Production Type has an exciting stack of new fonts on the way from the likes of Hélène Marian, Chi Long Trieu and Max Esnée. We spoke to all three to discover what’s in store. But first, let’s introduce our designers.…
Jan Fromm, designer of Fontwerk’s latest type system, Nice, on designing vast, varied type systems and complex superfamilies. ZLM: Hi, Jan. What was your personal motivation for creating Nice? JF: I wanted to make a text family that was infused…
Blaze Type has just launched the Incarnate Collection—a new font-studded product range. We take a closer look. The new collection features a range of stunning limited edition pieces, embellished with gems from Blaze’s font collection. Including the SFTB Shirt, BLZT…
TYEPONE Issue 01 interviewee Daniela Retana shares the latest goings-on at her font foundry, newglyph. Including new fonts, the ICRC, and The Ocean Cleanup, here’s what she’s been up to. Since we last spoke back in 2020, Daniela Retana has…
Azza Alameddine shares her approach to designing multilingual type systems with distinctive personalities. The work of Azza Alameddine, a freelance graphic and type designer who specialises in branding, lettering and Arabic typefaces, combines an experimental, curious approach to letterforms with…
The 2022 Type Trends Lookbook has landed. Take a look at the trends making waves this year and beyond… This year’s Type Trends Lookbook is fresh off the press and filled with typographic inspiration. Providing an annual review of typographic…
New fonts from CoType Foundry! Whilst Aeonik Mono offers a true monospaced font, Aeonik Fono shapeshifts—giving the look of a mono, without all the typesetting struggles… Building on the already much-loved Aeonik, Mark Bloom of CoType embarked on creating some monospaced…
Peter Bushuev of NaumType discusses the combination of variable fonts with animation and the foundry’s latest font, Strikt. ZLM: Hey, Peter! Firstly, can you introduce yourself and NaumType? PB: Hi! I’m Peter, a 32 y\o designer from Pskov, Russia. From…
We take a look at Making Sense of Dyslexia – an innovative typographic project that aims to educate people on dyslexia and how it is experienced. Whilst working for the branding and advertising agency BBDO, Mohamed Samir—a multidisciplinary designer whose…
We speak with Tom, Creative Director at the incredible Wolff Olins, about how to use typography to tell stories with meaning. ZLM: Hey, Tom! Tell us about yourself 🙂 T: Hello, I’m Tom—Creative Director at Wolff Olins (@wolffolins). I’ve spent…
Mélina Poiré utilises kinetic typography in an incredible festival trailer for a Nantes-based motion graphics festival. When the folks at Motion Motion Festival (@motionmotionfestival), a Nantes-based motion graphics festival, were looking for a creative to produce a festival trailer for…
Counter-Print‘s latest book explores graphic design & identity work where typography takes the lead. We got a sneak preview. The latest book from Counter-Print (@counterprintbooks), an online bookshop and indie publisher centred on beautiful art and design books, has just…
“I like to f*ck with it” — Giulia Boggio on creativity, type, visual language and more. I recently had the pleasure of catching up with Giulia Boggio (@bojjoe), the creator of fonts including Margo+Beuys, Rigatoni and Fabio XM and a…
The first edition of Digital Drops—a project headed by ourselves at TYPE01 with the help of an evergrowing pool of creative typographic talent—is here. Meet DD x prettycoolstrangers. As a brand, we love championing typographic creativity in all its forms;…
In conversation with Co-Founders Alessio Pompadura and Massimiliano Vitti, we take a look at Due Studio’s new sans serif fonts, Autaut & Lay Grotesk. Founded in Perugia, Italy, Due Studio is the independent type practice of Alessio Pompadura and Massimiliano Vitti. Specialising…
