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Type design in North Korea



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Beopho Choi

Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea.

Typefaces from 2021: HU Blackout (a blocky sans; for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), HU Garaetteok (a rounded headline sans), HU Mois (a handwriting typeface by Yehyeong Lee and Beopho Choi; Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), HU Kinderland (a fat finger font by SangHyeon Park and Beopho Choi). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

ByoungHeon Park

Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea. Creator of the monolinear hand-drawn typeface HU Cookie (2020, with Haerin Lee and Rumi Kim), HU Wind Sans (2020: a 15-style sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and ByoungHeon Park), HU Hand Serif (2020: with Yehyeong Lee and Haerin Lee), and HU The Game (2020, with Haerin Lee), a typeface with mini-spurs and odd terminals that is designed for display.

Typefaces from 2021: HU Sangsang (a fat finger font by ByoungHeon Park and Jueun Kim), HU Masking Tape Latin (a masking tape font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Rumi Kim and ByoungHeon Park), HU Big Round (a techno typeface by Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim), HU Rosette (a cursive display serif by Haerin Lee, Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim).

Typefaces from 2022: HU Makingfilm (a stencil typeface by ByoungHeon Park and Jihoon Park). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Gahee Park

Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea.

Typefaces from 2021: HU Big Round (a techno typeface by Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim), HU Rosette (a cursive display serif by Haerin Lee, Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Haerin Lee
[Heummdesign]

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Heummdesign
[Haerin Lee]

Heummdesign is a Seoul, South Korea-based type foundry (according to Dafont) or a North Korean type design cooperative (according to MyFonts), started in 2009. By 2020, they produced well over a hundred typefaces for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Hangul. Haerin Lee appears to be the main person but that remains unclear.

Haerin Lee designed HU Cookie (2020, with Rumi Kim and ByoungHeon Park), HU Bubble (2020, with SangHyeon Park), HU Hand Serif (2020: with Yehyeong Lee and ByoungHeon Park), HU Wind Sans (2020: a 15-style sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and ByoungHeon Park) and HU The Game (2020, with ByoungHeon Park), a typeface with mini-spurs and odd terminals that is designed for display.

Typefaces from 2021: HU Battery (a sci-fi typeface by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and Yehyeong Lee), HU Rosette (a cursive display serif by Haerin Lee, Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim), HU Green Tea (with Yehyeong Lee), HU Ketchup (with Yehyeong Lee: an informal supermarket typeface for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Jueun Kim

Type designer based in North Korea (according to MyFonts). Typefaces from 2021: HU Hikiki (a hand-crafted typeface for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), HU Sangsang (a fat finger font by ByoungHeon Park and Jueun Kim).

Typefaces from 2022: HU Geulwoll (an informal hand-crafted typeface for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic).. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Rumi Kim

Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea. Creator of the monolinear hand-drawn typeface HU Cookie (2020, with Haerin Lee and ByoungHeon Park). HU Cookie covers Latin, Cyrillic and Greek.

Typefaces from 2021: HU Dear Molly (an informal monolinear typeface), HU Big Round (a techno typeface by Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim), HU Rosette (a cursive display serif by Haerin Lee, Rumi Kim, ByoungHeon Park and Gahee Kim).

Typefaces from 2021: HU Flat White (a tuxedoed sans by Rumi Kim and Jihye Lee), HU Mymyoh (a 6-style techno sans), HU Masking Tape Latin (a masking tape font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Rumi Kim and ByoungHeon Park), HU Life Style (a six-style display sans by Rumi Kim, Yehyeong Lee and Jihye Lee), HU Basic Round (a simple sans by Rumi Kim and Yehyeong Lee). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

SangHyeon Park

Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea. Creator of HU Bubble (2020, with Haerin Lee) and HU Wind Sans (2020: a 15-style sans for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and ByoungHeon Park).

Typefaces from 2021: HU Kinderland (a fat finger font by SangHyeon Park and Beopho Choi), HU Battery (a sci-fi typeface by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and Yehyeong Lee), HU Crayon Doodles (by SangHyeon Park, Yehyeong Lee and Jihye Lee). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Yehyeong Lee

Type designer associated with Heumm Design in North Korea. Creator of HU Hand Serif (2020: with Haerin Lee and ByoungHeon Park), HU Green Tea (2021, with Haerin Lee), HU Crayon Doodles (2021, by SangHyeon Park, Yehyeong Lee and Jihye Lee), HU Basic Round (2021, a simple sans by Rumi Kim and Yehyeong Lee), HU Life Style (2021, a six-style display sans by Rumi Kim, Yehyeong Lee and Jihye Lee), HU Battery (2021: a sci-fi typeface by Haerin Lee, SangHyeon Park and Yehyeong Lee), and HU Ketchup (2021, with Haerin Lee: an informal supermarket typeface for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek), HU Mois (a handwriting typeface by Yehyeong Lee and Beopho Choi; Latin, Greek and Cyrillic). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿