diverse perspectives on typeface and lettering design
a glancing blow at identifying diverse perspectives in the small world of typeface design. please contact me if you have suggestions to add: tyler [at] thenewprogramme.net
in the following list, let's remember that these folks are 1. human beings; 2. worthy of value no matter their background or beliefs; 3. creative individuals; who are also...
african-american
black type designers & foundry owners, a huge international resource, which happens to include all of the fine folks below.
tré seals, founder of vocal type co.
alonzo felix, a designer who also made this wicked cool dingbbat font
that's what i got for now. please let me know if you find more!
womxn
alphabettes is a showcase for work, commentary, and research on lettering, typography, and type design, with a goal of supporting and promoting the work of all women in these fields.
badass libre fonts by womxn “this collection aims at giving visibility to libre fonts drawn by womxn designers, who are often underrepresented in the traditionally conservative field of typography.”
“a resource hub for decolonizing typography” from contributors to futuress.org
typequality is a website project collecting women typeface designers. lots and lots of typefaces listed here. so much yay!
zuzana licko, probably the best known female type designer
sybille hagmann smart and unique work.
susan kare, who designed some of the very first apple system fonts.
there are many, many more women typeface designers well worth checking out!
latinx
huerta tipográfica a collaborative argentinian foundry founded in 2009.
latinotype a wide range of very well-designed and trendy type.
pampatype the first digital type foundry from argentina, was founded in 2001 by alejandro lo celso.
sudtipos a large argentinian type design collective founded in 2002.
tipotype founded in 2009, the first commercial foundry from uruguay, south america.
indian
satya rajpurohit, founder of indian type foundry, along with peter bil’ak
arabic
alfont.com site for free downloads of arabic fonts.
tarek atrissi design typeface design, lettering, typography and a range of other graphic design offerings. studio based in the netherlands.
boharat based in cairo and founded by abdo mohamed. offering retail, custom, and bespoke typefaces.
native american
from the typographica library, a list of fonts that support native american languages and scripts. scroll to the bottom for a list of native north american type designers.