We’re looking for a motion designer to create 3d animations for an upcoming Arabic typeface. Preferably native, with experience working with the script.
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Kilotype is an award-winning type design studio founded by Selma Losch and William Montrose—creating original and custom fonts that span from highly individual, experimental designs to complex variable type systems. Their commitment to pushing typographic boundaries while maintaining real-world functionality reflects the kind of living design practice championed by Letterform Archive and we are proud to have them as a Bronze Sponsor of Letterform Live!
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We are most happy that Lofi Forest was awarded the German Design Award 2026 by @germandesigncouncil . On Friday we attended the award show in Frankfurt which left us with many colorful impressions. Thank you to the jury for honoring us in this way. In their statment they say:
“The deeply structured pixel aesthetic of »Lofi Forest« lends it a distinctive expressiveness, fusing classical proportions with a captivating play of light. Every pixel placement creates an impressive sense of depth reminiscent of chiseled inscriptions. With its visually striking and versatile design, this project sets a particularly charismatic and lasting accent in typographic design.”
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The sun rises over Lofi Forest. It’s release day! Lofi Forest graduates from our Concept fonts to a full typeface. Much anticipated by all pixel-based flora and fauna. Now with a full character set, OpenType features, extensive language support, an accompanying Solid style, and a little owl animation by Selma.
Free trial fonts on kilotype.de (link in bio).
Design: Selma Losch
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Plastique Frame, A to V. That’s as many letters as I could fit into 90 seconds. The animation was made while searching for the key to life and to figure out a way of animating variable fonts in After Effects. Both difficult tasks, both require a lot of time.
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Duplex, uniwidth, or multiplex are terms that all refer to the same principle in a typeface: identical metrics across all styles. When you change from Regular to Bold or to Italic, the paragraph will stay intact and not reflow. The design of a multiplex type system can be best compared to growing a watermelon in a cube. Or maybe designing a monospace font. In any case, the room for expansion is limited and subject to hard constraints, which can lead to interesting design solutions. Oh, and Plastique is duplexable. Or uniwidth, multiplex, equal width, or fixed width.
🧸 OUT NOW: Plastique 🦄
Plastique is a typeface suitable for both body text and display typography. The design language is a reference to plastics manufacturing, which is reflected in the many small curves and soft transitions that contrast with the clear, simple forms of an industrial sans serif typeface. In addition to the the six Upright and Italic styles, which are duplexable and ideally suited for UI environments, Plastique offers six Frame styles that graphically emulate the injection molding process.
🆓 Free Trial Fonts available.
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Design: William Montrose
Extension & Frame version: Ignacio Casco @best.typefaces
Italics: Matt Burvill @lettersetal
Engineering: José Solé @dograytype
🎬 Animation film by the fabulous Aleksandra Bokova @fabulex
🔊 Original sound design by originators Julian @offgridteam & Aaron @aarongrahammusic
⚙️ Campaign produced by the excellent Emilie Tardivel @thedifferentfolk
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Kilo Type | William Montrose
After an internship at FontShop International in Berlin and earning an MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading in 2013, William Montrose worked in and collaborated with several type design studios. In 2018, he founded Kilotype together with Selma Losch. Their award-winning practice centers on highly individual and experimental designs as well as complex variable type systems.
WEB:
IG: @kilo.type
Best Typefaces | Ignacio Casco
Ignacio Casco is a type designer and lecturer at Greenwich University. Before establishing his own independent foundry, Best Typefaces, he worked with several type design studios, contributing to a wide range of commercial and custom projects. His work blends geometric rigor with everyday usability, with a focus on technically robust type systems that remain refined in structure but hard to ignore in character.
WEB: www.typefaces.best
IG: @best.typefaces
Don't miss William & Ignacio's joint talk at our next event! Join us on Thursday 9 October. Event in partnership with The Art House by Acrylicize @thearthouselive
Tickets from 🔗 in bio!
New case study available on our site: Strathberry 👜
Strathberry is renowned for its signature design details and craftsmanship-led approach, but online, the brand’s experience wasn’t fully reflecting its distinct aesthetic or luxury positioning. As the brand grew internationally, the challenge was to evolve its digital presence to convey a more elevated and immersive brand story, while meeting the expectations of a discerning global audience and maintaining strong commercial performance.
Every detail was considered to reflect Strathberry’s refined aesthetic while making the experience of choosing and buying feel effortless, engaging and premium.
Partners: @vervaunt
Typography: centra-no-2 by @sharp_type & Queens Condensed by @kilo.type
Visit our website to read the full case study.
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