It can be hard sometimes to source simple, actionable tips about type design, especially as a young type designer when there’s so much to learn. Today, we’re delighted to welcome CoType Foundry founder Mark Bloom, who will be sharing 5…
Brian Jackson is a freelance brand designer living in Los Angeles. With 34 years of professional experience, he has recently undertaken the challenge of creating a brand refinement for Universal Pictures, and throughout his years on the scene, he’s gathered…
UBERDANK is an innovative new display font deigned by Alan Cheetham, the graphic designer behind the brand identity and custom type oriented A Studio. Alan doesn’t usually create commercial typefaces, meaning UBERDANK‘s addition to Type Department is a very special…
“I think writing systems must flow with their languages, like rivers,” says Juan Casco (@juancascofonts), the Ecuadorian type designer, graphic designer and researcher behind the creation of the Silabario Amazonico (@silabarioamazonico) writing system. Created to support and uplift the communication of…
Designed by Warsaw-based type designer Agnieszka Ewa Olszewska (@agnieszka.ewa.olszewska), Zania is a stunning new typeface available on Type Department now. “Like with most of my letters,” the designer reflects, “I can’t really say where an idea comes from…I drew a…
Setting out to create a tool for optimal reading comfort in commercial word processing, Alex Dujet started working on the initial ideas for ES Face, independent Swiss type foundry Extraset’s new typeface, back in 2016. Blossoming into a stunning serif, ES…
Through the fusion of kinetic type and installation, Geneva-based Multidisciplinary Designer Leo Monnet (@monnet_leo) has been offering a fresh perspective on the environmental impact of our “addiction to concrete” in urban growth. The installation creates a comment not only on…
Crafted for type-lovers, TYPEONE issue 03 is a resource for aspiring muralists & graffiti writers. In the third issue, we bring you 136 pages packed with a unique selection of the mural and graffiti worlds right now – all with…
The concept for Galipos, the latest typeface from Spanish type designer 60Kilos, emerged while the creative was spending time researching the history of small cities and towns around Andalusia – a region in southern Spain. Uncovering stories of its past and…
Emerging from a previous branding brief, Bairne was created by Thom of Fettle Foundry (@fettlefoundry) as a direct response to issues he observed with existing functional sans serif typefaces. “The idea for [the typeface] came from a branding brief in…
With his new display typeface, Moscow-based Multidisciplinary Designer Victor Pesotsky creates an intense atmosphere through a dramatic use of diagonal lines. “Due to the abundance of diagonal strokes,” Victor tells us, “the text set looks unusual, as if merging into…
Matteo Bologna has some bold ideas on branding and fonts today. Not only does he believe that custom fonts are a super-tool for brands right now, but that they are essential for any brand to build their story effectively in…
Ajax Piper, creator of the new typeface Nubya, is a graphic designer based in Hastings. Since childhood, he’s been fascinated by the world of graffiti, where he discovered his love for letterforms. Later attending London College of Communication, Ajax broadened…
4 new typefaces from Zetafonts have just landed in Type Department’s collection—here’s everything you need to know. Founded in 2001 by Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Zetafonts is known for its high quality, finely crafted and innovative…
Populuxe (@populuxe_) was created after its founder, Lettering Artist Joel Poole, lost his job in 2015. He’d had a breakdown in 2014, he explains, which had been brought on by the stresses of 15 years of corporate life, and found…
