Expert typography tips

From developing legible body fonts to creating custom lettering for logotypes, great type design requires a rather interesting – and somewhat conflicting – mix of qualities. It’s a craft that relies in equal parts on knowledge and instinct, on method and experimentation, and on creative flair and painstaking attention to detail.

The Aktiv, Elevon and Grueber typefaces came from the font library at foundry Dalton Maag, which is based in London and Brazil

The Aktiv, Elevon and Grueber typefaces came from the font library at foundry Dalton Maag, which is based in London and Brazil

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