We’re thrilled to see the visual identity for Städtische Galerie Freiburg, Halle Nord and Morat-Hallen finally come to life.
The identity draws from the venues’ distinct industrial architecture 🏭, using the space above the arching roof as a visual device to represent the institution and its three halls across posters, flyers, wayfinding and merchandise.
Working with curator and Head of Morat-Halle, Samuel Dangel, has been a joy and we’re excited to create the upcoming posters and to see the identity continue to evolve.
Typeface: MC Nichrome by @Mass.Driver
Photo in slide two: Alex Flores
Introducing MD UI.
The International Typographic Style projected one step into the future. UI is a neo-grotesque tuned for maximum performance across all scales; a typeface that augments the function of a timeless form.
UI’s XS optical size features large, functional ink traps, wide apertures and humanist-influenced glyph constructions to remain legible in challenging environments. At the other end of the scale, the XL cut is a tightly-spaced, high-impact display design with clean, precise appearance. And in between, MD UI’s standard variant is an all-terrain workhorse that balances readability with style.
Available today in 48 styles.
New release: MD UI.
The International Typographic Style projected one step into the future. UI is a neo-grotesque tuned for maximum performance across all scales; a typeface that augments the function of a timeless form.
UI’s XS optical size features large, functional ink traps, wide apertures and humanist-influenced glyph constructions to remain legible in challenging environments. At the other end of the scale, the XL cut is a tightly-spaced, high-impact display design with clean, precise appearance. And in between, MD UI’s standard variant is an all-terrain workhorse that balances readability with style.
Available today in 48 styles.
Available now: MD Thermochrome version 0.4 adds over 100 new icons to the typeface, all of which respond fully to weight and italic angle (oh yeah there’s 40 styles now). Legibility not guaranteed.
License/try via @futurefonts
O Knight of Many Stars
Rutherford Craze｜Type Designer｜The Netherlands
Awake, brave Knight, for the dawn comes not:
Your duty is not done!
Take up the blade you bore in life.
Bring back to us the Sun.
036：#famicase
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In case you missed it: last week we added a new typeface, MD Thermochrome, to @futurefonts .
It’s a WIP font inspired by dot-matrix and thermal printers, but optically adjusted for digital usage. One style now, more to come!
New work (in progress)! MD Thermochrome is available today.
A typeface meant to evoke (though not imitate) fonts from dot-matrix and thermal printers.
One weight for now, but grab it via @futurefonts and you’ll get all future updates for free as the design progresses.
Please welcome MD Nichrome v2.0.
It’s the same typeface, just better: over 450 new glyphs, bringing language support up to the same standard as our newest releases (Latin M, to be specific), plus a bunch of quality-of-life improvements and technical refinements.
Oh, and a new stylistic set: Gothic Alternates evoke the iconic arched shapes of classic ’80s faces like Marvin and ITC Busorama.
Already licensed it via our site? Grab the latest files here: mass-driver.com/order-history
If you backed it via @futurefonts , you’ll get an email today with a download link :)
MD Lórien is a new take on some old type. A contemporary, digital-first typeface based on baroque-era Dutch designs, it’s an exercise in translating their charm and character for a world 300 years older.
Available now in 5 weights (that’s 4 more than its source material), with italics & small caps for each.
What if the digital versions of those 1960s MICR fonts were as good as the originals?
It’s common for digital fonts based on older, pre-digital designs to lack features and have rushed, poor-quality drawings.
MD Polychrome is an interpretation of the MICR style — typefaces like Data70, Westminster and Gemini — designed with the care and attention the genre deserves. With OpenType features, optical sizes, and support for over 400 languages.
MD IO started out as a very simple brief: a typeface for programming. But from that, and with two years of WIP releases and user feedback via @futurefonts , it’s grown into a much more capable family.
The finished IO family comes in 8 weights (with 8 matching true italic styles), supports over 400 languages, and now works for a whole lot more than just code.
io.mass-driver.com
Type is an evolution of writing, and writing is an innately human act. MD System is an unapologetically digital typeface, but it’s designed to quietly reflect the analogue origins of all text — its shapes are carefully adjusted to feel warm and balanced, not rigidly geometric.
(Turn your phone sideways to see all those optical corrections at work)
