type.today playlist: drawing

We asked our authors what music they listen to while working on kerning, and turned their answers into a playlist

13 March 2025


We divided the type design process into four stages. The first is sketching and drafting, the second — drawing the typeface and expanding the glyph set, the third is kerning, and the fourth is mastering. Then we asked our authors to send five tracks that they listen to during each of these stages, and combined them into four playlists.

In this material, we share what music our authors listen to while working on kerning. You can listen to the full playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud.

ah

  • Alja Herlah Spektra
  • Type Salon, co-founder


as

  • Anna Seslavinskaya Healthgoth
  • Be Unicorn, creative director


ad

  • Anya Danilova Normalidad
  • Independent type designer


cf


dc

  • Daria Cohen Zloy
  • Independent type designer


djr

I am learning to play the mandolin and occasionally play with some musicians in the area. So when I listen to music, I am usually listening to the songs that we play together as a form of practice.


db

  • Denis Bashev Windward
  • Independent creative designer


en

  • Elena Novoselova NWT Bodoni Agse
  • Independent type designer, educator


eb

  • Emmanuel Besse Signal
  • Formagari, founder


fc

  • Fer Cozzi Tomasa
  • Independent type designer, educator


hg


jr


jbl


je

  • Jordi Embodas Trola
  • Independent type designer


ld

  • Lucas Descroix Nostra
  • Independent type designer


ms


mf


nt


pn


pt

  • Pizza Typefaces Metal
  • Independent type and graphic design studio


ri

  • Rodion Ilyukhin Retiler
  • Independent product and type designer