font_foundry: Type Innovations

Big Boy

Big Boy font

I have always wanted to create the world’s biggest and heaviest font. I admit that I was visually inspired by contenders like Akimoto, Champ Ultra, Blackoak and Bloque. However, I not only wanted a...

Oronteus Finaeus

Oronteus Finaeus font

The Oronteus Finaeus map, published in 1531, shows Antarctica before it was “discovered” and how it looked ice-free. There is still much controversy about the validity of the map, but I was intrigued by...

Android

Android font

Android is an experimental 3D shadow outline font developed by the American type designer Alex Kaczun. The unique lighting created by the beveled edge in combination with an outline font was particularly difficult to...

Racetrack

Racetrack font

Racetrack is the work of American type designer, Alex Kaczun, and was conceived as a result of developing a logo for a client. Alex was experimenting with a uniform grid pattern, outline and inline,...

Misses Twiggs

Misses Twiggs font

Misses Twiggs is a contemporary modern serif created by the American type designer Alex Kaczun. It compliments its partner Mister Twiggs and is a perfect marriage of two fonts. Mister Twiggs brings his tall...

Contax Pro

Contax Pro font

Contax Pro is a contemporary design based on generous proportions and clean, crisp lines. Forget about ‘Helvetica’. Look out ‘Univers’. Contax Pro is the new geometric sans typeface series for the 21st century. Contax...

Mister Twiggs

Mister Twiggs font

Mister Twiggs is a comtemporary modern sans created by the American type designer Alex Kaczun. There are absolutely no curves in this elegant typeface. It has sharp corners with extra tall capitals and a...

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus font

Piccadilly Circus is an original design by Alex Kaczun. Piccadilly Circus takes you back to Old London and is reminiscent of billboards and neon signs which made the area famous. It’s a busy spot,...

Geomatrix

Geomatrix font

The font Geomatrix is an original design by Alex Kaczun. It is a dynamic stencil interpretation based on his extremely successful Contax Pro family of geometric sans typefaces. Geomatrix is a contemporary stencil typeface...

Mandelia

Mandelia font

Mandelia was created by Alex Kaczun, an American type designer, in 2010. The typeface was named in honor of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, for his “shining example of the incredible strength...