font_foundry: The Northern Block

Mekon

Mekon font

Mekon is a modern heavyweight typeface digitised and expanded from Peter Steiners Black Body (1973). Retro style Pacman shapes are combined with small keyhole counters to create a bold and witty font ideal for...

NuOrder

NuOrder font

NuOrder is a modern-day sans-serif typeface with humanist bones. The design incorporates a dynamic structure with minimal contrast and a natural stroke path to promote easy reading—resulting in a warm well-balanced typeface best suited...

Otomo

Otomo font

A super wide san serif typeface inspired by event graphics for Sheffield music venues in the 1990s. Most influential work by The Designers Republic (TDR). Details include four unique styles, extended European character set,...

Teletex

Teletex font

A typewriter style slab serif typeface. The design is influenced by the font Rockwell and uses a combination of precise geometry with subtle elliptical curves. The harmony of these elements creates a distinctive and...

MarkusLow

MarkusLow font

This typeface is named after Markus Low, the designer of the 1965 award-winning font Basilea. The design pays close attention to the original work combining romanesque styling with clean lines and functionality. Details include...

Planer

Planer font

A modern rounded typeface combining humanist elements with a strong geometric grid. The result is a font that can produce striking visuals at large scale and clean line legibility at text size. Details include...

Knul

Knul font

Knul is an elegant modern typeface with a subtle mono-line appearance. Balanced engineered geometry with delicate hand touches allows for practical typesetting without complications. Knuls’ mechanical simplicity is best suited to identity…

Dohrma

Dohrma font

A bold display typeface that blends subtle curves with precision geometry. This crafted detailing creates a wide variety of typesetting options ideal for use on signage, book jackets, packaging, posters and t-shirts. Details include...

Hoxton

Hoxton font

A modern humanistic san serif typeface. The horizontal structure of the font gives it a clean lateral dynamic that is ideal for on screen uses. Also the proportions have been condensed to maximize the...

Lintel

Lintel font

A modern san serif typeface with a pure clean line form. The idea has been to design a font with a proportioned and balanced structure that is applicable to a wide variety of uses....