Bureau Roffa (was: Designtown)

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Bureau Roffa (was: Designtown) [Jasper Michael De Waard] Dutch creator (b. 1996, Rotterdam) of the free Google Web Font display typeface Expletus Sans (2011). The theme of this typeface: disconnect the strokes, but not totally. He runs a one-man design studio located in Rotterdam. He created the six-style family Rotterdam (2008), which he describes as art deco with a typeface lift, and Disc (2008, CD-inspired). In 2013, Jasper founded Bureau Roffa. A much better name than Designtown, Roffa is slang for Rotterdam. At Bureau Roffa, one can buy the 12-style humanist sans typeface family Sensato (2013). The regular weight is free. Features of Sensato include the Garamond heritage, the diagonal stress, some ink traps, slightly tilted outlines, open counters (for legibility), and solid spacing. Due to a trademark issue, De Waard was forced to rename Sensato to Proza. In 2015, he added the more daring and contrast-rich Proza Display. For a free version at Google Fonts, see Proza Libre. See also Open Font Library. In 2017, Jasper published Ricardo, a sans family that combines geometric simplicity with some humanist features. Designer of Goldich (2021, Bold Monday). Award winner at 25 TDC in 2022. The Goldich type family contains five weights from regular to black, all with matching italics. Klingspor link. (Old) Designtown link. Behance link. Google Plus link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Bureau Roffa (was: Designtown) [Buy fonts] [Designer info] Fontspring link [Buy fonts] Behance page Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Dutch type design ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿