#29 — Extraset on starting an independent type foundry

Written By Glenn Garriock

Glenn has a chat with Alex and Xavier at independent type foundry Extraset, about staying independent, variable fonts and Klarheit Kurrent (which we are using on this website). We also got an exclusive look at their new font ES Build!

Cover image by Laurence Rasti

 

Chapters

2:40 Introduction & Background
11:40 How do you decide what kind of font to work on next?
13:44 Standout vs commercial value
18:00 Stying independent
20:00 The future of monetising fonts
25:20 Variable fonts
30:30 Influences
35:30 Favourite fonts
46:30 On ES Klarheit Kurrent
50:30 ES Build
1:02:00 Goodbye

Glenn Garriock www.garriock.com
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