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Punch @thepunch.studio · 19/02/2026

Etcetera Type Company. Tyler Finck open-sourced his way to 860 million views on Epilogue alone. Pre-installed in Figma, on Google Fonts, built for everyone. NYT, WSJ clients. Philosophy: give it away if you can survive. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/etcetera-type-company-etc

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 16/02/2026

Canada Type. Patrick Griffin and Kevin Allan King building from Toronto since 2004. Twenty years of revivals and originals—Gibson, Rialto, Acropolis, Figgins. Massive library from designers who were frustrated with what existed. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/canada-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 15/02/2026

Indian Type Foundry. Satya Rajpurohit building from Ahmedabad since 2009. Poppins, Kohinoor, General Sans—300 families across 20 scripts. One of the world's largest independents feeding Google Fonts and major tech. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/indian-type-foundry

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 15/02/2026

Jeremy Tankard Typography. Cambridge foundry since 1998. Microsoft, Adobe, Eurostar, Oxford University on the client list. Bliss, Enigma, Corbel—British humanist type with corporate reach. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/jeremy-tankard

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 14/02/2026

Okay Type. Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh building warm American type from Chicago since 2008. Alright, Harriet, Okay, Euchre—approachable faces with craft behind them. Boutique mentality, meticulous execution. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/okay-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 14/02/2026

Bretagne. Lucas Le Bihan building open-source type from Brittany since 2019. Self Modern, Kernevel, Happy Times at the IKOB. French experimental faces that cost nothing because he wants you to use them. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/bretagne

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 13/02/2026

Or Type. Iceland's first type foundry, Reykjavik since 2013. GUNMAD building experimental faces that challenge convention—Forzata, Boogie School, Landnáma. Nordic vernacular with teeth. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/or-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 13/02/2026

General Type Studio. Stéphane Elbaz building clean variable fonts from Montreal since 2019. Cambon, Pilat, General Grotesque. Free for personal use, paid when you ship. Licensing that trusts designers. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/general-type-studio

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 13/02/2026

Loud Room. Jason Santa Maria built web typography for two decades—Typekit, A Book Apart, On Web Typography. Now he's making type himself. Citywide and Chonk from Philadelphia. The teacher becomes the practitioner. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/loud-room

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 12/02/2026

MCKL Type. Jeremy Mickel building American vernacular from Los Angeles since 2012. Uber, adidas, LA28 Olympics on the client list. Fort, Router, Shift—display faces with muscle. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/mckl-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 12/02/2026

Mark Simonson Studio. Forty years of typographic experience from St. Paul, Minnesota. Proxima Nova alone powers half the web. Twenty-five years of independence in an industry that consolidates everything. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/mark-simonson

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 11/02/2026

NaN. Luke Prowse building variable fonts from Berlin since 2019. Fair Font Pricing adjusts costs by country. Jaune, Holo, Tragedy—experimental faces with technical depth. Weirdness and wisdom in equal measure. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/nan

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 11/02/2026

House Industries. Delaware foundry since 1993. Neutraface, Eames Century Modern, Chalet. Americana with craft credentials. Disney, Cartoon Network, J.J. Abrams. Rich Roat's legacy lives in the letterforms. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/house-industries

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 11/02/2026

Feliciano Type. Mário Feliciano building Portuguese typographic tradition from Lisbon since 2001. BBC, Nike, El País in the client book. Flama and Merlo speak for themselves. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/feliciano-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 10/02/2026

Blaze Type. Matthieu Salvaggio building variable fonts from Paris since 2016. Over 50 families including Apoc, Surt, and Obviously. French display type with serious technical range. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/blaze-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 10/02/2026

Bureau Brut. Toulouse foundry building type that refuses to behave. Brutalist faces like Boogy Brut and Ostia Antica for designers tired of safe choices. French industrial grit since 2015. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/bureau-brut

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 10/02/2026

DSType. Dino dos Santos building typefaces from Porto since 1994. Custom work for The New York Times, Le Figaro, Electronic Arts. Portuguese precision that crosses every border. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/dstype

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 09/02/2026

205TF. Five French designers treating type history as raw material, not reverence. Antique Legacy, Acier BAT—experimental faces for museums and cultural institutions. The collaborative model produces work solo designers rarely attempt. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/205tf

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 09/02/2026

Omnibus-Type. Argentine foundry doing open source since 2008. Archivo, Chivo, Asap—Latin American type that ships. Google Fonts owes them more credit than it gives. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/omnibus-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 09/02/2026

Fatype. TypeMedia graduates building type in Berlin since 2012. Balenciaga and Google on the client list. Trickster, Beausite, U8—experimental faces with commercial polish. The pedigree shows. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/fatype

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 08/02/2026

Extraset. Four Swiss graphic designers selling type from their own site, no platform cut. BW Gradual, BW Nista, Monotalic—professional faces built by designers who actually use them daily. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/extraset

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 08/02/2026

Occupant Fonts. Cyrus Highsmith built his reputation at Font Bureau, then stepped out on his own. Prensa, Antenna, Zócalo—editorial faces that read. Gerrit Noordzij Prize winner. Providence's quiet powerhouse. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/occupant-fonts

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 08/02/2026

Emigre. 1984, same year as the Macintosh. VanderLans and Licko built digital type before the industry knew what that meant. Mrs Eaves, Filosofia, Matrix—postmodernism's typographic canon. The magazine ended. The foundry endures. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/emigre

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 07/02/2026

Rosetta Type. Czech foundry solving the hard problems—38 scripts, 593 languages. While most chase Latin trends, Rosetta builds type that works from Devanagari to Tamil to Arabic. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/rosetta-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 07/02/2026

Vocal Type Co. Tré Seals doesn't just design letterforms—he documents movements. Martin from the Memphis strike. Bayard from the March on Washington. Type as historical record, not decoration. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/vocal-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 07/02/2026

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 07/02/2026

Azuliq. Cologne foundry donating 10% of profits to literacy programs—750 million people can't read, and type matters more when you're learning. Direct sales only, no middlemen. Attendorn, Before Paris, Copanero. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/azuliq

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 07/02/2026

Positype. Neil Summerour built a foundry on craft—lettering, calligraphy, actual drawing. Six TDC awards, clients from the NFL to Victoria's Secret. Won Morisawa's People's Choice for a Japanese typeface. Range like that is rare. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/positype

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 07/02/2026

Lineto. Switzerland's first digital type foundry, 1993. Akkurat and Circular power Spotify and Airbnb. Windlin and Müller started what others are still catching up to. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/lineto

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 06/02/2026

XYZ Type. Brooklyn foundry building fonts that earn their place. Ben Kiel and Jesse Ragan's work balances technical precision with actual character. Custom type for the Times, retail faces that stand out. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/xyz-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 06/02/2026

Typemates. German precision meets personality. Cera Pro, Noway, Graviola—fonts that do the work without disappearing. Three designers scattered across four cities, building type that actually functions. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/typemates

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 06/02/2026

Pangram Pangram. Free fonts that don't look free. Neue Montreal, Editorial New, Right Grotesk—studio-quality type at no cost. They've quietly become the default for anyone tired of choosing between budget and taste. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/pangram-pangram

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 05/02/2026

DJR. David Jonathan Ross runs a one-man foundry that outpaces teams of ten. Input, Fit, Roslindale—technically bulletproof and distinct. Font of the Month Club proves sustainable indie type is possible. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/djr

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 05/02/2026

Radim Pesko. The art world's go-to foundry for type that thinks. Fugue, Lyno, Union—conceptually distinctive faces for Stedelijk, MoMA, Documenta. When museums need typography, they come here. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/radim-pesko

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 05/02/2026

A2-Type. The foundry behind Britain's transport typography. Margaret Calvert collaborations, New Rail Alphabet, wayfinding systems for Network Rail and Moscow Metro. Design that moves millions. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/a2-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 04/02/2026

Arrow Type. Stephen Nixon's one-man operation building some of the most technically ambitious fonts in the game. Recursive is a variable masterpiece—five axes, mono to sans in one file. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/arrow-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 04/02/2026

Atipo Foundry. Spanish duo building type from a designer's perspective since 2009. Pay-what-you-want pricing because gatekeeping is boring. Basier, Silka, Geomanist—clean geometric faces with actual personality. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/atipo-foundry

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 04/02/2026

Displaay. Berlin foundry building the typefaces that define contemporary design. ABC Diatype, ABC Favorit—system fonts with actual soul. Variable font pioneers who never lost the plot. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/displaay

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 03/02/2026

Swiss Typefaces. The name says it. Clean modernist type from the country that made it a philosophy. Suisse, Euclid, SangBleu—precision without sterility. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/swiss-typefaces

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 03/02/2026

Fontwerk. Berlin-based boutique leading the variable font charge. Kunda, Mak, Blanco—precise German engineering for screens that actually adapt. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/fontwerk

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 02/02/2026

Letters From Sweden. Scandinavian restraint that serves the text instead of announcing itself. No trend-chasing. Just considered, functional type. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/letters-from-sweden

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 02/02/2026

Bold Monday. Dutch type for people who actually read the kerning tables. The kind of foundry where 'good enough' gets you fired. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/bold-monday

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 02/02/2026

Production Type. Paris-based, responsible for some of the most influential releases of the last decade. Spectral, Minotaur, Copernicus. If you've used Google Fonts, you've probably used their work. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/production-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 02/02/2026

Sharp Type. Brooklyn studio making fonts with backbone. Their work shows up everywhere because it actually works. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/sharp-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 01/02/2026

Tobias Frere-Jones built half the typefaces you see every day. Then started over. That kind of craft doesn't come from corporations. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/frere-jones-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 01/02/2026

Typotheque out of The Hague might know more about multilingual type than anyone on Earth. If your project needs Arabic, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Devanagari—this is where you go. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/typotheque

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 01/02/2026

Dinamo made Monument Extended before everyone and their marketing agency discovered it. Still pushing variable fonts harder than anyone. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/dinamo

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 01/02/2026

Commercial Type. The foundry behind the Guardian, Vanity Fair, and half the editorial work you admire. Graphik and Druk are everywhere for a reason. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/commercial-type

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 01/02/2026

Optimo. The kind of Swiss foundry that makes you wonder why anyone bothers with Helvetica anymore. Founders Grotesk alone justifies their existence. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/optimo

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Punch @thepunch.studio · 01/02/2026

Grilli Type. Swiss precision, global ambition. GT America alone justifies the hype. www.thepunch.studio/foundry/grilli-type

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