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…
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…
In the context of the global upheaval brought on by the pandemic, Zetafonts have been taking a sharp look at the movements of (typo)graphic trends over the last year. In search of ways to ensure that our visual culture remains…
Since publishing their award winning book, A is for Ox, designers Rob Stolte and Maarten Dullemeijer from Dutch design studio Autobahn (@autobahnstudio) have extended their work into a one of a kind, multidisciplinary design project, to dig deeper into the origins of…
Recognising the qualities the third dimension can bring, New Letters have been working on a 3D series to enhance and reshape the way their typefaces make an impression on their audience. In this innovative series, each of their typefaces is…
Earth Alien is one of the latest in a string of fresh new fonts from Kern Club. The foundry, under their trademark light-hearted vibes and high-energy designs, distributes carefully selected fonts from designers all over the world. Kern Club started…
‘If BlackJack was a character, a real person, he would be a talented card player with a strong temperament and a great righteousness’ say design studio, My Name Is Wendy (@mynameiswendystudio). BlackJack is their stunning new monospaced sans typeface, and…
The Extraset team (@extraset.ch) is formed of a group of Geneva-based graphic designers with 4 different studios. Working mainly on cultural commissioned projects, the team made up of Alex Dujet (Futur Neue), Xavier Erni (Neo Neo), Roger Gaillard (Cécile +…
Having worked on freelance and collaborative design projects for ten years, type designers Alessia Mazzarella and Vaibhav Singh have taken the plunge to launch a new website for their independent retail font library, under the banner of Typeland (@typeland). Based…
Founded and directed by brothers, Arwen and Mathijs Ronner, the studio de Ronners (@deronners) team consists of Wilfred van der Weide, Lieselot Coenen, Robbert Liekens, Marco Dalle Fratte and intern, Lisa Reckeweg. The creative agency produces visual identities which leave…
Hi! Thanks so much for chatting with us today. First off, could you introduce Tondi Type a little bit and tell us about the foundry’s work, culture, aesthetics and ethos? Tondi Type (@tondi_type) is a South African digital type foundry…
Firstly, could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work, as well as how you got to where you are today? I am Li Zhiqian (@colourphilosophy) from Shanghai. I am a designer working on many fronts. I studied…
Supernulla Creative Studio (@supernulla) is formed from friendships between Marcello Raffo, Nicolò Tromben and Marco Venturi. After meeting in Ferrara, Italy, the three became product design graduates from their local university. After gathering a few years of graphic design experience…
Ben Nathan is the founder of type foundry, Hafontia (@hafontia). Based in Tel Aviv, he lives with is fiancee and three cats and through Hafontia, he designs Hebrew fonts for Israeli brands and designers. Hafontia’s visual presence feels routed in…
Founded in late 2018 by type designer, Henning Skibbe, Hamburg-based foundry, Character Type (@character.type) operates through a rich understanding of the requirements of typography in complex documents and systems, across many different facets. Acquired through over a decade’s worth of…
