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San Jose, United States

Vulf Sans·Vulf Mono·Degular

playfulexpressivevariable

88foundries

Typotheque

The Hague·Netherlands

Deep multilingual expertise, academic rigor. Pioneers in webfont licensing (2009) and accessibility research with findings published in scientific journals. Supports 572+ languages through Global Fonts initiative. Collaborates with marginalized communities on digitally disadvantaged languages.

Fedra

Greta

Charlie

Barnbrook

London·United Kingdom

Jonathan Barnbrook founded this independent creative studio that gained international recognition for designing David Bowie's Blackstar album, winning both a Grammy Award and Design Museum's Graphic Design of the Year in 2016. The studio had retrospectives at the Design Museum London (Friendly Fire, 2007) and Ginza Graphic Gallery (2004), with touring exhibition Collateral Damage shown across Europe. They work on diverse projects from brand identity for Art Basel and Roppongi Hills to custom fonts, and Jonathan Barnbrook is available for teaching and lecturing worldwide.

Bourgeois Rounded

Bourgeois Slab

Dalton Maag

London·United Kingdom

Major tech custom fonts—Ubuntu, Amazon, Airbnb, Intel. Also created BBC Reith, Netflix Sans, and popular library font Aktiv Grotesk. Team of 40 professionals from 19 nationalities.

Ubuntu

Nokia Pure

Intel Clear

DSType Foundry

Cascais·Portugal

Strong serif and book typography. Award-winning foundry with Certificate of Excellence in Type Design from Type Directors Club. Works with recognized global companies and brands.

Leitura

Estilo

Velino

P22 Type Foundry

Buffalo·United States

Arts & Crafts movement revivals, historical research. Specializes in historical typefaces inspired by art, history, and science. Also operates Hamilton Wood Type Collection (joint venture with Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum since 2012) and acquired Lanston Type Company in 2004.

Underground

Cezanne

Garamouche

Storm Type Foundry

Prague·Czech Republic

Founded by František Storm, the foundry focuses on meticulous revivals of classic typefaces with a Czech cultural emphasis. The website mentions celebrating the 25th anniversary of Biblon Neo, suggesting the foundry has been active since at least 2000. Since 2020, Storm has built every new font within variable design space, positioning the foundry at the intersection of historical typography and modern technology. The currency options (CZK, EUR, USD) and Czech-inspired typefaces like Bohemica confirm the Czech origin.

Baskerville Original

Jannon Antiqua

Walbaum 2010 Pro

Emigre

Berkeley·United States

Legendary magazine and foundry, defined 90s typography. Founded coinciding with birth of Macintosh computer, pioneers in digital type design with Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko as core team, later joined by Tim Starback in 1993.

Mrs Eaves

Filosofia

Matrix

House Industries

Yorklyn·United States

Founded 1993 in Wilmington, Delaware by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat, who met at Miller Mauro Group agency. Now in Yorklyn, Delaware. Name from clip art of factory next to house. Known for Eames collaboration and rooted in traditional drawing/painting/lettering. Work on Cartoon Network, Disney, VH1, films like Mission: Impossible III, products from Ann Taylor to Lucky Charms. Published The Process Is the Inspiration (2017) with J.J. Abrams foreword. Co-founder Rich Roat passed away November 2017.

Neutraface

Eames Century Modern

Studio Lettering

Jeremy Tankard Typography

Cambridge·United Kingdom

British design establishment founded by Jeremy Tankard. Award-winning type foundry creating diverse typefaces for global clients including Adobe, Microsoft, Eurostar, and Oxford University. Known for high attention to detail and quality, embracing technology and changing use of fonts.

Bliss

Shaker

Aspect

Lineto

Zurich·Switzerland

Switzerlands first digital type foundry, founded 1993 by Cornel Windlin and Stephan Müller. Launched pioneering website in 1998 to distribute fonts digitally. Jürg Lehni joined in 2007. Known for influential typefaces including Akkurat (Laurenz Brunner, 2004, Swiss Federal Design Award 2006), LL Circular (2005-2013, used by Airbnb, Spotify), LL Brown, Replica, and Unica. Collaborates with renowned designers including Norm, Paul Elliman, and Olaf Nicolai. At the forefront of experimental and contemporary Swiss typography.

Akkurat

Circular

Brown

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