Elena Schneider

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Elena Schneider Graphic designer from Dortmund, Germany, who lives in Husavik, Iceland. Her design company is called Elefont. After studying visual communication in the university of applied sciences in Dortmund, she co-founded the design studio Radau. Graduate of the University of Reading in 2011. Elena designs logos, retail and custom fonts. She is a visiting lecturer at HBK Saar and LHI Reykjavík, and a mentor at Alphabettes, a network to support and promote women in the type industry. Creator of these typefaces: Eskorte (2011, her graduation project), Eskorte Persian (2011), Klebo (2011, mechanical / octagonal), Eskorte Armenian (2011), Paroli (2011, a bold rounded signage face, Die Gestalten), and Biec (2012). In 2013, Eskorte was published by Rosetta Type. Eskorte supports Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and over ninety languages using the Latin script. Titus Nemeth was consulted for the Arabic portion. Cargo Collective link. In 2016, Elena Schneider and Miles Newlyn co-designed the almost reverse contrast typeface family New Herman. In 2019, she published the experimental techno typefaces Halunke and Konsole at Future Fonts. She writes about Konsole: Konsole is a clean sans serif typeface with a touch of technology. Inspired by audio equipment, it gives off robotic energy. A variable font was added in 2019. Still in 2019, she released the German expressionist typeface Birra Bruin at Darden Studio. At Tomorrow Type, she released the Cyrillic version of Halunke (2020). Future Fonts link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Elena Schneider [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Armenian fonts ⦿ Armenian fonts ⦿ Typefaces and type design for Arabic ⦿ Signage typefaces ⦿ Octagonal typefaces ⦿ Experimental type ⦿ The type scene in Iceland ⦿ Variable fonts ⦿ Typefaces related to German expressionism ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿