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Toko Type (was: Formika Labs, or: Studio Formika, or: Absolut Foundry) [Gumpita Rahayu]

Gugum Gumpita Rahayu (b. Bandung) is a graphic designer based in Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia, b. 1991. In 2013, he set up Absolut Foundry. In 2015, he started Gumpita Rahayu (Foundry) and Toko Type. In 2016, he founded Studio Formika, which became Formika Labs in 2017.

Creator of the rounded sans typeface Tracks Type (2013, free at Fontfabric). Yuma is a free tweetware alchemic typeface. It is based on navajo patterns. Kurve (2013) is a sans headline typeface. Biere (2013) is a modular display typeface. Mojave (2013) is an all caps sans typeface.

In 2013, he created Rocca, which is modeled after spurred wood type display styles from the Victorian era. Warenhuis de Vries is inspired by the signage on a 19th century colonial Dutch heritage building---the De Vries building, which today houses the OCBC NISP Bank---in Bandung, Indonesia. This font was renamed Oud Warenhuis (2013). Dutch colonial tropical architecture in Bandung led to the West Indian art deco typeface Bandoengsche (2013). Companion League (2013) is an octagonal Latin / Cyrillic signage typeface. Driekleur (2013) is pure Dutch colonial deco based on signage in a 1930s building (called De Driekleur) in Bandung built by Dutch architect A.F. Aalbers. March (2013) is a display family that includes beveled and inline styles.

Free typefaces from 2013 include Swarha (in Neue and Rounded styles; an art deco sans named after the Swarha Islamic Building in Bandung made by Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker between 1930 and 1935), Mohave (all caps sans, expanded in 2018 to a free typeface) and Flagship Slab Rounded.

Typefaces made in 2014: Metrisch (a wide tall x-height geometric sans family; the Behance page attributes it jointly to Gugum Gumpita Rahayu and Deni Anggara), Luzern (a neutral industrial Swiss sans family---two free weights), Dealers.

Typefaces from 2015: Catesque (grotesque).

Typefaces from 2017: Celaras (flared, lapidary; renamed Celaraz), Monier (wayfinding sans), Eksikal (sans), Makro XM, Nomina (a 16-style + variable font grotesk family trying to emulate Venus and Akzidenz Grotesk; done in 2021, it is very different from his 2017 typeface called Nomina, which was an angular wedge serif---I can't explain the discrepancy), Gramatika (sans), Median Layer (layered colorable typeface family).

Typefaces from 2020: Frasa (a 10-style transitional typeface influenced by Caslon), Stroma (a sharp-edged transitional typeface family).

Typefaces from 2022: Plus Jakarta Sans (a free (variable) geometric sans family n the Neuzeit Grotesk and Futura mould; the fonts were originally commissioned by 6616 Studio for Jakarta Provincial Government program's +Jakarta City of Collaboration identity in 2020)

Dafont link. Behance link. Creative Market link. Old URL. Studio Formika link. Fontsquirrel link. Google Fonts link. Github link.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Toko Type (was: Formika Labs, or: Studio Formika, or: Absolut Foundry)
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Creative Market page
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INTERNAL LINKS
Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in Indonesia ⦿ Typefaces for alchemy ⦿ Native-American fonts ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Victorian typefaces ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Octagonal typefaces ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Lapidary typefaces ⦿ Caslon ⦿ Variable fonts ⦿