Utilitarian Functionality And Timeless Aesthetics: Talbot Type Established in 2012, Talbot Type prides itself on creating designs with an aesthetic quality that will withstand the test of time. The man behind Talbot Type, Adrian Talbot, has nurtured a passion for lettering and type design ever since his college days at Birmingham Polytechnic. Greatly influenced by the Bauhaus, Modernism, Constructivism, and Art Deco movements, his designs tend to favor the practical over the flamboyant, producing utilitarian fonts that blend a beautifully classical styling