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Sumotype Foundry

@sumo_type

Type foundry and design studio based in Bogotá, Colombia. We are focused in high quality projects related to type design, lettering and branding.

 Bogotá, Colombia
sumotype.com
Joined July 2009
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Bruce Kennett@WADwiggins5 Sep 2017
Cover design for “The Colophon,” 1938. Silver and black foil stamped on natural-finish blue and white cloth.
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Axis-Praxis@axis_praxis27 Aug 2017
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Blood, sweat and tears of joy — We are proud to be involved in another project of the prestigious Dutch Type Library. nitter.gq/ExquisiteFonts/status/…
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The DTL Fell project started in 1997 and was presented at the ATypI Reading conference. Lukas Schneider (DTL GrosCanon) is finishing it now.
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Bruce Kennett@WADwiggins1 Aug 2017
“The Tobacco Machine,” 1919. WAD’s woodcut portrait of his lifelong friend Ralph Morris. Inscription reads “An insult from WAD to RWM.”
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Wow!!! The #Unicode10 Core Specification (PDF) was simultaneously released with the UCD, Code Charts & Annexes → bit.ly/Unicode10
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Axis-Praxis@axis_praxis25 May 2017
Work in progress: 3D visualization of 3-axis #variablefonts (@djrrb’s Gimlet)
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Carter Wilkerson@carterjwm6 Apr 2017
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS
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Bruce Kennett@WADwiggins7 Mar 2017
Page from WAD’s article “Counterbalanced Marionettes” in “Puppetry 1935.” Aware of tiniest details of engineering, appearance, construction.
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Bruce Kennett@WADwiggins19 Dec 2016
Drawing for g glyph, 1942, for the Experimental 267D type under development as Linotype’s answer to Times New Roman.
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NEW RELEASE: Styrene, @bertonhasebe's latest exploration of proportion and simplicity in type design. commercialtype.com/catalog/s…
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Underware Lab@underware_lab16 Nov 2016
Follow the mouse. Typographic torch effect. #zeitung #variablefonts #flex
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František Štorm@frantastorm7 Nov 2016
Farao II. released. The highly visible and proven typeface gets new spark and functionality. stormtype.com/
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Reading @FredSmeijers in @eyemagazine #90 push me to share this passage. font.by/1JRcArv
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Akaki Razmadze@razmadzekoko30 Sep 2016
Types from 19th Century #Mkhedruli & #Mtavruli Letters with clear differences. #SupportMtavruli @Unicode @Evertype @srl295 @TiroTypeworks – at Georgia
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Fonts In Use@FontsInUse28 Sep 2016
New on the Blog: One of the earliest forms of sans serif type was designed for the blind fontsinuse.com/uses/14375/ha…
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Marc Rouault@marcrouault4 Jul 2016
For those who cannot visit the @typemedia exhibition, I posted some photos flic.kr/s/aHskDuCqBu
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Typotheque@typotheque29 Jun 2016
Congratulations to the new Masters @typemedia. Looking forward to your bright future! – at The Hague, The Netherlands
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Good design is not cheap. Cheap design is no goo. Get the poster here: spiekerstuff.com/ – at Berlin, Germany
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New poster from @galeriep98a – at Walnut Creek, CA
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NEW RELEASE! Action Condensed by @letterror, an expressive typeface for interaction design. commercialtype.com/catalog/a… nitter.gq/commercialtype/status/…
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