My creative process.

Just noodling with some in-progress fonts (+ MD Polychrome from @mass-driver.com)

A quick rip of the Modern Data magazine: fontsinuse.com/uses/59439/m...

I quietly updated my website :)

matthewsmith.website

From research to development to maintenance, the directory has largely been an independent effort.

I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.

This update also includes the publication of the directory’s “Methodology” which is a very detailed documentation of the directory’s structure, how information is logged, and unpacks its underlying biases.

Now having read 400+ End User License Agreements, poured over countless FAQs, and even consulted for foundries, the directory has been completely overhauled with 3x more data and a refreshed design.

Today, things are a bit more complicated. The landscape of font licensing has changed drastically in recent years, and the directory’s original simplicity no longer fit my needs.

For the past seven years I have been independently maintaining the Type Foundry Directory.

What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.

I am excited to announce the all new Type Foundry Directory!

typefoundry.directory

Weekend experiment: a reinterpretation of Gill Kayo.