With chiseled finishes inherited from calligraphy, Morillas Sans is a new, contemporary yet timeless typeface that seeks to unite tradition and innovation in the same typographic skeleton. With extended proportions and open counterforms, the typeface reflects in its shapes the…
Yai Salinas‘ (@yaisalinas) latest font, Cleo, is a mixture of Vaporwave aesthetics and modern and retro letterforms. A microgenre of electronic music, Vaporwave emerged as an internet-born aesthetic subculture in the early 2010s, and has since built itself a tongue-in-cheek,…
We’ve seen some staggering work from independent type designers over the last year, so we thought it about time for a refresh on our last roundup. So here it is: our top 30 independent type designers you need on your…
Freshly dropped by Grilli Type earlier today, GT Maru is a bold, explorative, expansive new typeface release that strikes the perfect chord between joyfulness and functionality. The new typeface arrives with five weights in both proportional and monospaced subfamilies—all accompanied…
Tasked with designing an identity and custom font for an exhibition exploring sustainable fashion, Natalia Radnaeva has recently created an innovative custom font inspired by 3D printing, which will soon be available for purchase online. The young graphic designer is…
For Christoph Koeberlin, creating Pangea grew as a project in response one pivotal question: how can a typeface improve the world? He wanted to prove, to designers and the public alike, that those in the (type) design industry have the…
Like music, Rio de Janeiro-based (although currently remote) type design studio Plau believe that type has the power to spark conversations, bring people together and move ideas forward. This conviction sits fittingly with their recent work for Brazilian TV channel,…
While Daan Rietbergen believes leaning into variable fonts for their dynamism and flexibility is going to be of great importance in the type world to come, he’s hasty to add that what seems more important—despite a fast-paced design culture that…
A group of graduates from the University of Reading MA Typeface Design class of 2019/20 have just launched a new website to showcase their final projects. Presenting typefaces spanning a wide range of languages and scripts, the (then) students created…
Zero Posters is an experimental project from Jordan-based Designers Alaa Tameem (@alaatameem) and Tariq Yosef (@tariqyosef). Seeking to tackle stagnation in design, the pair created Zero Posters as an outlet for exploring new techniques and styles, with a focus on…
Stemming from Leonhard Laupichler’s thesis project, New Aesthetic collects, curates and classifies independent type and typography in a way that’s never really been seen before. After the incredible success that was the first edition of New Aesthetic, Leonhard Laupichler and…
Many of David Rindlisbacher’s favourite visual projects are those which spring from a combination of typographic elements and type design within a graphic system. The Swiss/Portuguese graphic designer is based in Lisbon and, between his Swiss approach to graphic design/typography…
Huston Wilson, known as Hust Wilson, is a self-taught graphic designer based in Johannesburg. Growing up in the small community of Eldorado Park, Hust tells us he remembers ‘just wanting to draw and learn different design skills’, and improve his…
Formed of Massimiliano Vitti and Alessio Pompadura, Due Studio are bringing a jagged, sharp edge to the modern serif fonts over at Type Department. Decay White and Slack Light are two new releases bringing a whole new level of expression to…
Quench Variable has got to be one of the most exciting new fonts right now. The super condensed font is the work of Manchester-based MyType Foundry and is one of the most impactful sans displays we’ve seen around. Quench’s tight…
