Custom Type Commissions — Your Business

07 / Past Commissions

Three Recent Briefs

2024 — 2026

Commission 24-A

Beckford Review

A long-form journalism quarterly wanted a custom Garalde with a distinctly New York voice — sharper than Caslon, warmer than Times, with a small set of swash terminals for chapter openers.

26 weeks · 8 weights + italics · 412 glyphs · perpetual exclusive license

Magazine page — Beckford Review · Issue 14

Open book spread — Chapter opener with swash

Commission 25-B

Kessler & Lin

An architecture firm wanted a wordmark plus a sans system that read with the precision of their drawings. The result is a single-axis variable with three optical sizes for signage, deliverables, and small UI.

14 weeks · variable + 3 optical sizes · 392 glyphs · perpetual exclusive license

Architectural signage — Wayfinding signage system

Architecture deliverable — Project monograph spread

Commission 26-A

Channel Eight News

A regional broadcaster needed a tighter, tougher version of its existing identity sans for on-screen lower-thirds, news graphics, and broadcast deliverables. We delivered a screen-tuned cut at 720p, 1080p, and 4K hinting passes.

10 weeks · 3 weights · screen + broadcast hinting · perpetual exclusive license

Broadcast graphics — News graphics package

08 / Process8 to 26 weeks · all commissions

Five steps from brief to OTF.

Brief

Week 0 — 1

We work through the brief in writing and on a single call. Goal: precise scope, language coverage, weights, deadline, and use cases. Quote follows within 48 hours.

Sketch

Week 1 — 4

Pencil drawings of three to seven directional samples. We pick a direction together. Concept fee is non-refundable — but you own the explorations either way.

Master

Week 4 — 16

The chosen direction becomes a complete master at one weight. Full Latin, punctuation, numerals, and a first pass of stylistic alternates.

Family

Week 16 — 22

The master is interpolated and refined into all the requested weights and italics. We test in your real layouts — not in lorem ipsum.

Deliver

Week 22 — 26

Final OTF, TTF, WOFF2, variable file, source .glyphs, and a 38-page bespoke specimen PDF documenting how the family is meant to be set.

09 / Inquiry

Tell us about your brief

48-hour reply

Booking Q3 2026 onward.

We take three to five custom commissions per year. Inquiries are reviewed weekly. Whatever you send through this form goes directly to a senior designer — not a sales pipeline.

Most useful: a one-paragraph description of what you'd like the typeface to do, the deadline you're working toward, and any reference faces you admire (or specifically don't want).

If exploratory, that's fine. We are happy to discuss before quoting.

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