font_designer: Tim Ahrens

JAF Johannes

JAF Johannes font

Seemingly “Techno meets Blackletter”, it is hard to believe that this design dates back to the 1930s. Based on the Johannes-Type designed by Johannes Schulz for the Genzsch & Heyse type foundry in Hamburg,...

Linotype Aroma

Linotype Aroma font

From the designer, Tim Ahrens… I started designing this typeface about half a year after learning that Frutiger was not a new brand of sweets and that Garamond is not the name of a...

JAF Mashine

JAF Mashine font

Although at first sight Mashine is a strict, “non-design” typeface, this display font is not as geometric as it seems. The use of serif-like terminals and unusual joints gives the design a unique look....

JAF Facit

JAF Facit font

Facit is a contemporary sans serif text face. It is designed to be a highly legible and flexible font that does not draw the attention to itself. Instead of being original by itself it...

JAF Peacock

JAF Peacock font

JAF Zalamander

JAF Zalamander font

Blackletter, sans serif, graffiti, constructivism: all these influences are combined into a lively and dynamic – and somehow “disobedient” – typeface. Since blackletter fonts typically don’t look great when used in all-caps, Zalamander comes...

JAF Herb

JAF Herb font

Herb is based on 16th century cursive broken scripts and printing types. Originally designed by Tim Ahrens in the MA Typeface Design course at the University of Reading, it was further refined and extended...

Linotype Aroma No. 2

Linotype Aroma No. 2 font

Linotype Aroma No.2 appears straightforward in form, completely sans serif, yet with a trace of humanistic features that gives it that extra edge.

JAF Bernini Sans

JAF Bernini Sans font

JAF Bernini Sans’s finely balanced weight distribution and open shapes make it a great text face, while the wide variety of weights and widths provide the designer with a rich toolbox for headings and...

JAF Domus Titling

JAF Domus Titling font

JAF Domus Titling is a rounded typeface with classical Roman proportions. It is unique in that it was designed as an all-caps sans from the beginning. The fonts range from Extralight to Extrabold and...