Monokrom Skriftforlag

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Norwegian type design with language references, character research and essays.

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What it does

Monokrom Skriftforlag is an independent Norwegian foundry with families including Fabric, Satyr, Telefon and R-I-B-BI. Its site connects retail type with linguistic data, historical references and essays.

Explore the language and character material alongside the specimens when a project involves a less widely served writing system. The site’s language navigation includes Sámi, Kven and Karelian. These references lead into the research behind the type; they do not promise that every family covers every listed language. The Retail catalog keeps available designs separate from Unpublished work.

Trials asks for your details before downloading a test set. The trial licence permits sketching and mockups but not distributing the resulting designs. For production, Basic covers print, digital graphics, websites and social media. Extended adds uses including logos, apps, ebooks and broadcasting. Those distinctions matter if the same family will serve both a publication and its identity.

Standard licensing grants perpetual rights and sets tiers by the licence holder’s personnel, including subcontractors. Student coverage instead lasts through study and three years after graduation. You can alter outlined letterforms for artwork, but changes to the installable font files must be made by Monokrom. Alphabet products are excluded from the retail licences.

Strengths

  • Language and character research adds context to type specimens.
  • Separates available retail designs from unpublished work.
  • Explains the difference between changing artwork and modifying font files.

Watch out for

  • A logo needs Extended rather than Basic licensing.
  • Retail licences exclude alphabet products and self-modified font files.

Best for

  • Language-sensitive editorial typography
  • Designers researching the history and use of letterforms

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