Bespoke custom fonts are a viable and imaginative alternative to using an "off the shelf" typeface. Owning your own custom font avoids licensing which can be complex and restrictive. But it does more than that. It gives you unique typographical branding power that will refresh your corporate image and help you stand out from the crowd.

Our custom type design service is available to help you add greater originality and professionalism to your Corporate Identity. We're regularly commissioned to draw unique custom font families for an organisation's exclusive use; whether it's a new design or a modification of an existing typeface, an exclusive font guarantees visual distinction.

We have provided custom font solutions for a very broad range of top companies over the years including Unilever, Citroën, Vauxhall, KPMG, Mars, BP, ICL, AstraZeneca, Orange, Sainsburys, Shell, British Telecom, Royal Mail, Deloittes, Transport For London and Scottish Power to name but a few.

We can offer you:

• free initial consultation to discuss your requirements; contact projects@type.co.uk
• a free consultation visit to your office to discuss, advise, take a brief and issue a quote
  
• a guarantee of quality workmanship, excellent service and reliability
• professional advice on all legal, copyright, IP and trademark issues
  
• highly versatile design expertise; we can handle any project, large or small

Our custom font services:

• new typefaces designed from scratch
• creation of new fonts from supplied artwork
• modifications to existing fonts and logos
  
• logofonts and logos added to your corporate fonts
• extended language coverage; additional codepages (e.g. CE or Cyrillc) created
• creation and addition of new weights to an existing type family
• fine-tuned hinted fonts for increased legibility and sharpness at small point sizes
• re-spacing and kerning fonts to your specification
• font conversions to different formats, e.g. PostScript to OpenType
  
• barcode and bitmap fonts
• OpenType coding and programming of OT features

A small cross-section of custom fonts produced by us, all copyright of their respective owners.

New swash logotype for London based creative events company Massive, developed in conjunction with Root. Original sketch below.

BG Group, a leading player in the global energy market, commissioned Fontworks to produce updated versions of their corporate typefaces that would include Central European, Cyrillic (including Kazakh) and Arabic character sets.

Handwritten style for hotels.com which incorporates icons and CE glyphs in the OpenType font. Developed in association with the creative team at Lambie Nairn.

Light weight of the Conference font created for flybe.com via their agency Souk to complement the existing Regular weight. Used extensively in press campaigns and online.

Headline face created for the biggest name in golf clubs and clothing.

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