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February 16, 2022

Serca: Geometric Sans Serif from Adam Ladd

Adam Ladd is a type designer based in Cincinnati, Ohio. He creates fonts that are professional, versatile, and perfectly rendered. His work is in demand: his fonts have been licensed by Harley Davidson, Food Network, Disney, Trader Joe's, Starbucks, Whole Foods, Costco, Penguin Random House, L.L...

September 8, 2021

Duran…Forever and Ever

No matter how many times we visit the Northern Block, it raises our heart rates to the point of audibility. Our papers are always in impeccable order; nonetheless, when we realize we are next in the customs line, we get the flutters. Our brows glisten. Our hands tremble as we slide our passports...

July 28, 2020

DIN Neue Roman: A Contemporary Serif Take On The Classic DIN 1941 Typeface

Philip Lammert is a graphic designer based in Hamburg, Germany. While he was always fascinated by typography from the beginning of his career, he earned his master’s degree at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, where he focused on type design under the supervision of Jovica Veljovic, a ...

December 20, 2019

Roag: An Industrial Geometric Sans Serif Fresh From The Northern Block

Based in the picturesque and historic city of Newcastle upon Tyne, The Northern Block is a design studio and type foundry that has really made a name for itself in the world of graphic design. The studio’s work is well known for its unorthodox approach to design, its innovation, and its willingn...

November 11, 2019

Ostent Offers Simplicity and Legibility From Newcomer Stuart Hazley

We love putting the spotlight on new and emerging typographers and we’re excited to introduce Stuart Hazley, a type designer based in Northern Ireland! Stuart’s first release through YouWorkForThem is Ostent, a sans serif font family that was inspired by DIN typefaces. DIN, also known as Deutsch...

August 26, 2019

Bebas Neue Pro: A Favorite Sans Serif With Serious Upgrades

Dharma Type is the brainchild of Ryoichi Tsunekawa. Based in Japan, the digital type foundry was established in 2005 and has released more than 100 type designs through YouWorkForThem in an incredibly varied range of styles. Ryoichi had always taken an interest in art and design, even during his...

May 22, 2019

Armin Grotesk Embraces the Swiss Style With Contemporary Flair

Based in Santiago and London, W Type Foundry originally started off under the name, Without Foundry, when it was established by Felipe Sanzana and Diego Aravena in 2012. The two met while involved in a lettering and typography degree program at the University of Chile, a place where they shared ...

December 5, 2018

Praktika Rounded: The Softer Counterpart Of A Bestseller From Emil Bertell

Emil Bertell is an illustrator, graphic designer, and type designer who has had an interest in art and design since he was a child. He was lucky enough to attend an arts-based high school as a teenager, enjoying his first foray into graphic design during his multimedia coursework. While he lear...

November 6, 2018

A New Condensed Geometric Sans Serif From Adam Ladd: Config

Based in Cincinnati, Adam Ladd has considerable experience in type design, graphic design, art direction, print design, logo design, and branding. He spent about four years as an art director and designer for HOW magazine, Print magazine, and Horticulture magazine before striking out on his own....

September 27, 2018

Revamped, Re-Rounded, And Better Than Ever: TT Rounds Neue

Founded back in 2013, TypeType foundry was one of the very first digital font foundries to emerge in St. Petersburg, Russia. Established by Ivan Gladkikh and Alexander Kudryavtsev, TypeType foundry has gone on to collaborate with many graphic designers, typographers, and engineers around the wor...

August 27, 2018

A Contemporary Sans Serif From Fontfabric: Gilam

Founded in 2008, Fontfabric is an independent type foundry in Bulgaria. Established by Svetoslav Simov, the Fontfabric studio develops high quality type designs with an emphasis on versatility, particularly through their OpenType features and language support. Collaboration is a part of Fontfabr...

December 13, 2017

A Condensed Contemporary Sans Serif With Style From Zetafonts: Heading Pro

Zetafonts was founded by Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti, and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini more than ten years ago, as a type foundry dedicated to crafting beautiful and functional letter sets for an international graphic design market. The architecture of every type design released by Zetafonts pa...

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