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Buona, The Bold & Sporty Design Choice

Outfit Branding and Design asked: "What happens if we take a classic old style diagonal axis and reverse it?” Their answer is Buona, an attention-grabbing display font "inspired by the rich history and lineage of Italian type." The designers state that Buona has "tons of boldness and a little bit of eccentricity, along with sophisticated details that hold up at very large sizes. With a wide range of expression and personality, it can be used for everything from fashion labels to

All Tomorrow’s Roubens: a Sans Serif Font by Roman Melikhov

Rouben is a love-at-first sight font. It's a sans serif font family, but its futuristic features lend it a confidence and flair beyond traditional terminology. It's so obviously perfect for minimalistic logos, trademarks, titles, taglines—that it's absurd to explicitly state it. Boxer, Type, Faktur—they are cutting-edge companies and products at the point of inception, yet they are merely examples. What's your futurist manifesto, time machine, science fiction prophecy? Render it with

Fraktion Mono: A Squarish Monoline Sans Serif From Juri Zaech

Juri Zaech is an accomplished graphic designer, art director, and typographer who began his career during a typography apprenticeship in a design studio back in the 90s. Eventually, he went on to attend Miami Ad School in Hamburg and later spent many years working for larger design agencies throughout Paris before later relocating to his current home in Los Angeles. While Juri received a formal education in type design, he still considers it to be a “hobby” of sorts, only because he

Voltra: A Stylish Sans Serif From Zeune Type Foundry

Based in Bandung, Indonesia, Sandi Dez (D. Sandi Sjahputra) is a multidisciplinary designer with experience in graphic and interface design, branding and corporate identity, advertising, illustration, and typography. With more than a decade of experience in the creative industry, he is exceptionally skilled in all things relating to effective visual communication. Sandi Dez releases fonts through Zeune Type Foundry, a division of Creative Zeune — a small design studio that focuses on

Font Feature of the Month: Fraktion Sans From Juri Zaech

Juri Zaech is a designer and typographer based in Los Angeles, although his career initially began half a world away in Switzerland. Back in the 90s, Juri pursued an apprenticeship in typography and worked in a design studio for a couple of years before attending Miami Ad School in Hamburg. “The more conceptual work interested me,” he explained, “and the rather large film productions are a very exciting aspect of that job. Juri spent nearly a decade working for large agencies in

A Strong And Assertive Geometric Sans Serif From Connary Fagen: Criteria CF

Connary Fagen is probably one of the best-known designers at YouWorkForThem, consistently having his work included in our Top Ten Fonts of the Year lists for several years running. His work beautifully balances contemporary design aesthetics and exceptional versatility, in no small part due to his attention to detail and his dedication for his craft. After Connary began his career in graphic design, he took notice of just how much typography affected the overall quality of his own work. A

A Fresh And Contemporary Sans Serif From TypeUnion: Chopsee

Established by Dan Jones in 2013, TypeUnion is a digital type foundry whose foundation is built upon collaboration and quality. Based in North London, TypeUnion's primary goal is to craft typefaces with a high degree of versatility, allowing for fluid adaptation across multiple media channels and applications. They specialize in retail fonts, custom type, and brand identity. One of TypeUnion's most recent releases is Chopsee, a contemporary sans serif designed by Dan Jones. Chopsee takes

Monogram A Signature Style With Amo

MAKEWORK is the multidisciplinary studio founded by Arnaud Brassard. Located in Toronto, Canada, MAKEWORK prides itself on experimental designs, mixing media to create art that is both unexpected and uniquely beautiful. With careful attention given to his craft, Arnaud is inspired by life and work, continually exploring functional art and design as the sole proprietor of MAKEWORK. Amid the artistic pursuits that have become the hallmark of the maker lifestyle, Arnaud has designed

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