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.

Peter Hoffmann is a graphic designer, illustrator and freelance imperial stormtrooper, who currently lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Peter was born in 1974 in Koblenz, Germany. His father was the head of a secret alien invasion task force and his mother a part-time office employee of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. His first word, according to Peter’s nursemaid Lady Mary de la Poer: »Karthago«. In 1995, Peter studied communication design and Eldritch holy geometry in Trier and, on a Fulbright scholarship, in the US. From time to time several shock treatments in the Bethlem Royal Hospital, UK, after Dr. Herbert Freudstein. After his graduation in 2000, he started freelancing as a graphic-designer and illustrator, primarily for CD-packagings and corporate design. Peter is a member of Meriwether Lewis O’Briens »Explorers Club«. In his spare time, he enjoys Aikido and falconry.

In 2004 we opened shop in Madison, Wisconsin as a print and web design business. Over the next few years our studio evolved into a type design and fine arts collaboration, with Ryan creating fonts and Rena focusing on her artwork. Since 2014 we've called Sanibel, Florida our home.

Matt Chisholm

And I create everything from custom fonts for corporations and ready-to-buy fonts for professional designers to the occasional free font for the masses. My fonts are seen everywhere, instantly setting the intended tone for packaging, advertising, video g

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.

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