Typotheque
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Typotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands [1] that develops and markets original typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The typefaces sold under the Typotheque foundry label are designed by Slovakian Peter Biľak, including the popular [2] Fedra Sans and Fedra Serif font families, and Jigsaw designed by Johanna Biľak. Typotheque specializes in creation of Latin and non-Latin fonts (Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic), occasionally advertises in national design journals like Print (magazine), and How, and publishes books, such as We Want You To Love Type [3] or bi-annual independent art/design publication Dot Dot Dot (magazine).
Typotheque's work has been profiled in the design publications Abitare (magazine), Cap & Design, Designum, Druk, Dwell (magazine), Etapes, Emigre (magazine), I.D. (magazine), Idea (magazine), Novum, Page, Print (magazine), Publish and tipoGrafica. Typotheque's work has been recognized by the The Type Directors Club [4].
[edit] External links
- Typotheque type foundry
- Middeldorp, Jan. Dutch Type. 010 publishers: 2004. ISBN 90-6450-460-1.
- [5] Fedra Sans selected by FontShop as number 40 amongst 100 Best typefaces of all times.

