On The Drawing Board
2020 hasn’t been an entire write off thankfully; our two Pauls, Messrs Harpin & Hickson, have been very productive during both lockdowns and we have some great new type coming your way very soon. Hot on the heels of our latest new releases LDN Garamond, LDN Queenstown and the LDN Northbank / LDN Southbank […]
LDN Kono Brands Barefoot Opera
LDN KONO IN NEW OPERA IDENTITY We’re delighted to announce that our new LDN Kono release is already working its magic in the logo for Barefoot Opera. When Junction44 were commissioned to originate a new brand identity and website for Barefoot Opera, the work began with finding the right typeface. The client had emphasised that the […]
Type Thursday Talk
TYPE THURSDAY FOUNDRY SPOTLIGHT 11.07.19 We were kindly invited to showcase London Type Foundry at an event organised by the good people behind Type Thursday. How could we say no? Paul Harpin gave a talk about the origins of London Type and our many plans going forward, including the release of his Mammoth & Mammoth […]
Follow our every move!
STAY IN TOUCH WITH OUR NEWS We’d love you to follow our social media postings if you’d like to stay up to date with all things London Type. On our Instagram feed which is Mr Harpin’s domain you’ll see fonts in use, new release previews and lots of other general typographic musings from his travels. […]
House Of Wisdom
Bloomsbury Brands The House Of Wisdom London based design consultancy Modern Activity used our LDN Bloomsbury Old Style typeface to great effect when branding the House of Wisdom exhibition in Nottingham recently. HOW was devised by organisers Queer Art Projects as an open space, a gathering place where visitors were invited to read, discuss, collaborate, […]
Print Specimen
LONDON TYPE PRINTED SPECIMEN The first 12 families in the London Type collection are featured in a brand new printed specimen. The glossy A4 booklet has 36 pages brimming with glyph samples and text blocks and the good news is that if you’d like one they’re free (UK only I’m afraid), simply email us […]
Typodarium 2018
10th Anniversary of Typodarium We’re delighted that one of our fonts, Paul Hickson’s LDN Clarendon Poster, is featured in the 2018 Typodarium calendar. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Typodarium and to mark the occasion the calendar is housed in a striking gold box. Participating foundries and designers are hand picked by […]
Coming Soon: LDN Merton Sans
In the works and nearing completion is LDN Merton Sans. Coming your way very soon! We’re really looking forward to unleashing Paul Hickson’s latest sans serif in the coming weeks (it’s entering the final production stages as we speak) and thought we’d give you a sneak preview. LDN Merton Sans started out as a […]
LDN Hoxton Square in BJP Magazine
Our LDN Hoxton Square typeface was given centre stage recently in the British Journal of Photography magazine. Established in 1854, BJP is the world’s longest-running photography magazine. Each issue features a guest headline typeface and Hoxton Square was chosen for a recent Food Special edition. Designed by Paul Harpin, LDN Hoxton Square is an extra […]