What it does
MCKL is a Los Angeles type foundry and design studio publishing original families, custom fonts and logos. Its catalog includes Owners, Trust, Atlantic, Superior Title and the open-source Redaction fonts.
Trust moves between sans and serif designs, low and high contrast, and light and heavy weights. Its family page shows alternate flat-topped letters, circular numerals and other OpenType choices, so a headline can take a different voice without changing the whole family. Design essays explain the coin lettering behind Trust and the historical sources for Atlantic.
For retail licensing, MCKL counts unique monthly visitors for websites and unique monthly users for apps. A short launch spike is allowed; exceeding a tier for three consecutive months requires an upgrade. Desktop users include everyone with access through approved Canva or Figma teams. Licences are perpetual, and upgrades cost the difference between tiers.
Choose the licence before adding styles. You can check out as a guest and receive the fonts by email; an optional account stores them in Orders. For a free production option, Redaction has its own SIL Open Font License and a full family priced at zero. Its bitmap grades deliberately resemble deteriorating documents, making it a different visual choice from the foundry’s cleaner retail families.
Strengths
- Defines visitor, app-user and desktop-user measures clearly.
- Allows guest purchases and emailed font delivery.
- Redaction is available for free under an open font licence.
Watch out for
- Everyone with hosted-tool access counts toward the desktop user tier.
- Sustained growth beyond licensed tiers requires an upgrade.
Best for
- Product teams forecasting font use
- Brands combining retail and custom typography
- Designers looking for distressed serif fonts
Sources
- MCKL Type Foundry & Design Studio (Oct 27, 2026)
- Trust: Sans / Serif Superfamily | MCKL Type (Oct 27, 2026)
- Licensing FAQ | MCKL Type (Oct 27, 2026)
- Redaction: Display Serif | MCKL Type (Oct 27, 2026)