Typotheque Explained

Typotheque
Industry:Graphic design
Genre:Typeface design
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Foundation:1999
Founder:Peter Biľak
Location City:The Hague
Location Country:Netherlands
Products:Fedra, Zilla Slab
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Typotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands that develops and markets original typefaces. In October 2009, Typotheque became the first type foundry to introduce the concept of webfonts.[1] The typefaces sold under the Typotheque foundry label are mostly designed by Peter Biľak, including the popular Home Fedra Sans and Fedra Serif font families. Typotheque specializes in creation of Latin and non-Latin fonts (Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew) and publishes books, such as We Want You To Love Type [2] Dot Dot Dot, or the magazine of unexpected creativity Works That Work.

Typotheque's work has been profiled in the design publications Abitare, Cap & Design, Designum, Druk, Dwell, Etapes, Emigre, I.D., Idea, Novum, Page, Print, Publish, and tipoGrafica. Typotheque's work has been recognized by the Type Directors Club.[3]

Typotheque's clients including Mozilla Foundation and Sandoll Communications.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: October 20, 2009. Typotheque —the first company to introduce Webfonts. June 17, 2018.
  2. Book: Balušíková . Johanna . Záruba . Alan . We Want You to Love Type . 2005 . 90-809483-1-4 . cs.
  3. Web site: 2007 Results: Greta Text. Type Directors Club.
  4. Web site: Typotheque: New Wordmark and Typeface for Mozilla. 2021-03-31. Typotheque.