This humanistic sans serif design was inspired by a conversation that David Quay had with renowned type designer Hans Meyer, during ATypI in Paris, 1989. Meyer revealed that Sabon, designed by Jan Tschichold, was...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Sterling is a functional and eloquent typeface family that has its origins in the desire to create a modern sans design with a quintessentially English flavour. The letterforms have been designed with particular...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Wilson is a lovingly drawn revival of a 1760 font from Scottish type founder Alexander Wilson, a learned and cultured man who crafted his types with care and skill. Many of Wilson’s fonts...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
New Alphabet was created as a four weight family in close collaboration with Wim Crouwel. His response in the late 1960s to the first device for electronic typesetting was a radical experiment designed to...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Dit is created with a common horizontal dash grid structure for accurate layering when characters are superimposed. Foundry Dit functions as a legible correspondence font, with a ‘typewriter’ feel. Foundry Dit’s companion family...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Fabriek was inspired by the concepts behind industrial fabrication, where and how parts of materials or structures are united. The systematic grid, formed by stencil shapes, is indicative of the work of Wim...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Flek and Foundry Plek are created on the same dot matrix grid system.Each family includes: light, regular, medium and bold weights – with a selection of dot patterns that can extend the grid...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Form Serif was drawn concurrently as a sans and a serif, with matching capital and x-height proportions for harmonious use. The Foundry Form Serif design has a strong horizontal emphasis, slightly condensed proportions...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
The new Foundry Gridnik typeface family features an expressive range of 10 weights – from Light to Extra Bold, each with accompanying Italics. Foundry Gridnik was developed from the single weight monospaced ‘typewriter’ face,...
by Staff · Published August 31, 2019
· Last modified May 17, 2024
Foundry Journal is appropriately named for its intended purpose in journals, magazines and publications, where narrow column measures require a more condensed typeface, for the most economic use of page space. Foundry Journal has...