font_foundry: Letters from Sweden
Exemplar
Having just finished a little bit of calligraphic studies, I was twenty years old when I made the first sketches of Exemplar in 1994. Inspired by the beauty and perfection of several typefaces and...
Siri
The typeface Siri is a labour of love. A love for a Scandinavian tradition that we try our damnedest to keep evolving. A love for letters, original and bold, practical and beautiful. A love...
Trim
Knud V. Engelhardt (1882–1931) was an architect, printer and designer from the country of our laid back neighbors, Denmark. Knud’s characteristic letter forms have already made a strong impression on some modern typefaces. Most...
Kumla
Kumla Skofabrik was built 1912 in Kumla, a nice little town just south of Örebro, about 218 km from Stockholm. At that time Kumla was the place to be if you were into shoe...
Trim Poster
Trim Poster is a new member in the Trim family and is designed with one purpose in mind: compact all-capital headlines without crashing. Åkay, we know Yankees and Englishmen don’t have much of a...
Line
Line is a collaboration between Stefania Malmsten and Göran Söderström. The typeface was originally designed for Swedish fashion and culture magazine Rodeo in 2012 before it was released for commercial use at the end...
Ferry
Ferry is the second contribution to Letters from Sweden’s “Fabrik Suite” — a project inspired by Swedish industry, factories and harbours. This time we found our inspiration in the three “Stockholms Ström” ferries that...
Trim Mono
Knud V. Engelhardt (1882–1931) was an architect, printer and designer from the country of our laid back neighbours, Denmark. Knud’s characteristic letter forms have already made a strong impression on some modern typefaces. Most...
Satura
Some typefaces defy classification. These rare birds come from a space beyond man’s ability to label and categorize. Satura was born in that unusual place. Yet its origins are not so foreign that it’s...