Typotheque is a type foundry and publishing company based in The Hague, Netherlands, founded in 1999 by Peter Biľak.[1] It is known for designing and publishing typefaces and for its contributions to multilingual typography.[2]
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| Industry | Graphic design |
|---|---|
| Genre | Typeface design |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Peter Biľak |
| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
| Website | www |
Typotheque's work has been profiled in the design publications Abitare, Cap & Design, Designum, Druk, Dwell, Etapes, Emigre, I.D., Idea, Novum, Page, Print, Publish, and tipoGrafica. Typotheque's work has been recognized by the Type Directors Club.[3][4]
Background
editTypotheque has produced typefaces including ‘’Fedra Sans’’, ‘’Fedra Serif’’, ‘’History’’, ‘’Greta Sans’’, ‘’November’’, ‘’Lava’’, and ‘’Zed’’.[5] Its library supports 37 writing systems, including Adlam, Arabic, Armenian, Bangla, Braille, Chakma, Cherokee, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Japanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Meetei, Mongolian, Myanmar, Odia, Ol Chiki, Osage, Sinhala, Unified Canadian Syllabics, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, and Tifinagh.[6]
In 2012, ‘’Metropolis’’ magazine named Biľak a “Game Changer” for his work in non-Latin typography.
Typotheque’s work often focuses on supporting digitally underrepresented languages and revitalising indigenous languages in North America, South Asia, and Africa.[6][5][7][8][9]
The foundry has developed custom typefaces for clients including the Paris Metro,[10] Vienna International Airport,[11] Ford Motor Company, Mozilla, The New School, and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).[12] The NRK project received a D&AD Yellow Pencil award in 2023.[13]
On 20 October 2009, Typotheque became the first type foundry to offer webfonts, implementing the @font-face CSS rule for embedding fonts on websites.[14][15]
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ Rajagopal, Avinash (25 January 2012). "Game Changers: Peter Bilak". Metropolis. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Thomson, Mark. "Eye Magazine | Feature | Reputations: Peter Biľak". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "2007 Results: Greta Tex t". Type Directors Club.
- ^ "2007 Results: Greta Tex t". Type Directors Club.
- ^ a b "Type for survival". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ a b Pathak, Manisha (16 May 2019). "Even in the world of fonts, few people cared for Indian languages until now". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "The real power of words". CLOT Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "North American syllabics brought online". It’s Nice That. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "How indigenous languages were brought back to life online". Fast Company. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "New fonts for Grand Paris Express". Typotheque. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Vienna Airport signage". Integral Designers. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Exclusive fonts for NRK". Typotheque. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "NRK Visual Identity". D&AD. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Brief history of webfonts". Typotheque. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Typotheque, the first company to introduce webfonts". Typotheque. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "November". Red Dot Design Award. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Ping". European Design Awards. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Zed type system". Dutch Design Daily. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Typotheque TDC award listing". Print Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Typotheque wins Dezeen Award". Dezeen. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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