TypeTogether, a font development company, is innovating how fonts are used throughout industries by producing high quality fonts and knowledge that improves the state of global typography.
In recent years, companies around the world are starting to understand the benefits of custom typography, which has become better appreciated as the main component of visual communication. This understanding builds better brand recognition. By implementing fonts that are adapted from native scripts, businesses are able to connect better with the local populations they serve by localizing their product. TypeTogether produces unique fonts for their client companies, giving them a specific voice that enables them to stand out from the crowd.
TypeTogether’s vision involves not only bringing quality fonts to market but also focuses on improving the health of the industry and producing positive impact through written language. It’s efforts range from working with design educational institutions to pioneering research on African languages and child literacy.
The foundry’s positive impact is centered in their collaborative processes that embrace different cultures to achieve a unique and tailored product that aligns with a client’s specific values. TypeTogether considers their clients as partners and continues to work with them after a font is created to ensure smooth implementation and performance of the typeface. When working with their partners, the foundry begins at a conceptual stage to understand what the client needs before moving on to the actual font development.
As an industry leader, the foundry understands the importance of different cultures and countries having access to fonts that are adapted from their native scripts.TypeTogether has found that multi-script typography requires cultural respect and sensitivity as well as historical knowledge and design expertise.
Their projects are developed by a small but expert group of designers led by the founders, Veronika Burian and José Scaglione. The team has many years of combined experience in creating corporate fonts aimed at branding and communication.
The font foundry has worked with mass media, corporations, software and hardware developers and editorial platforms. TypeTogether’s fonts have been featured in many exhibitions, blogs, publications and have been used in case studies for graphic and typographic design books. They have also received multiple awards for their dedication to creating high quality fonts and novel designs.
In addition to working with partners around the world, TypeTogether created a scholarship program in 2014, called the Gerard Unger Scholarship, with the goal of helping typeface students develop their careers in a growing industry.
“From the very beginning, we have worked remotely, and our team is spread from Kansas City to Beijing, so this thing about reaching out to all the cultures and people of all cultural backgrounds is a constitutive part of our business,” says co-founder and CEO Veronika Burian.
Media Contact:
Name: Veronika Burian
Email: vik@type-together.com
Published by: Omar Hamdi