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.

A year and a half after the release of the original Edge Sans, and 21 years after its original conception, comes Edge, a slab serif based on the orthogonal grid.

Nikola Djurek returns to his exploration of text patterns and gradients, this time by dynamically increasing or decreasing letter heights to control the rhythm of words and short texts.

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.