie Signature, Armadira, Amanda Signature, Amanda Vinola, Andigo, Bandonde, Beach Front, Britanie, Beasticle, Beringas, Black William, Blade Brotherhood (pointy sderifed), Blue Island, Bodikago, Bourdeway, Broken Mirror, Camptown, Caporion, Camptown, Cardova, Caroline Wilson, Charles Brown, Christopher Lynn, Disc House, Elsa Sayonara, Elysium, Fight Bear, Food Delight, Galapagos, Golden Arrow, Good Summer, Gunman, Handmade Brushes, Head Capital, Headway, Heatwalk (a high contrast brush script), High Monday, Hiro Misake (oriental brush emulation), Honey Pocaline, Kampium, King Helena Script, Legalitere, Light Paprica, Loccomotive Stencil, Marryland, Moor Vantage, Modavina, Monggoland, Monilea, Monzana, Moongarz, Morigana Brush, Nandia, Neogordon, Neoradical, Nineland, North Forest, Oregon Point, Palomas Casual, Paperbreak, Proxon Sans, Quick Junior, Quinn Marriott, Raymond Caroline (a signature script), Redmond Fashion, Rich Rebecca, Right Signature, Rockbubble Sans, Rogertone, Rose Marine, Royal Kingsman, Saint Capital, Samantha Brandon, Signcore Sans, Spice Wallet, Storystone (a display serif), Strongvilla, Valibrush, Velodrome (stencil), Vertilaser, View Vacation, Volacrome Sans, Warangga, Washington, Watch Quinn, Wolfstar, Wolington, Yosamint, Yosarosa.

    Typefaces from 2021: Derojela (a swashy decorative serif), Marfanco (a spurred vintage typeface).

    Typefaces from 2022: Avoidance Genevra (a 9-style sans), Calton Hosvesk (a sans with stabbed gyphs), Flagoria Calintha (a display serif), Gabiant (a 9-style sans), Govandi Adhiwan (a 9-style sans), Walkie Valkyrie (a 9-style serif), Gardena Quanto (a 9-style display serif). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    ULGA Type (was: Creative Goats)
    [Michael Gills]

    Michael Gills is a British calligrapher and graphic and type designer. He founded Creative Goats in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, and later set up ULGA Type. He worked first at Letraset (1988-1995) where he made typefaces such as Charlotte and Charlotte Sans, Elysium, Gilgamesh, Fling, Forkbeard, Frances Uncial, Isis, Katfish, Prague and Type Embellishments. He is currently an art director at The Folio Society: Book publishers, London. His fonts:

    • ITC Iris (1990). A tall condensed all caps typeface.
    • Elyseum Book (1992), originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC.
    • Charlotte Book and Charlotte Sans (1992), originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC.
    • Figural Book (1992; art direction by Colin Brignall; based on a typeface of Oldrich Menhart), originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC.
    • Isis (1990, Letraset, then ITC). An open inline all caps typeface.
    • Katfish (1994, Letraset, then ITC). An angular script typeface.
    • Prague (1991, Letraset, sold by ITC; based on a typeface of Oldrich Menhart).
    • Fling (1995), an upright connected script originally published at Letraset, but now an ITC font. Recently used for Martha Stewart's Blueprint magazine.
    • Gilgamesh Book (1994), Gilgamesh Book Italic, Gilgamesh Medium, Gilgamesh Bold, all originally at Letraset, now sold by ITC. Plus Gilgamesh Titling (Fontek).
    • Spidercave (Fontek).
    • Type Embellishments Three (with Martin Wait, 1994, originally at Letraset, later at ITC). With Colin Brignall, Type Embellishments One (1993) and Type Embellishments Two (1993).
    • Forkbeard (Letraset, then ITC).
    • Frances Uncial (1995, Letraset).
    • Avalanche Script (originally from Letraset).
    • Rahere Sans (2019), a humanist sans with little contrast. He explains: Way back in 1992 I designed my first sans serif, Charlotte Sans, and although it was relatively successful, I was never really satisfied with the end result: not enough weights & italics, a small character set, lack of accented characters, and my design skills were still in their infancy. Whilst Rahere shares many common elements with Charlotte Sans, it is much more than just a reworking; it represents over 20 years of accumulated knowledge and experience as a designer. In 2021, he released the flared lapidary typeface Rahere Roman Display, which pays homage to Berthold Wolpe's Albertus. In 2022, he added the gothic version Rahere Esoteric and in 2022 Rahere Sans Inline.
    • Agatized Informal (2020). A rough-edged stencil typeface with chunky letterforms and tight spacing. Accompanied by Agatized Formal (2020).
    • Ulga Grid (2020). A modular, monospaced typeface reminiscent of the old Letraset LCD and Quartz typefaces from the 1970s and 1980s.
    • Steel Grrrder (2021). A 12-style industrial strength stencil family. Followed by Steel Grrrder Script (2021), Steel Grrrder Groove (2021) and Steel Grrrder Nutjob (2021).

    FontShop link. Klingspor link.

    View Michael Gills's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Ulrich Planer
    [Ulrich Vinyl]

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    Ulrich Vinyl
    [Ulrich Planer]

    Ulrich Vinyl (Ulrich Planer) is the German creator of the playful fat poster stencil typeface Stefffont (2011).

    In 2012, he made the free fonts Fresh to Death, Vintage Denim and Ulbricht (a stylish art deco family that includes a blackboard bold).

    In 2013, he created Brasilcao (a modular round techno face) and Gardanio (display face).

    In 2021, he released these typefaces at Kernclub: Golden Trail (a Western font), Kern Hotel.

    At his web site called Typewatching, one can find many nice examples of found and vernacular type. Dafont link. YWFT link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ULTRA

    ULTRA designed the beveled stencil face Ultra (2010). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Ultra Types
    [Joan Ramon Pastor Rovira]

    Wete, or Wete Cacahuete, or Joan Ramon Pastor Rovira, or Juanra Pastor, or Juanra Wete Pastor, is a Barcelona-based graphic and type designer, b. 1984. He set up Ultra Types in 2012.

    Typefaces created by him include the useless monstrosity called Combo (2009), the hand-printed Deibi (2009, free), the text typeface Alba Serif (2010), and the fantastic geometric/mathematical caps face Roke 1984 (2010).

    TP Duro (2011) is a blackletter typeface inspired by an Albrecht Dürer design from 1525. It was published in 2019 at Vette Letters in cooperation with Martin Lorenz: VLNL TpDuro. Favela (2011) is a free tattoo face.

    In 2012, he designed an experimental / futuristic set of numbers for a Yorokobu magazine section called Numerografia. Still in 2012, he created the Alexander Grotesk typeface family (which can be bought at Ten Dollar Fonts), and Ut One (modular, arc-based).

    In 2013, he designed the sans typeface Reefont Condensed on commission for Reebok [under the creative direction of Manuel Lemus]. 4YFN (4 Years Fro Now, 2013) is a minimilaist custom typeface created for an event organized by Mobile World Congress. He also designed Stela UT (a layered stencil font) in 2013. Cairo Slab UT (2013) is based on an alphabet found in 100 alphabets publicitaires (1946).

    In 2014, he made an experimental connect-the-dots typeface with Drawbot. Intangibles is a custom-designed didone titling face. UT Rounded is free.

    In 2015, Wete made the angular brutalist display typeface UT Nickel.

    In 2018, Oscar Cobo and Wete co-designed the piano key variable font UT Morph, which was inspired by Wim Crouwel's Nagasaki poster.

    In 2019, Wete designed the logotype for TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and the identity and wayfinding symbols for Hotel El Call.

    Typefaces from 2021: UT Barrel (a fat face with serious ink traps).

    Behance link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. Personal home page. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Unblast

    A hand-picked free font list by Hampton, VA-based Unblast. The list includes orphaned typefaces such as Velocity (2019), Grey (2018: a minimalist techno font), Inverse (2018: multiline), Roadster (2018: multilined), Dunna Sans (2018), and Alaska (2018). From 2019: the orphaned fonts Dreams (sci-fi), Fritch (chamfered), Boston, Cobaissi, Dovetail (stencil), Bilthers, Frizon (a space exploration font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Underware

    Underware is a (typo)graphic design-studio which is specialized in designing and producing typefaces. These are published for retail sale or are specially tailor-made. The company was founded in 1999 by Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs and Sami Kortemäki. Since 2002 Hugo Cavalheiro d'Alte is also part of the studio. They are based in Den Haag, Helsinki and Amsterdam. In 2017, they joined Type Network.

    Bas Jacobs and Akiem Helmling designed Dolly (2001), a 4-font book typeface with flourishes, brushy, sturdy, Dutch. They created Sofa, a precursor of Sauna (2002; +Sauna Mono Pro), which won an award at the TDC2 2003 competition. In 2002, they made Stool for a Finnish printing house, Salpausselän Kirjapaino Ltd. Ulrika is a custom display typeface designed for Proidea Oy (a Finnish film and video production company).

    Unibody 8 and 10 (2003) is a free OpenType pixel font optimized for FlashMX.

    In 2004, they created Auto, about which they write: Auto is a sans serif typeface which has three different models of italics, each with its own flavour. The font family consists of 3 x 24 fonts. With its three italics, Auto creates a new typographic palette, allowing the user to drive through unknown typographic and linguistic possibilities. Auto is fully loaded with both full Western and Eastern European character sets. Auto won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition.

    Additional material on the web page: a wonderful intro to type basics, and an intro to OpenType.

    In 2004, they published the comic book / signage family Bello, which won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition.

    In 2005, Underware joined the type coop Village.

    In 2006, they published Fakir, a blackletter family with Hindi inspirations. Fakir won an award at TDC2 2007.

    Interview in 2008.

    In 2009, they published the connected script brush typeface Liza (+Text, Display, Caps, Ornaments), which has several versions for each letter.

    In 2015, Bas Jacobs, Akiem Helmling and Sami Kortemäki published the stencil family Tripper Pro.

    Zeitung Pro (2016) is a substantial sans family, designed for micro and macro use, with optical sizes, and a Zeitung Flex variable Opentype font to boot.

    Custom types: Stockmann Sans (2012, with Kokoro & Moi: for the Scandinavian department store), Kone (2012: for the elevator company), Mr. Porter (script with a dozen alternatives for each glyph to better simulate real handwriting; it was awarded at TDC 2012 and at Tokyo TDC 2012), Stool (Headline, Thin, Grand), Sauna Mono (for the Danish Jyske Bank), Fated (fat), Ulrika (rounded and informal, slightly plump: for Proidea Ltd, a Finnish video production company), Suunto (2012; for sports watches, i.e., Suunto's Cobra2, Vyper2 and Elementum).

    Underware received a prize in the TDC Tokyo Type Directorts Club 2020 awards for Grammato, a contribution in the area of animated and automated typography. Their typeface Y (2020) is an OpenType Variable Display typeface, based on higher order interpolation. It won an award at 23TDC.

    In 2021, Underware released Plakato Pro, a stencil family that expanded into the neon, outline, inline, video game, grunge, kitchen tile and prismatic versions.

    MyFonts interview. Type Network link.

    View Underware's typeface library. Speaker(s) at ATypI 2019 in Tokyo, where they introduce the notion of grammatography: writing with letters that are not prefabricated, but that react to the user and reader---grammatos. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    unfontunately
    [Andreas Johansson]

    Andreas Johansson is the Gothenburg, Sweden-based designer in 1999 of the medieval Cyrillic font Magna Veritas (based on a scan). He founded "unfontunately" in September 2001. Other fonts: Afterfonts, Andreas Typewriter, Apparition, Cauterize, Cervixcouch, Dubbed (2002, grunge), 7inch, Alvedon, Helifonter (grunge face), Fontility, Headless, Hitman (grunge), Likefontsintherain, Lurker, NoMansFont, Pulsate, SNAFU, Teonanacatl, Thumping (1998), TourdeFont, Unfontgiven, Void, Wartorn (a military stencil), Yoicks, AndreasSansCnd, AndreasSansCndOblique, BennyBold, BennyThin, detachable-penis, doggiestyle, dubbed, Giga66, hardware-requiem, Hardwarerequiem, hardware-requiem-condensed, Hardwarerequiem, Hardwarerequiem (a pixel font set), Hatchet-Man, Helifonter, Industriegebiet, Johansson-Sans, Magna-Veritas, Nobby, Scriptural, Stealthy-Bastards, Still-Font, Tour de Font (2000, caps only crayon font), YouCanMakeYourOwnFont (2002), Zaibatsu (oriental simulation).

    Devian tart link. Direct access. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    unixman84

    FontStructor who made the octagonal stencil typeface Vexelon (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Untitled

    Mac fonts: PrePoland, PreHappy, PreF4NAD, PreCopy, Square. He also made Delarrofont Stencil, based on Aurora Condensed Bold. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    UORG
    [Frank Heine]

    Born in 1964, Frank Heine died in Stuttgart in 2003. Heine established UORG in Stuttgart in 1992. UORG was essentially a one-person outfit. Frank also released his fonts through Emigre, FontHaus, FontShop and [T26]. Author of Frank Heine: Type &c (Gmeiner Verlag, 2003).

    Klingspor link. FontShop link.

    Frank Heine's typefaces:

    • At [T-26]: Amplifier (1994), IndecisionBasic, Feltrinelli, Intolerance, Kracklite, Opsmarckt (1996, medieval simulation script, including borders), Opsmarckt-Borders (1996), WholeLittleUniverse, Divine.
    • In FUSE 15 (1996), he did Determination.
    • At Emigre, he created the grungy Motion (1992), his script family Dalliance (2001), Tribute (2003, a creative revival of a 1565 typeface by Guyot), his curly Remedy (1991) family.
    • His list of fonts also includes Coolage Bold, Desolation, Vespasian, and Schablone (for Factory, 1993). It is unclear if he also designed Contrivance (1993), a neat curly handwriting font.
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    Uplaod
    [Bastien Sozeau]

    Typographer and graphic designer, who studied typography at ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels.

    He created the free web font Karma (2010, Open Font Library), a slab serif face. Caledo (2010) is a narrow hand-printed church face. Pixacaos (2009) is based on Brazilian graffiti. Castles (2010) is an interlocked design font. Nemoy (2010) is geometric. Strato (2010-2012) is a connected signage script.

    Bastien's take on Futura is the free typeface family Futura Renner (2011). It simulates the imperfections of the original Futura lead type.

    In 2013, he added Lil Grotesk (a sans), Beon (a stencil face), Young Serif and LS (a rounded sans designed for the Libertine Supersport party).

    In 2013, Bastien Sozeau and Jean Gabriel Franchini set up AmoinsB, a free font foundry.

    The sans serif typeface family Panamera was published in 2015. Github link.

    Cargo collective link. Open Font Library link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Uppertype
    [Pedro Lobo]

    Portuguese foundry in Guimaraes and Porto, est. 2011 by Pedro Lobo, that sells Yorker (2012, a layered athletic lettering font), Borba (2012, a beautiful inline typeface), Sahara (2012, an antique shadow caps face), Akila (2012, a fashion mag didone), Public (2012, art deco marquee face), Scape (2012), Smart (2012, inline caps face), Desk (2012, shadow caps face), Kleiner (2012), Fabrica, Wannabe (octagonal), Kodhigo (slab serif), Molesk (2011, a free slab display face), Tabbaco (connected retro script) and Jono (2011, art deco).

    Typefaces from 2013: Player (a layered beveled typeface system), Porto (tweetware), Woodstik (a tall gothic wood type layered sans family that plays with texture and letterpress), Darko (alchemic, designed under the motto Uppertype goes hipster), Player (a layered type system), Bonie (organic sans).

    In 2015, he made the cursive school script font London Script and the vintage handcrafted Vintagefolk.

    Typefaces from 2016 include Roska (a free stencil type) and Twoface (an Escher-style impossible font).

    In 2018, he published the layered multiline stencil font family Issue, the multiline typeface The Social, and Borba Neu. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Urunoru: うろのる

    Kyoto, Japan-based designer of the experimental pixelish stencil typeface 3t3 5x3 (2015). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    URW Garamond

    The large URW Garamond family with many Wide, Narrow and Extra Narrow stytles, was created by the URW staff in 1993. It even has Stencil weights. The SoftMaker version is called Garamond Standard. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    USE Mediengestaltung (or: Union Sozialer Einrichtungen GmbH)

    Berlin, Germany-based consortium called USE (or USE Mediengestaltung, or: Union Sozialer Einrichtungen GmbH). Some of their typefaces were designed by Leonhard Katschner, such as the pixel typeface Block Rock (2018), Nasa 21 (2019), Reduza Infinity (2019: a minimalist monoline sans), Neue Jugend (2019: an all caps art nouveau typeface), and Versalis Ink (2019).

    Other members of USE developed the handcrafted typefaces Mediqua (2018) and Display Fadi (2018), Everest (2019: a wedge serif), Cleopatra (2019: Egyptian), Bastard 21 (2019: a flared terminal text typeface), Schuetz (2019: a transitional text typeface), Lisa (2019: a marker pen font), Schreibmaschine (2019: a typewriter font) and Medistencil (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    USOTA (United States of the Art)
    [Carsten Raffel]

    Carsten Raffel (b. 1973) is a graphic designer and illustrator who studied communication-design in Hildesheim, Germany. Since 1999 he has been working for the Hamburg-based design studio MUTABOR as a graphic designer and illustrator, and published parts of his work in Mutabor magazines 9 and 10 and in lingua grafica.

    Creator of the free bike chain-inspired font FK Chain 08 (2008). Carsten Raffel created Affront (2002, a futuristic family). In 2001, he made the dot matrix typeface Demotype.

    In 2014, he created the fat display typeface Biki Round Stencil Black (buy it here).

    Behance link. Dafont link [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Uusimaa Type Foundry Incorporated
    [Stephen Bird]

    Experimental fonts developed by Steve (Stephen) Bird (aka Stehvelo), a Brit who has lived over 30 years near Helsinki. Direct download. The fonts:

    • Spyroclassic (2007): geometric text font. Its partner is Spyrogeometric (2007, avant-garde style).
    • Pixel typefaces: S64.
    • Display typefaces: Newsiren (2007), Spike (2007), Sfilth (2007), Santiako (2007, ultra-geometric sans), siren4 (2000), Splekta (2012, grotesk).
    • Scanbats: Stampere
    • Unicase: Bayer (2002, aka Sbayer), Chic (2002, aka Sheek).
    • Paperclip typefaces: Kaapeli (2002), Scable (2008-2017).
    • Stencil typefaces: Sblock
    • Disturbing the *** fonts: Stratford (2007, an angular typeface designed on the basis the 2012 Olympics logo typeface by Gareth Hague), Snevil (2007, a sans based on Neville Brody's work for FACE: upper case and lower case letters of the same size).
    • Nice text typefaces: Snidane (2007).
    • Rubber stamp fonts: Stamp
    • Experimental: Shardikka (2018), Strzeminski (2007, a decorative futuristic font with two baselines, after a 1932 original by Jan Strzeminski).
    • Other: Smerkan (2007-2018), Slimbits (2014), Schalk (2012, chalky), Splekta (2012, grotesk sans), Pyoro (2002, a geometrical sans), Pyoroblur-Bold (2007), SBHandRegular (2007), Shrbitov (2012, based on letters seen on a memorial in Prague).
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    Uzma Chaudhry
    [UI Creative]

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    V. Kansky

    Czech type designer who created the modular stencil typeface Patrona Grotesk (1931). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    V. Sarela
    [Yautja]

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    VAGDesign Greek Opentype fonts
    [Vangelis Makridakis]

    A free set of Greek/Latin fonts by Vangelis Makridakis who runs VAG Design. They are published under the GNU License. The fonts, all made in 2006: ArmyCaps (stencil), Dotted (pixel font), VAG HandWritten, HurryPen, Typewriter (old typewriter). Alternate URL. Font Squirrel link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vaibhav Singh

    Graduate of the University of Reading in 2011. His typeface project there led to the development of Eczar, a type family for Latin and Devanagari (2011). It has a stencil weight. He explains: Eczar was designed with an intent to bring liveliness and vigour to academic books (of a literary and philosophical bent). With a focus on multi-script typography, the design intends to provide a wide-ranging type-family, for texts that deal with translation, transliteration and transcription between Latin and Devanagari. Eczar is a work in progress and more weights, a more expanded character set and features are presently under development. Eczar was published in 2015 at Google Web Fonts by Rosetta Type Foundry. Github link, where Irene Vlachou added Greek support for Eczar in 2017. CTAN link with TeX support.

    In 2014, he codeveloped Skolar Sanskrit and Skolar Devanagari with David Brezina at Rosetta Type.

    Myriad Devanagari, designed by Vaibhav Singh, won an award at Granshan 2016.

    In 2017, Adobe Type released Myriad Devanagari and Myriad Bengali. Designed by Vaibhav Singh and Neelakash Kshetrimayum, respectively, these typefaces translate the design of Adobe's popular Myriad family (by Carol Twombly and Robert Slimbach) to the most-used writing systems of India. Earlier, in 2012, Vaibhav Singh and Paul D. Hunt published Adobe Gurmukhi.

    Typefaces from 2020: Marble (with Alessia Mazzarella, at URW: Marble is part of Asterisk Type Collection by URW Type Foundry. Marble is a modern sans serif with a distinct character and comes in 108 styles plus variable fonts).

    At ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik, he spoke on Devanagari letterforms in multi-script typography through the twentieth century. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Val Kalinic
    [VP Type (or: VP Pixel Fonts)]

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    Valentin Cioaca
    [Seceme Design (or: SCM Design)]

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    Valentina Verc

    Graphic designer in London. Creator of a stencil face in 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Valeria Vazquez

    During her studies, Valeria Vazquez (Ciudad Obregon, Mexico) designed the video game-inspired stencil typeface Fire Bird (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Valerie Morgan

    Digital artist in Collinsville, OK, who created Seeing Lines (2009, stencil font) and an unnamed decorative typeface (2013). Graduate of Rogers State University, 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Valery Golyzhenkov
    [Letterhead Studio VG Fonts]

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    Valery Zaveryaev
    [Gaslight (or: Valery Zaveryaev)]

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    Vanarchiv
    [Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos]

    Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos (or just Ricardo Santos, b. 1976 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese type designer. He ran VanArchiv (est. 2000) from Loures, Portugal. He changed the name to Ricardo Santos and sells his work through MyFonts.

    In 2014, Aprígio Morgado, Ricardo Santos and Rúben Dias cofounded Tipos dasLetras in Lisbon. Klingspor link. Behance link. FontShop link.

    Ricardo's early masterpiece is Atlantica (2005), a 28-weight transitional family. His typefaces Insectos Project (1997, geometric sans) Base Geometric Sans Serif (1998, geometric sans) Focus (1999, geometric sans) and Zeit Geist (2000, decorative) are discussed by a type forum. He made the sans families Boom (1997, decorative), Van (1998-2001, geometric sans) Urbis (2001, geometric sans) Baseniv (2001), geometric sans) RS1 (1998, decorative), Mitron (2001, decorative) Van Condensed (1998-2004, geometric sans), Van Dingbats (2004, travel dingbats), Focus and Focus Dingbats (2006, sans), and Lisboa (2000-2005, a humanist sans, with dingbats based on the symbology of Lisbon city, published with Fountain, and later at Vanarchiv as Lisboa Swash (2015), Lisboa (2017), Lisboa Sans (2017), Lisboa Tamil (2018). Lisboa Sans Tamil (2019), and Lisboa Hebrew (2018)).

    At Tiponautas: Lab Sans Pro (LuisAlonso+RicardoSantos--LabSlabPro-2011b.png">2011, by Luis Alonso and Ricardo Santos) is a geometric sans-serif typeface with a technological and minimalist look and is suitable for use in large sizes.

    Tramuntana 1 Pro (2012) was inspired by the late Renaissance and Manneiist spirit during 2009 for his Masters in Advanced Typography (Eina-Barcelona). This project was also inspired by Robert Granjon, Garamond and Sabon typefaces. The name tramuntana (Tramontane) is the Catalonian word for the cold wind that comes from the Pyrenees mountains and goes as far as the Balearic Islands. It was designed for editorial proposes (books and magazines). Tramuntana Dingbats (2012) is a set of artistic arrows.

    Typefaces at Tipos da Letras: TDL Ruha Hairline and Latin (2014, with Abrígio Morgada and Rúben Dias: a modern slab and wedge serif pair). See also TDL Ruha Crown (2017).

    In 2014, Ricardo Santos designed the geometric humanist sans typeface family Grafia Sans.

    Typefaces from 2015, at Tiponautas: Xaloc (a Latin text typeface with flaring and stroke modulation, divided over subfamilies called Caption, Text, Subhead and Display). At Vanarchiv, still in 2015, he published the 20-style calligraphic text families Escritura and Escritura Display. In Escritura, Santos worked in elements of chancery and renaissance writing, Its angular open letters make this typeface useful for texts. It was extended in 2017 to Escritura Hebrew.

    Typefaces from 2016: Aircrew (published at Tiponautas), which is a neutral, humanist sans-serif family optimized for wayfinding and signage applications in display sizes. Aircrew features large x-height, vertical terminals, low contrast, and short ascenders and descenders.

    Typefaces from 2017: Aquino (by Rui Abreu and Ricardo Santos; a display calligraphic stencil typeface inspired by a liturgic book made by Portuguese friar Tomas Aquino in 1735), Gazeta (text and editorial use).

    Typefaces from 2019: Gazeta Slab, Gazeta Stencil Ds, Lisboa Sans Hebrew, Lishbona Naskh (an Arabic typeface based on Lisboa Sans).

    Typefaces from 2020: Linka (2020: a rounded organic sans that can be morphed into a linked cursive script, complete with initial, medial and final forms), Linka Stencil (2020), Nouveau LX Expanded, Nouveau LX Stencil, Nouveau LX (based on Hermann Hoffmann's Herold (1913, Berthold), but with a different capital R).

    Typefaces from 2021: Miragem (an 18-style serif typeface with wedgy terminals),

    Typefaces from 2022: Quebra Expa, Quebra Ex Condensed, Quebra (a large slightly techno sans family with large squarish counters), Van Condensed Hebrew. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vangelis Makridakis
    [VAGDesign Greek Opentype fonts]

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    Varsity Type Foundry (was: Zilligen Design Studio)
    [C.J. Zilligen]

    DeKalb, IL (was: Chicago, IL)-based designer of (mainly) athletic lettering fonts. Typefaces from 2018: the sports fonts League, Redzone, Fresno (made for the Fresno Bobcats).

    Typefaces from 2019: VTF Charisma (octagonal), VTF Showcard (octagonal), VTF League (a blocky athletic lettering font family; identical to his 2018 font, League).

    Typefaces from 2020: VTF Redzone Classic, VTF Gladius (+Stencil). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vasava Fonts
    [Bruno Selles]

    Catalan designer Bruno Selles (b. 1976) set up Vasava Artworks (and later, Vasava Fonts) in Barcelona in 1997. In 2018, he joined the faculty in the Masters in typographic design program at Elisava in Barcelona.

    Selles created fonts like VSV-Alergia-Bold, VSV-Alergia-Regular, VSV-ByPass-StencilBold, VSV-Epidermis-Black, VSV-Leila-Bold, VSV-Leila-Medium, VSV-Melon (Light and Regular), VSV-DingDong (I and II), VSV-Lengua-RoundedRegular, VSV-Pachuca-Regular, VSV-Pachuca-Suau, VSV-Romina-Bold, VSV-Romina-Light, VSV-Romina-Regular, VSV-RominaRounded-Light, VSV-RominaRounded-Regular, VSV-Rotula-Regular (2001, by Toni Selles, used to be a free stencil font), VSV-Tirania-Caps, VSV-Tirania-RoundedCaps, ADN, ADN-katakana (pixel fonts, 1998), Neurona, Neurona-katakana (pixel fonts, 1999) and Retina. Some fonts used to be free (but they have gone totally commercial now, it seems).

    Custom typefaces include the official Nike Barca font used by the Barcelonba soccer team.

    Typefaces from 2015: Matchpoint (a scoreboard or sports jersey typeface), Amaretta (a Suetterlin script-style typeface renamed Amarissima after a few days), Synopsis (a classic small caps or titling typeface).

    Typefaces from 2017: Kröwn (3d, beveled).

    Typefaces from 2018: Parca (a grotesk sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Abu Dhabi (a custom typeface for Etihad Airlines' magazine Atlas). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vasilka Tulevska

    During her studies at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2013, Vasilka Tulevska created a constructivist stencil font for Cyrillic. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vasily Biryukov

    Vasily Biryukov graduated from Stroganov University of Industrial and Applied Arts in Moscow as graphic designer specializing mostly in periodicals. Russian designer of Chift, a typeface that won an award at Paratype K2009. Chift (2009) was published by Alexandra Korolkova's foundry.

    In 2012, Biryukov and Korolkova co-designed the Christmas dingbat font Gingerbread House, together with a plump display face, Gingerbread.

    In 2013, he published the Peignotian typeface Romanovsky at Paratype: Romanovsky is a font developed on the base of samples from the catalogue of Osip Lehman foundry in Sankt Petersburg. Original Latin design that was used for Romanovsky can be found in Feder Grotesk by Jacob Erbar. The current digital font is not a scanned version of Lehman's samples but a newly drawn typeface that differ from the original in many details.

    In 2013, Vasily Biryukov and Alexandra Korolkova co-designed the soft roundish sans typeface Kiddy Kitty (link).

    In 2015, he designed the 18-style industrial sans serif DIN 2014 (Paratype), which was followed in 2017 by DIN 2014 Stencil. In 2021, Paratype designers Isabella Chaeva, Vasily Biryukov and Alexander Lubovenko added DIN 2014 Rounded, a six-style typeface that supports all European languages based on Latin, Cyrillic, and Asian Cyrillic (Tatar, Kazakh and Kyrgyz) and has a variable version. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vedran Vaskovic

    Art director at McCann. Montreal-based designer of the free didone stencil typeface Saint George (2018) which is loosely based on Carter's Georgia.

    In 2015, he made the free blackletter typeface Blackberg. In 2019, he released the free beveled typeface Supremacy. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vehbican Tabakci

    Turkish graphic designer in London who created a military stencil typeface called Occupy (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Velvetyne Type Foundry (or: VTF)
    [Frank Adebiaye]

    Velvetyne Type Foundry (or VTF) is the French foundry of Parisian Frank Adebiaye (b. 1982, Versailles). It used to be called Velvetyne TypeForgery because he uses FontForge to design all his free fonts, which come complete with FontForge sources. Originally, it had many free fonts by Frank Adebiaye himself. At some point, it became more of a coop, and started publishing experimental typefaces by several contributors and collaborators. These fonts are reported elsewhere on my pages under the names of their designers.

    Creator of some free (often experimental) fonts in 2010-2011. Cooperators include Sylvain Henri, Jérémy Landes-Nones, and Sébastien Hayez. Frank's typefaces:

    • Ajonc.
    • Babacar (2012). He calls it an African fractur.
    • Babbage.
    • Backout (2012). He writes about this flared poster all-caps typeface: BackOut is what an African Albertus could be.
    • Barjavel and Barjavel Mono.
    • Basteljau.
    • Bi-lined typefaces: Eighteen, Bachibouzouk.
    • Bluff, Bold, Boxer, Cardinal, Grotesk, Jimmy: geometric experiments.
    • Chaumont: ransom note family.
    • Chedid.
    • Combat (2015). A wedge serif based on the title of an early 20th century anarchist newspaper published in Limoges, France, called Le combat social.
    • Compute, Elektron: computer-inspired typefaces.
    • Coqnegre Perspective: angular face.
    • Coqnegre Turismo, Stencil: art deco stencil typefaces.
    • Experimental typefaces: Blanka, Courrrier (sic), Faber, Firenze, Five, Georges, Ink, Jake, Lenny, Normant.
    • Fabuliste: an experimental modern face.
    • Fersen.
    • Forward (2021). A commercial futuristic font at Future Fonts, co-designed with Studio Triple.
    • Frank: monospaced techno blackletter face.
    • Geek, Inky, Marcelle, Ping: playful typefaces.
    • Gegenwart.
    • Gorki and Gorki Block: a pixel typeface and a constructivist brother.
    • VTF Grotesk (2010).
    • Format 1452: a DIN style typeface.
    • Hangul: A Korean simulation font.
    • Konzern: a texture font.
    • Kravitz.
    • Leyde.
    • Lineal: clean sans.
    • Lment.
    • Mandeville.
    • Mainz: Ornaments based on sewer plate designs in Mayence.
    • Manset: a geometric sans.
    • Meginhart.
    • Mercandieu: grotesk.
    • Metropolis.
    • Mono (2011). A monoline sans.
    • Mont Chauve: experimental.
    • Mourier. Based on a geometric alphabet created in 1973 by Danish graphic designer Eric Mourier. The font uses square of 7 x 7 units and consists of unclosed lines. The first and only use was in the booklet The Myth about Bird B by Knud Holten. Sébastien Hayez was the first to digitize the typeface (in 2002). Published by Velvetyne in 2011.
    • Murat.
    • Mutations.
    • New Wave: avant-garde.
    • Nkm.
    • Pierrafeu. A brush face.
    • Pompidou.
    • Prospective, Robusto Mechanica, Grey Charles: more geometric experiments.
    • Radikal.
    • Resistance (2016). A geometric sans serif created using Glyphr Studio by the students of ENSAD Paris at La Gééale.
    • Rhinox.
    • Rnic. A runic simulation typeface.
    • Sagittaire.
    • Slang.
    • Stencil typefaces: Free Jazz, Rogue Leader, Rogue Two, Stencil.
    • Steps Mono Mono (2015). An octagonal monospaced typeface created for the magazine Étapes.
    • Therow.
    • Thiefaine.
    • Vielfalt: dingbats.
    • Waltenberg.
    • Wozniak.
    • Zukunft (+Oblique): a geometric sans family.

    Author of a book on the life and work of Fran+çois Boltana (2012, with Suzanne Cardinal).

    Behance link. Open Font Library link. Klingspor link. Home page. Future Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vera Lee

    For a course at NTU in Singapore, Vera Lee designed the rounded mini-stencil typeface daiso Std (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Verena Gerlach
    [Fraugerlach]

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    Vernon Adams
    [New Typography]

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    Veronica Vidal

    Strassoldo, Italy-based designer of Cherub Mono (2019), the fat blocky typeface Boldie (2019), the minimalist modular sans typeface Bumblebee (2019) and the stencil typeface A Cool Lemonade (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Veronika Slavova

    Type designer from Nessebar, Bulgaria, b. 1984. She co-designed the über-organic typeface Glide in 2009 with Alexander Nedelev, with whom she set up the foundry Typedepot in Sofia in 2009. Together, they designed the multiline family Pista (2010) and the organic Oxo family (2010), which includes a stencil, Piron (2010, free), Corki (2011, a condensed slab serif), and Oxo College. Matilde (2010, by Nedelev and Slavova) is a free typeface with tall ascenders. Banda (2011) is a 16-style semi-serif type family characterized by a tall x-height and rounded semi-serifs. Centrale Sans (2011, Slavova and Nedelev) is a modern sans family. Centrale Sans Condensed was done in 2012.

    Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspring link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Version Type Foundry (was: Industrial-Organic.Net)
    [Justin Thomas Kay]

    Brooklyn-based Justin Thomas Kay runs Version Type Foundry, and before that, Industrial-Organic.Net. His lettering designed mostly for industrial clients is very original and artistic. Behance link. Noteworthy designs: various headline typefaces for Swindle Magazine, lettering for Isis (the artist), frivolous logotype for Back in Black, Garland. One can purchase typefaces from Version Type such as Garland Monospace (2011, a piano key logotype---condensed, monospaced, and stencilish) and VTF Park (2011, a counterless geometric face). Klingspor link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Versus Twin
    [Brian Bonislawsky]

    Foundry, est. 2004 by Brian Bonislawsky and Brian Jaramillo (Harvey) and located in Long Beach, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. The fonts are realeased through Veer/Umbrella. Jaramillo has been associated with DEFCON and Apollo26, while Bonislawsky was active at Astigmatic and Font Diner. Yves Peters reviews their production. Typefaces include Ink Gothic (2004-2009, slab serif), Fuel (2007; ink trap city, with a fifties-diner-meets-Dr.-Spock feel), and Occulista (a bunch of inside-outside multiline typefaces). Now also at MyFonts. In 2008, they jointly designed Wickenburg (Wild West meets grunge), and Sistine (a family that now includes a heavy stencil). Creations from 2014 include the army stencil family Bomburst.

    MyFonts link.

    View the typefaces published by Versus Twin.

    View the typefaces made by Brian Bonislawsky. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Very Cool Studio
    [Kyle Wayne Benson]

    Kyle Wayne Benson (b. 1988, Texas) describes himself as an affable graphic and type designer. He has his own commercial foundry, also called Kyle Wayne Benson, which specializes in signage type. Very Cool Studio was located in Orem, UT, and more recently in Oakland, CA. Future Fonts link.

    Creator in 2013 of Benson Script (with three contrast levels, from didone to monoline), the octagonal angular typefaces Millie and Truth, and of Clayton, Red Benny, Tide's In, Tide Sans (the surf-inspired humanist with a humorous selection of weight names ranging from Lil Bunny, to Dudette, Bunny, Mondo, Kahuna and Dude), Tide Sans Condensed, and Farmer's Co-Op (a vernacular sans with wood type influences).

    Typefaces from 2014: Jeames (a high-contrast decorative typeface with vintage serifs), Maritime Champion, Maritime Champion Stencil, Good News Sans (a set of 18 display sans typefaces, mostly for titling or short pieces), Kansas Casual (a sign painting font), Maritime Champion (inline typeface), National Champion (octagonal athletic lettering family).

    Typefaces from 2015: Qualtrics.

    Typefaces from 2018: Gooper (a take on Cooper Black; at Future Fonts).

    Typefaces from 2019: Bruphy (a variable font modeled after hand-painted brush lettering and released at Future Fonts).

    Typefaces from 2020: Gooper Text, Bruphy Text.

    Typefaces from 2021: Nudge (a condensed gothic sans based on a dog defecation sign composed of letters hand cut out of vinyl at Silver Lake Reservoir in LA), Gooper Deck.

    Typefaces from 2022: Henrietta (a revival of a 1980s font that ripped off Souvenir; I would like to have a good definition of the difference between revival and ripoff). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Very Good Fonts
    [Paul Branelly]

    Marton, New Zealand-based Paul Branelly runs Very Good Fonts. Its fonts are sold via MyFonts. Paul Brannelly is an illustrator, cartoonist, old-school ticket writer, and sign writer. He has been creating fonts by hand since he started working as a sign writer in the late 1980s. Brush and handlettering typefaces: Choc Chip + Dip (2007), Cuckoo (2007), Cuckoo Fast (2007), Cuckoo Fat (2007), Two Stroke (2007, a 3-style comic book family), Muttonbird (2009), Inmate (2009, a stencil based on eurostile). Paul has been assisted by Wellington, New Zealand-based type designer David Buck. You Work For Them link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vesela Georgieva

    Berlin-based student-designer of a painted stencil typeface in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vesturbaer
    [Matej Hlavacek]

    Czech graphic design, photography and type design studio run by Matej Hlavacek (b. 1977, Prague). Matej studied Graphic Design at AAAD in Reykjavik/Iceland. Later he moved to Prague and attended the master program in Studio of Typography under the supervision of Frantisek Storm at AAAD. In 2009 he founded Vesturbaer Studio together with photographer Jiri Hronik. His fonts:

    • Patron (2009). A simple sans.
    • Ferkanta (2010). An art deco geometric stencil poster font.
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vian Peanu

    Bucharest-based partner in Dos Cabrones, with Andrei Ograda. His fonts can be bought under the name at Creative Market.

    Vian Peanu designed Cirquit, It's Friday, Dioda, Sting, Desgraciado, Daedal, Bastard, Minette, Magnus (rounded piano key face), Lacuna (hairline stencil), Fat Lady (2010), Cylon, Dgtl, Kalypso, Sting, Passio, Maha, Qanat, It's Friday, Violently Violent (2011, art deco/piano key family), Asymptote (2011, thin display face).

    In 2012, Vian Peanu and Andrei Ograda co-designed Venin (a beautiful high-contrast thorned fashion mag family with art deco aspirations). Vian designed the layered typeface Uxie.

    Behance link. Creative Market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vic Fieger
    [Xaviera Comics]

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    Vicente Cuevas Serna

    Graphic designer in Granada, Spain He created Dock 11 Stencil (2013: based on Lukas Bischoff's Dock11 from 2011), Modumetrica (2013: a geometric modular typeface), Triangulacion Hexagonal (2013: a hexagonal font), [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vicky Sabater

    Graphic designer at MIETIS who is based in Capellades, Spain. In 2018, she designed the stencil / piano key typeface Burger, and the high contrast typeface Desk Type, which was a project at ESDAP Serra i Abella. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Victor Camps Zomeño

    During his studies in Barcelona, Victor Camps Zomeño designed the modular stencil typeface Apart (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Victor Neiro

    Santa Coloma de Cervello, Spain-based designer of the stencil didone typeface Affina (2017) and Vermout (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Viewlogic
    [Kazunori Yamazaki]

    Japanese font maker. Free (mostly techno) typefaces by Kazunori Yamazaki include BlockAL (2004, art deco), BreadAL, BreadKt, Clap (2007, a sans family in five weights), Cross (2007, AL: and KT), DiagonalAL (2004, art deco), DigiAALBold (2006, pixel face), DigiAALLigh, DigiAALMedium, DigiBALBold, DigiBALLigh, DigiBALMedium, DigiCALBold, DigiCALLigh, DigiCALMedium, FrogBold, Frog (2006, techno), Junction KT, Junction AL (a techno wild west face), Karugamo, ScarfAL (2006, artsy stencil face), ScarfKt, SchoolA (2006, kid's handwriting), SchoolH, SchoolIL (2006, dingbats), SchoolK, SliceAL. It is run by Tadashi Morimoto (art direction), Kazunori Yamazaki (logos) and Tetsuya Fujinaga (illustration). Old URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vigilant Owl

    Fontstructor who made squarish typefaces such as Phresh, Squared and Hip2BSquare in 2011. Gen W and Gen E are stencil typefaces. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vika Usmanova
    [Type Trends]

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    Viktor Kharyk

    Ukrainian designer, b. Kiev, 1957. Graduate of the Senior College for Print and Design in Kiev in 1982. Viktor became art director at Sphera in Kiev. Main type designer at Düsseldorf-based company Unique GmbH since 1998. In 2012, he cofounded Apostrof with Konstantin Golovchenko. He designs Armenian, Greek, Georgian, Devanagari, Hebrew, Cyrillic and Arabic fonts, and is particularly interested in revivals of ancient, forgotten, or historically important typefaces and writing systems. His work:

    • At Elsner and Flake, he published EF Bilibin (2004, uncial), EF Abetka (2004), EF Gandalf (2004, uncial), Bilbo (2004-2008, an uncial family), Kiev EF (2002), Lanzug EF (2002, letters as zippers), Rose Deco EF (2001), EF Elf (2002, imitating Tolkien's writing), EF Deco Uni (2001-2004), EF Deco Akt Light (2001-2004), EF Fairy Tale (2003-2008, caps face), EF Varbure (2004, an experimental family), Rose Garden EF (2001, initial caps ornamented with roses; the text is uncial), and Viktors Raven EF (a spectacular caps font with letters made out of a raven).
    • At MasterFont: Abetka MF (1999, with Alexeev), Kiev MF (1976-2003), and Netta MF (1999, text family). These fonts have Latin and Hebrew components.
    • At Paratype, he published Uni Opt (2007, Op Art letters based on free brush technique similar to experimental lettering of the early decades of the 20th century; for instance to Graficheskaya Azbuka (Graphic ABC) by Peter Miturich and works by Victor Vasareli), Joker (1978, a subtractive font---since 2000, also in Cyrillic, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Georgian, Armenian and Arabic), Blooming Meadow (2007, flowery ornaments), Bogdan Rejestrowy and Bogdan Siczowy (2006, based on Ukrainian Skoropis (fast handwriting) of the 16th and 17th centuries, and named after Ukrainian Getman Bogdan Khmelnitsky. The character set contains Cyrillic, Old Slavonic, Glagolitic, Latin and Greek alphabets), Lidia (2006, a lined engraving typeface based on a 1967 font by Iraida Chepil for Polygraphmash).
    • At 2D Typo: Florentin 2D (2011, angular family), New Hotinok 2D (2010, with Henadij Zarechnijuk).
    • Other work: Simeon 2D (2011, 2D Typo), some fonts at Face Typesetting (1970s), Getto (1970s), White Raven (2002), Handwritten Poluustav Ioan Cyrillic (1999-2001), Letopis (1983), New Zelek (1980s), UniAkt (2001, based on Unifont, an erotic caps face, done with Natalia Makievska).
    • Free fonts at Google Web Fonts, published via Cyreal: Iceberg (2012, octagonal).
    • Cyrillizations by Viktor Kharyk: Data 70 (1976; original from 1970 by R. Newman), ITC American Typewriter, Bullion Shadow (1984; of the shadow font Bullion Shadow (1978; original from 1970 by Face Photosetting), Calypso (1984; of Excoffon's 1958 original), Lazybones (1980s; of a 1972 Letraset font with the same name), Glagolitic (1983, Elvira Slysh, digitized in 2003), Augustea (1947, Allessandro Butti), Stencil (after a 1938 typeface by R.H. Middleton called Stencil), Columna (1980s; after Max Caflisch's original from 1955), Sistina (1951, Hermann Zapf), Weiss Kapitale (1935, Emil Rudolf Weiss), Vivaldi (1965, Friedrich Peter), ITC Tiffany (1974, Ed Benguiat, digitized in 1995), ITC Bookman Herb Lubalin (1974, digitized in 1980s), Berthold Cyrillic Helvetica Cyrillic (1980), Churchward Galaxy (1970s, J. Churchward, digitized in 1980s), Olive Bold Condensed (1980s, original of Roger Excoffon in 1962-1966), Motter Ombra (1980, original by O. Motter in 1975), Sinaloa (1981, original by Odermatt and Tissi in 1972), Serif Gothic (1990, original by Herb Lubalin and Tony DiSpigna in 1974), Dynamo (1980s, original of K. Sommer in 1930), EF Gimli and EF Gloin (2004-2010, mediaeval typefaces done at Elsner&Flake together with Marina Belotserkovskaja).
    • Other typefaces: Lili (multilined), Rutenia (by Henadij Zarechjuk and Viktor Kharyk, as part of Vasyl Chebanyk's Ukrainian Alphabet project).

    At TypeArt 01, he won first prize with Varbur Grotesque (1999-2001, with Natalia Makeyeva), third prize with Joker (1970-2000), and honorable mention with Abetka. At TypeArt 05, he received awards for UniOpt (2002, Kafkaeqsue Op Art display style) and Blooming Meadow (dingbats). In 2009, his 2006 digitization of Anatoly Shchukin's 1968 typeface Ladoga (+Text, +Display, +Ladoga Armenian) won an award at Paratype K2009.

    In 2016, Henadij Zarechnjuk and Viktor Kharyk designed Dnipro for Apostrof. The Cyrillic version of this font follows Ukrainian decorative traditions, initiated by Georgy Narbut and Mark Kirnarsky in the 1920s and continued until the 1980s. The Latin part has an uncial character.

    Typefaces made in 2018: Algor, Zluka (with Henadij Zarechnjuk; named after The Act Zluka, or Ukraine's Unification Act of 1919), XX Sans, Yurch (developed by Henadij Zarechnjuk and Viktor Kharyk by samples of calligraphic lettering by Ukrainian book designer Volodymyr Yurchyshyn), Chebano (based on the calligraphy of Ukrainian artist Vasyl Chebanyk), Zahar Berkut (developed by Henadij Zarechnjuk and Viktor Kharyk following the lettering by Ukrainian artist Georgiy Yakutovich),

    Typefaces from 2020: Homenko (by Viktor Kharyk, Henadij Zarechnjuk and Konstantin Golovchenko: an update and extension of Vasyl Homenko's metal Ukrainian typeface from 1963-1967), Bethencourt (an uncial typeface co-designed with Vsevolod Buravchenko).

    A special project published in 2020: 1812 (by Viktor Kharyk and Konstantin Golovchenko). This is a 14-style revival and further development of the typeface 1812 by Lehmann Type Foundry (St. Petersburg). It was created for the centenary of the French invasion of Russia, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 along the lines of decorative engraved inscriptions and ornamented typefaces of that time, presumably by the artist Alexandre Benois. It was used mainly for the decoration of luxurious elegant publications. Later, in 1917, this typeface was used on the Russian Provisional Government banknotes. In the Soviet period of time '1812' appeared to be one of the few typefaces included in the first Soviet type standard OST 1337. It was produced for manual typesetting until the early 1990s. This typeface could be seen on Soviet letterheads, forms, posters and even air tickets.

    At ATypI 2005 in Helsinki he spoke about Ukrainian fonts. At ATypI 2007 in Brighton, his talk is entitled Old Slavic alphabets and new fonts. At ATypI 2009 in Mexico City, he spoke (well, was supposed to speak) on Old Roman Styles and Cyrillic. Speaker at ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, where he explains the development and multilingual extensions of Ladoga.

    MyFonts page. Victor's friends: a Ukrainian/Russian news blog. FontShop link. Author of Non-Latin Fonts Cyrillic and Other (2004, Düsseldorf).

    Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Viktor Nübel

    Freelance graphic designer in Berlin, b. 1977. In 2005, he graduated from the Design Akademie Berlin with a thesis entitled Type Attack. His typefaces:

    • The stencil-inspired PTL Attack (2006, Primetype).
    • Ostblock (pixelish).
    • Modul72. A modular typeface in the spirit of Meek's FontStruct). Modul22 and Ostblock were heavily inspired by events and lettering in former East Germany.
    • The decorative Oliva (2009), which has a hint of psychedelica.
    • Viktor Nübel and Hendrik Möller created some hand-printed fonts with two glyphs for each letter, to better simulate reality.
    • The large PTL Attention sans serif typeface family (2013, Primetype).
    • Babetta (2013). An all-caps typeface (with an inline called Babetta Neon) that was inspired by an illuminated vintage shop sign at Karl-Marx-Buchhandlung in Berlin. It has some elements of art deco.
    • FF Attribute Mono (2017) and FF Attribute Text (2017). These FontFont typefaces emualte typewriter and programming types.

    MyFonts link. Behance link. Viktor Nübel foundry. Klingspor link. Fontspring link. Volcano Type link. Fontshop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Viktoriia Petik

    Graphic designer in Poznan, Poland, who created the stencil typeface Awry in 2017. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Viktoryia Strukouskaya
    [Struvictory Art]

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    Vilmos Huszar

    Hungarian cofounder of the influential Dutch magazine De Stijl in 1917 (with Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, Anthony Kok and J.J.P. Oud). His logotypes from that magazine inspired Nick Curtis to develop the digital font De Stencil NF. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vin Type Studio

    Vin Type Studio is an Indonesian studio run by designers Tom Chung and Jordan Murphy, who created many calligraphic and script typefaces. Vin Type's catalog in 2021 included these fonts: Active Space, Always There Handwriting, Ameliora, Anniversary Day, Bartley Green Handwriting, Beauty Parade, Belligia, Biographical, Blackhack, Blockguards, Brickouts Graffiti, Brisant, Brondown Various, Bubble Lemon, Calianda, Carnallians, Cerolinedion, Cerolinedion, Claymont Signature, Columbia Hill, Cubical, Daringness, Dean Bradley, Diamond Flower, Erasable, Ezet, Facebear, Fail in love Handwriting, Fake Soul, Fortification, Handselled, Hopeflow Handwriting, Jumps Hill, Just King Handwriting, King Fruit Comic, Knowingness Handwriting, Little Jasmine, Love Earth Signature, Love Today Handwriting, Mading Calligraphy, Magic Baloon Comic, Masterline Signature, Metamora, Neadless, North Sweet Handwriting, Not Wanted, Obedient, Optimistically, Osyka Calligraphy, Parsley Sauce Bold Handwriting, Playground Kids, Quickstep, Race Break, Raunchies, Ravines, Rosemaries Signature, Shiny Love Handwriting, South Victoria, Stan Rogers (a stencil font), Startup Life, Street Letters, Sunbury Town Signature, Tailorbird, Tech Zone, Uniondale. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vincent Labonne

    Graphic designer in Bel Air, Mauritius. In 2014, he created the hipster typeface family Silent Lips and the free sans typeface Universe, and its free stencil version, Multiverse. He also created the free Devanagari simulation typeface Padmashri (2014). Fontm link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vincent Wicky
    [Reticula.net]

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    Vincenzo Crisafulli

    Italian designer of LST (2011, octagonal, at T26), of the beautiful stencil font Crisafulli (2002, still at T26) and the VAG-Rounded lookalike Chocolat (2007, at T26).

    Typefaces from 2017, when he set up his own foundry, Crisafulli: Jasmin (a tribute to the ancient stories of The Thousand and One Nights), Retrospectif (a gorgeous tall condensed monoline sans with shadow versions, in the style of the 1930s and 1940s).

    In 2020, he designed Bella Copia (an upright monoline school script) and Noahs Ark. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vincenzo Penna

    German designer (b. 1992) of Sassion (2009, rounded stencil face). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vinh Vuong

    Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam-based designer of the display typefaces Mekong (2017), Practicus (2017: a display stencil), Domdom (2015) and Kitchen (2014, a free hiragana emulation typeface).

    In 2018, Vinh Vuong published Lang Syne. Aka Glory Vuong. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Visual Mind Rockets
    [Daniel Woessner]

    Visual Mind Rockets is a German outfit based in Köln, est. 2003. The designer, Daniel Woessner (b. 1974, Köln), studied at the Graphik Hochschule in Aachen from 1997-2002. He created the (free) type family Combat (2005), which consists of a stencil subfamily in 3 weights and a dingbat family of weapons (Handguns, Air, Ground, Water). Click on Goodies, then Fonts. These fonts are now sold through MyFonts. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Visualogik Technology & Design
    [Hans van Leeuwen]

    Hans van Leeuwen's 's-Hertogenbosch and/or Breda-based foundry in The Netherlands mostly involved in custom, specialty and quality hinted corporate fonts. Visualogik also marketed Gerard Unger's fonts. Visualogik Technology & Design was a partner with BauerTypes in the creation of Neufville Digital.

    Their typefaces included the following:

    • A custom font by Unger for the NV Nederlandse Spoorwegen done in 1995 with weights called NSSans, NSSign, NSSwift, NSLogos.
    • EnRouteVL, Irish Uncial VL, Touche VL: fonts from the early 1990s released at Atomic Type.
    • Other typefaces from the early 90s: CaslonAntiqueVL, GorillaVL-Bold, MistralVL, StencilAntiqueVL, WashSymbolVL-Light.
    • Coranto (2000). A typeface designed by Gerard Unger in 1999. Unger updated that typeface to Coranto2 in 2011, and released that update at TypeTogether.
    • Gerard Unger's simple sans family Anwb (1997) consisting of Anwb-Cc-VL, Anwb-Ccx-VL, Anwb-Ee-VL, Anwb-Eex-VL, Anwb-Eex-VL-Oblique, Anwb-Uu, Anwb-Uu-Cursief, and Anwb-Uu-Verzwaard.
    • NuSwift. Hans van Leeuwen writes: NuSwift is a custom corporate font that we have produced for the Dutch energy provider Nuon; the font is exclusively in use by Nuon and Nuon affiliates. It is based upon Swift 2.0 designed by Dutch type designer Gerard Unger. We have also produced these Swift 2.0 fonts. But Unger claimed that he did not know about NuSwift, so people started calling this thingamajig a pirated font. Others besides Nuon using NuSwift include CSM Time and Euroman.
    • Ovink D VL (1995-2004). Inside this all caps typeface we find a copyright notice from 2004 that refers to Novatype, a subidiary of Visinova.
    [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vitaly Glyph

    Moscow-based designer of Latin and Cyrillic, or purely Cyrillic, fonts. There is a list of Cyrillizations of existing fonts: Atreyu, LHF Bounce Script, Modeka, Turnpike, PL Barnum, Good Times Regular, Playful JNL (Jeff Levine), Armageda, Showcard Gothic, SF Comic Script, Jolly Good Sans Basic, Enemy (Shaivanalla Perumal), House Slant (House Industries), House Brush (House Industries), Komika Axis (Apostrophic Labs), Snickers (Mark Simonson), Grand Hotel (AOETI), Wisdom Script (Lost Type), Mission Script (Lost Type), Cylburn (Lost Type), House Script (House Industries), House Holiday Gothic (House Industries), LHF Branding Iron (Letterheadfonts), LHF Fancy Full (Letterheadfonts), LHF Firehouse (Letterheadfonts), American West (FontMesa), Champ Ultra (BA Graphics), PL Davison Americana (Monotype), Blenny (Dalton Maag), Bigfish (Floodfonts), Same Same, But Different (Hanoded), Enemy (Lost Type), Special Forces (Typodermic), Serpentine (URW++), Ritts Cursive (Eurotypo), Voga Medium (CD Type), Hermes 1943 (Lukas Krakora), Brand (Lian Types), Tasty (Hubert Jocham), Bullet Regular (House Industries), Filmotype Athens (Filmotype), Signika (Anna Giedrys), Art Department (Jeff Levine), Borg (David Sum, aka titusprod).

    Original fonts made ca. 2015: GF Deathmatch (a super-macho typeface), GF Ram (pixel font), GF Mario (video game font), GF Mario Two, GF Oversize, GF Magnifica, Deadpool, GF Enroll (letterpress emulation), GF Happy Elephant (comic book style), GF Standout (compressed titling sans), Snickers Super (after the logo for Snickers), GF Bitrika (condensed display sans), Skazka (cartoon font), Minnesota (digitized Hamilton wood type), Alumnus (soft blackletter), Terminator Genisys, Comanchero (+Bevel (beveling using four layers)), Viko, Police (octagonal, athletic lettering), Terminator (after the movie), Old Poster font family, Lic Plate RUS, Lic Plate CT, Taurus Gothic, Slant GP (like Zelek), Brick Game (like Tetris), System Message, System Pixel, Digital 16s (LED).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vivi Cheah

    Vivi Cheah's graduation project in Basingstoke, UK, was Build (2013), a 3d typeface. She also designed the semi-stencil typeface family Chasm (2013). Vivi is based in Ipoh, Malaysia. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vlad Neuman
    [The Type Collective]

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    Vlad Poparlan

    Visual artist based in Bucharest and Bangkok. In 2021, Sasha Iacob and Vlad Poparlan designed the free geometric stencil typeface Fino Black. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vladimir Carrer
    [Ampersand (or: Vladocar)]

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    Vladimir Nikolic

    Belgrade, Serbia-based designer (b. 1981) of these typefaces:

    • The dingbat fonts Canavarlar (2020: funny men), Haircut (2020: women's hairdos), Ornament Borders (2020), Gourdy (2020: birds), Lizards (2020), Mantra (2020), All Star (2020), Speel (2020), Soavely (horses) (2020), Forma (2020), Hell Beasts (2020), Mistresses (2020), Paraiso (2020), Crow (2020), Traverser (2020: crosses), Cats (2020), Dogs (2020), Negative-Heads (2020), Otu (2020), Wakazi (2020), Risk (2020), Wurm (2020), Beard Man (2020), Hoder (2020), Damen (2018), Damen 2 (2020), Foliga (2020), Solo Drinker (2020), Congress (2020), Farmacy (2020), Elections (2020), Emergency (2020), VN Arrows (2020), Hexagonos (2020), Automobiles (2020), Cars (2020), Emoji Boom (2020), Bestia (2020), Aliens (2020), Insect (2020), Bytost (2020), Monstero (2020), Aveto (2020), Dancing Cat (2020), Atradimas (2020), Womanhood (2020), Figur (2020: an alien insect font), Halfwits (2020), Silly Donkey (2020), Crazy Monkey (2020), Round Masks (2020), The Quick Dog (2020), Flying Birds (2020), Maskid (2020), Monstra (2020), Bull Skulls (2020), War Items (2020), Public Transport (2020), Loomad (2020), Mokhabiso (2020: African patterns), Record (2020), Mulher (2020), Heroez (2020), Bulls (2020), Madarak (2020: birds), Bold People (2020), Munari (2019: a collection of drawings based on Bruno Munari's book "Artista e designer" from 1966), Screws (2019), White Mouse (2019), Schepselen (2019), Glatze (2019), Crosses (2019), Chefs (2019), Diamond Blocks (2019), Hexagons (2019), Maumbo (2019), Circles (2019), Enfeite (2019), Pigs (2019), Mythos (2019), Kreaturen (2019), Baby Alien (2019), Body Moving (2019), Various Boys (2019), Lines and Objects (2019), Mouvman (2019), Watch (2019), Credit Card (2019), Cycles (2019), Devil Emoji (2019), Fare (2019), Mund (2019), Labbra (2019), Circular Ornaments (2019), Cranium (2019), Ugok (2019), Ansigter (2019), Tsim (2019), Schmetterlinge (2019), Jungfrau Maria (2019: religious icons), Knights Helmets (2019), Kinderskizzen (2019), Wolves (2019), Various Cats (2019), Owls (2019), Spiral Object 3D (2019), Zodiac Signs (2019), Cyborg (2019), Duck (2019), Cat 3D (2019), Object 3D (2019), Circle and Line (2019), Various Girls (2019), Dulcet (2019), Erotic Symbols (2019), Frauen (2019), Pierre the Vampire (2019), Robotter (2019), Middle Finger (2019), Claudio The Cat (2019), Medusa (2019), Veggie (2019), Pablo (2019), Fishes (2019), Dream of Picasso (2019), Stam (2019), Animality (2019), Ink Drops (2019), Faces (2019), Bayan (2019), Froggy (2019), Senhoras (2019), Diamondo (2019), Skallen (2019: skulls), Swimmers (2019), Churches (2019), Easter Icons (2019), Lippen (2019), Gullar (2019), Bankwesen (2019), Creatures with Horns (2019), Vehicles (2019), Various Hands (2019), 3D Animals (2019), Abantu (2019), Herr (2019), Menge (2019), Funny Aliens (2019), Mustachos (2019), Kids Drawings (2019), Tierfarm (2019), Troep (2018), Women Heads (2018), Cats and Dogs (2018), Wanita (2018), Eyez (2018), Animales (2018), Peoples (2018), Mobile Icons (2018), Controllers (2018), Womano (2018), Lost in Space (2018), Blumen (2018: flowers), Tetriso (2018), Snowflake (2018), Meine (2018: masks), Horoscopicus (2018), Esoterica (2018), Astrologicus (2018, astrolical symbols), Abbild (2018: African masks), Being (2018: monsters), Gebell (2018), Headed (2018), Falter (2018), Filling (2018), Anichka (2018), Cyclopia (2018), Buggus (2018), Opa (2018), Messe (2017), Head of Idol (2018), Diavolo Nero (2017: funny silhouettes).
    • The boxed or encircled alphabets Audience Capitals (2020), Galileo (2020), Compare (2020), Compare-Light (2020), Hexagonas (2020), Select (2020), Before (2020), Before-Dark (2020), Boxes (2020), Boxes-Extravagant (2020), Boxes-Fancy (2020), Calf-Negative (2020), Capital-Relationship (2020), Pyxidas (2020), Capitalica (2020), Tundra (2020), Ordinary Capitals (2020), Broadway Capitals (2020), Browser Capitals (2020), Capitalismo (2019), Schwarzenberg Capitals (2019), Retrospective Capitals (2019), Official Capitals (2020), Impression (2020), Oriental (2020), and Letters in Circles (2018).
    • Shadowed caps: Cleopatra (2021), Farmers Market (2021), Erkekler (2021), Assignation (2021), Greek Tragedy (2021), Distorted (2021), Lightshow (2021), Credenza (2021), Ragusa (2021), Comunismo (2021), Scordia (2021), Gazelle (2021), Organ (2021), Strizhi (2021), Umoya (2021), Ninja Justice (2021), Unlimited (2021), Unicorns (2021), Labyrinth (2021), True Artisans (2021), Poker (2021), Donald (2021), Ferrari (2021), Booster (2021), Madness (2021), Favorita (2021), Vitamin (2021), Robot (2021), Robust (2021), Engine (2021), Whether (2021), Nucleus (2021), Trunk (2021), Ombre (2021), Viscosus (2021), Jewelry (2021), Verge (2021), Pursue (2021), Keener (2021), Visor (2021), Korvo (2021), Squash (2021), Scum (2021), Darker (2021), Education (2021), Cimice (2021), Tomb (2021), Bambola (2021), Calla (2021), Rump (2021), Complex (2021), Razor (2021), Driveller (2021), Karambol (2021), Princino (2021), Berger (2021), Adopted (2021), Bugbear (2021), Samara (2021), Talisman (2021), Waterway (2021), Megabus (2021: a marquee font), Roller (2021), Numerica (2020), Bond (2020), Gloom (2020: a marquee font), Chalkboard (2020: sketched), Unboxing (2020: techno), Antennas (2020), Secca (2020), Umfo (2020), Sabbia (2020), Squirrel (2020), Byzan (2020), Debtor (2020), Bridge (2020), Familie (2020), Lake (2020), Roma (2020), Tissue (2020), Bombay (2020), Osteology (2020), Restroom (2020), Speaker (2020), Bebika (2020), Center (2020), Gismo (2020), Fierce (2020), Gambler (2020), Afterparty (2020), Birdbrain (2020), Boner (2020), Divine (2020), Gelatin (2020), Lost (2020), Marshland (2020), Quadri (2020), Shadow (2020), Stairs (2020), Superba (2020), Techno (2020), Underman Book (2020), Wired Capitals (2020), Fineliner (2020), Fictive Kinship (2020), Exotica (2020), Ural (2020), Devianza (2020), Kultur (2020), Unmute (2020), Antiqua (2020), Chains (2020), Scheme (2020), Stumble (2020), Aroma (2020), Beans 2 (2020), Cover (2020), Cronica (2020), Fundament (2020), Horna (2020), Loce (2020), Mademoiselle (2020: art nouveau), Melodia (2020), Penny (2020), Taikun (2020), Assault (2020), Athletica (2020), Baraka (2020), Brassica (2020), Builder (2020), Chancellery (2020), Gwara (2020), Pliez (2020), Recinzione (2020), Right (2020), Rimes (2020), Seal (2020), Service (2020), Scorpions (2020), Terraces (2020: American flag font), Wedding Cabbage (2020), Wild Girl (2020), Tragedy (2020), Indos (2020), Starfish (2020), Vintage (2020), Adriatica (2020), Funeral (with American flag texture) (2020), Voleur (2020), Calzino (2020), Peshkop (2020), Metzger (2020), Asshole (2020), Puppet (2020), Broeksel (2020), Hals (2020), Escort (2020), Vortex (2020), Dades (2020), Boild Hedgehog (2020), Mermer (2020), Grower (2020), Rainbow (sketched) (2020), Baise (2020), Necklace (2020), Angels (2020), Smuggler (2020), Dommage (grungy) (2020), Squalor (2020), Fusto (2020), Course (2020), Fisheye (2020), Baiser (2020), Banda (2020), Cantaloupe (2020), Canto (2020), Begriff (2020), Trapeze (2020), Arabeska (2020), Silver (2020), Wasco (2020), Kosaken (2020), Triangle (2020), Banquet (2020), Demode Capitals (2020), Cultus Capitals (2020), Idiot Capitals (2020), Granary Capitals (2020), Liberta (2020), Montblanc (2020), Granary (2020), Blanket (2020), Tuyaux (2020), Wolf (2020), Comeback (2020), Oliba (2020), Idiot (2020), Trailer (2020), Bricks (2020), Toys (2020), Luxury (2020), Hertz (2020), Signal (2020), Serenada (2020), Kurven (2020), Schnecke (2020), Mona (2020), Sierra (2020), Search (2020), Tranchante (2020), Eccentric (2020), Fast (2020), Mosquito (2020), Speed-of-Light (2020), Thanks (2020), Album (2020), Boyhood (2020), Ending (2020), Trend (2020), Universal-Serial-Bus (2020), Fixed (2020), Kings (2020), Holiday (2020), Range (2020), Numbers (2020), Shipman (2020), Officer (2020), Video (2020), Order (2020), Route (2020), Cosa-Nostra (2020), Clowns (2020), Unique (2020), Voyeur (2020), Shape (2020), Brigadier (2020), Allora (2020), Spartacus (2020), Advisor (2020), Ambis (2020), Cables (2020), Genesa (2020), Horse (2020), Laptop (2020), Pork (2020), Mafioza (2020), Mucho (2020), Athens (2020), Audience (2020), Rotor (2020), Mundo (2020), Olympus (2020), Border (2020), Scale (2020), Survival (2020), Trouble (2020), Turnabout (2020), Catharsis (2020), Parade (2020), Discoteque (2020), Rude (2020), Fame (2020), Safran (2020), Ausweis (2020), Mechanica (2020), Moscowian-Party (2020), Beers (2020), Strengthen (2020), Tempo (2020), Unreal (2020), Poetico (2020), Bach (2020), Bach-Fat (2020), Energy (2020), Alexandra (2020), Basket (2020), Cushion (2020), Model (2020), Organiser (2020), White (2020), Anabela (2020), Cannibal (2020), Casablanca (2020), Castle (2020), Control (2020), Crazy (2020), Crazy-Gradient (2020), Emotion (2020), Honey-Bunny (2020), Knockout (2020), Linearo (2020), Murmure (2020), Polished (2020), Reon (2020), Sparrow (2020), Storms (2020), Street-Stars (2020), Franchise (2020), Pencil (2020), Ruanda (2020), Pepito (2020), Megalomania (2020), Rouleaux (2020), Frozen (2020), Together (2020), Saldo (2020), Museum (2020), Network (2020), Hunk (2020), Cultus (2020), Creator (2020), Flow (2020), Blocchi (2020), Possession (2020), Bad Germans (2020), Discounted (2020), Traversal (2020), Mangalica (2020), Murmansk (2019), Summer Candy (2019), Question (2019), Second Channel (2019), 3D Models (2019), Memory (2019), Computer (2019), Diversity (2019), Elastic Letters (2019), Businessman (2019), Kuchen (2019), Demode (2019), Objective (2019), Medication (2019), Nonsense (2019), Plagiat (2019), Toledo (2019), Tricks (2019), Common (2019: a trompe-l'oeil font), Mafia (2019), Releases (2019), Extradition (2019), Shoot To Kill (2019), Groowing (2019), Enough (2019), President (2019), Silence (2019), Dressed (2019), Already (2019), Hocus Pocus (2019), Password (2019), Ready (2018) and Messages (2017).
    • The ornamental caps typefaces Mahal (2021), Stamp (2021), Hell Door (2021), Tangram (2021), Custom (2021), Remake (2021), Studio (2021), Adagio (2021), Oxidizer (2021), Mondial (2021), Paraglide (2021), Tattoo (2021), Developer (2021), Dama (2021), Lobby (2021), Gabaritos (2021), Sence (2021), Ombre (2021), Cresa (2021), Anniversary (2021), Wire (2021), Triton (2021), Lamina 92021), Hangup (2021), Years (2020), Dowry (2020), Sephora (2020), Jewels (2020), Straightforward (2020), Dance (2020), Necklace (2020), Maria (2020), Taxi2 (2020), Outlaw (2020), Combat (2020), Chewed (2020), Fantasy (2020), Observation (2020), Cure (2020), Pioneer (2020), Near (2020), Kleid (2020), Unitas (2020), Tomato (2020), Blader (2020), Canal (2020), Baked Snails (2019), Alcoholic (2019), Bonjour (2019), Zylinder (2019), Phenomenal (2019), Surfaces (2019), Success (2019: as in De Stijl), Retailer (2019: multilined), Havana (2019: multilined), Mechanismo (2019) and Pencil Letters (2019).
    • The display typefaces Trader (2020), Oysters (2020), Furious Ride (2020), Portfolio (2019), Pontos (2019), Swordsman (2019), Regular (2019), Andrey (2019), Retrive (2019), Connected (2019), Locator (2018), Tracking (2018), Iceberg (2018: snow-capped letters), New Amsterdam (2018), Ana (2018), Enemy (2018), New Yorkers (2018), Happy Day at School (2018), Focused (2018), Modish (2018), Beholder (2018) and Principality (2017).
    • The alphadings Birthdays and Parties (2021), Bahanalia (2020), Icecreams (2020), Brailler (2020), Night Dreams (2020), Flower Capitals (2020), Jingle Bells (2020), Neuron Capitals (2020), Easter Time (2020), Hearts and Arrows (2018), Penguins (2018), Kitties (2018), Doggy (2018), Teddy Bears (2018), International Capitals (2018), Aafia Capitals (2018), Answer Capitals (2018), Beholder Capitals (2018).
    • The circuit font Simple Repairs (2021).
    • The 3d typefaces Sharp (2021), Edited (2021), Three Dimensions (2020), Rental (2020), Shiny Blocks (2020), Turbulence (2020), Labor (2020), Worship (2020), Fantasy-3D (2020), Zucker (2020: stacked blocks) Perfetto (2020), Rude-3D (2020), Lover (2020), Kasten (2020), 3D Models (2019), Tricks (2019) and Metallic (2019).
    • The multiline typefaces Yiphi (2021), Porker (2020), Formula (2020), Laguna (2020), Hypochondria (2020), Majestic (2020), Vibes (2020), Tubes (2020), Yogurt (2020), Turkish (2020), Question (2019), Pancake (2019), Remained (2017), Liquidrom (2018), Second Channel (2019), 3D Models (2019), However (2019), Confarreatio (2018) and Fudged (2018).
    • The textured typefaces Incompetent (2021), Autumn (2021), Sangria (2021), Studio (2021), Kino (2021), Elixir (2021), Espace (2020), Mistress (2020), Heritage (2020), Silicone (2020), Hornettio (2018), Ignorant (2018), Americans (2020: the American flag embedded into the glyphs), Pollution (2020), Jakob (2019), Diversity (2019), Townscape (2019), Patriotic (2019: American flag theme), Meshes (2018), Complained (2019), Duration (2018) and its solid counterpart, Duration Book (2018).
    • The Slavonic emulation typeface Russian Land (2017) and the Cyrillic emulation typefaces Monarch (2021), Cold War (2021), Beograd (2020), Ukrainian Princess (2019), Territory (2019), Kalinka (2019), Rubles (2018), Maniac (2018), Jurij (2018), Kachusha (2018), Soviet Program (2018), Armenia (2017), Fontograd (2018) and Russian Spring (2017).
    • The constructivist typefaces Tokarev (2017), Russiano (2018), Suggested (2018), Hungaria (2018) and Schwachsinn (2018).
    • Art deco typefaces: Cavalier (2021), Performer (2021), Angelica (2019), Protocol (2019), Retrospective (2019), Leculier (2018, after an alphabet in Georges Leculier's art deco lettering book from ca. 1930), Better (2018), Critical (2017).
    • Art deco caps: Reverse (2020), Bathroom (2019), Idiotism (2019).
    • The chess fonts Schach (2020) and Wisdom Chess (2020).
    • The weather icon font Weather Symbols (2020).
    • The decorative sans typefaces Shock (2021), Energia (2021), Pitviper (2021), Nemesis (2021), Addiction (2021), Nehad (2021), Chewer (2021), Nightfall (2021), Gourmet (2021), Flipside (2021), Layered Letters (2019), Imbecile (2019), Answer (2018), Hours (2018), Abandoned (2018), Sea Gardens (2017), Forvertz (2018), Yeysk (2018) and Closeness (2018).
    • Sans: Wollicht (2021), Ministro (2021), Lonely (2021), Noix (2021), Messina (2021), Samara (2021), Rickrack (2021), Broadcaster (2021), Catamaran (2021), Official (2019).
    • Comic book fonts: Reset (2021).
    • Artsy fonts: Hornstick (2021), Kikundi (2021), Shanghai (2021), Skewed (2021), Company (2021), China (2020).
    • The headline sans typefaces Finance (2020), Marija (2020), Fashion (2020), Magazine (2020), Policemen (2020), Impressum (2019), Educated Deers (2019), Hindenburg (2019) and Fixation (2018).
    • The rounded organic sans typefaces Hofmann (2020), Adelino (2020), Available (2018) and Biysk (2018).
    • The handcrafted typefaces Diana (2020), Flood In London (2019), Milord (2018), Sex and Breakfast (2018), Sweet Handwrite (2018), Industrial Revolution (2018), Oh Maria (2017), Sofija (2017) and Travelling (2017).
    • The bubblegum typefaces Roller (2020), Jellies (2020), Designero (2019), Bubblicious (2019) and Icecreamer (2017), and its oily companions Gummy (2018) and Liquid (2018).
    • The heavy deco typefaces Guest (2019), Bigger (2018), Hours (2018), Intransitive (2018: Dutch deco), Theatrical (2017) and Consequences (2017).
    • The beveled fonts Iron (2020), Rising (2020), Novgorod (2020), Troy (2020), Fake Hope (2019), Diamond Ring (2019), Playback (2018) and Member (2018).
    • The starred caps typefaces Farmers Market (2021), Donald (2021), Citizen (2021), Wizard (2021), Adrenaline (2021), Diabolo (2021).
    • The stencil fonts Browser (2019), Serbia (2019), Belgrado (2019), Further (2019), Generals (2018), Mayor (2018) and Olga (2018).
    • The semi-stencil all caps typefaces Restaurant Menu (2019), Queen Dea (2019), Latest (2019) and Large (2019).
    • The fat rounded sans typefaces Guest (2019) and Subscribe (2019).
    • The Western fonts Newlywed (2020) , Tombola (2019), Permission (2019), Alexander (2019), Retrosonic (2019), Kasplysk (2019).
    • The experimental typeface Typo Layer (2019).
    • The German expressionist outline typeface Robert (2018).
    • Current Moment (2019): a digitized "Zuccini" plate by Frits Jonker.
    • The LED fonts Remaster (2021), Ringing (2022), Gigabytes (2020), Error (2020) and Technology (2018).
    • The octagonal athletic lettering fonts Academy (2021), Junk (2020), Barbara (2019), Soccer (2020), and Soccer League (2018) and the outlined athletic font Onderneming (2018).
    • Leculier (2018). After an alphabet in Georges Leculier's art deco lettering book from ca. 1930.
    • The speed fonts Live News (2020) and Speed Racing (2019).
    • Essere (2018).
    • The squarish typefaces Archipelago (2021), Haine (2020), Augsburg (2020), Legionary (2020), Cyber Princess (2019), Professor (2019), Layers (2018) and Cataclysmo (2017).
    • Driving Around (2018).
    • The decorative floral caps typefaces Floral Capitals (2018) and Narcissus (2018).
    • Gradientico (2018). A textured didone.
    • The Greek simulation font Meteora (2018).
    • Griddy Blocks (2018) and Blocky Letters (2018).
    • Decorattio (2018).
    • Ordinary (2018) and Mina is Gone (2018).
    • The trilined typeface Trio (2017).
    • The connected handwriting typeface Eric's (2016).
    • The military typefaces Login (2018), Commanders (2017) and Hunt (2017, after an alphabet by the Hunt Brothers in their 1930s book Lettering of Today).
    • The neon typeface Bubble 3D (2017), and the neon and shadow font family Magia (2019).
    • Schaeffer (2017). A revival of the famous multiline typeface Fatima (1933, Karl Hermann Schaefer).
    • The grungy typefaces Horizont (2020), Cosmas (2020), Drunk Millionaire (2019), Leave No Fingerprints (2018), Haziness (2017) and Victorious (2017).
    • The molecular typeface Neuron (2019).
    • The inline caps typefaces Panther (2021), Africa (2021), Look (2019) and Speed (2019).
    • The inline typefaces Green (2020), Bernard (2020), and Games (2017).
    • The display serif typefaces Kandinsky (2021), Funia (2021), Army Guys (2021), Hoodie (2019).
    • The marquee typefaces Squad (2021), Grotto (2021), Megabus (2021), Plagiat (2019), Dropped (2019), Casino (2018) and Chicago (2018).
    • The layerable marquee font Rockefeller (2018).
    • Movie fonts: Film Letters (2018).
    • The outlined typeface Important (2018).
    • The white-on-black typeface Circusant (2019).
    • The didone typeface Vogue (2018).
    • The geometric solid typeface family Ivan (2019).
    • The geometric sans typeface Occupied (2017).
    • Rise of Kingdom (2017).
    • Cartoonish (2017).
    • Hesitation (2017). A rounded handcrafted poster font.
    • Leben and Leben Shadow (2018).
    • Braillenum (2018).
    • The condensed grotesks Around (2020), Heinrich (2019) and Schwarzenberg (2019).
    • Schreibmaschine (2017). A dusty old typewriter font.
    • The vintage initial caps typefaces Nautiica 3d (2018), Fantasy Capitals (2018) and Herne Capitals (2018).
    • The Arabic emulation typefaces Bayram (2020) and Sinbad (2018).
    • Herne (2018).
    • Passage (2018).
    • Knotty (2018).
    • The Mexican style font Mexicanera (2018), Dilemma (2018: Mexican Calavera skulls), and Mexican Tequila (2018).
    • The techno typefaces Flight 21 (2019), Cyber Princess (2019), Passionate Relationship (2019), Neighbor (2018), Bombardment (2018) and Leprosy (2018).
    • The avant-garde typeface Typolino (2018).
    • Regensburg (2018).
    • The ultra-fat typefaces Crime (2020), Owners (2018) and Housebreak (2019).
    • The prismatic typefaces Jumble (2020), Boogie Woogie (2019), Running (2019), Bigger Italic (2018; based on Bigger Book), Linerine (2018) and Cosmology (2018).
    • Failed (2018).
    • The codex typefaces Grille (2020), Compass (2020) and Measurements (2018).
    • Damages (2018).
    • The circle-themed fonts Sparks (2020) and Condition (2018).
    • The textured typefaces Mitesser (2020), Object (a meshed font) (2020), Noisy Walk (2020), Brightness (2020), Mistress (2020), Heritage (2020), Silicone (2020), Hornettio (2018) and Ignorant (2018).
    • The oriental simulation fonts Dasvidaniya Book (2020), Pearl Harbor (2020), Chinese Dragon (2019), Sudoku (2019), Hiroshima (2019) and Kamikaze (2018).
    • Monograms: Quintete (2020), Formogram (2020), Diamond Monogram (2020), Ribbon-Monogram (2020), Bulged Monogram (2020), Monogramus (2019), Blocky Monogram (2018) and Monograma (2018).
    • Blackletter: Bramble Princess (2021), Drunks (2021), Cosmopolite (2020).
    • Fists: The-Point (2020).
    • Scanbats: Retro-People (2020), Vladimir (2019: Putin scanbats), Portraits de Femmes (2019: scanbats), Notre Dame and Notre Dame de Paris (2019: scanbats), Hollywood Actors (2019: scanbats), European Leaders (2018: scanbats), Trumpolina (2018: Trump scanbats).
    • Word fonts: Black-Lives-Matter (2020).
    • Plank fonts: Wooden Planks (2020).
    • The outlined typefaces Carwash (2020), Hypno (2020), George (2020), 3D Letters (2018), Milk & Chocolate (2018: trilined), Czar (2018), Classica (2018) and Created (2018).
    • The glitch fonts Elderberry (2021), Sparkle (2021), Eclairages (2021), Nectar (2021), Check Your Connection (2020), Horizons (2020) and Searching For Signal (2019).
    • The glaz krak font Smashed (2018).
    • The circus font Amigo (2020).
    • The kitchen tile font New Message (2020).
    • The 3d dingbats typefaces Basic Objects (2020: geometric shapes) and Jigsaw Puzzles 3D (2018).
    • The modular typefaces Orenburg (2018), Broadway (2018) and Assyrian (2018).
    • Escher style: Illusion (2019), Vologda (2019).
    • Slinky typefaces: Rings (2020), Zylinder (2019), Pipes (2019).
    • Lombardic caps: Moher (2020), Dublin (2020), Moderno (2020).
    • Ransom note caps: Today (2020).
    • Artistic font: Meute (2020).
    • Halftone fonts: Tourner (2020), Cinquecento (2020), Devotion (2020), Gulliver (2020), Bamboo (2020).
    • Ornaments: Adornos (2020).
    • Antique caps: Grandes (2020), Reveler (2020: from Draughtsman's Alphabets (1877) by Hermann Esser)).
    • Funny faces: Isitolo (2020).
    • Angular caps: Milk (2020), Strike (2020), Worldwide (2020).
    • Tall sans caps: Bungler (2020), Shakeout (2020).
    • Mecano typefaces: Shakers (2020).
    • Titling sans: Steinberg (2020).
    • Titling serif: Love (2020).
    • Break (2020).
    • China (2020).

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    Vladimir Platonov
    [Quba Type (was: Graphic Studio 33)]

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    Vladislav Jordanov

    Vladislav Jordanov (b. 1996) is based in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. He created he vector format stencil typeface Xperia (2013). He was part of the Fontfabric team that designed the 521-font family Zing Rust, Zing Sans Rust and Zing Script Rust in 2017.

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    Vocal Type Co (or: Studio Seals)
    [Tré Seals]

    During his studies at Stevenson University in Washington, DC, Tré Seals (Baltimore, MD) created the Kesura bitmap typeface (2013), the sheared techno typeface Seized (2013), and the free vector format ribbon typeface Unveil (2013). In 2014, Tre Seals designed the vector font Mixed Media.

    In 2015, he created a lower case stencil font for Wink.

    In 2016, he published a few socially responsible typefaces and set up the activist type foundry Vocal Type Co. Early activist typefaces by Tré Seals include Draft (based on a banner carried by a group of students marching against conscription (1972)), Mom's Stencil (inspired by the image of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, in which a child carries a sign at Jefferson Bank and Trust Co. in a demonstration against alleged discrimination in hiring practices at the bank in St. Louis on Aug. 31, 1963), and Martin (a unique sans serif typeface based on the placards carried by followers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968).

    Washington (2016) and Bayard (2018) are civil rights era sans-serif fonts, inspired by the-hand painted advertisements created for the momentous March on Washington in 1963.

    Typefaces from 2017: S Thing (a display family based on various condensed S's), VTC James (a stencil font family inspired by signs carried during one of the demonstrations that led to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act).

    Typefaces from 2018: VTC Eva (Duarte, Peron, Maria) (inspired by banners carried during a 1957 women's demonstration in Buenos Aires in front of the National Congress By Law For Universal Suffrage), VTC Du Bois (based on infographics by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer, and editor. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University).

    Typefaces from 2019: VTC Ruben (inspired by journalist Ruben Salazar and remnants of the 1970 National Chicano Moratorium), VTC Ruby, VTC Marsha Bold (inspired by the vertical sign that once hung outside of Stonewall, and named after Marsha P. Johnson, an African-American transgender woman from New Jersey, whose activism in the 1960's and 70's made her one of the most prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969).

    Typefaces from 2020: Carrie (inspired by the October 23, 1915, march by 25,000 women up Fifth Avenue in New York City to advocate for women's suffrage), Broome (a bespoke typeface for Umber Magazine), The Neue Black (a free gaspipe font based on the signage of Martin Luther King Jr's and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Chicago Freedom Movement).

    Typefaces from 2021: VTC Spike (a custom typeface for Spike Lee's book, Spike).

    Behance link. Older Behance link. Creative Market link. Seals Studio. Youtube video by Naresh Ramchandani on Tré Seals (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Vozzy (was: Oleg Vozny)
    [Oleg Voznyy]

    Aka Vozzy, Oleg Voznyy, Oleg Vozny, and Anton Antipov. Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk (was: Nepropetrovsk), Ukraine-based designer whose company is called Trivia. His typefaces from 2015: Ghost (a spurred typeface), Whiskey Label, Barber Label (shaded vintage font), Scotch Whiskey Label Font, Gouache, Hot Coffee, Mastodon (hipster typeface), Whiskey Shine, Bourbon Whiskey (a Tuscan spurred signage font), Bandidas (a Tuscan spurred label font), Finest Whiskey, Retro Disco, Tequila (a vintage spurred bottle label font), Tortuga Hand (a spurred tattoo font), Hand Drawn Font, Steampunk, Vintage hand Drawn Font, Modern Whiskey, Marine Whiskey, Old Label, Rock On Font, Chulkboard Sketch Font, Chalk Board Hand Drawn Font and Whiskey Label (vintage typeface).

    His typefaces from 2016: Samurai (layerable oriental simulation type), Old Mariner (vintage signage type), Two Shots, Curls (layerable Victorian label font), Ginger Gin Label, Old Style Label (Victorian, layered), Motorcycle Gang, Absinthe (vintage labeling font family, with layering), Mystic Label, Bourbon Strong (a whiskey label font), Aged Whiskey, Bold Craft (vintage label font family for absinthe, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin and beer), Origami, Vintage (a Victorian signage typeface), Gangster (a layered Victorian signage font), Motor (+Shadow, +Shine: a spurred motorcycle / tattoo font family), Family Hand, Absinthe Label (Victorian signage font), Old Sailor (layered vintage typeface set), Old Barrel, BadBoy (hand-printed), Nautical, Sinister (Victorian), Heavy Metal, Darkness Whiskey (Victorian).

    Typefaces from 2017: Blended Whisky Label, Adventure Vintage Label, Whiskey Original Label, Doncaster Vintage Label, Bourbon Special Label, Vintage Marine Label, Marine Whiskey, Alcohol Vintage Label, Virginia Vintage Label, Old Barrel Vintage Label, Tequila Vintage Label, Bubble Vintage Label, Vintage Classic Look, Bourbon Vintage Label, Handcrafted Old Style, Vintage Classic Look, Barber Vintage Label, Walsall Vintage Label, Original Tequila, Retro Style Label, Absinthe Vintage Label, Whiskey Vintage Label, Mystic Vintage Label, Castlecary Vintage Label, Real Estate Vintage Label, Whiskey Vintage Label, Rock And Roll Vintage Label, Blackburn Vintage Label, Tavern Vintage Label, Bourbon Vintage Label, Rock Star Vintage Label, Sandford Vintage Label, Norwich Vintage Label, Whiskey Glory, WireFont Vintage Label, Midieval Vintage Label, Barbershop Vintage Label, Summer Hippie, Bradford Vintage Label, Cartoon Vintage Label, Vintage Age, Retro Label, Stone Angry Look, Retro Alphabet Label, Tattoo Parlor, Brandy Vintage Label, Striped Vintage Label, Hit The Light Vintage Label, Music Album, Irish Whiskey Vintage Label, Northwood Vintage Label, Stitch Vintage Label, Innkeeper Vintage Label, Whiskey Vintage Label, Racer Label, Malt Whiskey Vintage Label, Marine Bay Vintage Label, Alcohol Vintage Label, New York label, Tequila Vintage Label, Portsmouth Label, Sunderland Label, Moonshine Label, Tavern Vintage label, Harbor Vintage Label, Peterborough Label, Blackpool Vintage label, Fresh Cartoon Look Label, Spiced Rum Vintage Label, Old Windsor Vintage, Team Spirit Label, Northamton Vintage, Saloon Label, Gold Rush Label, Rock and Roll Label, New Castle Vintage, Authentic Whiskey Label, Birmingham Vintage Label, Cognac Label, Hipster Label, Rock Star Label, Stockport Label, Barber Label, Colchester Label, WildForest Vintage Label, Brentford Vintage Label, Premium Beer Vintage Label, Lumberjack Vintage Label, Manchester Label, Richmond Label, Old Logger Label, Norwich Label, London Label, Liverpool, Liberty Label, Lancaster, Independence, Grand Reserve, GreatShot Label, Derby, Coventry Label, Coldwater Label, Brighton Label, Bourbon Label, Carlisle Label.

    Typefaces from 2018: Brewery (vintage label font), Amber Whiskey (a great spurred vintage Western typeface family).

    Typefaces from 2019: Coral Reef (monoline script), Sambuca, Original Absinthe (spurred), Tattoo Master, Horror Story (a gory dry brush script), Heavy Boxing (a vintage label font), Hawaii Beach, Green Mexican, Outer Space (a vintage label font), Aviation Cocktail (vintage), Bodybuilder (14 athletic lettering fonts), Biker Whiskey, Vintage Whiskey, Wanted Denim (weathered texture), Bandidas (vintage label style), Cosmic Lager, Spicy Taste, Farm House, Pirate Bay, Smokers, Quick Or Dead (Western, layered).

    Typefaces from 2020: Falange (a 5-style skeletal bone font family), Western Whiskey, Big Wave (a vintage layered font family), Eight Cylinder, Whisky Trail, Brew House (a beer bottle blackletter), Cyberpunk, Beer Time (a vintage label font family), Bobber Motorcycles (a vintage label font), Fire Sauce (layerable), Space Vacation, Metal Core (a spurred blackletter metal band font), Outdoors (a vintage label font family), Bakehouse, Roots, Asgaard (a textured vintage label font), Speedster, Mountain Expedition, Junk Food (a vintage label font family), Old Biker (a vintage spurred label font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Circus Sideshow (a spurred circus font), Vida Bandida (a tattoo font), Healthy Freak (a vintage sign painting sans), Tokugawa (inspired by Japanese), Seaman (a lava lamp font), Stuntman (a font duo, +Stencil and Stencil Paint), Road Rage (Tuscan), Unfair (a squarish all caps typeface), Race To Space (a vintage marquee font), Fun Baking (a condensed organic sans), Urban Ink (a prototypical tattoo font---the last tattoo font you will ever need?), Brewing Crafters (spurred, vintage).

    Typefaces from 2022: Bistro (a vintage shadowed label font), Sport Bar (a spurred vintage label font), Time To Play (a vintage gaming label font), Happy Trip (psychedelic), Barely Legal (a vintage label font).

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    VP Type (or: VP Pixel Fonts)
    [Val Kalinic]

    Type designer in Zagreb, Croatia, b. 1996, Zagreb, who is studying architecture and urban planning. Creator of the avant garde caps typeface Mauve (2012) and the pixel-based typeface family VP Pixel (2017; for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic). See also VP Pixel Pro (2019).

    In 2020, Val released Medieval Pixel VP, Technical Rounded VP, the 10-style squarish techno font family Technical Standard VP and Technical Stencil VP. Twitter link. Fontshop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vultype Co
    [Candra Hamdani]

    Jakarta, Indonesia-based designer of Grahamo (2019: a luxury script), Batisde (2019: a font duo), Haglos (2019: a signage script), Delpina (2019, a vintage monilinear sans; at Vultype), Quefira (2019: monoline script), The Bredan (2019: script), The Bredan Sans (2019), Handler (2019: an interlocking typeface), the monoline script typeface Hesland (2019: free demo) and the letterpress emulation font The Foregen (2019).

    Typefaces from 2020: Kroast funny, Hadrey (a signage script), Brushter (a brush script), Roullasse, Matt Rostine (a signature script), Dagtton, Mirande (a thin all caps fashion font), Hadrey, The Grenhil (a grungy vintage font), Suttimmos, Dagtton, Aliters, Austin, Battnise, Boldris, Butgone, Goodboom, Magnolia, Rubin Key, Stobils, Willdom, Ragila (a decorative serif), Betmo Romate Hood, Grahm Sans, Sartadi, Goshbe (brush), Aurelig (monoline script), Delfina, Bhortead (vintage, grungy), Hargael (monoline script; a free font duo), Cremona, Nathan (script), Old Bridges, Boilgo, Acelire Rosse, Sregale (brush script), Analisa, Melanox (stencil), Anamortee (free).

    Typefaces from 2021: Stange (futuristic), Kodaro (an all caps typeface adorned with intestinal curves), Grunberg (letterpress emulation), Kastel Voire (a display serif), Grahm (vintage, all caps). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Vuuuds
    [Agung Syaifudin]

    Aka Vuuuds. Denpasar, Indonesia-based designer of these typefaces in 2021: Alfine, Efton Serif (decorative), Emilea, Fistro (an avant garde fashion font with hipster traits), Fromy, Fugi, Hues Serif, Musky (decorative).

    Typefaces from 2020: Arsen (a font duo), Cagily (a decorative serif), De Hudson, Froyas, Gesmont (a striking fashion mag font), Kasual, Moric, Smith Signature, Tefis (a decorative serif), Thiago (a decorative serif), Lavagne (an almost-stencil), Carlsen (script).

    Typefaces from 2019: Claire (Sans, Script), Tango (a poetic irregular script), Serfict (calligraphic), Serfict Sans (outlined caps), Charles UK (a formal upright script), Moret (a children's script), Olifer (Serif+Script), Callies Script (swashy calligraphic script), Hector Ink (a Treefrog style ink splatter script).

    Typefaces from 2018: Theory, Ezalor (an inky script), Chase (a clean geometric sans family), Manila, Stay, Mono, Lipstick (a signature font), Figo (an inky script), New (sans), York (script), Roth, Reusk Script, Paris, Adelia, Rosie Kiley (a font duo consisting of the titling typeface Track and the script typeface Kiley), Artemis Script, Anter Script, Gloams, Redge, Muster Script, Stylish Script, Georgia Script.

    Typefaces from 2017: Bianca (signature font), Lisbeth Script, Wilder Script, Kalisa (signature font), The Bloom, Earnis, Mient, Styler, Erily Script, Miyuki (calligraphic), Mussie, Kesley Script, Faust Script, Recolter (a stunning poster typeface), Caities, Emily (script), Roth, Hukster, Rovist Script, Renith (connected script).

    Typefaces from 2016: Hulleva, Callet, Theos Script, Void (rounded sans), Lemonia, Revel (script), First Text (primitive script), Magical Script, Mauret Script (calligraphic), Rosgart (a signature font), Plore (experimental sans), Murtics (a signature font), Infister (minimalist modernist sans), Beafust, Astter (calligraphic script), Humos (connected school script), Hullist (connected handwriting), Happy Tum, Little Bite (children's book font), Millace (calligraphic script), Grafter (connected signage font), Elgard (brush script), Flotus (calligraphic), Pitter (fat finger font), Scripter (formal calligraphic style), Muffet (connected monoline script), Waltus Script (calligraphic and connected), Feruci, Evertype, Breital Script, Castellia, Enough Script, Rollfunk, Hottuf, Staiger (script), Fintype, Themost Script (calligraphic), Fuster Script.

    In 2015, he made the brush script typefaces Mauvet Rios, Reusk (a great informal calligraphic typeface), Mostter (calligraphic script), Foldeck (a rounded monoline sans), Quickfox, Serffost, Hurgey, Gothup, Gullick, Wilfur Script and Barkless, the hairline script font Catties, the fine hand-drawn poster font Monofor, the handcrafted connected script fonts Wellone, Anter Script, Cindelia, Ruffest and Perston, the handpainted Emillyne, Herlock, Forsa, the calligraphic font Herfume (loaded with alternates), the handcrafted font family Latype (Brush, Hand, Script, Serif, Condensed, Sans, Extras), the brush typefaces Nufertum (a great medieval travel log script), Nufertum Sans, Northline, Stokebridge, Fouyers Script, Heiger Script and Wayback, and of the handwriting font Allegate. He also designed Bubble Tea, Whalerig, Klasdot, Hello June, Retro Board, London Train, Rope&Bag, Strip Box, Yellow Jelly, Wide West, Funky Disco, Fat Burger, Sweet Lollipop, Dance Club, Crazy Type, Avicelyns (a connected script), Blackyard (a monoline connected script), and Nanoline Icons (which contains 2061 icons divided into 30+ categories: symbol, weather, building, financial & shopping, user, emoticon, hand gesture, medicine, body parts, image, audio, video, music, charts, map, security, document, furniture, kitchen, drink, fruit, food, chat, email, tools, text, communication, business, time, science, laundry, zodiac, kids, energy, animal, clouds, transportation).

    Typefaces from 2022: Georgia Script, Lecory (a fashionable typeface with high contrast). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wahyu Aji Prasetyo
    [WAP Type]

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    Wahyu Eka Prasetya
    [Ikiiko Type (was: wep)]

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    Wahyu Setiya Rahmawan
    [FactoryType Studio (was: One Dollar Font, Factory 738, Today Pixels)]

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    Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt
    [Hunt Brothers]

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    Walter Cyliax

    Avant garde era type designer, who created the poster stencil typeface Europa (1928). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wandani Creative (or: Lhotive Studio)
    [Rizaldi Wandani]

    Banda Aceh-based designer, b. 1996, of the script typefaces Jester Brush (2018), Glossy (2018), Basston Script (2018), Shelly Script (2018), Hello Sweety (2018), Mettical (2018), Yulisa Script (2018: curly), The Billow (2018), Wandani (2018), Just Sweet (2018), Oh Darling (2018) and Natasya (2018).

    Typefaces from 2019: Yollandy, Abbassy Script (a thin monoline script), Syakia (calligraphic script), Hellomy (monoline), the semi-stencil typeface Calvir, Hellow Knight, Vasttag Brush, Losttimoh, Hello Grizelle Sans, Black Clover Display (blackletter, Victorian), Hello Signature, Cattoms Cute, Ashadiya, Brushnyoe, Sallim Signature, Bellasya, Hilland.

    Typefaces from 2020: Bestwep (a monoline script), Samutin, Sheenline Script, Hello Grizelle Sans (a fat finger font). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wang Dang

    Russian designer of the artsy stencil typeface One Signal (2017). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    WAP Type
    [Wahyu Aji Prasetyo]

    Banjarnegara, Indonesia-based type foundry, est. 2013. Their catalog in 2021: Adventure, B Racing, Be Bold, Blade, Brick 3D, Brusaha, Cyber Rock (brush script), Escape, Futuristic, Halloween, Ink Signature, Katana, Kid Ul , Light Paint, Line Art, Logo oblong (a circle-based logo font), MX, Mango (brush script), Merden, Milk, Modern Future, Ninja (oriental emulation), Ninja Display, Noodle Monoline (script), Oblong (a rounded circular sans), Out Line, Pixel, Pro Tech, Slim Pro (a thin minimalist sans), Sport, Stencil Army, Sticky Bold, Tecno, Wild Life, Yumna (inline).

    Typefaces from 2022: Hookline (an Escher style font), Barbar Shop (Victorian), Franklin Fracture (blackletter), MX Pro (a race car font), Doodle, Futuristic (a minimalist stencil typeface), Rustic (a syrupy script), Sport News (a chamfered sports font). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wataru Aiso

    Japanese designer of Fray Deco (2018). Typefaces made at FontStruct by him include Detour (2019), Handsmooth (2019), Playful Deco (2019), Bullet Train (2018), Gothicized Art Deco (2018), Koffie Stencil (2019: piano key style), Rounder (2019), Border of Breath (2019), Two Stage Stencil (2019), and Horse Power Nick (2019). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wataru Osakabe
    [Lovedesign Company]

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    Wayne Fearnley

    Manchester, UK-based designer of the display stencil typeface Celine (2012), the 12-style grotesque family Labour Grotesk (2020), the hipster sans typeface Amina (2020), and the ten-style grotesque Metric (2020). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wayne Thompson
    [Phat Phonts]

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    WC Fonts
    [Christophe Féray]

    WC Fonts is run by Christophe Féray, and is located in Avignon, Lyon and Nantes. He is the designer of WC Pixhole Beta (2012), WC Pixhole Thin Beta (2012, dot matrix face), WC Zyzi Bta (2011, sexual devices), WC Musica Bta (2009, instrumental dingbats), WC Big Black (2009, T-26), WC Speed Bta (2008), WC XXXplicit Bta (2008, dildos and sex toy dingbats), WC Sold Out A Bta (2007, dingbats), WC Sold Out B bta (2008, more nice dingbats), WC Wunderbach Spider Bta (2005, brush script), WC Wunderbach Bta (2005, stencil), WC Wunderbach Wimpern (2006, scary), WC Wunderbach Perfo Bta (2006), WC Wunderbach Rough Bta (2006), WC Mano Negra Bta (2005, handwriting), WC Marseillaise (2005, handwriting), WC Sold Out Bta (2005), WCSoldOutEBta (2010, dingbats), WC Rhesus B Bta (2007, ink blots), WC Rhesus C 1Bta (2007), WC Rhesus C 2Bta (2007), WC Fetish Bta (2006, female shoe dingbats), WC_AquaBlues (2006, LED simulation), and the grunge typefaces WC Rough Trad Bta (2005: a sketch font), WC Rhesus Beta (2006, ink spill dingbat face), WC Wunderbach Mix Bta (2007, grunge) and WC Addendum Bta (2005, grunge).

    Dafont link. Wunderbach Weiß (2008, stencil font used by the Germans in the catacombs of Paris) abd Wunderbach Paint (2006) are free fonts at Chank. Fontsquirrel link. Fontspace link. Atypeek Design link.

    In 2011, he went partially commercial via T26, where one can buy Big Black (2011) and La Marseillaise Xtra (2011).

    In 2012, he made WC Pixhole Light (dot matrix).

    Typefaces from 2015: WC Schlaass, WC Slaassch (dingbats). Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    We Make Design

    Graphic design studio in Dublin, Ireland. Their typefaces include Whiskey Type, also called DWC Headline (2013): DWC Headline is a font based on the hand rendered type used on Whiskey casks Inspired by the beautiful hand rendered, stenciled and paint forms we found on old Irish and Scottish Whiskey casks, particularly the casks from the Scottish Islands and distilleries. The font was created to replicate the work of unsung craftsmen from generations before. It is a condensed sans serif, with deliberate industrial characteristics and naturally it has a stencil version for burning onto those barrels. Buy it here.

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    Webhance Studios (or: Unbranded Design Studio)

    Bangalore, India-based designer of these typefaces in 2022: Blandit (all caps, for posters and displays; by Alwin Johnson), Hawker Display (by Alwin Johnson).

    Typefaces from 2021: Peyton Display (by Alwin Johnson).

    Typefaces from 2020: Procyon, Garavito.

    Typefaces from 2019: December, Procyon, Comodo, Devant Horgen, Vancouver, Encounter, Obadiah Pro, Xerome (bi-lined), Baroque Sans, Prosper (art deco), Quentin Pro, Proximate Kiddo (a children's book font), Proximate, Danatlion, Ecstacy, Devant Neoteric (by Manual, Old Font Factory), Carbon, Apollonia, Grover, Porcine, Devant Pro, Stickler Sans, Bobcat, Porcine Bosk, Amber, Spark Pro, Cristagrotesk, Aliquam, Colrado, Ambient Sans, Oliver, Maverick Mandala, Maverick, Rectory, Jackylin, Stellar, Electro Sans.

    Typefaces from 2018 (unless explicitly stated otherwsie), all released via Unbranded Design Studio: Arata (African, textured, by Mathew Gris & Ibrahim), Borgund Blinds (a stencil font by Sterin Henry), Groningen (by Maya GS), Aspire sans (by Glen Mathew), Hobart Sans (2013, by Adam Johns), Friary Pro (by Manuel Irin: a monospaced sans), Tessan (by Mojo Alexis), Galloway (by Melwin Peter). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Weishan Gao
    [Timothy Gao]

    Tim Ko, or Timothy Ko, Timothy Gao, or Gao Weishan, or Weishan Gao, from Qingdao (China) was born in 1987. Now located in Tsingtao, China, he created TG Halo (a round stencil sans) (2022), TG Qing (2017), the rounded sans typeface TG Naonao (2015), the free geometric typeface Triangler (2010), Amit (2012), Tetris (2011), Baqa (2012, hand-printed), Alcefun (2011, sans) and Moon (2010).

    About me link. Klingspor link. Abstract Fonts link. Another Klingspor link. Dafont link. Behance link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Weknow
    [Wino Sutarmin Kadir]

    Weknow is the foundry of Indonesian type designer Wino Sutarmin Kadir (b. 1979), who is based in Bogor, Jakarta. Weknow produced a large collection of free fonts from 2009 until 2012. He started making commercial fonts in 2012.

    Creator of the unicase sans typeface Weknow (2009) and the roundish MisstyPoland (2009).

    From 2010: Helenfont (2010), Dennis Vallera (2010), Kasumichan, Karitza, Mozzie, Wings, Sharon, Noakatz, dearladysandra, arachnidlove, Alexandra, Monica (2010), Natalie, Wayner 8088, Anime Queen (2010, pixelized), Nano (2010, pixel face), Glover (2010, circular face), Frozen Pandaman (geometric), Joenine (circular), Fun Record (geometric), Gembira (circular), Gabrielle, Solgas (circular), lifeforfun (2010), znowwhite (2010), Snowmask (2010), Nine (2010), Znowwhite (2010), Cecile (2010, experiment with triangles), Coreldraw (2010, geometric, monoline), DennisVallera (2010, inspired by the vector art of Canadian Dennis Vallera), Helenfont (2010).

    Designs from 2011: Michelle (circle-based), Emmilia (circle-based), Raynaliz, Polysoup, Seba, Selfregion (concentric glyphs), Wings of the dragons (octagonal), Spider, The Training Artist, Chewed Kandi, Sandra, Saintfighteraqua (geometric), Alexey (circle-based), Kristina (circle-based), Graphic Dream, Crystalcore (techno), Dominique (fat rounded), Formalart, Henderson (circle-based), Intanputripratiwi (circle-based), Kioshima (geometric), Gitchgitch (geometric), Justta, Dismecha, Self Region (labyrinthine), Alberto (monoline geometric), Abstrasctik (rounded and experimental), Nicole, Robotoc, Laggastic, Masterpanda, Mohr, Maruciel, Gabrielle, Carlos (a circle-based face), Life For Fun (geometric monoline sans), Lois Cesarano (hexagonal), Heather Thomas (circles and lines), Picaee (modular and leafy), Owaikeo (a circle and arc face), Celeste, The World, Future, Lanitta, Earthearth, Basic, Beautiful, Internationalist (monoline rounded sans caps face), Midnight Show, Plastic, Victory, Perfect, Superpower, Katarzyna, Invasion, Block, Wonderfull, Sweetest, Direction, Funrecord, Eternal Flame, Coreldarw, James Glover (circle-based), Superstar, Inside, Parallel, Million, Ocean, Never Ending Maze, Silverbend, Dragon Fly, Whatever You Want, Swinging Swan, Funatic, Soulmate, Superhero, Zetland, Letting The Cable Sleep, Weknow World, Universalisme, Ocean, Smiley Turtle, Family&Friend, Flower in the window, You&Me&Everyone Else, Astonishing, Grass Hopper, Merpati Putih, Extra Hot, Trees of Happiness, Blowing Bubble, Brain Storm, Good Morning, Flower Lover, Honestly, Jaguar, Modern Aristocrat, Pure and Simple Everytime, Ride the lightning, Proffesional (sic), Flight Stewardess, Antique Retro, Natural Technologies, Ethereal Sky, Conversation, Earth Heart.

    Free typefaces from 2012: Serta Kayu (multiline script), Emerald, Sweater (texture face), Fish Bone, Delicious Ketchup. The Dark Knight, String and Wire, Little Ant, Xtrapower, Standard International, Nice dream come true, Bavaria, Queen of the modern age, Science Fiction, Greatest View, Queen of the Modern Age, Made in earth, Arabian Knight, Emperor of Japan, Bill Gates Windows, Maximum Kilometer, Mineral Oil Resources, Motorcycle (curly caps), Eskimo and Polar Bear, Gladiator Sport, Aero Dynamic, Optical Fiber, High Logic, Generation (a nice all-caps shadow face), My Heart, Play Ground (multiline face), Cartoon Character, Windows in Japan, Quantum Leap (dymo label face), Computer Love, Electric City, and Copper, Valentine In Love, Weknow Windows, Punk, Graphic Design, Billy Jean Style, LMAO (rounded bold sans face), Take and Give, Indonesia Tanah Air, Swimmer Browser, Diamonds are forever (hexagonal and rounded), Tortoise, My Dear, Get Ready, Export Import, Miracle, Digital Ninja, Funtastic Million Moment, Funny and Cute, Samurai in UK, Bookmark, Once Upon A Time, Bird Feather, Respect, Aruna Aira Jasmine, Extra Cheese, Beauty and the beast, Kung Fu Master (oriental simulation typeface), Game Player (art deco), Modern Building, Trade and Mark, Grovy (sic) Kind of Life, King of Font and Typography, ABC (comic book face), Metro City (extended monoline typeface), The Art, Sprout and the bean, Scooter experiment, Sundown Sunrise (a rounded monoline sans), Art Heart, WindowsObject, Authentic Love, Dolphin Ocean Wave, British Pop Music, Master (sci-fi), Sneak Peeks, Like This, Crumble, Zebra Cross, Star Constellation, Water and Gasoline, Autumn, Aviator, So Cute, Crow Chief (bow and arrow font), Beard Rider, Skateboard, Panel, Swallow Sky Night, Hotel Motel (fat finger face), Techno Various, Zooming Track, Robo Cop, Dance Fever, West Java, Ivory Culture, Push The Button (art deco), Highway Patrol (blocked black typeface), Sausage, Little Atom, Mick Jagged, Life Is Final (copperplate), Total Hammer, Cybertooth, Modern Craft, Riding The World, Boarder (counterless), Essential Arrangement, Sensation, Helmet, Smile, Little Think Big Impact, Airplane, Young and Free, The Futurist, Creative Mind, House Builder, Falling in love, My Font (a rounded monoline oblique sans), Proffesional (sic) Edition, Young Forever, Brown Fox, We Know, Prehistoric, Frankenstein Monster, Great Adventure, You Makes Me Happy, The One and Only Me, Wireframe (3d face), Ceramic (3d face), Winner, The Amazing Me, Cycle, Asia Pacific, Written on the hand, Love is blind, Luxurious Sexy, Robotic, Nano (dot matrix face), King Of The World, Roller Blade, Antelope Run, Elemental, Champion Coffee Cup, Bandit, Arcade, Zetland, The Training Artist, Technique, Neon Glow, Fruit Vegetable, Archieve, Experiment Butterfly, French Fries, Remember Memory, Rocksteady, Electro Static Rain, Science Channel (stencil face), Surfing and Play, Umbrella, The Wizard, Great Leader, Bare Knuckle Fight, The Wizard of One Click, Extra Large, Stabilo Spidol, Onion Rings, Strawberry, Lets Do It Again, Modern Script, Amazing Symphony, Psychedelic, Jump Street, The Earth (modular), Brigade Army, Extraordinary, Cobra on Coconut Tree, Natural Beauty, Anything Mean Everything, Smoke on the water, Write A Letter, Everybody, Together, Planting And Seeding, Savior Light Our Way, All Around The World, Think More For Solution, Yesterday, Techno Tech, Prudent, Metamorphosys, Keep quite and simple (sic), India Hair Style, Catalyst, Bamboo Shoot, Global Capitalism, Water Drop, Thunder Jagger, The Science Archaeologist, The Happy Face Smile, Pyramid Inverted, Jailbreak, Game of Life, Fun Raiser, Athletic, Android Robot (sci-fi), Croissant Sandwich, Ocean Free, Thursday, Crochet Pattern, Firework, Futuristic, Pocket (rounded bold sans), Entertainment, Technology (bubblegum face), So This Is It (inline caps face), Everything (circle-based font), Auto Mobile, Futurism, Rhinoceros Break, Enormous (angulat headline face), The Quick (octagonal), Over The Mountain (wavy face), Frame Work, Interplanetary, Antariksa (rounded sans), Airwaves, Strong in the Heart, Pure And Simple Everytime (rounded organic sans), Gitchgitch (rounded organic sans), Monica, The Lazy Dog (grunge), True Self Reliant, Think Techno, Street, Symbol (constructivist), Post Rock, Moon Light (plump and round), Jumping Running, Green Avocado, Bunga Melati Putih, Bizzare, World Word, Little Rainy Day (dot matrix), Animaline (animal dingbats), Smart Watch, At Most Sphere, Sweet Lollipop (curly), Painting The Light, Flattered, Earth Aircraft Universe, Daydreamer, Earth Aircraft Universe, Flattered, Welcome to Planet Earth, People Quark, Friendly Robot, Biological, Splashing, Freezer, Ragatnia Clara (a nice script), The Happy Face Return.

    Typefaces from 2013: Cat Eyes, Stay True, Where Wolf, The Sound, Royal Jelly, Grumpy Cat, Aku Cinta Kamu, Yellow, Innovation, Invisible Man, Archieve, Electro Magnet, Bamboo Chopsticks, Valentine's Day, True Love, Club Golf, Your Smile, Guitar On Stage, Karate (oriental simulation), Recognition, Sleeping Beauty (plump lettering), Gelombang Radio, Frozen Ice, Sport Center, Reflection, Enjoy The Time, Fillet O Fish (brushed caps), Artistic, Flower Generation (psychedelia), Heart Shaped, Adore You, Jelang (textured typeface), Stargazer, Army Of Me, Xtreme Bike, Atomic, Fancy Curly, Mastermind, Scientist, Brother, Bahasa Indonesia (sans), Cyber, Photography, Super Creative, Black Stallion (script), Cartoon, Exposure (shadow face), The Ticket, Mercury (retro-futuristic), Agriculture (lava lamp typeface), Electronic, Transformation, The Night (gothic typeface), King Cobra, Bionic Heart, Goddess of Fortune, Guitar Acoustic, Magenta Flower, Java Island (lava lamp typeface), Ready Steady Go, Cute Monster, High Speed, Machine Gun, Random Face 1 (dingbats), Dear Diary, Shinobi Ninja, Stranger (octagonal), Discovery, Translation, Japan (oriental simulation), Digital Gothic, Techno, Butterfly (lava lamp typeface), Candlelight (eax drip face), Maverick, Movie Script Ending, Monochrome, Japan, Chunky Bar, The Greatest High (blackboard bold), Featured, Random Thing 1 (cartoon dingbats), Straw Hat, Where Are You, Plant On Lawn, The Innocent Face, Beat of Drum, ASDFA, Creamy Butter, Monster Rock, Plumbing, Mexicano Chili Sauce, Air Show (bubblegum face), This Is True, Fresh Mint, Laser Gun, My Game, Black Mamba, Drako Heart, Children Stories, Play The Game (with a McDonald's M), Let it be, Everlasting Song, Logotype, Blessing Son, Wino Sutarmin Kadir, Bad Boy, Bold and Blue, Quantum (sci-fi face), Oceanography, Elementary, Sailorman, Heart And Love, High Thin Light, Vintage Postcard (spurred), The Bartender (spurred), Inside The Boxes (rhombic type), Herbalism, Happy Home (lava lamp typeface), Wave Zone, Market Leader, The Monkey, Engine Power, Gamer, Story Telling (lava lamp typeface), High Flagship, Back to Nature, The Quick Motorcross (bilined, caps only, with a McDonalds M), Fisherman (lava lamp typeface), Step Forward, King of Pirate (art nouveau caps), Heritage, High in Love, Thin Decorative (spurred typeface), Little Cowboy, What The Fun, Aha Experience, Glitch (pixel face), Portable.

    Typefaces from 2014: Enjoy The Show (bubblegum font), Right Power, Xerxes, Selamat Hari Raya, Sincere Heart, Thermometer, My Angle (fat script), Restaurant, Life is font, Material Science, Wave Zone, Everything is a test, The kind of feeling, The President, Blue Ocean, Heavy Metal Gaze, Air-Planet, FOREST-THING (a black poster font), Here-Comes-The-Sun, VICE-VERSA, Wajah-mu-Malaikat, The Miracle, Over The Sky, Eternal Love, Under Stand, Lets Get It On, Salute, Please Forgive Me, Forest Jump. Dayak Shield, Golden Bar (piano key stencil face), Life To Find, Make Peace, Rocket Brothers, Space Truckin, Silver Knight, Zeppelin, Banana Split, Funny Sport, Material Science, Cinta Adalah Perhatian, Love is Attention, Philosophy, Swampthing, Something, Great Job, I Love You, Baby Metal, Millenium 3, White Sock, Liberate, Life Is Font, Chasing Tail, Listening, Sghining Pearl, Hall of Fame, The Good Life, Funky Claw, Pretty Clever, Breath, Continue, Eyes Believer, Samurai Sword, About, God is Watching us, Smile at face, Guitar Rumble, Si Cantik, She is Beautiful, Joker Shoes, Welcome to the jungle (brush face), Maximum High Tension, First Love, Great Heart, Computer Robot, Question of Science, Book Shelves, Billy The Kid (Western font), Times New Romance, Techno Capture, Chemistry, City Shine, Samurai and Blade, Hexagonal.

    Typefaces from 2015: Brigade of Love, Creative Culture, Axe For Warrior (dingbats), Bogor, Teleport Machine, Construction, Architecture, Underground (octagonal), King will be king, Knight of Light (medieval), Barbarian, Every Day, Thumbs Up, Defragmented (pixel face), Garden of Rose, House Music, Giant Universe, Element (a connect-the-dots typeface), Kingdom of Heart, Smart Talk, Take On Me, Symbolism, The Happiness, Dark Empire, Space of Time, Game Robot, Made in Indonesia, Morning Sunshine (art deco), Gravity Relationships, All About Love, City of Rock, Dear Baby, My Pleasure, Dear Lovely, Drea Reality, Charming Prince, Warehouse Project (geometric solids), Stone Rock, Script Machine, Pray Boy, Copy Paste, Baby Cuttie, Treasure Island, Impulse of Heart (fat rounded stencil), Extraordinary Craft, Brand New Colony (connected script), Digital Handmade, Learning, Aero Glass, Rainbow In Love, Catatan Harian, Sky Liner, A Lot of Love, Take Me Home, Shake It Off, Everything More, Qualified Good, We are the Word, Tshirt, Valuable, Weknow, Metal Kingdom, Phytoplankton, Kissing The Rain, Sunset Beach, Jazz Music, Dear Lovely, Dream Reality, My Pleasure, Boarder, Entertaintment-Show, Guardian, Indonesia, This-is-internet, Picture-of-you.

    Typefaces from 2016: Big Burger, Blues Melody, Kangaroo Punch, Dark, Amazing Day Everyday, Delicious Choice (lava lamp script), Panda Robot, Wijaya Fresh, Megapolitan Jakarta, Chalk Board, Mother Father, Knowledge Power, Singing Bird, Extra Machine (stencil), Airwave (rounded sans), Human Alter Ego (octagonal), Grand Prix, Serat Kayu, Daniel, Greatest Map, Jazz Sound, Amazing Sound, Algorithm (techno), Brother Army (upright connected script), Cannon Ball, Senorita Spain, Billionaire, Most Famous, The Innocent Army, Guitar Electric, Bracelet, Batman, Phenomenon, Arabian Prince, Taring Serigala, Happy Everydays Day, Coffee Time, Revolver (Western style), Space Object, Black Arrow, Candle-Light, Evergreen, Green Tea (foliate typeface), Harley Queen, Masquerade.

    Typefaces from 2017: Red Light Special, The Brain, Entrance, Auto Bots, Alive in Science Fiction, Harmonic Vibration, Hydraulics System, Mountain Dew, Flying Bird, Next Century (outlined), Read Book (trilined), Just Do Good, Purpose, Kasih Dan Sayang, Tobacco (scratchy typeface), Baby Superhero, Life in Digital Age, Black Star, Start Revolution, Artistic, Army of Me, Anything Mean Everything, Antariksa, Animaline Dingbats, Android Robot, Amazing Symphony, A Lot of Love, All Around The World, All About Love, The Ugly Font, Switch System, Across The Night, I Am A Robot, Polygon Star, The Creation, Amazing Day Everyday, A Lot of Love, Western Eastern (Far West font), Gangsters, Armored, All Around The World, Great Britain, Chintya Awuy, King and Queen, City of Rain, Sub Urban City, Spicy Paprika, King of Everything, Pondok Ratu Intan, Celestial Love, After Party, Underground 2.

    Typefaces from 2018: Age of Science and Technology, Autopilot, Age of Awakening.

    Typefaces from 2019: Primitive Heart.

    Typefaces from 2020: Thefotosintesis.

    Alternate URL. Behance link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Fontm link. Creative Market link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wellinton Lenzi

    Sao Paulo-based Lenzi (b. 1988) designed the pixel stencil typeface Shuin Sans (2009). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wenqian Lin

    Queens, NY-based designer of the experimental stencil typeface Neon (2014). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Why Not Smile LLC
    [Hoon Kim]

    Korean-born, New York-based Hoon Kim is with design consultancy Why Not Smile. In 2015, he published the typeface family Pin at Colophon: Pin is a three-weight, nine-cut family of geometric sans-serif types, available in dot-matrix, stencil, and (monoline) solid variations. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Will Holmes

    Will Holmes (aka Pdod Jones, aka Pillysilly) is the Kiwi designer of the pixel stencil typeface Pixelhole (2009, FontStruct). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Willem Van Lancker

    Willem Van Lancker is a designer and writer. He works for Google and lives in San Francisco's Mission District. Between 2009-2011, Willem Van Lancker designed ODD (an ultra fat face, done for RISD), Nads Slab (a slab stencil typeface done for the athletic teams of RISD) and Medgadget (a squarish typeface designed for but never used by the online journal of medical technologies, Medgadget).

    Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    William A. Woolley

    Designer of the heavy stencil Futura Black-like cubist typeface Braggadocio (Monotype, 1930). Jaspert recalls the differences with Futura Black: a heavy sans serif with a resemblance to Futura Black by the omission of thin strokes. But the letters are wider and the main strokes thicker; ascenders and descenders are shorter. The G has a spur; the J tapers to a point on the line. In the lower case c and s with their blobs approach more closely to the usual fat face design. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    William Bayley (or: Bayley Design)

    Brand designer William Bailey (b. 1990), alias William Suckling (Bayley Design, Hastings, UK and/or Camberwell, UK, and/or London, UK) studied at Brighton University.

    Typefaces from 2020: Côte (2020: an elegant all caps geometric sans with various multiline styles).

    Typefaces from 2019: Block (beveled).

    Typefaces from 2017: Fixer (a free layered typeface in 3D, Display, Inline, Line, Outline and Regular styles).

    Typefaces from 2016: Porto, Empire.

    Typefaces from 2015: Rocket (bold sans), Boxer.

    Typefaces from 2014 include Figgy (formal monoline connected face), and Mongo.

    In 2013, he designed Telegram (piano key typeface), Quackers, Drunken Sailor, Victoria (a Victorian titling face), Chomp (comic book style typeface), Albert Sans and Slab (decorative), Iron, Butcher (a free thin stencil face), Liquor (free Victorian typeface), Axe (a free hexagonal typeface).

    Typefaces from 2012: the free monoline hand-drawn typeface Acorn, Bourbon (a free monoline sans), Tool Kit (dadaist), Obey (a free elliptical sans), Pathway (free), Thrice (a typeface made by using only three shapes), and Perspective (free).

    In 2011, he created an unnamed geometric typeface.

    Cargo Collective link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    William Leverette

    FontStruct artist who in 2008 created Jaguarundi and Jaguarandi Scanline, two African look fonts. He also made the slab serif typeface Instruct Serif and its sans brother Instruct Sans, Block Bottom, and the stylish typefaces Asgard Annarr, Asgard Oldstyle, Asgard Titling Small Caps, Asgard Elongated, Asgard Small Caps, Billy Baud, Asgard, Asgard Ultra, Asgard Titling and Asgard Heavy. He also started the bulldog-jawed slab family Slabgard (+SmallCaps). His latest experiments are with the 3-d metal look, as in Cool Iron, Hot Lead and Hot Iron. His tiled typefaces Tic Tac Toast and Digital Dust are also great. He also made Structurosa Shadow, Squarely, StarStruct and the creative pixel series Med Led 1.1, Med Asylum, Med All, Med Lsd, Med Ish, Private Pixels Italic. Check also his tall piano key fonts Coltrane Compressed, Coltrane Display and Coltrane Gothic. He added a scary ghost series Medula, Medula Black and Med Yeti and variations on Structurosa called Structurosa Neo and Neo II. Leaf Ultra, Leaf Poister, and Leaf Poster Dashed use leaves to form letters. Designer in 2009 of Zingaling (kitchen tile), Slubscript, More Latin Trajedy (+Titling Capitals). Allegorica (2009) is what a medieval stencil might have looked like. Jettletter (2009) is a blackletter face. As Will I, he made these typefaces in 2009: More Latin Trajedy (pixel typefaces), Djangogh (2009, a piano key face; see also Djangogh Unpenned, 2013, and Djangogh 2x, 2011) and Starfokker.

    Fonts made as Will I in 2010 include Slab, Asgard Annarr, Slubscript, Jettletter, Zingaling LC, MiniMallow, LitBit, WPA Go Thin (nice mechanical typeface cloned from Stephen Coles' WPA Gothic), Spark Bit, Fat Bit, Frosty Bit, Esau, iChip (pixel face), Allegorica 2.0b, Spark Bit, Stampede (Western face).

    Creations from 2011: Sketch Bit (grunge), fs Kronos (angular), Geodoni Extra Black Condensed (in the piano key genre), Archly Gothic, Zingaling LC (art deco kitchen tile typeface cloned from Intaglio's Zingaling), W Stripes The Font (texture face), Polygonal ii (octagonal and counterless), Ohm Run Slab, fs Cogni (bike chain font), fs Cognate (similar), fs Pythagoras, fs Rondeau.

    In 2012, he revised RM Uncialic (by Ray Meadows) to RMUncialic+, and added fs Light (white on black), fs Galactica and fs Isthmus (piano key stencil family in several styles).

    In 2013, he published fs Floresta, fs UnStruct, fs Fermat (roman lettering), fs Alhambra, fs Radiata and 1/8ish center square (gridded). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wilson Thomas

    Designer (aka Funk King, b. Fort Knox, KY) who lives in Orlando, FL, and/or Apopka, FL. He used FontStruct in 2008-2009 to make over 550 decorative fonts, and became one of the world's top experts on FontStruct, FontShop's on-line font editor. Most of his fonts were withdrawn in 2012. He did a few commercial typefaces at his commercial foundry, Funk King. His creations include

    • A Bit Eccentric.
    • Alphabots
    • Alphadings: Picnic Basket (2014), Rat Race (2014), Pod Invasion (2014), On Hangers (2012, a commercial series that includes Pants on Hangers, etc), Dog Tag, Black Bird, Easter Egg Dots, Ser Egghead T. handlebar, Ovoidotta (now called Sniff), Play Book, BuddhaBuddha, Swizzle Sticks, Computer Backplate, Milky Way, Sprout, Football, Clapboard (for movie makers), Teed Off, Book Stack, Speaker Box, Ant Farm, Sound and Vision, Speaker Grill, Tom Tom, Caged Type, Conga Lounge, Spinal, Add Van, Frostruct, Picket Fence, Regatta, Cranestruct, Impossible Alphabet, Igloo Village, Mortar Board, Jack, Marionette, Golden Gate (+Short, +Solid), Crossed, Eff U ("the finger"!), Tall Big Top, Jackpot, Skulls&Cross Bones Redux, Crosshairs, Drama Club, Good Day Sunshine, Butterfly, Steps and Windows, Heartbroken, O Christmas Tree, Christmas Lights, Candle, Supper Time (alphadings of plates), Sands of Time (alphadings of hour glasses), Fishbones (commercial since 2012), Handy (alphading with hands), Hang Ten (feet alphadings) and High Five (hand alphadings), Armade and Ghost Ship Armada (ship alphadings), Cut Here (stitching alphadings), Schematic (electric circuit alphading), Masquerade, Mortar Board, Gear Bits, Gearswork, Hi-Lo Gears, Gears, Resistor, Gear Shift, Castle, Castle with Flags, Antique Keys, Rounded Keys, Pods, Piano Keys (+Alt, +Correct), Framework, Dixieland Jazz, Spats, and City of New Orleans (the last three are alphdings based on the same Victorian alphabet), Saturn, Piggy Bank, Voodoo Doll, Dice, Fist Bump.
    • Antennas, Antennas Outline
    • Antiquity
    • Arcostellati, Arcostellato, Arcangolo, Arcontorno (2011): a blackletter family.
    • Architect, Ruled, Gridworks, Blueprint (Solid, Dashed), Quadular (+Serif), Isometric Modified (+Light, +Bold Outline), Isometric (a 3d gridded family: +Basic Latin, +Basic Latin Lite, +More Latin, +Bold, +Black).
    • Art deco: Arc Neuvo (rounded letters), Arc Nuevo (2012, commercial), Toneelschuur (based on the letterhead created for the Theatre Toneelschuur Haarlem), Shift (bold), Eye Spy (this says Peter Sellers), Mod Squad.
    • Atomic.
    • Avenue, Avenue Alphabet (white on black).
    • Badge
    • Ball And Chain (neat), Ball Bearings.
    • Balls and Bats
    • Banjo (2012).
    • Barber Shop
    • Barcoded
    • Basket
    • Beachwear (horizontally striped)
    • Beat Block, Beat Box.
    • Beatnik.
    • Beltway.
    • Birdseye
    • Birdsteps
    • Bitten
    • Blackletter: Abbey
    • Blanket Serif Caps, Blanket Sans Serif
    • Block Inline Block
    • Block Mosaic (great gridded letters)
    • Blockheads
    • Blood Sweat&Tears
    • Bolla Fratturato (2011): outlined blackletter face.
    • Bolt, Bolted
    • Bon Mots.
    • Break, Balance Beam, After Party (2010).
    • Bubble Zwrap (2010).
    • Build A Bridge
    • Buzz Kill
    • Cafe Fumante.
    • Carp Black, Carp Blanc
    • Caterpillar, Tall Caterpillar.
    • Cattails
    • Chain Gang, Krazy King
    • Channel
    • Check Mate (checkered flag font).
    • Cherry Bomb.
    • Chubby
    • Cinder Block (2010): a 3d typeface with texture thrown in.
    • Circuit Board Solid, Circuit Board Outline, Circuit Board Outline Numbers, Circuit Board Simple, Micro Clean, Microcircuitz, Circuit Board Simple, Schematode (2013).
    • Circus Maximus Outline
    • Cirquela (2012). a non-FontStruct font, this is his first hand-printed typeface.
    • Clean
    • Cobblestones
    • Code Hijack (2014).
    • Compass (+Plain)
    • Connected scripts: Cruise, Jet Cruise (2009), Notched Script (upright, connected), Rough Script (italic, connected), square Script (pixelish, connected).
    • Computer Backplate, Milky Way.
    • Contempole
    • Crimped Pincushion (2010).
    • Crispy Inline (classy)
    • Crooked Marker, Marker
    • Crop Circles
    • Crownbar.
    • Curls And Twirls
    • Cut Here
    • Daisies (nice rounded square letters with painted daisies)
    • Decoscriptic, Decoish.
    • Diamonds Are Forever, Liberty (dot amtrix fonts)
    • Didactic fonts: Back to School.
    • Digital, Digital Whimsy (gorgeous fonts in which the meat of the glyphs is made up of 0's and 1's), Digital Italics, Digital Non-italics.
    • Dingbats: Digital Biz Bitz (2012), Capitalist Pictograms (2012), Kapitalist Kit (2011), Weather System (2011), Twelve Days of Christmas (2010), Learning For Business (2010), Calder Symbols (2010), Mad Aliens (2010), FSEmoticons, Maven Pictograms, Temp (weather dings), Sports Wave, Bullet Arrows
    • Dinner at 8
    • Diode
    • Directional
    • Ditier Cycles (2010): a grunge version of J. Hughes's Dirt Cycles.
    • Disco Ball, Disco Salvation.
    • Doggie Tracks (2010).
    • Dollars and Cents.
    • Domestic Bliss (+Solid), Blissful Hearts (Valentine's Day alphadings).
    • Domino, Dominodot
    • Dot matrix fonts: Belly Button (2013), Fandangle (2013), Trace Remains (2013), Billiards (2013), Pome (2013), Cow Poke (2013), Rouletto (2014), Crawler (2014), Zephyrelli (2012), Yoyo (2012), Carousel (2011), Corsivo Punti (2011), Wisp (2011), Amusement (2011), Menagerie (2011), Junk (2011), Iphont (white on black dot matrix face), Lyrical (dot matrix script), Petits Pois, Elli, Industrial Magic, Wind Chime, Domestic Bliss (2010, +Serif, +Sans Serif), Ying Yang (2009)
    • Double Decker
    • Eau de Kerning.
    • Efficiency (2010).
    • Eiffel family: mechanical.
    • Electrifunkified (2013).
    • Emergency
    • eq Regular, eq Radio Waves, eq Tight.
    • Erector Set (2010).
    • Extension Cord
    • Fairy Tale (curly)
    • Fantastic
    • Fast Cars, Fast Lane, Fast Forward
    • Fifty Famous Fairy Tales (bi-lined and bejeweled)
    • Flair Ornate, Flaired Script, Flair, Flaired
    • Floor Plan
    • Flash (gridded face)
    • Folk Art (wooden plank simulation)
    • Font Troll
    • Fractal, Wireframe, Hemisphere, Origami (now Mummification): experiments in glyph partitioning.
    • Funk, Funky palms
    • Gancio (2014). Hand-drawn.
    • Gemstone (letters in a mosaic)
    • Glyphs made from broken objects: Broken Combs, Broken Glasses
    • GI Joe
    • Grain
    • Graphont
    • Grid1, Grid2, Pas De Grille Pli Isométrique (+Plombé), Grille Noir Pli Isométrique (+Plombé), Grille Intrépide Pli Isométrique (+Plombé), Grille Facile Pli Isométrique (+Plombé).
    • Grunge typefaces: Feather (2010).
    • Gummy (2010).
    • Happily Ever After (2010).
    • Heath Robinson (gorgeous mechanical font).
    • Hexcavated (2010).
    • High Anxiety.
    • High Wire (dotted).
    • Honeycomb Black (hexagonal).
    • Horizontally Phased (like IBM logo from afar), Vertically Phased, Field Goal.
    • Hot Diggity Dog (2010): a monoline rounded sans.
    • Void.
    • Inline: Hi-Fi Deco, Track (+Filled), Crispy Inline
    • Imperfect Optical Experiment.
    • Ironside, Ironworks.
    • Isomixed (+Inline, +Inverted, +Light, +Inline Light), Isomixerd Moire (nine textured styles).
    • Jacks (2010): a stitching font.
    • Jeannie
    • Jelly Bean series: I's, Wide, O's, Split
    • Jetsons (futuristic).
    • Jolly Swash 9+Tall, +Tall Wide Tail).
    • Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope Solid
    • Kitchen tile typefaces: MadisonAveAvenue (2010), Edgar Fernhout (2012).
    • Lace
    • Ladder
    • Last Days Of Summer, Endless Summer, Beach.
    • Lattice, Lattice Black
    • Lean
    • Leaves
    • l-e-display
    • Little Miss Muffet.
    • Loom.
    • Love, Love Letters
    • Martini
    • Metroliner and Metroliner Deluxe.
    • MICR fonts: Wedge Solid.
    • Mike
    • Mitered, Zietgeist: striped 3d typefaces.
    • Modal.
    • Modern Ancient (chiseled font imitation)
    • Molecular (+Complex, +Complex 1), Dense Molecular Complex (1 through 5), Molecular Architecture, Tessellation 1 (+Continuous), Tessellation 2.
    • Monkey Bars.
    • Montreal (+Italics)
    • Monumental, Less Monumental,
    • Mortar Booted (+Thick, Separated, Mission, Booted Mission).
    • Mouthy
    • Music fonts: Fret Full (2010), Fret Station (2010).
    • MyBlock
    • Mystere (2012, grunge).
    • Necklace
    • Ninja.
    • Oblique
    • Octovision Remix
    • Open&Shuttered Day, Open&Shuttered Night
    • Oriental simulation/look: Shoji Pixel, Shoji Stage&Screen Soapbox, Chinese Democracy, Asian Influence.
    • Origami City (2010): formerly Simply Elevated Black. Simple Elevation (2012) is in the same family.
    • Outline Habitat
    • Ozmosis (2014), Ozian (2014), Cardinal (2014), Emblem (2014), Oblio (2014), Hollow Branch (2014)
    • Pallina (2010, + Stampino, +Diluente).
    • Palm, Tall Palm
    • Paperclip typefaces: Neue Werner Paperclip (2012).
    • Patterns
    • Pavers
    • Piccadilly (2010).
    • Pipes
    • Pisa.
    • Pixel Dust, Pixels Dusted, Zogg Domination (video game font)
    • Plaid
    • Pop Arc (2010). In the same style: Conveyor Belt, Milk Bottle, Cookie Cutter, Erector Set (2010).
    • Popsicle Sticks (nice vertically striped glyphs).
    • Playbook (2010).
    • Power Grid, Power Gridlocked
    • Process This (2010) and Flowcahrt (2010): based on graphs of computer programs.
    • Pump Boys (2010).
    • Puzzle
    • Quagmire (2010)
    • Radio Waves
    • Razorback Block
    • Receipt (2012): a dot matrix face.
    • Regular Habitat
    • Relativity
    • Remixintag (2011, a clone of Wallachia by Intaglio).
    • Repeat
    • Ribbodini (2010, ribbon font).
    • Riveted
    • Road Trip
    • Sausalito Nautica (2011).
    • Say What? (Exaggerated ink trap face)
    • Scaffoldini (2010): a 3d gridded face. Followed by Scaffo (2012), Scaffoldini Senza Griglia (2010), Scaffoldini Ascendente Contrario SG, Scaffoldini Ascendente Senza Griglia, Scaffoldini Contrario Senza Griglia, Scaffoldini Ascendente, Scaffoldini Contrario, and Scaffoldini Ascendente Contrario, Scaffoldini Prospettico (+Contrario, +SG).
    • Scichosis.
    • Scripts: Diode (+Dioded, Diodoubled, Diodocked, Diodedocked, Diodiced), Scherzando, Fontstitution, Rough Script, Scriptilicious, Whipped Cream, 45 Degrees, Script Town (2013), Aloha (2013), Sinal Strength (2013), Ink Well (2013).
    • Skulls, Skully
    • Slice N dice
    • Skyscraper.
    • Small Wonder, Small World
    • Snowflake (2010).
    • Soap.
    • Sole
    • Soma (2009): 3d letters mades from cubes.
    • Spooky Eyeballs (2009).
    • Squiggles
    • Stained Glass, Stained with Cross
    • Starburst
    • Stencil fonts: GI Joe (2012, military), Kid's Stencil (white on black), Black Tie, Matchstick, Stensei, Stencillated, Tri-Fold, Tri-Fold Cut, Tri-Fold Rounded, Stencil, Stencil Plate, Stencil Face, Semi Stencil, Psuedo Stencil, Psychedelic Stencil.
    • Stitching fonts: Cross Worded (2013), Cut Here (2014), Sampler
    • T-Shirts on a Clothesline
    • Swamp Frog and Tadpole: artsy fat letters
    • Swamp Funk, Mojo (curly letters)
    • Swatches.
    • Tabular
    • Tall Habitat
    • Techno look: Technified, Slick, Tangential (2010).
    • Tanqueray (2010): octagonal face.
    • Teepee (wood look)
    • Tennis themed: Racket, Net Ball, World Cup.
    • Tetrominoes Black (2010): a 3d typeface cloned from TP2 Marriott's Tetrominoes.
    • Textile
    • Texture fonts: Global (2011, globes), SS Half Tone (One, Two, Three), SS Watermark, SS Silk Screen (2010). These brush texture typefaces were cloned from Swifted Strokes by Mike Lee. Tramarada (2011) has a stunning woven look.
    • Thalistic.
    • The Adventure of the Dancing Men (2011, dingbats).
    • The Big Top
    • The Real McCoy
    • Tiki.
    • Time
    • Timpani, Timpaniless, Timpaniblok, Alien Crop Circles (outer space face).
    • Toothpaste (2011): imitating oozing toothpaste.
    • Trapezoidot, Zoidot, Dotz (dotted typefaces).
    • Upright connected scripts: Madie (2009)
    • Valentine's fonts: Hearts and Flowers, Hearts and Arrows, Keys to your Heart, Bed of Hearts
    • Vapors and Mirage: evaporating glyphs.
    • Vibration (2010). This multiline typeface was followed by Echo (2010).
    • Victorian fonts: Alouette, Swamp Funk
    • Void.
    • Waveform
    • WPA Household Arts Stripes, WPA Household Arts Chex, WPA Household Arts (poster stencil face)
    • Wee The People, Small World.
    • Werner Paperclip (2009), Paperclip (2010): paperclip typefaces after a 1974 original by Ad Werner.
    • Western fonts: Bolo (2010), Bow Tie (2010), Bowl (2010), Western Doodle, Sparky, Buckaroo, Diamond Buckaroo, Saloon and Desert Rose. Western style alphadings: Cart Before The Horse, Wagon Train
    • Weird
    • White on black typefaces: Tabs, Dot Keys, Rounded Keys, Block Keys, Keys.
    • Wiggles
    • Wim Crouwel-related fonts: Unknown Crouwel #1, Edgar Fernhout (2012: a Wim Crouwel tribute font in kitchen tile style taken from a 1963 poster), Kalender 1976 Letters (octagonal based on a Wim Crouwel calendar from 1976), Kalender 1976, Brusselmans (based on a Wim Crouwel poster), Rabobank (based on a Wim Crouwel poster), Brabant (based on a Wim Crouwel poster)
    • Woodcut, Woodcut Recut, Woodcut Banjo.
    • Woven.
    • Wrenched
    • Yay Team
    • Zebeast (Zebra-striped letters)
    • Zodiac Block

    In 2012, he added these fonts at MyFonts: Architect, Black Tie, Carousel, Check Mate, Cobblestones, Cruise, Dog Tag, Edgar Fernhout (2012), Fifty Famous Fairy Tales, Fratturato Digitale (pixelish blackletter face), Ghost Town, Jackpot, Jelly Bean, Keyboard, Kingdom (a castle font), Lagniappe (Victorian), Lyrical, Madie, Matchstick, Menagerie, Q Typ, Scaffo, Sprinkle, Stained Glass, Stencillated, Stensei (stencil), Sweet Valley, Toothpaste, Vibration MF, Yoyo, Zephyrelli.

    Typefaces from 2013 (no longer freely downloadable!): Pome (dot matrix), Cow Poke (dot matrix), Sausalito Nautica, Cut Here (stitching typeface), Belly Button (dot matrix face), Rouletto (bejeweled typeface), Picnic Basket (alphadings), Fandangle (dot matrix), Trace Remains (dot matrix), Billiards (dot matrix), Cross Worded, Script Town, Schematode (connect-the-dots), Electrifunkified, Aloha, Signal Strength, Ink Well, Satellite, Supper Time (alphadings), Mike (alphadings), Licorice, Conga Lounge OF, Monkey Bars, Daisies, Fractal OF (textured face), Saloon OF, Ball and Chain, Say What.

    Typefaces from 2014: the multilined or inline typefaces Ozmosis, Ozian, Cardinal, Hollow Branch, Emblem, and Oblio. The alphading typefaces Rat Race and Picnic Basket. The pearly dot matrix typeface Rouletto and Crawler. The video game typefaces Pod Invasion and Zogg Domination. The stitching typeface Cut Here. The pixelized typeface Code Hijack.

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    Wilton Foundry
    [Robbie de Villiers]

    The Wilton Foundry, which started out in Wilton, CT, but is now in Chattanooga, TN), was founded in 2003 by Robbie de Villiers. It published the semi-stencil typeface EM (2018), Brew (2018), Context Regular (2017: a condensed inline typeface), Målestok (an octagonal logo font family), Yotta (2017, a thin monoline sans specially designed for the fashion retail industry), Werk Serif (2017), Clareza (2016, a clean geometric sans), Leuk (2016, a playful sans), Maker (2015, a fresh rectangle-studded techno-display typeface), Saluzzo (2015, a contemporary calligraphic stencil interpretation of Bodoni), Twine (2014, a warm rounded stencil type inspired by the Plantin typeface which in turn is based on Robert Granjon's Gros Cicero of the 16th century), Cielo (2012, a sans family with some contrast), Marcus (2012, a roman type family in the Trajan style), Typetonic (2011, techno), Skript (2011, a stencilish script), Vallassina (2011, like a child's hand), Bellezza (2010), Pagina (2010, humanist sans), Rijk (2010, calligraphic), Saycheez (2009), Chamber (2009, serif face), Ciseaux (2009), Terzo (2009, calligraphic), Werk (2009, 12-style sans family), Velouté (2008, script), Diario (2009, blackboard script), Carnegie Classic (2009, calligraphic), Ziro (2008, almost a comic book font), Suzie Q (2007, hand-printed), Brasserie (2007, connected script), Chateau (2007, calligraphic script), Pointe (2007, a blackboard script), Atto Sans (2007), Santa Cruz (2007, a serifed headline face), Marzipan (2007, a whimsical script), Spark (2007), Fete (2006, formal script), Flax (2006), Portfolio (2005), Cyan (2006, a compact serif typeface reminiscent of Trajan; updated in 2016 as Cyan Neue), Ceres (2009, related to Cyan), Cyan Sans (2006), Petronella (2006, medieval script), Pezzo (2006, calligraphic script), Canette (2006, calligraphic script), Vecta Serif (2005), Vecta (2005, sans family; also published in 2006 as Vecta DT (DTP Types)), Cinnamon (2005, children's handwriting), Cilantro (2005, fun handwriting, and its niece Hanna (2008)), Misspink (2005, stone-age simplicity), Brown Fox (2005, script), Celsius (2005, felt tip face), Plumage (2007, formal high contrast calligraphy), Plato (2005, faded roman caps), Diplomat (2006, calligraphic), Duet (2004, calligraphic; also published in 2006 as Duet DT (DTP Types)), Spark (2005), Anno Rex (2005), Hampton, SCelsius, Gluestick, Duet Bold (2005, calligraphic), Duet-Flourishes (2004), Duet2Deux, Duet-Regular (2005), Nobodi Bodoni (2005), About Face (2004, script), Benjamin (2003, a geometric sans), Paella (2005), Boondoggle (2005, curly face), Monotonose (2004), Password (2004), LoosieGoosie (2004), Pippin (2005, transitional serif), Carnegie (2004, calligraphic), LatextBold (2003), ModusBoldItalic (2003), Nantucket (2004), Nicolas (2005), Oslo (2005, a legible sans family), Sepia (faded look), Belair.

    Chatype is a geometric slab serif typeface family designed in 2012 for the city of Chattanooga, TN, by Robbie de Villiers and Jeremy Dooley.

    Unio (2012) is a rounded slab family designed to be sturdy and legible.

    In 2017, Wilton Foundry published Yotta, Marcus, Chateau, Pagina, Plato, Beurre, Vecta Serif, Cyan Neue, Buckle, Suzie, Unio, Attic Sans, Blau (hand-chiseled, angular text typeface) and Taglio, a contemporary calligraphic interpretation of incised or inline engraving or carving.

    Typefaces from 2018: Chartre, EM, Mijne, Brew, De La Croix (a stencil sans inspired by the works of Eugène Delacroix, leader of the Romantic School) , Halla (a light monoline sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Kular (monospaced), Zentral (an awesome 2-style sculptural font with the angularity of old Czech masters such as Preissig and Menhart).

    Typefaces from 2020: Obo Regular (a diamond-studded display typeface), Rito (monospaced).

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    Wing's Art Studio
    [Christopher King]

    Wells, Somerset, England-based designer of the condensed sans typeface Due Credit (2019), which was intended for movie trailers.

    Typefaces from 2020: Comic Sidekick (a heavy cartoon font), Nightmare Street (a horror font), Last Dance, Zombie Punks, WA Flat Brush (a handcrafted bold sans), Long Rider (a very compressed tall font, perhaps for credits in Western movies), Night Light (a neon font family), Legal Obligation Sans Serif, Legal Obligation Serif (a movie credit font), Long Rider (an extra tall font).

    Typefaces from 2021: Them Bones (glyphs made up of bones), Shock Block (a Halloween font), Hot Pursuit (a speed font), Outright Horror, Street Punks (graffiti scripts in Marker and Paint versions), Endless Sunrise (a wild brush script), Endless Sunrise (a wild brush script), ReRun Stencil (a military stencil family), Fast Rewind (a bold script), Phantom Isles (a textured font).

    Typefaces from 2022: Disco Rendezvous (a neon script font), Rockabilly Romance (a painted script). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wino Sutarmin Kadir
    [Weknow]

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    Winston Scully

    Winston Scully is a type designer, lettering artist, and graphic designer living and working in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University, worked for a while in branding and packaging from Baton Rouge, LA, and studied at Type@Cooper West in San Francisco, before setting up Continental Type with Scott Biersack in 2017.

    Creator of the free typeface Davy Crockett (2015), a great titling display type that is genetically related to the fat face didones.

    In 2016, he designed Highground (Bold, Stencil), a typeface he started during his studies in 2016 at Type@Cooper West. He writes: The early stages of Highground were inspired by Nicholas Jenson's Rotunda. [...] Highground is a fun typeface for your punk band to make shitty posters to hang on electrical poles around town. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    WLM Fonts
    [Wolf Lambert]

    Wolf Lambert (WLM Fonts) is the designer in Tielt, Belgium, of these free fonts in 2012: Jason's Bowling, Number 19000, Begin From A, Banana, Exodus Gothic, Fixton Gothic, WLM Boring Old Teletext, WLM Connecto, WLM Poster Type, WLM Sketch Cool, WLM Small Caps, WLM Robbe Sans (octagonal), WLM Future Round, WLM Hello Sans, Display Gothic (a large textured or neon sign family), Fondel, WLM Road Sans, Hook Gothic, Festival (marquee typeface family), Headline Gothic (octagonal), Fontstruct Gothic, WLM 1F (octagonal), King Sans (+Stencil: mechanical), WLM Slab Serif, Wood Block One, 4th Street Sans, Ice Sans, WLM Nova Sans (pixelized), WLM Grid Font, WLM The Quick Brown Fox (a chiseled face), WLM Pixel Party (a set of 22 pixel fonts), WLM The Font Troll, Yent Notes, Kilimanjaro One, WLM Happy Icons, Number 18000, Soft Micro (techno font), Let's Go Digital (an LED typeface), Autocars & Rolling Bikes (sans), Cool Book Sans, Midas Script, WLM Smileyface, Silent Film Frame, WLM Black, WLM Idea, Thomas Sans, and Wolf Sans (rounded sans family), Dolores Cortez (brush font), WLM Exvwreff, WLM Web Iconized.

    Some of his fonts are made with FontStruct.

    Typefaces made in 2013: Perfect Pixel, Script Test, WLM Groovy, WLM Modern Sans, Simonschrift (fat finger typeface), Moonphase (pixel face), WLM Braille, WLM Stencils, Alien Alphabet, Hyperdigital (octagonal family), Wagon Sans (912 styles), WLM Print Failed, Hyperdigital (heavy octagonal face), WLM Poster Rounded, WLM Building, WLM Carton (mechanical/octagonal), WLM Cloudly (pixel face).

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    Wolf Lambert
    [WLM Fonts]

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    Wolfgang Krimmel

    Designer at FontStruct in 2008 of Texture and Texture Fancy (executed by T. Sampson based on Texture), blackletter typefaces based on lettering from 1470. This was followed by the quite amazing Tight (2008, blackletter), Tension (2009, more blackletter) and the underlined bold slab serif typeface Link. Tangram (2009) is a vertical octagonal stencil on steroids. Thorn (2009) is an upright connected script. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Woodcutter Manero
    [Jordi Manero Pascual]

    Prolific Barcelona-based type designer. He started out by creating the counterless hand-printed typefaces Woodcutter Dripping Nightmare (2012) and Woodcutter MMXII (2012).

    In 2013, he created Gothic Winter (snow-capped blackletter), Woodcutter Anonymous (ransom note font; +part2, 2014), The Shining (movie scanbats), Woodcutter Optical Army (op-art), Viking Runes Shields, Fresh Blood, Pig Rules, Pole Dance, Music+Party, Asian Food, Deers (sic), Woodcutter Amor de Madre (curly tattoo font), Tattoo Vieja Escuela 1, 2 and 3, Origami (animal dingbats), Vintage Motorcycle Club (scanbats), Vintage Christmas (dingbats), Terry Richardson World (scanbats), Woodcutter Wire Fence, Woodcutter Points (textured face), Made in Spain 4, I Love 80s (dings), Drugs (drug paraphernalia dings), Barber Shop (dingbats), Woodcutter del Reves, Adventure Time, New York New York (1 and 2), Woodcutter Dripping Classic, Woodcutter Tinta China (ink splatter font), Woodcutter Cross, Nightmare on Social Media, Breaking Bad (scanbats), Fight Club (boxing scanbats), Boligrafo (sketched font), Robots, Luxury Brands, Woodcutter Buena Lettra, Barcelona (scanbats), Devoto (religious dingbats), Joker (dingbats), Woodcutter Typewritter (sic), Banksy (scanbats), Made in Spain 1, 2 and 3 (company logos), Animal City (funny dingbats), LSD Junior (a scary alphading font), Woodcutter Army (army stencil), Woodcutter El Día De Todos Los Santos (Mexican dingbats), Woodcutter Summer Shadows, and the monster dingbat typeface Woodcutter El Dia del Juicio. Still in 2013, he designed Woodcutter Black Square, DaPunk, Woodcutter Pollita Alegre (a penis font), Woodcutter Hungry Pig, and Woodcutter Hand Light.

    Typefaces from 2014: Hospital Icons, Woodcutter Rare Drawings, Headache, Irresistible (rounded sans), Doctor Garcia (textured), Violence, Hipster Icons, Saint Valentine's Day, Mister Manson, Casino (dingbats), Christian Icons, Christmas Icons, Hermes Manero, Beauty (dingbats), Art Icons & Tools, Clouds Mix, Malamadre (grunge), Offset Punk, Manos de Cerdo, Hotel Oriental, Basic Trip, Popeye (scanbats), Viva la Fiesta (flag alphadings), Street Stencil, Supermarket, Ebola Font, Vintage Halloween, Motel Imperial, Clothes, The Second World War (army stencil), Tahs On A Rope, Penis (dingbats), Regular Show (dingbats), Parkinsonism, The 70 Greatest Directors of All Time (scanbats), Smartphone (alphadings), Dripping, Chaos in Wisconsin, Saturno, Gym (dingbats), Angie, Antique Book, Black Rodeo, Gutierrez+, Matias-Font, Viejo-Oeste, Woodcutter-Prison-Tattoo, old+sailor, Italian Revolution, Kid Nightmare, Anderson (rough stencil), Manero (scratchy script), Tecno-Chaos (dot matrix font), Neverland, Martian Font, Radical Block, Woodcutter Delicada, Bon Appetit, Termica, Kandinsky, Hotel Paradiso, Seven Arts, Street Icons, Militaria (dingbats), Undergramo (poster font), Woodcutter Avispa, Fuego Fatuo, Other Space, Electrica Sals, Woodcutter Dramatica, Cocinitas (cooking dingbats), Bad Mother Fucker, Quentin Tarantino (scanbats), El Extraño, Fine Disorder, Woodcutter BCN Style (dripping blood font), Woodcutter Virus, Efectiva, Mogambo (fat brush), Duck Tape, Warriors, Cutre Glam, Woodcutter Sutill Shadow, Woodcutter Future, Rage, Woodcutter Negative, Manolo, Vegetables, Woodcutter Storm (lightning texture), Woodcutter Rare Drawings, Rustic Heavy Metal, Grass, Virgin Mary (scanbats), Laurus Nobilis (wreaths), Mister Bambu, Woodcutter Barcode, Conquest, Multimedia Icons, Preschool, Cursors, Woodcutter Kaos, Woodcutter Lines, Ukraine (constructivist), Meccano, Woodcutter Simple Font, Crux (crucifixes), Dolores (3d), Eyes, MoneyMoneyMoney, Made in Spain 5, Barcelona Mon Amour, New Society (a 3d shadow face), Federico (a hand-printed shadow typeface), Aranea (spider dings), Fifth Avenue (art deco), Beware of Pitbull, Dictators (scanbats), Woodcutter Vintage Cartoon, The American (textured face), Woodcutter Mixed Icons, Apple Japanese Keyboard, Vintage Classics Disney, Carnage College (blood splatter font), Vintage Porn (scanbats), Woodcutter Fontana (textured caps), Woodcutter Mixed Icons, Woodcutter Jet Set, Woodcutter Gothic Drama (blackletter), Woodcutter Relieve, Mixed Icons Vol. 1, Woodcutter Electric, Woodcutter Cloth, Street Style (graffiti font), Gothic Punk, Human Body Parts, Dirty Harry, Woodcutter Fine Sketch, Woodcutter Invisible, Miley Cyrus (scanbats), Old Guard, Circus and Fair, Comic Cover, Woodcutter Gigantismo, Clockwork Orange (scanbats), Dosmilcatorce, The Walking Dead (scanbats).

    Typefaces from 2015: Rude High School, Imprenta Gonzales (white on black), Estrategia (textured style), Monkey Business, Venganza (dripping blood font), Woodcutter Executive, Left Hand Comic (textured), Dirty News, Gorilla BCN (a great handcrafted athletic lettering typeface), Neo Protein (bio-grunge), Barrio-Santo (graffiti style), Periodic-Table-of-Elements, TerrorToons, Vanilla-Candy, Baseball-Icons, Boots, Fine-Homage, Jesus-Christ (religious icons), Lock, Meredith (texturted typeface), Neo-Victorian, Old-Europe (soft blackletter), White-Army (military stencil), HeadWear, Oil-Icons, Pollito-Peligroso (white-on-black letters), Taxi, The-Dentist, Planeta Zero (white-on-black letters), Cronenberg, Hell Bar, Horror Poster, Big Gipsy Bro, Peccatum (bloo drip font), Tempus Fugit (grunge), Indiana State (a great shaded titling face), DJ Icons, Gentleman Icons, Dope Crisis (textured), Bad Quality, Love and Hate, Smoking (dingbats), Phantom of the Opera (dripping blood font), Video Games (dingbats), Beauty Initials, Knife, Ciudad Capital, System Error (dot matrix font), Rejilla (gridded font), Punk Survival, Watches, Barrio Chino (grungy typeface), Delayed (dot matrix font), Impertinencia, Ecology, Anchor, Comic Sandchez, Beard, Globe Icons, Jalisco Company (handcrafted 3d typeface), Summer Icons, New Art Deco (textured art nouveau typeface), Gordita Alegre, Banned World, Pixel Chaos, Dirty Grunge, Metal Curvy, Jazz Club, One Percent, Profile, Scoreboard, Sentencia, The Octopus (silhouettes of octopi), New Sailor (tattoo script), Cleaner, Bear Icons, Woodcutter Trama, Manolete (wavy font), Skully (alphadings), Big Designer, Vintage Punk (white on black), Streets of Fire (textured), Nordica, Belle Epoque (art deco), Bakery, The Worlds Best Logos, Special Unit (textured typeface), Manifesto, Shooter, Woodcutter Carnage, Black Rain (sketched), Soft Addiction, Digital Camera Symbols, Surf, Tailoring, Palo Santo, Morbida (rounded athletic letters), Fine Shadows, The Woodcutter (dings), Experimento (textured typeface), Seven Sisters, Senior Citizen (dingbats), Hotel California, Woodcutter Hand 2015, Fire Department (scanbats), Dolor de Muelas [toothache], Hamburger, Vintage Mixed Vol 1 and 2, Torremolinos, Ol Torero (bullfight scanbats), Formula 1 (scanbats), Presidents of the United States of America, Furure Blood (dripping blood typeface), Wild West Icons, Maravillosos, Territorio (textured display face), Forced Flowers, Black Hole, The Death, Extra Fat (comic book font), Cristobal, Cirilico, Fuck Off (a very useful raised middle finger font), Mexican Skull (the best Mexican skull font anywhere), Old Nuremberg, Maria Dolores, China, Street College, Rodriguez, Tourism, Community, Oklahoma (varsity font), Smartphone Icons, Science Icons, Horse, Greek Mythology, Persiana (a Venetian blind font), Alcohol, Whatsap Emoticons, Library (possibly the best library icon font today), Candelita, Remember Me, Flamenco, Universidad 2015 (athletic lettering), Sneakers, Fire, Industrial Worker, Europe, Abstemious, Police, School, Paris, Savage Empire, Nautical (dingbats), Crusader (dingbats), Woodcutter MMXV, Rats, Monster Mash, 5th Avenue Stencil, Baby Icons, New Space, City Icons, Diamonds, Punkland, Temblores, Puttana Antique, Human Anatomy (dingbats), Guerra Santa, Winter Icons, Farm, NeoWriter, Russia.

    Typefaces from 2016: Woodcutter People Faces, Ear, Codociosa (grungy), Viking Hell, Simple Myopia (textured, halftone style), Bulbs, Emblem, Vegan Icons, Fleur de Lis, Pregnancy, Harley Davidson, Window, Owl, Native American Indians, The Toy Castle, Aristogramos Chernow, Mediogramo (monogram font), Yes Darling, Dilema Emocional (white on black), Original 301 (draftsman style), Emperador Oscuro (scribbly), Vespa (scanbats), Fine-Sheriff, Hard-Western, Olivia-Garcia (brush script), Woodcutter-Rude-Press (a great handcrafted poster typeface), Printing, Disabled Icons, Golf Icons, Electric Guitar Icons, Airport-Icons, Prudencia (pixel style), Rude-Basic, Stencil-Guerrilla, Tramita-club, Drone, Garden Icons, Feminine Hygiene, Psycho Dad, Intransigencia (textured), Fat Food Icons, Torrebruno, Home Appliances, La Pecosa (textured), Gyn Toons, Insect Icons, Bomb, Special Forces, Business, Irish, Female Underwear, Zombie Salad, Isometric Love, Dinastia (textured), Fireworks, Happy Birthday, Snake Mix, US Election, Spectrum, Extreme Simple, Drunk Sailor (tattoo font), Mountain (dingbats), Cafe Madrid (white on black), Celebration, Rabbit, Rude College, Words, Wingding Review, Transilvania (blood drip font), Tattoo Museum, El Arropeiro (dry brush font), TV (scanbats), Western Dead, Star Wuarras, File Types, Industrial Poison (grunge), Future War, Masacre Digital, Senor Domingo (grungy), Workout Routine (dingbats), Gipsy Bar, Finegrams (ornamental caps, monogram font), Diving (dingbats), Extupida, Dictadura, Euro Estilazo, Cul de Sac, Lions, Woodcutter Olla Barrejada, Cocaine, Monogramos, Gobierno (rounded sans), Maldita Comebolsas, Macho (spurred style), Eagle (great eagle-themed dingbats for East European coup d'etats ca. 1880), Fuck Love, Woodcutter Rocks (white on black), England (dingbats), Mechanic (garage mechanic dingbats), Rodaja (script), Le Petit Chaos, Old Deutschland (blackletter), Mister George, Cloud Candy, Ceporro, Old School Toons, Big Drama (fat poster style), Serial Font, Hotel Madriz, Lady Fiesta, Punk Army, Enfermo Rules, The Laguna, Casa Camaron, Mister Muerte (dripping blood font).

    Typefaces from 2017: Sea Life, Sushi Sushi, Destruccion, The Barrio Caps (blackletter for gangs), Prehistoric Paintings, Sumo, Hot Air Balloons, Woodcutter Self-Portraits, Manero Universe (grune), Digital Dark Sister (LED font), New Watch (LED style), Free Biker (spurred tattoo font), The King, Canada, Super Hero, Target Shooting, Smokeland, Rabia Absoluta, Infringement, Gifts Icons, Sprinkled (textured), Miopia Internacional, Chupapollas, Orientalismus (oriental emulation), Technopollas, Doctor Punk (ransom note font), Global Terror, Bananas Social Club, Wedding, Coffee Icons, Archeology, Graffiti Tags, Maquina de Escribir (old typewriter font), Little Candy Shop, Madre Superiora (script), Territorial, Diogenes, Cyber Tittle, Pain Explosion, Panchito Style, Lightning Bolt, Pixeland, Club Seven Espadas, Chandelier, Computer Mouse, Restroom, Wash Care, Hell Circus, Extraterrestre, Pix Punk, Lamp, Pizza, Pirate Style, Vacaciones, Hecatombe, Fuente Manerismo, La Cucaracha (white on black), Plastic Surgery, Mafia Mix, Dirty Classic Machine (old typewriter), Woodcutter Noise, Cokelines, Simple Cream, Vintage Poison, Lighter Icons, Pacific Break, Maldito Gringo, Bazar Costa, Doctor Satan (dripping blood font), Caja Fuerte (textured stencil typeface), Saint Peter (brush script), Bela-Lisboa, Ear, Future-Socialism (constructivist), Poop, Retro-Toons, Tattoo-Pro-Icons, Victorian-Gang, Woodcutter-Justice, Writing, Amusement-Park, Linoleum, Funny Barber (shaded), Decadence, Victorian Gang, Depalma (spurred sans), Bela Lisboa.

    Typefaces from 2018: La Gilda, Portugal Vintage, Call to Huesi, Wood Xmas, Black Empire (a fancy blackletter), Benedicto (a textured all caps typeface), Pixel Icons, Hysterical, Cadalso 74 (grunge), Gramitos, Negroni Chaos, Carajillo de Anis, Hail Disney, Pen Icons, Neo Spain (a glitch font), Adolfito, Anesthesia, Don Pasquale, The Imperial, Juanita Banana, Sovereignty, Bloody Winter (dripping blood font), Drunk College, Sunset Boulevard (shadow font), Miss Order (3d effect font), Burning Manero, Dirty War (a grungy military stencil), Press Division (a shadow font), Fight Team 18, Time To Dead (grunge), Woodcutter Clasica, La Nueva Vieja Escuela (a paint drip font), Woodcutter Animal Faces, Crochet (a softly spurred typeface), Marshal Manero, Nou Barris Bcn, Bad Things (a dripping blood font), Biker Vamp, Insuperable, Pain Shop, El Monstruo del Raval, Arabesque Ornaments, Fans, Tarraco City, Woodcutter Basic Viking (rune simulation), The Hurraca Company, Broken Press, Carnage 1974 (a dripping blood font), Manicomio Woodcutter (a very funny comic book style dingbat font), Amor (spurred), Rompetechos, Electric Punk, Happy Square, Bad Signal (a glitch font), Funny Death, Fresh Nieve (paint drip font), Rota en mil Pedazos (a glitch font), Perra Gorda, Goma de Mascar (a bubblegum font), Mister Love, La Deco Klan, Glitchland, Hackerchaos, Vicious Stencil, Hippie (dings), Skate (dingbats), Dinosaur Icons, Mastodontus, Alphaletras, Torito Style (a woven font), Problems in Wisconsin, Alarma Social, Rue Mademoiselle, Tree Icons, Go Go Sports, Rage Against Mom, Hell Kitchen, Black Order, Black Trident, Sale, War Times (dingbats), Ice Cream Icons, Bastardo, Titi Yayo Rules, Jailbreak, Britannia (blackletter), Venenosa (grungy letterpress), The Gallery (3d, sketched), El Puto Amo, Finolis, Lovegramos (monogram font), Smartwatch, Interferencias (glitch font), Hostage (ransom note font), Miss Antonia (grungy caps), Bocadilla de Mortelada, Bitcoin, Car Parts, Celtic Knots, Cock (rooster dingbats), Dubious Reputation, Funny Chaos, Garage Imperio (shaded, vintage), Geometriarquia (archeological stone font), Good Morning, Graphic Design (dings), Hard Core, HoldFast (spurred), MacizoCompany, Milk, New Gang (garage dingbats), Ninja and Samurai, PhayaThai (Thai emulation), Robotic Arm, Rotunda, Social Media Circled, Stone Block, Unicorn, Victorious (Victorian), Gypsyland, Modernist Chaos, Rata Negra, MMA Champ, Love Initials, Doctor Glitch, Mad College, E-Commerce (dingbats), Sheriff (dingbats), Outline Mix, Stencil Icons, Fairy Tales (dingbats), Alfabetizacion, Night Fever Again, Jodido & Noble, Woodcutter Oligarquia, Screwdriver, Baroque Explosion, Seville Kid, Huesitos, Hanging Party, Brave Grams, Tower of London (outlined, Tuscan), Quintanar de la Orden, Punk West, El Forastero, The Enemigo (ink splash font), El Camino, Finisterre (thin sans).

    Typefaces from 2019: Ho Chi Minh City, Retro Team, Brushland, Stamp Empire, The Drama Army (an irregular military stencil), Space Grunge, Disturbed (a glitch font), Dead Corporation, El Tito Adolfo (textured), Dirty Deco, Mister Black, Grunge Manifesto, Dark College, Indian casino (a striped Far West font), Heil West (Tuscan), Bonesitos (a bone font), Bad Santa Company, Felipe Segundo, Vanity Garden, Rough Blacky, Rough City (textured, weathered caps), California, Canarias, Chernobyl (weathered), Beauty Bee (an inky script), Chain Style (a bike chain font), Spaniard Soldier, The Matadero (a slimey font), Lapicero, The Minima, House Icons, La Distinguida, Fuente Jalisco, Cordoba, Extreme Glitch, Simulacro, Dies Irae Saloon, El Hispano (decorative Tuscan capitals), Senorita Esmeralda (Tuscan; white on black), Easy Listening, Cool Chaos, Guarrilla, Big Dealer (a grungy poster typeface), Lord British (decorative caps), Cantina Jalisco (Tuscan), Disco Paradiso (brush font), Dark Metal Institute, Asteroide, Bloody Office (dripping blood font), Los Chapters, Home Entertainment, Witch, Cemetery King (dripping blood font), Steel Soldier (a military stencil), Estreno (a dot matrix font), Cat Faces, Gears Icons, Flower Icons, Hardcore Poster, Northern Army (a military stencil), Casimiro, Pantano Gipsy (sic), Zodiac Mix, Insane Empire, Break Summer, Wood Hell Company, Merluza Company (a grungy typeface), Metalurgia Sexual, Aztec Icons, Cemetery Picnic, Pantano Thing, Falange Punk, Jupiter Team, Breakdance, Origaminator, Gothic Gotera, Friday 14, Wifi Icons, Parque del Buen Retiro, Bato Todo El Rato (a graffiti font), Neo Nacional (a shadow font), Capitan Morgan (a Tuscan pirate font), Habitacion 37, Santa Monica (a shadow font), Casino Bar (shaded font), El Boxeador, Attack the Block, Sister Ant, Hard Tree, Another Round, Charcuteria, Thor Gonzalez, Crappy Town (grungy), European War (eroded military stencil), Rock of Times (3d), Crazy Saigon (shaded), Diamondgrams (monograms), Humanoide 2014 (a dripping blood font), Cheddar Cheese (weathered type), Alberto ha Vuelto, Sweet Cake, Cortocircuito (a glitch font), Potorro Angular, Hijo Puta Peligroso (a 3d shadow font), Constitution, Mastodonte, Street Reich, Hispania Manero, Pureta, Pandora, Spray Letters, Roca de Escama, Fat Mom Rules, Thespian, Stencil Time, Isometria Club (3d), Meteoritox, Cinema Capitol, Barna Break, Scratch Night Team, The Estampada, Afterhours, B-Team, Caballito, Ampersand, Gothic Manus, Espana (spurred, Western), Circus Manerus (Tuscan circus font), Hood Army Stencil, Negative System, Positive System, Pagan Symbols, Andy Capp, American Sign Language, Tiki Idols, Greek Column, Maze, Euro Western, Speed Grams, Tiki Tako, Burgos City (waethered caps), The Company (inline caps), Waste Money (a striped money font), Speedy Retro (a circus font), La Rapidita (a speed emulation font), Chill-out Gang, Resistance (grunge), Normandy Squad (condensed military stencil), Last Round, Tecno Extrema, Madrid Grunge, Escabetxina, Face To Sun, Sailor Gonzalez (a tattoo font), Times Now (a codex font), Sergi Tete, Orgasm Co.

    Typefaces from 2020: Pocket Change, Basura Humana, Korean Icons, Construction Icons, Cowboy Manero (handcrafted, Western), National College, Big Junkie Joe, New World Order, Le Club Parisien, Hardcore Attitude (grungy), Orchestra Icons, Soccer Icons, Tennis, Billiard, Startup Icons, The Fortune, Imperator, La Ramera de Barcelona, The North Hell, Soccer Team, Traditional Punk (a ransom note font), Seismo Club (a glitch font), Ugly, Pistolas, Thailand Icons, Renderland (beveled), Traditional Tattoo Parlour, Retro Computer (halftone font), Vintage Glitch, Torquemada in da house, Louisiana Biker Shop, Le Casino Royale (vintage caps, almost Tuscan), Property of Thor, Los Angeles MMXX (a dripping blood blackletter), American Dreamer (a circus font), American Signs, Back To The Fantasy, Badass Draws, Ballooning, Barcelona Streets (a dripping paint font), Battle of Gettysburg, Bisturi Night Club (a marquee font), Born To be Strong (grungy), Bourbon Whiskey, Century Manero (blackletter), Crunch Motel, Decorative Stencil, Drunk Company, Fat Enterprise, Fellini Club, Gameboard, Gorilla Team, Grandma Rules (a stitching font), Grindcore Records (a scratchy font), Hygiene Icons, La Cebadita, Laia the Great Blondie, Latino Heart, Mass Hysteria, Neo Metropolis, Old Celtiberian (blackletter), Oscuro Club (a heavy grungy brush font), Pandemic&co, Poster Queen, Retro Killer (splattered blood font), Saint-Tropez, Sangre y Arena, Se Esta Lianado, Skate Brand (grungy), Spanish Nightmare (a glitch font), The Happy Bear, The Poster King (grungy), Trabello, Trapeze Artist, Western Samurai, City of Brussels, Daddy Ink (a dripping blood font), Conflictive, Albacete Team, Ornaments Salad, Strong Brain, Hand Shadows Icons, Hello Kitty, Bunker Lowercase (a blackletter), LSD Glitch, Rounder Dirty Team, Ole Torrero, Doctor Terror, Hello Chilly (a glitch font), Donuts Icons, Candy Icons, Holy Bible, Old Japanese, Gothic Notausgang, Adventure Magazine, Nordic Thunder, Black Metal, Franco Bros, Saigon Hotel, Piratas, English Bulldog, Mount Olympus (stone cut Greek emulation), Recreativos, Coronavirus, Dirty And Elegant (grungy), 18 Army (an army stencil), Dirty Streets (grungy), Dark Citizen (grungy), Wild Spain, Marbella, Woodcutter People Faces Vol2, Hawaiian Icons, Vietnam, Maps of USA, Comandante Glitch, Planets, Documenta (a shadow font), Ghetto Bros, Charnego (a wooden plank font), Westfalia (a blackletter), Oi!oi!oi! Party (a ransom note font), Bad Gringo (Tuscan), La Formalita, Sabandija Asquerosa, Woman Faces, Dark Tales, Model Woman Silhouettes, Super Impacto, Adolfo's Punk Restuarant, Virginia, Henry McCarty (a grungy western font), Neo Euskal Herria (a Basque font), Heartbreaking, Battery Icons, Space Rangers, Terremoto, La Distorsionada (a glitch font), New York Press (textured ultra fat caps).

    Typefaces from 2021: Retro Grunge West, The Bandido (spurred), Casino Madrid, Rosita's Dinner, Mom's Gang (a grungy slab serif), Las Brigadas (a military stencil), Typewriter Grunge, Fire Safety Icons, Zodiac Killer Code, Hearts Salad, American Offset (a halftone texture font) Schizoid Personality, Happy Ending (a dripping semen font), María Magdalen, Nuevo Orden Nacional, Future Shit, Carnage Movie Poster (brush), Big Holidays (counterless), San Judas Tadeo, The King Of Wall (a ransom note font), Graffiti City, Spanish College (a sports font), Campo De La Bota, History Icons, Gothic War, Rocking Bunny, White Storm, Police Department, Rebel Hero, Graphic Lady, La Casa Del Cementerio, Picapiedra (a 3d stone font), Barcelona Scared (a dripping blood font), Nightmare On Raval Streets, High Moon, The Lord of War, La Isla Tortuga (a pirate font), Carmen Polo Superstar (script), Napolitana, New Dimension (3d), Heavy Steel, Barna Hardcore, Fine Books (Initial caps), Descompensada (a ransom note font), Rifle Casual, Espana Imperial, Big Titles, La Costa Dorada is Spain, Brasil Icons, Indonesian Icons, Los Guripas (a grungy blackletter). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Wooden Type Fonts (was: American Wood Type and, Wooden Type)
    [Jordan Davies]

    Wooden Type Fonts (was: American Wood Type) is founded and run by Jordan Davies from South Hero, VT: Historically accurate reproductions of wood type produced in the 19th century in a variety of styles. This is a work of passion and dedication by Jordan Davies. Jordan's other passion is painting. His (digital) wood typefaces include these original designs: Bevan Condensed, Bevan Medium (based on Melior), Inline Regular, London Light, London Heavy, Neo Geo Block, Quirk, Slab Four Rounded (+Ext), Slab Four Rounded Italic, Slab Four Rounded Revised, Slab Four Rounded Super. MyFonts link. Digital revivals:

    Showcase of his most popular fonts at MyFonts. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wordshape
    [Ian Lynam]

    Commercial fonts at this boutique type foundry and publisher operating in Tokyo, jointly run by Ian Lynam and Thien Huynh. Ian Lynam is a New Yorker who studied Graphic Design at Portland State University (B.S.) and California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A.). He is professor at Temple University Japan, as well as at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He operates the Tokyo design studio Ian Lynam Design and the hybrid publishing imprint and type foundry Wordshape. MyFonts link. Images of most of Ian Lynam's typefaces.

    • Cern (2013). A sans family based on Helvetica, Akzidenz Grotesk and Univers, with large x-heights.
    • Vaud (2013). Ian writes: Vaud is a family of 40 weights of neutral, yet formally nuanced grotesk typefaces that takes inspiration from Helvetica, Akzidenz Grotesk, Univers and the original metal types from Switzerland, yet had a slightly larger x-height for more pronounced legibility.
    • Plural (2013). A futuristic sans family.
    • Sketch Caslon Italic (2013).
    • Raffish (2013). This is an ornamental caps typeface based on Henk Krijger's Raffia typeface.
    • Entity (2012). A basic sans family with slightly rounded corners.
    • Okojo (2012), Okojo Slab (2012) are geometric sans and slab serif typefaces influenced by the type designs of Paul Renner and Herb Lubalin. They were followed by Okojo Slab Display (2012) and Okojo Display (2012). In 2016, he rebundled everything as Okojo Pro and Okojo Slab Pro, Okojo Pro Stack and Okojo Slab Pro Stack.
    • Pompeian Cursive (2010). An elegant calligraphic script based on the original drawings by Oswald Cooper for BBS in 1927.
    • His Cooper series. Cooper Swash Italic Traditional & Cooper Swash Italic Custom, Cooper Italic (2010, after Cooper's original from 1924), Boul Mich (2010, after Oswald Cooper's 1927 art deco typeface), Cooper Initials (2010), Cooper Old Style (2010), Cooper Capitals (2010), Cooper Text (2010), Cooper Black Condensed (2010), Cooper Black Swash (2010), Cooper Screamers (2010, oversized exclamation points), Cooper Black Italic Pro (2013), Cooper Italic Pro (2013), Cooper Fullface Italic Pro (2013).
    • Cruller (2010). A spidery display typeface that is based on lettering from a 1910 German lettering book.
    • Hanger (2004).
    • Rubber Vloeren. A geometric display typeface adapted from an alphabet used by Piet Zwart in the Netherlands for a series of advertisements for rubber flooring.
    • Ensenada is a typeface designed based on hand-cut lettering that adorns businesses throughout the city of Ensenada in Baja California in Mexico.
    • Clobber Grotesk (2010) is a grotesk typeface designed for readability at very small sizes. It is accompanied by a nice stencil style.
    • International Blackletter (2010) is a collaborative display typeface designed for fun, together with Simon Gane and Selena Hoy.
    • Devil's Advocate is a digital version of the heavy blackletter typeface Cathedral Text found in the 1934 ATF typeface from the American Specimen Book of Type Styles (by ATF).
    • Sandberg Honorarium (2003) is inspired by the work of Dutch typographer Willem Sandberg.
    • Inversion (2010) is an uncial face.
    • Designer with Eli Carrico of the heavy stencil typeface Black-Out (2010, Wordshape) and the paperclip family Interno (2004), which was based on Walter Ballmer's logo for Olivetti in 1960.
    • Neuerland (2010) is an update of Rudolf Koch's Neuland.
    • Dorsal (2011) is a splendid versal lettering typeface that cries Absinthe Overload.
    • Off Broadway (2011) is a casual art deco face related to Oz Cooper's Boul Mich and to Nubian (ATF).
    • Cinta Adhesiva (2011, done with Mexican designer One Eye) began as a typeface designed for the masthead of a graffiti fanzine called Free Copy---the monumental letters painted by L.A.-based graffiti writers Crae and Hael greatly influenced the feel of the typeface.
    • Maat (2011) is a modular geometric stencil piano key face. It is a loose interpretation of a handlettered alphabet by the late Dutch designer Jurrian Schrofer called Sans Serious which was included in Wim Crouwel's publication Letters of Maat. It is inflected with a bit of influence from British designer Ken Garland's similar lettering form the cover of his textbook, The Graphics Handbook.
    • Effete (2011) is a tall stylish typeface similar in weight and proportion to fonts like Imre Reiner's skyline typeface Corvinus.
    • Adora (2011) is a typeface similar to Walter Tracy's AdSans.
    • Kihachiro Swash Italic (2011) has garalde forms but Caslonian curved terminals and weighty serifs. Kihachiro Geometric (2011) recalls Antique Olive and Futura.
    • Kirimomi Swash (2011) is a pair of garalde typefaces. Kirimomi Geometric (2011) is a humanist sans.
    • Kommisar (2012) is Lynam's version of the Trajan capitals alphabet.
    • Smythe Sans (2012) is a contemporary geometric sans serif family that is quite readable on-screen and in print.
    • Stebl Grotesk (2012) and Stebl Slab (2012) are workhorse typefaces for sturdy jobs.
    • Raker (+Stencil) and Raker Display (+Stencil) is a 40-style octagonal typeface family published in 2015. It was inspired by science fiction and space travel.
    • Iggy (2015) is based on the lettering of Australia-based Oklahoman artist, animator and lifelong skater Darin Bendall.
    • Stamen (2016). A 12-style sans typeface lost in time.
    • Smythe Sans Pro (2016) and Smythe Soft Pro (2016).
    • Biwa and Biwa Display (2017). A grotesk family by Ian Lynam and James Todd.
    • Glot (2019). A 10-style flared terminal sans family by James Todd and Ian Lynam. See also Glot Round from 2020.

    Speaker at ATypI 2019 in Tokyo on the topic of From Bijin-ga to Brutus, in which he explains the work of graphic designers Hokuu Tada (1889-1948) and Seiichi Horiuchi (1933-1987). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    words+pictures
    [Gerry Chapleski]

    Gerry Chapleski (b. Bahamas, 1957) used to make fonts under the names Gerry Chapleski Design and Editable Graphics. His foundry is now called Words++Pictures, and is located in Broomfield, CO. He specializes in grungy modifications of well-known styles.

    MyFonts sells these typefaces: Alien, Andalusia, Ave Maria, Babino, Babushka (2001), Bastante, Basterg, Blogger, Bodacious, Cabra, Chefic, Chiva, Circuit, Classico, Coalities, Cobrag, Conduct, Constitution, Cordoba, Crate, Curse, Decon, Domo, Dupe, Flash, Flute, Function, Geek, Geo, Geomed, Gross, Grotto, Gus, Highway, Hippie, Houdini, Ingots, Jose, Kinko, Kunkeltown (a stencil font), Kutztown, Leubner (2002), Lifer, Limbo, Liturgy, Marta, Mencilbold, Minsk (2001, like Babushka, a gorgeous Cyrillic imitation font), Moda, Muchobastante, Mypure, Obelika, Onesystem, Preacher, Prodigy, Qwerty, Random, Readme, Rescue, Seviche, Shrek, Sign, Spam, Spike, Student, Sweat, Topogigio (2002), Totti, Version2, Vindex, Vivacious, Zocrab.

    View Gerry Chapleski's typefaces. Klingspor link.

    Freeware fonts: Crate (a stencil font, 2001), Circuit (2001), Alien (2002), Onesystem (2002), Vindex (2002), Shrek (2002), Seviche (2001), Flute (stencil, 2001) and Supa (2002, OCR font).

    Fonts not listed above: Bank, Blanco, Blip, Bodega, Boot, Caslost, Deconstruct, Dente, Lagrima, Life, Liquor, Recog, Stenciloni, Tainted, Verve. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    wortzwischenraum

    FontStructor who made these typefaces in 2010: Novel, Skylife (skyline dingbats), Logical, Milkweed (stencil). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    WTF (or: Workhorse Type Foundry)
    [Adrian Kimball]

    Self-described as a small type foundry from Utah with a stencil fetish. The typefaces, most of which have variable font versions:

    • Workhorse Script Dot (2022). A fantastic pearlized script.
    • Workhorse Script Stencil (2020).
    • Workhorse Script (2020). A formal calligraphic typeface family.
    • WTF Didot (2020). A straightened didone with squarish terminals and a French flag feel.
    • WTF Geometric Polka (2018).
    • WTF Geometric Inline (2018).
    • WTF Geometric (2020).
    • WTF Geometric Stencil (2018).
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    Wulf Jarosch

    Creator of Heraldus (a black display face), the stylish almost-stencil font Kapitellia (Hell, 1974; digital version at Elsner & Flake), and Napoleon (1976, Hell).

    Linotype link. Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Wundes
    [John B. Wundes]

    Graphic designer John B. Wundes (b. 1971, California) established the Wundes foundry in Hayward, CA, in 2005. MyFonts catalog.

    • Ossuary (2005) is a font in which each letter is formed using a uniquely arranged pile of skulls. The font was inspired by images from the Kostnice ossuary in Sedlec, Kutna Hora near Prague.
    • Neona (2006) takes inspiration from neon signs.
    • Road Stencil (2006) is a font based on painted street markings: The letters are stretched roughly six times their normal height so that when viewed from an angle, the text is seen as proportional.
    • In 2007, Wundes published Boilerplate, Broadveau (art nouveau), Sprouts (which he calls bonsai nouveau), Fairybook (ornamental caps face), Caard (credit card text face), Museum Initials (scanned from the engravings of Freeman Delamotte, 1879), and Henry8 (16th century caps font).

    View John Wundes's typefaces. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Xacto Blade

    A futuristic stencil font by Rich Gast. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Xavier Meurice
    [Ainsifont (was: Atelier Telescopique, or: Fonderie Nordik)]

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    Xaviera Comics
    [Vic Fieger]

    American graphic designer (b. 1982) located in Medway, MA, who has created many free fonts, and some low cost commercial fonts. He is also known for his web comic, Dubmarine. Until 2006, all his fonts were free, but starting in 2006, he started selling them via MyFonts.

    In 2004, he created Airstrip Four, AlphaEcho, Boston Traffic (a freestencil typeface), Breakaway, CarbonType (old typewriter), Corporate HQ, DataControl (nice octagonal face), DataControlUnifon, Delta Echo, Eurocentric, FormerAirline, GangofThree (oriental simulation), Helsinki (comic book font), IonicCharge (LCD simulation), JamPact, KarmaticArcade, KnowYourProduct (stencil), LandSpeedRecord, MajorSnafu (stencil; Major Snafu Pro (2012) is a cooperation with Cheap Pro Fonts), NervousRex, Osaka-SansSerif (techno), PillboxOpaque (dripping blood face), QuickEndJerk, Refrigeration, SiameseKatsong, Tetroserbogia, Umbrage, Virgo01, Whitehall1212, Xenophone (+Pro version in 2011), Yukarimobile, ZonaArmada. In 2005, he designed FrauleinUnifon, Fraulein, Fraulain II, Fraulein Hex, NukuNuku (oriental simulation face), OffshoreBankingBusiness, PlannedObsolescence, TerryScript, Wunderbar, YachtingType, Zero&Zero-Is, Xerography, FrauleinHex, ICBMSS20, ICBMSS25 (stencil typefaces), Hydrogen Type, Gumbercules, Kremlin (Cyrillic letter simulation; followed in 2010 and 2014 by Kremlin Pro and Kremlin II Pro at CheapProFonts), Johnny Homicide, Lilac Malaria, Motorway, Offshore Banking Business, Planned Obsolescence, Nuku Nuku Paradiso (Asian simulation), Quadrophonic, Ruth Script, Shoplifter (ransom note font), Under Influence (scratchy face), Viva Allende, KarmaticRevolution (with Mike "Karma" Alkire), RanmorianStd-B (artificial language script) and Ex (kana).

    His 2006 additions, still free: Big in America, Maxine Script, Gisele Script, Siamese Katsong (oriental simulation), Pokopen, Grecian Formula (Greek simulation), Edo (brush; this became Edo Pro in 2010), Armalite Rifle (grunge stencil; a Pro version followed in 2010), Ruth Script, Terry Script, Oil Age Heiroglyphs (grunge), Nyamomobile (gorgeous futuristic stencil face), Q-Bert's Funeral, Xtreme Chrome, Fawn Script, Ukiah Caps (a hip all caps face), Banzai (fake Japanese), 106 Beats That, Azudings1, Fawn Script, Freelance Kamchatka, and Daisy Script.

    Commercial fonts: Sixpak (2008, pixel face), Jaipur (2007, Indic script simulation), Santa Mensch (2006, brush face), Celonius Mark XIX (2006 geometric design), Argon Type (2006, futuristic), India Echo (2007, futuristic), How to Consume Oxygen (2007, grunge), Statue Of Liberty's Underwear (2007, Russian constructivist style), Moon Corps (2007, katakana), Underwood Champion (2008, free distressed typewriter), Heavy Data (2008, a computer simulation face). Perlmutter (2008) is a Hebrew and Yiddish font designed for the purpose of legibility at great distance (included are niqqud, letters with dagesh, punctuation, sheqel sign, and aleph-lamed ligature). In 2009, he created Edifice Wrecks (graffiti), Damon Script (comic book face) and Maritime Flags and Curses (dingbat face). Fonts made in 2010: Single Sleeve. In 2015, he created Extended Play.

    Fonts at FontStruct in 2009: Newhome (LED simulation).

    Free fonts made in 2011: Death to Smudgey (grunge), Lino Chisel (2011).

    Fontsy link. Font Squirrel link. Fontspace link. Kernest link . Devian Tart link. FontM link. Dafont link. Aka Xaviera Comics. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Xerographer Fonts
    [Max Infeld]

    Max Infeld (b. 1981, aka Xerographer Fonts) from Chico, CA, makes free fonts and offers a free font-making service. He surged onto the font scene in 2012, and is currently located in Ojai, CA.

    Creations in 2012: Perspect (3d face), Nuevo Stencil, Dingus, Dirty Serif, Skinny Serif, Batt Marber, Hollavetica (2012, grunge), Stick Tickle, Carve Your Table (2012), Stripe Fest (2012, 3d, hand-printed), Craycray For You, Feed The Bears, Yummy Nubs, Yum Nub Extended, Sleeping in Lecture (2012, informal 3d face), Zombie Checklist (2012, hand-printed), Lisas First Class (2012, hand-printed), Stick Four, Two Stick, Spacetime, Drunk Tattoo, Bantum Caps (2012, hand-printed stencil face), Funny Zebra, Sick Future (2012, grungy), Fuzzy Handcuffs, Black Spiral, Happy Caps, Come Party, Hellawood, Chronic Gothic, Ice Cream Party, Grassevent (2012, texture face), Electrical (2012, letters cracked by lightning), Rockster, Strungout, Bubbletea (2012, bubblegum font), Yumernub, Nighthour, Pointy, Simplehand, Linerstencil, Stickchop, Tapetype, Rolling Deep (2012, based on arcs of circles), Pony Rides, Bambu, Stolen Script, Secret Sauce, Eighties, Negative, Turds, Identify (2012, a fingerprint font), Another Party, Mighty Roping, Copy Stand, Cloudstorm, Teardrops, Friends Forever, Delicious Applepie (texture face), Crackvetica, Stormtime (grungified face), Therp (2012: 3d face), Spookies, Freeline (3d engraved face), Super Serious, Robot Shadow (2012: 3d face), Great Arrows, Great Shadow (2012: textured face), Alien Fur, Graffical, Bent Out, Splatish, Seamonster, Thirds Hand (2012: 3d outline face), Particle Physics, Poster Script (2012: rough script), Badazzle (2012, texture face), Serifvetica, Make Impact (2012, a 3d headline typeface), Stenciltration, Naughty Pipe, Qrurl, FunHaus, Flame Time, Steller Script, Summer Festival (2012, grungy caps), Major Earthquake (2012, grungy outline text face), Hot Sweat (2012, texture face), Metal Crime (2012, a cracked marble typeface), Summer Blacktop, Great Farmer, an angular typeface, Lucky Scratcher, Future Moon (textured face), Shatter Web (2012, a glaz krak face), Power Play (2012, another glaz krak face), Magic Crystal (2012, yet another glaz krak typeface), Rough Cut, Rock Harder (2012, texture face), Shred Hard, Clock Work, Major Veins, Paint Scratch, Break Away, Quick Comic, Summer Scriptastic, Absolute Money, Brush Sand, Playhouse, Pleasure Wash, Meat Market (dripping blood font), Paper Folder, Scratchingly, Fresh Sticks, FunTrucks, Quick Rodeo, Poster Bold, Open Bars (horizontal stripes), Outline Twelve, Spot Event (grungy outline face), Final Slash (textured typeface), Munchies, Meltasstic, Some Bubbles, French Sugar (very curly script), Cream Cone, Zap Deal, Crack Snacks, High Method, Crack Bars, Wall Fresh, Star Wonder, CurlyQue, Summer Script, Happy Lines, Just Marker, Solid Marker, Straight Hand, Wurm Fun, Rave Time (sketched face), Graff Caps, Erect Angle (outlined and hand-printed), Circle Caps, Story Time, Upper Side, Lower Side, Tech Haus (sketched), Boneyard, Status Update, Eigth Grade (sic), Table Shank, Serial Lover, Freaky Night (blood drip font), Future Girlfriend, Summer Scare, Faster Stronger, Smoking Cracks (texture face), After School, Cutting Edge, Animal Cracker, Sticky Mad, Comic Chub, Right Way, RockLess, CleanFade, Exploded Capital, Size Matters, EightBite, Extra Dimension, Cap Scratched, FanCom, Optic Nerd, Spooky Stencil, Five Dozen, Great Mix, LowCase, Swirl Insertion, Lube Splash, Organic Vines, Fall Greetings, Plant Type, Fast Brush, Hair Bows, Limo Caps, Bold Shake, Path Check, PopCap, Angle Stroke, Scratch Point, China Town (oriental simulation), Gunky Ick, Super Fade (textured), Practical Script, Delicious Outline, Fourth Dimension, College Scribble (sketch font), Dirty Western, Freeky Typewriter, Creature Builder, Bang Time (a rough brush), Fall Harvest (sketch face), EuroParty, Fire Proof, Eye Scare, Empire Caps, Pleasure Castle (a great barbed face), Scribble Time (sketched font), Star Rising (poster font), Dottline, Euro Horror, Metal Show (metal band font), Fantastic Sunset, Toxic Waste, Alien Waffle (textured face), Rewind Forward, Stitchy Times, Snug Bum, Star Fishy, Ghost Clouds, Epic Slash, Childs Persprective, Thin Fine, Metal Event (chiseled face), Tight Box, Saber Husk, Major Scare, Terminal Event, Pirates Bay, Wicked Cockney, Great Splunk, Diamond Cut, Treehause Horror, Indie hand, Sweet Revenge, Chronical Script, Peaceful Violence, Basic Header, Hand Work, Ninja Turtle, AquaColor, Furry Sack, Mad Style, Alien Dot, Dirty Feature, Wine Basement (connected script), Pen War (scratchy script), Angelina, Skate Around, Wide Thin (brush face), Frisky Vampire, SuperBling, Chronic Harvest, Fur Handcuffs, Darth Fader (textured face), House Rave, Snow Frosting, Post News, Straight Baller (white on black poster face), Heavy Weight, Angry Nerds (brush face), Future Style (hand-printed 3d face), Liner34, Tweak Diner, Frosty Holiday, Zap Control, Kids Outline, Shock Treatment, Flesh Digster, Shredding Harder (grungy scratchy typeface), Metal Chakra (barbed wire face), Childs Funtime, Super Cut, Holy Scriptacular, Tangent Print, Chung Flew, Lucky Money, Oven Bread, Soda crack, Quick Dirty, Victory Cut, College Dropout (athletic lettering), Comic Shadow, Mystery Forest (sketched), Code Danger, Slash King, Phat Rave (sketched), Tiger Tails, Major Rules, Cloud Home, Flower Header (floriated caps), Tiny Friends, Tasty Sundae, Leaking Type, Saturday Evening, Agenda Clash, Tripple Dots, Plain Handline, Cutefold, Gift Exchange, Reaganald Script, Broadway Event (marquee face), Gotfaded (textured face), Disco Rush, Some Lines, Inside Flower, Scratch This, Alien Sweater (stitch font), Fantom Bantum, Stripe Fun, Thrift Store, Legit Outline, Country Gold, Chrome Fancy, Barnyard Massacre (Treefrog style), Holiday Event, Art Times, Flesh Shop, Heart Baller, Free Kittenz, CreamPuff, Outline Around, Quivering Noodle, Rocking Lines, Tugboat, Comic Bubble, Hand Shadow, Sans College, Winter Ice, Cutout Poster, Woodblock Cutter, Handy Stencil, Dirty Cursive.

    The following typefaces were designed by Matt Barber: Gateway Drug (2013), Crankdeal (2012, a hand-printed poster face), Mad Caps, Third Leg (multiline typeface), Late Nights, Sewn Tight (2012, stitch font), Black Widow (2012).

    The following typefaces were co-designed with Dylan Tellesen in 2012: Dingleberry (+Solid), Threed, Brushingtons, Excellent Stencil, Handrelief, Partyline, Basic Chrome, Spot Lights, Big Spit, Code Bars, Color Blind, Skullvetica, Diamond Plate, Blambu, Hounds, Knity (texture face), Eightballer, Another Line (a basic straight-edged monoline sans), Rocking Poster, Robotic Revolution, Organic Nature, Underground Event, Surf Shack, Greater Shadow, Razor Slice, Big Print (textured face), Scripty Caps.

    Typefaces made in 2013: Fresh Maker, Lucky Dogs, Quickly Write, Gourmet King (glaz krak font), Austin Lights, Pony Maker, Crystal House (grunge), Secret Event (textured face), Indian Tiger, Great Camp, Cowboy Would, Western Racing, Stripe Attack (textured font), Art Bang (grunge), Quick Scratch, Cold Brew, Fresh Twist, Nine Eight, Going Fast, Mega Riches, Taste Bomb (textured face), Brighten Days, Supergraf (a brushy graffiti face), Last Hand, Spring Ninja (brush face), Circuit City, Global Village, Yard Gnome, Lite Hand, Metal Block (Zero, Two, Three: scanbats), Indie Rock, Ancient Story, Super Drag, Slight Rocking, Over Scribble, Quickly Caps, Crack Deco, Victory Time (faded formal script), Futuristic Outline, Another Student, More Party, Brush Grunge, Zipper Fries, Diamond Lux, Splatter Funtime, Durh Shapes, Frosty Winter, Whole Space, BlockWood, Soda Water, Magic Scribble, Seaming Stitchy, Thrash Party, Line Fever, Great Bush, Right Price, Tight Carve, American Freedom, Jimbos Print, Quick Cut (faded face), Super Cracks (glaz krak face), More Party, Half Faded (textured face), Charcoal Script, Future Lines, Dot Outline, Half Tones, Shady Walk, Quick Slash, School Notes (sketched face), Block Party, Wonderful Party, Heart Stripe, Heart Beat, Heart Hole, Paint Balls, Golden Lights, Spring Party (texture face), Shockvetica (glaz krak face), Safe Paper, Sword Fighting, Camo Wear (textured face), Disco Night (art deco), Reverse Frick, Scratchy Fun (sketched), Fun Origami, Special Exit, Kid Print, an old typewriter collection (Dirty Olympia, Sterling Keys, SuperKeys, Quiet Type, Hermes Rocket, Double Studio, Light Fingers), Designer Pixels, Beauty Salon (Treefrog script), Headshot, Mega Bone, Fantastic Habits, Fridge Letters (textured), Kids Blocks (scanbats), Theater Event (grunge), Circle Pixels, Taste Bomb, Kite High, Run Away (3d) Dirty Coal (brushy), Dot Sticks, Twerk Fifty, Dance Lights (textured), Steam Rose (textured), Donkey Punch, Fold Line (origami), Tiger Nuts (textured), Fun Bear, Standard Header (letterpress, 3d), Marble Wasteland, Bender Lines, Magical Springtime, Open Hatch (hand-printed), Retro Tastic, Space Zombie (hand-printed), Mad Triangle (textured typeface), Sweaty Party (a fun sketched typeface), Freaky Manor (gothic typeface), Special Brand (texture face), Western Clown, Company Problem, Derp Icons, Pixel Hour (textured face), Basic Scratch, Indie Sellout, Next Level (textured face), Third Rail (grunge), Real Trap (athletic lettering), Bang Party, Title Solution (textured face), Special Third (textured face), Deal Maker (textured typeface), Liquor Bank (3d), Electrical Neue, Eighties Locker (grunge), Visual magnets (textured typeface), Final Relief (textured), Comic Tans, Bright Headline (hand-printed), Tiger Bawl, Cut Away (cutout letters), Kings Castle (textured face), Southern Riots (grunge), Slick Wave (textured face), Smash Break (texture face), Thin Simple, Super Rocket, Kids Game, Eighties Shades, Melt Factory, Pirate Zombie (grunge), Doktor Scratch, Mix Tape (textured face), City Tags, Gotcha (3d face), Wild Scratch (textured), Inter Fade (textured), Urban Labels (textured), Hot Tropics, Quantum Pixel (grungy), Minus Plus, Lower Scratch, Flying High, Broken Mustangs (script), Byte Shades (textured), Bolt Light (textured), Just Quick, Hotrocks, Total Event, Racing Flow, Energy Drink (textured), Inside Box (a wonderful metal-look textured typeface), Heat Wave (a wide poster face), Great Miami (arched typeface), Disco Midnight, Clean Scratch, Vegas Nights (textured and smudgy), Pirate Disco, Swift Chops, Zero Hype, Dot Tricks (grungy), Shaken (glaz krak font), Great Points (textured), High Level (textured), Break Time (textured), Circus Party, Crash Site (glaz krak face), Lower Resolution, Fifty Hours (script), For Sale (script), Broken Fixed (script), Hieroglyph Licks, Think Plan, Fancy Shadow, Forwards Backwards, High Sales, Slash Thirty (blood drip face), Universal Freaky, Event Shark, Bone King, Sharking, Magnetic, Paper Shreads, Summer Watermelon, Bubble Yums, Crazy Eyes, Danger Waffles (textured face), Early Scare, Farm Barns, Freckle Jackson, Greater Sales, Indian Summer, Mixed Thirty, Positive Warp, Reasonable Speculation, School Party, Scratching Matters, Lemonade Summer, High Style (textured face), Biology, Aweseome Style, Box Lines, Cloud Ahead, Going Around, Hot Flash, Major Stripe (sketched face), Pixel Draw, Summer Fire, SuperTack, Sure Real (Treefrog style), Totally Straight, Mega Gothic, Basic Hand, Chief Scare, Plain Slice, Sail Away, Gone Away, Chubby Muffin, Crack King, Dirty Jobs, Paris Label, Phone Home, Kids Party, Zombie Stitch, Moden Post, Rock Bait (Treefrog style script), Tent Sale (brush face), Event Maker, Quantum Ants, Cheap Horror, Extra String, Scratch Times, Snorkel Whisp, Dirty Looks, Bould, Window Crash (glaz krak face), California Harvest, Twerking Nasty, College Movie, Easy Horror, Brush Some, Autumn Two, Season Fourteen, Always Never, Fresh Bone, Scare Camp, Twinkle Fingers, Dirty Bandit, Metal Clash, Simple Folks, Sunrise Disco, Danger Zone, Swift Break, Dusty Salmon (textured face), Urban Poster, Tasty Drips (dripping paint font), HardLine (3d font), Technophilia, Zombie State, Come Inside, Popular Invite, Tough Horror, Wonderful Phonograph, Zombie Scratch, Thunder Crack, Fresh Riot, Metal Atlas, Grunge Shack, Gif Wrap, Punk Inside, Disco Break, Quantum Future, Major Black (textured), Stone Bird, Fantastic Party, Quick Money, Fast Time, Hecka Grunge, Electric Night, Tasty Swirl, Helping Stranger, Radical Llamas, Real Gold, Double Shadow, Space Cats, Space Fight, Furious Racing (textured typeface), Snow Flakes, Solid Event, First Place, Total Shock, Hairy Fun, Cats String, Dragons Breath, Stripe Disco, College Bytes, Late Club, Road Skin (textured), City Heights (textured), Easy Bricks, Insert Fun, Grunge Kids (textured), Solid Brand, Winter Decor (snow crystal font), Doctor Meow, Real Fast, Major Sketchy, Easy Romance, Globtastic, Noses, Strike King, Salty Would, First Contact, Extra Zero, Space Bang, First Avenue, Dirty Shocker, Delicious Candy, Drop Inside.

    Typefaces from 2014: Divide Conquer, Mad Pic Nic (textured), American Lights (dry brush), Chromest, Absolute Invite, Fancy Sauce (simulates an oriental typeface), Fair House, Gansta Walk (graffiti typeface), Spring Away (script), Heavy Load (fat brush), Amazing Sunshine, Club House, Magic Status, Big Party, Ocean Twelve, Lost Type, Spring Harder (textured), Escape Great, Fine Things, Cut Five, House Boat (textured), Splat Matrix, We Spring (gunge), Great Band (textured), Sky Limit, Four Six, Quick Sales (textured), Vegas Neon, Xero Typique, Ink Special, Bad Luck (glaz krak face), Handing Over, Megaphilia, Late Drank, Atlas Grunge, Right Track (textured), Square Deal, Great Party, Next Wave, Doges Walk, Dirty Locals, Boulder Scare, Clean Easy, Come Around, Fresh Holiday, Half Light (a condensed brush face), Light Curls, Lower Case, Magic Beauty, Much Funky, Plain Lines, Ten Fresh, Simply Fresh, Windy Metro, Play Along, East City (textured), Bernal Heights (grunge), Metalblock Delta (textured), French Disco (textured), City Magic (textured), Thunder Head, Lucky Diamonds, Great Storm, Neon Taste (textured), Night Hawk, Trap Music (a sketched typeface), Close Race, Major Label, Fresh Track (an all-caps brush typeface), Jack Trades, Cut Blox, Metal Block Theta (textured), Fired Bread, Angry Beavers (script face), Get Real, Lost Ray, Slot Machine, Animal Planet, Very Rich, Hawt Would, Above Ground, Grave Pain, Heaven Gate, Countrry Diamonds, Master Strike, Great Ending, Dreaming Pandas, Olden Times, String Tyme, Wrecking Ball, Great Nineties (sketch face), Lightning Blaze, Club Night, Certain Times, Clean Bubbles, Disco Party, Stoned Heights (glaz krak font), Can Opener, Metal Block Tango, Disco Fresca, Static Heights, Chronic Deal, Fire Block, Capital State, Burger Hut, Chicken Waffles, Bro Hugs, Indie Hype, Smoking Pistols, Mega Play, Light Break, Fadevetica, Metal Block Serif, Dream Stencil, String Piano (grunge), Binaty Waters (textured), Soth West, Magic Pens (fat finger font), Mega Bits (dot matrix), Zebra Disco, Luxury Import, Rapid Sloths (Treefrog-style handwriting), Spring Rage, Delicious Mocha (textured), Tropic Disco, Sprung Breakers, Urban Trails, Many Times (textured), Spring Headliner (textured), Party Lights (rounded stencil), Slick Ride (grungy), Burn Side (textured), City Stencil (grungy), Love Joy (textured), Neon Disco, Witches Brew (halftone texture), North Beach (textured), Metal Black Naked, Metal Block Ultra, Wet Razors, Cat Meow (sketchy face), Dance Away, Salty Beach (textured typeface), Great Horizons, American Western, Start Menu (halftone texture typeface), Zip Down, World Peace, Super Round, Spring Fruit, Open Lounge, Magic Kids, Fresh Candy, Four Stars, Gold Ring, Fun Time, Dark Box, Major Clue, Alert Notice, Love Riot, High Boat, Real Hard, Canada Mist (textured), Flavor Maker (textured), Spring Daisy, Great Springtime, Danish Crack (glaz krak), High Rating, Awesome Play, Flash Dance, Super Awesome, Paint Night, Pixel Drip, Ready Start, High Flight, House Music, Alternative Nineties, Technologic, Beaver Scratches, Spring Bump, Fancy Animal, Graph Master, Many Lines, Quality Control, Hot Discovery, Disco Trap, Ripe Dusk, Spring Dance, Electrical Storm, Electro House, North Cowboy, BiteTyme, BubLight, ChronicSales, ColdSpring, DeliciousFrosting, FloweringBuds, FrenchDance (white on black), Frequency, GetAround, GiftCards, LargeCrayon, MadSkilz, MetalShred, PeaceFight, ProximaFour, RightPlace, RockingTimes, ShwedyBawls, ThinkLight, WildThang, Make Out (crayon font), Clean Dirty (another crayon font), Digital River, Jaged Edge (sic), Loathing Fear (a great Treefrog style typeface), Metal Spectacular, Quit Work (crayon font), Special Delivery, Big Crump, High Fence (glaz krak face), Delicious would, Neon Tech, Right Brew, After Work, Pit Stop (textured), Strong Void, Love Scratch, Maiden Voyage, News Worthy, Mint Coin, Hipster Bike, Ready Made, Ten Dimensional, New Highs, Banlieue Disco (textured face), Punk Event, Soup Kitchen, Such Money, The Pulse, Thirdly (3d face), Train Station (a great ultra-fat rounded sans), Goldfinger (script), Neurotick, Hawt Comix, Talking Louder, Mind Storm, Astral Projections, AncientSprawl, BeautifulThangs, BoulderRough, ChronicMethodMB, CleanSimpleDT, DropKickMB, EasyDoughDT, FairBanks, FaultLineDT, FiftyShadowsDT, FrenchPirates, FuelControl, FunMeatsDT, GrandCircleDT, GreatFriendsDT, GreatSails, HawtFriend, JuicyCultureDT, JustWriteDT, LearningMachine, LearningMachineItalic, Marijuana, MegaLife, RedPanda, SecretTickleMB, SlickRoadsDT, SmokingParadise, StarDancing, StringTheory, StrongEventDT, ThinkingAcademicDT, ThugLoveDT, California Delights (connected script), Super Freak (textured), Extra Highs, Slime Bawls, Metal Witch, Grape Soda, Little Spooky, Such Frosting, Monster Slash, Burn Time (textured), Quick Fade (textured), Urban Animal, Prison Escape, Super Fear (dripping blood font), Final Days, Racing Numbers, Pirate Spider, Walking Dead, Hatch (textured), Strawberry Longcake (curly), Mad Zombies, More Dimension (3d), Popular Culture, Princess Cake, Wine Tasting (vampire script), Toxic Powers, Zombie Treats (rough brush), Total Eclipse (brush), Whisky Lickers, Brain Washers, CityVetica, Turn Up, Basic Sharpie, Electronic Voyage, Swingers, Heavy Loading, Solid Waste (textured typeface), Swingers, HighLines (sketched typeface), IceCold (textured), ManyGifts, OpenStore, PlaidEvent (textured), RustyNail, SickDream, WantedPirates, BreakingNews, FantasticSeasons, FantasyMachine, FluShots (rough brush), GreatWinter, HeavenlyWings (sketched), KentuckyBourbon, LoveBombs (rough brush), MicroBrew, Slashtacular, XmasLite, Golden Dabs (grunge), Urban Paints, Making Ideas, Just Brains.

    Typefaces from 2015: Extra Reaper (horror font), DigitalStream, EightyOne (sketched), GrandStencil, GrandZeroes, LightFuze, LiquidMagic, MetalReason, MiamiShades (shadow font), TakenBlack, TakenBlackItalic, TeaParty, WinterCrops, WonderInk (tattoo font), YoungRanger (connected script), Late Noise, Dark Papers (textured), College Thrash (sic), CrispyBones, DrawingMachine, JusticeWanted, KrampsHandso, PolarBears, SolutionFive, Shock Colours, Washer (textured), Dynamatics (textured font), Flowery Death, Pushing Sticks (dry brush font), Righty Marks (marker pen font), Baked Trains (graffiti font), Chronic Delivery (signage script), Intaglio Plains, Modern Reality (dry brush script), Nuevo Trenta, Rastaerize, World Shocker, Grape Blaster, Slate, Stencil Disco, Technocracy, Yarden Tawns, Flaunts (textured), Ringlead (textured), Freshly Thinking (script font), Plutonium (textured), Space (textured), Boulevard, Nuevo Disco, Stamp Ink, Educated, Krusty Signs, Quagent, Dusty Hotels, Cracked (glaz krak face), Amplitudes (techno sans), Frozen Rita, Beast Mode Suite (an avant garde family; +Disco), Epicenter (athletic lettering), Kitchen Cowboy (modular and spurred), Forest Lakes, Northern Montgomery, Biometric (techno family), Modernism, Higher Pixels, Grandious Vengeance (scratchy script), Second Avenue, Just Perforate, Grave Danger, California Designs, Natural Products, Boxing Chocolates, Beyond Space (textured), Asterisk, Katchy Markers (rough dry brush), Black Ties (sketched), Twenty Singles, Great Shake, Monster Energy (textured), Precious Moments (vampire script), Nuevo York (a vampire script), Faux Antique (another vampire script), Zero College, Fun Sized (drop shadow face), Blueberry Waffle, Stale Marker, 12 ounces, Raw Diet, Megadeal, Blklite (textured), Prison Break, More Candy, Fuel Tanks, Hot Bone, Break Point, Fresh Waters, Lower Haight, Carnal Devices, Juicy Boxes (sketched font), Special Case, Urban Life (dingbats), World Beings (dingbats), Twenty Something (textured), Many Fun, Expensive Solutions (brush), Dopeframes, Fun Lines, This Way (handcrafted arrows), Rinse Wash, Trap House (crayon font), Love Marks (dingbats), Viral Fun (scanbats), Grape Dragon (brush script), Juicy Rags, Pleasure Riot.

    Typefaces from 2016: Reinebow (a color SVG font), DecoRated (art deco), Recreational (3d, outlined), Tiny Shack (3d, outlined), Sugar Cakes, Regime Change, Treasure Hunt, Taco Fiesta (Mexican simulation font), Crystal Breath, Purple Drank, Denominator, Perceptual (art deco), Realismo (futuristic), Banquetier (a monoline deco typeface), Continents, Asperian, Fonderian, DeadTasty, Distinguished, DraftHouse, FreakyTwenties (white on black poster typeface), LuckyTricks, (outlined) MajorChronic, (outlined) Moulden (outlined), OldeBarnsby, (outlined) Marquez (crayon script), Hand Typist, Fauquier, Blockchain (3d style), Zombie Story, Private Fort, Spiral, Spherism, Swaingarm Yori, Solarium (outlined techno typeface), Tracksion, Hail Stormz (grunge), Paper Scraps, BombingStencil (textured), ExtraSprinkles (textured), MagneticFriends, PerfectChisle, PrizedStudy (sketched), RealPrizesItalic (tattoo script), RealPrizesVeryItalic, SketchyBuilder, Tragic Prequel, Twisty Pixel, Movie Nite, Gaslighter, BeautyScript, BlackSmith, Education (grungy athletic lettering), Kickstop (white on black), LemonadeHustler, PrinceCharming, SurfPoint, Wickers, BigTangle (triangulated), FlavoredCrayons, FreshCandies, RedlightDistrict, SingleOrigin, SnakeBite, SpringRaces (children's script), Valencia (dry brush script), BoldDrink (textured), BrandStruck (sketched), CarteBlanche, DarkStars (sketched), FreightCarts, HipsterFactory (sketched), HugeCrunch (textured), LateVaping, Masquerade, Neturality (white on black), Playgrounds, Prescriptivism, RockSolid, SewModern, SimpleLucky, TotalFreak, Transylvania, WasteFactory, WickedSeventies, WindowMarkers, Boards (sketched), BigSmoke, BrightSigns, ClubSport, DatBox (3d, white-on-black), EasyPeople (signage script), GouldenTreatise, Invertage (white-on-black), SpaceTransit, Above Stars, Band Stand, Market Crash (glaz krak typeface), Opiated Values, Stamped Envelopes, Higher Bounties, Gothic Friends (blackletter tattoo font).

    Typefaces from 2017: Abraxeous, Schwifty (outlined shadow font), Freaks (scary font), Musky Dawn, Tigerian (tiger-striped letters), Banqued (sketched), Basket of Candy, Bouquet (handcrafted blackboard bold), Percolation, Scrapbuckets, Guangzhou (oriental simulation), Budtender (outlined), Cryptographic, Moleculan (connect-the-dots style), Robustly Brewing, Wonder Age, Graphemic, Simulacre (bilined), Squanch (squarish), Wysterium (a hatched display typeface), Value Stamp, Discover Earth, Dreaming Castle, Metal Shard, Warm Showers, Ripe Apricots, Plenty of Metal, Spackler (dry brush), Falconers, Ephemerian, Brackish Pond, Lemon Shower, Delinquence, Couper Blaque, Pelanquier, Karpow, Graphisme, Martienso, Bacon Request, Corpsey, Cloudier (cloud-themed font), Draft Quick (draftsman font), Forgivable Sin, Manufactured Consent, Comedy Show (shaded), AvailableReservation, CandyDelish, ForgeMelt (textured), FreshSteaks, FunSpace (textured), Gouldage, StuckBrayers, Substrate, SunsetBreak (textured).

    Typefaces from 2018: Infinity Lights, Prescribe, Huge Party, Fun Play (a 3d shadow font), Clown Shoes, Astronmica (hipster style), Bronium, Mastum, Brisquet (bilined), Mega Dose, Space Melons, Retaillistic (stencil), Algorithma (bilined), Basket Fries (crayon font), Elusive, Splasher, Midcentury, Miswak, Parabolic, Xelita.

    Typefaces from 2019: Brewski, Trash Fort, Rough Path, Uncertainty, Scrizbels, Psychographia, Caustic, Zipties, Light Roast, Liquor Market, Boublies, Monolithic, Brick Roads, Blokqued, Chonkies, Brushings, Fugly Stick, Fresh Bagel, Scratchers, Fentanyl, Crypto Prices, Chonky, Mucho Fiesta, Leather Jackets (grungy), Peroxide (shattered letters), Postructure (sketched), Lubricants (brushed), Train Yard, Shipment (rough stencil), Action (halftone font), Bathing in Acid.

    Aka Xerographer.

    Dafont link. Github link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Xiao Lin Liu

    During his studies in Barcelona, Xiao Lin Liu designed the modular stencil typeface Linium (2016). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Xing Tingxuan

    Gold Coast, Australia-based student-designer of a semi-stencil typeface in 2018. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Xisco Barcelo

    Palma de Mallorca, Spain-based designer of the hexagonal stencil typeface Dimetric (2016) and the octagonal typeface family Xfont (2016). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    XO Type (was: Pretty)
    [Patric King]

    A graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Patric King began his career as a designer with Thirst in 1994, and helped to build Thirstype until 1999. All of Patric's typefaces moved with Thirstype to Village in 2001, then on to XO Type and Pretty in Chicago in 2005 (which he founded together with his husband Su and Milan Zrnic (fashion photographer in Los Angeles). Thirstype disappeared.

    His typefaces:

    • Citrine (2018). Based on word processing typefaces from the 1980s.
    • Rocinante Titling (2018).
    • Havelock (2017). A set of four interchangeable all-caps typefaces for layering, based on the original sketches of Gia (2000). Includes Havelock Stencil. Followed by Havelock Titling (2017). See also Havelock Complete (2017).
    • Royal Street (2013). An organic grotesque. He used an early sketch of this for the Lifehacker logotype while at Gawker Media.
    • Automaton (2009). Techno. The early internal name was Blechstreet. Patric writes: I originally designed the face for the Backstreet Boys' Millennium tour in 1999. The agency was not at all into the typeface (I think they wanted something more organic), so it was never used. I eventually completed it and re-used it for Fleshbot and Fleshbot Films while designing all the identity systems for Gawker Media.
    • Nineteen Eighty Four (2005). A construcivist typeface also related to the German New Wave.
    • Commodity (2003). Ten geometric styles at the defunct Thirstype.
    • Gia (2000). Five original styles based on the NASA logo font and named after the first woman to die of AIDS, Gia Carangi. Extended to 7 weights in 2016. For a short time, Gia was called Atari Baby, but the name was changed to Gia for trademark reasons.
    • Fast Girls (1995). No longer available.
    • 1985, 1997, Phoebe, Apocalipstick, Smile. Old Thirstype typefaces that are no longer available.
    • Revenant (1995). A redesign of the defunct typeface Bad Excuse (1995).
    • Food. A bespoke logo font for Chicago laundromat chain Bubbleland.
    • Undergraduate work in 1993: Flex, DAT, Flourish, and Scribner.
    • The free Google fonts Big Shoulders Display (2019) and Big Shoulders Text (2019). He writes: Big Shoulders is a family of condensed American Gothic typefaces, created for the City of Chicago's Brand Standards. The family's tall, sans-serif forms are based in Chicago's multiple histories in railway transport, journalism, advertising, and public political action. Github link. In 2020, still at Google Fonts, he added Big Shoulders Inline Display, Big Shoulders Inline Text, and Big Shoulders Stencil Text.

    Pretty's catalog. View Patric King's typefaces. Klingspor link. Behance link. Creative Market link. Fontsquirrel link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    XXI Creative
    [Alfredo Callistini]

    American creator of these handcrafted typefaces in 2017: Sara Script (calligraphic), Ruby's Notes (a thick brush script), Arizona, Socrates Gothic (blackletter), Spring Fling, Casual Friday (stencil), Apollo (formal art deco), Ivy League, Snap Dragon, Figura (octagonal), New Planet (circular futuristic typeface), Gargoyle (blackletter), Italian Goth (blackletter), Borders (brush script), Pencil, Casual Friday, Tetrahedron, Caffeine, Scratch, Quick Architect, Lines, Codec. Creative market link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yanis Mejladi

    French designer of the free stencil typeface Proximateus (2020). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yanone
    [Jan Gerner]

    Jan Gerner (b. 1982, Dresden) from Weimar runs Yanone. He grew up in Addis Abbeba. He studied Media at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar in 2003. He still lives and works in Weimar. He designed the (free) informal sans family YanoneKaffeesatz (2005), which is analyzed by Gerrit van Aken. YanoneTagesschrift (2005) is a serif obtained by scanning the felt tip pen traces of a printed serif face--a nice idea! The font is now at Schriftgestaltung. The pixel font Al Abdali 8 was created during his stay with Syntax in Amman/Jordan to match the growing need for joint Arabic/Latin typefaces.

    In 2006, Yanone started selling some fonts through MyFonts. These include Monospasz (2006, a manually produced monospace typewriter font family in 5 styles), Liebfraumilch (2009, connected hand) and Pochoir (2006, stencil). And in 2009, the popular free Kaffeesatz became a pay font, FF Kava, at FontFont.

    In 2010, Yanone published FF Amman for Latin and Arabic---a bit too angular for my taste, but it has its uses.

    In 2011, he obtained a Masters at KABK in the type and media program. His graduation typeface was Antithesis (2011)---it consists of a slab serif, a connected script and a heavy sans. All three have a hand-printed look and should be fine typefaces for signage. Page dedicated to Antithesis. The FontFont version, FF Antithesis, appeared in 2013.Runya (2013) is free Arabic hipster typeface.

    At ATypI 2013 in Amsterdam, he introduces Speed Punk, a learning tool to better understand the nature of Bézier curves and their curvature. See also here.

    In 2016, he cooperated with Albert-Jan Pool in the development of FF DIN Arabic, which won an award at Granshan 2016.

    Font Squirrel link. Dafont link. Klingspor link. MyFonts link for Yanone. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Yanto Design
    [Joko Triwijayanto]

    Mojokerto, Indonesia-based designer, b. 1986, of these typefaces in 2019: the ink trap sans typeface Wallman Love, Shofia Mind Script, Brushtype Od, Mexican Grape (stencil or neon font), Dark Od Script, Daesy, Badriyatun, Yuniarsih (signature font), Virginia Od (signature font), American Fox, Greepel Grunge, Ngarep DW (sans). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yautja
    [V. Sarela]

    This is one of the most talented FontStructors, but also an active musician. On Behance, he/she is listed as Van Saarland from Hameenlinna, Finland, and on FontStruct since 2014 as V. Sarela, from Oulu, Finland.

    Typefaces from 2011: Teotihuacan (inspired by a Mexican poster), Micra (a monospaced OCR-A font), Fast Driving, Rendez-Vous (a condensed serif font inspired by the cover of "The Essential Jean Michel Jarre"), Carat Condensed, Carat, Wolfen (a copperplate style condensed face), Futuroid (sci-fi), Instrumenta (after Neville Brody's Industria), Modern Vision (based on the opening credits from The Terminator and The Running Man), Future Earth (futuristic: based on a typeface used in The Terminator logo which is also the base for the font "Earth"), Phatprogy (+Extra Phat).

    Typefaces from 2012: Modus Operandi, Ikonomi (squarish sans), Genera, Hexathrone, Liquid Crystal Serif, Wulthraesk (constructivist), Electionale, Major (a high contrast didone), Commandant (2012, like Futura Stencil), Comfutur (a beautiful stencil typeface with a bit of Futura Black), Qode (a retro-futuristic LED style typeface), Graphyto (a heavy slab face), Heavy Royale, Thiage (Thai simuation face), Bravis, Cirquetry, Solidis, Velocifero (bilined), Heavy Royale, Jet Set Groove, Reactor A1 (futuristic stencil), Polymoda (an abstract font), Lino II, Sequencer (+Condensed), Hertzace (square retro-futurist), Cifira (art deco), Saturation (monoline sans), Katana (+Bold, +Condensed), Countura (abstract and minimalist), Stripelane (horizontally striped), Vortexa (in the style of Data 70), In Nomine Matrix, Afterburner, Afterburner Phase II, High Rise (Western typeface), Sulaco, Polaroid, Tech Noir (a dot matrix typeface based on the nightclub sign from The Terminator), Slabbers II, Windician (art deco), Cryptocube, DMC 12, Ken Jp (oriental simulation typeface), PxlSQ, Scorpione, Monotronic, Advancer (dot matrix face), Avico, Discolyde, Film Sequence, Modern Vision (based on an unknown typeface which was used in the opening credits of The Terminator, The Running Man, Class of 1999, and also used on Robert A. Heinlein's book covers (there's a font called Heinlein which is similar)), Cromagnon, Gace, Midora Sans, Squarium (constructivist), Cheque Matte (octagonal; athletic lettering), Plusminus, Advancer Lite, Magnetofunk (retro-futuristic), Integrafia (piano key stencil face), Network9, Cechida, Rendez-Vous (condensed square slab face), Rendez-Vous II, Equantum, Karelian Stencil, Cryptocube, Neolexia, Ambiente, Stencilae (stencil), Linearis (horizontally striped), Contrafacia A and B (horizontally striped typefaces), Stereovision, Hypetron (based on the TRON logo), Degré (hexagonal), Typorabilis, Wunderkind (kitchen tile face), Kiova Captura, Biomehanika.

    Typefaces from 2013: Starast Maxi, Starast Next, Lugar, Siquid (dot matrix face), Devico (constructivist), Meco (based on Meco's logo), Confiant A, Confiant B, Zerusta, Carat, Combonaut, Jet Set Groove, Cifira, Gace, Condensbit, Synditon, Abciria, Vulthraesk, Rendez-Vous (+II), Instrumenta (based on Neville Brody's Industria), Saturation, RndEX, Rewinder, Power Electronics (an octagonal typeface based on the Captain Power logo), Obsidian Deco (a gorgeous fat piano key typeface), Electrone, Plusminus, Connector Module, Scorpione, Perficio, XOX Design, Da Capo (bold slab serif), Gradiator, Phatprogy, Genexus, Finica Sharp Script, Power Electronics (based on the Captain power logo), Aftertouch (a wide sans), Telecharger, Vicenti, Modicea, Submachine (based on Stanley Davis's Amelia), Genera Deux (a computer font), Genexe, Network 9 (connect-the-dots), Square Earth, Future Earth (trekkie font based on an old Terminator logo), Cechida, Supernature, Siberiada (a great Russian simulation typeface with a medieval touch), Defigma (bilined), Carat, Back to the future (based on the movie logo; called Rewinder on FontStruct), Vibrion (techno face), Connector Module, Wunderkind (a tiled typeface), Yaguar, Pacific Serif (slab serif), Aerogenes (wide techno font), Windician, Commandant (a wide art deco stencil face).

    Typefaces from 2014: Brigadier, Freelight (rounded stencil), Stencilae, Protocol Sans, Vicenti, Submachine, Dalecarian, Equantum, Twiphex, Waremann, Wolfen, Waltraud, Carat, Teotihuacan, Rendez-Vous (+II), Major (didone), Ambiente, Kiova Captura (based on the font used in Kiev camera manuals), Glissando, Vibrixean (sci-fi), Licoricette, Protagon (Greek simulation), Rewinder, Ardeus (futuristic, LED simulation), Techsyna (sci-fi), Rezonans (piano key style), Modern Vision, Trideko Display (multilined typeface), Xeometro (octagonal), Verbica, Megalith (a great black slab), Calibro.

    Typefaces from 2015: Coffee,-Juice,-Food-2, Electric-Blue, Karakteristika (blackletter tattoo font), Memogo (horizontally-lined font), Proximitro, Stratus, Super-Eurobeat, Verdisquo, HI-NRG, Modern Vision (based on a font used in the opening credits of The Terminator, The Running Man, Class of 1999), Workflow (stencil), Blackwing.

    Abstract Fonts link. Behance link. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Y.B. Oh

    Y.B. Oh (YB Studio, Los Angeles, CA) designed the rounded sans (stencil) typeface family Neon (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yehor Lisnyi
    [Artyway]

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    Yevgeniy Anfalov
    [Kyiv Type Foundry]

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    Yi Zhu

    Yi Zhu (Yi Design Studio, Buderim, Australia) created the great poster stencil typeface Scrap (2014) and the paperclip typeface SZ (2015). I am not 100% certain that the Yi Zhu who made SZ and runs Sauries Studio in Shanghai, China, is the same Yi Zhu who made Scrap. Behance link for Stephen Zhu. Behance link for Sauries Studio. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yomar Augusto
    [Bric Type]

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    Yonathan Seyoum

    Designer of the free fonts Habesha's Typewriter (2019), Habesha Blocks (2019) and Habesha Stencil (2018). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yong

    Singapore-based designer of Bento (2008, ornamental caps), Bright Lights (2008), Zebra (2008) and AG Stencil (2008: very nice!). His web site is also called 110, or the Institute for Process Thought&Design. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yorlmar Campos
    [RNS Fonts (was: Impacto Laser, or: SuperFlexia)]

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    You Work For Them (or YWFT; formerly Cinahaus or TrueIsTrue)
    [Michael Cina]

    Michael Cina (Minneapolis) is the cofounder of WeWorkForThem and YouWorkForThem (in 2002), also known as YWFT. Before that, he ran TrueIsTrue, and before that was partner in Test Pilot Collective (which he left in 2001), and before that he ran Cinahaus. YWFT is located in Knoxville, TN and/or Baltimore, MD. The creative director is Michael Paul Young.

    Cina's fonts include the pixel fonts YWFT Caliper (1998), YWFT Bit (1998), 6x7oct (1998) and BlackGold; the handwriting font Cinahand; Blessed (1999, techno), YWFT Cam (1998, a slab serif based on industrial lettering), CommunityService, Crossover (1998, dot matrix with stars instead of dots), Composite (1998, octagonal), Formation (1999, a big octagonal family), Jute (2004, a masculine, military, sans-serif), YWFT Maetl (1999, octagonal, angular family), YWFT Moteur (a technical, retro, machine-like design; it briefly went under the name Alloy---in the early 2000s it was heavily used in the video gaming magazine Playstation), YWFT Novum (2002: a heavy block font that draws inspiration from a typeface originally used by the Swiss graphic designer Siegfried Odermatt), Pakt, Reversion (1997, squarish), Selector, Selek (1998, pixelish), YWFT Blackgold (2000, pixelish), Service (2001-2002, an octagonal family), YWFT Signature (1998), Trisect (1999, three-lined family), Unisect (1999, organic monoline sans), YWFT Ultramagnetic (1996, a popular rounded gothic typeface family), Ultramagnetic2 (1999), YWFT Ultramagnetic Expanded (2011), YWFT Ultramagnetic Rough (1996-2017), Unfinished. Bastard (1998), Kcap6 (with Matt Desmond), Cheese (1998), Novum (2002), Overcross (2002, unfocused letters), Stem (1998), Testacon (with Kral and Desmond, 1999), Praun (2002, pixel typefaces), OneCross (2002, pixelish stitching family), Estenceler (2004, a great stencil family a bit related to Milton Glaser's Glaser Stencil), Graphium (2004, octagonal Western style family), Expos (2004, graffiti or poster face), YWFT Pixacao (2007, after the Brazilian graffiti style), Vox (2007, monoline sans), Militia Sans (2007, like a Russian constructivist stencil), Jupiter (roman), Militia (2007, heavier stencil), Merc (2007, grunge), Guild (2007), Clarendon Text (2007, a complete revival), Jezebel (2007, script), Ambassador Script (2007, a digital revival of Novarese's typeface by that name), Enam (2002, influenced by Crouwel), Enigmatic Hand (2007), Dusty (2007, a Tuscan-eared Western font), YWFT Poplock (2007, experimental), YWFT Pakt (2004, geometric sans), Sudsy (2007), Black Sabbath (2008, ultra black slab serif, by Stefan Kjartansson), YWFT Belle (2008), YWFT Agostina (2008), YWFT Bitwood (2007-2017, pixelish Western typeface), YWFT Mullino (2009, letterpress emulation), Trithart (2008, grunge by Emma Trithart), YWFT Tapscott (2008-2017, informal and nostalgic all caps family, in the style of Rennie Mackintosh), Habano (2008, script), Amorinda (signage script), Retron (2008, connected script), MD01 (medical-themed dingbats), Adelaide (script), Centennial Script (calligraphic), Alexia (calligraphic), Ultramagnetic (experimental), Nash (1997, grunge), Amber (kitchen tile), Fab (3d), 6x7 Oct (1998, pixels and dots), Wool (2009, stencil), YWFT Matter (2009, a wide bold grotesque), YWFT Merriam (2009, a Clarendon-styled slab serif), Agostina Alternate (2011, with Michael Paul Young and Taechit Jiropaskosol), Ramsey (2012), YWFT Dessau (2013, schizograms and capitals like Bauhaus on drugs), YWFT League (2014, inspired by college football jerseys), YWFT Yoke (poster typeface done with Pintassilgo), YWFT Illuminati (2015, abstract capitals).

    Blog. His lovely g poster (2010).

    House fonts at YWFT by unknown designers: YWFT Knit (2010: knitting patterns), YWFT Motif (2015), Ramsey Condensed (2015), YWFT Roamer (2016), YWFT Whisky (alchemic), YWFT Psychosis, YWFT Processing (2001-2010: YWFT Processing was developed in 2001 for Casey Reas, the co-creator of the Processing programming language. We created this display face to be sharp, tall, unique and interesting...much like Mr. Reas himself. The font was derived from an original logo that already existed, and we continued the idea into a fully working six-weight font family. YWFT Processing was converted to Opentype format in 2010), YWFT Filbert (2012), YWFT Nim (2012, combining the hipster style with overlays for bevel and shadow effects), Dogma (2012, alchemic), Attic (spooky poster face, in EPS format), YWFT Yoke (textured all-caps), Riblah (2003, dot matrix), YWFT Fraktur (tattoo face), YWFT Burls (2013, fat poster typeface), YWFT Coltrane (2011, handdrawn poster typeface), YWFT Symplify (2013: haute couture snowflakes), YWFT Smoothie, YWFT Chance (2016), YWFT Skipper (2016), YWFT Wheatgrass (2016), YWFT Estee (2002-2017), YWFT Watermelon (2017), YWFT Ink (2017, originally designed in 2008), YWFT QUE, YWFT Burtonian (2017, named after Tim Burton), YWFT Crew (handcrafted), YWFT Maudlin (2017), YWFT Liana (2017; perhaps plumbing dingbats, who knows?), YWFT Victoria (2010: a bonbonnerie type), YWFT Valley (2017: a Memphis movement type), YWFT Wellsworth (2017), YWFT Harmony (2008-2017, a curly calligraphic script), YWFT Edger (2017), YWFT Chateau, YWFT Gummy (2002-2018), YWFT Blender (2018), YWFT Fluctuant (2018: a variable font), YWFT Gavin (a ransom note font) (2021), Ramsey (2021: a 54-style rounded squarish typeface), YWFT Hugo (2021: a child's hand).

    View Michael Cina's typefaces. Alternate URL. Behance link. Interview. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Youssef Hassanien
    [OJ Customs]

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    Yuma Naito

    Los Angeles-based creator of a geometric deco stencil font in 2014. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yunus Emre

    During his studies in Istanbul, Turkey, Yunus Emre designed the stencil font Kuan (2017). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yuya Sano

    Japanese graphic designer based in Oakland, California. In 2018, he designed the octagonal stencil typeface September. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Yves Michel

    Koksijde, Belgium-based designer of the roman titling typefaces Via Appia (2019: beveled) and Pompei (2019, accompanied by decorative caps), the tuxedoed art deco typeface Valentino (2019), the cursive script typeface Coxyde (2019) and the connected script typefaces Cursyves (2019) and Abecedary (2019, +Stencil). Typornament Prague (2019) is a pure Victorian typeface based on an alphabet seen in Milan Kopriva's book Typoornamenty (1991, Pluto Publishers, Prague).

    Typefaces from 2020: Carl Larsson (a script based on the handwriting of famous Swedish painter Carl Larsson, 1853-1919), Clipangle, Claroscuro (striped caps), Virgule, Juneasvik (handcrafted). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zach Willard

    Omaha, NE-based creator of Sharkscribble (2010, Fontifier) and Receipt Paper Radiation (2012, stencil pixel face, made with FontStruct). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zamjump
    [Ahmad Zamzami]

    Merauke, Papua, Indonesia-based designer (b. 1983) of Realitta Sinta (script) (2020), Greemicaly (script) (2020), Bentalista (2020: swashy), Brushbress (2020: a dry brush font), Hillya (2020), Soul Habit (2020: script), Sttorylink (2020: script), Netnite (2020: script), Gethucks (2020: vampirish), Demarus (constructivist), Fodecumbers Display (2020: a squarish family in 13 styles), the all caps vintage serif typeface De Bambeet (2020), the rounded monoline sans Melowest (2020), the techno font Novetech (2020), the display sans Leviona (2020), the shaky typeface Karbetz (2020), Raqilla Kids (2020: a hand-printed children's font), the black metal or punk font Blarks (2020) and the serif typeface Romanus (2020).

    Typefaces from 2021: Hi Lea (a rounded children's book font), Lecheet (a brush script), Billy Stranger (a brush script), Kitty Sweet (a scrapbook font), Melon Kundang (a scrapbook font), Bartkey (an all caps semi-stencil font), Red Buttery (script), Mattius Rossy (handwriting), Rollink (dry brush script), Brookliness (a brush font), Esttoria (script), Evolitta (an all caps display typeface), Blantic (an all caps poster sans), Queensila (a decorative mini-serif), Slaughter (a stuck-in-the-1990s metal band font), Hidetoshy, Brushbress (a dry brush script), Bluerocks (a rough brush font), Emberclaws (a spurred sports font), Melowest (a rounded naked condensed sans), Bentalista (a display sans), Sweet Blues (a monoline script), Lightly Sailler (a fashionable display serif).

    Typefaces from 2022: Falling Richees (an unconnected dry brush script), Kievally (a display sans), Senopati (a sans with forced irregularities). Creative Fabrica link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Zaneta Drgová

    Czech graphic designer (b. 1983) who studied graphic design and visual communication at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. During her bachelor thesis she researched stencil fonts and designed typefaces by her own. She also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava.

    At Volcano Type, she published the art deco era stencil typeface Reklame Stencil (2010, developed jointly with Erwin K. Bauer).

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    Zanik Design (or: Graphicado)
    [Zaporojan Nicu]

    Chisinau, Moldova-based designer of the sci-fi typeface Neuron Spatial (2017) and the roman inline typeface Invictus (2017). In 2018, he designed the monoline sans family Evo, the stencil typeface Capitolia, the squarish modular display typeface Roger, and the spurred typeface Emperor. Graphicriver link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zaporojan Nicu
    [Zanik Design (or: Graphicado)]

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    ZCH

    FontStructor who made Zaneemian, Zanebet All Caps (squarish stencil), Zanector and Zanector Bold in 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    ZeCraft
    [Jean-François Porchez]

    ZeCraft (Clamart, France) was founded by Jean-François Porchez as a vehicle for bespoke typefaces. An outgrowth of Typofonderie Porchez, it has created fonts for Arjowiggins, the Baltimore Sun, Beyoncé Knowles, Le Monde, Louis Vuitton, Public Transport in Paris (RATP) and Yves Saint Laurent Beauté. Some samples:

    • Retiro was specially designed for the Madriz magazine in Madrid. Based on the stereotypical Didot masthead of women's magazines like Tatler, L'Officiel and Vogue, and named after a park in Madrid, Retiro is a daring interpretation of Spanish typography. Retiro is a Castilian and Andalusian vernacular didone. Started in 2006, it became a retail font at Typofonderie in 2015. It won a Granshan award in 2012 and a certificate of excellence at the Type Directors Club 2010 competition.
    • Parisine is a large family used for maps and external communication in the Parisian train network, the RATP. It comprises the dot matrix family Parisine Girouette, the 4-style sans family Parisine Office, and the 12-style sans family Parisine Plus. This is Porchez's main sans workhorse family, and was being updated and extended almost annually between 1998 and 2016. Currently it has 32 fonts, including Compressed and Narrow subfamilies. Porchez: It can be considered as a more human alternative to the industrial-mechanical DIN.
    • Déreon was custom made for Beyoncé.
    • Henderson BCG was created for the Boston Consulting Group.
    • Vuitton Persona and Vuitton Malletier are layered typefaces done for Vuitton. This was completed by adding Vuitton Cabinet d'Ecriture.
    • AW Conqueror was done for Arjowiggins.
    • Singulier is a beautiful geometric sans family created for Yves Saint Laurent.
    • The Costa typeface family began life as a corporate typeface for Costa Crociere, an Italian cruise company which still uses it. Costa is based on ligatured logotype Costa designed by Landor Associates. In 2000, Costa won a TDC award for bespoke typefaces.
    • Bienvenue is an exclusive corporate typeface designed for France Telecom in conjunction with Landor Associates, which was in charge of a new corporate identity.
    • Endless Story is an exclusive corporate typeface designed in 2007 by Jean-François Porchez for the Russian Vozrast group. It was inspired by Eric Gill's Perpetua, and developed in conjunction with Aaron Levin and Stories Design. It covers Latin and Cyrillic.
    • Alpha Poste is custom sans typeface designed by Jean-François Porchez in January 2005 for the identity and logotype of La Banque Postale launched in January 2006 in France as a subdivision of Groupe La Poste.
    • Macif is an all caps exclusive bespoke typeface designed by Jean-François Porchez in April 2006 for the new identity and logotype of the insurance company Macif launched in 2006 by BETC Design group.
    • Lion is a corporate typeface designed in 1999 by Jean-François Porchez for Automobiles Peugeot. The bespoke typeface, developed in conjunction with EuroRSCG Design, Paris, is used by Peugeot for all the brand names used on their cars.
    • It is possible to work for two enemies. After Peugeot in 1999, JFP did a custom typeface for its arch-enemy Renault, called Renault Identité in 2004. This was done in cooperation wirth Eric de Berranger.
    • Tron Uprising is a bespoke inline all caps typeface designed in 2012 for the American animated science fiction television series for excluse use by Walt Disney Company.
    • Script Fleury Michon (2013) is a bespoke typeface done for the ready-meals products created by Fleury Michon (France & Canada).
    • Hinduja (2013) is a wide all caps custom font for the Indian conglomerate Hinduja.
    • Nespresso (2014) for the Nespresso brand. An elegant art deco geometric monowidth sans family, wasted on poor coffee---especially the Nespresso capsules are quite bad, but marketing and good brand design does miracles.
    • GL Bader (2015) is rooted in the long history of the Galeries Lafayette which was founded in 1894 by Théophile Bader and Alphonse Kahn in Paris. This neo-grotesque sans serif family, along with GL Kahn, accompanies the new visual identity and communication campaign launched in September 2015. The design of GL Bader is influenced by the brand created by Peter Knapp and Jean Widmer in 1958. Accompanied by GL Kahn.
    • For the Boston Consulting Group, ZeCraft developed BCG Henderson.
    • TypeCon Counter for TypeCon 2017 in Boston. Creative director: Bobby C. Martin, extremely contrasted stencil didone typeface designed by Zecraft on the basis of AW Conqueror Didot.

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    Zeh Foundry
    [Seryozha Rasskazov]

    Seryozha Rasskazov is a graphic and type designer, lettering artist, and sign painter from St. Petersburg, Russia, who studied at ECAL's Master in Type Design program in Lausanne, 2020-2022. Under the supervision of Kai Bernau, he designed the optically optimized variable didone stencil typeface Didonist (2021).

    We believe that he created the art nouveau typeface Flory (2021) at Zeh Foundry. He may also have been involved in the development of the Latin / Cyrillic hipster family Russian Tourist Brand (2021). [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zenkilla Fonts
    [Stéphane Mondesir]

    Stéphane Mondesir (Zenkilla Fonts) is the French creator (b. 1980) in 2009 at FontStruct of Paperface, Ceed, Dconstruct, LightA, Zen F, Twodays, Bad Bold and Bad Bold College (athletic lettering stencil face). In 2010, he added Erika (+Deco). Home page. He lives in Montreuil sous Bois. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zenze B.V.

    Zenze BV, or Cleanvertising is the Dutch creator of Cleanvertising (2010), a semi-stencil heavy grotesque. He also made Streetvertising Public (2010) and Servetica (2010, stencil). Subsets of the fonts are free, while others are not. Fontspace link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zephram (or: Pixel Kitchen, or: The Gongclonker)

    Game developer, artist, and designer. Fontspace link. FontStruct link.

    His free typefaces from 2018: 2K4S, Anachronaut, Badwolf, Chimera, Comicool, Cybernaut, Diamond-Eyes, Disco-Bling, Donjonikons, Gongclonker, Might Chain, Navajo-Deco, Nirvanite-Fossil, Nirvanite, Qualtron, Slabberton, Space Wham, Sportsball, Temple-of-Gong, Vampire-Nation, Video-Dames, Zap-Cannon, Zigourat, Zigourati, Zoia-Stencil.

    Typefaces from 2019: Celosia 2. [Google] [More]  ⦿

    Zerotoohero
    [Roman Shchyukin]

    Bryansk, Russia-based cofounder in 2011 with Valery Zaveryaev of the Russian type foundry Gaslight.

    Typefaces from 2011: Bad Script (Google Web Fonts: an informal hand-printed typeface).

    Typefaces from 2012: Quadratish Serif, Quadratish Solid, Rock Logo (a metal band font co-designed with Valery Zaveryaev), Delgado (an elegant tall and thin fashion mag typeface for Latin and Cyrillic), Teco, Teco Sans (an octagonal military typeface family), Teco Symbol, Teco Sans Stencil, Teco Serif, Wide Display and Wide Display Ribbon (unicase headline typefaces), Actio (a spurred inline typeface), Roz, Wary (a pop art typeface that won an award at Modern Cyrillic 2014),

    Typefaces from 2013: Delgado Sans, MNSTR Shadow and MNSTR Line (free inline typefaces), Gen (techno), Tesla (+Round).

    Typefaces from 2014: Sofya (a monoline script font, released by Gaslight).

    Typefaces from 2015: Aorta (a piano key stencil typeface), MxMy (Peignotian caps).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fada (all caps sans for titling), Barbecue (a circle-themed deco typeface first called BarBQ), Fada (by Roman Shchyukin), Pleinair, Rawer (sans, +stencil, +outline), Misty (by Valery Zaveryaev), Agio (by Valery Zaveryaev).

    Typefaces from 2019, done at his own new foundry Zerotoohero Design: Premium (for the Russian channel Premium), Shock Sans (a weathered typeface done for the Russian channel Shoking), Harvest (for the Russian restaurant Urojai), Grotesque (One, Two: for Plates Studio), Comedy (a custom cartoon font for Shandesign Studio).

    Typefaces at Zerotoohero, not identified with Roman Shchyukin: Lovely (by Shandesign, for the Russian channel Lubimoe), Wolf Sans (created for a Russian IT company). Behance link for Zerotoohero. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Zetafonts

    Zetafonts is a font foundry created by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Debora Manetti. Almost all of these fonts were created as part of the design process for logos and printed materials. Many were created for the experimental magazine ego[n]. Foundry in Florence, Italy, although the Behance page places them in the United States. [z]fonts is the font development section of Studio Kmzero, a Florence (Italy) based Design and Communication Agency. Studio Kmzero is an Italian design firm in Firenze consisting of three graphic designers, Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti, and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini.

    Also called ZeroFont.

    Francesco Canovaro and Adolfo Monti are the designers of the simple bold sans typeface Arista (2007). They also made the basic sans typefaces Cibreo, zProzak-Bold, zProzak and zProzakLight in 2006, and Sugo in 2007. We also find Antipasto (2007, clean elegant sans, by Matteo Di Iorio), Arsenale White and ArsenaleBlue (2009, children's hands, done by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Jonathan Calugi), Bistecca (2005, a bellissima extra-condensed serif font created for ego[n] 5 and for the cover of ego[n] 4), Braciola (2006; monospaced and octagonal, with stencil styles added), Bubblebody, Byron (2006, handwriting), Delizioso (2008, art deco), Docporn (comic book style), Duepuntozero Pro (2006-2008), Handvetica (2005, arched), Happyfruhzero, Modulo3 (2008, an artsy beauty), New Romantic (curly grunge), Prozak (2006), Sala de Fiestas (2005-2006, by Debora Manetti, free download at OFL), Senzacuore, Square80 (2009), Sugo, Taller Evolution (2009, geometric sans), Taller, Tallest (2009, ultra-condensed), Targa Monospace (inspired by license plate lettering), Targa (2002), TargaMS (2002), TargaMSHand (2002), Tutor (2006, rectangular, pixelish---what I call a piano key font), Toller (2009, ultra-condensed), Filetto (2009, a sans modeled after DIN 1451 done with Francesco Canovaro and Katiuscia Mari).

    In 2014, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro co-designed Amazing Grotesk (+Ultra).

    The free font Amazing Infographic was published in 2016.

    Dafont link. MyFonts link.

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    Zetafonts (or: Studio Kmzero, or: ZeroFont)
    [Francesco Mistico Canovaro]

    Italian design firm in Firenze consisting of three graphic designers, Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti, and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. It has evolved into Italy's premier and most prolific type foundry. Canovaro's Behance link. Also called ZeroFont and Zetafonts, this type foundry exhales joy---in every design and presentation, the passion of the designers bubbles to the surface. Blending a delicious sense of humour and a great aesthetic taste, Zetafonts is a typographic delight. Their typefaces:

    • Adlibitum (2018). A textura blackletter typeface family.
    • Anaphora (2018). Anaphora is a contemporary serif typeface designed by Francesco Canovaro (roman), Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini (italic) and Andrea Tartarelli. It features a wedge serif design with nine weights from thin to heavy. Its wide counters and low x-height make it pleasant and readable at text sizes while the uncommon shapes make it strong and recognizable when used in display size. Anaphora covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
    • Aliens and Cows (2016). An ultra-condensed all aps sans family by Canovaro.
    • Arturo (2018), by Francesco Canovaro.
    • Atlantica (2017). A signage script family.
    • Lightstrike (2016). A thin (and free) brush font by Canovaro.
    • Byom (2016). A tweetware organic sans typeface family by Francesco Canovaro.
    • Adlery (2016, +Cyrillic). A brush script by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini.
    • Adlibitum (2016). A blackletter typeface by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro.
    • Morbodoni (2016). A display didone by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro.
    • Altair (2016). A display sans by by Francesco Canovaro based on Digitalino.
    • Aquawax (2015). A sans family by Canovaro and the Zetafonts team. Extended in 2019 to Aquawax Pro by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli.
    • Armonioso (2014). A creamy connected signage script.
    • A Day Without Sun (2014, by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini).
    • Another Shabby (2014, a primitive script by Francesco Canovaro).
    • Antipasto (2007, by Matteo Di Iorio). A clean elegant sans by Canovaro.
    • Arista (2007) and Arista 2.0 (2010). A simple rounded bold sans typeface designed by Francesco Canovaro and Adolfo Monti. In 2017, Francesco Canovaro updated these to Arista Pro.
    • Arsenale White and Arsenale Blue (2009). Children's hands, done by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Mi, Debora Manetti, Katiuscia Mari, and Jonathan Calugi.
    • Beatrix Antiqua (2016, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli). This humanist sans-serif typeface is part of the Beatrix family (Beatrix Nova, etc.) that takes its inspiration from the classic Roman monumental capital model. Its capitals are directly derived from the stone carvings in Florence's Santa Croce Cathedral. Beatrix keeps a subtle lapidary swelling at the terminals suggesting a glyphic serif, similar to Hermann Zapf's treatment in Optima. Some weights are free.
    • Bimbo >(2018). A child emulation handwriting font developed as an extension and redesign of the original Arsenale White typeface created with italian illustrator Jonathan Calugi.
    • Bistecca (2005). A bellissima extra-condensed serif font created for ego[n] 5 and for the cover of ego[n] 4.
    • Braciola (2006). Monospaced and octagonal, with stencil styles added.
    • Brushstrike (2015). By Canovaro.
    • Byron (2006). Handwriting.
    • In 2010, Canovaro designed the plumpish bubblegum typefaces Bubblebody Fat and Bubbleboddy Extra Light. These fonts were discontinued in 2016 and replaced by Bubbleboddy Neue.
    • Bulletto (2015). A retro baseball script.
    • Cibreo. A basic sans typeface by Canovaro and Monti.
    • Cinematografica (2017). An ultra condensed small caps movie typeface used in the advertising campaign for Lucca Comics 2017 Festival. This film noir family features eight weights from thin to heavy with open type alternate glyphs and some full word ligatures.
    • The rounded geometric sans family Cocomat (2015, Zetafonts, by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Debora Manetti and Francesco Canovaro) was inspired by the style of the twenties and the visions of Italian futurists like Fortunato Depero, Giacomo Balla and Antonio Sant'Elia. Updated in 2019 as Cocomat Pro.
    • Cocosignum (2017). Cocosignum Corsivo Italico and Cocosignum Maiuscoletto are both based on Italian art deco styles.
    • Codec (2018) by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli is a geometric sans typeface family in which all terminal cuts are horiontal or vertical. See also Codec Pro (2019).
    • Delizioso (2008). Art deco.
    • Digitalino (2013).
    • Docporn (comic book style).
    • Duepuntozero Pro (2006-2008). A condensed rounded sans famly by Adolfo Monti and Francesco Canovaro. The Pro version was released in 2019.
    • Filetto (2009). A sans modeled after DIN 1451 done by Canovaro, Debora Manetti and Katiuscia Mari.
    • Florentia (2017). An 18-style lapidary typeface family influenced by the renaissance and luxury.
    • In 2018, Debora Manetti and Francesco Canovaro designed the brush handwriting font Freehand Brush.
    • Handvetica (2005). Arched.
    • Happy Frush Zero (2014). A random note font.
    • Happy Funghetto (2015). Fifties style lettering.
    • Heading Pro (2017). A condensed sans typeface by Francesco Canovaro. Followed in 2018 by Heading Pro Ultra Compressed, Heading Pro Extended, and Heading Pro Text.
    • Hello Script (2015). Curly and calligraphic.
    • Modulo3 (2008). An artsy beauty.
    • New Romantic (curly grunge).
    • Panforte (2013) and Panforte Serif (2013): hand-drawn typefaces. Panforte Pro followed in 2017.
    • Prozak. Consists of zProzak-Bold, zProzak and zProzakLight (2006). A basic sans typeface by Canovaro and Monti.
    • Sala de Fiestas (2005-2006). Free download at OFL.
    • Square80 (2009).
    • Studio Gothic (2017, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli) is an 8-style geometric sans family based on Alessandro Butti's geometric sans classic, Semplicita.
    • Sugo (2007). By Canovaro and Monti.
    • Taller (2009, ultra-condensed), Taller Evolution (2009), Tallest (2009, ultra-condensed).
    • Targa Monospace. Inspired by license plate lettering.
    • Targa (2002), TargaMS (2002), TargaMSHand (2002). Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, who developed Targa in 2002, based his design on the peculiar sans serif monospace typeface with slightly rounded corners and a geometric, condensed skeleton that Italy had been using for its license plates. In 2022, Francesco Canovaro redesigned this font into a versatile multi-weight typeface, Targa Pro, which includes Targa Pro Mono (which keeps the original monospace widths), Targa Pro Roman (with proportional widths), both in five weights plus italics, the handmade version Targa Hand, and Targa Pro Stencil.
    • Tutor (2006). Rectangular, pixelish---what I call a piano key font.
    • Zerocalcare is a typeface family created for the branding of Lucca Comics & Games Festival 2016. It is based on the digitised handwriting of italian comic artist Zerocalcare, and it uses open type substitutions to mimick the flow of real handwriting. Free at Dafont.
    • Double Bass (2018): A jazzy 4-style typeface family that pays tribute to Saul Bass's iconic hand lettering for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm film title sequence and other movies, Bass's vibrating, almost brutal cut-out aestethics, and the cartoonish lettering and jazzy graphics of the fifties.
    • Another Shabby (2018) is a brush script typeface family designed by Francesco Canovaro for Zetafonts with Cyrillic letters designed by Alina Golovan.
    • Sugo Pro (2018, Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli). It was designed in 2006 by Francesco Canovaro in two weights (regular and extralight) and later used by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini as base inspiration for the design of the successful Zetafonts' Cocogoose Pro typeface. In 2018 the family was completely redesigned by Andrea Tartarelli, expanding the original glyph set to include Cyrillic and Greek and adding three extra weights and italics. The restored and revamped version is named Sugo Pro Classic. In 2020, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero drew the 60-style Cocogoose Pro Narrows family, which features many compressed typefaces as well as grungy letterpress versions.
    • Extenda (2018) is a thin-to-wide grotesque advertising or movie credit family with some of the DNA of Impact or Compacta. By Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli.
    • In 2019, Blacker Sans (Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli) and Blacker Pro (Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli) were released. The 63-strong fashion mag powerhouse Blacker Sans Pro (Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli) followed in 2020. Zetafonts writes: Blacker Pro is the revised and extended version of the original wedge serif type family designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli in 2017. Blacker was developed as a take on the style that Jeremiah Shoaf has defined as the "evil serif" genre: typefaces with high contrast, oldstyle or modern serif proportions and sharp, blade-like triangular serifs.
    • The extreme wedge serif and reverse stress typeface family Blackest (2018, Andrea Tartarelli and Francesco Canovaro).
    • In 2019, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli published the monolinear geometric rounded corner amputated "e" sans typeface family Cocogoose Classic and the condensed rounded monoline techno sans typeface family Iconic.
    • Klein (2019) is (in their words) Zetafonts' love letter to the grandmother of all geometric sans typefaces, Futura. Starting from a dialogue with Paul Renner's iconic letterforms and proportions, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli decided to depart from its distinctive modernist shapes with slight humanist touches and grotesque solutions---with some design choices evoking the softness of humanist sans serifs like Gill Sans. The end result is a workhorse superfamily of 54 fonts with full coverage of Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. The original display-oriented family, developed in nine weights with matching italics (from the hairline thin to the sturdy black), has been paired with a text version (with slightly higher x-height, better readability and maximum legibility at small point size) and with a condensed version, to be used for space-saving display solutions in editorial and advertising formats. With a name that is both a nod to its humble functionality and an homage to French nouveau realiste artist Yves Klein, this typeface aims to become your next trusted companion in all your adventures in print, digital and motion design.
    • Kitsch (2019, Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini) mixes angular medieval elements and old style letterforms. Thicker (2020, by Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli). They write: A geometric sans typeface on steroids, it was first designed in the muscular extrablack weight with the aesthetics of high-power dynamic typefaces used in sports communication, and then developed in the lighter weights where the shapes show some vintage-inspired proportions and the slightly squared look that nods to Novarese famous Eurostile, eponymous with retro-futurism..
    • Stinger (2020, a 42-style reverse contrast family by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Maria Chiara Fantini).
    • As part of the free font set Quarantype (2020), Francesco Canovaro designed Quarantype Chillout and Quarantype Sunshine. Sunshine Pro (2020, Zetafonts) was designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Solenn Bordeau expanding the original Quarantype Sunshine design by Francesco Canovaro, which in turn was designed as a typeface for good vibes against Covid-19. Sunshine Pro is an experimental Clarendon-style font with variable contrast along the weight axis---contrast is reversed in light weight, minimized in the regular weight and peaks in the bold and heavy weights.
    • Eastman (2020, by Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli with help from Solenn Bordeau) is a 178-font geometric sans workhorse family with Bauhaus genes developed for maximum versatility both in display and text use, with a wide weight range and a solid monolinear design featuring a tall x-height. It comes with a two axis variable font (weight, italic angle). It was followed by the 46-style font Eastman Grotesque (2020, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli), which comprises an interesting Eastman Grotesque Alternate subfamily with daring and in-your-face glyphs, and the 88-style Eastman Condensed (2021, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli).
    • Garbata (2020). A round typeface loosely based on Windsor and Cooper Black, having a variable type option that offers many weights. Between sans and serif.
    • Bogart (2020, Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli). An homage to the low-contrast oldstyle fat faces, like Cooper Black (Oswald Bruce Cooper, 1922), Windsor and Goudy Heavy Face (Frederic W. Goudy and Sol Hess, 1925-1932), and more recently, Bookman.
    • Stadio Now (2020). A revival by the Zetafonts team of Aldo Novarese's Stadio (1974), a reverse contrast sans that was published only as a rub-on transfer typeface. It comes with a multi-axis variable font that greatly enlarges the design space.
    • Amazing Slab (2021). A 20-style typeface family designed by Francesco Canovaro, Mario de Libero (who did the inline versions), Sofia Bandini and Andrea Tartarelli, developed from the Amazing Grotesk family designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. Characterized by outward-pointing top serifs, this typeface is designed for use in athletic lettering, logos and titling. Zetafonts writes: Mixing an Egyptian serif, low contrast approach with the curved endings and open shapes of humanist sans grotesques, it was developed to embody the energetic and friendly nature of the startup scene---a feeling of innovation, information and energy, with a desire for simplicity and straightforward communication. The basic design shapes for the font come from the strong personality of the extrabold letterforms drawn by Francesco Canovaro for his StartupItalia logo, that informed the display design of the four darkest weights (from medium to black).
    • Coco Sharp (2021). A 62-style sans feast, and two variable fonts with variable x-height, by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli.
    • Arsenica (2021). A 43-style decorative serif by Francesco Canovaro for Zetafonts, and developed by a design team that included Mario De Libero, Andrea Tartarelli and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. It comprises two variable fonts and subfamilies Display, Text, Alternate and Antiqua.
    • Asgard (2021). A 72-strong experimental display sans superfamily with a 3-axis (weight, width, slant) variable font, designed by Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli ans Mario De Libero.
    • Heading Now (2021). A 160-strong titling font (+2 variable fonts) by Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero that provides an enormous range of widths.
    • Salad and Salad Interlock (2021-2022). These typefacea are based on vernacular signpainting, extending Debora Manetti's Sala de Fiestas.
    • Bakemono (2021). Canovaro writes: the design space of fixed vs. proportional width, mixing the lessons of mechanical typewriter technology with the intuitions of eastern brush calligraphy. The name of the typeface comes from the Japanese shape-shifter monsters that could change their form freely between human and animal, and aptly describes the metamorphic nature of this wide superfamily coming in proportional, monospace and intermediate subfamilies. bakemono supports Latin, Cyrillic, Aarabic and kana, and comes with a variable font option.

    Corporate typefaces were designed for Lucca Comics and Games, Digitalic Magazine, Kair, Unicoop, and Istituto Europeo di Design.

    Behance link. Zetafonts home page. View the Zetafonts library. Abstract Fonts link. I Love Typography link. MyFonts link. Type Department link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

    Zhalgas Kassymkulov
    [Architaraz Type (or: Kassymkulov Design)]

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    Zia Jamel

    Zia Jamel or Zia Sohel. Bangladesh-based designer of ZiaHW (2013, fat finger font), Leafs (2013, dingbats), Brush Moon, Christmas Go, Gerbera, and Arrow Symbols (2014).

    Typefaces from 2016: Fleurs (flower dingbats), Yarrow (outlined stencil).

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    Zood Dooz
    [Sansern Rianthong]

    Sansern Rianthong (aka Zood Dooz) is the Nakhon Sawan, Thailand and Melbourne, Australia-based designer of the constructivist Latin/Thai typeface Zood Rangmah (2013), which was influenced by the Cyrillic typeface in Jean-Jacques Arnaud's movie The Enemy. He also made the Latin/Thai typeface Zood Putorn (2013).

    In 2016, he designed the pixelish video game typeface ZoodMoomChak for Latin and Thai.

    Typefaces from 2017: Zood Rangmah Mak (an octagonal typeface with a stencil companion).

    Typefaces from 2018: ZT Zood Siam (at Ziam Type). [Google] [More]  ⦿