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Support Independent Type Ⅱ
TEKIO is a home for creations focused around typography, sound, and vision. If you run around the rounded long enough, you might be inclined to make it square. And that’s exactly what has transpired with the “Round” typeface.
Coil feels comfortable like a well-worn pair of shoes.
Like technological innovations, we create typographic languages that express a world in motion. All Fonts Shall Behave.
From afar, all types might look the same. From up close, it’s the details that do it.
Tekio
About Round bureaubrut.com
About Coil brownfox.org
Altiplano altiplano.xyz
D0UBLE ZER0 dblzr.com
Feedtype feedtype.ca
bb-bureau Typefaces: Tokyto, Harber, Gikit, Moki Design: Benoît Bodhuin bb-bureau.fr @benoitbodhuin
Shin-Yang-Jang-Phonogram
Hwawon
Design: Shin Donghyeok (Specimen), Donghyeok Shin (Design) @hwawon_mediabus
b-v-h type
Typeface: Dina Chaumont
Design: André Baldinger & Toan Vu-Huu, assisted by Jimmy Le Guennec & Fanny Hamelin
—Ⅲ— 3D Specimens
This chapter is a fresh addition to the second edition of Support Independent Type. It explores type specimens presented on objects, merging typography with merchandising in inventive ways. From alphabet-clad ceramics to lettered apparel, these three-dimensional specimens are a playful and bold approach to showcasing fonts. It’s typography you can touch, wear, or even drink from. This phenomenon is part of a broader cultural trend where almost every community of enthusiasts creates its own universe of merchandise, turning objects into symbols of identity and belonging. These artifacts allow individuals to connect with their passions and signal their affiliations, transforming typography into a tangible sociological marker. 3D specimens are not just functional or decorative—they are storytelling tools and cultural badges. And let’s face it, a scarf with a collection of letters from “A” to “Z” is simply warmer than a regular one!
(1) Carousel
(1) Carousel
(2) Motion
NaN
Typeface: NaN Tresor Design: Christoph Koeberlin nan.xyz @nan_xyz
Heheh Type
Typeface: Gawhar Design: Heheh Type hehehtype.com @hehehtype
R-Typography
Typeface: Canora
Design: Rui Abreu, Catarina Vaz r-typography.com @r_typography
255
Optimo Typeface: Void Design: Malte Bentzen optimo.ch @optimofoundry
Road to Venice Type
Typeface: Striated Design: Road to Venice Type r-vtype.com @r.v.type
205TF 205.tf 178, 238
26A1 26a1.xyz 175 29LT 29lt.com 57, 74
A2Z Foundry schrier.xyz 70, 185
AG Font agfont.com 68, 69, 121, 205 ALT.tf alt-tf.com 170
APFEL Type Foundry apracticeforeverydaylife.com 173, 175, 190
ATYPICAL atypical.gr 242
Alaa Tameem alaatameem.com 172
AllCaps allcapstype.com 148, 173, 187
Altiplano altiplano.xyz 169, 184, 232
Ampersand Type ampersandtype.com 60
Apex Type Foundry apextypefoundry.com 169, 171
Approximate Type approxtype.com 270, 271
Arillatype arillatype.studio 174, 175, 176
Astrae Studio astrae.studio 182 atipo foundry atipofoundry.com 169 Autograph autograph.works 132, 133, 200
Balibilly
balibillydesign.com
218
Bastarda Type Foundry bastardatype.com 233
bb-bureau bb-bureau.fr 36, 38, 66, 158, 185
Beasts of England beastsofengland.co 178
Biliktu Foundry biliktufoundry.com 185
Blast Foundry blast-foundry.com 156
Bloom Type Foundry bloomtype.com 186
Boafff @boafff 169, 187
Bogidar Mascareñas bogidar.com 156, 174
Bold Studio bold.studio 168, 172
Bouk Ra bouk.work 179
Boulevard LAB boulevardlab.com 179
Brass Fonts brass-fonts.de 168
Briefcase Type Foundry briefcasetype.com 166, 172
British Standard Type britishstandardtype.xyz 90
Brownfox brownfox.org 154, 169, 189
Bruta Types brutatypes.com 156
Bureau Brut bureaubrut.com 88, 177, 179, 244
Büro Gestalten buerogestalten.de 64
bvh type bvhtype.com 58, 160, 169, 173
CAST Type Foundry c-a-s-t.com 96, 185
Camelot Typefaces camelot-typefaces.com 204
Central Type centraltype.com 162, 172
Character Type charactertype.com 86, 98, 168, 172
Charlotte Rohde charlotterohde.de 172
Clément Cases clementcases.com 59
CoType Foundry cotypefoundry.com 172
Collletttivo collletttivo.it 185
Commercial Type commercialtype.com 177, 179, 206
Contrast Foundry contrastfoundry.com 172, 207
DDOTT
ddott.net
181, 184, 191
DSType Foundry dstype.com 173
Dalton Maag daltonmaag.com 190
David Einwaller deinwaller.com 188
David Jonathan Ross djr.com 172
Daytona Mess daytonamess.com 178, 185
Dinamo Typefaces abcdinamo.com 40, 162, 173, 190
Diorama Type Partners dioramatypepartners.com 169,181, 183, 194, 195
Dirtyline Studio dirtylinestudio.com 190
Displaay displaay.net 174
Due Studio due-studio.com 184
Duong Tran dgtran.com 180
F37
f37foundry.com
180
Fabrizio Falcone fabriziofalcone.it 75, 76, 89
Faire Type fairetype.com 181
Family Type familytype.co 179, 190
Fantasia Type fantasia-type.com 169
Fatype fatype.com 154, 212
Feedtype feedtype.ca 190
Feliciano Type felicianotype.com 171, 179
Flavia Zimbardi flaviazim.com 178
Florian Karsten Typefaces fonts.floriankarsten.com 182, 191
Fontwerk fontwerk.com 187
Forgotten Shapes forgotten-shapes.com 220
Formula Type formulatype.com 154
Frank Fonts @frank_fonts 156, 158, 172
Fuerte Type fuertetype.com 104, 168, 191
ECAL Typefaces ecal-typefaces.ch 178, 189, 191
East of Rome eastofrome.com 175
Edition Studio edition.studio 158, 179
Eko Bimantara ekobimantara.com 179
Elias Hanzer eliashanzer.com 185
Eliott Grunewald eliottgrunewald.xyz 187
Erik Desombere @erikdesombere 94
Erkin Karamemet erkinkaramemet.com 172, 175, 248
Estudio Calderón estudiocalderon.com 175, 210, 211
Eugénie Boron @eugenieboron 185
Extraset extraset.ch 128, 129, 169, 191
Giulia Boggio giuliaboggio.xyz 168
Gradient wearegradient.net 250, 251
Grillitype grillitype.com 252
Gruppo Due gruppo-due.com 184
HHAGILDA hagilda.com 169, 173
HAW Hamburg haw-type-design.github.io 48
Haocheng Zhang haochengstudio.com 82
Heavyweight heavyweight-type.com 173, 180, 191
Foundry page number
WELTKERN® Typefaces 18
Lift Type 21
Maxitype 22
Rebekka Hausmann 24
Lift Type 26
Out of the Dark 26
Lift Type 29
Lift Type 30
Jeremy Tankard Studiotype 31
Maxitype 32
Maxitype 34
bb-bureau 36
Simon Renaud 37
bb-bureau 38
Dinamo Typefaces 40
Lea Johanna Becker 42
Pizza Typefaces 44
HAW Hamburg 48
Nouvelle Noire 48
Omiros Panayides 49
The Designers Foundry 50 Hwawon 51
Noire
Fabrizio Falcone 76
Ioanna Dimitroula 101
Pola Małaczewska 102
Fuerte Type 104
Renegadefonts 106
Pavla Nečásková 107
Žofia Kosová
Power Type 172
RadLuka 172
APFEL Type Foundry 173
AllCaps 173
bvh type 173
DSType Foundry 173
Dinamo Typefaces 173
HAGILDA 173
Heavyweight 173
In-House Intl 173
Juri Zaech 173
Kanon Foundry 173
Love Letters Typefaces 173
Or Type 173
Peregrin Studio 173
The Letters 173
Arillatype 174
Bogidar Mascareñas 174
Displaay 174
Hypertype 174
Newglyph 174
Nuform Type 174
Polytype 174
Rüdiger 174
Shriftovik 174
So Type 174
Underware 174
Universal Thirst 174
Vectro Type Foundry 174
WELTKERN® Typefaces 174
26A1 175
APFEL Type Foundry 175
Arillatype 175
East of Rome 175
Erkin Karamemet 175
Estudio Calderón 175
Modern Type 175
Phantom Foundry 175
Process Type Foundry 175
Sumotype 175
Ty Finck 175
Typeverything 175
W Type Foundry 175
Zin Nagao 175
Arillatype 176
Out of the Dark 176
WELTKERN® Typefaces 176
Bureau Brut 177
Commercial Type 177
Margot Lévêque 177
205TF 178
Beasts of England 178
Daytona Mess 178
ECAL Typefaces 178
Flavia Zimbardi 178
Hurme Design 178
Jules Durand 178
Naipe Foundry 178
Sharp Type 178
Slow Fonts 178 So Type 178
The Northern Block 178
Tunera Type Foundry 178
Ultra Kuhl 178
Bouk Ra 179
Boulevard LAB 179
Bureau Brut 179
Commercial Type 179
Edition Studio 179
Eko Bimantara 179
Family Type 179
Feliciano Type 179
Jan Fromm 179
Or Type 179
Polytype 179
Schick Toikka 179
Type Salon 179
Typografische 179
Duong Tran 180 F37 180
Heavyweight 180
Maxitype 180
Nodo Type Foundry 180
Optimo 180 Positype 180
R-Typography 180
Road to Venice Type 180
Superior Type 180
The Designers Foundry 180
The Northern Block 180
Ultra Types 180
Zetafonts 180
DDOTT 181
Diorama Type Partners 181
Faire Type 181
Jakob Fangmeier 181
Margot Lévêque 181
Nouvelle Noire 181
Or Type 181
Pangram Pangram 181
Parachute 181
Peregrin Studio 181
Range Left 181
Scott Vander Zee 181
The Fontpad 181
Typotheque 181
Astrae Studio 182
Florian Karsten Typefaces 182
Zin Nagao 182
Diorama Type Partners 183
SFB Fonts 183
Universal Thirst 183 Altiplano 184 DDOTT 184 Due Studio 184 Due Studio 184 Gruppo Due 184 Maxitype 184 No Bad Type 184
Quicknap.zzz 184
Seryozha Rasskazov Type 184 Skrr Type 184 TEKIO 184
The Foundry Types 184
Typografische 184 W Type Foundry 184
A2Z Foundry 185 bb-bureau 185 Biliktu Foundry 185
Shriftovik 185
Studio Feixen 185
Typefaces 187 Power Type 187
Saad Khurshid 187
Sandrine Nugue 187
Skrr Type 187
Source Type 187
Vectro Type Foundry 187 Why Foundry 187 David Einwaller 188