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Klim Type Foundry is an independent typeface design studio led by Kris Sowersby and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. We sell a wide range of fonts online and undertake custom typographic work for international clients.

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News klimtypefoundry 4 years ago
The Future design information Klim Type Foundry
The Future is a homage to Futura, Paul Renner's progressive classic. Working from original production drawings, The Future is a careful observation of Futura's geometric architecture and avant-garde alternates.
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News klimtypefoundry 5 years ago
Epicene design information Klim Type Foundry
While attentive to history, Epicene is not a revival typeface. It is an experiment in modernising Baroque letterforms without muzzling their ornamental idiosyncrasy nor falling into the trap of gender codifications.
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News klimtypefoundry 5 years ago
Mānuka design information Klim Type Foundry
Mānuka is new growth from old wood. With deviant details pilfered from Teutonic timber type, Mānuka grafts a contemporary antipodean aesthetic onto 19th century German root-stock.
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News klimtypefoundry 6 years ago
Signifier design information Klim Type Foundry
Signifier is a Brutalist response to 17th century typefaces. Acknowledging the processes and tools of digital form-making, Signifier's digital immateriality draws on a deeply material past.
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News klimtypefoundry 7 years ago
Söhne design information Klim Type Foundry
Söhne is the memory of Akzidenz-Grotesk framed through the reality of Helvetica. It captures the analogue materiality of
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News klimtypefoundry 9 years ago
Untitled Collection Design Information Klim Type Foundry
The Untitled Collection is quotidian. Validated by Morrison and Fukasawa's Super Normal project, they have a deliberate aesthetic of not being designed.
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News klimtypefoundry 12 years ago
Towards an ideal OpenType user interface Klim Type Foundry
All digital typography is mediated by user interfaces. OpenType fonts have subtle, complex behaviour that needs clear actions. Currently it's mediocre - can do better?
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