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Our Golden Font: How We Crafted the Ideal Neo-Grotesque TT Neoris

Our Golden Font: How We Crafted the Ideal Neo-Grotesque TT Neoris

TT Neoris is a TypeType team font released in 2023. Its name is derived from two words: «neo,» which means «new,» and «rise.» We’ve been working meticulously on it for two and a half years. At the moment, TT Neoris is the most ambitious project of the studio: our goal was to create the ideal Neo-Grotesque that would mark a new chapter in the history of typography and become a bestseller.

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Ligatures in fonts: Creating eszetts

Ligatures in fonts: Creating eszetts

When expanding character sets of fonts, novice type designers often face difficulties in drawing the eszett character.
In this article, we will take a journey through the history of this character, learn about its origin and role in modern typography.

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Corporate font for O’STIN: The full story

Corporate font for O’STIN: The full story

The font is part of the brand, responsible for the emotional context of the information communicated. Is it possible to complement these associations and expand the audience by changing the corporate font?

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Creating a font from scratch: A detailed guide and tips for choosing software

Creating a font from scratch: A detailed guide and tips for choosing software

Creating your first font is most difficult because the designer does not yet know all the details of development, does not have enough visual intuition and experience. When developing a font for the first time, you have to learn a lot in the process, transferring theoretical knowledge about type design to practice, which is always difficult.

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Expansion of the TT Hoves Pro family

Expansion of the TT Hoves Pro family

TT Hoves is the youngest font in the collection of universal geometric sans serifs. It forms a functional trio with TT Norms® and TT Commons™, yet has its own recognizable character.
The TT Hoves font has managed to win the sympathy of designers from all over the world. The font family has been among the studio’s bestsellers since its release on marketplaces, and yet it’s time to update the typeface!

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Creation of a modern serif TT Livret

Creation of a modern serif TT Livret

It sometimes happens that on paper, a new font seems to be a relatively simple and quick task, but as a result of the work, it turns into one of the largest projects of recent years. Today’s story is about just such a font.

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Creation of TT Commons™: From the foundry’s corporate typeface to a bestseller

Creation of TT Commons™: From the foundry’s corporate typeface to a bestseller

The TT Commons™ Pro font family needs no introduction as it has been TypeType’s best-seller for many years now. These are not just words — since 2018, the font family has been a bestseller for 93% of the time it has been on the sites.
TT Commons has a fascinating history, because it was created in 2016, and back then it was not supposed to be released as a commercial font at all.

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TT Norms® Pro: a 7-year history of the font family

TT Norms® Pro: a 7-year history of the font family

TT Norms® Pro is one of the most sought-after typefaces in the TypeType collection. More than three reissues in 7 years, first lines in MyFonts ratings, dozens of customizations and reviews.
It’s hard to put into words what a valuable experience this font has been for everyone at the foundry, but we will try to tell its full story, with all its dead ends and mistakes, with the first victories and a massive redrawing process.

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