Custom Font Design ╬ô├ç├╢ Typefaces Built for Your Brand

Most brand typefaces are licensed fonts set in a layout. A custom font is drawn for your brand, so the letterforms carry the same idea as the logo and stay consistent everywhere the type appears. We design custom fonts and typefaces as clean, hinted outlines, delivered as production-ready vector artwork.

What a custom font is for

A brand typeface does more than look distinctive. It fixes the decisions you would otherwise make differently every time someone types your name: how the lowercase a is formed, how much space sits between letters, which weight is used for a heading. Once those are locked, a marketing team, a print shop and a packaging designer all produce the same result without a specification document.

What we deliver

Outlined glyph artwork in AI, SVG, EPS, PDF and OTF-ready paths
A character set covering upper case, lower case, numerals and the punctuation you need
Regular and bold weights, or a weight range where the brief needs it
Kerning pairs and a spacing guide
A glyph inventory so a typesetter can see what exists

From a single letterform to a full family

Many projects start with one letter ╬ô├ç├╢ usually the initial in the logo ╬ô├ç├╢ and grow. We can develop that letterform into a working alphabet, or design a full uppercase set first as the foundation. A matched family of two or three weights is usually more useful than a large family of one.

Legibility is not negotiable

Display lettering can be expressive. Text faces cannot. We set test copy at real sizes, on light and dark backgrounds, and in print as well as on screen. A typeface that reads beautifully as a logo and falls apart in a paragraph is a logo, not a font, and we will tell you which one you are getting.

Technical delivery

Type is delivered with clean contours and no overlapping shapes, which matters when it is later separated for foil, deboss, embroidery or laser engraving. We can also supply single-storey and double-storey variants where the brief calls for it, and we check minimum stroke weight against your production process.

Related work

If you need a wordmark rather than a usable text face, that is lettering and typography logo work instead. If you want the existing logo turned into a working alphabet, that is a logotype-to-font conversion, and it is usually the most direct route from a finished identity to a usable brand typeface.

Custom Font Design FAQ

What is the difference between a custom font and a wordmark?

A wordmark is a logo drawn for one specific phrase and only works at that size. A custom font is a working typeface: it has a full character set, spacing rules and weights, so it can set body copy. Many projects start as a wordmark and develop into a font.

How many characters do I get?

At minimum, upper case, lower case, numerals and standard punctuation. We agree the exact inventory at the brief stage, because accented characters and currency symbols add real work.

Do you deliver an actual font file?

We deliver production-ready outlined glyph artwork with correct contours, plus a glyph inventory and kerning guidance. We can also hand off to a type developer for final font file construction, which is a separate specialist step.

Can the type be used for foil, laser cutting and embroidery?

Yes. We deliver single closed contours with no overlapping shapes and check minimum stroke weight against your process, so the artwork cuts and foils cleanly rather than filling in.

Typography work