Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones

If you’re looking for a playful typeface for a new project, these few examples from Type-Ø-Tones may be worth a look. The Barcelona-based digital foundry produces typefaces that span all sorts of styles, but I find these three examples to be particularly fun.

Analfabeto

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Analfabeto is a display alphabet designed by Brazilian illustrator, Flavio Morais, originally to accompany his portfolio website. This typeface comes with both the original alphabet and a companion set of illustrative glyphs.

Cortada

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Cortada is a display face designed by Laura Meseguer. It comes with one style and is designed to take advantage of OpenType technology, including a set of Central European characters.

Lalola

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Type Love: Type-Ø-Tones / on Design Work Life

Lalola is a display face inspired by a lettering model by Eugen Nerdinger and Lisa Beck. The single style has quite the personality.

Courtney
Courtney

Courtney is the founder of Design Work Life and Seamless Creative, a small design studio she runs with her husband Brian. She now splits her time between developing brand identities for small businesses and soaking up (and passing along) as much inspiration as she possibly can.

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