Monospaced typefaces are firmly rooted in the design world of today. Originally produced for typewriters, their widespread usage in early computing led them to become synonymous with the aesthetics of tech and source code. Functional and computer-friendly thanks to their…
Have you ever dreamed of a typeface inspired by a pine tree? Or imagined a typographic system with the magic ability to gender-neutralize Romance languages such as French or German despite their timeworn masculine/feminine grammatical structures? Dream no more—your typeface…
A brand new year ahead, and a bunch of fresh new fonts to keep an eye on! We selected 11 of our top favourite fonts that you need to know about in 2023. Rabbit Hole Display Twisted characters from a…
The undeniable proximity of typography and graphic design is always what balances a good studio. London-based agency Range Left is becoming known for its exciting approach to type design, working across a variety of sectors from beauty and interior design…
Mixing a lovely and loud colorful expression, the Stockholm-based coffee farming project, Lykke Kaffegårdar (Lykke Coffee farms) balances out its packaging identity through bespoke type fused illustrations, images, and lots of colour. The choice of using type to express the…
As an Italian design boutique operating for twenty-five years in the field of graphic design, branding, and visual communication – we’re delighted to introduce the typographic project Hypetype by Kidstudio. Through their process, they began to discover how much they…
When it comes to design, we always value accessibility. However, it’s not always the case that someone who is diagnosed with dyslexia finds it easy to read the same typefaces our eyes are accustomed to. As a solution, Inconstant Regular…
Born with the purpose of partnering with type designers from backgrounds under-represented within the industry, ALT.tf (@alt__tf) is a brand new type foundry accompanied by an international array of contemporary creative power. Founded by our sister brand Femme Type, whose…
The new variable font blends fresh with familiar, drawing on inspiration from mid-century industrial designers and injecting flexibility into an aesthetic of ‘deliberate conformism.’ Before putting pen to paper, Loew was a typeface that Jonathan Hill, a self-taught graphic artist…
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…
It’s only been a year and a half since Pangea was first released (more on that here), but thanks to the ongoing donation of a quarter of all designer royalties, over 75,000 trees have been planted, and at least 2,600…
Dedicated to the remembrance of his late grandmother, Taiwan-based freelance Graphic Designer Shun-Zhi Yang (楊順志) has created a project entitled The Buddhist Sutra Reconstruction, which merges traditionally inspired scriptures with performance-based elements to reimagine ancient Chinese typographic practices and spiritual elements…
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…
Operating through a set of axes that allow users to fluidly and dynamically slide between weights, variable fonts have been around for longer than you might expect. Developed in their earliest form between Apple and Adobe in the 1990s, variable…
Since its beginnings in 2016, Type.Today has been hosting a small collection of contemporary typefaces with high-quality Cyrillic letters which “reflect the visual language of the present and the near future.” Publishing fonts created by designers and studios globally, although…
