31/12/2025
As every year, we're ending the year with a short overview of what happened at Typotheque. 2025 was busy: we released new typefaces, published new research, and spent a fair amount of time lecturing and presenting our work on three continents.
We usually aim for four major releases a year, and 2025 followed that pattern.
The first release was Zed Icons, an extension of the Zed project into pictograms. The idea behind it is simple: pictograms can communicate across languages and are useful in situations where audiences are mixed or literacy can't be taken for granted. The second release was Pristine, a typeface that's intentionally hard to categorise. It was designed to feel informal and warm, and it works across both Thai and Latin scripts. The third new typeface was Terrassa, a modular, architectural design by Nikola Djurek.
Alongside new releases, we continued expanding language support in our existing fonts. Rather than adding scripts to individual fonts, we prefer to work slowly and systematically: studying local typographic history, collaborating with local designers and experts, and doing original research. This approach shaped our work on Thai typography, which culminated this year in a new Typotheque Thai Collection of 50 Thai font families.
Our work isn't limited to large, global languages. We continue to work with marginalised and underrepresented writing systems, both as part of ongoing research and through new releases. This year we launched new Cherokee and Osage fonts, developed in close collaboration with local designers and their communities.
Looking ahead, the work continues. Early in 2026 we'll release further language extensions of the Zed project. We're preparing a book on East Asian typography. We're currently working with around 40 different writing systems worldwide, combining script research with type design. In March, we'll be in Chennai to begin a study of Tamil typography, alongside a public talk. And before summer, we'll be moving into a new studio space in The Hague—if you're nearby, you're welcome to stop by for a coffee.
All the best for the new year.
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