Based in Bali, Indonesia, Kadek Mahardika is a typographer and graphic designer whose work favors an expressive and ornate visual flair. Kadek established Creative Media Lab, an independent studio that specializes in crafting retail type families that offer extensive versatility.
One of Kadek’s most recent releases through YouWorkForThem is Kooka, a stylish and straight-up groovy superfamily of fonts in three widths.
Kooka openly embraces a deeply retro style, one that instantly recalls the vivacious and carefree style of the disco-loving 70s. Hand-drawn lettering that favored freeform characters was among the most notable trends that defined this iconic era, and Kooka offers a taste of that beloved decade – updated for modern design applications.
This type family is available in Condensed, Normal, and Expanded weights, each available in Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, Heavy, and Black weights.
Featuring upper and lowercase characters, the full range of the Kooka family is widely adaptable to design projects of all kinds, including displays and signage, advertising, logos, product packaging, merchandise, apparel, book covers, album artwork, marketing materials, posters, website designs, and mobile applications.
It’s a fantastic choice for branding and identity projects that need an expressive sans serif with a playful side, offering plenty of versatility across multiple media types and sizes.
Kooka provides numbers and currency symbols, and extends multilingual support to Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, and Pan African Latin languages for design projects intended for an international audience.
Beyond its standard character sets, Kooka is available in a Variable font – offering the full range of widths and weights in one single font file for those working with software and platforms that support variable fonts.
Kadek currently offers six products through YouWorkForThem, and we’re certainly looking forward to seeing more of his work in the future. Visit Kadek’s portfolio to take a look at the rest of his type designs and if you love working with expressive typography, bookmark it so you won’t miss out on any future additions!
