The independent type foundry of @benkiel & @jesseragan
Joined July 2015
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Inspired by the label of a humble shipping box, @xyz_type’s Export has eccentric shapes that command attention, while its rough edges lend a soft finish to the face’s blocky heft.
👉 See Export here: buff.ly/3yY1yRA
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A nice case study on the bespoke #typography of @xyz_type for a 2018 @dartmouthsports rebrand designed by @heartgutsgrit. Fits perfectly in the endzone.
xyztype.com/custom/project/d…
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Big thanks to @TypismCommunity for listing my Lettering Manual among their fav lettering books! I’m in good company with Ivan Castro and @jessicahische and a bunch of other talented authors. Check out the post on the Typism blog: typismcommunity.com/blog/let…
We love @OHnoTypeCo here at XYZ, so we were beyond excited to be allowed to ramble on the Ohno podcast. Thank you James for keeping @benkiel distracted from
@TypographicsNYC fomo!
Thanks to @benkiel for being the guest on the new episode of #ohnoradio. The episode was recorded right before Typographics, and released just a few months later. ohnotype.co/blog/ohno-radio-…
A brief history of the @RollingStone logo, including the latest from @jesseragan. Animated by Amy Auman. #RollingStone #LogoDesign #Logo #branding
This Friday, at 3pm ET, we’re going to do another IG Live; this time on everyone’s favorite topic, Licensing. Come grill us on our license, let us know what you find confusing, watch us find edge cases in our EULA!
instagram.com/xyz_type?upcom…
Trial fonts with limited character sets are—well—limiting.
So, we came up with paid trials: $20 for a family: all the styles, full features and character sets, and print and web fonts. If they work, we credit you that $20 when you buy a full license.
xyztype.com/trials
The new Rolling Stone logo, designed by @jesseragan. (Trust us, we can’t believe we got this project either!) xyztype.com/custom/project/r… (1/6)
Thanks to @RollingStone’s CD Joe Hutchinson, CEO Gus Wenner, and EIC @NoahShachtman for entrusting us with their iconic brand. And to @RogerBlack and @TypeNetwork for inviting us onto this journey. (5/6)
Read our case study to see the whole system, and get a little history lesson too. (6/6) xyztype.com/custom/project/r…
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Remember unboxing fonts? #1990s
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and Ken Barber, Andy Cruz, and Adam Cruz, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Rat Fink Fonts, House Industries, Delaware, 1996. @houseindustries @TypeLettering #EdBigDaddyRoth #RatFink
It takes us a good amount of time to decide that something is “done,” so we have a bunch of projects that are almost done. They do no good sitting on our SSDs, so we added in progress fonts to the new site.
Read more: xyztype.com/articles/fonts_i…
This means that you can license —right now!— @jesseragan’s Elevator and Escalator (geometricsans.com):
xyztype.com/fonts/elevator
xyztype.com/fonts/escalator
Or, the custom typeface we did for @Polymodestudio, Polymode:
xyztype.com/fonts/polymode
The dream of “works for small and large sizes!” is fulfilled with the optical size axis in Elevator and Escalator — and you get that variable font with each weight, no need to license the whole family.
xyztype.com/fonts/elevator & xyztype.com/fonts/escalator