Klim Type Foundry Blog
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Learn about Klim's font design process, watch lectures and read interviews with Kris Sowersby. Klim Type Foundry (Klim) was founded by Kris Sowersby in 2005. Our typefaces combine historical knowledge with rigorous contemporary craft.
Klim Type Foundry Blog
2y ago
The Future is a homage to Futura, Paul Renner’s progressive classic. Working from original production drawings, The Future is a careful observation of Futura’s geometric architecture and avant-garde alternates ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
The inspiration, history and development of the National 2 typeface family. A total of 64 fonts over 4 widths, National 2 is a comprehensive expansion of National’s original aesthetic concept ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
The assertion “a typeface is a tool” is a typical justification for making new typefaces. It’s convenient, reassuring and sounds practical. It’s also false ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
“I am not entirely convinced that a typeface can embody an idea. Sometimes I think it’s pure form, other times not. All I know is that anything made today will always be of this time ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
A detailed summary of key changes to our App Font licensing and pricing, and related updates to our other licences ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
The British have Gill Sans, the French, Garamond, the Italians, Bodoni, the Swiss, Helvetica. Is there a relationship between a typeface and place? Can a typeface have a regional accent ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
“Kris Sowersby’s talk is dry, educated and incredibly clever. Expand your knowledge on type and tune in for the next 40 minutes ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
Nobody knows who designed Akzidenz-Grotesk. For about 20 years it was attributed to Theinhardt, but this has recently been proven untrue ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
An interview between Elizabeth Carey Smith and Kris Sowersby for the TDC Member of The Month series ..read more
Klim Type Foundry Blog
3y ago
Little is currently known about 19th-century industrial woodtype manufacturing in continental Europe. A baffling case of a very rare and undated wood type specimen from , held at the Ghent University Library, offers a glimpse into this field of research ..read more