Lettering is very different from type design, Zico is a typeface inspired by sport aesthetics that brings elements of type and lettering design into one project.

Personal notes of the author on the design process and development of Echo and Charlie typefaces.

This article was written to coincide with the launch of the new Typotheque website and the release of Charlie, a slab serif typeface designed by Ross Milne. An in-depth record of the design process is documented below, including some personal notes on the design process and its historical roots in the slab serif traditions of the nineteenth century.

November Slab is a functional, no-nonsense addition to a rational, utilitarian family inspired by street signage. Its blocky serifs create stable, robust letterforms that are surprisingly elegant in its thinnest variations, making it well suited for print purposes.

Designed by Daniel Grumer, Zico Hebrew is a modern and versatile low-contrast typeface family.

Typotheque’s latest release Zico is a beefy Slab-Serif family with wider proportions. Inspired by sports aesthetics, it includes a broad range of styles that perform equally well at big and small sizes.

Introducing a new typeface Echo, a sans serif counterpart to the newly released Charlie, with subtle influence from the broad nib pen.

Tribunal was originally developed as the custom font of a cross-platform magazine, designed from the start to work equally well in both print and screen media.