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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.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Arkitype (was: Virtue Creative)
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Fontspring link [Buy fonts]
Behance page
Creative Market page
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INTERNAL LINKS
Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in South Africa ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Bubblegum typefaces ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Architectural lettering/typefaces ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Letterpress ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ Athletic lettering faces ⦿ Octagonal typefaces ⦿ Prismatic typefaces ⦿ Corporate typefaces ⦿ Piano key typefaces ⦿ Variable fonts ⦿