JAF Mashine
Although at first sight Mashine is a strict, “non-design” typeface, this display font is not as geometric as it seems. The use of serif-like terminals and unusual joints gives the design a unique look....
font_designer: Tim Ahrens
JAF Zalamander
Blackletter, sans serif, graffiti, constructivism: all these influences are combined into a lively and dynamic – and somehow “disobedient” – typeface. Since blackletter fonts typically don’t look great when used in all-caps, Zalamander comes...
JAF Facit
Facit is a contemporary sans serif text face. It is designed to be a highly legible and flexible font that does not draw the attention to itself. Instead of being original by itself it...
JAF Domus Titling
JAF Domus Titling is a rounded typeface with classical Roman proportions. It is unique in that it was designed as an all-caps sans from the beginning. The fonts range from Extralight to Extrabold and...
JAF Bernini Sans
JAF Bernini Sans’s finely balanced weight distribution and open shapes make it a great text face, while the wide variety of weights and widths provide the designer with a rich toolbox for headings and...
JAF Herb
Herb is based on 16th century cursive broken scripts and printing types. Originally designed by Tim Ahrens in the MA Typeface Design course at the University of Reading, it was further refined and extended...
JAF Johannes
Seemingly “Techno meets Blackletter”, it is hard to believe that this design dates back to the 1930s. Based on the Johannes-Type designed by Johannes Schulz for the Genzsch & Heyse type foundry in Hamburg,...
Linotype Aroma
From the designer, Tim Ahrens… I started designing this typeface about half a year after learning that Frutiger was not a new brand of sweets and that Garamond is not the name of a...
Linotype Aroma No. 2
Linotype Aroma No.2 appears straightforward in form, completely sans serif, yet with a trace of humanistic features that gives it that extra edge.