This special newstext version of TheAntiqua was developed in close collaboration with the Berlin newspaper Die Tageszeitung (taz). Its sturdy forms were optimized for newspaper stock. This font family is currently being reworked and...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
The name Corpid derives from “Corporate Identity” — which is what this family of low-contrast sans-serifs was made for. Corpid was originally commissioned by Studio Dumbar in the Netherlands as a corporate typeface for...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
Almost every type designer feels the need, from time to time, to interrupt his or her serious work on complex text type systems for something more playful. In Luc(as)’s case this has often meant...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
Type designer Luc(as) de Groot has a large archive of lettering he drew by hand, often to accompany the quirky cartoons which he made in his visual diaries. Only a few of these alpahabets...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
Although the members of the Thesis family have proven to work well as text faces, nothing beats a medium-contrast oldstyle for comfortable immersive reading. Hence TheAntiqua, an all-purpose text face whose name refers to...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
“TheMix” is a semi-serif typeface with low-contrast – i.e., the differences between thin and thick strokes are not very pronounced. Yet the reference to writing with the broad-nibbed pen is still present, giving the...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
Almost every type designer feels the need, from time to time, to interrupt his or her serious work on complex text type systems for something more playful. In Luc(as)’s case this has often meant...
by · Published March 21, 2022
· Last modified December 6, 2024
Sun is a family of compact typefaces closer to old industrial-style American newspaper headlines than to Luc(as)’s other designs. The fonts also work in text, and have been used for corporate identity and editorial...