about me
My name is Mark Frömberg and I am a Berlin-based typeface designer, tool developer and illustrator.
In 2014 I received my master in TypeMedia at the Royal Academy of Arts in Den Haag, Netherlands.
Before that, I made my BA in Communications Design at the University of Applied Sciences (Berlin 2012) where I focused on type and illustration which never happened to detach since.
Working as an independent designer since 2008, I like to combine systematical structure with unpredictable moments.
Usually, I disguise complexity behind a clear decency with a strong, saucy wink, augmenting the outcome with multiple layers to discover over time.
Feel free to hire or contact me:
hello {at} markfromberg {dot} com
↓ Or use my contact form ↓
typefaces
IBM Plex (Thai Loopless & Thai Looped), Fira GO (Thai), Gintronic, Canary, Calcine, Shequalin, Romijn 6, Pigment, Arnhem Greek (unofficial). Technical Support for DG Meta Science, Autodesk Artifakt and many more.
GlyphsApp Plugins
Variable Font Preview, Show Stems (Free & Pro), Show Recyclers, Skedge, Kernkraft & Kernschmelze, Synced Tabs, Arrange Windows, Show Rotated, Blindfold, Show Siblings, Smart Plumblines, Distance & Angle, …
my services
Type Design
- Designing typefaces from scratch for a certain briefing
- Design of Latin & non-Latin scripts, e.g.:
ξ Greek
я Cyrillic
ก Thai
ກ Lao
ក Khmer
ဈ Burmese - Expanding font families with styles & weights
- Developing (Python & Objective-c) tools:
① Prototyping & proofing
② Improving workflows
③ Providing live feedback
④ Whatever else you can think of - Spacing & kerning
- Design consultation
- Expanding character sets for broader language support, symbols, icons, etc.
- Elaborating entire typeface revivals
- OpenType-Feature programming & testing
- Giving programming workshops and lectures
- Lettering & logo design
- Sign painting & stone carving
- Basically everything else related to typeface design
short vita
10·2018
Type design workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Together with Ben Mitchell and Natalie Rauch
10·2018
Speaking at BITS conference in Hua Hin, Thailand
10·2018
South East Asian scripts design workshop in Hua Hin, Thailand. Together with Ben Mitchell, Natalie Rauch and Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
09·2018
Interview about tool development and programming in type design, with Type Thursday NYC published at Medium
03·2018
Presenting my way of problem solving at the »Robothon« conference in Den Haag, Netherlands. Title of the presentation: »Speed up«
10·2017
Type design workshops in Bangkok, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Together with Ben Mitchell and Natalie Rauch
2014—now
Freelancing mainly in type design and app development;
collaborating with design studios like bBox and The Fontpad;
occasionally doing graphic design and sign painting
09·2013—07·2014
Master of Arts in TypeMedia, Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) Den Haag, Netherlands
10·2012—05·2013
Collaboration with Panzlau Prugger (info graphic and illustration) for a permanent exhibition in Austria
2012
Bachelor of Arts (Graduation with Distinction) Communications Design, University of Applied Sciences Berlin
2011
5 month internship at Sonnenstaub
2010—2011
Tutor for screenprinting, University of Applied Sciences Berlin
2008—now
Freelance designing for manyfold clients
2008—2012
Studies Communications Design, University of Applied Sciences Berlin
2005—2008
Apprenticeship as Media Designer Print
1984
Born in Berlin
fonts in use
Canary:
A Delicious Life (gestalten verlag / temporarily not available)
Ava & Lucas (little gestalten)
The Zoo’s Grand Opening (little gestalten)
Calcine:
A Delicious Life (gestalten verlag / temporarily not available)
Black Antoinette (gestalten)
press & publications
Neue Schriften. New Typefaces. (niggli)
Type Navigator (gestalten)
Typojournal 4 (Ralf Hermann)
Typoversity 1 & Typoversity 2 (nvbd)
PAGE 01-2012, 03-2017 (Ebner Verlag)
Typodarium 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 (Hermann Schmidt)
CAPITAL: Berliner Buchstaben (Mota Italic)
exhibitions
Graduation Exhibition Type Media 2014 (KABK Den Haag (NL) & Sydney & Perth (AU), 2014)
Call For Type (Gutenberg-Museum Mainz, 2013)
Schrift in Form 3 - Musik liegt in der Schrift (Klingspor Museum Offenbach, Typosition, 2012)
CAPITALS: Berliner Buchstaben (Mota Italic Berlin, 2011)
Schmidt’z Katzen (HTW Berlin, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12)