Job Postings — TypeDrawers

Hiring: Creative Type Director

Will_Studio_DRAMA — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:18:46 +0000

Studio DRAMA is looking for a Creative Type Director, a creative leader responsible for directing and shaping custom type projects for some of the world’s most recognisable brands.

At Studio DRAMA, we combine the strategic thinking of a branding agency with the craft and rigour of a type foundry. We create custom typefaces that sit at the heart of brand identities, working closely with agencies and in-house teams globally. This role sits at that intersection: creative direction, typographic expertise, and brand thinking.

As Creative Type Director, you’ll lead the creative direction of custom type projects, guiding our type designers from brief through to delivery. You’ll interrogate briefs, define typographic direction, shape narratives, and ensure work is delivered efficiently and to a high creative standard. While this is a senior, directorial role, it remains conceptually hands-on. You’ll be close to the work, shaping ideas, reviewing design decisions, and, where useful, sketching to explore or communicate direction.

This role could suit an experienced type designer moving into a more directorial position, or a senior brand designer with strong typographic instincts and experience designing or directing custom and retail typefaces. The emphasis of this role is on judgement, leadership, and clarity of direction, with technical font production skills seen as a valuable bonus rather than a strict requirement.

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Key Responsibilities

Creative Direction & Type Leadership

- Lead the creative direction of custom type projects from initial brief through to final delivery.

- Art direct and mentor type designers, providing clear, constructive feedback and direction.

- Interrogate briefs and translate brand strategy into distinctive, credible typographic concepts.

- Set creative standards and ensure consistency and quality across projects.

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Concept Development & Typographic Thinking

- Shape early-stage concepts and define typographic direction before production begins.

- Use sketching, references, and visual exploration to communicate ideas and guide the team.

- Review and refine work throughout the process, ensuring ideas remain strong as they develop.

- Apply and test type concepts in brand contexts to ensure they work in the real world.

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Client Engagement & Presentations

- Design and shape client-facing decks that clearly communicate typographic ideas and rationale.

- Lead presentations and creative conversations with clients and partner agencies.

- Confidently articulate and defend creative decisions, balancing craft, brand, and practical constraints.

- Build strong, trusted relationships through clear communication and thoughtful leadership.

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Project Collaboration & Delivery

- Work closely with the project manager to manage timelines, priorities, and delivery across multiple projects.

- Help ensure work moves through the studio efficiently without compromising quality.

- Support smooth collaboration between creative, type, and production disciplines.

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Thought Leadership, Advocacy & Studio Presence

- Act as a visible advocate for Studio DRAMA’s approach to typography, representing the studio through talks, panels, workshops, and industry events.

- Contribute to thought leadership around type, branding, and custom typography, helping shape Studio DRAMA’s voice within the wider design and type community.

- Support marketing and communications efforts by contributing ideas, perspectives, and content, in collaboration with the studio team.

- Stay actively engaged in contemporary type design discourse, bringing insights, references, and emerging conversations back into the studio.

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Salary & Benefits

Salary: £45K–£55k (dependent on experience)

Location: London

Full-time, Permanent

Career progression opportunities

Access to industry events, workshops, and conferences

Regular studio outings and creative sessions

Flexible working arrangements (Hybrid – 4 days in-studio, 1 day remote)

Healthcare provided

28 day Paid holiday allowance.

Travel opportunities

Be part of a small, ambitious studio making a big impact in type & branding

How to apply

jobs@studio-drama.com

Armenian experts willing to peer review?

Raphaël Ronot — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:37:18 +0000

Hello Type Drawers!
I'm thinking of adapting my open-source typeface Alan Sans to Armenian. I was wondering if anyone might be interested in consulting on such a project?
We don't have a particular timeline or budget yet. But we'd of course be ready to pay for your time.
Let me know!

Google Fonts Software Engineer (Bay Area/NYC location only)

Dave Crossland — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:56:53 +0000

From the job posting:

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
3 years of experience in software system architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
3 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
Experience in creating security tools, with the understanding of underlying programming languages (e.g., Python, C#, C/C++, Rust, Nim or similar).

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

In this role, you will develop tools and libraries, primarily open source, in support of Google Fonts objectives around text stack memory safety and AI. You will help us create and land a memory safe text stack for use across Google, with particular focus on landing in Chrome and Android. You will help wire Rust into our Java servers to support 1P and 3P users of fonts.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Help Google Fonts land AI powered typesetting.
Help Google Fonts consolidate on Rust or tools and libraries.
Contribute to open source tools and libraries, and help cultivate the community around them.
Gain expertise in the font format, help Google teams leverage fonts, help improve the font standard and related tools and libraries for text processing.

Looking for a remote job as a Type Designer

Michael Rafailyk — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:16:52 +0000

Hello. I am looking for a job as a Type Designer. Permanent (full time or half day). Remotely (I am in Ukraine and don't have the opportunity to relocate during the war).

Bachelor of Graphic Design. Bachelor of Musical Composition. Previously worked in a branding agency for 10 years as an illustrator and graphic designer, partly as a strategist. English level is Intermediate, I read texts fluently and understand spoken English well enough. Metalhead, compose and play an 8-string guitar.

5 years experience in Type Design. Since February 2021, I have been individually engaged in font development. Awarded at TDC70 in the Type Design category (I would like to participate in competitions more but don't have the financial means). Specialise in Cyrillic and Latin, but also study Mkhedruli, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic scripts. I work in the Glyphs application. Previously used FontLab. Have experience writing Python scripts and simple plugins, as well as web tools – for personal technical tasks.

https://michaelrafailyk.com
https://michaelrafailyk.com/tools
https://www.instagram.com/michaelrafailyk
https://www.behance.net/michaelrafailyk
https://fontsinuse.com/contributors/48133/michaelrafailyk

Regarding offers, please message me privately.

Google Fonts font development project management opportunity

Dave Crossland — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:21:43 +0000

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/google-fonts_program-manager-iii-user-experience-core-activity-7360697047018102784-0rsR

This opportunity is limited to applications from those already in the USA, and in (or willing to relocate to) the Bay Area or NYC

Open for work

Alfonso García — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:01:09 +0000

Hello everyone, let me introduce myself. My name is Alfonso García, a typeface designer. I specialized in design at the University of Buenos Aires (2011-2012) and the Plantin-Moretus Institute (2022-2023). I worked as a typeface developer and art director at Latinotype from 2015 to 2024.

I'm looking for permanent, freelance, or project-based work.

I currently live in Argentina, so remote work would be ideal for the time being, but I'm open to offers.

My approximate rates or target salary:

€12 per hour.
€100 per day.
€2,000 per month.

I've attached my CV with portfolio.

Thank you all very much.

Software Developer role at Dalton Maag

Jany Belluz — Wed, 28 May 2025 08:47:16 +0000

Hello, I'm Jany Belluz, managing the Software Development team at Dalton Maag. We're currently looking for a new developer. We're a small team working to support all other sides of the business; the designers through font tooling and automation, both internal and open-source; the account managers with pricing and project management tools; our clients with functionalities on our website and support.

Here is the ad and how to apply: https://www.daltonmaag.com/about/careers.html

For an example of a cool font project with SD involvement, here is a talk I gave with my colleague Rob Pratley at Automatic Type Design 3 in Nancy: https://vimeo.com/1059817029

Feel free to circulate the ad if you know anyone who could be interested. Thanks in advance!

Looking for help with Hebrew vowels and cantillation marks

Daniel Mitsui — Tue, 20 May 2025 16:48:08 +0000

Hello. I am an illustrator and calligrapher who has designed several typefaces based on my own artwork. I am working on a typeface (named Lux) based on display capitals in medieval manuscripts and icon inscriptions, with Latin, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets. (Eventually, I plan to add Coptic and possibly Cyrillic.)

While I like to think that I am skilled at the artistic aspects of type design, I am pretty clueless when it comes to the technical and programming aspects.

I want this typeface to be as comprehensive as possible, and I have included the diacritical marks and special characters needed to write almost all European languages that use the Latin alphabet, and monotonic and polytonic Greek. I would also like to include Hebrew vowels and cantillation marks in this typeface, and have designed glyphs for them. But I am having trouble getting them to display in the correct alignment.

Since unlike in Latin and Greek, the Hebrew letter + diacritic combinations do not have their own unicode points, they need to be made with combining diacritics. I don’t really know how to use these, and the program that I have been using (Type 3.2) seems really limited here. The right-to-left direction makes it more confusing, and the fact that I don’t actually read Hebrew doesn’t help either.

It occurred to me that someone more experienced in the technical aspects of type design, especially in Hebrew, could probably fix this problem quickly and easily. And that it would make more sense for me to hire someone to do this than to buy new software and spend a lot of time learning how to do it myself.

So, if you are interested in this job, please e-mail danielmitsuiartist@gmail.com.

I have attached a sample of the typeface.

Open for work

tudorstype — Thu, 22 May 2025 12:38:25 +0000

Hello all,

I’m looking to move fully into type design and would be grateful for a junior or entry-level opportunity in this field.

I graduated from the Lazi Akademie (Esslingen, DE) with the Lazi Award (highest distinction). Both my 3rd semester Major Project and 6th semester Capstone Project were fonts I designed. Though my degree was in Graphic- and Communication Design, I found myself constantly drawn to type. The guidance I received was more generalist in nature, so I didn’t get to explore the deep technical or historical aspects of type design in a structured way.

After graduation, I worked as a graphic designer in a small company where my input wasn’t really welcome; classic "the boss decides" dynamic. I eventually moved into Desktop Publishing at a translation company, which was a better fit. Still, I’ve always known type is where my real passion lies.

I’m self-taught in many areas of type design, with a growing portfolio of fonts (currently 8 published). You can find my work here:
https://www.tudorstype.com/

Right now, I’m reworking my first ever font, Dacian Donarium, originally made during my second semester in Uni. My vector skills have improved a lot since then, and I want to do the typeface justice. I’m also planning to add a special secondary character set once the polished weight is done.

Promoting my fonts is not my strength; partly due to time constraints, but also because I honestly don’t enjoy doing it. I’d be happy to partner with a foundry that could help sell and promote my existing typefaces, since someone more active in the field would almost certainly get better results than I currently do.

Although I’ve been working on type independently for a while, I’ve never had the chance to be surrounded by other type designers. I haven’t met any in real life so far, and only recently started lurking on TypeDrawers. That isolation has definitely made things slower and more difficult at times. It’s one of the reasons I’m especially eager to join a type-focused team or environment where I can grow, exchange ideas, and feel more connected to the community.

I’m eager to deepen my type design skills professionally. I tend to take my personal projects slowly because I’m a bit of a perfectionist, and because time outside of work and personal life is very limited. I’d love the chance to focus on type full-time, and I learn quickly when pointed in the right direction. I am an agreeable person, but I do admit when I don't know something, and don't shy away from asking questions if I am confused or stuck.

A few more quick facts:
• I live in Romania and work regular office hours, but I’m naturally a night owl and open to working across different time zones
• I’m proficient in InDesign (my main DTP tool), and although a bit rusty, I used to be quite skilled with Photoshop and Illustrator (especially for vector work)
• I work on a Windows PC and use FontLab as my main font editor. I briefly tried Glyphs on an older MacBook. It felt intuitive but slowed me down at the time. I’d be happy to adapt to Glyphs in a professional setting
• My newer workflow involves drawing directly in FontLab (e.g. for my latest release, Lugoj), while older fonts were first drawn in Illustrator
• I was born with a physical disability and have had operations on both hands; it doesn’t affect my work at all. I’m fast with both mouse and keyboard, and I type quickly. I only bring this up because in many countries, there are benefits for both the employer and the employee.

Languages: Romanian (native), German (fluent), English (fluent).
CV available upon request.

I’m good with critique and constantly trying to improve. Any job opportunities, advice, or invitations to foundries for my existing fonts would be warmly welcome.

Best regards,
Tudor Banciu

Searching for a type developer

Vasil Stanev — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:44:05 +0000

I have attached&linked a font file to this post. I would like to get quotes for developing 8 weights from it, + matching italics, + 2 variable fonts - one for the upright weights and one for the italics. Please quote me in a DM here on TypeDrawers.

If both variable fonts can be combined into one, I will chose this option. It should be able to work in Adobe products, mainly Adobe Illustrator.

The font will family will be sold on MyFonts, so I would like to get legal information about copyright and how royalties will be split between me as the author and the developer.

If this works out, there might be more work to come.

https://we.tl/t-KScJpL4xb7

Open for work

Jacques Le Bailly — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:09:02 +0000

Dear fellow type designers, foundries and lettering artists !

Some of you might already know me. I have been around quite a few years now. My name is Jacques Le Bailly, aka Baron von Fonthausen.

I am currently working on my own designs, with the goal of starting my own small foundry. But in the mean time, the chimney has to keep smoking. So I am open for work. Maybe some of you might need an extra pair of hands for smaller or bigger projects ?

A small introduction
I studied at Royal Art Academy in The Hague (KABK). Over the years I have had the privilege of participating in some challenging and stimulating projects. I have worked and collaborated with a variety of type foundries and designers. From small independent designers up to the bigger players in the field. Type foundries such as The Enschedé Font Foundry, Monotype, Bold Monday, DJR, Google and Type Network. My experience ranges from large and complex assignments to small-scale projects. I have also taught typography a few years at the Willem de Kooning Academy and the St. Joost Academy.

Due to some NDA projects I can’t show some projects, but here is an outtake of typefaces I have been working on:

Macula
Macula is a retail typeface that is being sold by Bold Monday. Macula can be described as the ‘impossible typeface’ for its design is based on the concept of optical illusions. Those were extensively explored in the 1930’s by Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd, and simultaneously made very famous by dutch artist M.C. Escher.
Macula at Bold Monday

Montserrat
The Google Fonts team approached me to evaluate and expand the Montserrat typeface. This initiative resulted in a thorough redesign of the design. In collaboration with Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas and Juan Pablo del Peral.
Montserrat on GF

Crimson Pro
It started as a correcting job of the popular Crimson Text, designed by Sebastian Kosh. During the initial process, it was decided to develop Crimson Pro as a stand alone redesign of crimson text.
Crimson Pro on GF

Livvic
A corporate brand typeface for an English insurance company LV, emphasizing and reinforcing its Fair Human Policy while also conveying reliability and empathy.
Livvic on GF

Radio Canada
Introduced and designed UCAS (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics), with the aim of providing indigenous communities in Canada a platform to voice their opinions, preserve, modernize, and honor their culture. This work couldn’t have been done without the research and help from Kevin King from Typotheque.
Radio Canada on GF

Nunito and Nunito Sans
I have expanded Nunito and Nunito Sans into a variable font together with a team of talented type designers (Barbara Bigosińska, Sabina Chipară, and Jasper Terra). We developed a design space which now contains five axis: Weight, Optical size, Width, Slant and x-height.
Nunito and Nunito Sans on GF

My primary strength as a designer lies in my ability to think critically and push boundaries within the given assignment and context. I strive to empathize with diverse perspectives during the design process, without letting my personal taste and preferences dominate, but rather focus on the needs and objectives of the project and the client.

Over the years, I have learned to work both as part of a team –within a larger process– and independently in various roles and with different responsibilities. These experiences have taught me the importance of working toward a common goal and how valuable different perspectives can be. Teamwork is not just about dividing tasks but also about complementing and supporting each other to find creative solutions together. The synergy of diverse talents and expertise allows challenges to be approached from multiple angles, ensuring optimal performance within the given requirements.

Experienced in the following scripts:

– Latin Extended

– Vietnamese

– Greek

– Cyrillic
– SSA
– UCAS (Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics)

If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to email or call me. I can send you a portfolio with a lot more projects and nice designs.

Best regards,
Jacques Le Bailly

OUP is seeking a Global Fonts Manager

KP Mawhood — Tue, 28 May 2024 14:35:24 +0000

No idea how I feel about this. I pushed for this title 6 years ago.
Hope you're all well.
https://jobs.oup.com/uk/jobs/vacancy/global-font-manager-oxford/4337/description/

Searching for a freelance font engineer/coder

Vasil Stanev — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:34:53 +0000

Hello, sometimes I need a type engineer to help me with the coding of the fonts I work on - e.g. turning a font into a stencil once caused my font editor to refuse to save as an OTF, sometimes there were bugs that left me powerless... if interested, please PM me your CV and fee.

The Type Founders is hiring a font engineer

Paley Dreier — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:02:31 +0000

Introduction

The Type Founders (TTF) is home to some of the most renowned type foundries from around the world. Our mission is to strengthen our foundries’ legacies through ongoing development of new typefaces true to their brands and promotion of their work. We are searching for an experienced font engineer to help us continue to build out our growing library of more than 6,000 fonts.

Role

Font engineer and library manager

Duties and responsibilities

As font engineer and library manager, you will collaborate with our CTO and VP of Type to develop, maintain, and update the technical standards of our font library; verify that any font data we acquire or develop meets these standards; and develop, upgrade, and employ tools or scripts to update our font data to ensure it meets these standards. Your primary responsibility will be managing our large library of diverse fonts to guarantee their quality, reliability, and performance across a wide range of applications and platforms. Tasks may include:

Engineer the construction of color fonts and test in browsers and apps.
Batch convert font data between formats and select the best production path to preserve metrics, kerning, OpenType features, etc.
Set, compare, fix, and test font name tables.
Write complex OpenType features, automate standard features, test, and resolve any errors.
Gather data in various formats and organize in GitHub repositories
Recreate and automate the application of various design treatments, like textures on font outlines, rounding of terminals, inking techniques, etc.
Improve and develop glyph proofing and comparison tools.
Write Python scripts to report, compare, move, splice, and merge font data.
Troubleshoot and test distributor reports, validation errors, and fails; test cross platform performance between Mac and Windows.
Remap, modify, and generate characters and fonts per custom requests.
Improve variable font compatibilization, perform roundtrip conversion from Glyphs to Robofont, write designspace files, generate and test variable fonts.

Requirements

Experience with type design and font development working in all major software applications including RoboFont, Glyphs, Fontlab, and TTX.
Expertise with Python scripting, comfortable with the command line, and development workflows in GitHub.
Knowledge of font formats and standards, like OpenType, UFO, WOFF, Variable Fonts, and Unicode.
Familiarity with type history and typography with a keen eye for type design details.

This is a remote position; qualified candidates from any location are encouraged to apply. TTF offers competitive compensation and flexible working hours, though candidates must be willing to overlap several working hours per day with our team based in the eastern United States and western Europe. Interested candidates should email info@thetypefounders.com.

XYZ Type is looking for a Junior Type Designer

Ben Kiel — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 21:41:00 +0000

XYZ is looking for a junior type designer. You can see the specifics and how to apply here: https://xyztype.com/join_us/

Dalton Maag is recruiting

Rafael Saraiva — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:18:25 +0000

Hello all,

Dalton Maag is recruiting 4 Font Developers to join its team. Location can be flexible by arrangement.

If you're interested, you'll find the complete job descriptions and more information on how to apply here: https://www.daltonmaag.com/studio/join-us

Thank you!

Projects Google Fonts ought to fund in 2023?

Dave Crossland — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 05:50:05 +0000

I'm the font development programme manager, and I'm putting together a 2023 plan for programmes to fund - typeface projects, code/tool projects to support font development, event sponsorships, etc.

I want to make a more public call for project proposals generally, so starting with a thread here first - although I guess most people will want to get in touch with my privately.

Type Drawers private message, dm on Twitter, email to fonts@google.com, etc all go to the same inbox

Urgently Hiring Font Developer/Engineer

brandnewtype — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 03:47:27 +0000

We are looking for a font engineer with experience developing Indic Fonts to join our Typeface development team in India. Someone who is also a typeface designer interested in exploring Indic font development is preferable. If you are interested in knowing more, drop us a line at > hello@brandnewtype.com

https://brandnewtype.com

Hiring Typeface Designer for 3-6 week contract

michaelhg — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 18:24:50 +0000

Seeking a typeface desinger to refine a cartoony english family of fonts that were created using adobe illustrator and fontself.

We would be happy for designer to work with our cartoony letter illustrations in fonstelf, glyphs or fontlab. (We used fontself to create first iteration because it was easiest for us).

Font family will be used in digital formats as titles and lyrics in music videos, learning videos, mobile games, and also in printed materials.

Applicants must include links to 2+ typfaces created by applicant using Fontself, Glyphs or fontlab, and brief explanation of the projects.

Estimated contract value US$5,000+
(this is to refine a font family that has already been drawn in illustrator and tested in fontself)

Thank you very much.

Michael

Looking for a font engineer/typeface designer with experience in developing Indic fonts

brandnewtype — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:50:14 +0000

https://brandnewtype.com

Hiring A Freelance Font Developer

Dedicated Designer — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 21:35:03 +0000

Hello,

I need to hire a Pro Font Developer to update my basic fonts.

The font developer should be an expert in Fontlab and they should be familiar with submitting fonts to Myfonts and Monotype. This should be an easy font update as the fonts are simple, completed and have already been kerned.

Font updates that are needed are opentype features need to be added, class kerning added, font generating info added, info added so the font doesn’t clip in Microsoft, the font display family menu is correct, all updated fonts works in all major programs, ff ligatures are enabled, licensing EULA/info is added and all fonts are generated into OTF/TTF/WOFF.

***Updated fonts need to pass all Myfonts requirements.***

Please message me with your hourly rate and your Fontlab/font development experience. I will have ongoing font updates projects like these. I pay by PayPal.

Dalton Maag is also recruiting for a Senior Software Developer

Jany Belluz — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:48:38 +0000

Hello all, on the same page that Rafael shared recently, we've added a job description for a Senior Software Developer:

https://www.daltonmaag.com/studio/join-us (at the bottom)

The role is a mix of work on in-house projects and open-source contributions. Location is also flexible.

Thank you!

Copy a font

jillzie411 — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 14:26:47 +0000

Hello, I have been trying to get someone on fiverr to copy these fonts for a while. I can't find anyone that can actually come close to it. Any takers? Looking to hire someone to recreate it.

PAID FREELANCE - Font Localization Wanted

Night School Studio — Fri, 27 May 2022 01:15:43 +0000

Looking to hire someone for freelance to have an existing licensed font (Lemon Yellow Sun) localized, in the same style, to Hebrew, Thai, Hindi, Arabic, Korean, Chinese (traditional) and Chinese (simplified).

If someone has the ability to do this for one, or multiple of the above languages, please reach out via william@nightschoolstudio.com

Available for type design work!

leksendesign — Tue, 24 May 2022 17:08:36 +0000

Hi type community! I'm looking for full-time or contract type design, production work or font management position. I'm a type designer, graphic designer and educator. Thank you!

andrea@leksendesign.com

Job Opening: Font Engineer at Typotheque

PeterBilak — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:53:58 +0000

Typotheque is seeking an experienced font engineer for a full-time position (32–40 hours per week) to work remotely to complete our retail and custom fonts.
https://www.typotheque.com/blog/job_opening_font_engineer

Open vacancy at READSEARCH (UH/PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt, Belgium)

Maria PerezMena — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:01:49 +0000

Description:

We are looking for a junior font developer to join our team at READSEARCH (research group part of MAD-RESEARCH, Hasselt University/PXL-MAD School of Arts, Belgium) to work on the production of variable fonts out of the typefaces (Latin-script) that we are designing for research purposes. Teaching hours supervising MA projects in graphic design and typography might also be assigned if the candidate is interested.

In-house and remote
15 weeks duration* (covering a maternity leave)
50% - 80% (depending on addition —or not— of teaching assignment)
Starting date: end of November/beginning of December 2021
Ending date: mid-to-end of March 2022
2 weeks of holidays during Christmas (27/12- 9/01)

Requirements:

You must be eligible to work in Belgium on a weekly basis with a frequency of, at least, one day per week.
2+ years of experience in type design and font production.
Fluent in Glyphs app and variable fonts framework.
Familiar with the OT font specification and font table structures.
Experience with GITHUB libraries and basic programming with Python

Additional Criteria:

Team player/enjoy working as part of a team
BA or MA in Type design or proof of background in typography and type design.
Comfortable delivering your work within the formal structure of a project
Collaborative, proactive, and communicative attitude
Experience animating variable fonts using Python and Drawbot

We would love to provide you with more details about the job vacancy if you are interested. If that is the case, please get in touch and send your CV asap via email to ann.bessemans@pxl.be under the subject “Job vacancy at READSEARCH”.

* We foresee an open vacancy in the short term in our team. If both parties find that we match together, this temporary job offer might lead to a perfect opportunity to start/further develop your career as a design researcher in the specific area of type design and typography in an academic environment.

Raqeem converter script for Adobe Illustrator

Kaled Mana — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 10:04:47 +0000

I want to make a script to convert writing from Arabic letters to Raqeem letters with the features below.

Features

1- This script works only on the Adobe illustrator application.
2- The download script can only work on one copy of Adobe illustrator on one computer.
3- This script does not work on portable versions of illustrator applications.
4- This script works with all illustrator versions.

Idea

Arabic classical letters writing in 2 cases for every single letter, upper and small cases but In small cases, there are additional 3 cases for every single letter so the total, in general, is 4 cases.
In Raqeem writing, there are only two cases upper and small only and there are no cases in small it is just one case so the total, in general, will stay two cases.

Process

To achieve the final results in the script should do two things:

1- convert the Arabic classical one upper letter to Raqeem upper letter.
2- convert the Arabic classical one upper letter to Raqeem small letter case.

How it works

FONT TO SHAPE

1- User inter letter or words in Arabic upper case.
2- Option button to switching from Arabic upper case to Raqeem upper case shape as an outline.
3- Option button to switching from Arabic upper case to Raqeem lower case.
4- The switching option could work with multi letters or single letter stand letter or in word or verses.
5- The Raqeem shape glyph's in the action of press the switching button will be posted in the open document as shape (outline font glyph).

Copyright

1- Raqeem is a new typeface system create by designer Mr. Khaled Al-Mana and this project and script intellectual property and rights are own by Mr. Khaled Al Mana only.
2- The Property rights that refer to the owner Khaled Al-Mana must be included in the main project file to clarify and confirm the rights and not include any other name. If any other name is included, he has no right to any artistic, literary, commercial or legal ownership or copyright or Intellectual property.
3- License and Readme text files for the project folder will be created by Mr.Khlaled Al Mana only.
4- The developer will receive the amount agreed upon through negotiations in exchange for coding services that he provides only.
5- Mr. Khaled Al Mana will pay for a developer for his services the amount the developer accepted during to negotiation.

Table of Glyph's, Numbers, and Marks.

41 Arabic letters upper cases 41 Raqeem letters upper cases
41 Raqeem letters lower cases

Design

1- Mr.Kaled Al Mana will give the developer all Glyph's, Numbers, and Marks designs in an illustrator file.
2- All the Arabic letters and the match one in Raqeem with two positions in upper and lower cases. 3- With names for each one.

Note

Text on script interface just to clear the idea and it will be changed to Arabic or Raqeem glyphs at the final interface.

Job: Oxford University Press, "We are seeking a Fonts Specialist"

Dave Crossland — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:28:03 +0000

https://eu1.advorto.com/OUP/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=18443

Book Designer / Type Setter Wanted

BitcoinWednesday — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 16:22:36 +0000

Where can I find book designers / type setters? Is anyone here interested in a freelance job like this? Or can you recommend someone? Is there a forum where good book designers and type setters hang out?

Thanks in advance.

Please send an email to hello@bitcoinwednesday.com if you are interested in knowing more about the assignment.