Typespec Ltd

20/11/2025

Excellent piece by Design Week on the launch of JKR founder Ian Ritchie’s first typeface, Lüthold Sans, released via The London Type Foundry.

It feels inevitable that at some point, Ian Ritchie would design his own typeface. Long before co-founding branding powerhouse JKR and spending 29 years at its creative helm, he had already developed…

21/05/2024

Wonderful new project called Fine Specimens, the brainchild of Elliot Jay Stocks. Loads of top notch indie foundries involved, lovingly curated by Elliot and the team behind 8 Faces. Get behind the kickstarter campaign and let’s get this over the line.

A collection of contemporary specimen graphics from indie type foundries around the world, created by the team behind 8 Faces.

24/01/2024

Thirty years ago this month I started working with these lovely folk in the big smoke, my fellow Fontworkers. Happy times. This pic was taken a year later in 1995 (MIA: Adam Chester and Will Hicks; RIP Stuart Jensen).

19/12/2023

The last Curveball of 2023 is on t’interweb now featuring an eclectic assortment of flavours and a few seldom heard Christmas tunes. Everything from Gene Wilder to Heartworms, Goat to The Ronettes, it’s all here under the tree waiting for you...Cheers for tuning in this year folks!

Join Joe for his final show of 2023, his stocking overflowing with the usual surprises and maybe even a few Christmas tunes you won’t have heard before. W***y Wonka even puts in an appearance, it’s that kind of show!

29/03/2023

Tranz Sanz is a brand new clean-cut sans serif typeface designed by James Marsh and engineered by Typespec. Consisting of 2 contrasting yet complementary weights, Light & Bold, a sharp angular terminal is a key feature in both styles, simultaneously creating both a decorative motif and a contemporary, stylish feel throughout. Check the fonts out on the ArtyType site:
https://arty-type.com/project/tranz-sanz/

17/01/2023

Lovely new typeface released by The London Type Foundry: LDN Bow Script designed by Paul Harpin. Available in the foundry's half price January sale using the promo code LDNHALF at checkout:
https://londontype.co.uk/project/ldn-bow-script/

17/01/2023

3 striking new type designs by James Marsh, digitised by Typespec and released via ArtyType, Marsh's boutique type foundry: Loophole, Staccata & Skitzoid. https://arty-type.com

15/11/2022

On the blog: Robert Green explains the background to the new Doves Text & Headline fonts and details the differences between them:
https://typespec.co.uk/doves-type-revisited/

15/11/2022

Doves Type News! Available from today, Robert Green’s iconic typeface now comes in 2 forms, a revised Text version similar to the last release, and a lighter, sharper new Headline font. Details: https://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/

03/10/2022

Wow! Paul Harpin's fundraising initiative featuring great type from Matt Willey & others, curated by Typespec, has broken the £100K barrier! A huge amount of money that's been raised for Cancer Research UK & Macmillan Cancer Support. Thank you all so much!
https://buyfontssavelives.com/

04/04/2022

New Release! Cyclic Display is a compendium pack of 4 striking fonts designed by James Marsh, all sharing the same Cyclic skeleton but each distinctively unique. 4 fonts for the price of 2 if buying the volume: https://arty-type.com/project/cyclic-display/

23/03/2022

James Marsh has announced the availability of his image ‘Peace Piece’, created solely to help raise funds for the Ukrainian crisis. Physical print or limited edition NFT: https://hypergallery.com/products/peace-piece