Soft Machine (or: Open Studio)

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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.	EXTERNAL LINKS Soft Machine (or: Open Studio) Behance page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Dutch type design ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ De Stijl and type design ⦿ Corporate typefaces ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Monospaced fonts ⦿