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January 14, 2024

Grotesque Fonts: What They Are and Which Are The Best

In typography, grotesque fonts (or grotesk) are roughly synonymous with "sans serif." Serif typefaces feature short, decorative lines that extend from a character's body, like Times New Roman, Palatino, or Garamond. In use since the 1460s, serif fonts were the publishing norm until the 1800s. By...

October 25, 2023

The Art of Choosing Video Game Fonts: Xenonauts 2

The Game-Changing Role of Fonts in Video Games When it comes to video game design, every element counts, down to the font that spells out your high score. That's why Goldhawk Interactive turned to YouWorkForThem to license the perfect font for their latest game, Xenonauts 2. Goldhawk Inte...

May 11, 2023

Oakes Grotesk: The Game-Changer in Corporate Fonts

In the intricate world of corporate communication, every element, from the smallest pixel to the most profound words, plays a critical role in conveying professionalism and competence. This is where Oakes Grotesk, a corporate font par excellence, truly shines. Clear, legible, understated yet dis...

April 26, 2023

Ten Great Movie Fonts For Title Sequences

Choosing the right movie font for the opening title sequence is crucial to setting the tone and building the brand of the film. A well-designed font can make all the difference in the success of a movie's presentation. Take "Jaws," for example, if Comic Sans had been used, it would have complete...

April 24, 2023

Beyond Helvetica: Exploring the Diverse World of Swiss Style Fonts

At YouWorkForThem, we appreciate the impact Swiss Style has had on design, modern font design and typography. To celebrate its enduring influence, we've put together this comprehensive guide to help you understand and embrace the principles of Swiss Style in your own creative work. In this artic...

April 24, 2023

Transitional Serifs: Bridging Typeface History

We are excited to present this feature article exploring the rich history of various font styles, with this edition focusing on Transitional Serif Fonts. As you delve into the fascinating journey of these typefaces, we have handpicked five standout fonts from our extensive serif font collection ...

June 21, 2021

Meutas: An Everywhere Font

We are confident Meutas is a font we'll be seeing a lot of very soon. This is the brilliant common object, the indispensable tool we take a closer look at and realize we are holding a work of art. Meutas can be broadly applied across a sprawling range of commercial, technical, and private medium...

June 3, 2021

Garet: A Highly Versatile Sans Serif from Spacetype

Spacetype is a super cool foundry based in Bulgaria's ancient beautiful capital Sofia. The founders Mirela Belova and Stan Partalev recently enjoyed Cyrillic Alphabet Day on May 24th where they celebrated the Bulgarian alphabet and Slavic culture and literature. They seek to flavor all their fon...

March 29, 2021

New Fonts by Yellow Design Studio & Mark Simonson!

Cardium by Yellow Design Studio Cardium is a hard-working 54-font modern geometric sans. It’s versatile, clean, legible, and slightly dissident. Cardium shares much of its DNA with our Draft type suite but is more utilitarian. It’s a comprehensive family with nine weights from Hairline to Black ...

October 9, 2020

Font Feature of the Month: Gogh, The Debut Type Design From Spacetype Ltd.

We’re always excited whenever new foundries and designers join the YouWorkForThem family, and we’re thrilled to introduce Spacetype Ltd., the independent type foundry established by Stan Partalev and Mirela Belova. The duo has been working together successfully for the past few years, an endeav...

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...

January 27, 2019

Fieldwork From TipoType Pairs Geometric And Humanist Letter Sets

Founded in 2009, TipoType was Uruguay’s very first digital type foundry, established in part by Vicente Lamónaca, the first designer in the country to release a digital font. Vicente paired with Fernando Diaz and Martín Sommaruga to establish TipoType, an endeavor that may have seemed like a rid...

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