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Respira, Greenstone and Sharp Freehand in use for Slow & Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival.

Tarnac in use in The Gentlewoman n°30

We are proud to announce those specially recognized this year including: Purvi Kothari, Tatiana Lopez, Soniya Stella M C, Kotomi Morrill, Shrishti Vajpai, and Junyi Zhu. We invite you to check out their work.

Please join us in congratulating Xicheng Yang, Arlyn Ramos, and Adriana Garcidueñas as this year’s finalists. All three share a genuine passion for type and want to use this medium to preserve their cultural heritage.

Recommended environments: driving solo, home alone, or a long metro ride.

2024 marks the fifth anniversary of The Malee Scholarship, and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this milestone with this year’s recipient, Maryam Golpayegani!

Curated exhibit of artwork from the collection of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats

With Carta Nueva, myst milano.'s album art drops as hard as her beats.

This mix is dedicated to those sexy drums that you hear in club music. I was inspired by the different drum patterns and instruments that make us dance. At 160-140 bpm, this is one of the hardest mixes I’ve recorded but also one of the most free and unexpected.

"Gen X meets Gen Z. Love, love, love… L’amour, l’amour, l’amour…

Based in the verdant countryside of Southwest France, he continues to make harp music with hypnotic arpeggios and sung, spoken or shouted voices.

Ogg in use for German artbook

Emma Piercy's elegant flared serif shows its versatility by taking on cover and titling duties

DJ Nigga Fox is a limitless innovator of batida, the brain-and-body dance movement that's been erupting from Lisbon's diasporic club scene. Cover art previews Sharp Serif at small and miniature settings.

“This mix is about the possibility of being in love while international war rages on.” –Ivan Berko

Prince Language's ambient mix gets paired with My-Lan Thuong's inky exploration, Drops, for a parallel play in soothing rhythm and texture

Ghost in use for the LA artist Carlos Valencia limited capsule for Ghostly International

a dubbed-out montage that tours the gorgeous freak terrains of the Fourth World

NYC multi-instrumentalists J. Albert and Will August Park put together a mix of unreleased material and personal favorites. The inky, friendly shapes of Doyle define the cover art, paying homage to the delivery trucks that define the cityscape.

Meet Shaqa Bovand, Hyeyun Min, and María Laura Olcina.

We are thrilled to announce the 2023 recipient of The Malee Scholarship. Get to know Kornkanok 'Mint' Tantisuwanna, her design work, and her aspirations in this interview.

The mysterious London MC surfaces with a rare mix alongside a new heavy weight of Sharp Fraktur, its fine composition in perfect tension with its dramatic flair, much like our musical guest.

SkyShowtime commissioned custom Latin and Cyrillic versions of Sharp Sans Display No.1 for the platform's European market

The Berlin-based producer and DJ delivers a cinematic hour pulled from a Letterboxd lover's selection of soundtracks; co-stars Greenstone Italic and Tarnac Sans make a handsome pair on the cover art.

Ian Kim Judd's meditative mix is paired with Greenstone's large, flaring capitals and delicate, expansive serifs on the cover, which are beautifully contrasted by Laurel Schwulst's soft spherical gradient artwork.

We customized Sharp Grotesk for Pentagram's new brand system for Amazon Prime Video

One of NYC's most beloved noodle institutions uses Sharp Grotesk for their cookbook

Marc Rouault's Trois Mille takes the front (and back) cover of Aerial, a photography book documenting a Korean high school gymnastic team's training season.

Brooklyn's finest techno DJ expands her horizons for Sharp FM's Taurus mix, giving us the opportunity to showcase the virtuosic new direction of Carta Nueva Backward.

Did the President of Colombia license Ogg?

Prolific design multi-hyphenate Steven Heller's latest book employs Beatrice for its cover

A wet 'n wild musical whirlpool soundtracked by DJ Sweatpants with bumpers by Mike Devine and typography using Marc Rouault's Doss family.

Seoul-based Salamanda debut their first mix of 2023 for the Lunar New Year and Aquarius season, giving us an opportunity to preview Sharp Grotesk Hangul

Our first Sharp FM mix of 2023 comes courtesy of Brooklyn-based artist Sam Clarke, whose bracing, elemental mix is complemented by the precise curves and strokes of Josh Finklea's Octave.

Designer Raven Mo aptly uses our contemporary black letter, Respira, for her cemetery field guide—a charming notebook series for all stone carving enthusiasts

Sharp Type is a new, independent type foundry

Our end-of-the-year mix comes courtesy of Bianca Lexis, celebrating the winter solstice with Sharp Fraktur's darker weight on the cover.

A new bakery and cafe in San Francisco uses Respira Black throughout its brand and visual identity

ICA Miami publishes Ettore Sottsass monograph featuring Centra No.2

Trois Mille is the typographic foundation of LiveWire's branding system, lending the pioneering electric motorcycle brand its exuberance and power

Sharp FM is now live! First show 001 by Jen Monroe, with a classical mix for Octave.

Our official Soundcloud is now live! First show by Jen Monroe, with a classical mix for Octave

Read up on Sharp Type's team retreat, our newest typefaces, previews of upcoming releases, our favorite in-use cases, & this year’s Malee Scholarship recipients.

Cofounded by Chantra Malee and Lucas Sharp, this type foundry remixes classic genres and reshapes the industry.

Meet Tamara Segura, Fernanda Cozzi, and Krutika Shah.

The Malee Scholarship recognizes four women for their achievements and contributions to the type design industry.

We are thrilled to announce the 2022 Malee Scholar. Get to know Daniela López Hernández, her design work, and her aspirations in this interview.

Highlighting multi-disciplinary artist Zipeng Zhu's use of the Sharp Type library

Sharp Type's Justin Sloane designed Daniel Rossen's first full-length album, using a custom title font, a work-in-progress typeface, and Greenstone to beautiful effect

Using Carta Nueva, designer Sarah Bourge hand-made a recipe book for her mother's 60th birthday

Discovery utilizes Sharp Sans throughout its most-current branding system

Actual Source features three Sharp Type faces in the latest edition of Shoplifters

Trois Mille's dynamic expressiveness is applied to the visual identity of Shenzhen Fringe Festival in Macau

A French bicycle brand for the everyday city rider launches using Trois Mille

Paris-based vegan skincare line Typology uses Post Grotesk for its logotype

Leather luxury house MCM approached Sharp Type for a refresh of their iconic logotype

Untitled Macao designed a vibrant brand identity for the annual art fair with a custom logotype using Beatrice Display.

A new skincare brand launches a plant-based Repair Serum and uses Beatrice and Sharp Sans.

A contemporary architecture firm based in North Melbourne, Australia uses Garnett.

The Malee Scholarship recognizes eight Women of Typographic Excellence for their achievements and contributions to the type design industry.

Meet Aline Kaori Yoshimatsu, Jéssica Silva, and Thy Hà.

We are thrilled to announce the 2021 recipient of The Malee Scholarship. Get to know Sandra Morales, her design work, and her aspirations in this interview.

The organic, plant-based ice cream company from Oregon gets a new look.

A contemporary art group in Berlin uses Ogg Display.

New York-based candy company launches vegan chocolate bars using Sharp Grotesk.

The seven-member a cappella group, Venice Vocal Jam, uses the Beatrice family for their debut album.

A compendium celebrating 40 years of cava production in Spain uses Ogg.

Norwegian Grammy-winning artist EMIR rebrands with a new identity using Respira Black.

Algorithmically-generated covers for ArtCenter’s Graduate Handbook uses Centra Mono.

The award-winning Stockholm interior design studio uses Garnett.

A poster series for the 2020 women’s strike in Mexico uses Sharp Grotesk.

Bruce Mau Design’s dynamic and playful identity for PPS uses Doyle.

Swiss studio Hauser, Schwarz designs a catalog using the Beatrice family for an international group exhibition exploring the relationship between technology and emotions.

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin, a new album designed by No Más Studio, uses Carta.

Rachel Day and Justin Sloane collaborate on a multimedia mixtape with restorative tips to slow down and recenter.

A new book published in Stockholm uses Respira Black to document the recipes and elixirs of the contemporary alchemist.

Flyers for studio visits by the art world satirist and meme-maker, Jerry Gogosian, uses Sharp Grotesk

In response to COVID-19, a new platform celebrating collaboration, innovation, and social impact emerges using Simula and Garnett.

We chatted with Au Chon Hin & Si Nga Ian about graphic design in Macao, multiscript typography, and the studio’s approach to design.

The guide for the largest multi-sport club in Latin America uses Sharp Grotesk.

The graduating class of California State University Long Beach’s Graphic Design program uses Beatrice Display.

The Malee Scholarship recognizes these eight young women who are on the path to becoming leaders in the type design industry.

Meet Shahd El-Sabbagh, Beatriz Lopez, and Huệ Minh Cao — three young women who demonstrate great potential and commitment to type design.

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural recipient of The Malee Scholarship. Get to know Clara Cayosa, her design work, and her aspirations in this interview.

Colombia’s largest digital culture and technology event uses Sharp Grotesk.

The lifestyle magazine sports a fresh and new web identity using Post Grotesk.

The cover design for Elysia Crampton’s new album ORCORARA 2010 uses Greenstone.

A national theater and concert hall in France uses the versatile and dynamic Trois Mille.

Released yesterday on Sharp Type, Trois Mille (3000) has influenced the typographic zeitgeist for the past five years. Here, it’s creator discusses the ins and outs of its story.

The London music magazine uses Trois Mille for an expressive and experimental typographic system.

Christina Tosi’s award-winning bakery gets a sweet update with Garnett.

For an exhibition on Japanese handmade glass, Studio NA,EO in Beijing uses Ogg as a primary typeface.

An exhibition about the space, time, and labor of women at the Times Museum in Guangdong, China uses Beatrice Display.

A new emergency-preparedness startup designed kits using Sharp Grotesk to help people seamlessly prepare for the unexpected.

A powerful documentary about Kelet, a Finnish-Somali trans woman in Helsinki, uses Beatrice Display & Beatrice.

The international design journal’s 99th issue uses the full range of the Doyle family.

The women-owned handbag brand uses Trois Mille for a new logotype.

A design compendium by Slanted Publishers uses Beatrice Display & Beatrice.

A new publication by Hong Kong book publisher, Victionary, uses our typeface Ogg alongside elaborate illustrations of flora and fauna.

Art and design publisher Victionary recognizes Sharp Type as one of the top five foundries today.

The Berlin-based magazine speculates on the future and art form of electronic music using Sharp Grotesk.

Sharp Sans is the official typeface for the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign.

RoAndCo Studio pairs Ogg with the blissful universe of Kin Euphorics.

For a new initiative to combat the climate crisis, TED boldly sets the stage with Sharp Grotesk.

Pentagram uses Beatrice Display and Beatrice for “Toronto Tomorrow” a proposal to transform Toronto’s Waterfront.

The New York-based coffee company rebrands and uses Centra No. 2.

An annual book fair in Montréal uses Doyle.

Berlin-based publisher gestalten uses Ogg Display in a new interior design guide.

An Italian cinema festival animates Beatrice Display for its 2019 identity.

RoAndCo Studio’s third issue of Romance Journal “Creation” uses Beatrice Display & Beatrice.

A community space on Canal Street highlights top and emerging food and retail vendors on its website using Ogg.

A music festival in Norway uses Sharp Grotesk for its identity.

Norway's largest financial newspaper using Sharp Grotesk.

Announcing our launch of the Malee Scholarship for women of ethnic minorities entering the type industry! Includes an interview with the contributors to the project.

The City is a NYC non-profit news organization using Sharp Grotesk!

Misfits Market sells funny-looking produce & uses Sharp Grotesk to show it off.

Firefox rebrands using Sharp Sans!

Pittsburgh museum opens science lab for kids & uses Sharp Sans Display No.1.

Reputable American Documentary organization is using Sharp Grotesk!

Macao Design Week 2018 uses Beatrice Display.

Recess Drink is a sparkling water infused with hemp extract, using Sharp Grotesk.

Spain-based arts & culture magazine launched their new redesign using Ogg as the primary typeface.

New York based non-profit publication, The Brooklyn Rail uses Beatrice Display.

Amsterdam based studio, What The, designed brand campaign for 2018 Nederlands Theater Festival using Sharp Grotesk.

Cards Against Humanity new card series promoting the 2018 USA mid-term elections using Sharp Grotesk as their primary typeface.

Socovos, Spain annual festivities journal utilizes Beatrice Display for their 2018 edition.

Kaleidoscope Magazine, Milan-based magazine showcasing contemporary art and visual culture features Ogg on web and print.

In Antwerp, M HKA Museum hosts baroque exhibit led by Luc Tuymans, features Ogg in exhibit design.

Wall Street Journal "The Future of Everything" goes big with a 2 day design thinking conference using Sharp Sans Display No.1

Latest Beach House Album "7" uses Centra No.1 as the primary typeface.

Identity design by Noah Baker for 2-day event in St. Louis with Beatrice Display.

Dropbox press event at Sundance with Usher & Sharp Grotesk. Need we say more.

Startup Open Listings uses Centra No.1 to reinforce their core values of simplicity, efficiency, and friendliness.

Soundcloud takes over Union Square with Centra No.2

Paula Scher & Pentagram team design for Reflect Us, a not-for-profit, fighting for more women in US office, using Centra No.2.

Pop up shop in Stuttgart, Germany, with custom liquors using soon to be released Beatrice Display.

Verso Books publishing with incredible cover designs featuring Sharp Grotesk.

Inhabited Pathways presenting Italian architect Alberto Ponis featuring Post Grotesk.

Magazine featuring beautiful illustrations & Ogg as primary typeface.

Real Simple releases new magazine design featuring Sharp Grotesk as primary typeface

Jeremiah Shoaf's new website uses Frauen.

Lucas and two guest designers, Erik Carter, and Justin Sloane, design beautiful posters to promote the release of Respira.

Pentagram redesigns Minneapolis Institute of Art with custom Post Grotesk typeface.

Protein Journal featuring Post Grotesk

The Yale Architectural Journal featuring Post Grotesk

12 Essentials is an exhibition by twelve young emerging designers from Lathi Institute of Design in Finland.

Sign-painted building in Stuggart, Germany using Sharp Grotesk Semibold Italic 10 is fucking awesome.

Soul R&B singe, Lorely Rodriguez, uses Ogg for her group Empress Of.

University of Suffolk uses Sharp Sans Display No.1 across campus, prosepectuses and more.

Francesco Franchi uses Sharp Grotesk for Italian newspaper La Repubblica's new magazine 'Robinson'

Hillary Clinton and Sharp Unity

HATTIE NEWMAN makes sets and images that live in advertisements, magazines, galleries, websites, books and many other places around the world.

Royal Danish Theater rebrand featuring Sharp Sans.

Pentagram London designs Fall/Winter London Fashion Week Festival using Ogg.

Samsung custom typeface 'Samsung Sharp Sans'

NBC Olympics uses Sharp Sans Display No.1 for all of their Olympics coverage!

Lucky Peach Fall 2016 features our typeface Frauen in both roman and italic styles

A selection of our custom logotypes

Wall Street Journal Magazine is using Sharp Sans Display No.1 Roman and Italics as their primary typeface

Pentagram uses Sharp Sans Display No.1 for NYC Bike Tour

Zocdoc is the US' leading appointment-booking service for healthcare patients. And, they use Sharp Sans Display No.1 for all their branding.

Our typeface Ogg was featured in the branding and packaging for new luxury skincare line, Onomie.

Erik Carter designed Muriel Sparks series book covers using Sharp Sans Display No.2

Panettone from Roy & Base Design Agency used our typeface Ogg so beautifully.

With a new star of the show, NBC released a brand new logo featuring Sharp Sans Display No.1.