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Mark Frömberg is an independend Berlin-based typeface designer and tool developer. He holds a master in TypeMedia from the Royal Academy of Arts in Den Haag, Netherlands. Before postgraduating, he made his BA in Communications Design at the University of Applied Sciences (Berlin 2012) where he focused on type and illustration.


contact

hello {at} markfromberg {dot} com
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typefaces

Nunki, 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, …


Type Design Services

  • Designing typefaces from scratch or as revials
  • Design of many scripts, e.g.:
    ξ Greek
    я Cyrillic
    ằ Vietnamese
    ก Thai
    ກ Lao
    ក Khmer
    ဈ Burmese
    * Javanese
    * Extending to Latin for fonts that don’t have a Latin yet (e.g. Hangeul)
  • Expanding font families with styles & weights
  • Developing (Python & Objective-c) tools for:
    ① Prototyping & proofing
    ② Improving workflows
    ③ Receiving live data feedback
    ④ Anything else imaginable
  • Spacing & kerning
  • Design consultation
  • Expanding character sets for broader language support, symbols, icons, etc.
  • OpenType-Feature programming & testing
  • Giving programming workshops and lectures
  • Lettering & logo design
  • Sign painting



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      Activity

      2020
      Currently collaborating in several multi-language font projects, including Latin-Hangeul, Lao, Thai. Also developing new GlyphsApp plugins.
      10·2019
      Type design workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Together with Ben Mitchell and Glyphs
      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
      2013—2014
      Master of Arts in TypeMedia, Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) Den Haag, Netherlands
      2012—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
      Freelancing as designer
      2008—2012
      Studies Communications Design, University of Applied Sciences Berlin
      2005—2008
      Apprenticeship as Media Designer Print
      1984
      Born in Berlin


      fonts in use

      Gintronic:

      CodePen (usable in online code editor)

      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)