For the past 15 years, the Chinese font market almost entered an Ice Age of sorts: vendors rarely investing on new font development, and font piracy became rampant. Any new fonts that do get produced are mostly of a quality that leaves much to be desired. This 15-year 'vaccum' in the Chinese font industry had badly affected the Chinese language publishing industry that are in constant need of high quality Chinese fonts. Advertising agencies, publishing houses and, increasingly, digital publishers have to resort to a limited styles of family series font. Time after time we hear demands for new professional quality, well-crafted Chinese fonts that are suitable for print and for the digital screen. Four years ago, veteran Chinese typeface designer Sammy Or – now Founder and Type Director of VMType – began pondering on the possibility of re-entering the font market as an independent type foundry. With technological advancements and media convergence that one could never have imagined 15 years ago, time was ripe to begin a brand new venture in Chinese typeface design – hence VMType was founded in 2008. Over four years in the makin, XinGothic, the first product of VMType, is scheduled to release in end-2011.

Viktor Nübel is a graphic designer living and working in Berlin. He has studied social science before switching to graphic design. He has graduated from design akademie berlin with the thesis »Type Attack!«, which set the ground for creating PTL Attack. One of the most influential teachers while studying at the design akademie berlin was Verena Gerlach, a well known Berlin type designer. After finishing studies Viktor worked in her studio for more than a year. She also introduced him to Ole Schäfer, who with his expertise and experience helped most of Viktor’s typefaces to grow and enhance.

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Underware are German Akiem Helmling, Dutchman Bas Jacobs, and Finn Sami Kortemaki. They respectively reside in the cities of Den Haag, Amsterdam, and Helsinki. Their work is among the most popular of up-and-coming independent type foundries — happy-go-lucky, high-quality, text-friendly typefaces for both display use and comprehensive typesetting. Underware’s typefaces stand out thanks to unique aesthetics, finished quality, and a considered collective presence.

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