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Process: DOSS Collection

Staff Pick
Designed by Marc Rouault
Jul 10, 2024
DOSS is a collection of four display-oriented typefaces that also reference the aesthetics of ‘90s rave culture and ‘80s sci-fi tropes.

Sharp Type Season Two: Neutral Better

Staff Pick
The process of developing our new website.
Jun 3, 2024
Season Two, Sharp Type’s new website and e-commerce platform, is here! Read our interview with Systems Lead Justin Sloane for behind-the-scenes insight into our development and design process.

Sharp Earth Case Study

Sharp Earth Case Study
Staff Pick
May 14, 2024
Sharp Earth is a new multi-script sans serif typeface spearheaded by Lucas Sharp and drawn in collaboration with a team of local experts from around the globe.

Sharp Type’s Chantra Malee Wants to Pay it Forward

Sharp Type’s Chantra Malee Wants to Pay it Forward
Apr 30, 2024

Down to the Letter: Sharp Type in Monocle Magazine

Down to the Letter: Sharp Type in Monocle Magazine
Staff Pick
Writer: Will Higginbotham Photography: Tara Rice
Apr 30, 2024
Sharp Type featured in Monocle Magazine's 2023 design issue No.168

Sharp Type Volume One Process

Staff Pick
Presenting Volume 1
Apr 1, 2024
Our first type specimen, 350 pages of pure Sharp Type from 2015-2023

Sharp Grotesk Global Case Study

Sharp Grotesk Global Case Study
Staff Pick
Oct 23, 2023
Making Sharp Grotesk Global

First Impressions of Earth: The Spring Melt

First Impressions of Earth: The Spring Melt
Staff Pick
May 31, 2023
Melting letterforms turn into a blissed-out six minutes of font ASMR ...and a special Beta release

Women in Type Insights interview with Its Nice That

Women in Type Insights interview with Its Nice That
Mar 20, 2023
Chantra discusses the state of type design with two other industry leaders for It's Nice That's Global Type feature.

Twilio

Twilio
Oct 23, 2022
A custom typeface and logotype project

Williams College

Williams College
Oct 4, 2022
Designing a bespoke typeface family for a leading academic institution.

Process: Octave

Process: Octave
Staff Pick
Sep 25, 2022
Octave, Josh Finklea’s 2022 release with Sharp Type, is a reconsideration of the modern sans serif typeface.

Process: Ghost

Process: Ghost
Sep 25, 2022
A resurrection of the Humanist sans

Lover's Magazine interviews Sharp Type

Lover's Magazine interviews Sharp Type
Lover's Magazine
Aug 1, 2022
Sharp Type's co-founder discusses the business of type design

As versatile as the plain white T-shirt, Sharp Type’s new font is perfectly ordinary

As versatile as the plain white T-shirt, Sharp Type’s new font is perfectly ordinary
Aug 1, 2022
Our newest humanist sans serif, Ghost, is featured in It's Nice That

The Malee Scholarship 2022 Finalists

The Malee Scholarship 2022 Finalists
Jul 19, 2022
Meet Tamara Segura, Fernanda Cozzi, and Krutika Shah.

The Malee Scholarship 2022 Special Recognition

The Malee Scholarship 2022 Special Recognition
Jul 18, 2022
The Malee Scholarship recognizes four women for their achievements and contributions to the type design industry.

Announcing The Malee Scholarship 2022 Recipient

Announcing The Malee Scholarship 2022 Recipient
Jul 18, 2022
We are thrilled to announce the 2022 Malee Scholar. Get to know Daniela López Hernández, her design work, and her aspirations in this interview.

Crocs X MCM

Crocs X MCM
Jul 11, 2022
The latest Crocs collaboration showcases Sharp Type's recent logo refresh for MCM

Introducing Ceraph

Introducing Ceraph
Apr 27, 2022
Designer Emma Piercy's debut typeface, coming soon from Sharp Type

The Malee Scholarship: Interview with Chantra Malee Montoya-Pimolwatana

The Malee Scholarship: Interview with Chantra Malee Montoya-Pimolwatana
Feb 22, 2022

The Yule Ogg

The Yule Ogg
Dec 16, 2021
Sharp Type is pleased to debut our inOGGural youtube video this holiday season.

Process: Greenstone

Process: Greenstone
Sep 25, 2021

Process: Tarnac

Process: Tarnac
Sep 18, 2021
Marc Rouault's Tarnac Slab and Sans

Design Feaster interview Chantra Malee about The Malee Scholarship

Design Feaster interview Chantra Malee about The Malee Scholarship
Aug 15, 2021

The Malee Scholarship 2021 Finalists

The Malee Scholarship 2021 Finalists
Jul 16, 2021
Meet Aline Kaori Yoshimatsu, Jéssica Silva, and Thy Hà.

Branding Hillary 2016 and the Semiotics of Neoliberalism

Branding Hillary 2016 and the Semiotics of Neoliberalism
May 10, 2021

The Rare Cursive Typeface That Actually Recreates the Feel of Handwritten Script

The Rare Cursive Typeface That Actually Recreates the Feel of Handwritten Script
Staff Pick
Dec 15, 2020
19th century handwriting comes to life in My-Lan Thuong’s digital reimagining of copperplate calligraphy

The Dynamic Duo Behind Sharp Type

The Dynamic Duo Behind  Sharp Type
Oct 13, 2020

Process: Trois Mille

Process: Trois Mille
Staff Pick
Sep 18, 2020

Process: Carta Nueva

Process: Carta Nueva
Staff Pick
Sep 11, 2020
Carta Nueva is the digital re-imagination by My-Lan Thuong of a pointed-nib calligraphy model from 1851 in Barcelona, Spain.

Polish Music Publishing House & Beatrice Display, Beatrice, Ogg

Polish Music Publishing House & Beatrice Display, Beatrice, Ogg
Aug 31, 2020
Three of our typefaces bring a new tempo to works by great Polish composers.

Dropbox

Dropbox
Oct 23, 2019
Logo Development & Sharp Grotesk Typeface for Dropbox Rebrand

Beatrice Superfamily Case Study

Beatrice Superfamily Case Study
Oct 23, 2019
Making of the Beatrice Superfamily

Process: Doyle

Process: Doyle
Oct 19, 2019

Ogg Superfamily Case Study

Ogg Superfamily Case Study
Sep 12, 2019

The Malee Scholarship

The Malee Scholarship
Oct 23, 2018
Designing a scholarship for women of color in type design.

Process: Garnett

Process: Garnett
Sep 11, 2018

Samsung Sharp Sans

Samsung Sharp Sans
Oct 23, 2017
Samsung Sharp Sans Global by Sharp Type.

Process: Centra Superfamily

Process: Centra Superfamily
Aug 23, 2017
Josh Finklea's Centra No1, No2 and Mono as well as future expansions

Process: Respira Black

Process: Respira Black
Aug 23, 2017
The making of Respira

Type on the campaign trail

Type on the campaign trail
Oct 30, 2016

Type Paris Q&A with Lucas Sharp

Type Paris Q&A with Lucas Sharp
Jul 18, 2016

Process: Post Grotesk

Process: Post Grotesk
Sep 12, 2014