We divided the type design process into four stages. The first is sketching and drafting, the
In this material, we share what music our authors listen to while sketching. You can listen to the full playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud.
- Alja Herlah Spektra
- Type Salon, co-founder
- Anna Seslavinskaya Healthgoth
- dotdotdash, design director
- Anya Danilova Normalidad
- Independent type designer
- CSTM Fonts Guild Maregraphe Kazimir Pilar Navigo
- Independent type foundry
- Daria Cohen Zloy
- Independent type designer
- David Jonathan Ross Forma DJR Fit Input Roslindale
- Independent type designer
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.
- Denis Bashev Windward
- Independent creative designer
I work in silence or with jazz radio The Giant of Jazz, playing in the living room.
- Elena Novoselova NWT Bodoni Agse
- Independent type designer, educator
- Emmanuel Besse Signal
- Formagari, founder
- Fer Cozzi Tomasa
- Independent type designer, educator
- Jean-Baptiste Levée Spectral Proto Grotesk Tesseract
- Production Type
- Jordi Embodas Trola
- Independent type designer
- Lucas Descroix Nostra
- Independent type designer
- Mikhail Strukov Maregraphe Windward
- CSTM Fonts, type designer
- Mona Franz Grato and Gratimo
- Just Your Type, co-founder
- Nikita Kanarev Archaism
- Independent type designer
- NaumType Base&Bloom
- Independent type foundry
- Pizza Typefaces Metal
- Independent type and graphic design studio
- Rodion Ilyukhin Retiler
- Independent product and type designer
- Vera Evstafieva Amalta
- Independent type designer, calligrapher
When I turn on music, it’s usually as background. Right now I’m listening to music from my childhood, it gives me a feeling of calmness and timelessness. It’s music by guitarist Francis Goya. The exact record that my parents used to play is available on YouTube, in some places it even jams just like it used to.