Digital Type Design for Branding

Exploring letterforms from their sources to branded applications.

The New Web Typography

Co-authored with Jason Cranford Teague | CRC Press, 2016
Creating visual hierarchy with responsive web design—practical guide to webfonts, stacks, and expressive on-screen typography.

Timing Zero Feature (Japan)

Spotlight on Emboss Fonts in Japan’s forward-thinking design magazine, showcasing early digital type innovation alongside global pioneers.

Featured in Typodarium

One of Emboss Fonts’ designs selected for Typodarium—the beloved daily tear-off calendar showcasing a fresh typeface from around the world each day.

Voodoo Logo (DC Comics/WildStorm)

Iconic title logo for DC’s Voodoo comic series, crafted using Elefont Emboss—adding gritty, embossed edge to the 1990s relaunch of the WildC.A.T.s spinoff character.

Publish Magazine Feature (1990s)

Profiled in Publish Magazine, celebrating innovative independent type foundries amid the 90s digital typography revolution.

Skateboarder & Skateboarder Magazines’ Headlines (90s)

Early spotlight on Elefont Emboss—picked up by Skateboarder & Skateboarder Magazines for headlines and designs, bringing plump, dimensional edge to 90s action-sports typography.

Netscape

Netscape licenses all of our fonts for use on their channel tiles.

BeautyBiz Custom Typography Project

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Bumble and Bumble Custom Alphabet

Bespoke orange typeface designed for Bumble and Bumble University materials and product line—bringing bold, playful dimension to high-end haircare branding.

JPMorgan Chase Brand Typeface

Custom heavyweight typeface developed for JPMorgan Chase branding—delivering bold, authoritative presence in corporate identity materials.

Oshkosh Logo & Logotype

Custom serif logotype designed for Oshkosh—timeless branding for the iconic American children’s apparel company, est. 1895.

“Itodo” Logo Pitch (Unused)

Concept logo designed at FutureBrand for a Samsung product line targeted at South America—bold geometric wordmark exploring digital/modular forms in classic Samsung blue.

Linotype Article

Founded in the wild mid-90s typography boom, Emboss Fonts blends brush-drawn soul with bold ideas—praised by Linotype for its plump, brash energy and timeless quirks.

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