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…
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…
Perhaps the most defining element of Dae Huen Lee (Quicknap.zzz)’s new display typeface, Gosna, is its rhythmic, poetic fluidity and the deliciously intwining ligatures which follow. A musician as well as a designer, Quicknap.zzz says, ‘The design of Gosna font…
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…
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…
‘Pata Slab is the font we need at the end of 2020; no descenders and all upside’, say In-House International design studio. The studio’s six month old foundry is set to release the font later this week, calling it a…
Ladybird Light, the new creation from Philippines-based type designer Alli Cunanan, is a delicate new font which pairs razor-sharp serifs with incredibly fine hairlines to emulate the elegance of Irish Actor, Saoirse Ronan. Designed with beautiful contrasts and stylistic alternates,…
A modern modular blackletter, Sissi Display is a display font to die for. It’s beautiful, a little gothic, majorly nostalgic and totally one of a kind. Sissi’s designer, Fabian Marierbode, notes the typeface was born during a year-long sabbatical he…
We’re super stoked to announce the release of the brand new display font, Diaspora Regular over at Type Department. Inspired by Italian immigration to Scotland between 1880 and 1920, Diaspora pays homage to the persona of Scots-Italian communities and their…
Conceptualised in response to the influx of experimental, contemporary serif typefaces, independent type foundry, Naum Type, present us with Base & Bloom. A compelling amalgamation of modern geometric sans serif and high-contrast flourish didone qualities, Base & Bloom is a…
