Nov. 22, 2022, 3 a.m.

🎉 Grep -r  v0.1 *.otf

We're launching the Grep typeface for licensing and sharing our Sir Kensington's lettering project!

News from XYZ Type

Specimen of the typeface Grep by XYZ Type

Grep in progress

We’re finally making one of our secret weapons available to you. Ben’s typeface Grep has been the cheerful body-copy voice of our company since we started. The design’s circuitous path began when a major tech company asked for a screen-oriented sans—read more about it on our site.

Although Grep is still in progress, we’re making it available for licensing now. Licensees of the current version (v0.1) will receive future updates to the family as they become available.

â–¶ Try & buy Grep

Specimen of the typeface Grep by XYZ Type

Line up of Sir Kensington's products, all showing the new logotype by XYZ Type

Custom lettering for Sir Kensington’s

One of our favorite case studies from the client project archive is Jesse’s work for the Sir Kensington’s logotype.

The project provided an opportunity to bring greater depth to a client’s concept with a slight detour through lettering history. And it gives us a reason to smile every time we walk down the condiments aisles of our local grocery stores.

▶ See the full Sir Kensington’s case study

Sir Kensington's logotype

Find us on Mastodon

Now that the bird site is nearly cooked, you can follow us on Mastodon as @benkiel@typo.social and @jesseragan@typo.social. And seeing as you’re reading this, you must be font folk yourself. So you might consider joining our community’s friendly instance there, typo.social.

We’re also still posting a bunch over at @xyz_type on Instagram.

As always, we appreciate your support of our two-person type foundry. We’re always happy to hear from you, so let us know if you’re interested in learning more about our work.

—Ben & Jesse

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